International Symposium on Space Medicine & Medical Engineering 2019 (SMME2019)
19th - 20th March 2019, Kiryu, Japan
SMME2019 is a pre-conference topical symposium of ICTSS2019, organized by NPO e-JIKEI Network Promotion Institute.
[Proceedings] (on-line)
[Organization]
General
Co-Chair:
Prof.
Yusaku Fujii (Gunma University, Japan)
Prof. Kazuhito Shimada (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan)
National Organizing Committee:
Prof.
Akihiro Takita (Gunma University, Japan) ⋯Chairman
Ms. Nanako Tawada (Gunma University, Japan) ⋯ secretary
Mr. Hadi Nasbey (Gunma University, Japan)
[Venue]
Day-1 (Tuesday, 19 March 2019)
Kiryu campus, Gunma University
Day-2 (Wednesday, 20 March 2019)
Kokusai-Kaigishitsu room, Kiryu City Performing Arts Center, Kiryu City, Japan
[Scope]
The topics of SMME2019 concentrate on the
followings,
(1) Medicine for space development
(2) Technology for space development
(3) Education on medicine and technology for space development
(4) Medical engineering
(5) Space medicine and depopulated medicine
(6) Space technology for preventing medical accident
(7) Mass measurement device (MMD)
for use under microgravity environments
(8) Body mass measurement device (BMMD) for astronauts’
health monitoring
(9) other topics related to (1)-(8)
[Paper submission] for oral or poster presentation
Authors, who wish to make an oral or poster presentation, should send
the following materials to the secretariat of the conference using e-mail.
[1] Manuscript (2-6 pages)
=> Please use Template of paper (MS-WORD file)
[2] Copyright Transfer Agreement signed by the author(s).
=> Please use Copyright Transfer Agreement (MS-WORD file)
Accepted papers will be included in the on-line proceedings.
E-mail address of the secretariat of SMME2019/ICTSS2019:
mailto: ictss@e-jikei.org
* The dead-line of paper submission is 1st March 2019.
When you send a message to ictss@e-jikei.org, put
[SMME，youｒ name] Title (such as Paper submission and Request on VISA application) in the heading of the subject/title, please.
Example:
Subject: [ICTSS, Prof. *****] Submission of paper
[Publication ethics and publication malpractice]
The NPO e-JIKEI Network Promotion Institute’s publications are committed to ensuring ethics in publication and quality of articles by eliminating publication malpractice at the highest level of standards. It is important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved: Authors, Editors/Organizers, Reviewers, Publisher.
The submitted works should not have been published before and should not be under consideration for publication anywhere else. The submission of the work should have been approved by all co-authors. The submitted works must represent the authors’ contributions and must not be copied from other works. If the authors have used the other work, this has to be appropriately cited.
As for a study dealing with the human and/or animal subjects, the special ethical statement is required. The following is an example,
“The study protocol was approved in advance by [name of committee and/or its institutional sponsor].”
If the subject is human, the statement on informed consent is also needed. The following is an example,
“Each subject provided written informed consent before participating.”
A study may be exempt from the above requirements if:
a) the data were collected non-invasively during work or training that the subjects would have undertaken had no experiment existed; or
b) the data were collected using anonymous questionnaires.
[Guide for presentation] (tentative)
Keynote Lectures
40 minutes (including 5-10 minutes discussions)
Oral Presentation
20 mins. (including 3 minutes discussions)
Poster
Presentations
Each author will be provided a board (0.9 m in width by 1.8m in height) to
display the poster.
[Registration]
Participants, who wish to register themselves to SMME2019,
should send the following materials to the secretariat of the conference using
e-mail.
[1] Registration form
=> Please use Registration
form (MS-WORD file)
Registration fee
[On-site] (after 14 March 2019)
General participant: 250USD
Student participant: 200USD
l After 14 March, only the on-site payment in JPY or USD cash is allowed.
[Regular] (on or before 14 March 2019)
General participant: 200USD
Student participant: 150USD
[Early
Bird] (on or before
25 February 2019)
General participant: 150USD
Student participant: 120USD
[*] Registration includes conference proceedings (On-line), conference kit, coffee breaks (19 & 20 March), lunch (19 & 20 March) and Reception party (19 March).
Banquet (20 March) and. Night parties (19 & 20 March) are optional.
[*] For student registration, the certificate of full-time student (under-graduate or graduate) is required to be submitted together with registration form.
[*] If paid in Japanese Yen, exchange rate [1USD = 100JPY] is applied.
PayPal (credit card), and bank transfer is available.
