3rd Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Biomedical Engineering 2006: Biomed 2006, 11 – 14 December 2006 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 7
Dart-to-Heart Distance when Taser® Causes Ventricular Fibrillation in Pigs......Page 18
Advances and Challenges in Neural Engineering: Neurogenesis, Neurocontrol and Neurochips......Page 23
Nanotechnology Impact Towards Innovative Biomedical Engineering......Page 24
3-D Reconstruction of Nasopharyngeal Airways in Malaysian Subjects......Page 25
Fluid Micromixing Technology and Its Applications for Biological and Chemical Processes......Page 33
Implantable and Wearable Bionics......Page 38
Surface Modification of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Scaffolds for Enhanced Osteoconductivity......Page 39
Warping a Neuro-Anatomy Atlas on 3D MRI Data with Radial Basis Functions......Page 45
Ex vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy method for the diagnosis of human stomach cancer......Page 50
A Comparative Analysis of Zernike moments and Principal Component Analysis as Feature extractors for Face Recognition......Page 54
Application of Artificial Neural Network for Estimation of Fetal Weight......Page 59
Classification of Breast Lesions Using Artificial Neural Network......Page 62
Classification of Risk in Dengue Fever and Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever using Rule Based Expert System......Page 67
Comparison of MLP and Elman Neural Network for Blood Glucose Level Prediction in Type 1 Diabetics......Page 71
Electroglottographic Signal Acquisition and Neural Network based classification for pathology......Page 76
Expert System for Non-Invasive Classification of Total Cholesterol Level Using Bioelectrical Impedance......Page 80
Genetic Algorithm for Various Face Emotions Classification......Page 84
Hybrid Method for Digits Recognition using Fixed-Frame Scores and Derived Pitch......Page 89
Multiple neural networks for Human Face Recognition......Page 94
Recognition of Lower Limb Muscle EMG Patterns by using Neural Networks during the Postural Balance Control......Page 99
Biological Effects of EMF in Engineering Teaching Laboratories: A Review......Page 103
Theta Burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Can Modify Cortico-Muscular Coherence in Humans......Page 106
Cell Adhesion and Degradation Behaviors of Acetylated Chitosan Films......Page 111
Degradation of Magnesium Alloys in Biological Solutions and Reduced Phenotypic Expression of Endothelial Cell Grown on These Alloys......Page 115
Fabrication of 316L stainless steel parts by Injection Moulding for Biomedical Application using a Novel Binder......Page 119
Hardness Evaluation of Porous Hydroxyapatite Coating......Page 123
Hydroxyapatite Formation on Acrylic Acid-grafted Porous PLLA Scaffolds in Simulated Body Fluid......Page 126
Inhibitive Effect of Antibiotic-Loaded Beads to Cure Chronic Osteomyelitis in Developing Country: Hand-made vs Commercial Beads......Page 130
Nanostructure in Bone Apatite......Page 135
PCL Electrospun Sheet-Embedded Microporous PLGA Membrane For Effective Guided Bone Regeneration......Page 139
Physicochemical Properties and Biological Response of Titanium Surface Modified by Anodic Spark Deposition for Dental Implants......Page 143
Poly (lactic–co–glycolic acid) and hydroxyapatite composite films for cartilage reconstruction......Page 147
Silverfil: Its Physical Characterization......Page 151
Sinterability Of Hydroxyapatite Compacts Prepared By Cold Isostatic Pressing For Clinical Applications......Page 154
Standardization of Distance and Angulation of Light Curing Unit Tip Using Distometer......Page 158
Structural and conductivity studies in Ag-rich AgI-ZnI[sub(2)] solid solutions......Page 161
Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite powder via sol-gel method......Page 166
The effect of sample preparation and calcination temperature on the production of hydroxyapatite from bovine bone powders......Page 169
Topological Analysis of a Polymer Based Contraceptive Using Atomic Force Microscopy......Page 173
Rolling Ball Contact as a method for Testing Surface Fatigue of Resin Based Restorative Materials......Page 177
A Model of Impact Forces during Landing from a Jumping Smash Activity......Page 180
A New Modification of Adjustable standing Frame for children with Cerebral Palsy......Page 184
