XV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing – MEDICON 2019: Proceedings of MEDICON 2019, September 26-28, 2019, Coimbra, Portugal (IFMBE Proceedings Book 76)

Front Matter ....Pages i-xlvii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Using Eye Tracking to Analyze Surgeons’ Cognitive Workload During an Advanced Laparoscopic Procedure (Juan Francisco Ortega-Morán, J. Blas Pagador, Vicente Luis-del-Campo, Juan Carlos Gómez-Blanco, Francisco M. Sánchez-Margallo)....Pages 3-12 Application of Multivariate Spectral F Test for Somatosensory Evoked Response Detection (Karina Miranda Boson, Antonio Mauricio Ferreira Leite Miranda de Sá, Danilo Barbosa Melges)....Pages 13-21 Spatial Cross-Correlation to Determine Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence After Ablation (Raquel Cervigón, Julián Pérez-Villacastín, Javier Moreno)....Pages 22-28 Development of a Computer Simulator of the Visual N2 Event-Related Potential Component for the Study of Cognitive Processes (Francesca Marturano, Sabrina Brigadoi, Mattia Doro, Roberto Dell’Acqua, Giovanni Sparacino)....Pages 29-36 Automatic Segmentation of Ultrasonic Vocalizations in Rodents (Diogo Pessoa, Lorena Petrella, Miguel Castelo-Branco, César Teixeira)....Pages 37-46 PCG-Decompositor: A New Method for Fetal Phonocardiogram Filtering Based on Wavelet Transform Multi-level Decomposition (Annachiara Strazza, Agnese Sbrollini, Marica Olivastrelli, Agnese Piersanti, Selene Tomassini, Ilaria Marcantoni et al.)....Pages 47-53 Muscular Co-contraction Detection: A Wavelet Coherence Approach (Annachiara Strazza, Federica Verdini, Andrea Tigrini, Stefano Cardarelli, Alessandro Mengarelli, Sandro Fioretti et al.)....Pages 54-61 Calculation of Breath-by-Breath Oxygen Uptake in Asthmatic Patients by the “Independent Breath” Algorithm. Comparison with a Classical Approach (Maria Pia Francescato, Miloš Ajčević, Valentina Cettolo, Mario Canciani, Agostino Accardo)....Pages 62-74 Gait Phase Classification from Surface EMG Signals Using Neural Networks (Christian Morbidoni, Lorenzo Principi, Guido Mascia, Annachiara Strazza, Federica Verdini, Alessandro Cucchiarelli et al.)....Pages 75-82 Combining Objective Response Detectors Using Genetic Programming (Leonardo Bonato Felix, Quenaz Bezerra Soares, Antonio Mauricio Ferreira Leite Miranda de Sá, David Martin Simpson)....Pages 83-92 Handwriting Kinematic Differences Between Copying and Dictation (Silveri Giulia, Accardo Agostino)....Pages 93-99 Bradycardia Assessment in Preterm Infants (Agnese Sbrollini, Martina Mancinelli, Ilaria Marcantoni, Micaela Morettini, Laura Burattini)....Pages 100-107 To What Extent Does Heart Rate Alter the Cerebral Hemodynamic Patterns During Atrial Fibrillation? (Stefania Scarsoglio, Luca Ridolfi, Andrea Saglietto, Matteo Anselmino)....Pages 108-116 Non-invasive Intrauterine Pressure Estimation Based on Nonlinear Parameters Computed from the Electrohysterogram (Monica Albaladejo-Belmonte, Gema Prats-Boluda, Yiyao Ye-Lin, Carlos Benalcazar-Parra, Ángel Lopez, Alfredo Perales et al.)....Pages 117-124 Linear and Non-linear Analysis of EEG During Sleep Deprivation in Subjects with and Without Epilepsy (Silvia Marino, Giulia Silveri, Lilla Bonanno, Simona De Salvo, Emanuele Cartella, Aleksandar Miladinović et al.)....Pages 125-132 Brain Oscillatory Activity and Neurological Deficit in Hyper-acute Ischemic Stroke: Correlation of EEG Changes with NIHSS (Miloš Ajčević, Giovanni Furlanis, Lara Stragapede, Mariana Ridolfi, Paola Caruso, Marcello Naccarato et al.)....Pages 133-141 Differences in Circadian Rhythms of Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Among Hypertensive and Normal Blood Pressure Subjects (Silveri Giulia, Pascazio Lorenzo, Sabbadini Gastone, Guerra Monica, Accardo Agostino)....Pages 142-149 Ectopic Beat Detection from Wrist Optical Signals for Sinus Rhythm and Atrial Fibrillation Subjects (Serj Haddad, Jarkko Harju, Adrian Tarniceriu, Tuomas Halkola, Jakub Parak, Ilkka Korhonen et al.)