medical engineering

...This refers to electronic devices used in the medical field, and the field that conducts research and development of such medical devices is called ME (short for medical engineering).
[Definition and field of ME]
In 1958, when the International Congress on Biomedical Engineering was held in Paris, ME was defined as medical electronics.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "medical engineering" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…医学領域で用いられる電子機器をいい，このような医用機器の研究･開発を行う分野をME(medical engineeringの略)という。
［MEの定義および分野］
　1958年に，医用生体工学に関する国際会議がパリで開かれたとき，MEとはmedical electronicsとされた。…

※「medical engineering」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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