6th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering: MBEC 2014, 7-11 September 2014, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Front Matter....Pages 1-31
Acute Mental Stress Assessment via Short Term HRV Analysis in Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review....Pages 1-4
Hidden Markov Model in Spectro-Temporal Tracking of Asthmatic Wheezing in Respiratory Sounds....Pages 5-8
On the Use of Acoustic Simulations and PESQ Measures for the Prediction of Speech Intelligibility in Sensorineural Hearing Loss....Pages 9-12
Objective Estimation of Hearing Compensation by Means of Auditory Spectral Representations....Pages 13-16
Oxygen Transfer to Tissue in Fluid Resuscitation....Pages 17-20
Pharmacokinetic/Hemodynamic Model for Propofol Concentration during Anesthesia....Pages 21-24
Removing Electrocardiogram in EMG Signals of Low Intensity....Pages 25-28
Personalized Protocol to Select Usable Movements for Myoelectric Pattern Recognition....Pages 29-33
Estimation of Foetal Contribution to ECG Recordings Using Oblique Projection Technique Exploiting Cyclostationary Properties of the Heartbeat Signals....Pages 34-37
Human Identification by Simultaneous Recording of Acceleration and ECG Data....Pages 38-41
Automatic Prediction of Falls via Heart Rate Variability and Data Mining in Hypertensive Patients: The SHARE Project Experience....Pages 42-45
Investigation of Alzheimer’s Disease EEG Frequency Components with Lempel-Ziv Complexity....Pages 46-49
Multivariate Spatial Analysis of Cognitive Signals Based on Selected Intrinsic Mode Functions....Pages 50-53
Multiple Correspondence Analysis Applied to EEG Attributes....Pages 54-57
Lempel Ziv Complexity of EEG in Depression....Pages 58-61
Hilbert-Huang Time-Frequency Analysis of Motor Imagery EEG Data for Brain-Computer Interfaces....Pages 62-65
Methods to Use Big Wearable Heart Rate Data for Estimation of Physical Activity in Population Level....Pages 66-69
Intelligent System for Emotion Recognition Based on Electrodermal Activity Processing....Pages 70-73
Automatic Prediction of Vascular Events by Heart Rate Variability Analysis in Hypertensive Patients....Pages 74-77
Real-Time Baseline Wander Removal from Electrooculography Using Probabilistic Baseline Prediction....Pages 78-81
Scout Particle Swarm Optimization....Pages 82-85
Integration of Characteristic Values with Symbolization in Knee Movement Analysis....Pages 86-89
A Multiple Treatments Meta-Analysis of a Response to the First-Line Treatment of the Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia....Pages 90-93
Evaluation and Extraction of Mismatch Negativity through Independent Component Analysis and Wavelet Decomposition....Pages 94-97
Denoising Pulse Wave Signal Based on Wavelet Decomposition....Pages 98-101
Uncertainties in Measurement of Nonlinear Dynamics in Heart Rate Variability....Pages 102-105
Influence of Spatio-Temporal Frequency of Dynamic Textures on Fixational Eye Movement in Central and Peripheral Vision....Pages 106-109
CTG-Based Multiparametric Risk Stratification of Pregnant Women with Smoking Habit and Pregnant Women with IUGR....Pages 110-113
Measurement Quality of MITS Reconstructed Tomosynthesis Slices Depending from Parameters of Images Acquiring and Reconstruction Algorithm....Pages 114-117
A Particle Filtering Method for Muscle Tissue Segmentation from MRI Images....Pages 118-121
Blood Vessel Segmentation and Centerline Tracking Using Local Structure Analysis....Pages 122-125
Estimation of Hip Prosthesis Migration: A Study of Zero Migration....Pages 126-129
A New Approach for Liver Classification Using Ridgelet / Ripplet-II Transforms, Feature Groups and ANN....Pages 130-133
Preprocess Enhancement of CT Image for Liver Segmentation with Region Growing Algorithm....Pages 134-137
Software-Based System for Automatic 3D Dendritic Spine Evaluation for Research on Alzheimer‘s Disease....Pages 138-141