....Pages 150-158 Electrocardiographic Alternans: A New Approach (Ilaria Marcantoni, Dalila Calabrese, Giorgia Chiriatti, Roberta Melchionda, Benedetta Pambianco, Giulia Rafaiani et al.)....Pages 159-166 Co-activation of Knee Muscles in Female vs. Male Adults (Francesco Di Nardo, Annachiara Strazza, Andrea Tigrini, Guido Mascia, Stefano Cardarelli, Alessandro Mengarelli et al.)....Pages 167-173 Automatic Segmentation of Bipolar EHGs’ Contractions Using Wavelet Transform (Amer Zaylaa, Ahmad Diab, Ziad Fawal, Mohamad Khalil, Catherine Marque)....Pages 174-183 Methods for Removing of Line Noise Artifact from EEG Records with Minimization of Neural Information Loss (Jan Strobl, Marek Piorecky, Vlastimil Koudelka, Tomas Nagy, Vladimir Krajca)....Pages 184-192 Pilot Study for Estimating Physical Fatigue Based on Heart Rate Variability and Reaction Time (Ardo Allik, Kristjan Pilt, Moonika Viigimäe, Ivo Fridolin)....Pages 193-200 Characterization of Eye Gaze and Pupil Diameter Measurements from Remote and Mobile Eye-Tracking Devices (Riccardo Lolatto, Giulia Rocco, Riccardo Mustoni, Chiara Maninetti, Riccardo Pastura, Andrea Pigazzini et al.)....Pages 201-208 Efficacy of Time- and Frequency-Domain Heart Rate Variability Features in Stress Detection and Their Relation with Coping Strategies (Pierluigi Reali, Agostino Brugnera, Angelo Compare, Anna Maria Bianchi)....Pages 209-216 Influence of Physical Models of Electrodes on Rat’s Head Forward Modelling (David Kuratko, Jaroslav Lacik, Zbynek Raida, Daniel K. Wójcik, Vlastimil Koudelka)....Pages 217-225 Improvement of Sleep Spindle Detection by Aggregation Techniques (Elizaveta Saifutdinova, Daniela Dudysova, Vaclav Gerla, Lenka Lhotska)....Pages 226-234 Preprocessing Pipeline for fNIRS Data in Children (Caterina Piazza, Andrea Bacchetta, Alessandro Crippa, Maddalena Mauri, Silvia Grazioli, Gianluigi Reni et al.)....Pages 235-244 Wavelet Analysis-Based Reconstruction for sEMG Signal Denoising (Annachiara Strazza, Federica Verdini, Alessandro Mengarelli, Stefano Cardarelli, Andrea Tigrini, Sandro Fioretti et al.)....Pages 245-252 An Information-Theoretical Method for Emotion Classification (Susana Brás, João M. Carvalho, Filipa Barros, Claúdia Figueiredo, Sandra C. Soares, Armando J. Pinho)....Pages 253-261 Potential Biomechanical Overload on Skeletal Muscle Structures in Students During Walk with Backpack (Giovanni D’Addio, Leandro Donisi, Luca Mercogliano, Giuseppe Cesarelli, Paolo Bifulco, Mario Cesarelli)....Pages 262-266 Accurate Calculation of Heart Period and Pulse Wave Transit Time (Péter Nagy, Ákos Jobbágy)....Pages 267-275 Long-Term Stability of EEG Spectral Asymmetry Index – Preliminary Study (Tuuli Uudeberg, Laura Päeske, Toomas Põld, Jaanus Lass, Hiie Hinrikus, Maie Bachmann)....Pages 276-281 Front Matter ....Pages 283-283 Flow Convergence Area Estimation on In Vitro Color Flow Doppler Images Using Deep Learning (Grigorios-Aris Cheimariotis, Kostas Haris, Jeesoo Lee, Brent E. White, Aggelos K. Katsaggelos, James D. Thomas et al.)