Bioengineering. Proceedings of the Ninth Northeast Conference

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Pergamon Title of Related Interest, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
NINTH ANNUAL NORTHEAST BIOENGINEERING CONFERENCE, Page v
ROSTER OF THE NORTHEAST (NEW ENGLAND) BIOENGINEERING CONFERENCES, Page vi
PREFACE, Page xvii, Walter Welkowitz
ULTRASONICALLY INDUCED BIOEFFECTS VIA MECHANICAL STRESSES, Page 1, Wesley L. Nyborg
ULTRASOUND TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION USING DIFFERENTIAL SPECTRAL ESTIMATES, Pages 3-7, Roman Kuc
APPLICATION OF A PERSONAL COMPUTER FOR AUTOMATED DATA ACQUISITION IN DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY STUDIES; A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE, Pages 9-16, George L. Cohen
A MATHEMATICAL CONSISTENCY CHECK FOR IN VIVO STRAIN MEASUREMENTS, Pages 19-24, E.S. Bessman, D.R. Carter, W.H. Harris
ATTACHMENT OF A PARTIALLY ABSORBABLE TENDON AND LIGAMENT TO SOFT TISSUE, Pages 25-28, James Aragona, John R. Parsons, Harold Alexander, Andrew B. Weiss
MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT REPLACEMENT WITH A PARTIALLY ABSORBABLE TISSUE SCAFFOLD, Pages 29-32, J.R. Parsons, J. Aragona, H. Alexander, A.B. Weiss
DEVELOPMENT OF A BITE FORCE TRANSDUCER FOR USE WITH ENDOSSEOUS DENTAL IMPLANTS, Pages 33-38, J.B. Brunski
PHYSIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ALUMINO-CALCIUM PHOSPHOROUS-OXIDE (ALCAP) CERAMICS, Pages 39-42, D.R. Mattie, G.A. Graves Jr., C.J. Ritter, P.K. Bajpai
AN EXTERNAL BLOOD FLOW DEVICE, Pages 45-49, W. Welkowitz, D. Molony, T. Nguyen
SIMILARITY ANALYSIS OF MAMMALIAN HEMODYNAMICS, Pages 50-53, J.K-J. Li, S. Fich, W. Welkowitz
RHEOLOGY OF BLOOD OSCILLATING IN A TUBE, Pages 54-57, S. Lazzara, P.D. Richardson
IN VITRO SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING VEIN MECHANICS, Pages 58-61, Thomas W. Morris, Peter H. Helmers
A STUDY OF THE FLOW CHARACTERISTIC AROUND THE SELF-CLEANING HEART VALVE UNDER PULSATILE CONDITIONS, Pages 62-65, E. Bilgen, Y. Haggag
THROMBOCYTE SIZE DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS, Pages 66-69, Joseph R. Lundy, Terence A. Gleason, Michael B. Jaffe
A GENERAL PURPOSE DATA COLLECTION, DATA ANALYSIS AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, Pages 73-77, T.P. Moyles, R.F. Erlandson, R.L. Joynt
BeMi-A UNIVERSAL BEDSIDE MICROPROCESSOR-BASED MODULE FOR PATIENT-CARE, Pages 78-83, Nicholas DeClaris, Bernardo Paratore
A MICROPROCESSOR CONTROLLED AUTOMATED DATA COLLECTION DEVICE FOR THE TECHNICON AUTOANALYZER SYSTEM, Pages 84-87, T.P. Moyles, D.R. Schnieder, R.F. Erlandson
MICROPROCESSOR-BASED JITTER ANALYSIS IN SINGLE FIBER ELECTROMYOGRAPHY, Pages 88-93, Sanjeev D. Nandedkar, Donald B. Sanders, Antharvedi Anné, Yong I. Kim
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ALGORITHM TO ASSIST CLINICAL ENGINEERS TO PLAN FOR CLINICAL MONITORING SYSTEMS, Pages 94-98, H. Satiani
WHEELCHAIR-AUTOMOBILE SYSTEMS FOR THE SEVERELY DISABLED DRIVER, Pages 101-105, M.Y. Zarrugh, R.C. Juvinall, D.H. Harden, J.R. Pearson
THE DESIGN OF A MYOELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED UPPER ARM PROSTHESIS WITH VARIABLE MECHANICAL IMPEDANCE, Pages 106-109, Cary Abul-Haj, Neville Hogan
QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF BACK STRENGTH-PERFORMANCE INDICES, Pages 110-114, N.A. Langrana, C.K. Lee, H. Alexander, C.Y. Chang
INTERNAL FRACTURE FIXATION WITH PARTIALLY DEGRADABLE PLATES, Pages 115-118, H. Alexander, S. Corcoran, J.R. Parsons, A.B. Weiss
SUSTAINED PRESSURIZATION OF ACRYLIC CEMENT IN THE PROXIMAL FEMUR DURING ARTHROPLASTY, Pages 119-122, William Krause, Richard Bondy, Jo Miller
AN INTRAMEDULLARY BONE PLUG DEVICE, Pages 123-126, J. Baril, D. Raftapoulos
LINEAR A.C. ELECTRODE POLARIZATION IMPEDANCE UNDER CONTROLLED pH AND POTENTIAL FOR Ag-AgCl ELECTRODES, Pages 129-135, M. Shah, R.B. Beard, M. Brownstein, N. Niazy
