Theme:
Linking health care needs and technology across the continents

Scope: An independent forum for emerging medical technologies and innovations in procedures and techniques, equipment and appliances, which brings health care industries together with  medical personnel, engineering and technical professionals, and those engaged in medical information technologies  in the  academia, hospital and clinical settings, and related sectors.

Areas:  An independent forum for patient care and technology support.
Medical Engineering and Physics, Health Care Engineering
(Applied biomedical and clinical eng.)
Medical Information Technologies
Medicine (patient care)   

Abstracts are invited on the topics listed above and other areas related to practical aspects or issues related to health care. The abstracts/papers stating clearly the purpose, results or status, and conclusions should be 300-600 words in length (Format A) plus up to three to five references as applicable. The abstracts can be submitted in English or in Spanish. When submitting abstracts in Spanish, it is recommended that a title in English will also be included below the title in Spanish.

The authors have the option of sending papers in Format A  (300 -600 words) OR in Format B (Extended Paper - see below for details) or if desired, in both formats. Poster OR oral presentations.

For information to submit Abstract/Papers - see below.

As both English and Spanish are official languages of the conference, the presentations made during the conference can be made in English or in Spanish. It is strongly recommended that presentations in Spanish will be accompanied by a substantial part of slides in English or at least have some subtitles in English. Authors who submit abstracts in English but intend to give their presentation in Spanish should indicate so. It is strongly recommended that the abstracts will be submitted as soon as possible due to anticipated limit in the abstracts being accepted as well as visa related issues. The publication of the abstracts will be contingent on the payment of the registration.

Do Not upload your paper  unless you as the author verified (a) posted below Main Points to Follow and Errors to Avoid  and (b) printed applicable posted sample of the paper (Format A or Format B) and verified the format, margins, etc. of your paper by superimposing it on the sample.

Instructions for Authors Summary 

Your paper must be in compliance with the format requirements. Papers which do not meet the format requirements will not be sent to reviewers. See carefully the templates for papers in English as shown below for Format A and Format B.

After filling the submission form, don't forget to upload the file of your paper.  (http://papersub.pahce.org/author/submit.php)

Main Points to Follow and Errors to Avoid 

1) Your format A paper should be no longer than one page.   Your format B paper should be between 2 and 4 pages although occasionally papers up top 6 pages can be accepted. Two complete pages represent a minimum length for the format B papers. 

2) Correct the format of author's listing: for example, the list of authors James Dewey Watson and Francis Harry Compton Crick must be included as

 MRI Acoustic Noise Reduction
J. D. Watson¹, F. H. C. Crick^2
1Department of Medical Physics, Indiana University, IN, USA
²Department of Electronic Engineering, University College, London, UK
Email: j.d.watson@gmepe.org; Ph. (123) 456-7890  (optional)

If all authors are bound to the same institution, it is not necessary to use the superscript index. Telephone number optional.

3) Do not include the conference headers and page numbers: conference headers and page numbers will be included by GMEPE/PAHCE Team during the DVD proceedings preparation.

4) Correct the title format: do not use only uppercase letters, see templates

5) Do not use italic in the abstract.

6) Pay attention to the upper, lower, and side margins, indenting settings and setbacks; see templates.

7) Use the abbreviation Fig. # for figure references: the correct way of referencing a figure along the text is using Fig. #, even at the beginning of a sentence.

8) Adjust the format of subsections: centralize the titles of the sections I, II, III, or more and References and use Roman numbers in titles; attention to the tabulation and setbacks; see templates for Format B papers.

Information for the submission of papers - summary.
The authors have the option of sending papers in format A or B or if desired, in both formats.

Format A (Abstract - short paper - one page). 

See links - use the Format A template (copy and paste your paper) to insure compatibility with database listings. (Format A sample final view)

The papers can be submitted in English or in Spanish. The papers in Spanish should also include a title in English, under a title in Spanish.

Please prepare your papers in PDF format. Copy the information into indicated fields in the form (see link below) and complete all sections of the form as applicable.  The length of your work should not exceed one page or about (300-600 words). Use 10 or 12 point font. (Recommendations: Title- size 14 (Note: Paper Title - Do Not Use Capital/Uppercase Letters  Only), in black, centered at the top, name of the author size 12 and institution- size 10; content/text of paper- size 10 and single spacing; references when there are various authors, please identify the affiliation of every author.

If you have any questions please send an email to: pahceadm@pahce.org.

Attention: To submit your abstract/paper (Format A) please use this link or go to main menu and click on Call for Papers - Paper Submission

Format B (Extended Paper 2-6 pages)

See links - use the Format B template (copy and paste your paper) to insure compatibility with database listings (Format B sample final view)

The papers can be submitted in English or in Spanish. In the papers submitted in Spanish, it is recommended to also include a title in English, under the title in Spanish.

Please prepare your paper in PDF format.  The length of you paper should be between three and six pages, with an abstract between 100-300 words. Use font size 10. (Recommendations: Title- size 14 , in black, centered at the top of the page; name of the author(s) - size 12 and institution- size 10; content/text of the paper-size 10 and single spaced; references and/or acknowledgments - size 8.) When there are several authors, please identify the affiliation of each author.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

Submit a copy the article as an electronic file in PDF format. The article should include at least the following sections: title, list of authors, affiliation of the authors and at least one email address of the author(s), a summary, key words, introduction, development of the paper presented, results that the author(s) consider(s) pertinent, conclusions and bibliography, and the final summary if applicable, referring to industrial or clinical applications.

Upon submission of the paper you will receive a confirmation of submission. Following that and the acceptance process, each paper will be assigned a number  and you will be informed about it. 

Concerning the formats: The papers should be submitted in PDF format. We suggest that the authors who are not familiar with general publication format will utilize the format which can be obtained via this link to Microsoft Word template (MR). The authors may copy and paste their publication directly into the template, obtained from the above link, and the text will be automatically formatted.

(For the authors who are familiar with general publication format, it is not necessary to follow the above listed link, just please follow the standard format).

 

To submit your abstract/paper (Format A) please use this link or go to main menu and click on Call for Papers - Paper Submission

If you have any questions please send an email.