Bioengineering. Proceedings of Eighth Northeast Conference

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EIGHTH ANNUAL NORTHEAST BIOENGINEERING CONFERENCE: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Page i
ROSTER OF THE NORTHEAST (NEW ENGLAND) BIOENGINEERING CONFERENCES, Page ii
AN OSTEOCLAST FOR WHOLE BONE TESTING, Pages 1-3, Howard Wesley Smith, Carl R. Kulp
THE ANISOTROPIC PROPERTIES OF TRABECULAR BONE, Pages 4-7, T.P. Harrigan, I. Oh, W.H. Harris, R.W. Mann, D.R. Carter
Mechanical Strength of the Prosthetic-Methyl Methacrylate Bone Bond, Pages 8-11, Robert E. Kuhlman, Carlo P. Caciolo
CERAMIC MATERIALS FOR DELIVERING POLYPEPTIDE HORMONE, Pages 12-16, S.N. Khot, P.K. Bajpai, G.A. Graves Jr., D.E. McCullum
A COMPOSITE CERAMIC-POLYMER MATERIAL USED FOR ALVEOLAR BONE PRESERVATION, Pages 17-22, J.P. Rausch, E.A. Monroe, S. Natarajan
FATIGUE CHARACTERISTICS OF AVIAN LEG TENDONS, Pages 27-34, Douglas Hertford, James Gurtowski, Edward Lewis
TELEMETRY OF REGIONAL TISSUE BLOOD FLOW USING HYDROGEN CLEARANCE, Pages 35-38, Ward J. McFarland Jr., Spyros G. Condos, Alexander S. Geha
MINIMIZING THE EFFECT OF GAS TRAPPING ON STATIC PRESSURE-VOLUME CURVES OF EXCISED LUNGS, Pages 39-42, David G. Frazer, P.W. Stengel, Kenneth C. Weber
AN INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM FOR CLINICAL VESTIBULAR TESTING, Pages 43-47, J.R. TOLE, L.R. YOUNG, C.M. OMAN, A.D. WEISS
A Middle Ear Prosthesis, Pages 48-50, Stephen P. Simonin, Allen Dean Drake
Portable Fume Hood to Evacuate Methyl Methacrylate Monomer Vapors, Pages 51-52, Karen E. Kullas, Richard G. Congdon
AN IMPROVED MICROCOMPUTER-BASED DATA ACQUISITION AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS TESTING, Pages 53-56, William G. Crosier, Roy A. Reed
A MICROCOMPUTER CONTROLLED MANIPULATOR FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS, Pages 57-60, Winalee Beeson
COMPUTER AIDED TRACKING OF RADIOPAQUE MARKERS MOUNTED ON THE MYOCARDIUM, Pages 61-65, A.A. Holeczy, M. Negin, G.D. Meier
Processing the Ambulatory Electrocardiogram and Pulse Wave Signals With a Multiple Microprocessor Network, Pages 66-70, Robert L. Martino, Robert W. Newcomb
Microprocessor enhanced diagnosis of arterial disease, Pages 71-78, D.T. Gibbons, D.H. Evans, W.W. Barrie
OPTIMIZATION OF RIGIDITY IN FIXATION OF PHALANGEAL FRACTURES, Pages 79-82, Noshir Langrana, Harold Alexander, James B. Massengill, Andrew B. Weiss
Treatment of Delayed Union in Long Bones using Pulsed Magnetic Fields, Pages 83-86, J. Watson, E.M. Downes
THE MECHANICS OF INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING, Page 87, D. Seligson, J. Horan, S. Stanwyck, M. Pope
RESIDUAL STRAIN IN BONE, Pages 88-90, David Seligson, Peter Lally, Scott Stanwyck, Malcolm H. Pope
Evaluation of Hip Nails: A Preliminary Study, Pages 91-94, F. Wong, J. Aversa, S. Saha, U. Weil
Influence of the Dielectric Properties on the Electromechanical Effect in Bone, Pages 95-96, Marvin W. Johnson, Dennis A. Chakkalakal, Richard A. Harper, J. Lawrence Katz
The Role of Fluid in the Dielectric Properties of Wet Bone, Pages 98-102, Richard A. Harper, J. Lawrence Katz, Dennis A. Chakkalakal, Marvin W. Johnson, Mark J. Soulliere
MICROPROCESSING SYSTEM ANALYSIS OF DOPPLER ULTRASOUND FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE, Pages 103-107, NADLER RD, DETMER DE, SHARPE KR, FOLTS JF
BROADBAND MATCHING OF ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS TO PRODUCE MAXIMALLY FLAT DELAY, Pages 108-113, Greg Thiel, Jonny Andersen
ULTRASONIC REFLECTIONS FROM BILHARZIAL POLYPS AND A MEAN FOR TREATMENT, Pages 114-120, ABOU-BAKR M. YOUSSEF, ABDEL HAMID RASHWAN
Non-Invasive Determination of Bone Strength Using Ultrasound, Pages 121-126, George W. Pratt Jr.
