14th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics: NBC 2008 16–20 June 2008 Riga, Latvia

Front Matter....Pages I-XIX
Building and Implementing an eHealth Strategy: is there a Good Recipe for Baltic Countries?....Pages 1-4
Biomedical Engineering Program on the Internet for Worldwide Use....Pages 5-7
The Modification of Titanium Dioxide MOCVD Coating in TiAlNb after Immersion in Artificial Saliva....Pages 8-11
Osteogenesis on Surface Selective Laser Sintered Bioresorbable Scaffolds....Pages 12-15
Investigation of the Bone Cartilage Interface by CLSM....Pages 16-18
Improving Titanium Biocompatibility Manipulating Surface Porocity....Pages 19-22
Electrically Charged Hydroxyapatite Enhances Immobilization and Proliferation of Osteoblasts....Pages 23-25
Titanium Dioxide MOCVD Coating on CoCr Alloy and its Properties in Compare with Phosphate Coatings....Pages 26-29
Plasma Polymer Coating of Titanium for Improved Bone Implants....Pages 30-33
Silk-Based Scaffold for Ligament Tissue Engineering....Pages 34-37
Influence of Hydrogenated Calcium Phosphate Surface on Potential of Stromal Stem Cells in Situ....Pages 38-40
The Influence of Cultivation Conditions on the Proliferation and Differentiation of Rat Bone Marrow Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells....Pages 41-44
Human Blood Cells Affected by Hydroxyapatite Coated Titanium....Pages 45-47
Development of Biomorphic SiC Ceramics for Biomaterial Purposes....Pages 48-51
Release of Quaternary Ammonium Antimicrobial Compounds from Acrylic Bone Cement....Pages 52-55
The Evaluation of Quality and Selection of TiNi Shape Memory Alloy for Medical Purpose....Pages 56-59
Ions Release from Ti Implant Alloys in Simulated Bioliquids....Pages 60-63
Stress-Strain State of System “Bone-Implant” Analyzed by FEM and its Comparison with Experimental Results....Pages 64-67
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectra of Technologically Modified Calcium Phosphates....Pages 68-71
Reactogenicity of Synthetic Hydroxyapatite (HAp) Ceramic Materials Implanted in Rabbits Jaws....Pages 72-75
Biomechanical Properties of Two Synthetic Biomaterials for Ventricular Septal Defect Closure in Infancy....Pages 76-79
Development of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Based Systems for Wound Dressings....Pages 80-82
Apatite-based Biomaterials Synthesized in Saline Melts....Pages 83-86
Degradation of Bone Material in Time....Pages 87-90
Real-Time EEG Parameterization for Shunt Decision Supporting System During Carotid Endarterectomy....Pages 91-94
Automatic Quantification of Handwriting Characteristics Before and After Rehabilitation....Pages 95-98
Reciprocating Orthotics Complex (ROC) for Children Suffering from Cerebral Paralysis and Spinal Diseases....Pages 99-102
Muscle Movement and Electrodes Motion Artifact during Vibration Treatment....Pages 103-106
Mandible and Temporomandibular Disc Movements on Physiological Subjects with Use of MRI....Pages 107-110
Choice and Impact of a Non-Newtonian Blood Model for Wall Shear Stress Profiling of Coronary Arteries....Pages 111-114
Validation of Individual Calibration Procedure in Prediction of One Repetition Maximum in Bench Press....Pages 115-118
Prediction of One Repetition Maximum in Dumbbell Concentration Curl and Shoulder Press....Pages 119-122
Feature Selection for Bayesian Evaluation of Trauma Death Risk....Pages 123-126
Objective Evaluation of Stroke Patients’ Movement....Pages 127-130
Applying Consumer Technologies to Assistive Device Design....Pages 131-134
Finite Element Analysis of Honeycomb-Core Foam on Shock-Absorbing Capability against Childhood Head Injury....Pages 135-138
Results of Reciprocal Orthosis System with Kinematic Interdependence used in Children with Children Cerebral Paralysis and Spinal Patients....Pages 139-140
Colorimetric Plantographic Diagnostics of Foot Pathology on the Footprint in Static and Dynamics....Pages 141-142
Biomechanical Properties of Glutaraldehyde Treated Human Pericadium....Pages 143-145
Eye Kinematics of Athletes in Non-Familiar Sports Situations....Pages 146-149
Feasibility Experiment of Gait Training System Using Real-time Visual Feedback of Knee Joint Angle....Pages 150-153
