XIII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2013: MEDICON 2013, 25-28 September 2013, Seville, Spain (IFMBE Proceedings (41))

Front Matter....Pages 1-43 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Design, Development, Training and Use of Medical Devices; with Practical Examples from Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery....Pages 3-6 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 David Dewhurst – Biomedical Engineer and IFMBE Pioneer....Pages 9-12 Did Jan Swammerdam Do the First Electric Stimulation over 100 Years before Luigi Galvani?....Pages 13-16 Front Matter....Pages 17-17 Shear Stress Rapidly Alters the Physical Properties of Vascular Endothelial Cell Membranes by Decreasing Their Lipid Order and Increasing Their Fluidity....Pages 19-22 An In Vitro Analysis of the Influence of the Arterial Stiffness on the Aortic Flow Using Three-Dimensional Particle Tracking Velocimetry....Pages 23-26 A New Method for Coronary Artery Mechanical Properties....Pages 27-28 Numerical Analysis of a Novel External Support Device for Vein Bypass Grafts....Pages 29-32 Hemodynamical Aspects of Endovascular Repair for Aortic Arch Aneurisms....Pages 33-36 Optical Tracking System Integration into IORT Treatment Planning System....Pages 37-40 Comparative Study of Two Laparoscopic Instrument Tracker Designs for Motion Analysis and Image-Guided Surgery: A Technical Evaluation....Pages 41-44 A Decision Support System Applied to Lipodystrophy Based on Virtual Reality and Rapid Prototyping....Pages 45-48 Comparison between Optical and MRI Trajectories in Stereotactic Neurosurgery....Pages 49-51 EVA: Endoscopic Video Analysis of the Surgical Scene for the Assessment of MIS Psychomotor Skills....Pages 52-56 Quantitative Evaluation of a Real-Time Non-rigid Registration of a Parametric Model of the Aorta for a VR-Based Catheterization Guidance System....Pages 57-60 Transtibial Amputee Gait: Kinematics and Temporal-Spatial Analysis....Pages 61-64 Development and User Assessment of a Body-Machine Interface for a Hybrid-Controlled 6-Degree of Freedom Robotic Arm (MERCURY)....Pages 65-68 EMG and Kinematics Assessment of Postural Responses during Balance Perturbation on a 3D Robotic Platform: Preliminary Results in Children with Hemiplegia....Pages 69-72 Simulation-Based Planification Tool for an Assistance-as-Needed Upper Limb Neurorehabilitation Robotic Orthosis....Pages 73-76 Total Joint Replacement: Biomaterials for Application in the Temporomandibular Joint....Pages 77-80 Kinematic Indexes’ Reproducibility of Horizontal Reaching Movements....Pages 81-84 Front Matter....Pages 17-17 Handling Disturbances on Planned Trajectories in Robotic Rehabilitation Therapies....Pages 85-88 Computational Modelling of the Shape Deviations of the Sphere Surfaces of Ceramic Heads of Hip Joint Replacement....Pages 89-92 An Innovative Multisensor Controlled Prosthetic Hand....Pages 93-96 Robot-Assisted Surgical Platform for Controlled Bone Drilling: Experiments on Temperature Monitoring for Assessment of Thermal Bone Necrosis....Pages 97-100 A Kinematic Analysis of the Hand Function....Pages 101-104 Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery Using a Miniature Robotic System....Pages 105-108 Characterization of Anastomosis Techniques for Robot Assisted Surgery....Pages 109-112 Considering Civil Liability as a Safety Criteria for Cognitive Surgical Robots....Pages 113-116 Kinematic Quantification of Gait Asymmetry in Patients with Elastic Ankle Wrap Based on Cyclograms....Pages 117-120 Fat Percentage Equation for Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Novel Approach....Pages 121-124 Functional and Structural of the Erector Spinae Muscle during Isometric Lumbar Extension....Pages 125-128 On Evaluation of Shoulder Roundness by