World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, June 7-12, 2015, Toronto, Canada

Front Matter....Pages 1-37 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Evaluation of the Difficulties of the Learning Process of Mammographic Readings....Pages 3-6 Modeling Breast Cancer Tissue via Analysis of WAXS Signatures....Pages 7-10 Analysis of 80 kV WAXS Measurements with a CdTe Breast Biopsy Diffractometer....Pages 11-14 Sensitometric analyses of screen-film systems for mammography exams in Brazil....Pages 15-17 Actions for Implementation Program of Image Quality of Mammography....Pages 18-21 The potential of spectral-CT for material decomposition with gold-nanoparticle and iodine contrast....Pages 22-25 New Line Contrast Figure of Merit for image quality assessment....Pages 26-28 Assessment of Photostimulable Storage Phosphor Imaging Plates Quality in Computed Radiography....Pages 29-32 Influence of Contrast Enhancement to Breast Density Classification by Using Sigmoid Function....Pages 33-36 Evaluating Techniques of Transformation Intensity for Contrast Enhancement in Mammographic Images....Pages 37-40 Characterization and Analysis of the Physical Parameters in Dental X-Rays Phantom....Pages 41-45 Study on the Main Nonconformities Found in no Mammography Alagoas State....Pages 46-49 Absorbed dose in PMMA and Equivalent Breast Phantom in a Digital Breast Tomosynthesis system: Monte Carlo Assessment....Pages 50-53 2D/3D Registration for Motion Compensated Reconstruction in Cone-Beam CT of Knees UnderWeight-Bearing Condition....Pages 54-57 Automatic Motion Estimation and Compensation Framework for Weight-bearing C-arm CT scans using Fiducial Markers....Pages 58-61 Towards Image Quality Analysis of Small and Full Field of View Dental Cone Beam CT Systems....Pages 62-65 Feasibility study for 3D cone-beam computed tomography reconstruction with few projection data using MLEM algorithm with total variation minimization....Pages 66-69 A weighted stochastic gradient descent algorithm for image reconstruction in 3D computed tomography....Pages 70-73 Investigation of sparse-angle view in cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) reconstruction algorithm using a sinogram interpolaton method....Pages 74-77 Non-deterministic optimization using Differential Evolution algorithm to launch seeds for liver segmentation in MDCT....Pages 78-81 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Anatomical noise model for CT head images: preliminary results....Pages 82-84 Development of Dynamic Anthropomorphic Heart Phantom (DHAP)....Pages 85-90 Characterization of Vulnerable Plaque with Dual-Energy during CT Coronary Angiography: A Phantom Study....Pages 91-94 Performance of Attenuation-based Dynamic CT Beam-shaping Filtration for Elliptical Subject Geometries in Dependence of Fan- and Projection-angle....Pages 95-98 Gd-based Nanoparticles Mediated Magnetic Field Enhancement Inside Homogenous Tissue: Simulation using Finite Element Method....Pages 99-102 Optimization of Pulse-Triggered fMRI Measurement Delay with Acoustic Stimulation....Pages 103-106 Numerical Simpson’s Rule for Real Time and Accurate T2* maps generation Using 3D Quantitative GRE....Pages 107-110 Improvement of Pseudo Multispectral Classification of Brain MR Images....Pages 111-114 Unwrapping highly wrapped phase using Nonlinear Multi Echo phase unwrapping....Pages 115-118 Gadolinium Labeled Glycosylated Nanomagnetic Particles as Metabolic Contrast Agents in Molecular Magnetic Resonance Imaging....Pages 119-122 Properties Evaluation of Gd2O3-DEG as New Contrast Agent Nanomagnetic Particles Comparing to Gd-DTPA in MRI....Pages 123-125 In Vitro and In Vivo Studies Glycosylated Gadolinum Nanomagnetic Particleas (GD-DTPA-DG) as New Potential Metabolic Contrast Agent in MMRI....Pages 126-131 Intersex differences in posterior eye chamber by spectral optical coherent tomography....Pages 132-135 Understanding Lung Ultrasound Artifacts using a Phantom Lung Model....Pages 136-146 Quantitative accuracy of SPECT imaging with a dedicated cardiac camera: Physical phantom experiments....Pages 147-149 Simultaneous estimation of the radioactivity distribution and electron density map from scattered coincidences in PET: A project overview....Pages 150-153 Quantitative Functional Imaging with Hybrid PET-CT Via Improved Kinetics Modeling: