A one-day symposium on the above subject was organized by the Trent Regional Post-Graduate Committee and held in the Post-Graduate Medical Teaching Centre at Doncaster Royal Infirmary on Thursday 19 March, 1981.
The symposium was attended by some forty persons and the morning session was chaired by Mr R. W. Porter. Dr D. Ottewell of the Doncaster Royal Infirmary Bio-engineering Research Unit chaired the afternoon session and delegates had the opportunity to see a poster display and exhibition during the lunch period.
Abstracts of seven papers* presented at the symposium have been collected by Mr R. W. Porter and they are included in the current issue of the Journal for the benefit of our readers.
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