....Pages 285-291 Automated Design of Efficient Supports in FDM 3D Printing of Anatomical Phantoms (Maria Agnese Pirozzi, Emilio Andreozzi, Mario Magliulo, Paolo Gargiulo, Mario Cesarelli, Bruno Alfano)....Pages 292-300 Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Texture Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Diagnosis (Marialena I. Tsarouchi, Georgios F. Vlachopoulos, Anna N. Karahaliou, Lena I. Costaridou)....Pages 301-305 Modeling Functional Processes of Brain Tissue: An fMRI Study on Patients with Un-Medicated Late-Onset Restless Leg Syndrome (Amalia K. Ntemou, Evanthia E. Tripoliti, Persefoni N. Margariti, Maria I. Argyropoulou, Dimitrios I. Fotiadis)....Pages 306-311 Shift-Compensated Volumetric Interpolation of Tomographic Sequences for Accurate 3D Reconstruction (Chiara Santarelli, Francesca Uccheddu, Fabrizio Argenti, Luciano Alparone, Monica Carfagni, Lapo Governi)....Pages 312-321 Calculating Texture Features from Mammograms and Evaluating Their Performance in Classifying Clusters of Microcalcifications (Marcelo A. Duarte, Wagner C. A. Pereira, André Victor Alvarenga)....Pages 322-332 LNDetector: A Flexible Gaze Characterisation Collaborative Platform for Pulmonary Nodule Screening (João Pedrosa, Guilherme Aresta, João Rebelo, Eduardo Negrão, Isabel Ramos, António Cunha et al.)....Pages 333-343 Physical Breast Phantom Dedicated for Mammography Studies (Firgan Feradov, Stoyko Marinov, Kristina Bliznakova)....Pages 344-352 Segmentation of Pulmonary Nodules in CT Images Using the Sliding Band Filter (Joana Rocha, António Cunha, Ana Maria Mendonça)....Pages 353-357 Method for Finding the Limits of Blood Vessel Landmarks in Eye Fundus Images Based on Distances in Graphs: Preliminary Results (Martynas Patašius, Jūratė Šimkienė, Daivaras Sokas, Andrius Pranskūnas)....Pages 358-366 Anthropomorphic Physical Breast Phantom Based on Patient Breast CT Data: Preliminary Results (Sivo Daskalov, Nikiforos Okkalidis, John M. Boone, Stoyko Marinov, Zhivko Bliznakov, Giovanni Mettivier et al.)....Pages 367-374 Microcalcification Cluster SDNR in Synthesized and 2D Mammography (Andreas Petropoulos, Spyros Skiadopoulos, Anna Karahaliou, Georgios Vlachopoulos, Gerasimos Messaris, Lena Costaridou)....Pages 375-380 Enhancing CT 3D Images by Independent Component Analysis of Projection Images (Markus Hannula, Jari A. K. Hyttinen, Jarno M. A. Tanskanen)....Pages 381-389 Potentials of OCT in Monitoring Ocular Hemodynamics of Patients with Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (E. N. Iomdina, D. D. Khoziev, A. A. Kiseleva, P. V. Luzhnov, O. A. Kiseleva, D. M. Shamaev)....Pages 390-396 Automatic Segmentation of Bone and Muscle Structures in CT Volumes Using Convex Relaxation and Fine-Tuning (José-Antonio Pérez-Carrasco, Carmen Serrano, Begoña Acha)....Pages 397-404 A Comparison of Denoising Algorithms for Effective Edge Detection in X-Ray Fluoroscopy (Emilio Andreozzi, Maria Agnese Pirozzi, Antonio Sarno, Daniele Esposito, Mario Cesarelli, Paolo Bifulco)....Pages 405-413 Stereophotogrammetric Basic Framework for Postural Assessment (Alice Fontes, Mauricio Cagy)....Pages 414-420 Dermoscopic Image Segmentation: A Comparison of Methodologies (Paulina Vélez Núñez, Carmen Serrano, Begoña Acha, José Antonio Pérez-Carrasco)....Pages 421-426 Quantitative Analysis of Brain 18F-fluordesoxyglucose and Early-Phase 18F-florbetapir Positron Emission Tomography (Alexander P. Seiffert, Adolfo Gómez-Grande, Patricia Sánchez-González, Walid Dghoughi, Alberto Villarejo-Galende, Héctor Bueno et al.)....Pages 427-436 Front Matter ....Pages 437-437 Cardiac Pacemaker Exposed to Electroporation Pulses – An Ex Vivo Study (Tomaz Jarm, Tadej Krmac, Damijan Miklavcic, Ratko Magjarevic)....Pages 439-446 Smart Vest for Respiratory and Physical Activity Monitoring in COPD Patients (David Naranjo-Hernández, Javier Reina-Tosina, Laura M. Roa, Gerardo Barbarov-Rostán, Alejandro Talaminos-Barroso, Pilar Cejudo-Ramos et al.)