4th Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Biomedical Engineering 2008: BIOMED 2008 25–28 June 2008 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Front Matter....Pages I-XXIII
Advances in Neural Signal Processing and Modeling: Dynamics of the Respiratory Neural Networks during Maturation....Pages 1-1
Biomedical Engineering Inspired by Nature: Biomimetics....Pages 2-2
Current Issues and Future Possibilities for Biomedical Sensors....Pages 3-3
Global Challenges of Health Technology....Pages 4-4
The Biomechanics of Muscle Contraction: or Firing Biomechanics Research....Pages 5-5
Prosthetics and Orthotics (P&O): Today and Tomorrow....Pages 6-6
A Design of Gait Training Equipment for Monoplegia Patients....Pages 7-10
Data Mining, Modeling and Knowledge Discovery Methods for Personalised Biomedical Decision Support Systems....Pages 11-12
Pathomechanics of Post-traumatic Knee Injuries....Pages 13-17
Ventricular Assist Device for Patient with End Stage Heart Failure — A Malaysian Experience....Pages 18-21
Research on Badminton Games: Past and Present....Pages 22-26
Classification on Diabetes Mellitus Data-set Based-on Artificial Neural Networks and ANFIS....Pages 27-30
Integration of Tension Development Model with the Fiber-Fluid Model of the Heart....Pages 31-35
Pulsatile Flow Past Multiple Cylinders: A Model Study of Blood Flow in an Artificial Lung....Pages 36-39
Application on Wireless Power Transmission for Biomedical Implantable Organ....Pages 40-43
Biomedical Electronics Engineering at Universiti Malaysia Perlis....Pages 44-47
Development of Website for the Operating Procedure of Software Contained in Medical Devices....Pages 48-51
Mathematical Modeling of Caspase Activated DNAase (CAD) Regulation Towards Apoptosis....Pages 52-55
Mixmodel Driven 3D Facial Synthesis to Computer-Aided Articulation Training....Pages 56-60
Syllabus Enhancement for Electromagnetic Course in Biomedical Electronics Engineering at Universiti Malaysia Perlis....Pages 61-64
Technomedicum of Tallinn University of Technology and Biomedical Engineering in Estonia....Pages 65-68
The First Decade of Biomedical Engineering Degree Program at the University of Malaya: Experiences and Achievements....Pages 69-72
A Facile Synthesis of Multicolor Polystyrene Microspheres Encapsulating Upconversion Fluorescent Nanoparticles....Pages 73-76
Application of Carbon Nanotubes For Removal of Copper Ion From Synthetic Water....Pages 77-81
Biocompatibility Study of PEI-NaYF 4 : Yb,Er Upconversion Nanoparticles....Pages 82-85
Investigation of Carboxylic-functionalized Self-assembled Monolayers on Silicon and Gold and Their Application as pH-sensitive Probes Using Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy....Pages 86-90
Transforming Growth Factor- β 1 and β 3 Manipulation of HaCaT Keratinocyte Attachment to a 12.5µm Fibronectin Patterned Surface Illustrated by Widefield Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscopy....Pages 91-93
2-D Visualizations of the Frequency Contents of Lamb Waves in a Bovine Cortical Tibia....Pages 94-97
A Comparative Evaluation on the Performance of Coifman Discrete and Stationary Wavelet Transform in ECG Signal Denoise Application....Pages 98-102
A Real-Time Algorithm for Extraction of Heart Beat in Invasive Blood Pressure....Pages 103-106
A Review on Feature Extraction & Classification Techniques for Biosignal Processing (Part I: Electrocardiogram)....Pages 107-112
A Review on Feature Extraction & Classification Techniques for Biosignal Processing (Part II: Electroencephalography)....Pages 113-116
A Review on Feature Extraction & Classification Techniques for Biosignal Processing (Part III: Electromyogram)....Pages 117-121
A Review on Feature Extraction & Classification Techniques for Biosignal Processing (Part V: Gait Signal)....Pages 122-124
