Biomedical engineering systems and technologies : 5th International Joint Conference, BIOSTEC 2012, Vilamoura, Portugal, February 1-4, 2012 : revised selected papers

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 5th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2012, held in Vilamoura, Portugal, in February 2012. The 26 revised full papers presented together with one invited lecture were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 522 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics and are organized in four general topical sections on biomedical electronics and devices; bioinformatics models, methods and algorithms; bio-inspired systems and signal processing; health informatics. Front Matter....Pages - Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Biomedical 2D and 3D Imaging: State of Art and Future Perspectives....Pages 3-19 Front Matter....Pages 21-21 Dry and Water-Based EEG Electrodes in SSVEP-Based BCI Applications....Pages 23-40 Nitrite Biosensing Using Cytochrome C Nitrite Reductase: Towards a Disposable Strip Electrode....Pages 41-50 A Real-Time and Portable Bionic Eye Simulator....Pages 51-67 Pathogen Detection Using Magnetoelastic Biosentinels....Pages 68-79 Multi-source Harvesting Systems for Electric Energy Generation on Smart Hip Prostheses....Pages 80-96 An Integrated Portable Device for the Hand Functional Assessment in the Clinical Practice....Pages 97-110 Front Matter....Pages 111-111 Forests of Latent Tree Models to Decipher Genotype-Phenotype Associations....Pages 113-134 Laser Doppler Flowmeters Prototypes: Monte Carlo Simulations Validation Paired with Measurements....Pages 135-149 Simulation of Prokaryotic Genome Evolution Subjected to Mutational Pressures Associated with DNA Replication....Pages 150-161 Single Tandem Halving by Block Interchange....Pages 162-174 Fast RNA Secondary Structure Prediction Using Fuzzy Stochastic Models....Pages 175-194 A Vaccination Strategy Based on a State Feedback Control Law for Linearizing SEIR Epidemic Models....Pages 195-209 Medical Imaging as a Bone Quality Determinant and Strength Indicator of the Femoral Neck....Pages 210-221 Parallel GPGPU Evaluation of Small Angle X-Ray Scattering Profiles in a Markov Chain Monte Carlo Framework....Pages 222-235 Front Matter....Pages 237-237 Assessment of Gait Symmetry and Gait Normality Using Inertial Sensors: In-Lab and In-Situ Evaluation....Pages 239-254 MRI TV-Rician Denoising....Pages 255-268 Applying ICA in EEG: Choice of the Window Length and of the Decorrelation Method....Pages 269-286 Electrical Impedance Properties of Deep Brain Stimulation Electrodes during Long-Term In-Vivo Stimulation in the Parkinson Model of the Rat....Pages 287-297 Comparison between Thermal and Visible Facial Features on a Verification Approach....Pages 298-308 Front Matter....Pages 309-309 Multiparameter Sleep Monitoring Using a Depth Camera....Pages 311-325 Integration of a Heart Rate Prediction Model into a Personal Health Record to Support the Telerehabilitation Training of Cardiopulmonary Patients....Pages 326-338 Exploiting Cloud-Based Personal Health Information Systems in Practicing Patient Centered Care Model....Pages 339-352 Online Social Networks Flu Trend Tracker: A Novel Sensory Approach to Predict Flu Trends....Pages 353-368 Clustering of Human Sleep Recordings Using a Quantile Representation of Stage Bout Durations....Pages 369-384 Touch and Speech: Multimodal Interaction for Elderly Persons....Pages 385-400 Data Integration Solution for Organ-Specific Studies: An Application for Oral Biology....Pages 401-412 Back Matter....Pages -