Institute of Medical Device and Imaging

In the beginning the establishment of Laser Medicine Research Center, Ministry of Education provided stable basic research equipment and instruments. National Science Council supported thematic research funding to consolidate the relevant department personnel, conformed laser equipment and research infrastructure, and was responsible for the practical promotion of biomedical research and application of optoelectronic. In addition, this center became optoelectronic medical education training institute for medical students and health care staff. After that, due to the rapid development of optoelectronic technology, laser is difficult to separate from optoelectronic. Furthermore, most of health care staff and medical student are not unfamiliar with laser anymore. The stage task has completed. So this center renamed to Center for Optoelectronic Biomedicine in 2000. The funding was provided with teaching training fee and books instrument device fee by College of Medicine. Another funding was contested by teachers from intramural and extramural projects, or cooperated with other field to acquire the research funding. These funding was used to cultivate optoelectronic biomedical specifically teachers and the talent, and to precede biomedical field and optoelectronic technology field research. This center became horizontal communication platform of optoelectronic technology field and biomedical field. Furthermore, through the industrial circles, authorities and academia cooperation, it is expected to establish local optoelectronic biological technology industry, and then extend to clinical application.