An Age Index for Vascular System Based on Photoplethysmogram Pulse Contour Analysis....Pages 125-128
Artificial Neural Network Classification of Arterial Pulse Waveforms in Cardiovascular Diseases....Pages 129-132
Assessment of Salat Taraweeh and Fasting Effect on Body Composition....Pages 133-136
Assessment of Severity in Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy Using Cumulative Linear Index of Higher Order Crossings....Pages 137-140
Blood Cell Image Segmentation: A Review....Pages 141-144
Cheap In-House Setup For EMG Acquisition....Pages 145-148
Classification of Emboli and Artifact by Neuro-Fuzzy in Transcranial Doppler Signals....Pages 149-153
Color Image Analysis to Grade Shades of a Color and its Application to Quantify Stained Tissues....Pages 154-157
Comparison Of FFT And AR Techniques For Scalp EEG Analysis....Pages 158-161
Computerized Fetal Heart Rate Baseline Estimation Based on Number and Continuity of Occurrences....Pages 162-165
Detection Of The Malarial Parasite Infected Blood Images By 3d-Analysis Of The Cell Curved Surface....Pages 166-169
Determination of the Bioimpedance Analysis Parameters in Dengue Patients Using the Self Organizing Map....Pages 170-173
Diagnosis of Atherosclerotic Plaque Using Hilbert Transform on RF Ultrasound Data....Pages 174-178
EEG Classification Using Neural Networks and Independent Component Analysis....Pages 179-182
Efficient Parameter Selection of Support Vector Machines....Pages 183-186
Electromyography Signal Based For Intelligent Prosthesis Design....Pages 187-190
Epileptic Seizure Detection....Pages 191-194
Feature Extraction for Biosignal Processing (Part IV: Electrogastrogram) using HHT....Pages 195-198
Flexion Relaxation Phenomenon of Back Muscles in Discriminating Between Healthy and Chronic Low Back Pain Women....Pages 199-203
Heart Sound Localization through Time Delay Calculation Method....Pages 204-207
Measurement of Artery Stiffness Index (ASI) Using Blood Volume Pulse....Pages 208-211
Mitral Regurgitation PCG-Signal Classification based on Adaptive Db-Wavelet....Pages 212-216
NN-Based R-peak Detection in QRS Complex of ECG Signal....Pages 217-220
Recognition of Six Digits from Lip Movement Using Color Image....Pages 221-225
Removal of EOG Artifacts Using ICA Regression Method....Pages 226-229
Review on Technical Aspects of Image Acquisition, Analysis and Retrieval for Leukaemia Cells....Pages 230-233
Short Review on the Used Recipes to Simulate the Bio-Tissue at Microwave Frequencies....Pages 234-237
Speaker-dependent Malay Vowel Recognition for a Child with Articulation Disorder Using Multi-layer Perceptron....Pages 238-241
Spectral Characteristics Estimation of PCG Signals based on ARMAX Nonlinear Modeling....Pages 242-246
Speech Technology Applied to Children with Speech Disorders....Pages 247-250
Statistical Analysis of ECG signals for Arrhythmia Detection....Pages 251-253
Study of Electromagnetic Field (EMF) on the Human Muscle Activity: A Preliminary Study....Pages 254-257
The Family Tree of Breast Microwave Imaging Techniques....Pages 258-261
Time-Frequency Analysis of EEG Signals for Human Emotion Detection....Pages 262-265
A Comparative Study of Imputation Methods to Predict Missing Attribute Values in Coronary Heart Disease Data Set....Pages 266-269
A Modeling Framework for Simulating Contagious Diseases in Populations....Pages 270-274
A Review on Protein Sequence Clustering Research....Pages 275-278
Different Species Classifier Based on Hemoglobin Sequences....Pages 279-281
Fuzzy C-Means Clustering for DNA Computing Readout Method Implemented on DNA Engine Opticon 2 System....Pages 282-285
Intelligent Multi-Agent Implementation for Finding Genetic Regulatory Systems of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ....Pages 286-290
