First A. Author, Second B. Author, Jr., and Third C.

Author, Member, IEEE

Template for Preparation of Papers for IEEE Sponsored

Conferences & Symposia involving medicine and biology*
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that anticipate your paper as one part of the entire
Abstract— This electronic document is a “live” template. The proceedings, and not as an independent document. Please do
various components of your paper [title, text, heads, etc.] are not revise any of the current designations.
already defined on the style sheet, as illustrated by the portions
given in this document. III. MATH
Before you begin to format your paper, first write and
Clinical Relevance— This is a brief statement on why a this save the content as a separate text file. Keep your text and
might be of interest to practicing clinicians. Example: This graphic files separate until after the text has been formatted
establishes the anesthetic efficacy of 10% intraosseous and styled. Do not use hard tabs, and limit use of hard returns
injections with epinephrine to positively influence to only one return at the end of a paragraph. Do not add any
cardiovascular function.
kind of pagination anywhere in the paper. Do not number text
I. INTRODUCTION heads-the template will do that for you.
This template, modified in MS Word 2003 and saved as Finally, complete content and organizational editing
“Word 97-2003 & 6.0/95 – RTF” for the PC, provides before formatting. Please take note of the following items
authors with most of the formatting specifications needed for when proofreading spelling and grammar:
preparing electronic versions of their papers. All standard A. Abbreviations and Acronyms
paper components have been specified for three reasons: (1)
ease of use when formatting individual papers, (2) automatic Define abbreviations and acronyms the first time they are
compliance to electronic requirements that facilitate the used in the text, even after they have been defined in the
concurrent or later production of electronic products, and (3) abstract. Abbreviations such as IEEE, SI, MKS, CGS, sc, dc,
conformity of style throughout a conference proceedings. and rms do not have to be defined. Do not use abbreviations
Margins, column widths, line spacing, and type styles are in the title or heads unless they are unavoidable.
built-in; examples of the type styles are provided throughout B. Units
this document and are identified in italic type, within
parentheses, following the example. Some components, such  Use either SI (MKS) or CGS as primary units. (SI
as multi-leveled equations, graphics, and tables are not units are encouraged.) English units may be used as
prescribed, although the various table text styles are secondary units (in parentheses). An exception would
provided. The formatter will need to create these be the use of English units as identifiers in trade,
components, incorporating the applicable criteria that follow. such as “3.5-inch disk drive”.