....Pages 447-454 A Prototype of Intelligent Portable Oxygen Concentrator for Patients with COPD Under Oxygen Therapy (Alejandro Lara-Doña, Daniel Sanchez-Morillo, María Pérez-Morales, Miguel Ángel Fernandez-Granero, Antonio Leon-Jimenez)....Pages 455-461 Optical Metrology of Novel Optically Stimulated Semiconductor Gas Sensor (Yuri Dekhtyar, Maksims Komars, Maksims Sneiders)....Pages 462-468 Front Matter ....Pages 469-469 Dose–Response Curve: Temporal Dynamics of Respiratory Mechanics in Mice (Otavio Henrique F. Ledesma, Renato L. Vitorasso, Maria Aparecida de Oliveira, Henrique Takachi Moriya)....Pages 471-479 Influence of Astrocytic Gap Junction Coupling on in Silico Neuronal Network Activity (Barbara Genocchi, Kerstin Lenk, Jari Hyttinen)....Pages 480-487 Heart Closed-Loop Model for the Assessment of Cardiac Pacing (Niccoló Biasi, Alessandro Tognetti)....Pages 488-499 Model-Based Assessment of Sex Differences in Glucose Effectiveness and Its Components (Micaela Morettini, Ludovica Ilari, Christian Göbl, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, Andrea Tura, Giovanni Pacini et al.)....Pages 500-507 Insulin Clearance in Women with a History of Gestational Diabetes Assessed by Mathematical Model Analyses of Intravenous Glucose Tolerance Test (Micaela Morettini, Christian Göbl, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, Giovanni Pacini, Andrea Tura, Laura Burattini)....Pages 508-517 Computational Models for Predicting Resilience Levels of Women with Breast Cancer (Konstantina Kourou, Haridimos Kondylakis, Lefteris Koumakis, Georgios C. Manikis, Kostas Marias, Manolis Tsiknakis et al.)....Pages 518-525 A Systems Biology Approach to Decipher Genetic Variants in a Canine Model of Sudden Cardiac Death (Martina Vescio, Lia Crotti, Peter Schwartz, Linda Pattini)....Pages 526-530 Computational Fluid Dynamics Study of Inlet Velocity on Extrusion-Based Bioprinting (Juan Carlos Gómez-Blanco, Enrique Mancha-Sánchez, Juan Francisco Ortega-Morán, Antonio Díaz-Parralejo, Francisco Miguel Sánchez-Margallo, José Blas Pagador-Carrasco)....Pages 531-540 A System to Assist in the Training of Medical Students in Respiratory Diseases (Alejandro Talaminos-Barroso, Javier Reina-Tosina, Laura M. Roa, David Naranjo-Hernández, Gerardo Barbarov-Rostán, Pilar Cejudo-Ramos et al.)....Pages 541-550 Effects of Arterial and Tracheal Pressures During a Respiratory Mechanics Protocol in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (Amanda N. Barros, Vitor A. Takeuchi, Felipe Fava de Lima, Raissa R. S. Amorim, Otavio Henrique F. Ledesma, Maria Aparecida de Oliveira et al.)....Pages 551-558 Modeling of Carbohydrates Oxidation Rate During Exercise in Type 1 Highly-Trained Diabetic Patients (Maria Pia Francescato, Miloš Ajčević, Alex Buoite Stella, Agostino Accardo)....Pages 559-566 Front Matter ....Pages 567-567 Pressurization of Axially Prestretched Tube: Consequences for Arterial Mechanics (Zdeněk Petřivý, Lukáš Horný)....Pages 569-576 A Closed-Loop Multiscale Model of the Cardiovascular System: Application to Heart Pacing and Open-Loop Response (Caterina Gallo, Luca Ridolfi, Stefania Scarsoglio)....Pages 577-585 Experimental Study to Improve “Federica” Prosthetic Hand and Its Control System (Daniele Esposito, Chiara Cosenza, Gaetano Dario Gargiulo, Emilio Andreozzi, Vincenzo Niola, Antonio Fratini et al.)....Pages 586-593 Study on the Activation Speed and the Energy Consumption of “Federica” Prosthetic Hand (Daniele Esposito, Sergio Savino, Chiara Cosenza, Gaetano Dario Gargiulo, Antonio Fratini, Giuseppe Cesarelli et al.)....Pages 594-603 New Method to Analyze the Load Propagation on the Plantar Foot Surface During a Walk/Run Using the Smart Sock System (Alexander Okss, Alexei Katashev, Peteris Eizentals, Sandra Rozenstoka, Dace Suna)....Pages 604-609 Intergame Analysis of Upper Limb Biomechanics of Stroke Patients in Real and Virtual Environment (Herta Costa, Aline Fernandes, Débora Oliveira, Jamilson Brasileiro, Tatiana Ribeiro, Edgar Vieira et al.)