Application to 18F-Fluorocholine PET Imaging of Prostate Cancer....Pages 154-157 Experimental Study on Amplitude Frequency of Acoustic Signal Excited by Coupling Magneto-Acoustic Field....Pages 158-161 4 Years of X-ray Imaging at 05B1-1 Beamline at BMIT....Pages 162-165 Indirect measurement of average alveolar dimension using dynamic phase-contrast imaging....Pages 166-168 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Detectability in SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Comparison between a Conventional and a Semiconductor Detector System....Pages 169-172 Monte Carlo simulation of interventional cardiac scenarios using a newborn hybrid phantom and MCNPX code....Pages 173-176 Quantitative low-kVp CT angiography in carotid artery imaging....Pages 177-180 Characterization of scatter factors in thyroid studies using a pinhole collimator by Monte Carlo Simulation.....Pages 181-186 The Use of Wavelet Filters for Reducing Noise in Posterior Fossa Computed Tomography Images....Pages 187-190 Automatic Liver Localization based on Classification Random Forest with KNN for Prediction....Pages 191-194 Brain Tumor Target Volume Segmentation: Local Region Based Approach....Pages 195-198 Investigating automatic techniques in segmentation accuracy of masses in digital mammography images....Pages 199-202 A Novel Automatic White Balance Algorithm for the 3D Image of Stereoscopic Endoscopy....Pages 203-206 Derivation of Residual Noise of Filtered Poisson and Gaussian Series....Pages 207-210 Influence of ROI pattern on segmentation in lung lesions....Pages 211-214 Comparison of Independent Component Analysis (ICA) Algorithm for Heart Rate Measurement Based on Facial Imaging....Pages 215-219 Fast Registration of Intraoperative Ultrasound and Preoperative MR Images Based on Calibrations of 2D and 3D Ultrasound Probes....Pages 220-223 Comparison between Elliptical and Squared ROI to Launch an Automatic Seed to Region Growing Algorithm on Hepatic Segmentation using CT images....Pages 224-227 Automatic Analysis of Plantar Foot Thermal Images in at-Risk Type II Diabetes by Using an Infrared Camera....Pages 228-231 Development of an Anatomical Measurement and Data Analysis Tool Based on the Kinect Sensor for Physical Rehabilitation Applications.....Pages 232-235 Evaluation of the OSC-TV Reconstruction Algorithm for Optical Cone-Beam Computed Tomography....Pages 236-239 Optimization of acquisition parameters of the test of an overall SPECT/CT system performance.....Pages 240-243 Investigation of presampled MTF using a slit device with slightly wider aperture....Pages 244-247 Multiple Energy Synchrotron Biomedical Imaging System- Preliminary Results....Pages 248-251 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Accuracy of Tissue Elasticity Measurement using Shear Wave Ultrasound Elastography: A Comparative Phantom Study....Pages 252-255 Real-time measurement of cardiomyocyte contraction and calcium transients using fast image processing algorithms....Pages 256-259 Renal Dynamic Phantom for Use in SPECT....Pages 260-263 Front Matter....Pages 265-265 Cooling Rate Effects on the Microstructure Evolutions of Biodegradable Mg2Ca Potential Medical Implant Alloy....Pages 267-270 Chitosan: A Chitinous Biopolymer For The Treatment Of Crude Oil Polluted Water....Pages 271-273 PEMF on Neuroblastoma Cells Previously Exposed to Antidepressants....Pages 274-274 Mapping the Stem Cell’s Mechanome Using Paired Live Cell Multiplexed Imaging and Modeling....Pages 275-275 Proliferation of cardiomyocytes in young infants, future implication in human heart regeneration....Pages 276-283 Optimization of Crosslinking Parameters for Biosynthetic Poly(vinyl-alcohol)-Tyramine Hydrogels....Pages 284-287 A synchrotron radiation microtomography study of wettability and swelling of nanocomposite Alginate/Hydroxyapatite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering....Pages 288-291 Scaffold Prototype for Heart Valve Tissue Engineering: Design and Material Analyses....Pages 292-295 Finite Element Analysis OF Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms to Predict Risk of Rupture - The Role of The Thrombosis Thicknesses.....Pages 296-299 Study on preparation and mechanical properties of polyurethane foam with negative Poisson’s ratio....Pages 300-302 Front Matter....Pages 303-303 Hematological, Biochemical, and