Use of Single Camera Photogrammetry....Pages 129-132 Effects of Superimposed Electrical Stimulation Training on Vertical Jump Performance: A Comparison Study between Men and Women....Pages 133-136 Attentional Focus and Functional Connectivity in Cycling: An EEG Case Study....Pages 137-140 ERD/ERS Patterns of Shooting Performance within the Multi-Action Plan Model....Pages 141-144 Upper Limb Joint Torque Distribution Resulting from the Flat Tennis Serve Impact Force....Pages 145-148 The Fatigue Vector: A New Bi-dimensional Parameter for Muscular Fatigue Analysis....Pages 149-152 Kinetic Analysis of Manual Wheelchair Propulsion in Athletes and Users with Spinal Cord Injury....Pages 153-156 Multimodal MRI Evaluation of Physiological Changes on Leg Muscles due to Fatigue after Intense Exercise....Pages 157-158 Front Matter....Pages 159-159 Design and Implementation of a Bipolar Current Source for MREIT Applications....Pages 161-164 Front Matter....Pages 159-159 Automatic Detection of Heart Center in Late Gadolinium Enhanced MRI....Pages 165-168 The Application of Highly Accelerated MR Acquisition Techniques to Imaging the Peripheral Vasculature....Pages 169-173 A New Label Fusion Method Using Graph Cuts: Application to Hippocampus Segmentation....Pages 174-177 Computer Aided Decision Support Tool for Rectal Cancer TNM Staging Using MRI....Pages 178-181 Volume of Tissue Activated in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease from West-Center Region of Colombia Treated with Deep Brain Stimulation....Pages 182-185 Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm after Endovascular Repair Using Active Learning Segmentation and Texture Analysis....Pages 186-189 Assessment of Magnetic Field in the Surroundings of Magnetic Resonance Systems: Risks for Professional Staff....Pages 190-193 Morphological Characterization of the Human Calvarium in Relation to the Diploic and Cranial Thickness Utilizing X-Ray Computed Microtomography....Pages 194-197 A Programmable Current Source for MRCDI & MREIT Applications....Pages 198-201 How Does Compressed Sensing Affect Activation Maps in Rat fMRI?....Pages 202-205 Resting State Functional Connectivity Analysis of Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromyelitis Optica Using Graph Theory....Pages 206-209 Quantitative Evaluation of Patient-Specific Conforming Hexahedral Meshes of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Intraluminal Thrombus Generated from MRI....Pages 210-213 Compressed Sensing for Cardiac MRI Cine Sequences: A Real Implementation on a Small-Animal Scanner....Pages 214-217 The Importance of a Valid Reference Region for Intensity Normalization of Perfusion MR Studies in Early Alzheimer’s Disease....Pages 218-220 A Full Automatic Method for the Soft Tissues Sarcoma Treatment Response Based on Fuzzy Logic....Pages 221-224 Reconstruction of DSC-MRI Data from Sparse Data Exploiting Temporal Redundancy and Contrast Localization....Pages 225-228 The Influence of Slice Orientation in 3D CBCT Images on Measurements of Anatomical Structures....Pages 229-232 A Prior-Based Image Variation (PRIVA) Approach Applied to Motion-Based Compressed Sensing Cardiac Cine MRI....Pages 233-236 Symmetry Based Computer Aided Segmentation of Occluded Cerebral Arteries on CT Angiography....Pages 237-240 Automatic Segmentation of Gray Matter Multiple Sclerosis Lesions on DIR Images....Pages 241-244 Front Matter....Pages 159-159 Calibration of a C-arm X-Ray System for Its Use in Tomography....Pages 245-248 Quantitative Assessment of Prenatal AorticWall Thickness in Gestational Diabetes....Pages 249-252 Fast Anisotropic Speckle Filter for Ultrasound Medical Images....Pages 253-256 Parallel Implementation of a X-Ray Tomography Reconstruction Algorithm for High-Resolution Studies....Pages 