....Pages 610-617 The Effect of Perturbation Time on Selected Spatio-Temporal Parameters of Gait (Andrej Olenšek, Matjaž Zadravec, Zlatko Matjačić)....Pages 618-621 Design of a Hybrid Portable System for Measuring the Position of the Spine, Pelvis and Center of Gravity of the Body (Jan Hejda, Petr Volf, Monika Bačíková, Noa Bar, Cestmír Oberman, Kristýna Rusnáková et al.)....Pages 622-633 The Evaluation of the Joint Quasi-Stiffness During the Robot-Assisted Gait Training: A Pilot Study (Luigi Iuppariello, Maurizio Nespoli, Fernanda Iammarone, Marianna Bertella, Ilaria Riccio, Marianna Cardillo et al.)....Pages 634-639 Design of Device for Measuring the Load of Cross-Country Ski Poles (Jan Hejda, Petr Volf, Jakub Mejstřík, Ján Hýbl, Aleš Tvrzník, David Gerych et al.)....Pages 640-649 Front Matter ....Pages 651-651 A Risk Stratification Model for Early Cognitive Impairment After Diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease (Kostas M. Tsiouris, Spiros Konitsiotis, Dimitrios D. Koutsouris, Dimitrios I. Fotiadis)....Pages 653-660 Upper Limp Movement Analysis of Patients with Neuromuscular Disorders Using Data from a Novel Rehabilitation Gaming Platform (Achilleas Chytas, Dimitris Fotopoulos, Vassilis Kilintzis, Theodoros Loizidis, Ioanna Chouvarda)....Pages 661-668 3D Acquisition of the Ear Anatomy: A Low-Cost Set up Suitable for the Clinical Practice (Rocco Furferi, Elisa Mussi, Michaela Servi, Francesca Uccheddu, Yary Volpe, Flavio Facchini)....Pages 669-678 Machine Learning Classification of Females Susceptibility to Visceral Fat Associated Diseases (Mahmoud Aldraimli, Daniele Soria, James Parkinson, Brandon Whitcher, E. Louise Thomas, Jimmy D. Bell et al.)....Pages 679-693 A Study on Relationship Between Walking Speed and Acceleration of Center of Mass Estimated with Inertial Sensors (Takashi Watanabe, Yuho Takeda)....Pages 694-702 Comparative Assessment Between 3D and Conventional 2D Imaging Systems in Laparoscopic Practice (Juan A. Sánchez-Margallo, Silvia Enciso Sanz, Francisco M. Sánchez-Margallo)....Pages 703-710 Modeling of Transpalpebral Tonometry System for Parameters Optimization of the Measuring Sensor (P. V. Luzhnov, E. N. Iomdina, K. V. Ivanishchev, D. M. Shamaev, A. A. Kiseleva)....Pages 711-717 A Feasibility Test of Evaluation of Gait Movement by Using Center of Mass Estimation with Inertial Sensors (Yuho Takeda, Takashi Watanabe)....Pages 718-726 Controlled Thoracic Motions of an Anthropomorphic Phantom for Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (Sotiris Panagi, Antonis Antoniou, Isabelle Chrysanthou-Baustert, Demetris Kaolis, Ourania Demetriadou, Costas Kyriacou et al.)....Pages 727-734 3D Printing-Based Pediatric Trainer for Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Venous Access (Rocco Furferi, Lorenzo Guariento, Kathleen S. McGreevy, Elisa Mussi, Niccolò Parri, Francesca Uccheddu et al.)....Pages 735-745 Pectus Excavatum: A New Approach for Monitoring Cup-Suction Treatment (Francesco Buonamici, Antonio Marzola, Michaela Servi, Francesca Uccheddu, Yary Volpe, Marco Ghionzoli et al.)....Pages 746-754 ARTE Project: EEG Analysis During Robotic Rehabilitation (Alessandra Calcagno, Stefania Coelli, Giulia Tacchino, Marta Baratto, Franco Molteni, Eleonora Guanziroli et al.)....Pages 755-760 Bioimpedance, Total Body Water and Phase Angle of Preschool Czech Children: Preliminary Study (Jan Hlubik, Lenka Vyslouzilová, Lenka Lhotská, Olga Stepankova, Jan Kriz)....Pages 761-767 TOF-Watch NMB Monitoring Misleading Display Output During Moderate Neuromuscular Blockade (Mafalda Couto, Catarina S. Nunes, Pedro Amorim, Joaquim Mendes)....Pages 768-775 Device for Measuring Protection in Sunglasses Against Harmful Blue Light (Artur D. Loureiro, Liliane Ventura)....Pages 776-779 Backscattered Ultrasound Periodicity Characterization on Trabecular Bone-Mimicking Phantoms: A Spectral and Wavelets Approach (Christiano Bittencourt Machado, Mahmoud Meziri, Wagner Coelho de Albuquerque Pereira, Guillermo Cortela)....Pages 780-786 Short-Term Hemodynamic Variability in Supine and Tilted Position in Young Men (Gerard Cybulski, Edward Koźluk, Agnieszka Piątkowska, Ewa Michalak, Anna Stępniewska, Anna Gąsiorowska et al.)