The Automated Diagnosis of Strabismus Using an Infrared Camera....Pages 142-145
Determining Malignancy of Small Pulmonary Nodules by Nodule Characteristics....Pages 146-149
Lung Nodule Detection in X-Ray Images: A New Feature Set....Pages 150-155
Evaluation of Spatial Dependence Matrices on Multiscale Instantaneous Amplitude for Mammogram Classification....Pages 156-159
Shape-Based Clustering and Classification of Breast Microcalcifications in Micro-CT Images....Pages 160-163
Grating Lobe Suppression for Ultrasound Angle-Compounded Ultrafast Imaging....Pages 164-167
A Coupled 4-Dimensional “Temperature-Change in Backscattered Ultrasound Energy” Simulation Model....Pages 168-171
Comparative Study on Human Cartilage in Laryngological Transplantation Surgery Purposes by Means Confocal Fluorescence Microscope – Primary Study....Pages 172-175
Atherosclerotic Carotid Plaque Texture Variability in Ultrasound Video....Pages 176-179
A Symmetry Similarity Measure via the Log-Gabor Transform for B-Mode Ultrasound Images and Magnetic Resonance Volumes....Pages 180-183
Ensemble Based Optic Disc Detection Method....Pages 184-187
Carotid Pulse Transit Time a Useful Marker for Atherosclerosis in Hypertensive Patients?....Pages 188-191
Thermographic Analysis of Block and Cylindrical Bone Phantoms and In Vitro Human Bone Samples after Therapeutic Ultrasound Stimulation....Pages 192-195
Texture-Based Continuous Probabilistic Framework for Robust Medical Image Representation and Classification....Pages 196-199
Comparison of Different Quadratic Regularization for Electrical Impedance Tomography....Pages 200-203
Dynamic PET Data Generation and Analysis Software Tool for Evaluating the SNR Dependence on Kinetic Parameters Estimation....Pages 204-207
Automatic Window Size Estimation for Speckle Noise Filters....Pages 208-211
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Lymph Nodes Evaluation during Therapy through Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Images....Pages 212-215
Multimodal Image Analysis of Unstained Histological Sections....Pages 216-219
Evaluation of Scanner Image Properties of Radiochromic Film for Measuring Effective Energy....Pages 220-223
Evaluation of Dose Distribution According to Patient Setup Errors in Pediatric Head CT Examination: A Phantom Study....Pages 224-227
Assessment of the Extent of Breath Holding on Expiratory CT Examination: Comparison with Pulmonary Function Tests....Pages 228-231
Body Temperature Depression to Training Exercise in Normobaric Hypoxia – Primary Studies....Pages 232-235
Dynamic Ultrasound with a Novel Technique for Clinical Assessment of the Subacromial Space Stenosis: A Pilot Study....Pages 236-239
A New Simplified Practical Analysis for Measuring the Presampled MTF Using a “Virtual Slit” Image from an Edge Image....Pages 240-243
Coronary Tree Matching Based on Association Graphs with Artificial Nodes....Pages 244-247
Fusion of Functional and Structural Brain Networks Using Graph Modeling with Intermediate Nodes....Pages 248-251
Modelling Periodic Motion for Background Subtraction in X-Ray Imaging....Pages 252-255
Charge Counter for Performing Active Charge-Balance in Miniaturized Electrical Stimulators....Pages 256-259
On the Transformer Effects in the Measurements of Capacitive Intrabody Communication Transmission Characteristics Using Grounded Instruments....Pages 260-263
RR Time Series Comparison Obtained by H7 Polar Sensors or by Photoplethysmography Using Smartphones: Breathing and Devices Influences....Pages 264-267
Quality of Human Activities Measurement from Accelerometer Data of a Smartphone....Pages 268-272
Development of LabVIEW Based Micro Computed Tomography System on Vertical Rotary Gantry....Pages 273-276
Comparison of Geant4/Gamos with Monte Carlo Multilayer: Photon Transport in Tissue-Simulating Phantom for Glucose Sensing....Pages 277-280