257-260 Stacked Models for Efficient Annotation of Brain Tissues in MR Volumes....Pages 261-264 Mumford-Shah Based Unsupervised Segmentation of Brain Tissue on MR Images....Pages 265-268 Validation of a Computer Aided Segmentation System for Retinography....Pages 269-272 Computer-Assisted System for Hypertensive Risk Determination through Fundus Image Processing....Pages 273-276 Interventional 2D-3D Registration in the Presence of Occlusion....Pages 277-280 Marker-Controlled Watershed for Volume Countouring in PET Images....Pages 281-284 Predictive and Populational Model for Alzheimer’s Disease Using Structural Neuroimaging....Pages 285-288 Accurate Cortical Bone Detection in Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography Images....Pages 289-292 Spatial Aliasing and EMG Amplitude in Time and Space: Simulated Action Potential Maps....Pages 293-296 Lacunarity-Based Inherent Texture Correlation Approach for Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Image Analysis....Pages 297-300 Tracer Kinetic Modeling with R for Batch Processing of Dynamic PET Studies....Pages 301-304 Tensor Radial Lengths for Mammographic Image Enhancement....Pages 305-308 Magnetic Resonance Texture Analysis: Optimal Feature Selection in Classifying Child Brain Tumors....Pages 309-312 Image Segmentation for Treatment Planning of Electroporation-Based Treatments of Tumors....Pages 313-316 Detection of Retinal Vessel Bifurcations by Means of Multiple Orientation Estimation Based on Regularized Morphological Openings....Pages 317-320 Segmentation of Basal Nuclei and Anatomical Brain Structures Using Support Vector Machines....Pages 321-324 Front Matter....Pages 159-159 Color Analysis in Retinography: Glaucoma Image Detection....Pages 325-329 An Image Analysis System for the Assessment of Retinal Microcirculation in Hypertension and Its Clinical Evaluation....Pages 330-335 Automatic Selection of CT Perfusion Datasets Unsuitable for CTP Analysis due to Head Movement....Pages 336-339 An In-Vitro Model of Cardiac Fibrillation with Different Degrees of Complexity....Pages 340-343 Semi-automatic Segmentation of Sacrum in Computer Tomography Studies for Intraoperative Radiation Therapy....Pages 344-347 Anatomical Discovery: Finding Organs in the Neighborhood of the Liver....Pages 348-351 A Comparative Study of Different Methods for Pigmented Lesion Classification Based on Color and Texture Features....Pages 352-355 Automatic Burn Depth Estimation from Psychophysical Experiment Data....Pages 356-359 Segmentation of Retroperitoneal Tumors Using Fast Continuous Max-Flow Algorithm....Pages 360-363 Evaluation of the Visibility of the Color and Monochrome Road Map by the Searching Distance and Time of a Locus of Eye Movement....Pages 364-367 3D Segmentation of MRI of the Liver Using Support Vector Machine....Pages 368-371 Interpolation Based Deformation Model for Minimally Invasive Beating Heart Surgery....Pages 372-375 A Framework for Automatic Detection of Lumen-Endothelium Border in Intracoronary OCT Image Sequences....Pages 376-379 Learning Optimal Matched Filters for Retinal Vessel Segmentation with ADA-Boost....Pages 380-383 Using Optical Flow in Motion Analysis for Evaluation of Active Music Therapy....Pages 384-387 Application of Gaussian Mixture Models with Expectation Maximization in Bacterial Colonies Image Segmentation for Automated Counting and Identification....Pages 388-391 Need of Multimodal SPECT/MRI for Tracking of 111 In-Labeled Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Neuroblastoma Tumor-Bearing Mice....Pages 392-394 First Steps towards a USE System for Non-invasive Thyroid Exploration....Pages 395-398 Registration of Small-Animal SPECT/MRI Studies for Tracking Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells....Pages 399-402 Segregation