....Pages 787-792 Efficacy of Machine Learning in Predicting the Kind of Delivery by Cardiotocography (Giovanni Improta, Carlo Ricciardi, Francesco Amato, Giovanni D’Addio, Mario Cesarelli, Maria Romano)....Pages 793-799 Analysis of the Effect of Natural and Simulated Sun Exposure on Sunglasses Lenses: A Study on Materials Degradation (Leonardo Mariano Gomes, Mauro Masili, Liliane Ventura)....Pages 800-810 Eye Scan Ultrasound System for Automatic Cataract Detection: From a Preclinical to a Clinical Prototype (Lorena Petrella, Marco Gomes, Fernando Perdigão, Mario Santos, Paulo Fernandes, Carlos Pinto et al.)....Pages 811-819 Front Matter ....Pages 821-821 Utilizing Incremental Learning for the Prediction of Disease Outcomes Across Distributed Clinical Data: A Framework and a Case Study (Vasileios C. Pezoulas, Themis P. Exarchos, Konstantina D. Kourou, Athanasios G. Tzioufas, Salvatore De Vita, Dimitrios I. Fotiadis)....Pages 823-831 EmERGE Platform: A New mHealth Solution for People Living with HIV (Paloma Chausa, Francisco J. Gárate, Cesar Cáceres, Edward Wallitt, Jennifer Whetham, Enrique J. Gómez et al.)....Pages 832-838 Machine Learning Algorithms Predict Body Mass Index Using Nonlinear Trimodal Regression Analysis from Computed Tomography Scans (Marco Recenti, Carlo Ricciardi, Magnus Gìslason, Kyle Edmunds, Ugo Carraro, Paolo Gargiulo)....Pages 839-846 Is It Possible to Predict Cardiac Death? (Carlo Ricciardi, Valeria Cantoni, Roberta Green, Giovanni Improta, Mario Cesarelli)....Pages 847-854 On the Privacy Enhancement of In-Transit Health Data Inspection: A Preliminary Study (Jorge Sancho, Gert Læssøe Mikkelsen, Jonas Lindstrøm, José García, Álvaro Alesanco)....Pages 855-860 rOral: Use of a Teledentistry System for Remote Images Assessment in Oral Health Education Workflows (Raquel Sebastião, Ilídio C. Oliveira, Ricardo Felgueiras, Nélio J. Veiga)....Pages 861-868 Investigations on a Computer Application for Tracking the Mean Glandular Breast Dose Profile in Mammography (Homero Schiabel, Bruno Barufaldi, Eny M. Ruberti Filha)....Pages 869-873 Cuffless Blood Pressure Estimation Only an iPhone: Investigation on Cold Pressor Tests (Ippei Harada, Noriyuki Mochizuki, Peter Rolfe, Masahiro Shibata, Takehiro Yamakoshi)....Pages 874-877 The UBORA E-Infrastructure for Open Source Innovation in Medical Technology (Carmelo De Maria, Licia Di Pietro, Andres Diaz Lantada, Alice Ravizza, Mannan Mridha, Janno Torop et al.)....Pages 878-882 Design and Implementation of a Web-Based Platform to Support Research in X-Ray Breast Imaging (Adelina Doycheva, Nikolay Dukov, Kristina Bliznakova)....Pages 883-890 Empowering Diabetic Patients Using Gadgets and Mobile App (Sara Zulj, Goran Seketa, Dominik Dzaja, Luka Celic, Igor Lackovic, Ratko Magjarevic)....Pages 891-897 A New Software Tool for Analyzing Mental Health Data in a Spanish Region (Diego Calvo Barreno, Susel Góngora Alonso, Isabel de la Torre Díez, Miguel López Coronado, Manuel Franco)....Pages 898-906 Feasibility of Machine Learning in Predicting Features Related to Congenital Nystagmus (Giovanni D’Addio, Carlo Ricciardi, Giovanni Improta, Paolo Bifulco, Mario Cesarelli)....Pages 907-913 A Smartphone Based Survey to Investigate the Cyber-Risk Perception on the Health-Care Professionals (Daniele Giansanti, Mauro Grigioni, Lisa Monoscalco, Rosario Alfio Gulino)....Pages 914-923 ICT4MOMs: An ICT Integrated Approach to Monitor and Manage Pregnancy Development (Maria G. Signorini, Nicolò Pini, Danilo Pani, Giovanni Magenes)....Pages 924-929 Front Matter ....Pages 931-931 Smart Shirt for Uncontrolled Movement Retraining (Peteris Eizentals, Alexei Katashev, Alexander Oks, Guna Semjonova)....Pages 933-937 Computational Fluid Dynamics of Blood Flow at the Left Atrium and Left Atrium Appendage (Grigoris I. Grigoriadis, Antonis I. Sakellarios, Katerina Naka, Ioanna Kosmidou, Christopher Ellis, Lampros K. Michalis et al.)