4th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering 23 - 27 November 2008, Antwerp, Belgium (eBook)

Jos van der Sloten, Pascal Verdonck, Marc Nyssen, Jens Haueisen (Herausgeber)

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2009 | 2009
CXLIV, 2808 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-89208-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The 4th European Congress of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Federation was held in Antwerp, November 2008.

The scientific discussion on the conference and in this conference proceedings include the following issues:

• Signal & Image Processing
• ICT
• Clinical Engineering and Applications
• Biomechanics and Fluid Biomechanics
• Biomaterials and Tissue Repair
• Innovations and Nanotechnology
• Modeling and Simulation
• Education and Professional

Inhalt

IFMBE Proceedings Volume 22/1 2
About IFMBE 6
Welcome to Antwerp! 7
Conference details 8
Content 11
Risk Stratification in Ischemic Heart Failure Patients with Linear and Nonlinear Methods of Heart Rate Variability Analysis 47
Biomagnetic risk stratification by QRS fragmentation in patients with Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillators 51
Beating Rate Variability Studies with Human Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes 54
The method of assessment of chosen hemodynamic and electrophysiologic parameters in the healthy human subject circulation 58
2D Isochronal Correlation Method to Detect Pacing Capture during Ventricular Fibrillation 60
Chaotic Phase Space Differential (CPSD) Algorithm for Real-Time Detection of VF, VT, and PVC ECG Signals 64
Supervised ECG Delineation Using the Wavelet Transform and Hidden Markov Models 68
Validating the Reliability of Five Ventricular Fibrillation Detecting Algorithms 72
Novel multichannel capacitive ECG-System for cardiac diagnostics beyond the standard- lead system 76
On Independent Component Analysis based on Spatial, Temporal and Spatio- temporal information in biomedical signals 80
Extracting Event-Related Field Components Through Space-Time ICA: a Study of MEG Recordings from Children with ADHD and Controls 84
Gender differences in the control of the upper body accelerations during level walking 89
Heart rate variability analysis during bicycle ergometer exercise 93
Color cues in Human Motion Analysis 97
Transforming retinal velocity into 3D motor coordinates for pursuit eye movements 101
Effectiveness of deep brain stimulation in subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson™s disease – a somatotopic organisation 105
The Median Point DTW Template to Classify Upper Limb Gestures at Different Speeds 109
2D Markerless Gait Analysis 113
Tremor control during movement of the upper limb using artificial neural networks 118
Low-cost, Automated Assessment of Sit-To-Stand Movement in " Natural" Environments 122
Human Body Motions Classification 126
Parametric Representation of Hand Movement in Parkinson™s Disease 131
A wireless integrated system to evaluate efficiency indexes in real time during cycling 135
Contactless head posture measurement 139
Specialized glasses - projection displays for neurology investigation 143
Digital Wireless Craniocorpography with Sidelong Scanning by TV Fisheye Camera 148
Calibration of a measurement system for the evaluation of efficiency indexes in bicycle training 152
Preliminary study on a remote system for diagnostic-therapeutic postural measurements 156
Software Assistance for Planning of RF-Ablation and Oncological Resection in Liver Surgery 160
Ultrasound Navigated RFA of Liver Tumors 164
LapAssistent - a laparoscopic liver surgery assistance system 167
The observation of human joint movement 172
Estimation of speed distribution of particles moving in an optically turbid multiple scattering medium by decomposition of laser- Doppler spectrum 176
A Novel Multivariate Analysis Method with Noise Reduction 179
Iterative improvement of lineshape estimation 184
An Investigation of the use of a High Resolution ADC as a “ Digital Biopotential Amplifier” 188
A portable data acquisition system for the measurement of impact attenuation material properties 194
Assessing Driver™s Hypovigilance from Biosignals 198
Analyzing an sEMG signal using wavelets 202
Role of Myelin in Synchronization and Rhythmicity of Visual Impulses 206
Analyzing Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Signals with Macromolecular Contamination by the Morlet Wavelet 209
Robust and Adaptive Filtering of Multivariate Online-Monitoring Time Series 213
A novel synchronization measure for epileptic seizure detection based on Fourier series expansions 217
Investigating the Relationship between Breath Acoustics and FEV1 During Histamine Challenge 222
Spatio-Temporal Solutions in Inverse Electrocardiography 226
Genetic Algorithm Based Feature Selection Applied on Predicting Microsleep from Speech 230
A Classification Attempt of COPD, ALI-ARDS and Normal Lungs of ventilated Patients through Compliance and Resistance over Time Waveform Discrimination 238
Modified Matching Pursuit algorithm for application in sleep screening 242
Wireless capsule endoscopic frame classification scheme based on higher order statistics of multi- scale texture descriptors 246
One-class support vector machine for joint variable selection and detection of postural balance degradation 250
The influence of treatment on linear and non-linear parameters of autonomic regulation in patients with acute schizophrenia 254
Intrinsic Mode Entropy for postural steadiness analysis 258
Influence of different representations of the oscillometric index on automatic determination of the systolic and diastolic blood pressures 262
Laser Doppler flowmetry signals: pointwise Hölder exponents of experimental signals from young healthy subjects and numerically simulated data 267
Exploring a physiological environment learning tool for encouraging continued deep relaxation 272
Characterization of a bimodal electrocutaneous stimulation device 276
Identification of the electrohysterographic volume conductor by high- density electrodes 281
Signal Separation in the Frequency Domain for Quantitative Ultrasound Measurements of Bone 285
Consecutive Detection of Extreme Central Fatigue 289
Detection of Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Empirical Mode Decomposition on Tachogram 293
Empirical mode decomposition. Spectral properties in normal and pathological voices 298
Global and local inhomogeneity indices of lung ventilation based on electrical impedance tomography 302
Analysis of Intracardiac ECG Measured in the Coronary Sinus 306
Rapid wheezing detection algorithm for real-time asthma diagnosis and personal health care 310
Lung sound analysis to monitor lung recruitment 314
Dual Kalman Filter based State-Parameter Estimation in Linear Lung Models 318
Beat Pressure and Comparing it with Ascending Aorta Pressure in Normal and Abnormal Conditions 322
Comparison of Ultrasonic Measurement and Numerical Simulation Results of the Flow through Vertebral Arteries 332
The Influence of Wall Deformation on Transmural Flow in Thoracic Aorta: Three- Dimensional Simulations 339
Non-invasive Vascular Ultrasound Strain Imaging: Different Arteries, Different Approaches 344
Photoplethysmogram Signal Conditioning by Monitoring of Oxygen Saturation and Diagnostic of Cardiovascular Diseases 349
Choice of coordinate system for left ventricular FE-mesh generation 353
Fetal ECG Extraction Using Multi-Layer Perceptron Neural Networks with Bayesian Approach 357
Feature Selection for Brain-Computer Interface 364
Nature Inspired Concepts in Long- Term Electrocardiogram Clustering 368
Evaluation of the MU Firing Strategies from Spectral Shape Analysis of sEMG Data 372
Physiological Monitoring of Human Cognitive Processes 376