A Preliminary Study of Acceptable Load Carriage for Primary School Children......Page 188
A Preliminary Study of EMG Measurements on Biceps Brachii Muscles During Repetitive Task at Automotive Industry......Page 192
Analysis of Stress on Inflation of Balloon Catheter using Finite Element Method......Page 195
Design of an automated Rapid Maxillary Expansion (RME) appliance. A Preliminary Study......Page 199
Effect of Stress Relaxation on Layer Thickness of Articular Cartilage due to Dynamic Loadings......Page 202
Effects of Targets on Reaching Performance and Postural Balance during Standing in Persons with Left Cerebral Vascular Accidents......Page 206
Human Kicking Motion Using Efficient Forward Dynamics Simulation and Optimization......Page 209
Instrumented Shoes for Measuring Ground-Reaction Force of Persons with Stroke in Level Walking, Stair Ascending and Descending......Page 214
Kinematic Analysis of Speech Motor Control in Children with Cerebral Palsy......Page 218
Modeling and Simulation of Sit-to-Stand Exercise......Page 221
Motion Analysis in Dual-task on Patients with Mild Dementias......Page 225
Muscles activity of the Back and Hamstring during Trunk Flexion and Extension Task in Healthy and Low Back Pain Women......Page 228
Music therapy effect of music pillow for sleep – preliminary study......Page 232
Pneumatic Artificial Muscle in Biomedical Applications......Page 236
Prediction of Optimal Pillow Height by Anthropometric Parameters......Page 239
Stress and Strain Analysis of Anterior Cruciate Ligament for Arthroscopy Knee Reconstruction......Page 241
Biomedical Engineering Education and Training In Hong Kong: Recent Developments......Page 245
A quantitative study of post-biopsy radiofrequency cauterization......Page 249
A Study of Nodule Detection Using Opaque Object Filter......Page 253
An Automatic Cell Counting Method for a Microscopic Tissue Image from Breast Cancer......Page 258
Automatic Retrieval of Microscopic Blood Cells Images......Page 262
Boundary Enhancement For Echocardiogram Using Local Image Characteristics And Ratio Of Averages......Page 267
Contrast Enhancement of MRI Images......Page 272
Converting Data from the Lunar DPX-IQ Bone Densitometer for Interoperability......Page 276
Evaluation of Texture Analysis Techniques for Characterization of Multimode-Based Liver Images Using SGLCM and FOS......Page 279
Feature extraction in Medical Ultrasonic Image......Page 284
High Resolution Imaging of TGFβ3 Treated Human Keratinocyte via a Newly Developed Widefield Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscope......Page 288
Microwave Holographic Imaging Technique for Tumour Detection......Page 292
One-dimensional evaluation of a least-square polynomial fitting approach to estimate the pressure domain from velocity data obtained from medical images......Page 295
Quantification of Collagen Orientation in 3D Engineered Tissue......Page 299
Scale Space Texture Classification Using Combined Classifiers with Application to Ultrasound Tissue Characterization......Page 304
Spinal Curvature Determination from an X-Ray Image Using a Deformable Model......Page 308
Thresholding of Medical Images Using Minimum Cross Entropy......Page 313
Ultrasound monitoring of temperature change during interstitial laser thermotherapy of liver: an in vitro study......Page 317
Unsupervised Learning Technique for Skin Images Segmentation Using a Mixture of Beta Distributions......Page 321
A Fiber Optic Immunosensor for Rapid Bacteria Determination......Page 325
A review of MEMS drug delivery in medical application......Page 329
A Review on Design Parameters of Micro-Fluidic System......Page 333
Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis: Phase Angle - An Independent Predictive Health Marker and its Clinical Applications......Page 338
Estimation of heart rate variability from peripheral pulse wave using PPG sensor......Page 342
Nano-porous Polysilicon Fabrication for Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) Drug Delivery Device......Page 346
Widefield Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscope: A Novel Biosensor Study of Cell Attachment to Micropatterned Substrates......Page 351
A Generic Algorithm for Detecting Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hyponea Events based on Oxygen Saturation......Page 355
A Measuring System for Coronary Pulse Wave Velocity......Page 359
A Simple Histogram Based Approach for Detection of Baseline and QRS of ECG......Page 362