APPLICATION OF TRANSMISSION ULTRASOUND IN STUDY OF LUNG TISSUE, Pages 127-132, P.C. Pedersen
A Computer Controlled System for Ultrasonic Hyperthermia Treatment, Pages 133-136, R.C. Greenwald, K.J. Parker, P.P. Lele
PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELING: THE LONG-TERM GROWTH OF THE EYE, Pages 137-140, Otis S. Brown, Francis A. Young
A MODEL FOR OBJECT COLOR PERCEPTION IN SPATIALLY COMPLEX VISUAL FIELDS, Pages 141-149, G. Buchsbaum
PILOT EYE SCANNING BEHAVIOR AS AN INDEX OF MENTAL LOADING, Pages 150-155, A.T. STEPHENS, J.R. TOLE, A. EPHRATH, L.R. YOUNG
An In Vitro Evaluation of the Fluid Filled Oculoplethysmograph, Pages 156-161, Jay S. Meisner, Ken S. Allen, Bill C. Penney, Richard H. Jundanian, H. Brownell Wheeler, Robert A. Peura
MECHANICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN MYOPIA, Page 162, Peter R. Greene
AN INTERACTIVE, MULTIPROCESSING IMAGE-ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR AN AUTOMATED CYTOLOGY LAB, Pages 163-167, Jonathan M. Teich, Ian T. Young
SELF-DIAGNOSTICS AND SERVICEABILITY IN MICROPROCESSOR-BASED MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, Pages 168-173, R. Mullen, J. Barnes
A simple deconvolution and convolution method for use in several dimensions, Pages 174-176, Erik Sjøntoft
SELF-CALIBRATING DIGITAL MYOPROCESSOR, Page 177, Loretta M. Deming, Neville Hogan
The PHYSED System, Pages 178-183, L.J. Vroomen, L.C. Vroomen, M.C. Greenisen
QUANTITATIVE THREE-DIMENSIONAL DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF HUMAN MOVEMENT, Page 184, E.K. Antonsson, R.W. Mann
THE EVALUATION OF HEART RATE VARIATIONS ON THE HUMAN FETUS USING SPECTRAL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES, Pages 185-191, R.D. McKinney, L.A. Escarcena, R. Depp
STOCHASTIC MODELING OF FETAL HEART RATE VARIABILITY: PROCEDURES AND APPLICATIONS, Pages 192-196, Wolfram Jarisch, John S. Detwiler
PHYSICAL BASES FOR THE ESTIMATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR PULSATION AMPLITUDES BY INTERGATED CHEST RADIOGRAPHY, Pages 197-203, R.E. Wernikoff, R.E. Dinsmore, S.W. Miller
SERVO SYSTEM FOR CARDIAC MECHANICS EXPERIMENTS, Pages 204-209, Y. Ariel, D.K. Bogen, T.A. McMahon
BIAXIAL ESOPHAGEAL ACCELEROMETRY - CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS, Pages 210-213, Alfred C. Pinchak, R.S. Wiley, C. Kovijanic, J.M. Schulz
PHASE PLANE ANALYSIS AS A SENSITIVE INDICATOR OF LEFT VENTRICULAR KINETICS, Pages 214-218, A.D. Nelson, L.T. Andrews, R.F. Leighton, M. Gupta, J.W. Klingler
STRESS THERMOGRAPHY OF THE BREAST, Pages 219-223, John M. Jurist, David B. Myers
A New Infrared Array Radiometer With Automatic Pattern Recognition For Medical Thermography, Pages 224-229, Kenneth J. Schlager
AN IMPLANTABLE TELEMETERING SYSTEM FOR USE IN LONG-TERM POST-OPERATIVE MONITORING, Pages 230-236, Kenji Ikeda, Akira Watanabe, Masao Saito