[Publication]
Conference
Proceedings
Journal
publications
(An open-access, peer-reviewed journal)
Publisher: The NPO
e-JIKEI Network Promotion Institute
[2] Journal of Mechanical and Electrical Intelligent System (JMEIS)
[2]
Journal of the Institute of Industrial Applications Engineers
Publisher: The Institute
of Industrial Applications Engineers, Japan
[3]
Journal
of Management and Training for Industries
Publisher: The
Institute of Industrial Applications Engineers, Japan
The
reviewing process in the above journals will be independently conducted by the
publishers. Publication fees will be charged by the publishers.
Please feel free to contact us <ictss@e-jikei.org> for details. We are happy to help you to publish your revised papers to the above journals.
[Contact]
For details, please contact
with the secretariat of SMME2019 <ictss@e-jikei.org>
[Program] (tentative)
Day-1 (Tuesday, 19
March 2019) Venue:
Kiryu campus, Gunma University
(10:50-11:50 Special Lecture by Prof. John Charles)
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Lab tour (Demonstration of Prof. Thornton's Skylab BMMD and some others)
15:00-18:00 Round table meeting & Free discussion & Sightseeing Tour
18:00-20:00 Welcome reception @ Japanese restaurant "Sagami"
20:00-22:00 Night Party with Karaoke
Day-2 (Wednesday, 20 March 2019) Venue: Kiryu City Performing Arts Center, Kiryu City, Japan
10:30-10:45 Opening Ceremony
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Keynote-1: Prof. John Charles
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:40 Keynote-2: Prof. Akihisa Takahashi
13:40-14:20 Keynote-3 Prof. Yusaku Fujii
14:20-14:30 Coffee Break
14:30-15:10 Keynote-4 Prof. Kazuhito Shimada
15:10-15:30 Presentation: Dr. Tatsuo Nakasato
15:30-15:40 Coffee Break
15:40-16:20 Keynote-5 Prof. Hiroshi Sakurai
16:20-17:00 Keynote-6 Prof. Akihiro Takita
17:00-17:30 Closing session with group photos
18:00-20:00 Conference Banquet @ Japanese restaurant "Sagami"
20:00-22:00 Night Party with Karaoke
Related events organized by “Medicine and Engineering Collaboration Project” in Gunma University.
[Tuesday, 19th March 2019]
http://www.e-jikei.org/Conf/PrePostEvents/Pre-ICTSS_2019_03/SpecialLecture.htm
Time: 10:50-11:50
Venue: Dousou-Kinen-Kaikan, Gunma University, Kiryu City, Japan
[Wednesday, 20th March 2019] Special lecture by Prof. John Charles
http://www.e-jikei.org/Conf/PrePostEvents/Pre-ICTSS_2019_03/JohnKeynote.htm
Time: 11:00-12:00
Venue: Kokusai-Kaigishitsu room, Kiryu City Performing Arts Center, Kiryu City, Japan
[Keynote Lecture 1] (open to public)
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NASA (ret.), USA |
[Title]
From
Here to Mars: How the Twins Study and the Year-long Mission on the
International Space Station Have Moved Us Closer to the Red Planet
[Abstract]
The work of NASA's Human Research Program is focused on overcoming the hazards
and risks to astronauts on multi-year deep-space exploration missions. The
year-long expedition of Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko provided important
information on the solutions to those biomedical problems. It also highlighted
the costs and benefits of highly complex investigations in spaceflight that
require the participation of multinational research teams. Serendipitously,
this mission provided the first opportunity to study the effects of spaceflight
on the human body using a genetically nearly-identical control subject on Earth.
This presentation will review the planning for and implementation of the joint
year-long expedition on ISS. Then it will describe some of the results from
that mission. Finally, it will lay out plans for follow-on investigations and
opportunities for future multinational research.
[Keynote Lecture 2]
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Professor, Gunma University, Japan |
[Title]
Future Space Experiments for “Cancer Risk Assessment” in the ISS and the
Gateway
[Abstract]
Space radiation can cause damage to the DNA, such as double-stranded breaks,
resulting in gene mutations or chromosome aberrations. Consequently, exposure
to space radiation may lead to an increased risk of cancer incidence and
mortality after spaceflights. Microgravity (μG) also is a
major environmental stressor for human in space travel. The conflicting and
unconcluded results about the potential synergy effects on the risk of cancer
between space radiation and μG were reported, though we
had performed the space experiments over ten times using the US Space Shuttle,
the Russian MIR Space Station and the International Space Station (ISS).
To clarify the synergy effects on the risk of cancer during long-term space travels, we propose future space experiments using mice instead of astronauts in the ISS-Kibo and the Deep Space Gateway..
[Keynote Lecture 3]
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Professor, Gunma University, Japan |
[Title]
Space
balance and space scale: mass measurement devices
[Abstract]
Mass measuring methods, proposed by authors, are reviewed.
* Space Balance: Mass Measurement Device for small specimen[1,2]
* Space Scale: Body Mass Mesurement Device for astronauts [3,4]
Gound experiments and parabolic flight experiments [5-7] are also reviewed.