Is Detection of Different Anesthetic Levels Related to Nonlinearity of the Electroencephalogram? 381
Combining HR-MAS and In Vivo MRI and MRSI Information for Robust Brain Tumor Recognition 386
Detection of ectopic beats in single channel electrocardiograms 390
Application of Sequential Recognition of Patient Intent to the Bio-Prosthesis Hand Control – Experimental Investigations of Algorithms 394
EEG Coherence as Measure of Depressive Disorder 399
Spectral Analysis of Overnight Pulse Oximetry Recordings in Sleep Studies 402
Changes in connectivity patterns in the kainate model of epilepsy 406
Detection of Foveation Windows and Analysis of Foveation Sequences in Congenital Nystagmus 410
Relationship between Eye Movement and Facilitation of Perceptual Filling-in 414
Modeling the macromolecular background in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopic signals 418
Real-time BSPM processing system 423
Review on biostatistical results associated with the application of signal-processing-based scores for acute myocardial infarction ( AMI) clinics 427
A Principal Component Regression Approach for Estimation of Ventricular Repolarization Characteristics 431
Diagnosis of Ischemic Heart Disease with Cardiogoniometry – Linear discriminant analysis versus Support Vector Machines 435
Enhancement of a QRS detection algorithm based on the first derivative, using techniques of a QRS detector algorithm based on non- linear transformations 439
Using the wavelet packet transform in automatic sleep analysis 443
Proposal of Feature Extraction from Wavelet Packets Decomposition of QRS Complex for Normal and Ventricular ECG Beats Classification 448
Biomedical Image Segmentation Based on Morphological Spectra 452
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Inhomogeneous Magnetic Fields with Noisy Signal 456
Combining EEG signals and MRI images for brain mapping using interpolation techniques a comparative study
Detection of Basal Nuclei on Magnetic Resonance Images using Support Vector Machines 467
Analysis of digital radiographic equipments with development of specific phantoms and software 471
Nonlinear Diffusion Filtering of Single-Trial Matrix Representations of Auditory Brainstem Responses 475
A Multi-component similarity measure for improved robustness of non-rigid registration of combined FDG PET- CT head and neck images 479
Deconvolution of freehand 3d ultrasound data using improved reconstruction techniques in consideration of ultrasound point spread functions 482
Modeling of ultrasound propagation through contrast agents 486
Evaluation of Simplex Codes for Photoacoustic Coded Excitation 490
Developing a high-resolution photoacoustic microscopy platform 494
Investigation of changes in acoustic properties resulting from contrast material in through- transmission ultrasonic imaging 498
Transcranial sonography as early indicator for genetic Parkinson’s disease 502
Comparison of Imaging Modalities for Quantification of Cyanoacrylate Microbubble Concentration 506
Ranking of color space components for detection of blood vessels in eye fundus images 510
Detection of the Optic Disc in Images of the Retina Using Gabor Filters and Phase Portrait Analysis 514
A Markov Random Field Approach to Outline Lesions in Fundus Images 518
Realtime Temperature Control towards Gentle Photocoagulation of the Retina 522
Estimation of Real-Time Red Blood Cell Velocity in Conjunctival Vessels using a Modified Dynamic- Time- Warping Approach 526
Functional Optical Imaging of a tissue based on Diffuse Reflectance with Fibre Spectrometer 530
Elimination of clavicle shadows to help automatic lung nodule detection on chest radiographs 534
A Novel Approach for Reducing Dental Filling Artifact in CT-Based Attenuation Correction of PET Data 538
Comparative Assessment of Different Energy Mapping Approaches in CT Based Attenuation Correction: a Patient Study 542
Optimization of Yttrium-90 Bremsstrahlung Imaging with Monte Carlo Simulations 546
Sinogram-Based Motion Detection in Transmission Computed Tomography 551
A Comparison of MTT Calculation Techniques in MRI Brain Perfusion Imaging 555
Reduction of Intravenous Contrast Related Artifacts in CT-Based Attenuation Corrected PET Images 559
Detection of characteristic texture parameters in breast MRI 563
Numerical evaluation and comparison of instantaneous anatomical knee joint axes and orthotic joint axes using MRI data under weight- bearing condition 568
A new method for quantitative evaluation of target volume variations in radiotherapy planning 572
Computer Aided Monitoring of Bone Quality and New Bone Formation upon Distractive Maxillary Expansion based on Pre- and Post- Surgical CT- Data 576
Automatic Landmark Detection on Epicondyles of Distal Femur in X-Ray Images 579
A multichannel system for real-time optoacoustics and its suitability for molecular imaging 583
An Automated System for Full Angle Spatial Compounding in Ultrasound Breast Imaging 587
AM-FM Representations for the Characterization of Carotid Plaque Ultrasound Images 592
Segmentation of 3D Echocardiographic Images using Deformable Simplex Meshes and Adaptive Filtering 596
Geometric regularization improves 2D myocardial motion estimates in the mouse: an in- silico study 601
Experimental setup with dual chamber cardiac phantom for ultrasonic elastography 605
Phase-resolved Doppler Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in the in vivo mouse model 609
Pseudo Automatic camera extrinsic estimation using 3D Hough Transform 613
A novel intrinsically calibrated method to measure intracellular Ca2+ with ultimate detection sensitivity utilizing confocal Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy ( cFCS) 617
An Efficient Airway Tree Segmentation Method Robust to Leakage Based on Shape Feature Optimization 621
Vessel tree extraction: Combination of a region competition based active contour model with a tubular active contour model 625
Graph-based Tracking Method for Aortic Thrombus Segmentation 630
Fully automatic assessment of carotid artery curvature and diameter with non- invasive ultrasound 634
Liver and Lesion Segmentation Algorithm for Contrast Enhanced CT Images 638
Anatomical Models for Computer Assisted Surgery Using Support Vector Machine 642
MRI-based 3D-Modelling of Gleno-humeral Joint Deformities for Functional Surgical Planning 646
Extending Mammographic Microcalcification Detection Method to Cluster Characterization 650
Medical feature matching and model extraction from MRI/CT based on the Invariant Generalized Hough/ Radon Transform 654
Image Segmentation of Cell Nuclei based on Classification in the Color Space 659
Volume Estimation of Pathology Zones in 3D Medical Images 663
Estimation of blurring of optic nerve disc margin 667
Robust Data Driven Modeling of Time Intensity Curves 671
Classification of alveolar microscopy videos with respect to alveolar stability 679
Automated Detection of Cell Nuclei in PAP stained cervical smear images using Fuzzy Clustering 683
Analysis of Capsule Endoscopy Images Related to Gastric Ulcer Using Bidimensional Empirical Mode Decomposition 688
Motion compensated iterative reconstruction of a cardiac region of interest for CT 692
An Image Inpainting Based Surrogate Data Strategy for Metal Artifact Reduction in CT Images 697
Rodent Imaging with Helical µCBCT 701
Microcalcification Detection using Digital Tomosynthesis, Dual Energy Mammography and Cone Beam Computed Tomography: A Comparative Study 706
Non-Minimum Phase Iterative Deconvolution of Ultrasound Images 710
Dynamic Visualization of the Human Orbit for Functional Diagnostics in Ophthalmology, Cranio- maxillofacial Surgery, and Neurosurgery 715
A Communication Term for the Combined Registration and Segmentation 719
Elastic Registration of Optical Images showing Heart Muscle Contraction 722