of Emotional Function in Subcortical Structures: MEG Evidence....Pages 403-406 Front Matter....Pages 159-159 AFM Multimode Imaging and Nanoindetation Method for Assessing Collagen Nanoscale Thin Films Heterogeneity....Pages 407-410 Segmentation of Corneal Endothelial Cells Contour through Classification of Individual Component Signatures....Pages 411-414 Split Bregman-Singular Value Analysis Approach to Solve the Compressed Sensing Problem of Fluorescence Diffuse Optical Tomography....Pages 415-418 Development of an Optical Coherence Tomograph for Small Animal Retinal Imaging....Pages 419-422 Inhomogeneous Modification of Cardiac Electrophysiological Properties due to Flecainide Administration....Pages 423-426 Predictive Analysis of Photoacoustic Tomography Images in Dermatological Liposarcoma....Pages 427-430 Monte Carlo Simulation of Radiation through the Human Retina Using Geant4....Pages 431-434 Semiautomatic Evaluation of Crypt Architecture and Vessel Morphology in Confocal Microendoscopy: Application to Ulcerative Colitis....Pages 435-438 3D Reconstruction of Skin Surface Using an Improved Shape-from-Shading Technique....Pages 439-442 QuantiDOPA: A Quantification Software for Dopaminergic Neurotransmission SPECT....Pages 443-446 Spatial Normalization in Voxel-Wise Analysis of FDG-PET Brain Images....Pages 447-450 EndoTOFPET-US a High Resolution Endoscopic PET-US Scanner Used for Pancreatic and Prostatic Clinical Exams....Pages 451-454 Light Emission Efficiency of Gd 3 Al 2 Ga 3 O 12 :Ce (GAGG:Ce) Single Crystal Under X-ray Radiographic Conditions....Pages 455-458 Calcification Detection Optimization in Dual Energy Mammography: Influence of the X-Ray Spectra....Pages 459-462 X-Ray Spectra for Bone Quality Assessment Using Energy Dispersive Counting and Imaging Detectors with Dual Energy Method....Pages 463-466 CDMAM Phantom Optimized for Digital Mammography Quality Control by Automatic Image Readout....Pages 467-470 Experimental Evaluation of a High Resolution CMOS Digital Imaging Detector Coupled to Structured CsI Scintillators for Medical Imaging Applications....Pages 471-474 Estimation of Contrast Agent Motion from Cerebral Angiograms for Assessing Hemodynamic Alterations Following Aneurysm Treatment by Flow Diversion....Pages 475-478 Graphical User Interface for Breast Tomosynthesis Reconstructions: An Application Using Anisotropic Diffusion Filtering....Pages 479-482 Image Analysis of Breast Reconstruction with Silicone Gel Implant....Pages 483-486 Front Matter....Pages 159-159 Quantitative Analysis of Marker Segmentation for C-Arm Pose Based Navigation....Pages 487-490 Iterative Dual-Energy Material Decomposition for Slow kVp Switching: A Compressed Sensing Approach....Pages 491-494 Brain Gray – White Matter Discrimination in Dual Energy CT Imaging: A Simulation Feasibility Study....Pages 495-498 Front Matter....Pages 499-499 Removal of Low Frequency Interferences from Electrocardio Signal Based on Transform of TP Segment Samples....Pages 501-504 Noise Reduction Using 2D Anisotropic Diffusion Filter in Inverse Electrocardiography....Pages 505-508 Detection and Identification of S1 and S2 Heart Sounds Using Wavelet Decomposition and Reconstruction....Pages 509-514 Estimation of the Hemoglobin Glycation Rate Constant Based on the Mean Glycemia in Patients with Diabetes....Pages 515-518 Spatial Dynamics of the Topographic Representation of Electroencephalogram Spectral Features during General Anesthesia....Pages 519-522 The Properties of the Missing Fundamental of Complex Tones....Pages 523-526 Synchrony Analysis of Unipolar Cardiac Mapping during Ventricular Fibrillation....Pages 527-530 Symbolic Analysis of Heart Period and QT Interval Variabilities in LQT1 Patients....Pages 531-534 Mechanical Stimulation and Cardiovascular Control