End-organ effects of the CH-VAD in Ovine Model....Pages 305-308 Dysfunction Screening in Experimental Arteriovenous Grafts for Hemodialysis Using Inflow and Outflow Hemodynamic Game Analysis....Pages 309-317 The Continuous Flow Total Artificial Heart in Clinical Practice....Pages 318-321 Improved Semi-automated 3D Kinematic Measurement of Total Knee Arthroplasty Using X-ray Fluoroscopic Images....Pages 322-325 A new method for determining the effect of follower load on the range of motions in the lumbar spine....Pages 326-329 A simple external fixation technique for treating bicondylar tibial plateau fracture: a finite element study....Pages 330-332 Modelling and Understanding Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus....Pages 333-337 Front Matter....Pages 303-303 The protective effect of the eyelid on ocular injuries in blunt trauma....Pages 338-341 Fingertip touch adjust postural orientation during perturbed stance....Pages 342-345 Impact of gait modifications on hip joint loads during level walking....Pages 346-349 Effects of changing small airway mechanics and inspiratory flow waveforms on pulmonary ventilation: a modeling study....Pages 350-354 Front Matter....Pages 355-355 Acceptance Modulated Radiation Intensity and Enhanced Dynamic Wedge using 2D Ion Chamber Array....Pages 357-357 Monte Carlo study for the design of a Novel Gamma - Tomo SBRT System....Pages 358-363 A Statistical Study based on comparison between two treatment planning systems while exporting RT structure set....Pages 364-367 GMM guided automated Level Set algorithm for PET image segmentation....Pages 368-371 A Method to Convert Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) Image for Dose Calculation and the Phantom Evaluation....Pages 372-372 Development of a Multi-Modality 4D Biomechanical Phantom for Evaluation of Simultaneous Registration/Segmentation Algorithms....Pages 373-376 Edge Detection for Biological Tumor Volume Definition Based on FDG-PET/CTfused Imaging: Evaluation of Diffusion Processes by using an Agar Phantom....Pages 377-380 International Multi-Institutional Bench Mark Study on Dosimetric and Volumetric Modulation Using Helical TomoTherapy Treatment Planning for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Tumors....Pages 381-383 Dependence of Collimator Angle on Prostate VMAT: A Treatment Planning Study....Pages 384-387 Adaptive radiotherapy for bladder cancer using deformable image registration of empty and full bladder....Pages 388-391 Dosimetric and Clinical Benefits of Conformal Radiotherapy Plus Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy in the Treatment of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer....Pages 392-396 Peripheral neutron dose estimation: comparison between experimental measurements and TPS estimation....Pages 397-400 Non-uniform spatiotemporal fractionation schemes in photon radiotherapy....Pages 401-404 Dosimetric impact of accurately delineating of the left anterior descending artery in photon and proton radiotherapy....Pages 405-408 The role of VMAT interplay effects for liver stereotactic body radiation therapy....Pages 409-412 Objective function surrogates for iterative beam angle selection....Pages 413-416 Front Matter....Pages 355-355 A preliminary study on the effect of modulated photon radiotherapy (XMRT) optimization for prostate cancer treatment planning....Pages 417-420 Compressed Sensing-Based LDR Brachytherapy Inverse Treatment Planning with Biological Models....Pages 421-424 Knowledge Modeling for Computer Aided Treatment Planning....Pages 425-427 Interplay of MLC, gantry and respiratory motion during DCAT delivery....Pages 428-431 Measuring radiation treatment plan similarity in the cloud....Pages 432-435 A memetic algorithm for body gamma knife stereotactic radiotherapy treatment planning....Pages 436-439 Knowledge based Automatic Beam Angle Determination for Lung IMRT Planning....Pages 440-443 Dosimetric evaluation of the interplay effect for non-respiratory-gated VMAT treatment of moving targets with high dose rate FFF beams....Pages 444-447 Use of flattening filter free photon beams for off-axis targets in conformal arc stereotactic body radiation therapy....Pages 448-451 Dose Calculation in Gynecological Brachytherapy using Monte Carlo simulation for intracavitary treatment of Cervical