Automation of the preoperative image processing steps for ultrasound based navigation 726
Elastic Registration of Functional MRI Data to Sensorimotor Cortex 730
Enhanced Visualization of Ultrasound Volumes for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Purposes 735
Compensation of Cardiac Motion in Angiographic Sequences for the Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion 739
3D Cardiac Strain Imaging using a Novel Tracking Method 743
SWI Brain Vessel Change Coincident with fMRI Activation 747
A Subspace Wiener Filtering Approach for Extracting Task-Related Brain Activity from Multi- Echo fMRI Data 751
An Elasticity Penalty: Mixing FEM and Nonrigid Registration 755
Evaluation of the biodistribution of In-111 labeled cationic Liposome in mice using multipinhole SPECT Technique 759
Multimodal Medical Case Retrieval using Dezert-Smarandache Theory with A Priori Knowledge 762
Noise properties of the 3-electrode skin admittance measuring circuit 766
Thermal Imaging of Skin Temperature Distribution During and After Cooling: In- Vitro Experiments 769
Magnetic Resonance Electrical Impedance Tomography For Anisotropic Conductivity Imaging 774
Electro-Magnetic Impedance Tomography – a sensitivity analysis 778
A feasibility study on the delectability of Edema using Magnetic Induction Tomography using an Analytical Model 782
Ventilatory Pattern monitoring by Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ( COPD) patients 786
A Magnetic Induction Tomography system with sub-millidegree phase noise and high long- term phase stability 790
A method for increasing the phase-measurement stability of Magnetic Induction Tomography systems 794
Reduction of low-frequency noise in magnetic induction tomography systems 798
Regional Image Reconstruction with Optimum Currents for MREIT – Evaluation on Shepp- Logan Conductivity Phantom 802
A Breast Surface Estimation Algorithm for UWB Microwave Imaging 806
Automatic Lung Segmentation of Helical-CT Scans in Experimental Induced Lung Injury 810
Identification of coronary collaterals in imaging cryomicrotome datasets 814
Improved regional myocardial perfusion measurement by means of an imaging cryomicrotome 817
Dose Distribution in Pediatric CT Head Examination: Phantom Study 821
Measurement of Half-Value Layer for QA and QC: Simple Method Using Radiochromic Film Density 826
Towards automatic detection of movement during sleep in pediatric patients with epilepsy by means of video recordings and the optical flow algorithm 830
Accuracy improvement of nuclear position extraction from hepatic histopathologic images 836
Extraction of fibers and nuclei of hepatic histopathologic specimen stained with silver and HE 841
Alignment Pixel-to-Pixel for Mammography Obtained by Dual Energy 845
Reconstruction of phase images for GRAPPA accelerated Magnetic Resonance Imaging 849
Probabilistic Assignment of Brain Responses to the Human Amygdala and its Subregions using High Resolution Functional MRI 853
Velocity Analysis by Using Doppler Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography with Variable Reference Length 857
Transverse and oblique motion effects in Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography 862
Enhancement of alveolar videos using scattered light for illumination 867
Applications of Microwave Radiometry in Diagnostic Suspicion of Mammary Pathology 871
Performance of Semiconductor Gamma-Camera System with CdZnTe Detector 875
Ultra-high Resolution SPECT with CdTe Detectors 878
SPECT imaging with a semiconductor detector and a diverging collimator 882
Sonographic analysis of hyoid bone movement during swallowing 886
Computer-aided ultrasound diagnosis of hepatic steatosis 889
In vivo determination of the human crystalline lens shape with clinically established measurement methods 894
Continuous wave Doppler ultrasound measurement of micro-vibrations induced by a focused acoustic radiation force 898
Estimation of Carotid Stiffness Using Ultrasonic Dynamic Images for Evaluating the Degree of Arteriosclerosis 902
CT-MAR Reconstruction Using Non-Uniform Fourier Transform 907
Personalized Ambient Monitoring: Accelerometry for Activity Level Classification 912
Engineering for Health in OP 2000 917
Wireless microsensors system for monitoring breathing activity 921
Identity Management to Support Access Control in E-Health Systems 926
Building Trust on Body Sensor Network Signals 933
Effects of UV Radiation on the Airborne Particles in the Operating Room 937
Soluble Gas Tight Capsules for use in Surgical Quality Testing 941
Optimization of Ultrasonic Tool Performance in Surgery 945
A parallel kinematic mechanism for highly flexible laparoscopic instruments 949
A Smart Ultrasonic Cutting System for Surgery 953
Simultaneous Stereo-Optical Navigation of Medical Instruments for Brachytherapy 957
The impact of electrosurgical heat on optical force feedback sensors 960
Classification and Data Mining for Hysteroscopy Imaging in Gynaecology 964
Video-endoscopic image analysis for 3D reconstruction of the surgical scene 969
IFMBE Proceedings Volume 22/2 973
About IFMBE 977
Welcome to Antwerp! 978
Conference details 979
Content 982
Development of graphical user interface to control remote probe by reflecting contact force on body surface for tele- echography system 1018
An endoscopic laser navigation system for computer assisted surgery 1023
of optical CT imaging versus NMR imaging for nPAG gel dosimetry 1027
Application of a surgical navigation system for zygoma implant surgery 1031
Individual bone implant modeling using planned resection lines for facial and cranial tumor resection 1035
A feasibility study on chronic wounds of laser Doppler perfusion imaging during Topical Negative Pressure therapy 1039
Automated Inspection System of Stent 1043
An intrahepatic electromagnetic localizer 1049
Computerized Interpretation of Cardiotocographs Using Kubli Score 1053
Unrotating images in laparoscopy with an application for 30° laparoscopes 1057
Teleimage: An Integrated Approach for Secure and Web-based Exchange of Medical Images and Reports 1061
The Degree of Privacy in Web-based Electronic Health Records 1065
Electronic physiotherapy registry: towards structured physiotherapy records 1069
A Low Power Wireless Personal Area Network for Telemedicine 1073
Towards an e-Learning and Telemedicine Network for Better Quality of Patient Care 1077
Electronic Report Generation Web Service evaluated within a Telemedicine System 1085
Efficient database and web service design for confidential patient data in the TEMONICS project 1089
TELEMON – A Complex System for Real Time Telemonitoring of Chronic Patients and Elderly People 1093
Mobile Devices for e-Services in Home Care 1097
Personalised Ambient Monitoring (PAM) of the mentally ill 1101
Method for the detection of life-threatening conditions in unconscious casualties 1105
A Population Prospect for Future Health Care Models based on a System Dynamics Model 1109
Kubios HRV – A Software for Advanced Heart Rate Variability Analysis 1113
Implementation of an Open Telenephrology Platform to Support Home Monitoring 1117
An analysis of PLC noise level for risk management of medical use RFID system 1121
Intelligent Synchronized Magnifying Glasses for Assisting Reading of Temporal Mammograms 1125
A platform for physiological signals including an intelligent stethoscope 1129
Energy requirements of mobile phones and sensor technologies in mobile health applications 1133
Approach to Quantitative Detection of CD146 with a Label-free Protein Biosensor Based on Imaging Ellipsometry 1137
A Compact Imaging Ellipsometer for Label-free Biosensor 1141
Towards Forehead Reflectance Photoplethysmography to Aid Delivery Room Resuscitation in Newborns 1144
Low-cost miniaturized UV photosensor for direct measurement of DNA concentration within a closed tube container 1148
