<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;}</style></head><body><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">Dear Professor coleagues,<br><div><br></div><br>It is our pleasure to invite you, your co-workers and students to present your research work at the 15th International Symposium Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering and 3rd Conference on Imaging and Visualization - <a href="http://cmbbe2018.tecnico.ulisboa.pt" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://cmbbe2018.tecnico.ulisboa.pt">http://cmbbe2018.tecnico.ulisboa.pt</a>.<br><div><br></div><br>The two events will run together as a single conference and it will be held at Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal, from 26 to 29 of March 2018.<br><div><br></div><br>Abstracts should be submitted online and should not exceed 350 words (text only).<br><div><br></div><br>The deadline for abstract submission is 31st October, 2017.<br><div><br></div><br>CMBBE is now a major international meeting on computational biomechanics, imaging and visualization and it’s the aim of the meeting to promote international collaboration and networking and this is evidenced through the well-known research groups, commercial companies and scientific organizations who continue to present their research and also support and sponsor the CMBBE meeting series.<br><div><br></div><br>Topics included in the Conference are:<br><div><br></div><br>•3D Printing in Biomedicine<br><div><br></div>•Bacterial and viral mechanics<br><div><br></div>•Biomaterials<br><div><br></div>•Biomedical Image Analysis<br><div><br></div>•Biomedical Image Processing<br><div><br></div>•Biomedical Visualization<br><div><br></div>•Cardiovascular biomechanics<br><div><br></div>•Cellular and molecular biomechanics<br><div><br></div>•CMBBE and translational research,<br><div><br></div>•Computer-aided surgery<br><div><br></div>•Dental Biomechanics<br><div><br></div>•Ergonomics/occupational biomechanics/rehabilitation<br><div><br></div>•Hard tissue biomechanics<br><div><br></div>•Human movement<br><div><br></div>•Image Based Simulation<br><div><br></div>•Impact/injury biomechanics<br><div><br></div>•Implants/orthotics/prosthetics/devices<br><div><br></div>•In vivo tissue characterization and modeling<br><div><br></div>•Inverse methods<br><div><br></div>•Links between robotics and human modeling<br><div><br></div>•Machine learning and CMBBE,<br><div><br></div>•Mechanics in infectious diseases<br><div><br></div>•Mechanics of Biofluids<br><div><br></div>•Mechanobiology<br><div><br></div>•Meshless methods in biomechanics<br><div><br></div>•Modeling-Aided Design of Medical Devices<br><div><br></div>•Multiphysics Modeling<br><div><br></div>•Plant biomechanics<br><div><br></div>•Respiratory biomechanics<br><div><br></div>•Skin mechanics<br><div><br></div>•Soft tissue biomechanics<br><div><br></div>•Solid fluid interaction<br><div><br></div>•Spine Biomechanics<br><div><br></div>•Sports biomechanics<br><div><br></div>•Tissue engineering and Bioprinting<br><div><br></div><br>For more information on the submission topics, special sessions, Invited Speakers, registration, travel and accommodation, please visit the conference website:<br><div><br></div><a href="http://cmbbe2018.tecnico.ulisboa.pt" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://cmbbe2018.tecnico.ulisboa.pt">http://cmbbe2018.tecnico.ulisboa.pt</a><br><div><br></div><br>We look forward to welcome you in Lisbon next March.<br><div><br></div>Yours sincerely,<br><div><br></div><br>Paulo Fernandes<br><div><br></div>João Manuel R.S. Tavares<br><div><br></div>(Conference Chair Persons)<br></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div><br dir="ltr"></div></body></html>