Wavelet Based Analysis of the Heart Rate during Recovery in a Guided Rehabilitation Exercise Program....Pages 281-284
Mechanical Properties of Lumbar Bilateral Systems Using Two Different Spinal Rods are Comparable....Pages 285-289
Use of the Color Spaces in Determining the Level of Hemolysis in Blood under Storage....Pages 290-293
The Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity Estimation for Arterial Stiffness Assessment....Pages 294-297
Cylindrical Cuvette Light Refraction Measurements Technology to Analyse Biomedical Liquids....Pages 298-301
Analysis of Skeletal Muscle Performance Using Piezoelectric Film Sensor....Pages 302-304
Stability Evaluation of the Elderly Using a Force Plate....Pages 305-308
Mapping of the Magnetic Field in a Prototype Developed for Magnetic Stimulation of Bone Fractures in Animal Models....Pages 309-312
Establishment of Vascular Networks in Biochips Using Co-cultures of Adipose Derived Stem Cells and Endothelial Cells in a 3D Fibrin Matrix....Pages 313-317
Novel Fabrication and Operation of Microfluidic Platforms for On-Chip Single Cell Isolation and Bioanalysis....Pages 318-321
Microscopic Tubular Cell Organization for Artificial Vascularization....Pages 322-325
Magnetic-Dipole Applicator for Magnetic Nanotherapy of Tumor....Pages 326-328
Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Iron Oxide Magnetic Nanoparticles for Magneto Fluid Hyperthermia Therapy....Pages 329-332
Multiparametric Biosensor for Detection and Monitoring of Bacterial Biofilm Adhesion and Growth....Pages 333-336
Crystalline Bacterial Protein Nanolayers for Cell Micropatterning....Pages 337-340
Fabrication of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) - Based Flexible Electrode Array for Improving Tissue Contact....Pages 341-344
Types of Failures in Porcelain-Fused-to-Metal Dental Restoration....Pages 345-348
Development of Collagen Cross-Linked with Dialdehyde Cellulose as a Potential 3D Scaffold for Neural Tissue Engineering....Pages 349-352
Newly Walking Toddlers: How Do Different Strategies Combine When Developing Pendulum Mechanism?....Pages 353-355
Integration of Surface EMG, US Imaging and 3D Kinematic: New Frontiers for Muscle Function Investigation....Pages 356-359
Is There a Relationship between Clinical Rating Scales and Instrumental Gait Stability Measures?....Pages 360-362
Simultaneous Measurement of Trunk Orientation and Centre of Pressure for Postural Stability Evaluation....Pages 363-366
Design and Characterization of Soft Actuator for Hand Rehabilitation Application....Pages 367-370
Intraoperative 3D Finite Element Computation Using CUDA....Pages 371-374
Force Control of a Rigid Robot with a Flexible Link....Pages 375-378
Fringe Field Navigation for Catheterization....Pages 379-382
Application of 3D Printed Drill Guides in Implant Dentistry....Pages 383-386
Characterisation of Mechanical Properties of Human Pulmonary and Aortic Tissue....Pages 387-390
Wall Shear Stress Distribution in Aneurysm Initiation in an Idealized Three-Layered Abdominal Aorta....Pages 391-394
Investigating the Use of Turbulence Models for Flow Investigations in a Positive Displacement Ventricular Assist Device....Pages 395-398
The Influence of the Opening Angle on the Stress Distribution through the Saphenous Vein Wall....Pages 399-402
The Model of Global Blood Circulation and Applications....Pages 403-406
Design of a Modular Small Dimensions Force Platform for Gait Analysis....Pages 407-410
Effect of Kinesio Taping on the Wrist Joint Stability during Food Cutting Tasks....Pages 411-414
Classification of Asthma Utilizing Integrated Software Suite....Pages 415-418
Abdominal Breathing by Using an Intelligent Tutoring System....Pages 419-422
Physiological Responses to Different CO 2 Levels in Poor Ventilation Room....Pages 423-426