in Parkinson Disease....Pages 535-538 Variability of EEG Theta Power Modulation in Type 1 Diabetics Increases during Hypo-glycaemia....Pages 539-542 Analysis of Systematic Inter-channel Time Offsets in FECG from Maternal Abdominal Sensing....Pages 543-546 Spatiotemporal Brain Activities on Recalling Names of Body Parts....Pages 547-550 Elimination of ECG Artefacts in Foetal EEG Using Ensemble Average Subtraction and Wavelet Denoising Methods: A Simulation....Pages 551-554 External Uterine Contractions Signal Analysis in Relation to Labor Progression and Dystocia....Pages 555-558 Quality Based Adaptation of Signal Analysis Software in Pregnancy Home Care System....Pages 559-562 A Recovery of FHR Signal in the Embedded Space....Pages 563-566 Online Drawings for Dementia Diagnose: In-Air and Pressure Information Analysis....Pages 567-570 Front Matter....Pages 499-499 Spontaneous Speech and Emotional Response Modeling Based on One-Class Classifier Oriented to Alzheimer Disease Diagnosis....Pages 571-574 Complexity of Epileptiform Activity in a Neuronal Network and Pharmacological Intervention....Pages 575-578 Evaluation of Different Handwriting Teaching Methods by Kinematic Analysis....Pages 579-582 Analysis of MEG Activity across the Life Span Using Statistical Complexity....Pages 583-586 Impact of Device Settings and Spontaneous Breathing during IPV in CF Patients....Pages 587-590 Estimation of Respiratory Mechanics Parameters during HFPV....Pages 591-594 Signal Source Estimation Inside Brain Using Switching Voltage Divider....Pages 595-598 A Phase-Space Based Algorithm for Detecting Different Types of Artefacts....Pages 599-602 Automatic Classification of Respiratory Sounds Phenotypes in COPD Exacerbations....Pages 603-606 Response Detection in Narrow-Band EEG Using Signal-Driven Non-Periodic Stimulation....Pages 607-610 EMG-Based Analysis of Treadmill and Ground Walking in Distal Leg Muscles....Pages 611-614 Temporal Variation of Local Fluorescence Sources in the Photodynamic Process....Pages 615-618 Statistical Analysis of EMG Signal Acquired from Tibialis Anterior during Gait....Pages 619-622 Auto-Mutual Information Function for Predicting Pain Responses in EEG Signals during Sedation....Pages 623-626 Prony’s Method for the Analysis of mfVEP Signals....Pages 627-630 EEG Denoising Based on Empirical Mode Decomposition and Mutual Information....Pages 631-634 Decomposition Analysis of Digital Volume Pulse Signal Using Multi-Model Fitting....Pages 635-638 A Neural Minimum Input Model to Reconstruct the Electrical Cortical Activity....Pages 639-642 Improved Splines Fitting of Intervertebral Motion by Local Smoothing Variation....Pages 643-646 Effects of Wavelets Analysis on Power Spectral Distributions in Laser Doppler Flowmetry Time Series....Pages 647-650 Front Matter....Pages 499-499 Outliers Detection and Processing in CTG Monitoring....Pages 651-654 Changes in Heart Rate Variability Associated with Moderate Alcohol Consumption....Pages 655-657 EEG Rhythm Analysis Using Stochastic Relevance....Pages 658-661 Optimize ncRNA Targeting: A Signal Analysis Based Approach....Pages 662-665 Mathematical Modelling of Melanoma Collective Cell Migration....Pages 666-669 Synthetic Atrial Electrogram Generator....Pages 670-673 EMG Topographic Image Enhancement Using Multi Scale Filtering....Pages 674-677 Model Based Estimates of Gain between Systolic Blood Pressure and Heart-Rate Obtained from Only Inspiratory or Expiratory Periods....Pages 678-681 Dielectric Properties of Dentin between 100 Hz and 1 MHz Compared to Electrically Similar Body Tissues....Pages 682-685 Hypoglycaemia-Related EEG Changes Assessed by Approximate Entropy....Pages 686-689 Non-linear Indices of Heart Rate Variability in Heart Failure Patients during Sleep....Pages 690-693 Detrended