Online Health-Communities on Bad Habits for Preventive Care....Pages 291-294
Biochemical and Ultrastructural Changes in Human Sperm Membrane System Associated with Polymeric Male Contraceptive-RISUG ® ....Pages 295-299
Bioethanol Production from Agricultural Waste Biomass as a Renewable Bioenergy Resource in Biomaterials....Pages 300-305
Bioethanol Production from Woody Biomass by Recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae Expressing Thermostable Enzyme....Pages 306-309
Central Composite Design for the Enzymatic Detection of Arsenic (III) in Aqueous Solution from Vegetable -Waste....Pages 310-313
Development of Magnesium-Doped Biphasic Calcium Phosphatethrough Sol-Gel Method....Pages 314-317
Effect of the Application of Photopolymerized, Autopolymerized and Copal-Based Resins in Dental Enamel after Shear Strength Testing on Bonded Brackets....Pages 318-321
Fabrication and Characterization of Porous Poly (L-lactide) (PLLA) Scaffolds Using Liquid-liquid Phase Separation....Pages 322-325
Influence of Magnesium Doping in Hydroxyapatite Ceramics....Pages 326-329
IR-to-visible Upconversion Nanoparticles for in Vitro Fluorescent Imaging....Pages 330-332
Novel Chemical Conversion of Eggshell to Hydroxyapatite Powder....Pages 333-336
Ordered Honeycomb-structured Polymer Films by A Breath Figure Method in Vacuum....Pages 337-340
Push-out Bond Strength of Luting Agents to Fibre-Reinforced Post: an in vitro Study....Pages 341-345
Significance of Age-related Variations in The Structure and Material Properties in Extra-cellular Matrices of Connective Tissues....Pages 346-350
Sintering Behaviour of TiO 2 -Doped Alumina for Biomedical Application....Pages 351-353
The Effect of Light Curing Tip Angulations on the Shear Bond Strength of an Orthodontic Adhesive....Pages 354-357
The Influence of Yeast Extract on the Production of Flavonolignans in Hairy Root Cultures of Silybum marianum L. Gaertn....Pages 358-361
Tocopherols, Antiradical Activity and Fatty Acids in Seeds of Silybum marianum (L.) Gaerth....Pages 362-365
3D Finite Element Analysis of Ankle-Foot Orthosis on Patients with Unilateral Foot Drop: A Preliminary Study....Pages 366-369
A Framework for Stress Transfer Mechanisms in Connective Tissues....Pages 370-373
An Alternative Coating Technique To Strengthen Pin-Bone Interface Stresses For External Fracture Fixation: A Preliminary Study....Pages 374-377
A Reliable and Robust Method to Study Flow-induced Deformation of Three-Dimensional Red Blood Cells....Pages 378-382
Abnormal Gait Detection Using Discrete Wavelet Transform in Fourier Domain....Pages 383-386
Acquiring Anatomical Representation of Human Maxilla for Rapid Maxillary Expansion....Pages 387-389
Advanced Computational Models for Disturbed and Turbulent Flow in Stenosed Human Carotid Artery Bifurcation....Pages 390-394
Biomechanics Effects of Kinesio Taping for Persons with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome During Stair Climbing....Pages 395-397
Blood Flow Simulation of Stented Aneurysm Model....Pages 398-402
Eccentric Loading on the Tibial Plate After Knee Replacement....Pages 403-406
Economical Tube Adapter Material in Below Knee Prosthesis....Pages 407-409
Effect of Metal Back Geometry on the Stability of Cementless Acetabular Cup....Pages 410-413
Effects Of Different Landing Strategies To Decrease Knee Joint Loading....Pages 414-416
Finite Element Analysis of An Automated Rapid Maxillary Expander (ARME)....Pages 417-419
Finite Element Study of Metacarpophalangeal Joint Silicone Implants....Pages 420-423
Comparing Manufacturer’s Point Calibration and Modified Calibration Setup for F-Scan Insole Sensor System: A Preliminary Assessment....Pages 424-427