Shape Analysis of Oscillometric Pulses....Pages 427-430
A Mathematical Model of Interleukin-6 Dynamics during Exercise....Pages 431-434
An Analysis of the Hemoglobin Glycation Rate in the A1C-Derived Average Glucose Study Population Applying a Monte Carlo Method....Pages 435-438
Statistical Analysis of Intravascular Ultrasound Virtual Histology Measurements....Pages 439-443
Lung Perfusion Parameters in the Diagnosis of Diabetic Pulmonary Microangiopathy....Pages 444-447
Impact of Aging on Heart Rate Variability Properties of Healthy Subjects....Pages 448-451
Linear AR Models for Description of a Stress-Test Heart Rate in Horses....Pages 452-455
Effects of Aging on Vascular Wall Elasticity in Human Digital Artery Analyzed by Photoplethysmographic Pulsations....Pages 456-459
Respiration Effect on Peripheral Microcirculation Dynamics....Pages 460-463
An Investigation of the Relationship between Heart Rate Variability and Pulse Transit Time under Cold Stimulus....Pages 464-467
Compound Cylinder Model of Both Carotid Artery and the Surrounding Tissues for Evaluating the Degree of Arteriosclerosis....Pages 468-471
In Vivo Measurements of Respiratory Parameters during HFPV....Pages 472-475
Evaluation of Denoising Algorithms for Phonocardiograms Based on Computerized Quality Assessment....Pages 476-480
Diagnosis of Epilepsy from EEG Signals Using Global Wavelet Power Spectrum....Pages 481-484
Muscle Artifact Removal in Ictal Scalp-EEG Based on Blind Source Separation....Pages 485-488
An Incremental Approach to Clinical EEG Data Classification....Pages 489-492
Cortical Evoked Response during Dynamic Visual Stimulation on Sitting and Orthostatic Positions....Pages 493-496
A New Dynamic Virtual Stimulation Protocol to Induce Vection....Pages 497-500
Detecting Evoked Responses under Stimulation Driven by Maximum-Length Sequences....Pages 501-504
Vibratory Evoked Potentials....Pages 505-508
Development of a Closed Loop Stimulation System for Epilepsy Therapy....Pages 509-512
“Acoustical Vision” in Patients with Visual Deficit: A Neural Network Study....Pages 513-516
Hybrid BCI for Controlling a Robotic Arm over an IP Network....Pages 517-520
Overview of the Physiological Light Flicker Effects and Estimation of the Light Flicker in the Electrical Power Networks....Pages 521-524
A Sweep Operator-Based Algorithm for Multiple Coherence Estimation in BCI Applications....Pages 525-528
Rehabilitation System for the Motion Analysis of the Wobble Board....Pages 529-532
High-Speed Imaging of Ultrasound-Mediated Bacterial Biofilm Disruption....Pages 533-536
Silicone Fiber Electrospinning for Medical Applications....Pages 537-540
Protein Adsorption and Adhesion of Blood Platelets on Silicone Rubber under Static and Dynamic Flow Conditions....Pages 541-544
Transmembrane Pressure as an Indicator of a Density of Endothelial Cells Cultured Inside Capillaries of a Membrane Bioreactor under Dynamic Conditions....Pages 545-548
The Behavior of Embryonic Neural Cells within the 3D Micro-structured Collagen-Based Scaffolds....Pages 549-552
Electrical Impedance Measurements on Electropermeabilized Cells Attached to Microelectrodes....Pages 553-556
Electrical Properties of Hydrogenated Planar Lipid Bilayers Formed from Archaea Lipids at Different Temperatures....Pages 557-560
Archaeosomes Prepared from Aeropyrum Pernix K1 Lipids as an In Vivo Targeted Delivery System for Subsequent Nanosecond Electroporation....Pages 561-564
A Feasibility Study to Mitigate Tissue-Tumor Heterogeneity Using High Frequency Bipolar Electroporation Pulses....Pages 565-568
Electrical Resistance of Tumor Tissue during Electroporation: An Ex-Vivo Study on Human Lipomatous Tumors....Pages 569-572
Impact of Liver Vasculature on Electric Field Distribution during Electroporation Treatments: An Anatomically Realistic Numerical Study....Pages 573-576
Advanced Numerical Methods in Electroporation....Pages 577-580