Cancer....Pages 452-455 A dosimetric evaluation of interface effects using two commercial electron treatment planning algorithms....Pages 456-459 Ray Tracing Algorithm for Virtual Source Modeling based on Evaluation of Rounded Leaf End Effect of Multileaf Collimator....Pages 460-462 Impact of in-homogenity corrected dose calculation of clinical Brachytherapy sites....Pages 463-466 A novel system for real-time planning and guidance of breast HDR brachytherapy....Pages 467-470 Samarium-153 Labelled Microparticles For Targeted Radionuclide Therapy Of Liver Tumor....Pages 471-474 Monte Carlo-based Inverse Treatment Plan Optimization for Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy....Pages 475-478 A beam angle optimization technique for proton pencil beam scanning treatment planning of lower pelvis targets....Pages 479-482 Dosimetry of Pacemaker in VMAT for Lung SBRT....Pages 483-486 Grid therapy: impact of radiobiological models on calculation of therapeutic ratio....Pages 487-489 Impact of increasing irradiation time on the treatment of prostate cancers....Pages 490-493 Front Matter....Pages 355-355 Cone-Beam CT assessment of inter-fraction and intra-fraction motions during lung stereotactic body radiotherapy with and without abdominal compression....Pages 494-496 A Novel Couch-Gantry Trajectory Based Stereotactic Treatment Method....Pages 497-500 The Effect of Assessment Criteria on Inter-rater Variability in the Evaluation of Skin Reactions following Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy....Pages 501-504 Can parametric response maps predict voxel-wise treatment response? Implications for locally adaptive radiotherapy.....Pages 505-508 A Hardware-Accelerated Software Platform for Adaptive Radiation Therapy....Pages 509-512 Raman spectroscopy for assessment of radiation therapy response: Pre-clinical animal study results for lung cancer....Pages 513-516 Evaluation and Visualization of Radiogenomic Modeling Frameworks for the Prediction of Normal Tissue Toxicities....Pages 517-520 3D Slicer Gel Dosimetry Analysis: Validation of the Calibration Process....Pages 521-524 Comparison of AAA and CCC Algorithms for H&N RapidArc pre-treatment QA....Pages 525-530 The Characteristics and Implementation of XR-RV3 GafchromicFilm for Radiotherapy Dosimetry....Pages 531-534 Quality Assurance of the Radiotherapy Workflow Integrating a Dedicated Wide-bore 3T MRI Simulator....Pages 535-538 Dosimetric commissioning of high end features in Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Systems: a proposed update of the IAEA TECDOC-1583 guidelines.....Pages 539-542 VMAT delivery through couch tops: an illustration of loss of dose coverage for prostate plans....Pages 543-546 Electronic Portal Imaging Device Dosimetry for IMRT: a Review on Commercially Available Solutions....Pages 547-552 Anatomical Modelling of the Pregnant Radiotherapy Patient....Pages 553-556 Estimating Setup Margins using IGRT Techniques. Preliminary results in Havana....Pages 557-560 Weighted Comprehensive Score Evaluation of CBCT Image Guided Positioning Accuracy in Lung Cancer Radiation Treatment....Pages 561-564 An automatic dosimetric and geometric tracking system for head and neck adaptive radiotherapy....Pages 565-568 Front Matter....Pages 569-569 Drift correction techniques in the tracking of lung tumor motion....Pages 570-574 Morphological Analysis of Tumor Regression and Its Impact on Deformable Image Registration for Adaptive Radiotherapy of Lung Cancer Patients....Pages 355-355 Retrospective evaluation of visually monitored deep inspiration breath hold for breast cancer patients using edge detection....Pages 575-578 The impact of audio-visual biofeedback with a patient-specific guiding waveform on respiratory motion management: Comparison of two different respiratory management systems....Pages 579-582 Feasibility of markerless tumor tracking by sequential dual-energy fluoroscopy on a clinical tumor tracking system....Pages 583-586 Application and Parametric Studies of a Sliding Window Neural Network for Respiratory Motion Predictions of Lung Cancer Patients....Pages 587-590 Dose and Position Quality Assurance Using the RADPOS System for 4D Radiotherapy with CyberKnife....Pages 591-594 Development of an MR and CT compatible non-invasive temperature based optical fiber respiration sensor for use in