Comparative Assessment of Rotating Slat and Parallel Hole Collimator Performance in GE DST- Xli Gamma Camera: A Monte Carlo Study 1153
Essential Design Considerations for Wireless Multi-Channel Photoplethysmography System 1157
Contact-less human vital sign monitoring with a 12 channel synchronous parallel processing magnetic impedance measurement system 1161
An CMT reconstruction algorithm for detection of objects buried in a half-space 1165
The concept of transfer impedance in bioimpedance measurements 1169
Evaluation of an automated PEEP controller in mechanical ventilation support 1171
Fast Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy for Moving Tissue Characterization Using Bilateral QuasiLogarithmic Multisine Bursts Signals 1175
Assessment of Breathing Parameters during Running with aWearable Bioimpedance Device 1179
QCM Sensor Frequency Responses and MAC Values Comparison of Different Anesthetics used in Inhalation Anesthesia 1183
Online-Classification of Capnographic Curves Using Artificial Neural Networks 1187
Evaluation of Conventional and Non-Conventional Pulse Oximeter 1191
Volumetric Registration Method in Lung Tumour Discrimination 1195
Towards an ARM based low cost and mobile biomedical device test bed for improved multi- channel pulmonary diagnosis 1199
An evaluation of end-tidal CO2 change following alterations in ventilation frequency 1204
Development of automatic respiration monitoring for home-care patients of respiratory diseases with therapeutic aids 1208
Computer-Assisted Decision Support in the Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome 1212
A new calibration method with support vector machines for pulse oximetry 1216
Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing for closed-loop Brain Stimulators 1219
A Virtual Instrument for Bio-impedance Measurement in Oral Cavity 1224
Magnetic Marker Monitoring Using a Permanent Magnetic Sphere Oriented by a Rotating Magnetic Field 1228
An Improved Local Pressurization-Cuff Technique for Non-invasive Digital Arterial Pressure by the Volume- Compensation Method: Its Performance and Evaluation of Accuracy 1232
A Novel Electrophysiological Measurement System to Study Rapidly Paced Animal Hearts 1236
Measurements of pressure distribution by the tongue of infants on an artificial nipple 1240
A novel multielectrode for epicardial recording with temperature control based in Peltier cells 1244
Arterial Blood Flow Sensor 1249
In-vivo measurements of heart ischemia using transoesophageal electrical impedance 1254
Photoplethysmographic Augmentation Index as a Non Invasive Indicator for Vascular Assessments 1258
Thermoelectrical Stimulator for Patients´Quantitative Sensory Testing 1262
Transoesophageal Electronic Bioimpedance device for the study of post- transplant heart rejection 1267
Bio-compatible Insulated Substrate Impedance Transducers 1271
Macroconduction and microconduction during rapid pacing measured with cardiac near field technique 1275
An Efficient Piecewise Modeling of ECG Signals Based on Critical Samples Using Hermitian Basis Functions 1279
Can orthogonal leads be derived from the standard electrocardiogram during atrial fibrillation? 1283
Abdominal Signal Processing: fetal ECG extraction by combining ESC and ICA methods 1287
Use of Activation Time Based Kalman Filtering in Inverse Problem of Electrocardiography 1291
Comparison of Different Structures of Silver Yarn Electrodes for Mobile Monitoring 1295
FPGA based two-channel ECG sensor node for wearable applications 1299
Emission Modelling for Supervised ECG Segmentation using Finite Differences 1303
Towards a capacitively coupled electrocardiography system for car seat integration 1308
A mobile ECG monitoring system with context collection 1313
Identification of Signal Components in Multi-Channel EEG Signals via Closed- Form PARAFAC Analysis and Appropriate Preprocessing 1317
Analysis of Epileptic EEG Signals by Means of Empirical Mode Decomposition and Time- Varying Two- Sided Autoregressive modelling 1322
Neuroscience125 and Nonlinear Dynamics 1327
On Modelling User™s EEG Response During a Human-Computer Interaction: A Mirror Neuron System- Based Approach 1332
Microneedle array electrode for human EEG recording 1337
Generating Brain-maps with ICA Source Estimates from Hybrid Optimizer Using Spectral Screened EEG Data 1341
An Approximated Solution to the Inverse Problem of EEG 1346
The Removal Of Ocular Artifacts From EEG Signals: A Comparison of Performances For Different Methods 1350
Characteristic features of the EEG patterns during anaesthesia evoked by fluorinated inhalation anaesthetics 1355
Effects of propofol anesthesia on nonlinear properties of EEG: Time- lag and embedding dimension 1359
Effects of propofol anesthesia on nonlinear properties of EEG: Lyapunov exponents and short– term predictability 1363
Imaging Magnetoencephalographic Independent Component Scalp Distributions using a Subspace Correlation Approach 1367
Performance of ICA for MEG data generated from subspaces with dependent sources 1372
A robust independent component analysis algorithm for removing ballistocardiogram artifacts from EEG and fMRI recordings 1377
Monitoring of Musical ‘Motion™ in EEG Using Bispectral Analysis: A Mirror Neurons- based Approach 1381
The somatosensory evoked response detection using coherence and different stimulation frequencies 1385
Reduction of alpha distortion in event related potentials 1389
Measurement of high frequency EEG signals with very low noise amplifiers: Brain oscillations above 600 Hz measured non- invasively 1393
Comparison of spontaneous and event related measures in the electroencephalogram 1396
Detection of Evoked Responses in EEG using Computational Intelligence Tools 1400
Influence of Branching and Tapering on Intracoronary Pressure and Flow Velocity: Comparison of Axial Measurement Location 1404
An active intravascular MR-probe using a miniature optical modulator 1408
Circle Maps Analysis implemented on an intelligent, miniaturized and wireless communicating sensor enabling online cardiac arrhythmia classification 1412
An m-health system for continuous monitoring of children with suspected cardiac arrhythmias 1416
IR-thermal monitoring of cardiosurgery interventions 1420
Monitoring Fluid Shifts During Haemodialysis Using Local Tissue Bioimpedance Measurement 1425
Effect of a Sauna Bath and Smoking on a BCG, Carotid and Ankle Pulse Signal in Sitting Position 1430
Identifying Patients Suffering From Atrial Fibrillation During Atrial Fibrillation and Non- Atrial Fibrillation Episodes 1440
The Fetal Heart Rate Variability due to vibro-acustic stimulation: a complexity analysis 1444
Normalization of the standard deviation and spectral indices of RR time series for comparison among situations with different mean heart rate 1448
Is the Ventricular Response during Atrial Fibrillation Certainly Random? 1453
Influence of Mental Stress on Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability 1457
Anaesthesia with Propofol Reduces Ventricular Rhythm Variability during Atrial Fibrillation 1461
An algorithm for FHR extraction from FHS signals 1465
Fetal ECG Extraction Using Multi-Layer Perceptron Neural Networks with Bayesian Approach 1469
Analysis of fetal movement based on magnetocardiographically determined fetal actograms and fetal heart rate accelerations 1477
Identification of fetal auditory evoked cortical responses using a denoising method based on periodic component analysis 1481
Development of neckband mounted active bio-electrodes for non-restraint lead method of ECG R wave 1485
Simultaneous registration of uterine contractions and fetal heart rate using magnetomyography and magnetocardiography 1489
Comparison of reference subtraction methods for DC-MEG applications 1493