Transmembrane Transport and Anticancer Activity of Strontium Ranelate Delivered with Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields (nsPEFs) into Human Cells in Vitro....Pages 581-585
Comparison of Protocols for Synchronized Electroporation Pulse Delivery....Pages 586-589
Computational Study to Assess Whether the Heat Sink Effect of Blood Flow Inside the Portal Vein Could Thermally Protect Its Wall during RF-Assisted Resection....Pages 590-593
Searching for Significant Genes in Cancer Metastasis by Tissue Comparisons....Pages 594-597
Towards Single-Cell Gene Expression Profiling: Assessing Amplification Biases....Pages 598-601
Predicting microRNA Expression from Sequence....Pages 602-604
Potential Activated Pathways Related to Progress of Bladder Cancer Explored by Protein Networks with Gene Expression Changes....Pages 605-608
Experience of Lean Six Sigma Quality Approach to Hospital Laboratory Services....Pages 609-612
Lean Thinking in Hospital: Case Study at the Pathology Laboratory....Pages 613-616
A Web-Based Medical Equipment Management System....Pages 617-620
Information Extraction, Matching and Reporting for Medical Devices Vigilance....Pages 621-624
EUREKA: A Web Based Search Engine for Hospitals....Pages 625-628
Medical Device Procurement Tracking System: Concept and Methods....Pages 629-632
A Web Based Integrated Healthcare Facility Management System....Pages 633-636
An Innovative Methodology for Cost Optimization of the Maintenance of Medical Devices....Pages 637-640
Assessment of Emerging Health Technology: Lombardy Region Model....Pages 641-644
Interaction of Infusion Set and Volumetric Infusion Pump and Their Impact on the Quality of Treatment....Pages 645-648
The STREAMER European Project. Case Study: Careggi Hospital in Florence....Pages 649-652
Evaluating Wearable Activity Recognition and Fall Detection Systems....Pages 653-656
Integrating the USEFIL Assisted Living Platform; Observation from the Field....Pages 657-660
Smart Living - Home Rehabilitation Training System Using an Interactive Television....Pages 661-665
The Usage of Smartphones in Remote ECG Monitoring Scenarios....Pages 666-669
Short-Term Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment: Comparison of Two Combination Approaches....Pages 670-673
Trend Analysis of Telemonitoring for the Prediction of Heart Failure Decompensation Events....Pages 674-677
Multi-parametric Trends Analysis and Events Prediction in the Context of a Cardiac Rehabilitation System....Pages 678-681
System for Assisted Exercising and Qualitative Exercise Assessment....Pages 682-686
A Two-Stage Programming Approach to Fluence Map Optimization for Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning....Pages 687-690
RESPONSE, an Electronic Health Patient Information Software for Radiation Therapy....Pages 691-694
An Integrated mHealth Solution for Enhancing Patients’ Health Online....Pages 695-698
IMRT Inverse Planning Using Simulated Annealing....Pages 699-702
A Decision-Support System for Expecting Mothers and Obstetricians....Pages 703-706
PinCloud: Effective Personalization and Self-management of Health Data and Care Services....Pages 707-710
Agile Development for Smart User Interfaces to Cancer Registries....Pages 711-714
Sending and Retrieving e-Prescriptions across Europe: Lessons Learned....Pages 715-718
Virtual Reality System for Assisted Exercising Using WBAN....Pages 719-722
Delay Analysis of IEEE 802.15.6 Use of Emergency Medical Services on Human Body Communication....Pages 723-727
System for Calculating of Compensating Insulin Dose from Voice Description of Meal....Pages 728-731
New Web Application Allows Healthcare Decision Makers to Monitor the Performance of Hospitals through Inpatient Quality Indicators....Pages 732-735
Transformations for Parametric Modeling of Censored Data in Survival Analysis....Pages 736-739