radiotherapy....Pages 595-598 Beta Enhancers: towards a local dose enhancer device for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) on superficial tumors....Pages 599-602 The Use of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy in the Treatment of Cancer Tumours in the Czech Republic....Pages 603-606 A Software App for Radiotherapy with In-situ Dose-painting using high Z nanoparticles....Pages 607-613 Performing radiation therapy research using the open-source SlicerRT toolkit....Pages 614-617 Front Matter....Pages 618-621 Destructive backscatter-based readout of polymer gel dosimeters: proof of principle....Pages 622-625 Dosimetric Comparison of 3DCRT, IMRT and VMAT for Spine Radiotherapy based on Secondary Cancer Risk....Pages 627-627 Dosimetric Effect of Beam Angle on the Unflattened and Flattened Photon Beams: A Monte Carlo study....Pages 629-632 An Attempt to Predict the Proton Relative Biological Effectiveness using Radical Recombination....Pages 633-636 Effects of cable extension and photon irradiation on TNRD neutron detector in radiotherapy....Pages 637-640 Study of the response of ionization chambers in photon beams for off-axis point dose....Pages 641-644 Minimum Planning Target Volume Coverage Necessary for the Delivery of the Prescribed Dose in Lung Radiotherapy....Pages 645-648 Suitability of Diodes for Point Dose Measurements in IMRT/VMAT Beams....Pages 649-652 Front Matter....Pages 653-656 Energy Correction factor for Plane Parallel ion-chamber and it’s Use in Clinical photon Beam Dosimetry....Pages 657-660 Dosimetric Verification for Tangential Breast Irradiation in Commercial Treatment Planning System Using Indigenous Female Wax Torso....Pages 627-627 On the practical use of calorimetry for routine absolute dosimetry in the radiotherapy clinic....Pages 661-665 In-vivo and pre-treatment quality assurance software validation and verification....Pages 666-666 Therapeutic Applications and Dosimetry of Radiopharmaceuticals with the Help of Compartmental Analysis....Pages 667-670 Very Small Circular Fields Output Factors: Comparison of MC Calculations, EBT3 Film and Micro-diamond Measurements....Pages 671-673 A novel tool for in vivo dosimetry in diagnostic and interventional radiology using plastic scintillation detectors....Pages 674-678 First Data on Quality Control Test done in Diagnostic X-ray facility at Major Public Hospitals in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal....Pages 679-679 Lung Dose Estimation for a Total Body Computed Tomography Protocol....Pages 680-684 Estimation of dose distributions in mammography into a tissue equivalent phan-tom....Pages 685-688 Dosimetric Analysis of Patient to a Z-Gradient Coil in Head Magnetic Resonance Imaging....Pages 689-691 Gamma cameras calibration for I-131 uptake quantification in Hyperthyroidism diseases....Pages 692-694 Patient and Staff Dose Optimization in Nuclear Medicine Diagnosis Methods....Pages 695-698 Radiation Dose Assessment of 99mTc-labeled Tetrofosmin in Patients Undergoing Rest-Stress Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy....Pages 699-703 Verifying dynamic planning in gamma knife radiosurgery using gel dosimetry....Pages 704-707 Towards Optical CT scanning of radiochromic 3D dosimeters in mismatched refractive index solutions....Pages 708-711 Evaluation of the eye lens dose according to patient setup errors in pediatric head CT examination....Pages 712-715 Application of Dose Gels in HDR Brachytherapy....Pages 716-719 Use of 3D Printed Materials as Tissue-Equivalent Phantoms....Pages 720-723 Development of Object Simulator for Evaluation Periapical Radiographs....Pages 724-727 Front Matter....Pages 728-731 A Contribution to the Establishment of Diagnostic Reference Levels in Computed Tomography in Brazil....Pages 732-736 Personal Time-Varying Magnetic Fields Evaluation During Activities in MRI Sites....Pages 627-627 Review UAE Dental Radiology Dosimetry Results for National DRLs Establishment....Pages 737-740 Simple Expression of Doses for X-rays below 1 MeV Grazing Incident on Shields of Concrete and Iron Backed by Lead....Pages 741-744 Energy response of the GAFCHROMIC EBT3 in diagnosis range....Pages 745-747 Determination of the Uncertainty in the Cross-calibration of an Ionization Chamber Used in Radiation Therapy....Pages 748-751 Reaction of three UV exposure to gafchromic