ELECTRIC FIELD CONTROL OF MEMBRANE PEREMABILITY, Pages 237-241, S.R. Eisenberg, A.J. Grodzinsky
EVALUATION AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF A CLINICAL CHROMOSOME SLIDE PREPARATION SYSTEM, Pages 242-247, R.D. McKinney, M.S. Shaunnessey, A.O. Martin
“DESIGN OF A SELF-CONTAINED, REGENERATIVE, ACTIVE/PASSIVE, MICROCOMPUTER-CONTROLLED ABOVE-KNEE PROSTHESIS”, Pages 248-249, Brad L. Hunter, Woodie C. Flowers
The problem of error magnification in the center and angle of rotation: A Statistical Approach, Pages 250-253, S.D. Walter, M.M. Panjabi, V.K. Goel
INFORMATION TRANSMISSION BY TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTROCUTANEOUS PHANTOM SENSATION, Pages 254-258, Susumu Tachi, Kazuo Tanie, Kiyoshi Komoriya, Kiichiro Asaba, Yoshiyuki Tomita, Minoru Abe
THE TRISPHERICAL TOTAL SHOULDER PROSTHESIS, Pages 259-263, Anthony G. Gristina
A MICROPROCESSOR CONTROLLED ARM PROSTHESIS, Pages 264-267, David T. Gibbons, Micheal D. O\'Riain, Keith A. Reuben
“A MICROCOMPUTER-CONTROLLED ABOVE-KNEE PROSTHESIS AND BIOFEEDBACK/GAIT ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE POST-OPERATIVE AMPUTEES”, Pages 268-270, Michael P. Shepley, Woodie C. Flowers, Joseph Barr Jr.
INSTRUMENTATION FOR CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION, Pages 271-274, Joshua E. Tsitlik, Nisha Chandra, Myron L. Weisfeldt
NONINVASIVE MEASUREMENT OF NET OXYGEN TRANSPORT: A FEASIBILITY STUDY, Pages 275-279, Theresa M. Donahoe, Richard L. Longini
DESIGN AND IN VITRO PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF A VORTEX TUBE LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE, Pages 280-284, John L. Battaglioli, J. Richard Shanebrook
A STABLE HIGHLY SENSITIVE IMPLANTABLE PRESSURE TRANSDUCER FOR ARTIFICIAL HEART, Pages 285-288, Larry Skala, Michael Goldowsky
Statistical Treatment of Cardiac Vectors, Pages 289-292, Stephen Dubin, Robert Loring, John Weiher, Albert Herr
Automated Classification of Electrocardiographic Body Surface Maps, Pages 293-295, A.K. Evans, R.L. Lux
MASS TRANSPORT IN A BRONCHIAL BIFURCATION MODEL, Pages 296-301, P.W. Scherer, F.R. Haselton
CHARACTERIZATION OF PULMONARY INJURY INDUCED BY OLEIC ACID INFUSION, Pages 302-307, Harvey S. Borovetz, James J. Murphy, Geoffrey Levine, Robert F. Debski, Robert L. Peel, Conrad Wall, Robert L. Hardesty
Implications of Geometry, Structure and Function of the Pulmonary Trunk, Page 308, R.G. Krishnan, J. Melbin, A. Noordergraaf
AN ANALYSIS OF PULMONARY PHASE ANGLE DURING INFLATION AND DEFLATION OF EXCISED LUNGS, Pages 309-311, Charles F. Stanley, William R. Powell
LUNG PRESERVATION AND FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION FOR TRANSPLANTATION: DESCRIPTION OF A NEW METHOD OF VENTILATION, Pages 312-315, J.W. Klay, W.J. McFarland Jr., S.G. Condos, A.S. Geha