A Software Based Approach for Detection of QRS Vector of ECG Signal......Page 365
Assessment of Steady-State Visual Evoked Potential for Brain Computer Communication......Page 369
Characterizing EOG signal from the Chaotic Point of View......Page 372
Classification of Electrocardiogram Signal using Multiresolution Wavelet Transform and Neural Network......Page 377
Comparison of different Montages on to EEG classification......Page 382
Complexity Analysis of Heart Beat Time series by Threshold based Symbolic Entropy......Page 386
Computer-based System to Assess Efficacy of Stuttering Therapy Techniques......Page 391
Development of an EEG amplifier for Brain-Computer-Interface......Page 395
Enhancement of Epileptic Seizure in EEG Signals using Novelty Filtering based on Neural Networks......Page 400
Feasibility of Fetal Photoplethysmography Signal Extraction using Adaptive Noise Cancelling......Page 404
Feasibility of Photoplethymographic Signal for Assessment of Autonomic Response using Heart Rate Variability Analysis......Page 408
FPGA Accelerator For Medical Image Compression System......Page 413
Frequency Modulation in EEG Signals......Page 417
Heart Sound Analysis Using MFCC and Time Frequency Distribution......Page 419
Limb Cardiovasculature System Identification Using Adaptive Filtering......Page 423
Modifying the Classic Template Matching Technique Using a Fuzzy Multi Agent to Have an Accurate P300 Detection......Page 427
Multi-resolution Analysis of Near Infrared Spectroscopic Data for Calibration and Prediction of Active Substances in Phosphate Buffer Solution......Page 432
Performance Evaluation of Coifman Wavelet for ECG Signal Denoising......Page 436
Photoplethysmographic Pulse Amplitude Response to Flow Mediated Dilation......Page 440
Reduction of Movement Artifacts in Photoplethysmograph Using SFLC (scaled Fourier linear combiner)......Page 444
Two-dimensional representation of spatial structure changes in brain bioelectric potential field......Page 448
Using Simple MLPs in Modular Architecture to Improve the P300 Detection Accuracy......Page 452
Wavelet based compression technique of Electro-oculogram signals......Page 457
Wireless Real-time Brain Mapping......Page 461
Aromatherapy: It\'s Effect on Brain Signal, Math Computation, Blood Pressure and Heart Rate......Page 464
On the Linearity/Non-linearity of Mental Activity EEG for Brain-Computer Interface Design......Page 468
Heart Rate Variability Characterization Using a Time-Frequency Based Instantaneous Frequency Estimation Technique......Page 472
Evaluation of ECG Compression via Optimal Bit Allocation on DCT Coefficients......Page 477
Bio-Composting Process Development by SSF for Utilization Agro-Industrial Wastes......Page 481
Biodegradation of 2-methoxyethanol under aerobic conditions by bacterial isolate Pseudomonas sp. strain VB......Page 486
Human pi class glutathione S-transferase: anticancer material and functional study......Page 493
Liquid State Bioconversion of Domestic Wastewater Sludge for Bioethanol Production......Page 496
Microbial Bioconversion of Palm Oil Mill Effluent to Citric Acid with Optimum Process Conditions......Page 500
Statistical Analysis in Complex-Valued Wavelet Detection of Acute Myocardial Ischemia in Rabbit......Page 505
Statistical Optimization of Process Conditions for Direct Bioconversion of Sewage Treatment Plant Sludge for Bioethanol Production......Page 509
Study for activation of human telomerase reverse transcriptase, as major component of cancer, expressed in E. coli......Page 513
Systematic Following of Telomerase during MRC5 Population Dubbling and Cell Senescence......Page 516
Analysis of Detecting the Malarial Parasite Infected Blood Images Using Statistical Based Approach......Page 519
Detecting the Vocal Disorder by Extracting the Pitch in the Phonetics of Indian Regional Marathi Language Numerical......Page 523
Malay Nose Tissue Measurements For Nose Reconstruction: A Preliminary Data Collection......Page 529
Quantification of Parkinsonian Rigidity: An Objective Evaluating Method......Page 533
Comparison of Different Classification Techniques Using WEKA for Breast Cancer......Page 537
Discovery the Relationship Between Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Alternative Splicing Events......Page 541
Selecting Informative Genes from Leukemia Gene Expression Data using a Hybrid Approach for Cancer Classification......Page 545