Interface Micromotion of Cementless Hip Arthroplasty: Collared vs Non-collared Stems....Pages 428-432
Micro-modelling and Analysis of Actual and Idealised Cancellous Structure....Pages 433-437
Miniplates Orientation for Fracture Fixation of the Mandibular Condyle....Pages 438-441
Noninvasive Prediction of Vertebral Body Compressive Strength Using Finite Element Method and An Image Based Technique....Pages 442-445
Novel Stent Design for Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement....Pages 446-448
Preliminary Study: The Impact of Moderate Exercises on Biomechanical Response of the Humans Muscles....Pages 449-452
Stability of Talus Component in Total Ankle Arthroplasty....Pages 453-456
The Use of Mechanical Interlock in Dental Prosthesis....Pages 457-460
Towards Better Understanding of Shoe-Turf Surface Induced Soccer Injuries....Pages 461-464
Validation of Finite Element Analysis for a New External Finger Fixator to Correct Flexion Deformity — A Preliminary Result....Pages 465-468
3D Finite Element Modeling of Avascular Circulation in the Ocular Lens....Pages 469-472
A Novel Approach for Experimental Measurement of Scatter Profile and Scatter to Primary Ratio in 64-Slice CT Scanner....Pages 473-477
A Pilot Study In Image Enhancement In Computed Radiography Mammogram Images Using Histogram Stretching Method....Pages 478-481
A Preliminary Study of High-Field MRI Image Enhancement Techniques Applied to Low-Field MR Brain Images....Pages 482-486
A Simple, Fast, and Robust Phase Unwrapping Method to Unwrap MR Phase Images....Pages 487-490
A Survey of Computed Tomography Dose to Operators and Patients During Radiofrequency Ablation....Pages 491-494
An Automatic Colonic Polyp Detection Method Based on Global Normal Convergence Approaches....Pages 495-500
An Efficient Fuzzy Connectivity Method for Airway Tree Segmentation Using Fuzzy C-mean Algorithm....Pages 501-505
An Evaluation of Different Optical Flow Techniques for Myocardial Motion Analysis in B-Mode Echocardiography Images....Pages 506-510
An Iterative Algorithm for Microwave Tomography Using Modified Gauss-Newton Method....Pages 511-514
An Optimized Two-Stage Method for Ultrasound Breast Image Compression....Pages 515-518
Application of Motion Estimation Using Ultrasound Images....Pages 519-522
Area and Power Efficient Video Compressor for Endoscopic Capsules....Pages 523-527
Cell Imaging With The Widefield Surface Plasmon Microscope....Pages 528-531
Colour Number Coding Scheme for Human Blood Cell....Pages 532-535
Combining Texture Features with Extended Gradient Vector Flow Field for Automatic Detection and Segmentation of Lesions in Ultrasound Liver Images....Pages 536-539
Comparison between 3D and 2D Cephalometric Analyses....Pages 540-543
Computer Aided Bone Tumor Detection and Classification using X-ray Images....Pages 544-547
Computer Aided Photogrammetry for Facial Analysis....Pages 548-551
Detecting and Analysis of Parasite (Taenia) Using MatLab....Pages 552-554
Determination of Retinal Pigments from Fundus Images using Independent Component Analysis....Pages 555-558
Discriminatory Power of Cells Grouping Features for Breast Cancer Malignancy Classification....Pages 559-562
Early Diagnosis of Breast Carcinoma by Active Thermogram....Pages 563-565
FDTD Simulation of Radio Imaging Method for Biomedical Application....Pages 566-569
The Implementation of Wavelet-based Medical Image Compression Using JPEG2000 Image Coding Standard on a Grid Computing Scheme Utilizing Condor Distributed Batch System....Pages 570-574
Image Segmentation using Watershed Transformation for Facial Expression Recognition....Pages 575-578
Improved Diagnosis of Breast Tumor by Combining Ultrasound Elastography and Tissue Characterization — Phantom Based Analysis....Pages 579-582