Investigation of Biomechanical Properties of Different Elements of Human Mitral Valve....Pages 154-155
Development of Research for Machining of Implants with Novel Materials for Bone Surgery....Pages 156-159
The Artificial Larynx: A Review of Current Technology and a Proposal for Future Development....Pages 160-163
Power Density Spectra of the Velocity Waveforms in Artificial Heart Valves....Pages 164-167
Development of a Generic Assistive Platform to Aid Patients with Motor Disabilities....Pages 168-171
Usability Evaluation of Three Unilateral — Propelled Wheelchairs for Hemiplegic Patients....Pages 172-174
The Effect of Gait Speed on Pre- and Postoperative Analysis of Gait Parameters after Total Knee Arthroplasty....Pages 175-178
Quantitative Analysis of the Activation Strategies during Freezing in Parkinson’s Patients....Pages 179-182
Precise Positioning of Electrodes at Transesophageal Atrial Stimulation Using Multichannel Transesophageal Pacemaker and Lead....Pages 183-185
Automated multi-parametric label free 24 channel real-time screening system....Pages 186-189
Decentralized Multi-channel Digitizing of Bioimpedance Signals....Pages 190-193
Design and Implementation of Textile Sensors for Biotelemetry Applications....Pages 194-197
The Suitability of Silver Yarn Electrodes for Mobile EKG Monitoring....Pages 198-201
Drawback of ICA Procedure on EEG: Polarity Indeterminacy at Local Optimization....Pages 202-205
Empirical Mode Decomposition on Mismatch Negativity....Pages 206-209
Measurement and Control of Ultra-Low Liquid Flowrates for Drug Delivery Application....Pages 210-212
Hardware Embedded System on a Chip for the Normal ECG Recognition....Pages 213-216
Slit-lamp Based Ocular Fluorometry Scanning....Pages 217-220
Epicardial Acceleration Signal Measured Using a Single Chip 3-axis Accelerometer....Pages 221-224
Novel Conducting Polymer Composite pH Sensors for Medical Applications....Pages 225-228
Future Trends in Robotic Neurosurgery....Pages 229-233
Development and Evaluation of One Arm Electrode Based ECG Measurement System....Pages 234-237
Diagnosing Acute Liver Graft Rejection: Experimental Application of an Implantable Telemetric Impedance Device in Native and Transplanted Porcine Livers....Pages 238-241
Augmentation Index in Different Severity Coronary Heart Disease Patients....Pages 242-244
Photoplethysmographic Measurements and Analysis....Pages 245-247
Noninvasive Measurement of the Pressure Gradient between the Radial and Finger Arteries....Pages 248-251
A Multicenter Study of Removed Uric Acid Estimated by Ultra Violet Absorbance in the Spent Dialysate....Pages 252-256
Comparison of Tibial Nerve Somatosensory Evoked Potential Signal-to-Noise Ratios During Anaesthesia....Pages 257-259
Phase Coupling in EEG Burst Suppression during Propofol Anesthesia....Pages 260-263
Rhythmic Fluctuations in Intracellular Mg 2+ in Spontaneously Beating Cultured Cardiac Myocytes....Pages 264-267
Importance of Nonlinear Signal Processing in Biomedicine....Pages 268-269
An Intelligent Method for Identifying Cardiac Cycles from Tracheal Sounds during Sleep....Pages 270-273
Ultrasonic Non-invasive Investigation of Arterial Elasticity....Pages 274-277
EEG-fMRI Ballistocardiogram Removal: A New Non-linear Dynamic Time Warping Approach....Pages 278-281
Local Filtered QRS Duration during Sodium-channel Blockade in Brugada Syndrome Patients....Pages 282-285
Development of Flexible Thin Film Microelectrode Arrays for Neural Recordings....Pages 286-289
Prediction of Epileptic Seizures for On-Demand Vagus Nerve Stimulation....Pages 290-293
Apparatus for Short-Wave Inductothermy “Magnetotherm”....Pages 294-298
What Conclusions does Rapid Image Classification by Eye Movements Provide for Machine Vision?....Pages 299-302
Analysis of Foveation Sequences in Congenital Nystagmus....Pages 303-306
Numerical Models of Skin Conductivity Changes during Electroporation....Pages 307-310
An Experimental Study of PPG Probe Efficiency Coefficient Determination on Human Body....Pages 311-314
Non-linear Assessment of Heart Rate Variability in Ovo-lactovegetarians, Vegans and Omnivores during Oral Glucose Tolerance Test....Pages 315-318