Reproducibility of Evaluation on Cardiac Autonomic Nervous System Activity through Tone- Entropy Analysis in Young Subjects 1497
On-line optimization of drug delivery: An adaptive extremum seeking approach 1501
Multi-level Mathematical Model of Rheological Study of Pathogenic Microorganisms Suspended in Water 1505
Numerical simulation of radial oscillations of individual and multiple microbubbles with elastic layers 1509
Monitoring of Insonicated Microbubble Behavior and their Effect on Sonoporation Supported Chemotherapy of Fibrosarcoma Cells 1513
Efficient Transmembrane Segment Prediction in Transmembrane Proteins Using Wavelet- Based Energy Criteria 1517
Towards User-friendly Interfacing of Biomedical Applications with the Grid: A Paradigm with SVM Optimization for Gene Prediction 1521
Pico-Injector for the Discrete Chemical Stimulation of Individual Cells with a High Temporal and Spatial Resolution 1525
A Novel Approach in Melanoma Identification 1529
3D cephalometry: a new approach for landmark identification and image orientation 1533
Methods for determining the blood flow velocity in cerebral vessels using intraoperative Indocyanine Green fluorescence video angiography 1537
Detection of Epileptic Seizures Through Audio Classification 1541
Automated Diagnosis of Early Alzheimer™s disease using Fuzzy Neural Network 1546
Dual camera based eye gaze tracking system 1550
Modeling of tooth™s structure based on CT and µCT data – comparative study 1554
Measurement of the short-term viscoelastic properties of the periodontal ligament using stress relaxation 1558
Study of Electromyographic Signals During Chewing Process In Patients with Fixed Partial Denture 1562
Variation of Power Spectral Density and Energy in Electromyogram of Jaw- Closing Muscles in Children with Class II Malocclusion 1566
A high-resolution Schottky CdTe detector based spectrometric determination method of the kilovoltage applied to dental X- ray tubes 1570
Analytical approach to determine the rotational freedom of dental implant- abutment connections 1575
Physiologically inspired coding strategies for cochlear implants 1579
Application of Otoplastics to Increase the Reproducibility of OAE-analyses 1583
Applicability of function-based analysis in retrospective data analysis of noise- induced hearing loss in the Finnish Defence Forces 1587
3D Tele-Medical Speech Therapy using Time-of-Flight Technology 1591
Augmented control of hands free voice prostheses 1595
EMD-KURTOSIS: A New Classification Domain for Automated Greek Sign Language Gesture Recognition 1599
Differentiation between Brain Metastasis and Glioblastoma using MRI and two- dimensional Turbo Spectroscopic Imaging data 1604
A high performance bidirectional micropump utilizing advanced low voltage piezo multilayer actuator technology for a novel artificial sphincter system 1608
The method of assessment of chosen hemodynamic and electrophysiologic parameters in the healthy human subject circulation 1612
Tissue Recognition for Pressure Ulcer Evaluation 1615
A System Ergonomic Analysis Approach for Potential Critical Incidents in Medical Treatment Processes 1619
Determination of the Mechanical Leg Axis Using a Force-Torque Sensor 1623
Automatic Discrimination of Duodenum in Wireless Capsule Video Endoscopy 1627
Ontology-based Computer-Aided Decision System: a new architecture and application concerning the musculoskeletal system of the lower limbs 1631
Multi- tactile sensor concept for the autonomous navigation in human blood vessels 1635
Studies on Viscosity, pH and Temperature of High Concentration Barium Sulfate in Mass Screening for Gastric Cancer – Particle size distribution – 1639
Blood pressure response to LBNP load in various types of examinations 1643
Study on the measurement of ejection fraction (EF) using left ventriculogram 1647
Exposure Dose in Gastric Cancer Mass Screening using High Concentration Barium Sulfate – Comparison with Moderate Concentration Barium Sulfate – 1652
Simulation and Experimental Study of an Ellipsoidal Cavity Reflector as part of a Focused Passive Brain Imaging System 1656
The Impact of Model-based Therapeutics on Glucose Control in an Intensive Care Unit 1661
A comparison of gesture and speech control in intraoperative-near environment 1665
Incident Investigation in the Healthcare System: a Comparative Analysis Derived from the Chemical Industries 1668
Health Technology Management: Medical Equipment Classification 1672
Quality Assurance and Control of Clinical Engineering Activities 1676
Active path selection of fluid microcapsules by acoustic radiation force in the artificial blood vessel 1680
Fatigue Testing of Polyimide-Based Micro Implants 1685
T2 weighted liver Magnetic Resonance imaging using functional residual capacity breath- hold with multi breath- hold 1689
The usefulness of film reading to detect cancer by untrained radiographer in X- ray examination of the stomach 1694
A novel method for automatic evaluation of the effective dynamic range of medical ultrasound scanners 1698
On the development of a powered prosthesis for transtibial amputees 1703
Patient-Driven Cooperative Gait Training with the Rehabilitation Robot Lokomat 1707
Improving Speech Understanding in Noise for Users of Bone Anchored Hearing Aids ( BAHA) 1711
AERBUS: Enhanced perception of the environment for visually impaired people 1715
Selective stimulation of the vagus nerve in a man 1719
Improved Wearable Monitoring System for Posture Changes and Walking Speed and its Application to Supporting Physical Therapist in Rehabilitation 1723
Arterial Elasticity Measurements with Ankle Pulse Width Velocity and Ballistocardiography 1727
A bioimpedance measurement device for sensing force and position in neuroprosthetic systems 1733
Unraveling of an original mechanism of hypometria in human using a new myohaptic device – The Wristalyzer 1737
The “Highly Versatile Single Port System” for laparoscopic surgery: Introduction and first clinical application 1741
A Locomotive System Mimicking Pedal Locomotion of Snails for the Capsule Endoscope 1746
A Novel Laparoscopic Instrument with Multiple Degrees of Freedom and Intuitive Control 1751
A Modified Zwicky's Morphological Analysis: Application to the design of a robotic laparoscope 1755
Position Control of Piezoelectric Motors for a Dexterous Laparoscopic Instrument 1759
A system to provide different view fields to both eyes of human respectively 1763
Knowledge-based OR table positioning assistant for orthopedic surgery 1767
Bone mounted hexapod robot for outpatient distraction osteogenesis 1770
Synergistic CT based tele-manipulator for needle placement in spine procedures 1774
Design Results of an Upper Extremity Exoskeleton 1778
The development of endoscopic surgery for a training simulator 1782
Haptic Aided Roboting for Heart Surgeons 1786
Laparoscope Sizing Approach Based on the Virtual Exploration of the liver's Surface 1788
Probabilistic Forecasts of Epileptic Seizures and Evaluation by the Brier Score 1792
A Long-Term Monitor Including Activity Classification for Motor Assessment in Parkinson™s Disease Patients 1797
iNODE: intelligent Network Operating Device for Neurological and Neurophysiological Research 1801
Distributed Intelligent Sensor Network for Neurological Rehabilitation Research 1805
Online Laser Doppler Measurements of Myocardial Perfusion 1809
A Clinically Validated Patient Monitoring System 1813
Process Mapping, a key milestone in Engineering for Health 1817
Allocation of Medical Equipment Costs to Medical Procedures 1821
Supporting Clinical Information Management by NFC Technology 1825
Towards Noninvasive Monitoring of Total Hemoglobin Concentration and Fractional Oxygen Saturation Based on Earlobe Pulse Oximetry 1829
Visual Transformation of the EEG in the Intensive Care 1834
Development of a mobile toilet system servicing elderly on call 1838