Local and Global Contrast Stretching For Color Contrast Enhancement on Ziehl-Neelsen Tissue Section Slide Images....Pages 583-586
Measurement of Trabecular Bone Structure using Fractal Analysis....Pages 587-590
Measuring Blood Pressure Using a Photoplethysmography Approach....Pages 591-594
Measuring of Systolic Blood Pressure Based On Heart Rate....Pages 595-598
Modeling Heart Wall Motion in an Echocardiography System....Pages 599-602
Motion Estimation in Medical Imaging....Pages 603-606
Osteoporosis Presence Verification Using MACE Filter Based Statistical Models of Appearance with Application to Cervical X-ray Images....Pages 607-610
Protein Identification in Latex Gloves for Bio-compatibility using Maximum Minimal Variation Test....Pages 611-614
Quantification of Ablation Size in ex vivo Bovine Liver using Cool-Tip™ Radiofrequency Ablation System....Pages 615-618
Statistically Discrimination of Psoriasis Lesions with Chromatic Color Indices....Pages 619-623
Supervised Learning of ANN for Plaque Lesion Discrimination Based on Chromatic Color Indices....Pages 624-628
Texture Features Selection for Masses Detection In Digital Mammogram....Pages 629-632
The Influence of Crystal Material on Intercrystal Scattering and the Parallax Effect in PET Block Detectors: A Monte Carlo Study....Pages 633-636
Wavelet Based Automatic Segmentation Of Brain Tumors Using Optimal Texture Features....Pages 637-640
A Brain-Computer Interface with Intelligent Distributed Controller for Wheelchair....Pages 641-644
A New Device To Measure The Changes in Blood Volume During Pulseatile Cycle Non-invasively....Pages 645-648
A Novel Approach in Detecting Hydrocarbons Vapors....Pages 649-652
A Preliminary Study of Inhaled Pharmaceutical Aerosol Flow Characteristics in Metered Dose Inhaler Spacer....Pages 653-656
An Implemented System for Studying the Influence of Auricular Eye-Point Electrical Stimulation on PR-VEP....Pages 657-660
Blood Glucose Control In Type I Diabetics: An Output Feedback Approach....Pages 661-664
Design of Wireless Cardiac Rhythm Interpretive Instrument....Pages 665-669
EECP and Flow Rate of Coronary Arteries in Human Blood Circulation Model....Pages 670-673
Quantitative Measurements of Blood Vessels on Human Extremities by Near-Infrared (NIR) Technique....Pages 674-678
Review of the Use of Microwave in investigating the Dielectric Properties of Different Human Tissues....Pages 679-682
Studies On Skin Temperature Changes On A Diabetic Foot....Pages 683-686
Study of Heart Rate Changes in Different Salat’s Positions....Pages 687-690
Two Channel Abdominal PPG Instrumentation....Pages 691-693
Verifying of the Multi-Frequency Current Source for Electrical Impedance Tomography....Pages 694-698
2D Translation from a 6-DOF MEMS IMU’s Orientation for Freehand 3D Ultrasound Scanning....Pages 699-702
A Novel Technique for EPR Hiding in Medical Images for Telemedicine....Pages 703-706
Determination of Design Parameters of a Biosensor for Human Artery Pulse Wave Detection....Pages 707-710
Effect of Electrode Geometric Parameters on Droplet Translocation in Digital Micro-fluidic Biosensor....Pages 711-714
Emerging Trends of Body-Mounted Sensors in Sports and Human Gait Analysis....Pages 715-718
Microelectrode Fabrication Using Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) For Microfluidic Devices Employing Dielectrophoresis....Pages 719-722
Optimization of the Micro-Mixer with an Oscillating Stirrer using the Kriging Method....Pages 723-726
A Finite Element Approach for the Planning and Simulation of 3D Reconstruction of Maxillofacial Deformities....Pages 727-729
A Novel Technique For Malaria Diagnosis Using Invariant Moments And By Image Compression....Pages 730-733
Can Mathematical Models be Used to Predict Hip Joint Peak Contact Stress in the Clinical Studies?....Pages 734-737