Photoplethysmography Analysis of Artery Properties in Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases....Pages 319-322
Dialysis Adequacy On-line Monitoring Using DiaSens Optical Sensor: Technique and Clinical Application....Pages 323-326
Effects of ROI Size on Correlation between ROISR and SNR....Pages 327-330
Effect of Microwave Radiation on EEG Coherence....Pages 331-334
Stress Stages and Changes on EEG by low-level Physical (EMF) and Chemical Stressors....Pages 335-338
Body Surface Potential Mapping for Noninvasive Ischemia Detection....Pages 339-342
Effect of Lead Orientation on Bipolar ECG Measurement....Pages 343-346
On the Mechanism of Low Frequency Bioelectromagnetism....Pages 347-349
The Effect of Electrode Size on Cortical EEG Sensitivity Distributions....Pages 350-352
Measurement of Dissolved Oxygen with Lab-on-Chip Systems....Pages 353-356
Effects of Optical Radiation on the Healing of Bone Defect in Rabbits....Pages 357-360
Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization in Patients with Diffuse Coronary Artery Disease....Pages 361-362
Evaluation of a Fiber-Optic Based Pulsed Laser System for Fluorescence Spectroscopy....Pages 363-366
Effect of Light Scattering Simulation in the Eye on Different Color Stimuli Perception....Pages 367-370
Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy During Experimental Radio Frequency Ablation....Pages 371-374
Closed-Feedback Control of Laser Soldering of Rat Skin Using Diode Laser....Pages 375-377
Characterization of Input-Output Relations in Single Neurons using Spatiotemporal Photo-stimulation....Pages 378-379
Sensor for Measurement of Wear in Total Hip Arthroplasty....Pages 380-382
Effects of Static and Dynamic Modes on Laser Tissue Soldering: An In-vitro Study....Pages 383-385
Photoplethysmography Device for Detection of Changes in the Vasomotor Parameters of Small Laboratory Animals....Pages 386-389
Potentialities of Wear Measurement in Total Knee Arthroplasty....Pages 390-392
Optical Non-contact In-vitro Measurement of Total Hip Arthroplasty Wear....Pages 393-396
Spectroscopic Studies on Binding of Cationic Pheophorbide-a Derivative to Model Polynucleotides....Pages 397-400
ICT and Knowledge Management for the ISO 9001:2000 Standards Compliance of I.R.C.C.S. “Burlo Garofolo” Maternal-children Hospital....Pages 401-404
Biotelemetry....Pages 405-408
Five Year Biomedical Engineering Curriculum — Experiences and Results from the First Eight Years....Pages 409-412
Medical GRID and E-Learning in the Virtual Hospital....Pages 413-416
Luebeck’s International BME Master’s Program - Aim and Experiences....Pages 417-420
Developing Media Rich Virtual Learning Material for Biomedical Engineering Education....Pages 421-424
Development of the Biomedical Electronics Course for e-Learning....Pages 425-428
Cataract Surgery Simulator for Medical Education & Finite Element/3D Human Eye Model....Pages 429-432
COMSOL Multiphysics in Undergraduate Education of Electromagnetic Field Biological Interactions....Pages 433-436
Actual State of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Education in Poland....Pages 437-438
The Practice for Medical Physics and Engineering Students....Pages 439-441
Scientific Research, Telemedicine and Health Services: the “Burlo Garofolo” Hospital Web Portal....Pages 442-445
A Neuro-Fuzzy Approach to the Classification of Fetal Cardiotocograms....Pages 446-449
Visions in Modeling of Cardiac Arrhythmogenic Diseases and their Therapies....Pages 450-453
Home Health Monitoring....Pages 454-457
Time Domain Signal Processing of Tibial Nerve Somatosensory Evoked Potentials During Anesthesia....Pages 458-460
Modelling Interrupter Measurements of Respiratory Resistance....Pages 461-464
Coupling Axis-Length Profiles with Bezier Splines in Finite Element Head Models....Pages 465-468
Analysis of Bioelectrical Uterine Activity for Detection of Threatening Premature Labour....Pages 469-472
Comparison of DT-CWT Based Rotation Variant and Invariant Methods on Tissue Characterization....Pages 473-476
CdZnTe Pixel Detectors for Medical Imaging....Pages 477-480
The Analysis of Craniofacial Morphology in Posteroanterior View....Pages 481-484
VAMP — A Vision Based Sensor Network for Health Care Hygiene....Pages 485-488
