Per "Åke" Öberg, born 1937 in

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. Öberg received his

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in 1964 from

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and his Ph.D. in

in 1971 from

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. In 1963-1972 he worked as a

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. He is since 1972

. He is also active at the

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.Hungarian Academy of Engineering bio-sketch of Prof. Öberg.
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from the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2003. Öberg's research interests are in circulatory physiology, bio-optics, biomedical instrumentation,

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and clinical engineering. He has published over 400 scientific papers and books in these areas. Öberg is the founding chairman of the Clinical Engineering Division of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering. This same organization has also elected him as an honorary life member. He is a former president of the Swedish Society of Medical Physics and Medical Engineering and a former chairman of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering within the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Honours

* Vladimir K. Zworykin Award, International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2003. * Honorary Life Member, International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2000 * Fellow,

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* Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Engineering, 1994. * Honorary Member of the Finnish Society for Medical Physics and Medical Engineering, 1988 * Member of the

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, 1987. *

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, 1981 * Member of the

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, 1980. * Erna Ebeling Prize, Swedish Society for Medical Engineering and Medical Physics, 1977

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oberg, Ake 1937 births Swedish engineers Academic staff of Linköping University Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Chalmers University of Technology alumni Uppsala University alumni Living people Medical physicists Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering