International Conference for Innovation in Biomedical Engineering and Life Sciences : ICIBEL 2015, 6-8 December 2015, Putrajaya, Malaysia

This volumes presents the proceedings of ICIBEL 2015, organized by the Centre for Innovation in Medical Engineering (CIME) under Innovative Technology Research Cluster, University of Malaya. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 6-8 December 2015. The ICIBEL 2015 conference promotes the latest researches and developments related to the integration of the Engineering technology in medical fields and life sciences. This includes the latest innovations, research trends and concerns, challenges and adopted solution in the field of medical engineering and life sciences. Front Matter....Pages I-XV Electrode Considerations, Excitation Methods and Measurement Techniques for Electrical Impedance Tomography....Pages 1-5 Developing an Optimized Single-Trial P300-Based Brain Computer Interface System....Pages 6-10 Neural-Response-Based Text-Dependent Speaker Identification Under Noisy Conditions....Pages 11-14 Mental Stress Quantification Using EEG Signals....Pages 15-19 Mean Glandular Dose and Figure of Merit of 2 Dimensional and 3 Dimensional Imaging in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis....Pages 20-23 The Effect of Hearing Augmentation on Cognitive Assessment Scores: A Pilot Crossover Randomized Controlled Trial....Pages 24-29 Development and Characterization of Polypyrrole-Based Nanocomposite Adsorbent and Its Applications in Removal of Radioactive Materials....Pages 30-35 Grey Matter Volume Differences of Textual Memorization: A Voxel Based Morphometry Study....Pages 36-43 Beat-to-Beat Blood Pressure Variations While Standing are Associated with Postural Changes in Blood Pressure....Pages 44-48 Curvature Analysis of Multifractal Spectra for Time Series of RR Intervals for Patients with Congestive Heart Failure....Pages 49-52 Elemental Analysis of Nigerian and Nigerien Foods Using Neutron Activation and Estimation of Daily Intake....Pages 53-56 Optimization of CNT Based MEMS Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor for Intracranial Pressure Monitoring....Pages 57-61 Removal of Ocular Artifacts in EEG Signals Using Adapted Wavelet and Adaptive Filtering....Pages 62-67 Real Time Eye Blink Artifacts Removal in Electroencephalogram Using Savitzky-Golay Referenced Adaptive Filtering....Pages 68-71 Classification of Image Processing Software Tools for Cardiovascular Image Analysis....Pages 72-75 Global Based Thermal Image Registration for Diagnosis of Morphoea....Pages 76-81 EEG Wavelet Spectral Analysis During a Working Memory Tasks in Stroke-Related Mild Cognitive Impairment Patients....Pages 82-85 Ion-Selective Electrode Biochip for Applications in a Liquid Environment....Pages 86-93 Tuning Methods for Wireless Power Transfer in Biomedical Device....Pages 94-98 Graphene Hydrogel Novel Nanostructure as a Scaffold....Pages 99-102 Specific Absorption Rate Investigation of Different EBG-M Applicator Structures for Non-invasive Hyperthermia Cancer Treatment Procedure....Pages 103-106 MEG Waveform Analysis from Language Cortical Areas in Patients with Brain Tumor – A Preliminary Study....Pages 107-112 Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) Based Low-Cost Assistive Device for Foot Drop- A Pilot Study....Pages 113-117 Association Between Urine Uric Acid Levels and Quality of Life in Academicians and Non-academicians in UTAR, Kampar....Pages 118-121 Screen Printed Impedance Biosensor for Cytotoxicity Studies of Lung Carcinoma Cells....Pages 122-126 Prediction of Sepsis Progression in Critical Illness Using Artificial Neural Network....Pages 127-132 Iterative Interpolative Pressure Reconstruction for Improved Respiratory Mechanics Estimation During Asynchronous Volume Controlled Ventilation....Pages 133-139 Effects of Coherent Noise on Ictal Component Selection for EEG Source Imaging....Pages 140-143 Improved Respiratory Mechanical Estimation During Pressure Controlled Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 144-149 Hemodynamic Response to Head-up Tilt of Patients Implanted with Biventricular Assist Device....Pages 150-154 Development of a Microfluidic Vibrational Cleaning System for Cleaning Microtissues....Pages 155-158 Development of a Joystick Controllable X-Y Translational Stage for an Inverted Microscope....Pages 159-162 Prosthetic Hand Controlled by Wireless Flex Sensor on EOD Robot....Pages 163-167 Design and Development of a Lower Limb Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation....Pages 168-171 Synthetic Biology in Healthcare and Conservation: II. Successful Formulation of a Synthetic Spermatozoa Cryopreservation Medium....Pages 172-174 Numerical Modeling of Blood Flow in Patient-Specific Right Ventricle with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Based on MRI....Pages 175-178 Performance Evaluation of Artificial Neural Network Models for the Prediction of the Risk of Heart Disease....Pages 179-182 Human Bone Histomorphological Pattern Differences Between Genders: A Review....Pages 183-187 Classification of Healthy Subjects and Insomniac Patients Based on Automated Sleep Onset Detection....Pages 188-192 Automatic Sleep Stage Detection Based on Electrooculography....Pages 193-197 Influence of Polyvinylalcohol on the Size of Calcium Ferrite Nanoparticles Synthesized