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Acknowledgement

The authors would like to thank for the financial support from the Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) and the industrial sponsors: Golden Meditech Company Ltd., Bird International Ltd., and Bright Step Corporation.

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  1. The Joint Research Center for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T, Hong Kong SAR

    Xiaofei F. Teng PhD

  2. The Joint Research Center for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electronic Engineering, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    Yuan-Ting Zhang PhD

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  1. Thomas S. Watson School of Engin. &, Applied Science, Binghamton University, Binghamton, 13902, U.S.A.

    Guruprasad Madhavan

  2. Dept. Industrial & Systems Engineering, Oakland University, Rochester, 48309, U.S.A.

    Barbara Oakley

  3. IRM College, National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington, 20319, U.S.A.

    Luis Kun

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Teng, X.F., Zhang, YT. (2008). Towards Affordable and Accessible Healthcare Systems. In: Madhavan, G., Oakley, B., Kun, L. (eds) Career Development in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. Series in Biomedical Engineering. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76495-5_48

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