....Pages 938-946 Powered Wheelchair Impact – User-Centered Observational Study (Inês Domingues, João Pinheiro, João Silveira, Anabela Correia Martins)....Pages 947-953 Virtual Assistant Prototype for Managing Medication Using Messaging Platforms (Surya Roca, Manuel Hernández, Jorge Sancho, José García, Álvaro Alesanco)....Pages 954-961 Front Matter ....Pages 963-963 “Patient Station” – Telerehabilitation System for People with Parkinson’s Disease (Marek Żyliński, Wiktor Niewiadomski, Aleksandra Wacławek, Aleksandra Budzyńska, Anna Gąsiorowska, Anna Stępniewska et al.)....Pages 965-970 An Overview of Assistive Robotics and Technologies for Elderly Care (Eftychios G. Christoforou, Andreas S. Panayides, Sotiris Avgousti, Panicos Masouras, Constantinos S. Pattichis)....Pages 971-976 Artificial Intelligence Gamified AAL Solution (Marta Pinto, Mário Pereira, Diana Raposo, Marco Simões, Miguel Castelo-Branco)....Pages 977-982 Empowering Community Dwelling Older Citizens to Improve Their Balance with a Novel Technology Platform (Dimitrios Gatsios, Doris Eva Bamiou, Sergi Costafreda, Eleni I. Georga, Konstantina K. Kourou, Themis Exarchos et al.)....Pages 983-988 Assessment of Tripping Hazards by a Single Step Evaluated by Principal Component Analysis of Pedestrian Feet Movements and Eye Behaviours (Tatsuto Suzuki, I. Wa Liu, Nikolaos Papadosifos, Derrick Boampong, Pak Sum Fung, Nick Tyler)....Pages 989-995 Front Matter ....Pages 997-997 Automatic Lung Reference Model (Marlene Machado, Carlos A. Ferreira, João Pedrosa, Eduardo Negrão, João Rebelo, Patrícia Leitão et al.)....Pages 999-1008 Preliminary Validation of an Editable Virtual Reality Simulator for Minimally Invasive Surgical Training (M. Rodríguez, D. Camba-Lamas, I. Oropesa, K. Juhos, L. Wauben, J. Dankelman et al.)....Pages 1009-1017 Front Matter ....Pages 1019-1019 Regulation and Approval of Continuous Non-invasive Blood-Pressure Monitoring Devices (Toshiyo Tamura)....Pages 1021-1027 Evaluation of a New Endobronchial Double Lumen Tube with Integrated Camera: A Hospital Based HTA Experience (Michela D’Antò, Carlo Cosentino, Arturo Cuomo, Rossana Accardo, Paolo Bifulco, Leandro Donisi et al.)....Pages 1028-1037 Design of an Evaluation Tool to Assess IoT Solutions for Active and Healthy Aging (Gloria Cea, Alba Gallego, Maria Teresa Arredondo, Giuseppe Fico)....Pages 1038-1046 Practical Use of Early Stage Health Technology Assessment of Medical Devices: Systematic Literature Review (Mariia Simonova, Vladimír Rogalewicz, Gleb Donin, Peter Kneppo)....Pages 1047-1056 Usefulness of the Blink Reflex to Assess the Effect of Propofol During Induction of Anesthesia in Surgical Patients (Ana Leitão Ferreira, Catarina S. Nunes, Joaquim Gabriel Mendes, Pedro Amorim)....Pages 1057-1063 A Novel Technique to Trigger High Beta and Low Gamma Activity in Patients with Schizophrenia (Eysteinn Ívarsson, Alec Shaw, Aníta Ósk Georgsdóttir, Brynja B. Magnúsdóttir, Aron D. Jónasson, Eric Wassermann et al.)....Pages 1064-1070 P50 and P300 Event Related Potentials in Patients with Schizophrenia Recorded from High-Density EEG (Ovidiu C. Banea, Elena Pegolo, Sara Marcu, Rún Friðriksdóttir, Eysteinn Ívarsson, Aron D. Jónasson et al.)