Is Random Survival Forest an Alternative to Cox Proportional Model on Predicting Cardiovascular Disease?....Pages 740-743
Investigation of Power Consumption with Different MAC Layer Protocols for Galvanic Coupling Intra-body Communication....Pages 744-748
Multi-layer Data Model: A Contribution to Semantic Interoperability....Pages 749-752
Timed Fuzzy Cognitive Maps for Supporting Obstetricians’ Decisions....Pages 753-756
CxCaDSS: A Web-Based Clinical Decision Support System for Cervical Cancer....Pages 757-760
Embedding Internship Programs to Augment BME Education....Pages 761-764
How Can Biomedical Engineers Benefit from the New Expert Level Course of the EUTEMPE-RX Project....Pages 765-768
Application of Advanced Techniques for Online Presentation of Educational Material for Education and Training Developed within the EUTEMPE-RX Project....Pages 769-772
Challenged Teaching in Medical Engineering Based on the Spiral Approach....Pages 773-776
Microfluidic in Vitro Platforms of Pulmonary Alveolar Physiology....Pages 777-780
Micro-/Nano-Technologies and Microelectronics for Neuroscience Research and Applications....Pages 781-784
Microfluidic Platform for Multiplexed Cell Sampling and Time-Resolved SPR-Based Cytokine Sensing....Pages 785-788
Polymer Capsules and Electroporation....Pages 789-792
Impact of the Use of Nanoparticles on Electric Field Distribution during Irreversible Electroporation Treatments: Can the Lesion be Enhanced Beyond IRE Margin?....Pages 793-796
Theoretical Considerations for the Potential of Controlled Drug Release from Lipid Vesicles by Means of Electroporation or Electrofusion....Pages 797-800
Modeling of Irreversible Electroporation Treatments for the Optimization of Pancreatic Cancer Therapies....Pages 801-804
The First Clinical Experience with Electrochemotherapy of the Colorectal Liver Metastases....Pages 805-808
Irreversible Electroporation for the Treatment of Brain Tumors: Pre-clinical Results in a Canine Model of Spontaneous Glioma....Pages 809-812
Simulation of In Vivo Irreversible Electroporation Renal Ablations....Pages 813-816
A Numerical Evaluation of the Cell Kill Distributions due to Thermal Damage in Electrochemotherapy....Pages 817-820
Selective Electroporation of Liver Tumor Nodules by Means of Hypersaline Infusion: A Feasibility Study....Pages 821-824
Effect of Blood Vessel Segmentation on the Outcome of Electrochemotherapy of Liver Tumors - Preliminary Theoretical Study....Pages 825-828
2-d vs 3-d: The Importance of Modelling in Three Dimensions for Planning Electroporation-Based Treatments....Pages 829-832
Electric Field Distribution in Ex Vivo Muscle Tissue with Anisotropic Conductivity Values at a Millimeter Scale Obtained by Using DT-MREIT....Pages 833-836
Theoretical Considerations on the Use of Diffusion Weighted MRI for Detection of In Vivo Brain Electroporation....Pages 837-840
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Depiction of Non Thermal Irreversible Electroporation Treated Liver....Pages 841-845
Magnetic Resonance Current Density Imaging: Applications to Electrochemotherapy and Irreversible Electroporation....Pages 846-849
Monitoring of Electric Field Distribution during Electroporation by Means of MREIT: From Concept to Experiments....Pages 850-853
Electrical Characterization in Time Domain – Sample Rate and ADC Precision....Pages 854-857
Modular System for Spectral Analysis of Time-Variant Impedances....Pages 858-861
Comparative Study of Bioimpedance Analysis Methods for Nutritional Assessment of COPD Patients....Pages 862-865
Analysis of a Single Supply Constant Current Source for Bioimpedance Measurements....Pages 866-869
Bioimpedance Method with a Conductive Floating Electrode....Pages 870-872
Electrical Impedance Simulation on a 3D Root Canal FEM Model of a Tooth Incorporating EDL at the Electrode Surface....Pages 873-876
