International Conference on Advancements of Medicine and Health Care through Technology; 12th - 15th October 2016, Cluj-Napoca, Romania: MEDITECH 2016 (IFMBE Proceedings, 59)

This volume presents the contributions of the fifth International Conference on Advancements of Medicine and Health Care through Technology (Meditech 2016), held in in Cluj-Napoka, Romania. The papers of this Proceedings volume present new developments in - Health Care Technology, - Medical Devices, Measurement and Instrumentation, - Medical Imaging, Image and Signal Processing, - Modeling and Simulation, - Molecular Bioengineering, - Biomechanics. Front Matter....Pages I-XV Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Ultrasonographic Correlations and Challenges in Liver Hemangiomas....Pages 3-8 Impact of Spectralis Optical Coherence Tomography in the Clinical Practice....Pages 9-12 Laparoscopic Repair of Morgagni Hernia – Transfascial Suturing with Extracorporeal Knotting....Pages 13-16 Ambulatory Heart Rate Variability Correlates with High-Sensitivity C - Reactive Protein in Type 2 Diabetes and Control Subjects....Pages 17-20 Heart Rate Dynamics Study on the Impact of “Mirror Therapy” in Patients with Stroke....Pages 21-24 Assessment of Nerve Fibers Dysfunction Through Current Perception Threshold Measurement in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy....Pages 25-30 Implantable Ports in Oncology....Pages 31-34 Robotic Splenectomy using the DaVinci Platform....Pages 35-38 Classical Chemometrics Methods Applied for Clinical Data Analysis....Pages 39-42 What do job adverts tell Higher Education about the ‘shape’ of Biomedical Engineering Graduates?....Pages 43-48 Ozone and Intense Electric Fields Applyance in Treating of External Wounds Become Overinfected....Pages 49-52 Comparative Analysis of Cardiovascular Risk Profile, Cardiac and Cervical Arterial Ultrasound in Patients with Chronic Coronary and Peripheral Arterial Ischemia....Pages 53-56 Cardiovascular Risk Profile, Cardiac and Cervical Artery Ultrasound in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease....Pages 57-60 Front Matter....Pages 61-61 A Single-Character Refreshable Braille Display with FPGA Control....Pages 63-66 Assessing Microcirculation for Predictive Purposes with the Aim of Reducing the Amputation Rate in the Case of Patients with Critical Lower Limb Ischemia....Pages 67-72 Front Matter....Pages 73-76 Modular Multi-channel Real-time Bio-signal Acquisition System....Pages 77-80 An ECG Front-End Device based on ADS1298 Converter....Pages 81-84 New Approach for the Electrochemical Detection of Dopamine....Pages 85-88 Aptamer-based Electrochemical Sensor for the Detection of Ampicillin....Pages 89-94 Determination of the Electrical Parameters of Some ECG Electrodes....Pages 61-61 How to Describe the Skin’s Electrical Nonlinear Response....Pages 95-98 Case Study of Static and Dynamic Postural Balance of an Overweight Pregnant Woman....Pages 99-102 Multipoint Wireless Network for Complex Patient Monitoring based on Embedded Processors....Pages 103-106 Automated Titration of Oxygen Fraction in Inspiratory Mixture in Mechanical Ventilation of Life-size Mannequin....Pages 107-110 A Study of the Effects of Geometry on the Efficiency of Single Slot Microwave Ablation Antennas Used in Hepatic Tumor Hyperthermia....Pages 111-114 The Influence of an Orifice Plates as a Flow Sensors on the Removal of Carbon Dioxide in High Frequency Oscillatory and Jet Ventilation....Pages 115-118 Evaluation of the Electric and Magnetic Field near High Voltage Power Lines....Pages 119-122 Analysis of Pulse Wave During Magneto-Therapy Session....Pages 123-126 Three Element Windkessel Model to Non-Invasively Assess PAH Patients: One Year Follow-up....Pages 127-130 Thermal Rehabilitation