Fluctuation Analysis of EEG in Depression....Pages 694-697 Can Distance Measures Based on Lempel-Ziv Complexity Help in the Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease from Electroencephalograms?....Pages 698-701 Predictive Value on Neurological Outcome of Early EEG Signal Analysis in Brain Injured Patients....Pages 702-705 Lempel-Ziv Complexity Analysis of Local Field Potentials in Different Vigilance States with Different Coarse-Graining Techniques....Pages 706-709 Heart Rate Variability in Pregnant Women before Programmed Cesarean Intervention....Pages 710-713 Fractal Changes in the Long-Range Correlation and Loss of Signal Complexity in Infant’s Heart Rate Variability with Clinical Sepsis....Pages 714-717 Estimation of Coupling and Directionality between Signals Applied to Physiological Uterine EMG Model and Real EHG Signals....Pages 718-721 Dynalets: A New Tool for Biological Signal Processing....Pages 722-725 Cyclostationarity-Based Estimation of the Foetus Subspace Dimension from ECG Recordings....Pages 726-729 Front Matter....Pages 499-499 Feature Extraction Based on Discriminative Alternating Regression....Pages 730-733 Influence of Signal Preprocessing on ICA-Based EEG Decomposition....Pages 734-737 Muscle Synergies Underlying Voluntary Anteroposterior Sway Movements....Pages 738-741 Recognition of Brain Structures from MER-Signals Using Dynamic MFCC Analysis and a HMC Classifier....Pages 742-745 Feed-Forward Neural Network Architectures Based on Extreme Learning Machine for Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis....Pages 746-749 Breast Tissue Microarray Classification Based on Texture and Frequential Features....Pages 750-753 Fuzzy System for Retrospective Evaluation of the Fetal State....Pages 754-757 Advanced Processing of sEMG Signals for User Independent Gesture Recognition....Pages 758-761 Adaptive Classification Framework for Multiclass Motor Imagery-Based BCI....Pages 762-765 Computer Program for Automatic Identification of Artifacts in Impedance Cardiography Signals Recorded during Ambulatory Hemodynamic Monitoring....Pages 766-769 Comparison between Artificial Neural Networks and Discriminant Functions for Automatic Detection of Epileptiform Discharges....Pages 770-773 Classification of Early Autism Based on HPLC Data....Pages 774-778 Feature Selection Techniques in Uterine Electrohysterography Signal....Pages 779-782 Studying Functional Brain Networks to Understand Mathematical Thinking: A Graph-Theoretical Approach....Pages 783-786 A Short Review on Emotional Recognition Based on Biosignal Pattern Analysis....Pages 787-790 Matching Pursuit with Asymmetric Functions for Signal Decomposition and Parameterization....Pages 791-794 Analysis of Intracranial Pressure Signals Using the Spectral Turbulence....Pages 795-798 Graph-Theoretical Analysis in Schizophrenia Performing an Auditory Oddball Task....Pages 799-802 Spectral Parameters from Pressure Bed Sensor Respiratory Signal to Discriminate Sleep Epochs with Respiratory Events....Pages 803-806 Wavelet Energy and Wavelet Entropy as a New Analysis Approach in Spontaneous Fluctuations of Pupil Size Study – Preliminary Research....Pages 807-810 Front Matter....Pages 499-499 Rhythm Extraction Using Spectral–Splitting for Epileptic Seizure Detection....Pages 811-814 EEG Metrics Evaluation in Simultaneous EEG-fMRI Olfactory Experiment....Pages 815-818 An Emboli Detection System Based on Dual Tree Complex Wavelet Transform....Pages 819-822 New Indices Extracted from Fetal Heart Rate Signal for the Assessment of Fetal Well-Being....Pages 823-826 A Novel Method of Measuring Autonomic Nervous System Pupil Dynamics Using Wavelet Analysis....Pages 827-830 Front Matter....Pages 831-831 Analysis Sensitivity by Novel Needle-Type GMR Sensor Used in Biomedical