Ability to Determine Dynamic Respiratory Parameters Evaluated during Forced Vital Capacity Maneuver Using Impedance Pneumography....Pages 877-880
Verification of the Respiratory Parameters Derived from Impedance Pneumography during Normal and Deep Breathing in Three Body Postures....Pages 881-884
Transient Analysis of Biological Tissue Modelled by Cole-Cole Dispersions Based on Numerical Inversion of Laplace Transform....Pages 885-888
Case Management Techniques Capturing Individual Dysfunctionality....Pages 889-892
Assessment of Energy Expended in Physical Activity by a Smartphone-Based System....Pages 893-896
Low Power Fall Detection System....Pages 897-901
Physiologic Parameter Calculation Supporting Local and Telemetric Analysis....Pages 902-905
Verification of Devices for Ambient Assisted Living through Hardware-Software Co-simulation....Pages 906-909
Validation of a Smartphone Gait Analysis System....Pages 910-913
Scalable, Wearable, Unobtrusive Sensor Network for Multimodal Human Monitoring with Distributed Control....Pages 914-917
Unobtrusive Monitoring of Cardiovascular Health at Home Using a Modified Weighing Scale....Pages 918-921
Short-Term Photoplethysmography Embedded in Household Appliances....Pages 922-925
IUPESM-HTTG Workshop on Radiological Equipment Maintenance Issues....Pages 926-929
Changing High Frequency Oscillatory Patterns in Early Visual Cortex with MEG Neurofeedback....Pages 930-933
Spatiotemporal Analysis of Brain Functional Connectivity....Pages 934-937
Functional Connectivity during Elbow Movements: Comparison between Motor and Non-motor Task....Pages 938-941
Tracking Multiple Phase Coupling Dynamics on a Single Trial Basis....Pages 942-945
UWB Radar Imaging Based on Space-Time Beamforming for Stroke Detection....Pages 946-949
The Evolution of Clinical Engineering Certification in Canada....Pages 950-953
Clinical Engineering Certification and Education in Italy....Pages 954-957
Certification of Clinical Biomedical Engineers - The Irish Experience....Pages 958-960
Certification of Clinical Engineers in Sweden....Pages 961-963
Practical Experience with Implementation of Legal Regulations in Biomedical and Clinical Engineering in the Czech Republic....Pages 964-966
Medical Engineering in Poland....Pages 967-969
Clinical Engineering Certification in the US and Asia– 1970’s to Present....Pages 970-973
Why Some Clinical Biomedical Engineers May Doubt Today Whether to Stay or Go Away?....Pages 974-977
Academic Bolognian and Medical Postgraduate Education of Medical Engineers in Poland on Example of Warsaw University of Technology....Pages 978-980
Improving Italian Healthcare Service Quality Using Analytic Hierarchy Process Methodology....Pages 981-984
Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to Select the Surgical Approach in Hernia Repair: Laparoscopic (TAPP) versus Open Surgery....Pages 985-987
User Preferences for Design Scenarios of a New Imaging Technique to Detect Breast Cancer....Pages 988-991
User Requirements for Incorporating Diabetes Modeling Techniques in Disease Management Tools....Pages 992-995
Fuzzy ANP Approach for Selection of Group Health Insurance Plans....Pages 996-999
Hierarchy Definition for the Evaluation of a Telehealth System for Parkinson’s Disease Management....Pages 1000-1003
Application of AHP Tool for Choosing a Medical Research Area....Pages 1004-1007
Current State of Biomedical Engineering Education in Armenia and Perspectives of Development with TEMPUS IV BME-ENA Project....Pages 1008-1011
High Education in Biomedical Engineering in Republic of Moldova....Pages 1012-1014
Disaster Preparedness Program for Health Facility’s Technology Managers....Pages 1015-1018
Erratum: Investigating the Use of Turbulence Models for Flow Investigations in a Positive Displacement Ventricular Assist Device....Pages E1-E1
Back Matter....Pages 1-14