Optimal Electrode Configurations for Impedance Pneumography during Sports Activities 1841
Improving model-based cardiac diagnosis with an ECG 1845
Electronic Monitoring of Head Position after Vitrectomy 1849
Investigation of Heart Rate Variability after Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Subsequent Hypothermia 1853
Development of Non-restrained Sleep-Monitoring Method by Using Difference Image Processing 1856
Hard- and software-configurable system for preoperative planning and intraoperative navigation of minimally invasive interventions 1860
Laser Treatment of Radiation Injuries of Skin and Underskin Tissues 1864
A Validated Skeleton-based Finite Element Mesh for Parametric Analysis of Trabecular Bone Competence 1868
A Mechanical Instrument to Evaluate Posture of the Spinal Column in Pregnant Women 1872
Hardware-in-the-Loop-Simulator for Testing of Total Hip Endoprostheses 1876
Experimental and numerical analysis of patello-femoral contact mechanics in TKA 1880
Microstructural quality of vertebral trabecular bone can be assessed from ultrasonic wave propagation 1885
Contact pressure distribution in postmortem human knee during dynamic flexion- extension movement 1889
Predictive Mathematical Models based on Data Mining Methods of the Pathologies of the Lower Limbs 1894
Periprosthetic Fields and Currents of an Electrostimulative Acetabular Revision System 1899
Modeling of the children™s hip joint in diagnostics of bone deformation in cerebral palsy 1903
Signal processing concepts for optimal myoelectric sensor placement in a modular hybrid FES orthosis 1907
Invention of slight lower limbs™ stretching and walking orthosis 1911
A proof-of-concept exoskeleton for robot-assisted rehabilitation of gait 1916
Physiologic Approach for Control of Hand Prostheses 1921
Accelerometer based measurement of body movement for communication, play, and creative expression 1926
Wheelchair Direction Control by Acquiring Vocal Cords Vibration with Multivariate Analysis 1930
Evaluation of Trajectory Applied to Collaborative Rehabilitation For a Wheelchair Driving Simulator 1934
A New Concept of an Electrostimulative Acetabular Revision System with Patient Individual Additional Fixation 1938
Effect of splinting in a fixed partial denture on bone remodeling using FEM 1942
Finite element study of load transfer in a splinted fixed partial denture 1947
Electric Stimulation and Pudendal Evoked Potential Recordings for Management of Stress Incontinence in Women 1953
An in-vitro study of human knee kinematics: natural vs. replaced joint 1958
An EMG control system of ultrasonic motors using PSoC microcomputer 1962
Visualization and modeling of flow in the embryonic heart 2011
An Innovative Design of a Blood Pump Actuator Device using an Artificial Left Ventricular Muscle 2015
Artificial heart constructed as a kinetic calotte-pendulum-transmission 2019
Estimation of cardiac contractility during rotary blood pump support using an index derived from left ventricular pressure 2021
Impact of imaging modality for analysis of a cerebral aneurysm: comparison between CT, MRI and 3DRA 2025
Computational modeling of cerebral aneurysm formation - framework for modeling the interaction between fluid dynamics, signal transduction pathways and arterial wall mechanics 2030
Circumferential variations in passive and active mechanical properties of healthy and aneurysmal ascending aorta 2035
Arterial Remodeling in Response to Increased Blood Flow Using a Constituent- Based Model 2039
Research of Ride Comfort for Tilting Train Simulator Using ECG 2042
Strain energy function for arterial walls based on limiting fiber extensibility 2046
Carotid plaque and its effect on ultrasound carotid distension measurements 2050
Relation Between Left Ventricular Relaxation Rate and Arterial Loading 2054
Impact of aortic valve stenosis on left coronary artery flow: An in vitro study 2058
Pulsatile Blood Flow Simulations in Aortic Arch: Effects of Blood Pressure and the Geometry of Arch on Wall Shear Stress 2062
Linking an Artery to the Circulation: Introducing a Quasi-Simultaneous Coupling Approach for Partitioned Systems in Hemodynamics 2066
Mechanical Properties of Arteries with Aging and its Noninvasive Estimation Method 2071
Accuracy Close to the Wall of Immersed Boundary Methods 2075
A modified Mass-Spring system for myocardial mechanics modeling 2079
The Significance of Flow Unsteadiness on the Near-Wall Flow of a Stented Artery 2083
A mechanical study of patient-specific cerebral aneurysm models: a correlation between stress and geometrical index 2087
Simulation of wall shear stress-driven in-stent restenosis 2091
Microfluidic Modeling of Circulating Leukocyte Deformation 2095
Image-based Blood Flow Simulation in the Retinal Circulation 2099
Finite Element Modeling of LDL Transport in Carotid Artery Bifurcations 2103
Micro-PIV as a research tool for in vivo studies of vascular remodeling 2108
Numerical simulation and Experimental Validation in an Exact Aortic Arch Aneurysm Model 2111
The 3D Flow Analysis in Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysm 2116
Sensor placement with a telescoping compliant mechanism 2123
The Cement-Bone Interface: Is It Susceptible To Damage Adaptive Remodeling? 2126
Wall shear stress in the mouse aortic arch : Does size matter? 2130
The Role of Arterial Wall Deformation on the Shear Stress over the Cardiovascular Smooth Muscle Cells: Computations in Two- Dimensional Geometry 2135
Adapting a Mass-Spring system to energy density function describing myocardial mechanics 2139
Fabrication of thin and flexible PDMS membranes for biomechanical test applications 2143
Dual-Camera Spherical Indentation System for Examining the Mechanical Characteristics of Hydrogels 2147
Morphological and Functional Flow-Induced Response of Endothelial Cells and Adhesive properties of Leukocytes in 3D Stenotic Models 2151
Development of an experimental device for the application of static and dynamic tensile strain on cells 2155
Dynamic Videomicroscopy reveals correspondence between mechanical characteristics of lung tissue and local morphology on alveolar scale 2159
Differences in form stability between human non-tumorous alveolar epithelial cells type 2 and alveolar carcinoma cells under biaxial stretching 2163
Simulation of tissue differentiation in a mechanically loaded bone regeneration chamber 2167
Three-dimensional Imaging of subpleural Alveoli by Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography 2171
The role of ventilation frequency in airway reopening 2176
Cardiogenic oscillations reflect the compliance of the respiratory system 2181
On the separate determination of lung mechanics in in- and expiration 2185
Novel artificial lung model for respiration measurement and demonstration 2189
Measurement of tidal volumes in case of high frequency oscillation ventilation 2193
Effect of Viscoelastic Constraints to Kinematic Parameters during Human Gait 2197
Muscle electrical activity during force modulation exercise 2201
Correspondence between Muscle Motion and EMG Activity during Whole Body Vibration 2205
Study and implementation of a wireless accelerometer network for gait analysis 2209
Sensitivity of posturography to elimination of visual feedback 2213
Impact analysis of shoes using the structural intensity technique 2217
Comparing the Biomechanics of Crouch Gait in Children with Cerebral Palsy to that of Age- Matched Controls and Young Healthy Adults 2221
Power spectral distribution analysis for detection of freezing of gait in patients with Parkinson™s disease 2225
Predictive control continues after collision in self-induced impulsive loading: preliminary study 2229
Does slippage influence the EEG response to load force variations during object manipulation? 2233
Visuomotor velocity transformations for visually guided manual tracking 2237