Influence upon the Comfort in Hospitals....Pages 131-136 Modelling the Passive Behavior of the Nervous Cell. Influence of Electric Parameters Variation....Pages 137-140 Simulation of Teeth Movement in the Case of Orthodontic Treatment Procedures....Pages 141-146 Front Matter....Pages 147-150 Non-linear Analysis of Heart Rate Variability....Pages 151-154 Dependency of Tidal Volume on Mean Airway Pressure in High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation....Pages 155-158 Towards a Trial-based,Time-scale Dynamic Detection of M1 and M2 Components from the EMG Stretch Reflex Response....Pages 159-164 Front Matter....Pages 165-170 Discriminate Animal Sounds Using TESPAR Analysis....Pages 171-171 Robust Analysis of Non-stationary Cortical Responses: tracing Variable Frequency Gamma Oscillations and Separating Multiple Component Input Modulations....Pages 173-176 Comparison of Classifiers for Brain Tumor Segmentation....Pages 177-180 Abnormalities Identification in Mammograms....Pages 181-184 Front Matter....Pages 171-171 Interconnecting Heterogeneous Non-smart Medical Devices using a Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) Infrastructure....Pages 185-188 Elderly Fall Risk Prediction System....Pages 189-194 Diet Generator for Elders using Cat Swarm Optimization and Wolf Search....Pages 195-200 Telemonitoring Systems and Technologies for Independent Life of Elderly....Pages 201-204 Automatic Learning of Medical Text Annotation Rules – a Case Study on Endoscopies....Pages 205-205 Use of Machine Learning for Improvement of Similarity Searches of Patients....Pages 207-212 Front Matter....Pages 213-218 Motor Imagery Brain-Computer Interface for the Control of a Shoulder-Elbow Rehabilitation Equipment....Pages 219-222 Performance and Efficiency Feedback in Rehabilitation Program with Kinematic Analysis System – a Case Study in Rehabilitation after Lumbar Discectomy....Pages 223-227 Assistive Technology Product Innovation through Undergraduate Projects....Pages 228-231 Baby Wearing Buying Decision-making - A Focus Group Exploratory Study....Pages 232-237 A Critical Analysis of Self-assessment Tools for Improving Workers’ Health and Work Performance....Pages 238-243 Promoting a Dental Practice on Facebook....Pages 244-247 Generation Z and Online Dentistry. An Exploratory Survey on the Romanian Market....Pages 248-251 Patient Satisfaction with Diabetes Care in Romania – An Importance-performance Analysis....Pages 252-255 Analysis of Factors that Influence OTC Purchasing Behavior....Pages 257-257 Wireless Systems with Reduced PAPR Using K-means Modified PTS Implemented for Epilepsy Classification from EEG Signals....Pages 259-262 Efficient Wireless System for Telemedicine Application with Reduced PAPR Using QMF Based PTS Technique for Epilepsy Classification from EEG Signals....Pages 263-266 The Impact of Dizziness in Life’s Quality of Elderly Patients with Vestibular Disorders and Their Caregivers....Pages 267-273 Prioritization of Medical Devices for Maintenance Decisions....Pages 277-282 Development of Wireless Biomedical Data Transmission and Real Time Monitoring System....Pages 283-286 Front Matter....Pages 287-290 Preparation, Characterization and Preliminary Evaluation of Magnetic Nanoparticles based on Biotinylated N-palmitoyl Chitosan....Pages 291-296 Cellular Nanostructures and Their Investigation. History and Perspectives....Pages 297-302 Chemical Stability of Vitamin B5....Pages 303-308 Study upon the Mechanical Properties of Most Used Dental Restoration Materials....Pages 309-312 Principles to Build a Stochastic Model for a Minimal Biological Cell with Built-in Feedback Reaction Capabilities....Pages 313-316 Microarray Gene Expression Analysis using R....Pages 317-322 Back Matter....Pages 323-326 ....Pages 327-330