....Pages 1071-1077 Total Cost of Ownership as a Management Tool for Medical Devices Planning: A Case Study of a ST-Analyzer in Perinatology (Petra Hospodková, Petr Kudrna, Vladimír Rogalewicz)....Pages 1078-1084 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Selected Methods of Haemostatis Evaluation (Martin Zavadil, Michaela Blahýnková, Miroslav Selčan, Vladimír Rogalewicz)....Pages 1085-1090 Front Matter ....Pages 1091-1091 Multimodal Approach for Epileptic Seizure Detection in Epilepsy Monitoring Units (Paulo Maia, Elodie Lopes, Elisabeth Hartl, Christian Vollmar, Soheyl Noachtar, Joao Paulo Silva Cunha)....Pages 1093-1104 Modulation of EEG Theta and Alpha Power by an Internal Attention Task with and Without Visual Distractors (Elisa Magosso, Giulia Ricci, Mauro Ursino)....Pages 1105-1112 EEG Motor Execution Decoding via Interpretable Sinc-Convolutional Neural Networks (Davide Borra, Silvia Fantozzi, Elisa Magosso)....Pages 1113-1122 Central Alpha Bicoherence Is Reduced in Photosensitive Subjects (Stefania Coelli, Elisa Visani, Giulia Tacchino, Ferruccio Panzica, Silvana Franceschetti, Anna Maria Bianchi)....Pages 1123-1128 Combined and Singular Effects of Action Observation and Motor Imagery Paradigms on Resting-State Sensorimotor Rhythms (Aleksandar Miladinović, Antonella Barbaro, Eddi Valvason, Miloš Ajčević, Agostino Accardo, Piero Paolo Battaglini et al.)....Pages 1129-1137 Network Analysis on Overnight EEG Spectrum to Assess Relationships Between Paediatric Sleep Apnoea and Cognition (Gonzalo César Gutiérrez-Tobal, Javier Gomez-Pilar, Leila Kheirandish-Gozal, Adrián Martín-Montero, Jesús Poza, Daniel Álvarez et al.)....Pages 1138-1146 Brain Processing During Postural Control – A Study Case (Run Friðriksdóttir, Gunnar H. Karlsson, Halldor Á. Svansson, Fabio Barollo, Kyle J. Edmunds, Hannes Petersen et al.)....Pages 1147-1154 Classifying Different Stages of Parkinson’s Disease Through Random Forests (Carlo Ricciardi, Marianna Amboni, Chiara De Santis, Gianluca Ricciardelli, Giovanni Improta, Luigi Iuppariello et al.)....Pages 1155-1162 Front Matter ....Pages 1163-1163 Photoplethysmogram Modeling of Extreme Bradycardia and Ventricular Tachycardia (Birutė Paliakaitė, Andrius Petrėnas, Andrius Sološenko, Vaidotas Marozas)....Pages 1165-1174 Evaluation in a Real Environment of a Trainable Cough Monitoring App for Smartphones (Carlos Hoyos-Barceló, José Ramón Garmendia-Leiza, María Dolores Aguilar-García, Jesús Monge-Álvarez, Diego Asay Pérez-Alonso, Carlos Alberola-López et al.)....Pages 1175-1180 New Approaches for Personalizing Daily Activity Monitoring in mHealth Applications (Diego Moreno-Blanco, Patricia Sánchez-González, Francisco J. Gárate, Cesar Cáceres, Javier Solana-Sánchez, José M. Tormos-Muñoz et al.)....Pages 1181-1186 Encouraging Adherence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients to Physical Rehabilitation Programs Through Technology (Jorge Calvillo-Arbizu, Laura M. Roa-Romero, Javier Reina-Tosina)....Pages 1187-1194 Evaluation of an Environmental Autism Spectrum Disorder Monitoring Device (José María Vicente-Samper, Carolina Blanco-Angulo, Ernesto Ávila-Navarro, José María Sabater-Navarro)....Pages 1195-1204 Evaluation and Comparison of Text Classifiers to Develop a Depression Detection Service (Diego Moreno-Blanco, Borja Ochoa-Ferreras, Francisco J. Gárate, Javier Solana-Sánchez, Patricia Sánchez-González, Enrique J. Gómez)....Pages 1205-1212 Front Matter ....Pages 1213-1213 Co-encapsulation of Beta Cells and Nanoparticles Containing GLP-1 Greatly Improves Insulin Secretion in Alginate-Based Bioartificial Pancreas (Joana Crisóstomo, Francisca Araújo, Pedro Granja, Cristina Barrias, Bruno Sarmento, Raquel Seiça)....Pages 1215-1222 Potentialities of LL37 for Wound Healing Applications: Study of Its Activity in Synergy with Biodegradable Composites Made of PVA and CA (Helena P. Felgueiras, Marta A. Teixeira, M.