Towards a High Performance Expert System for Gait Analysis 2241
Feed forward compensation of hyper gravity in vertical pointing movements 2245
Changes of muscle fiber length in vivo during walking as revealed by ultrasound images 2249
Effect of the pull-down force magnitude on the external work during running in weightlessness on a treadmill 2252
Objective analysis of lower limb movements of infants for diagnostic purposes: calculation of the knee joint center 2256
Fall prevention by vibration stimuli to planta pedis 2260
Different Contraction Pattern of Lower Leg Muscle Fiber between Swaying and Tiptoe Standing in Human Upright Posture 2264
Influence of visual information on optimal obstacle crossing 2269
Significance of the body-weight™s ratio of caregiver and receiver in the training process of care- giving motion 2274
Biological motion input to the oculomotor system 2278
Compensation for smooth eye and head movements by gaze saccades during head- unrestrained tracking 2282
Diagnostics of Human Body Stem Motor Functions by Systematic Provocation Method 2286
Cross education after power training 2289
Development of a Sit-to-Stand Assistance System 2293
Laser generated scaffolds for regeneration of the auditory nerve and facial nerve 2297
Experimental setup for high mechanical strain induction to cell loaded metallic biomaterials 2301
Stent Design for Gastrointestinal Leakage 2305
Textile blood vessels coated with DLC 2309
Finite-element-analysis and in vitro study of bioabsorbable polymer stent designs 2311
Influence of crystallinity on bio- physical properties of hydroxyapatite films 2315
Novel, Biocompatible and Photo Crosslinkable Polymeric Networks based on Unsaturated Polyesters: Optimization of the Network Properties 2318
The Use of Fibrin as an Autologous Scaffold Material for Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Applications: From In Vitro to In Vivo Evaluation 2322
Continuous oxygen consumption estimation method for animal cell bioreactors based on a low- cost control of the medium dissolved oxygen concentration 2326
Capillary network formation during tissue differentiation. A mechano- biological model 2331
Formed 3D Bio-Scaffolds via Rapid Prototyping Technology 2336
Design and Construction of a System for the Application of Variable Pressure to Tissue Engineered Blood Vessels 2341
Remedi: A Research Consortium Applying Engineering Strategies to Establish Regenerative Medicine as a New Industry 2345
A Biodegradable Balloon-expandable Stent for Interventional Applications in the Peripheral Vasculature – In vitro Feasibility 2349
A membrane-based voice-producing element for female laryngectomized patients 2352
Fully implantable alloplastic urinary bladder 2356
Physical and dynamic models of the eye for tonometry applications 2359
Temperature dependence of water absorption for wavelengths at 1920 nm and 1940 nm 2364
Manufacturing of bone substitute implants using Selective Laser Melting 2366
Development of Drug-Eluting Stents on the Basis of Genistein and Poly(L-lactide) 2371
Coating homogeneity in the manufacture of Drug-Eluting Stents 2376
Characterization of textile conductors for Bioimpedance Spectroscopy 2380
Analysis of mechanical properties of liver tissue as a design criterion for the development of a haptic laparoscopic tool 2384
Registered Microhardness of human teeth parts and dental filling composites 2388
Quantitative High Speed Video Analysis of Biopolymer Encapsulated Cells while Capsule Formation 2391
Chemical modification of polymeric implant surfaces for local drug delivery 2395
Synthesis of Hydrolytically Stable Monomers for Dental Adhesives 2399
Time and pH dependence of adsorption of chlorhexidine on anatase and rutile titanium dioxide 2401
Local drug delivery from hydroxyapatite ceramic fibres 2405
Considerations in the development of novel functional monomers for dental resin composites 2409
Development of a Production Process for Stem Cell Based Cell Therapeutic Implants Using Disposable Bioreactor Systems 2413
Using MEA system in verifying the functionality of retinal pigment epithelium cells differentiated from human embryonic stem cells 2417
Tubular scaffold design of polylactide acid for nerve tissue engineering: In – vitro 2421
Finite Element Analysis of Bone Remodeling after Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty 2424
Systems in Foil – Opening new Perspectives in Medical Technology 2428
Silicon Surface Modification with Supported Phospholipids Bilayer for Biosensor based on Imaging Ellipsometry 2432
Monitoring Biomolecular Interaction with 1-D Plasmonic Nanostructure by Using Dark Field Microscopy 2436
Development of iron oxide nanoparticles for hyperthermia and drug targeting 2440
Optimization of magnetic drug targeting by mathematical modeling and simulation of magnetic fields 2445
A Spectrometer for Magnetic Particle Imaging 2449
AC susceptometry and magnetorelaxometry for magnetic nanoparticle based biomolecule detection 2453
Breath Synchronous Magnetic Drug Targeting in the Lungs 2458
Quantification of magnetic nanoparticle concentration in pig lung tissue after magnetic aerosol drug targeting by magnetorelaxometry 2462
Optical fiber sensors for medical applications – Practical engineering considerations 2466
Drug delivery by nanoparticles – facing the obstacles 2471
Suitability of Nanoparticles for Stent Application 2475
Preparation and Characterization of Dextran-Covered Fe3O4 Nanoparticles for Magnetic Particle Imaging 2479
Localization of a magnetic nanoparticle spot from features of the magnetic field pattern and comparison to a magnetic dipole fit 2483
Intraoral Drug Delivery Microsystem 2488
A miniaturized pressure independent drug delivery system for metronomic cancer therapy 2492
An Efficient Low-voltage Micropump For An Implantable Sphincter System 2496
Integration of microneedle-arrays and micro pumps in disposable and cheap drug delivery devices 2500
Adjustable Diffusion Barrier for Controlled Drug Release in Spastic and Pain Therapy 2504
A Prototype of Miniaturized SPR Sensing System based on Polymer Light- Emitting Diode 2508
Micromanufactured electrodes for cortical field potential recording: in vivo study 2511
A Binder-less Glucose Fuel Cell with Improved Chemical Stability Intended as Power Supply for Medical Implants 2515
Bio-Microsystem for Cell Cultivation and Manipulation and its Peripherals 2520
Electrode Localization in a Self-organizing Network for Electrophysiological Diagnostics 2524
A Novel Interconnection Technology for Laser- Structured Platinum Silicone Electrode Arrays 2528
Fluid characterization by interdigitated electrodes sensors 2532
Non-contact Micromanipulation System with Computer Vision 2536
Progress in the Development of the Artificial Accommodation System 2541
Coating of neural microelectrodes with intrinsically conducting polymers as a means to improve their electrochemical properties 2545
MEMS-Technology for Large-Scale, Multichannel ECoG-Electrode Array Manufacturing 2549
Integration of Recording channel for the Evoked Compound Action Potential in an Implantable Neurostimulator 2553
Planar 2D-Array Neural Probe for Deep Brain Stimulation and Recording (DBSR) 2557
Robust microprobe systems for simultaneous neural recording and drug delivery 2562
Integration of Microfluidic Channels into Laser- Fabricated Neural Electrode Arrays 2567
Why are penetrating electrodes for the cochlear nucleus not significantly superior to superficial implants? 2571
Deposition Parameters Determining Insulation Resistance and Crystallinity of Parylene C in Neural Implant Encapsulation 2575
Electric Field Distribution for the Characterization of Planar and Recessed Electrodes 2579
A Telemetry Platform for Implantable Devices Providing Inductive Energy Supply and a Bi- Directional Data Link 2583