Using a Sol-gel Technique....Pages 198-202 A Survey of Human Age Estimation Techniques from Bone Microstructures....Pages 203-207 The Effects of KGM, Mannose and Co-Supplementation of KGM and Mannose on Mammalian Cells Cultured at Inside and Outside Incubator Conditions....Pages 208-211 Efficient Architecture for 3-D Medical Image Compression Using CABAC....Pages 212-215 Natural Silk of Pholcus Phalangioides, a Common Home Spider Species for Wound Healing Applications....Pages 216-221 Short Review of Electrocardiogram (ECG) Technique Versus Optical Techniques for Monitoring Vascular Health....Pages 222-225 Non-Invasive Assessment of Affective States on Individual with Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Review....Pages 226-230 Effective Dose Calculations and Dose Rate Distribution Around Z-Portal Passenger Security Screening....Pages 231-236 The Effect of a Different Motion Speed on the Induced Current in the Body of Female Nurses Working in the Vicinity of MRI Scanners....Pages 237-242 Identifying Dynamic Effective Connectivity States in fMRI Based on Time-Varying Vector Autoregressive Models....Pages 243-247 Noninvasive Monitoring of Temporal Variation in Transcutaneous Oxygen Saturation for Clinical Assessment of Skin Microcirculatory Activity....Pages 248-251 Passive Hand Rehabilitation: Soft-Actuated Finger Mobilizer....Pages 252-255 Development of Flexible 2D Ultrasound Arrays for Scoliosis Assessment....Pages 256-258 Electronic Communication Device for Elderly Patients with Speech Impaired Geriatric Population....Pages 259-262 Camera Based Arm Motion Tracking for Stroke Rehabilitation Patients....Pages 263-268 A New Approach for Reagent Storage-Releasing on Centrifugal Microfluidic Platforms Using Bubblewrap and Latex Membrane....Pages 269-271 Quaternion Based Freehand 3D Baby Phantom Reconstruction Using 2D Ultrasound Probe and Game Controller Motion and Positioning Sensors....Pages 272-278 Characterization of Impedance Spectroscopy for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Ionic Liquid of Dielectrophoretic Assembly Method....Pages 279-282 Principal Component Analysis of Honey Spectrum Obtained from Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 283-286 Attenuation of 3-Dimensional Epicardial Strain from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Associated with Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy....Pages 287-290 Mg-1.0Zn-xCa-Based Biodegradable Cardiovascular Stent Alloy: A Microstuctural and Textural Studies....Pages 291-293 Trial Protocol Analysis of Nursing Workload Intensity within ICU....Pages 294-297 Agreement Between Eyes in Wide-Field Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Ophthalmoscopy Measurements at the Human Retina in Healthy Volunteers....Pages 298-301 Graphene as a Smart Material for the Recognition of DNA Biomolecule....Pages 302-305 Quantification of Coronary Artery Cross Section Lumen Area and Area Stenosis with 3D Centerline-Centric Straightening....Pages 306-309 Curvedness-based Imaging of the Heart: From Bench to Clinical Cardiology....Pages 310-312 Quantitative Evaluation of Spinal Coronal Curvature for Scoliosis Using a Fast 3-D Ultrasound Projection Imaging Method....Pages 313-317 Challenges and Opportunities in Carbon Nanostructured Designing....Pages 318-321 Back Matter....Pages 323-327 Intro -- About IFMBE -- Foreword -- Conference Details -- Contents -- Electrode Considerations, Excitation Methods and Measurement Techniques for Electrical Impedance Tomography -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. LITERATURE REVIEW -- III. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- V. CONCLUSION -- CONFLICT OF INTERSET -- REFERENCES -- Developing an Optimized Single-Trial P300-Based Brain Computer Interface System -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. P300-BCI SYSTEM -- III. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- REFERENCES -- Neural-Response-Based Text-Dependent Speaker Identification Under Noisy Conditions -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. METHODOLOGY -- III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS -- IV. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- REFERENCES -- Mental Stress Quantification Using EEG Signals -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. METHODOLOGY -- III. RESULT AND DISCUSSION -- IV. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- REFERENCES -- Mean Glandular Dose and Figure of Merit of 2 Dimensional and 3 Dimensional Imaging in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIAL AND METHOD -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- V. CONCLUSION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- REFERENCES -- The Effect of Hearing Augmentation on Cognitive Assessment Scores: A Pilot Crossover Randomized Controlled Trial -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. METHODS -- III. RESULTS -- IV. DISCUSSION -- V. LIMITATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- VI. CONCLUSION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- FUNDING -- REFERENCES -- Development and Characterization of Polypyrrole-Based Nanocomposite Adsorbent and Its Applications in Removal of Radioactive Materials -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- IV. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- REFERENCES