An Augmented Reality Application for Minimally Invasive Surgery....Pages 489-492
Methods for Counting Cells Supported by Digital Image Processing....Pages 493-496
Two Aspects of Calibrating a 3D Ultrasonic Computed-Tomography System....Pages 497-500
A Combined Bayesian Approach to Classifying Venous Flow during Contrast-Agent Injection using Doppler Ultrasound....Pages 501-504
Optimization of fMRI Processing Parameters for Simutaneous Acquisition of EEG/fMRI in Focal Epilepsy....Pages 505-508
Telemetric Personal Health Monitoring Systems for Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease....Pages 509-511
Clinical Relevance of Preoperative CT- based Computer Aided 3D- Planning in Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic Surgery and Living Donor Liver Transplantation....Pages 512-515
Assessing the Effects of Apneusis on Brain Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Symbolic Dynamics....Pages 516-519
Breast Ultrasound Segmentation Using Morphologic Operators and a Gaussian Function Constraint....Pages 520-523
Image Analysis of DNA Repair and Apoptosis in Tumor Cells with Differing Sensitivity to DNA Damage....Pages 524-527
Parameterization of the Optic Nerve Disk in Eye Fundus Images....Pages 528-531
3D Medical Image Visualization and Volume Estimation of Pathology Zones....Pages 532-535
Biomedical Image Processing Based on Regression Models....Pages 536-539
Analysis of Outliers Effects in Voxel-Based Morphometry by means of Virtual Phantoms....Pages 540-543
Stroke Monitor as a Device Improving Diagnostic Value of Computed Tomography in Hyperacute Stroke....Pages 544-547
Morphological and Brainstem Physiology Assessment of Patients with Congenital Craniocervical Anomalies....Pages 548-551
Quality of the Computed Radiography Image Acquired with Decreased Doses....Pages 552-555
Evaluation of Acceptance Criteria for IMRT Plan Verification Based on Results of Film Dosimetry....Pages 556-557
Sensitivity of the Brain to Microwave Radiation....Pages 558-561
The Impact of the Anomalous Magnetic Field of the Earth on Demographic Indices (using Latvia as an example)....Pages 562-565
Development of the Positron Emission Tomography Center: Medical and Physical Aspects....Pages 566-569
Modulated Microwave Effects on Visual Event-related Potentials during Oddball Task....Pages 570-573
Evaluation of the Independent Dose Calculation Algorithm....Pages 574-577
Dosimetric Properties of Detectors for Quality Control of Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy....Pages 578-581
Considering Dose Rate in Routine X-ray Examination by Thermoluminescent Dosimetry (TLD) in Radiology units of Mazandaran Hospitals....Pages 582-585
Cost-Effectiveness of the Positron Emission Tomography with [ 18 F]-fluorodeoxyglucose for the Staging and Management of Lung Cancer in Russia....Pages 586-589
Design of an Ultra-Near-Field System for Planar Coded Aperture Nuclear Medicine Imaging....Pages 590-593
Semiconductors and Biomedical Structures for Nanobiometric Applications....Pages 594-597
Microcells Development and Endocytosis Ability Morphological and Quantitative Characterization in HeLa Cancer Cells....Pages 598-601
Atomic Force Microscopy Study of Yeast Cells Influenced by High Voltage Electrical Discharge....Pages 602-605
Dependence of DNA Electrotransfer into Cells In vitro on Cell Electroporation and DNA Electrophoresis....Pages 606-609
Measurement of Temperature Synchronized Yeast Cells kHz Electrical Oscillations....Pages 610-613
Self — Assembled System: Semiconductor and Virus Like Particles....Pages 614-615
Quantum Chemical Simulation of Cytochrome P450 Catalyzed Oxidation and Carcinogenic potency of Benzene Derivatives....Pages 616-618
Evaluation of Highly-Water Soluble Drug Physical State in Biodegradable Microcapsules....Pages 619-622
Time-dependent Model of Induced Transmembrane Voltage and Electroporation on Clusters of Cells....Pages 623-627
Mg 2+ and Ni 2+ ion Effects on Phase Transitions in AU and A2U under Conditions Close to Physiological Ones....Pages 628-631
Studies of Mechanical Treatment on Surface Charge of Bioactive Composites....Pages 632-635
Back Matter....Pages 637-647