EBT-2 and EBT-3....Pages 752-755 Noise reduction of radiochromic film: median filter processing of subtraction image....Pages 756-758 Reference and relative dosimetry of standard and small photon fields with new commercially available detectors....Pages 759-762 Regional survey of pediatric patient doses from CT examinations in Tehran, Iran....Pages 763-766 Occupational Dose Measurement in an Interventional Radiology Facility in Jakarta....Pages 767-770 Assessment of Patient and Staff Doses in Interventional Cerebral Angiography Using OSL....Pages 771-774 Assessment of Patient Dose in Selected Non-Cardiac Interventional Fluoroscopy Procedures Using OSL Dosimeters....Pages 775-777 Evaluation of the Comparative Effectiveness of Various Jurisdictional Computed Tomography Radiation Dose Reduction Models....Pages 778-782 Evaluation of Dental X-rays Equipment in Sobral-CE, Brazil....Pages 783-786 Proposed Guidelines for Image Quality Optimization in Chest PA X-Ray Examinations In Bangladesh....Pages 787-790 Front Matter....Pages 791-794 Plan Optimization for a Lung Patient on a Parallel Linac-MR System....Pages 795-797 Ex-vivo experimental study with a new cluster-type microwave ablation antenna....Pages 799-799 On Understanding of the Limiting Factors in Radiofrequency Ablation on Target Tissue Necrosis Volume....Pages 801-804 Dose Enhancement in Radiotherapy by Novel Application Of Gadolinium Based MRI Contrast Agent Nanomagnetic Particles in Gel Dosimetry....Pages 805-808 Front Matter....Pages 809-815 Synthesis and Characterization of SPION Functionalized third Generation dendrimers Conjugated by Gold Nanoparticles and Folic acid for Targeted Breast Cancer Laser Hyperthermia: An Invitro-assay....Pages 816-822 Bio magnetic Nano Particles (BMNPs) used for cancer treatment via Hyperthermia method....Pages 799-799 Cherenkov emission dosimetry for electron beam radiotherapy: a Monte Carlo feasibility study of absolute dose prediction....Pages 823-826 Detection of melanoma through image recognition and artificial neural networks....Pages 827-827 Front Matter....Pages 828-831 A Fiducial Apparatus for 6DOF Pose Estimation of an External Echo Probe from a Single X-ray Projection: Initial Simulation Studies on Design Requirements....Pages 832-835 Mechanism design a flexible endoscope with USB adaptation to training....Pages 837-837 Comparing the Effects of Three MRI RF Sequences on Ultrasonic Motors....Pages 839-842 3D Quantitative Evaluation System for Integral Photography based 3D Autostereoscopic Medical Display....Pages 843-845 Assistant laparoscopic postural: kinematic behavior....Pages 846-849 Workspace optimization of a surgical instrument for single port access surgery....Pages 850-853 High-Dexterity Telemanipulation Robot for Minimally Invasive Surgery....Pages 854-857 Integrated Sensors for a Single-Incision Laparoscopic Instrument....Pages 858-861 A Technique for Prostate Registration by Finite Element Modeling....Pages 862-865 The influence of two different drug infusion profiles on the pharmacodynamics model performance....Pages 866-869 Preoperative in silico analysis of atherosclerotic calcification vulnerability in carotid artery stenting using Finite Element Analysis by considering Agatston score....Pages 870-873 Biomechanical modeling for foot inversion....Pages 874-880 Deformation Method and 3D Modeling of the Female Body to Simulate Core Biopsy Procedure....Pages 881-884 Effects of Band Position on Hemodynamics of Pulmonary Artery: A Numerical Study of Patient-specific Virtual Procedure....Pages 885-888 Orthogonal IR System for Instrumental tracking in Minimally Invasive Spine Procedures for training using Wiimote Technology....Pages 889-892 Front Matter....Pages 893-896 Magnetic Resonance Nanotheranostics of Guerin’s Carcinoma....Pages 897-899 Front Matter....Pages 901-901 Nanoparticle-aided Radiotherapy for Retinoblastoma and Choroidal Melanoma....Pages 903-906 Nanotechnology applied in drug delivery....Pages 901-901 Gas Sensors with ZnO Quantum Dots Synthetized by Sol-Gel Methods....Pages 907-910 Next generation transdermal drug delivery - An electrochemical approach to pH manipulation for controlled release within smart patch technologies....Pages 911-914 Externally applied pressure on the skin electrode impedance....Pages 915-918 Measurement of the Received Power in a Realistic