Analysis of the Unsuccessful Efforts to Design & Construct Invasive Mechanical COVID-19 Ventilators in Mexico: Did the Current BME Curricula at Mexican Universities Contribute to the Failure?

Autor: Joaquin, Azpiroz Leehan, Emilio, Sacristan Rock, Fabiola, Martinez Licona

Publikováno v: 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC).

Mexico was caught unprepared to deal with the current COVID-19 pandemic. One of the most egregious failures was the incapability to provide an additional 10,000 ventilators in order to cope with the excess demand. The Mexican government proposed a pr

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https://doi.org/10.1109/embc46164.2021.9629517

Updating the Biomedical Engineering Curriculum in Latin America: Moving from management and maintenance to Design and Development of Medical Devices

Autor: Fabiola Martínez-Licona, Gerardo Urbina-Medal, Emilio Sacristan-Rock, Joaquin Azpiroz-Leehan

Publikováno v: EMBC

Biomedical Engineering as an undergraduate degree in Latin America is not new. However, most programs have the objective to produce professionals dedicated to the management and maintenance of health care technology. We believe that there is an impor

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https://doi.org/10.1109/embc44109.2020.9175362

Biomedical Engineering in Latin America: A Survey of 90 Undergraduate Programs

Autor: M. Cadena, Joaquin Azpiroz-Leehan, E. Sacristán Rock, F. Martínez-Licona, E. G. Urbina-Medal

Publikováno v: VII Latin American Congress on Biomedical Engineering CLAIB 2016, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia, October 26th-28th, 2016 ISBN: 9789811040856

Undergraduate programs in BME started in Latin America over 40 years ago. From two programs in the seventies, the number has grown into at least 90 at present. This work presents a survey of all the programs and analyzes the curricular structure, aim

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4086-3_27

Imaging Facilities for Basic Medical Units: A Case in the State of Guerrero, Mexico

Autor: Fabiola Martinez Licona, Miguel Cadena Méndez, Joaquin Azpiroz-Leehan

Publikováno v: Journal of Digital Imaging. 24:857-863

This work presents the methodology to design a small imaging unit in a small regional hospital that takes into account the real imaging needs in the region regardless of current administrative guidelines. The situation of the imaging facilities in Me

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-010-9349-7

Critical assessment and outlook for the 50 biomedical engineering undergraduate programs in Mexico

Autor: E. Gerardo Urbina Medal, Emilio Sacristan Rock, Fabiola Martinez Licona, Joaquin Azpiroz-Leehan, Miguel Cadena Méndez

Publikováno v: EMBC

Biomedical Engineering (BME) has been taught in Mexico at the undergraduate level for over forty years. The rationale for the introduction of this profession was to help manage and maintain the growing technological infrastructure in the health care

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