Advances in Biomedical and Veterinary Engineering: Selected Contributions to the 1st European Congress on Biomedical and Veterinary Engineering, ... 2022, Zagreb, Croatia (IFMBE Proceedings, 90)

This book gathers selected peer-reviewed contributions to the 1st European Congress on Biomedical and Veterinary Engineering, BioMedVetMech 2022, held on October 1–3, 2022, in Zagreb, Croatia. It offers a timely snapshot of research findings and advances technologies in the area of biomechanics, rehabilitation and surgery. It covers applications of brain-computer interface, virtual reality and functional electrical stimulation, among others. Preface Organisation Contents Influence of In Vitro Cultivation on Differentiation Gene Expressions in Canine Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells 1 Introduction 2 Material and Methods 2.1 Ethics 2.2 Animals 2.3 Adipose Tissue Collection 2.4 cAD-MSCs Isolation and Cultivation 2.5 Differentiation Assay 2.6 Flow Cytometry Immunophenotyping 2.7 Gene Expression Microarray Analysis 2.8 Statistics 3 Results 3.1 cAD-MSCs Isolation and Cultivation 3.2 Differentiation Assay 3.3 Flow Cytometry Immunophenotype Characterization 3.4 Microarray Detection of Gene Expression 4 Discussion References Brain Computer Interface in Neurology: The Future of Neurorestoration, the Possibilities and Perils. A Narrative Review 1 Brain – Computer Interface Introduction 1.1 Technical Aspects 1.2 Effects of BCI 2 Implications in Neurology: Replacement, Restoration, and Neuromodulation 2.1 Consciousness 2.2 Communication 2.3 Movement 2.4 Neurorehabilitation 2.5 Neuromodulation 3 Ethical Implications of BCI Use 4 Conclussion References High Wall Shear Stress and Its Gradient Indicates Intimal Hyperplasia in Vascular Bypass Graft End-to-Side Distal Anastomosis 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results 4 Discussion 5 Limitations 6 Conclusion References Non-invasive Functional Electrical Stimulation in Rehabilitation Engineering 1 FES Fundamentals 2 Beginnings of Non-invasive FES Neuroprostheses 3 FES Neurorehabilitation 4 FES Constraints and Solutions 5 Conclusion References Low-Back Pain Patients Classification Based on sEMG Activation Patterns Detection 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Subjects 2.2 Measurement Protocol and Data Acquisition 2.3 Feature Extraction 3 Feature Modeling 3.1 Reference Models 3.2 Inter-event Time Distance Measure 3.3 Feature Selection and Classification Models 4 Results 5 Discussion 6 Conclusion References Wireless Device for Biomedical Signal Acquisition with Dry Electrodes on an e-Bike 1 Introduction 2 System Overview 2.1 Analog Biomedical Front-End 2.2 BLE Central Processing Unit 2.3 Wireless Body Sensor Node 2.4 BLE Protocol 3 Results 4 Conclusion References Automatic Objective Magnification Detection in Brightfield Microscopy by Use of Neural Network 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 2.1 Data Collection and Creation 2.2 Model 2.3 Augmentations 3 Results 4 Discussion and Conclusion References Virtual Surgery and 3D Printing in Craniofacial Surgery – Our Experience at UHC Osijek Using a Newly Developed Add-On for “Open-Source” 3D Modeling Software 1 Introduction 2 Blender Add-On: FFF Gen 3 Our Experience in UHC Osijek Using In-House Developed Blender Add-On FFF Gen 4 Discussion and Conclusion References Author Index