References on Space Balance and Space Scale
[1] Y. Fujii, H. Fujimoto and S. Namioka, "Mass measurement under weightless conditions", Rev.
Sci. Instrum., Vol. 70, No.1, pp.111-113, 1999.
[2] Y. Fujii, H. Fujimoto, R. Watanabe, Y. Miki, "Balance for measuring mass under microgravity conditions",
AIAA Journal, Vol.39, No.3, pp.455-457, 2001.
[3] Y. Fujii and K. Shimada, "Instrument for measuring the mass of an astronaut", Meas.
Sci. Technol., Vol.17, No.10, pp.2705-2710, 2006.
[4] Y. Fujii and K. Shimada, "The space scale: An Instrument for astronaut mass measurement",
Trans. Jpn. Soc. Aeronaut. Space Sci., Vol.50, No.170,
pp.251-257, 2008.
[5] Y. Fujii, K. Shimada, M. Yokota, S. Hashimoto, Y. Sugita and H. Ito, "Mass measuring instrument for use under microgravity conditions",
Rev. Sci. Instrum., Vol.79, No.5, 056105-1-3, 2008.
[6] Y.Fujii, K. Shimada, K. Maru, M. Yokota, S. Hashimoto, N. Nagai and Y.
Sugita, "Instrument for Measuring the Body Mass of Astronaut", Trans.
Jpn. Soc. Aeronaut. Space Sci. Space Technol. Jpn., Vol.7, Th_1-Th_6,
2009.
[7] Y. Fujii, K. Shimada and K. Maru, "Instrument for Measuring the Body Mass of Astronauts under
Microgravity Conditions", Microgravity Science and Technology,
Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 115-121, 2010.
[Keynote Lecture 4]
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Prof. Kazuhito Shimada, M.D., Ph.D. |
[Title]
Last 25 years of Japanese human space
program and its medical operations
[Abstract]
Since the first space flight by a journalist cosmonaut in 1990, we have seen 20
launches with 12 Japanese. All were Low-Earth-Orbit missions either on
Space Shuttle or Soyuz. They were either single-vehicle Shuttle, or
International Space Station transportation (ISS). Two missions were for
science payloads on Spacelab and Spacehab.
We learned a lot of space medical operations. However, there were no product flown from development program in Japanese medical operations. Toward the end of ISS, we need to ponder on what we should choose as goals after the ISS program.
[Keynote Lecture 5]
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Prof. Hiroshi Sakurai, Ph.D |
[Title]
Electron density and effective
atomic number measurement by using a newly developing photon counting CT system
[Abstract]
Electron density distribution in the patient body is key information for
precise treatment planning by heavy ion radiotherapies. That is because the
stopping power of charged particles is proportional to the electron density
[1]. Therefore, an imaging technique that can directly acquire the electron
density distribution is desired. Furthermore, a material identification by
effective atomic number analysis open a new opportunity in a clinical
application such as kidney stone characterization, definitive diagnosis of gout
[2]. Recently we have suggested a method to obtain electron density and
effective atomic number by using multi-energy X-ray CT based on the idea by
Torikoshi et al [3]. The simulation results indicate that our approach can
facilitate electron density measurements within accuracy of 1% and effective atomic
number measurements within accuracy of 5% in the human body [4]. In this study
we report the measured electron densities and effective atomic numbers by the
newly developing photon counting CT system.
[1] D. Schardt T. Elsasser, and D. Schulz-Ertner, Rev. Mod. Phys. 82 (2010) 383-425.
[2] M. Pattino, A. Prochowski, M. D. Agrawal, F. J. Simeone, R. Guputa, P. H. Hahn, D. V. Sahani, Radiographics 36 (2016) 1087-1105.
[3] M. Torikoshi, T. Tsunoo, M. Sakaki, M. Endo, Y. Noda, Y. Ohno, T. Kohno, K. Hyodo, K. Uesugi and N. Yagi, Phys. Med. Biol. 48 (2003) 673-685.
[4] A. Nagao, T. Yamazaki, M. Torikoshi, N. Sunaguchi, T. Kanai, T.Hayashi, K. Suzuki, K. Hoshi and H. Sakurai, Appl. Mech. Mater. 888 (2019) 83-88.
[Keynote Lecture 6]
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Prof. Akihiro Takita, Ph.D |
[Title]
Evaluation of the Skylab BMMD
[Abstract]
The characteristics of a flight model of the Skylab BMMD (Body Mass Measurement
Device), which was developed around 1970 by Prof. William Thornton and his
team, have been evaluated using a modern measurement system with an optical
interferometer. In the ground test, the BMMD estimates the mass of the human
subject in the mass range of 0 kg to 100 kg with the uncertainty of 0.2 kg,
which corresponds 0.2 % in the maximum value of the mass of the human subject.
In addition, the effect of "breathing" of the subject is detected.