The purpose of the Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, JMBE, is committed to encouraging and providing the standard of biomedical engineering. The journal is devoted to publishing papers related to medical and biological engineering, biomedical signals, medical imaging, bio-informatics, tissue engineering, and so on. Other than the above articles, any contributions regarding hot issues and technological developments that help reach the purpose are also included.

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY EDITORIAL BOARD
Savio L-Y. Woo (PhD, DSc, DEng)
University of Pittsburgh, USA
Maryellen L. Giger (PhD)
The University of Chicago, USA
K. Kirk Shung (PhD)
University of Southern California, USA
Win-Ping Deng (PhD)
Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
Yubo Fan (PhD)
BeiHang University, China
Tzer-Min Lee (PhD)
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Yuh-Show Tsai (PhD)
Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
Vo Van Toi (PhD)
Vietnam National University, Vietnam
Jaw-Lin Wang (PhD)
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Shyh-Hau Wang (PhD)
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Kang-Ping Lin (PhD)
Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
Jia-Jin Chen (PhD)
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Cheng-Kung Cheng (PhD)
National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Pai-Chi Li (PhD)
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
James Goh (PhD)
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Yue-Der Lin (PhD)
Feng Chia University, Taiwan
Adriano O. Andrade (PhD)
Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil
César Gonzalez (PhD)
National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico
EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Kai-Nan An (PhD)
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA
Fong-Chin Su (PhD)
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
DEPUTY EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Joseph M. Mansour (PhD)
Case Western Reserve University, USA
Shan-hui Hsu (PhD)
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Zong-Ming Li (PhD)
Cleveland Clinic, USA
Yoshifumi Saijo (PhD)
Tohoku University, Japan
Kang-Ping Lin (PhD)
Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL BOARD
Larbi Boubchir (BEng, MAS, PhD, SMIEEE)
Li-Chieh Kuo (PhD)
University of Paris 8, France
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Sabine F. Bensamoun (PhD)
Shyh-Ming Kuo (PhD)
University of Technology of Compiègne, France
I-Shou University, Taiwan
Anthony Chan (M.Eng, PhD)
Ezra Kwok (M.D., PhD)
British Columbia Institute of Technology, Canada
The University of British Columbia, Canada
Chung-Ming Chen (PhD)
Jin Ho Lee (PhD)
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Hannam University, Republic of Korea
Muyen Chen (PhD)
Guoan Li (PhD)
National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Harvard University, USA
Shigao Chen (PhD)
Jiunn-Der Liao (PhD)
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Ming-Chung Chou (PhD)
Chun-Li Lin (PhD)
Kaohsiung Medical University
National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Dan Dragomir-Daescu (PhD)
Chih-Ting Lin (PhD)
Mayo Clinic, USA
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Yu-Hua Dean Fang (PhD)
Lichun Lu (PhD)
National Cheng Kung University
Mayo Clinic, USA
Veronique Feipel (PhD)
Roman Nicolae Marius (PhD)
Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
David A. Gabriel (PhD)
Raymond Muzic (PhD)
Brock University, Canada
University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, USA
James Green (PhD, P.Eng., SMIEEE)
Yunhong Shu (PhD)
Carleton University, Canada
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Ming-Fa Hsieh (PhD)
Wojciech Swieszkowski (Ph.D. D.Sc. Eng)
Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Ching-Chi Hsu (PhD)
Ashvin Thambyah (PhD)
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Jui-Ting Hsu (PhD)
Guixue Wang (PhD)
China Medical University, Taiwan
Chongqing University, China
Chih-Chung Huang (PhD)
Bing-Shiang Yang (PhD)
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
National Chiao Tung University
Heng-Li Huang (PhD)
Chih-Kuang Yeh (PhD)
China Medical University, Taiwan
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Yi-You Huang (PhD)
Li-Qun Zhang (PhD)
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
University of Maryland, USA
Ming-Shaung Ju (PhD)
Ming Zhang (PhD)
National Cheng Kung University
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Chien-Min Kao (PhD)
Chunfeng Zhao (M.D.)
The University of Chicago, USA
Mayo Clinic, USA
Editorial Assistant
English Consultant
Sherry Hsu
Adam Przywecki