APPLICATIONS OF SUBLIMINAL VIDEO AND AUDIO STIMULI IN THERAPEUTIC, EDUCATIONAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND COMMERCIAL SETTINGS, Pages 316-320, Hal C. Becker, Kathleen D. Charbonnet, Dominic R. Marino, Charles G. Steck, E. Selwyn Warren III
Using Hospital Clinical Information Systems to Control Cost as Well as to Improve Care, Pages 321-324, Richard J. Johns, Bruce I. Blum
AN OVERVIEW OF THE FDA MEDICAL DEVICE REGULATIONS, Pages 325-327, David A. Jacobs, James A. Connor, Paul M. Chetham, A. Kent Harnois, Maurice R. Brodeur, David M. Flynn, Peter W. Kotilainan, Robert A. Peura
THE CLINICAL ENGINEER\'S IDENTITY CRISIS, Pages 328-331, Raymond Peter Zambuto, Richard G. Congdon, Saul Aronow
PROBLEM SOLVING IN CLINICAL ENGINEERING, Pages 332-334, Richard G. Congdon, Raymond Peter Zambuto, Karen E. Kullas
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT, Pages 335-337, RICHARD G. CONGDON
EDUCATION AND TRANSFER OF BIOENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, Pages 338-342, RUIZ C. HUMBERTO
GEOMETRY OF THE HUMAN HIP JOINT, Pages 343-345, S. Tepic, R.W. Mann, W.H. Harris
FEMORAL COMPONENT LOOSENING AFTER TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT, Pages 346-349, E.L. Radin, C.T. Rubin, L.E. Lanyon, E.L. Thrasher, A.M. Crugnola, A.S. Schiller, I.L. Paul, R.M. Rose
THE INFLUENCE OF LOAD PARAMETERS ON PRESSURE DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE HUMAN HIP JOINT, Page 350, Thomas Macirowski, Robert W. Mann, William H. Harris
A BASIC DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF NORMAL HUMAN PROXIMAL FEMORA, Pages 351-354, R.G. Averill, N. Pachtman, W.L. Jaffe
THE EARLY RESULTS OF HIP RESURFACING, Pages 355-360, Hugh U. Cameron
COMPARISON OF DECISION RULES FOR AUTOMATIC EEG CLASSIFICATION, Pages 361-369, Thomas P. Yunck, Franz B. Tuteur
A MICROPROCESSOR-BASED ECG MONITOR FOR AMBULATORY PATIENTS, Pages 370-374, George B. Moody, Roger G. Mark, Walter H. Olson, Scott K. Peterson, Paul S. Schluter, Joseph B. Walters Jr.
AN INVESTIGATION OF INDICES DERIVED FROM R-R INTERVAL VALUES IN CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS, Pages 375-379, Francesco Pinciroli
A BEDSIDE CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA MONITOR, Pages 380-384, Paul S. Schluter, Roger G. Mark
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA MONITOR IGB.MAC2 - CLOSED-LOOP EVALUATION, Pages 385-389, LUSSIER M. GUARDO, A.-R. LEBLANC
Nonlinear Analysis of Shear Distribution; Effect of Cross Sectional Shape and Axial Taper, Pages 390-392, J. Melbin, R. Riffle, A. Noordergraaf
FLOW ANALYSIS IN ARTERY MODELS, Pages 393-396, D. Liepsch
COMPARISON OF THEORY AND EXPERIMENT FOR THE FLUID DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF CROMOLYN SODIUM INHALERS USED FOR ASTHMA PREVENTION, Pages 397-401, Eugene E. Niemi Jr.
COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF BREATHING PATTERNS IN ACUTELY ILL PATIENTS, Pages 402-405, A, B.E.E. Mukherjee, J, M.D. Askanazi, S.H., M.D. Rosenbaum, R.J., M.S. Foster, J.M., M.D. Kinney
Respiratory Sound of Tuberculosis Patients, Pages 406-410, S.K. Chowdhury, A.K. Majumder
CONTROLLABILITY, OBSERVABILITY AND STABILITY OF THE VENTILATION OF LUNG IN RESPIRATION PROCESS, Pages 411-414, Anup Kumar Majumder
EMISSION TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION BY MATRIX INVERSION, Pages 415-419, C.G. Daley, A.D. Nelson, L.T. Andrews, R.F. Leighton, L.S. Goodenday, J.H. Baughman
Evaluation of Blood Vessel Damage by Imaging with In-III-labeled Platelets, Pages 420-425, J. Megerman, K. Hanel, G. L\'Italien, H. Strauss, W. Abbott
INTRACORTICAL BONE STRESS FIELDS CALCULATED FROM IN VIVO STRAIN MEASUREMENTS, Pages 426-429, R. Vasu, D.R. Carter, D.M. Spengler, R.T. Dueland
Thoracic Spine Centers of Rotations in the Sagittal Plane, Pages 430-431, M.M. Panjabi, M.H. Krag, J. Dimnet, S. Walter, R.A. Brand
APPLICABILITY OF THE MAXWELL AND VOIGT MODELS TO ISOLATED CARDIAC MUSCLE, Pages 432-437, Allen W. Wiegner, Oscar H.L. Bing
BIOMECHANICS OF ALPINE SKI BOOTS, Pages 438-442, Howard Medoff, Robert J. Johnson, John Boyle, Malcolm H. Pope
EFFECT OF PROLONGED WALKING ON CONCRETE ON THE JOINTS OF SHEEP, Pages 443-448, Eric L. Radin, David R. Eyre, Ronald B. Orr, Jon L. Kelman, Igor L. Paul, Robert M. Rose
ENERGY ABSORPTION IN THE HUMAN SPINE, Pages 449-451, David G. Wilder, Barry B. Woodworth, John W. Frymoyer, Malcolm H. Pope
The Polyelectrolyte Behavior of Articular Cartilage, Pages 452-456, Walter D. Grossman
COATINGS DESIGNED FOR USE ON ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY DO NOT COST, THEY SAVE, Pages 457-460, KIR G. KAROUNA
THE EFFECTS OF SAMPLING RATE ON THE SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO OF BIOLOGICAL SIGNALS, Pages 461-465, Bruce C. Wheeler, William J. Heetderks
PROTONIC THEORY ON THE ORIGIN OF NEURAL EXCITABILITY, Pages 466-471, Hugo Sanchez
THE CENTRAL PROBLEM OF ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND FACTOR ANALYSIS, Pages 472-476, Ajit T Dingankar
EFFECTS OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF AREA POSTREMA/NUCLEUS OF THE SOLITARY TRACT ON RAPHE UNIT ACTIVITY AND CORTICAL EEG IN THE ANESTHETIZED RAT, Pages 477-482, J.D. Bronzino, A. Johnson, W.C. Stern, P.J. Morgane
A TEST METHODOLOGY FOR EVALUATION OF INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM CLIPS, Pages 483-486, Paul M. Schrader
On The Interpretation Of Changes Produced In The Intrinsic Components By Electrocardiogram Leads, Pages 487-492, Abdalla Sayed Ahmed
THE CIRCUIT IMPERATIVE IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION, Pages 493-496, N. DeClaris, R.W. Newcomb
THEORY VERSUS PRACTICE WITH RESIDUAL BLOOD LOSS IN HEMODIALYZERS, Pages 497-501, Richard Tello, Randall March, Edmund G. Lowrie
SYSTEM DYNAMIC MODELLING OF HEMODIALYSIS TREATMENT, Pages 502-507, A. Caspersen, S. Davids
STUDY OF THE VELOCITY FIELD IN THE VICINITY OF A SELF-CLEANING PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE, Pages 508-511, E. Bilgen, Y. Haggag
THE ABSENCE OF TETHERING INFLUENCES ON VEIN DIAMETER-PRESSURE RELATIONSHIPS, Pages 512-517, Thomas W. Morris
A NONINVASIVE INDICATOR OF HUMAN PLACENTAL BLOOD FLOW, Pages 518-522, T.P. Carroll, J.S. Detwiler
The Mechanics of the Pericardium: Pericardial Effusion, Pages 523-527, Raymond P. Vito, Hilrai Demiray
A Model for an Artificial Pancreas: Transient Diffusion in a Two-Phase Composite with a Glucose Concentration-Dependent Insulin Source at the Interface, Pages 528-533, Clark K. Colton, Lyle H. Ungar