Investigation....Pages 833-836 Focusing of Electromagnetic Waves by Non-Spherical, Au-Si Nano-particles....Pages 837-840 Hybrid Microfluidic Biosensor for Single Cell Flow Impedance Spectroscopy: Theoretical Approach and First Validations....Pages 841-844 Integrating an Electronic Health Record Graphical User Interface into Nanoelectronic-Based Biosensor Technology....Pages 845-848 Synthesis of Gadolinium-doped Fluorescent Au/Ag Nanoclusters as Bimodal MRI Contrast Agents....Pages 849-851 Microchannel Modification to Enhance the Sensitivity in Biosensors....Pages 852-855 Towards Point-of-Use Dielectrophoretic Methods: A New Portable Multiphase Generator for Bacteria Concentration....Pages 856-859 Flagella – Templates for the Synthesis of Metallic Nanowires....Pages 860-863 A Versatile Microfabricated Platform for Single-Cell Studies....Pages 864-867 Photoacoustics of Gold Nanorods under Low Frequency Laser Pulses in Optical Hyperthermia....Pages 868-871 Demonstration of an On-Chip Real-Time PCR for the Detection of Trypanosoma Cruzi ....Pages 872-875 A Stand-Alone Platform for Prolonged Parallel Recordings of Neuronal Activity....Pages 876-879 Interdigitated Biosensor for Multiparametric Monitoring of Bacterial Biofilm Development....Pages 880-883 Human Splenon-on-a-chip: Design and Validation of a Microfluidic Model Resembling the Interstitial Slits and the Close/Fast and Open/Slow Microcirculations....Pages 884-887 Microbioreactor Integrated with a Sensor for Monitoring Intracellular Green Fluorescence Protein (GFP)....Pages 888-891 Front Matter....Pages 831-831 Simultaneous Electrochemical Detection of Dopamine, Catechol and Ascorbic Acid at a Poly(acriflavine) Modified Electrode....Pages 892-895 Induced Transmembrane Voltage during Cell Electrofusion Using Nanosecond Electric Pulses....Pages 896-899 Gene Transfer to Adherent Cells by in situ Electroporation with a Spiral Microelectrode Assembly....Pages 900-903 Front Matter....Pages 905-905 Low Contents of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Cultured Rat Cardiomyocytes....Pages 907-910 Classification of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Using Integrated Software Suite....Pages 911-914 Mathematical Model of Apico Aortic Conduit in Presence of Steno-Insufficiency....Pages 915-918 Computational Hemodynamic Model of the Human Cardiovascular System....Pages 919-922 Object-Oriented Modeling and Simulation of the Arterial Pressure Control System by Using MODELICA....Pages 923-926 Electrical Remodeling in the Epicardial Border Zone of the Human Infarcted Ventricle....Pages 927-930 Comparing Hodgkin-Huxley and Markovian Formulations for the Rapid Potassium Current in Cardiac Myocytes: A Simulation Study....Pages 931-934 Mechanical Properties of Different Airway Stents....Pages 935-938 Site-Specific Mechanical Properties of Aortic Bifurcation....Pages 939-942 Cardiac Autonomic Nervous System Activity on Breathing Training....Pages 943-946 Context Aware Contribution in Ambulatory Electrocardiogram Measurements Using Wearable Devices....Pages 947-950 A Versatile Synchronization System for Biomedical Sensor Development....Pages 951-954 ECG Acquisition Using Fluid-Repellent, Wearable Electrodes....Pages 955-957 Accuracy of the Oscillometric Fixed-Ratio Blood Pressure Measurement Using Different Methods of Characterization of Oscillometric Pulses....Pages 958-961 Differences in QRS Locations due to ECG Lead: Relationship with Breathing....Pages 962-964 Synchrosqueezing Index for Detecting Drowsiness Based on the Respiratory Effort Signal....Pages 965-968 Applying Variable Ranking to Oximetric Recordings in Sleep Apnea Diagnosis....Pages 969-972 Front Matter....Pages 905-905 Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Termination Prognosis through the Application of