A High Efficiency Optical Power Transmitting System to a Rechargeable Lithium Battery for All Implantable Biomedical Devices......Page 550
A Portable Potentiostat for Electrochemical Sensors......Page 555
A Preliminary Case Study of Anal Retractor Usability in Anorectal Surgery......Page 560
Taxonomy of surrogate users for the development and evaluation of medical devices from the end users\' perspective......Page 563
A Miniature Skin-Attached Hot Flash Recorder......Page 567
2D Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) Model of Blood Flow in the Left Ventricle (LV) of the Heart......Page 571
A Computer-based Surgery Planning and Simulation for the Prediction of 3D Postoperative Facial Soft Tissue using Finite Element Analysis......Page 575
Age-related Upper Limb Vascular System Windkessel Model using Photoplethysmography......Page 580
Computational Analysis of Asymmetric Arterial Stenosis with Applications of Fluid-Solid Interaction......Page 584
Computer based quantification of the mean Achilles tendon thickness in US-images – effect of tendinosis......Page 589
Finite Element Analysis of Cell-Material Interaction on Hydrated Soft Material of Cartilage......Page 593
Forward Simulation of Cardiac Excitation Propagation and ECG Patterns Using an Anisotropic Heart Model – a Toolbox......Page 598
Haptic Pulse Simulator Training Module for Disease Diagnosis......Page 602
In Vitro Modeling for Bioelectrical Impedance Measurement in Compartmental Syndrome......Page 605
Optical detection of ferromagnetic and fluorescently labeled microparticles, simulation of a magnetic trap......Page 608
Temperature Modeling of Therapeutic Ultrasound: A Preliminary Finding......Page 611
The Alcohol Detection Using Heart Rate Variability and Bioimpedance......Page 615
Visualizing Collaborative Time-Varying Scientific Datasets......Page 619
Development of a steerable cochlear implant electrode array......Page 624
An Automatic Lower Limb Training Machine for Monoplegia Patients......Page 628
An Intelligent Tilt Table for Paralytic Patients......Page 632
Application of a Novel Integrated Pointing Device Apparatus for People with Severe Disability......Page 635
Conceptual Design of an Isokinetic Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) Leg Stepping Trainer for Individuals with Neurological Disability......Page 639
Design of a Wireless Heart Rate Monitoring System for Rehabilitation Patients......Page 642
Development of Prosthetic Hand – A preliminary study......Page 645
EEG Based Brain Machine Interface for Rehabilitation: A Guided Tour......Page 649
Development of Articulation Training System with Speech Recognition Based Automatic Pronunciation Detection Mechanism......Page 654
Exercise Technology after Spinal Cord Injury: Functional Electrical Stimulation Leg Cycling......Page 657
Prosthetic Hand for the Brain-computer Interface System......Page 660
Quadraplegic Communicator for Spinal Cord Injury Patient......Page 664
Theoretical Determination of Lubrication Regimes in Two-Piece First Metatarsophalangeal Prostheses......Page 668
Design of Web-based Tele-ultrasound Consultation System over Digital Subscriber Lines......Page 673
Development of a Mobile Telemedicine System with Multi Communication Links for Urban and Rural Areas in Indonesia......Page 677
Managing and Organizing Plant Identification Keys for Easy Retrieval......Page 681
Weight Control and Conversations in an Online Health-Community on Overweight......Page 685
Biodegradable composite of poly ε-caprolactone/hydroxyapatite 3-D scaffolds for bone tissue engineering......Page 689
Biodegradable Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Fabricated by Surface Selective Laser Sintering......Page 693
Characterization of Collagen/PEO 600K for Tissue Engineering Scaffold......Page 697
Effect of TGF-β and β-Estradiol on Extracellular Matrix Secretion in Articular Chondrocyte Culture......Page 701
Human Adipose Precursor Cells Seeded on Hyaluronic Scaffolds: a Pilot Clinical Trial......Page 705
Hybrid nanofiber scaffolds of polyurethane and poly(ethylene oxide) using dual-electrospinning for vascular tissue engineering......Page 709
In Vitro Augmentation of Collagen Matrix Formation - Applications in Tissue Engineering......Page 713
Repair of Rabbit Focal Articular Cartilage Defects with Autologous Chondrocytes Embedded in Alginate......Page 717
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