II.PROCEDURE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION  Avoid combining SI and CGS units, such as current
in amperes and magnetic field in oersteds. This often
A. Selecting a Template (Heading 2) leads to confusion because equations do not balance
First, confirm that you have the correct template for your dimensionally. If you must use mixed units, clearly
paper size. This template has been tailored for output on the state the units for each quantity that you use in an
US-letter paper size. Please do not use it for A4 paper since equation.
the margin requirements for A4 papers may be different from  Do not mix complete spellings and abbreviations of
Letter paper size. units: “Wb/m2” or “webers per square meter”, not
B. Maintaining the Integrity of the Specifications “webers/m2”. Spell out units when they appear in
text: “. . . a few henries”, not “. . . a few H”.
The template is used to format your paper and style the
text. All margins, column widths, line spaces, and text fonts  Use a zero before decimal points: “0.25”, not “.25”.
are prescribed; please do not alter them. You may note Use “cm3”, not “cc”. (bullet list)
peculiarities. For example, the head margin in this template
measures proportionately more than is customary. This C. Equations
measurement and others are deliberate, using specifications The equations are an exception to the prescribed
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specifications of this template. You will need to determine
*Research supported by ABC Foundation.
F. A. Author is with the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
whether or not your equation should be typed using either the
Boulder, CO 80305 USA (corresponding author to provide phone: 303-555- Times New Roman or the Symbol font (please no other font).
5555; fax: 303-555-5555; e-mail: author@ boulder.nist.gov). To create multileveled equations, it may be necessary to treat
S. B. Author, Jr., was with Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 USA. the equation as a graphic and insert it into the text after your
He is now with the Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort paper is styled. Number equations consecutively. Equation
Collins, CO 80523 USA (e-mail: author@lamar. colostate.edu).
T. C. Author is with the Electrical Engineering Department, University
numbers, within parentheses, are to position flush right, as in
of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA, on leave from the National Research (1), using a right tab stop. To make your equations more
Institute for Metals, Tsukuba, Japan (e-mail: [email protected]). compact, you may use the solidus ( / ), the exp function, or
appropriate exponents. Italicize Roman symbols for prescribed by your conference for the name of your paper. In
quantities and variables, but not Greek symbols. Use a long this newly created file, highlight all of the contents and
dash rather than a hyphen for a minus sign. Punctuate import your prepared text file. You are now ready to style
equations with commas or periods when they are part of a your paper; use the scroll down window on the left of the MS
sentence, as in Word Formatting toolbar.
  A. Authors and Affiliations
Note that the equation is centered using a center tab stop. The template is designed so that author affiliations are not
Be sure that the symbols in your equation have been defined repeated each time for multiple authors of the same
before or immediately following the equation. Use “(1)”, not affiliation. Please keep your affiliations as succinct as
“Eq. (1)” or “equation (1)”, except at the beginning of a possible (for example, do not differentiate among
sentence: “Equation (1) is . . .” departments of the same organization). This template was
designed for two affiliations.
D. Some Common Mistakes
For author/s of only one affiliation (Heading 3): To
 The word “data” is plural, not singular.
change the default, adjust the template as follows.
 The subscript for the permeability of vacuum 0, and Selection (Heading 4): Highlight all author and
other common scientific constants, is zero with affiliation lines.
subscript formatting, not a lowercase letter “o”.
Change number of columns: Select the Columns icon
 In American English, commas, semi-/colons, periods, from the MS Word Standard toolbar and then select “1
question and exclamation marks are located within Column” from the selection palette.
quotation marks only when a complete thought or Deletion: Delete the author and affiliation lines for the
name is cited, such as a title or full quotation. When second affiliation.
quotation marks are used, instead of a bold or italic
For author/s of more than two affiliations: To change
typeface, to highlight a word or phrase, punctuation
should appear outside of the quotation marks. A the default, adjust the template as follows.
parenthetical phrase or statement at the end of a Selection: Highlight all author and affiliation lines.
sentence is punctuated outside of the closing Change number of columns: Select the “Columns” icon
parenthesis (like this). (A parenthetical sentence is from the MS Word Standard toolbar and then select “1
punctuated within the parentheses.) Column” from the selection palette.
 A graph within a graph is an “inset”, not an “insert”. Highlight author and affiliation lines of affiliation 1 and
The word alternatively is preferred to the word copy this selection.
“alternately” (unless you really mean something that Formatting: Insert one hard return immediately after the
alternates). last character of the last affiliation line. Then paste down the
 Do not use the word “essentially” to mean copy of affiliation 1. Repeat as necessary for each additional
“approximately” or “effectively”. affiliation.
Reassign number of columns: Place your cursor to the
 In your paper title, if the words “that uses” can right of the last character of the last affiliation line of an
accurately replace the word “using”, capitalize the even numbered affiliation (e.g., if there are five affiliations,
“u”; if not, keep using lower-cased. place your cursor at end of fourth affiliation). Drag the cursor up
 Be aware of the different meanings of the to highlight all of the above author and affiliation lines. Go to
homophones “affect” and “effect”, “complement” Column icon and select “2 Columns”. If you have an odd number
and “compliment”, “discreet” and “discrete”, of affiliations, the final affiliation will be centered on the page; all
previous will be in two columns.
“principal” and “principle”.
B. Identify the Headings
 Do not confuse “imply” and “infer”.
Headings, or heads, are organizational devices that guide
 The prefix “non” is not a word; it should be joined to the reader through your paper. There are two types:
the word it modifies, usually without a hyphen. component heads and text heads.
 There is no period after the “et” in the Latin Component heads identify the different components of
abbreviation “et al.”. your paper and are not topically subordinate to each other.
 The abbreviation “i.e.” means “that is”, and the Examples include Acknowledgments and References and, for
these, the correct style to use is “Heading 5”. Use “figure
abbreviation “e.g.” means “for example”.
caption” for your Figure captions, and “table head” for your
An excellent style manual for science writers is [7]. table title. Run-in heads, such as “Abstract”, will require you
to apply a style (in this case, italic) in addition to the style
IV. USING THE TEMPLATE provided by the drop down menu to differentiate the head
After the text edit has been completed, the paper is ready from the text.
for the template. Duplicate the template file by using the Text heads organize the topics on a relational,
Save As command, and use the naming convention hierarchical basis. For example, the paper title is the primary
text head because all subsequent material relates and ACKNOWLEDGMENT
elaborates on this one topic. If there are two or more sub- The preferred spelling of the word “acknowledgment” in
topics, the next level head (uppercase Roman numerals) America is without an “e” after the “g”. Avoid the stilted
should be used and, conversely, if there are not at least two expression, “One of us (R. B. G.) thanks . . .” Instead, try
sub-topics, then no subheads should be introduced. Styles “R. B. G. thanks”. Put sponsor acknowledgments in the
named “Heading 1”, “Heading 2”, “Heading 3”, and unnumbered footnote on the first page.
“Heading 4” are prescribed.
C. Figures and Tables
Positioning Figures and Tables: Place figures and tables
at the top and bottom of columns. Avoid placing them in the
middle of columns. Large figures and tables may span across
both columns. Figure captions should be below the figures; REFERENCES
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APPENDIX
Appendixes should appear before the acknowledgment.
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