Generalized Hurst Exponents....Pages 973-976 Evaluation of Laplacian Diaphragm Electromyographic Recordings in a Static Inspiratory Maneuver....Pages 977-980 Analysis of Normal and Continuous Adventitious Sounds for the Assessment of Asthma....Pages 981-984 Automatic Extrasystole Detection Using Photoplethysmographic Signals....Pages 985-988 ECG Signal Reconstruction Based on Stochastic Joint-Modeling of the ECG and the PPG Signals....Pages 989-992 Application of Impedance Cardiography for Haemodynamic Monitoring in Patients with Ischaemic Stroke....Pages 993-995 AR versus ARX Modeling of Heart Rate Sequences Recorded during Stress-Tests....Pages 996-999 Cancellation of Cardiac Interference in Diaphragm EMG Signals Using an Estimate of ECG Reference Signal....Pages 1000-1004 Relevance of the Atrial Substrate Remodeling during Follow-Up to Predict Preoperatively Atrial Fibrillation Cox-Maze Surgery Outcome....Pages 1005-1008 A New Method to Estimate Atrial Fibrillation Temporal Organization from the Surface Fibrillatory Waves Repetitiveness....Pages 1009-1012 Study on Atrial Arrhythmias Optimal Organization Assessment with Generalized Hurst Exponents....Pages 1013-1016 New Sleep Transition Indexes for Describing Altered Sleep in SAHS....Pages 1017-1020 Blood Pressure Variability Analysis in Supine and Sitting Position of Healthy Subjects....Pages 1021-1024 Noninvasive Interdependence Estimation between Atrial and Ventricular Activities in Atrial Fibrillation....Pages 1025-1028 Prototype Development of a Computerized System for Interpretation of Heart Sounds Using Wavelet....Pages 1029-1032 Oxygen Dynamics in Microcirculation of Skeletal Muscle....Pages 1033-1036 Computational Study on Aneurysm Hemodynamics Affected by a Deformed Parent Vessel after Stenting....Pages 1037-1040 Inflation Tests of Vena Saphena Mangna for Different Loading Rates....Pages 1041-1044 Modeling of Stent Implantation in a Human Stenotic Artery....Pages 1045-1048 In Vitro High Resolution Ultrasonography Measurements of Arterial Bifurcations with and without Stenosis as Inputs for In-Silico CFD Simulations....Pages 1049-1052 Front Matter....Pages 905-905 Study on the Dynamic Behavior of Arterial End-to-End Anastomosis....Pages 1053-1056 Front Matter....Pages 1057-1057 A New Approach for Preventive Maintenance Prioritization of Medical Equipment....Pages 1059-1062 2D and 3D Photogrammetric Models for Respiratory Analysis in Adolescents....Pages 1063-1066 Evaluation of Gastroesophageal Reflux in Infants Treated with Osteopathy Using the I-GERQ-R Questionnaire....Pages 1067-1070 A Comparison of Three Techniques for Wound Area Measurement....Pages 1071-1074 Monitoring Changes of the Tibialis Anterior during Dorsiflexion with Electromyography, Sonomyography, Dynamometry and Kinematic Signals....Pages 1075-1078 Automation of Analytical Processes in Immunohematology: Hospital Based-HTA Approach....Pages 1079-1082 Total Laboratory Automation and Clinical Engineering....Pages 1083-1087 Development of Vertebral Metrics – An Instrument to Analyse the Spinal Column....Pages 1088-1091 Global Program for Certification of Local Clinical Engineers: Back to the Future....Pages 1092-1095 Emerging of Human Factor in Risk Analysis of Home Care Service....Pages 1096-1099 Selection and Deployment of a Business Intelligence System (BI) at a Hospital’s Clinical Engineering Department....Pages 1100-1103 Health Technology Assessment Applied to Health Technology Management through Clinical Engineering....Pages 1104-1107 Biomedical Engineering at the Centre for Preclinical Research and Technology....Pages 1108-1110 ’E-HCM’ Project: Cost Calculation Model for Surgical Procedures....Pages 1111-1114 Analysis of Combined Ultrasound Therapy and Medium Frequency Current in Abdominal Adiposity....Pages 1115-1