Development of a Device to Provide Electrolyzed Water for Home Care....Pages 738-741
Effect of Transition Metal Ions on UV Profile of Urine....Pages 742-745
Quality Assurance and Control Of Clinical Engineering Activities....Pages 746-750
The Facial Soft Tissue Simulation of Orthognathic Surgery Using Biomechanical Model....Pages 751-757
Validation of Cone Beam CT Scan for Measurement of Palatal Depth in Study Casts....Pages 758-761
Web Based Online Diagnosis for Erectile Dysfunction Using International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF)....Pages 762-765
Development of an Alternative Socket Fabrication Method Using Hydrostatic Cast System: A Preliminary Study....Pages 766-768
Feature Evaluation to Reduce False Triggering in Threshold Based EMG Prosthetic Hand....Pages 769-772
3D Gesture Language Recognition System....Pages 773-777
An Efficient Gait Phase Detection Device Based on Magnetic Sensor Array....Pages 778-781
An Efficient Model to Decipher the Electroencephalogram Signals Using Machine Learning Approach....Pages 782-785
An Idea of an Assistive Computer Input Device Using Morse Code Recognition Controlled by Nipple Switch for Quadriplegics....Pages 786-789
Feature Extraction Based on Mel-Scaled Wavelet Packet Transform for the Diagnosis of Voice Disorders....Pages 790-793
Future Research on Muscle and Mental Fatigue in Industry: A Mini Review....Pages 794-797
Role of Muscle Strength in Dynamic Balance for Subjects with Knee Osteoarthritis....Pages 798-801
The Effect of Bench Drill Laboratory Hand Tool on Muscle Activity and Heart Rate Measurement....Pages 802-805
Effect of Collagen Type I (Rat Tail) on Cell Proliferation and Adhesion of BHK-21....Pages 806-809
Effect of D-glucose and L-glutamine in BRIN-BD11 Insulinoma Cell Culture Growth and Insulin Production....Pages 810-813
Engineering of Heart Valve Tissue using Myofibroblasts derived from Rat Artery seeded on PCLTF Scaffold — Preliminary Study....Pages 814-816
Finite Element Modeling of Bi-axial Cyclic Loadings on Chondrocyte-Seeded Agarose....Pages 817-820
 In Vitro Physical and Mechano-Chemical Properties of Biodegradable Scaffolds Fabricated with PCL and PCL-PEG....Pages 821-824
A Fractional Order Model of Electrically Coupled Neurons & Studying the Stability of This Model....Pages 825-828
A Novel Trypsin-like Serine Proteinase from the Venom of the Chinese Scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch ....Pages 829-832
Biosorption of Cd (II) from Water Using Citrobacter koseri ....Pages 833-837
Centric Fusions from Primary Cell Culture of Calf Kidney Applied to Chromosomal Evolution, Conservation and Speciation in the Bovidae Family....Pages 838-846
Comparative Analysis of Image Retrieval Approaches....Pages 847-850
Comparison between Biomechanical Characteristics of Stainless Steel and Bamboo Pylons: A Preliminary Study....Pages 851-853
Echocardiography Signal Modeling Considering Doppler Effect....Pages 854-857
E-health Applications Implementation Considerations....Pages 858-861
Malaysia and Telecare — A Preliminary Study....Pages 862-866
Nucleotide Composition of the Genomic and Protein-Coding Sequences in the two DNA Strands....Pages 867-870
On the Security of Zhou et al.’s Authentication and Integrity Scheme for Digital Mammography Images....Pages 871-874
Optimization of Process Conditions for Lactic Acid Recovery Using Organic Base....Pages 875-878
Optimization of Sorption of Pb (II) from Water Using Rice Bran....Pages 879-882
Particle Swarm Optimization Neural Network based Classification of Mental Tasks....Pages 883-888
Process Optimization for Bioprotein Production from Cheaper carbon source....Pages 889-892
Towards a Realistic Dental Simulator with Haptic Interface....Pages 893-896
Back Matter....Pages 897-908