Intrabody Communication Scenario....Pages 919-922 An approach based on fuzzy clustering and an original validation index improves single channel ionic current evaluation....Pages 923-923 A computational method for clustering evaluation in toxic activity study....Pages 924-927 Study of the sensibility of induced heat effects in edible oil measured by interferometric techniques....Pages 928-932 Front Matter....Pages 933-937 Sensitivity of heart rate variability indices for artificially simulated data....Pages 938-942 Desaturation event characteristics and mortality risk in severe sleep apnea....Pages 943-943 Upper-Limb Force Modeling using Rotated Ensembles with Fast Orthogonal Search on High-Density Electromyography....Pages 945-949 Characteristic Analysis and Modeling for Signals of Auditory Propagation Pathway....Pages 950-953 A Mother Wavelet Selection Algorithm for Respiratory Rate Estimation from Photoplethysmogram....Pages 954-957 Static Posturography of Elderly Fallers and Non-Fallers with Eyes Open and Closed....Pages 958-961 Comparison of the Three Filter Algorithms for Detection of Electrically-Evoked Short-Latency Responses in Retinal Ganglion Cells....Pages 962-965 Mathematical assessment of variability in respiratory airflow patterns....Pages 966-969 An evaluation of Arterial Stiffness Index in Relation to the State of the Cardiovascular System....Pages 970-973 An Evaluation of Performance for an Independent SSVEP-BCI Based on Compressive Sensing System....Pages 974-977 Quantifying Blood-Oxygen Saturation Measurement Error in Motion Contaminated Pulse Oximetry Signals....Pages 978-981 Front Matter....Pages 982-985 Classification of responders versus non-responders to tDCS by analyzing voltage between anode and cathode during treatment session....Pages 986-989 An Exploration of the Erector Spinae Muscle for Knee Exoskeleton Control....Pages 943-943 Evaluation the Accuracy of Oscillometric Blood Pressure Measurement According to the AAMI SP10....Pages 990-993 A Fully Unsupervised Clustering on Adaptively Segmented Long-term EEG Data....Pages 994-997 A Hybrid Model for Diagnosing Sever Aortic Stenosis in Asymptomatic Patients using Phonocardiogram....Pages 998-1001 An Intelligent Method for Discrimination between Aortic and Pulmonary Stenosis using Phonocardiogram....Pages 1002-1005 Automatic Detection of Low-Quality Seismocardiogram Cycles Using the Outlier Approach....Pages 1006-1009 Adaptive filter for eliminating baseline wander of pulse wave signals....Pages 1010-1013 MRS data deconvolution through KBDM with multiple signal truncation and clustering: circumventing noise effects....Pages 1014-1017 Quantification of Wavelet Band Metrics for Assessing Heart Rate Variability....Pages 1018-1021 Effect of Coffee on EEG Spectral Assymmetry....Pages 1022-1025 Spectral Analysis of Respiratory and Cardiac Signals Using Doppler Radar....Pages 1026-1029 PEMF effects on chondrocyte cellularity and gene expression of the rat distal femoral metaphyseal articular cartilage....Pages 1030-1033 Improved T-wave Alternans Detection in ECG Signals....Pages 1034-1038 Electrical Left Atrial Conduction Delay with Focused Transesophageal Electrocardiography in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy....Pages 1039-1042 Electrical Interatrial to Interventricular Conduction Delay Ratio with Focused Transesophageal Electrocardiography in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy....Pages 1043-1047 Efficacy of DWT denoising in the removal of power line interference and the effect on morphological distortion of underlying atrial fibrillatory waves in AF-ECG....Pages 1048-1051 A mobile terminal to follow-up the evolution of chronic diseases....Pages 1052-1055 The algorithm for the diagnosis of ventricular tachycardias from electrocardiogram....Pages 1056-1059 Acute Mental Stress Detection via Ultra-short term HRV Analysis....Pages 1060-1063 Front Matter....Pages 1064-1067 Classification of Abdominal Fetal Electrocardiogram Recordings using Karhunen-Loève Decomposition....Pages 1068-1071 Signal Quality Indices for Ambulatory Electrocardiograms Used in Myocardial Ischemia Monitoring....Pages 943-943 Respiratory parameters have different patterns in imposed-inspiration and imposed-expiration within a closed pneumatic circuit in rats....Pages 1072-1075 Photoacoustic Speckle and Spect