The Influence of Inter-Crystal Scattering on Detection Efficiency of Dedicated Breast Gamma Camera: A Monte Carlo Study 2587
An Optimised 3D Breast Phantom for X-Ray Breast Imaging Techniques 2591
Random walk simulation of R2-dispersion in foam microstructures 2595
Imaging haemorrhagic cerebral stroke by frequency-difference magnetic induction tomography: numerical modelling 2600
A novel simulation environment for testing experimental and established ultrasonic blood flow imaging techniques 2604
Several Optimization Methods to Optimize the Spacing Between the Elements of Ultrasound linear Phased Array to Produce a Radiation Pattern with Minimum Side Lobes Level ( SSL), Null Placement Control and Treating Cancer Tumors in Biological Media 2608
Monte Carlo Assessment of Geometric, Scatter and Septal Penetration Components in DST- XLi HEGP Collimator 2615
Simulation of Ultrasound Parameter Distribution Influence in Ultrasonic Computed Tomography 2619
Monte Carlo based calculation of patient exposure in X-ray CT-examinations 2623
Heat transfer analysis software adapted to skin burn depth simulations 2627
Changes in the length of the sacrospinous and sacrotuberous ligaments induced by Salter osteotomy: a computer simulation 2631
Virtual Stenting for Carotid Stenosis with Elastic Artery Wall Modeling 2635
Contact Configuration and Energy Consumption in Spinal Cord Stimulation 2639
Adaption of Mathematical Ion Channel Models to measured data using the Particle Swarm Optimization 2643
Localization of the Origin of Ventricular Premature Beats by Reconstruction of Electrical Sources Using Spatio- Temporal MAP- based Regularization 2647
System Identification of Neonatal Incubator based on Adaptive ARMAX Technique 2651
A Convolution-based Methodology to Simulate Cardiac Ultrasound Data Sets: Integration of Realistic Beam Profiles 2656
There is more than biphasic truncated exponential in defibrillation 2660
Optimization of image quality and patient dose in paediatric radiology using Monte Carlo modeling 2664
Evaluation of Induced Current Densities and SAR in the Human Body by Strong Magnetic Fields around 100 kHz 2668
Pressure waveform estimation in the common carotid artery Different methods in comparison 2672
Parameter estimation of recruitment models in mechanical ventilation 2676
Time and Memory Efficient Implementation of the Cardiac Bidomain Equations 2680
A generic model of overall heart geometry for model based studies of electrical, mechanical, and ion- kinetics aspects of the heart 2684
Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Balloon Sinuplasty 2688
A mathematical speedup prediction model for parallel vs. sequential programs 2692
Model-Based Method of Non-Invasive Reconstruction of Ectopic Focus Locations in the Left Ventricle 2696
Engineering Support in Surgical Strategy for Ventriculoplasty 2700
Simulation-based femoro-popliteal bypass surgery 2704
An applicability of Impedance Technique in evaluation of cardiac resynchronization therapy 2707
Porcine model for CPR artifact generation in ECG signals 2711
Design and Assessment of Fuzzy Rules by Multi Criteria Optimization to Classify Anaesthetic Stages 2715
Impact of the hERG Channel Mutation N588K on the Electrical Properties of the Human Atrium 2719
The Effect of Laser Characteristics in the Generation and Propagation of Laser Generated Guided Waves in Layered- skin Model 2723
A Mesh-Based Model for Prediction of Initial Tooth Movement 2728
Recipe Suggestion System 2732
An Object-oriented Model of the Cardiovascular System with a Focus on Physiological Control Loops 2736
Computer Simulations of a Blood Flow Behavior in Simplified Stenotic Artery Subjected to Strong Non- Uniform Magnetic Fields 2740
A Multiphysics Model for Studying the Influence of Pulse Repetition Frequency on Tissue Heating During Electrochemotherapy 2745
Transient Simulation of the Blood Flow in the thoracic Aorta based on MRI- Data by Fluid- Structure- Interaction 2750
Micro-gripping of Small Scale Tissues 2755
Optimizing drug delivery using non-uniform magnetic fields: a numerical study 2759
A real bicycle simulator in a virtual reality environment: the FIVIS project 2764
Influence of body worn wireless mobile devices on implanted cardiac pacemakers 2768
Co-simulation approach for the design of MRI RF coils and its application to local SAR distribution 2772
Effect Of Prism Induced Heterophoria On Binocular Visual Evoked Potential 2776
Experimental and Numerical Flow Modeling towards Refinement of Three-dimensional Echocardiography for Heart Valve Leakage Quantification 2780
A Model for the Regulation of the Ca2+ in the neuronal cell 2784
Mathematical modeling of fracture healing: coupling between mechanics, angiogenesis and osteogenesis 2787
Numerical Study of Effects of Bladder Filling on Prostate Positioning In Radiotherapy 2791
Time course of electrical and diffusional parameters during and after electroporation 2795
Multivariate Calibration Models to Estimate Non-invasively Blood Glucose Levels Based on A Novel Optical Technique Named Pulse Glucometry 2800
Functional analysis of Normal and CSNB a-wave ERG component 2804
Temperature distribution assessment during radiofrequency ablation 2808
Numerical Modeling of Perfusion Flow in Irregular Scaffolds 2813
Return Time of Heart Dynamics 2817
How to shift the human sleep-wake cycle: a simulation study incorporating monochromatic blue light 2822
Benchmarking Different Models describing Sinus Node Heterogeneity 2827
A Computational Modeling Study of the Effects of Acoustic Trauma on the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus 2831
It Takes Two to Tango: Regulation of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium ATPase by CaMK and PKA in a Mouse Cardiac Myocyte 2835
Reconstruction of Ectopic Foci Using the Critical Point Theory 2839
An Non-traditional Career Evolution: Replacing the Leaders 2843
The role of biomedical engineers in systems / synthetic biology 2850
Cooperative Education Program in Medical Equipment Technology Education 2854
Sustainable System Understanding & Empathic Product Design – A Custom- Built Qualification Concept for Biomedical Engineers
By legislation driven BME curriculum at VSB TU Ostrava 2862
Assistive Technologies: New Challenges for Education 2866
B-AEHS: a formal model for Adaptive Educational Hypermedia System in a Biomedical Project Evaluation 2870
EVICAB - Biomedical Engineering Program on the Internet including Video Files for iPod 2874
Current Status of Biomedical Engineering Education Programs in Austria 2878
BME master studies as project-oriented learning at CTU Prague 2882
Dual Education in Biomedical Engineering at Berufsakademie Sachsen 2885
Assessing the educational status of clinicians concerning mechanical ventilation 2889
TheraGnosos: an Interactive Blended Learning, Simulation and Training System for Biomedical Engineering University Courses 2893
Biomedical Engineering Education: New Curricula, New Experience 2896
Using Open Structure Database for Teaching Designing Health Information System 2900
Curriculum of Bachelor Studies - Biomedical Technician at the Czech Technical University 2904
Design and Development of Virtual Scenes using 3D models for Computer- Assisted Learning 2908
Author Index 2912
Subject Index 2928

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.2.2009
• Reihe/Serie: IFMBE Proceedings
• Reihe/Serie: IFMBE Proceedings
• Zusatzinfo: CXLIV, 2808 p.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Biomaterial • Biomechanics • Biomechanics and Biofluidics • Biomedical Imaging • Biomedical Signal Processing • Clinical Engineering • CT • Diagnosis • Image Processing • Medical Devices • nanotechnology • Signal Processing • Surgery • Tissue engineering • Tissue repair
• ISBN-10: 3-540-89208-7 / 3540892087
• ISBN-13: 978-3-540-89208-3 / 9783540892083