THE EFFECTS OF LOW LEVEL D.C. STIMULATION ON MICROORGANISM GROWTH, Pages 136-138, J.M. Vanderstar, A.J. Salkind
ANISOTROPIC IMPEDANCE PROPERTIES OF SKELETAL MUSCLE, Pages 139-143, B.R. Epstein, R.G. Settle, K.R. Foster
EFFECT OF PULSING ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD ON THE GROWTH OF CHICK EMBRYO: A PRELIMINARY STUDY, Pages 144-147, S. Saha, A. Pal, J.A. Albright
PRESENTATION OF MULTILEAD EEG BY TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS OF ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY, Pages 148-151, R. Coppola, M.S. Buchsbaum, J. Cappelletti
DETECTION OF HYPOXIA USING EEG PATTERNS, Pages 152-155, R. Roy, G. Passariello
SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF EEG EFFECTS INDUCED BY SYSTEMIC ADMINISTRATION OF MORPHINE IN THE RAT, Pages 156-161, J.D. Bronzino, M. Kelly, M. Gudz, N. Oley, C. Cordova
ELECTRO-MECHANICAL FEEDBACK SYSTEMS IN THE REMODELING OF WET BONES, Pages 162-165, N. Guzelsu, S. Saha
DEVELOPMENT OF BREATHING RAT LUNG MODELS FOR PARTICULATE DEPOSITION STUDIES, Pages 169-171, A.L. Patra, F.J. Miller, J.A. Graham, J.L. Anderson
DYNAMIC RESPONSE EVALUATION AND MODELING OF A THERMISTOR USED IN THE MEASUREMENT OF RESPIRATORY GAS TEMPERATURES IN NEONATES, Pages 172-182, R.K. Samras, C.E. Johnson, L.R. Blackmon
IDENTIFIABILITY CONDITIONS IN A WELL-STIRRED COMPARTMENT WITH VARIABLE FLOW, Pages 183-187, M.L. Severns, J.M. Adams
A DIGITAL COMPUTER MODEL OF FORCED EXHALATION, Pages 188-191, Joseph Paliotta, William J. Ohley
MODELING OF HUMAN NEAR RESPONSE DISORDERS, Pages 192-197, G.K. Hung, K.J. Ciuffreda, J.L. Semmlow
EYE MOVEMENT AUDITORY BIOFEEDBACK TREATMENT OF NYSTAGMUS, Pages 198-200, K.J. Ciuffreda, S. Goldrich, C. Neary
Visual System Color Processing and Its Dependence On the Spatial Arrangement of the Visual Field, Pages 201-204, A. Gottschalk, G. Buchsbaum
THE EFFECT OF MECHANICAL IMPEDANCE ON ABNORMAL INTENTION TREMOR, Pages 205-209, Bernard D. Adelstein, Michael J. Rosen
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SECOND DERIVATIVE OF I0(τ) AND STABILITY OF BILAYER MEMBRANES, Pages 210-213, R.P. Nanavati
A GENERALIZED APPROACH TO BIOMECHANICAL MODELLING, Pages 217-222, Alok Kumar, Anil Mital
DESCRIBING VERTEBRAL MOTION USING ANALYTICAL RULED SURFACES AND THEIR MECHANICAL ANALOGS, Pages 223-228, A.G. Patwardhan
COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUE FOR OPTIMIZING ACCURACY OF RADIOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS OF INTERVERTEBRAL JOINT MOTION, Pages 229-233, Ian A.F. Stokes
BIOMECHANICAL EVALUATION OF SCOLIOSIS IN FRIEDREICH ATAXIA PATIENTS, Pages 234-237, P. Allard, M. Duhaime, J. Sibille, G.M. McNeice, G. Drouin
SPATIAL KINEMATIC STUDY BASED ON A VIDEO-TAPING METHOD, Pages 238-241, N.A. Langrana
KINEMATIC ERROR ANALYSIS OF DENTAL ARTICULATORS, Pages 242-247, E.D. Rekow, A.G. Erdman, F.W. Worms
GAIT ANALYSIS EVALUATION OF A NEW DYNAMIC KNEE JOINT ORTHOSIS, Pages 248-251, J. Sibille, P. Allard, P. Thiry, G. Drouin
THE ELECTRODE-HEART IMPEDANCE AT THRESHOLD, Pages 255-258, E.A. Astrinsky, K. Napoli, B. Parker, S. Furman
GRAPHICAL METHOD FOR ESTIMATING PACING THRESHOLD, Pages 259-262, E.A. Astrinsky, B. Parker, S. Furman
STIMULATED VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION IN THE PRESENCE OF PHARMACOLOGICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS, Pages 263-268, C.N. Manikopoulos, G.S. Raju, J.B. Kostis
A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF CARDIAC THRESHOLD VARIABILITY RELATIVE TO RESPIRATION, Pages 269-274, Leonid Hrebien, Richard Klafter, Stephen Dubin
DEVELOPMENT OF A “UNIVERSAL” PACEMAKER SENSING SYSTEM, Pages 275-277, Frank Pannizzo, Seymour Furman
EPILEPTOGENESIS AND THALAMOCORTICAL NEURONS, Pages 281-284, William J. Nowack
THERMODYNAMIC MODELING AND COMPUTER SIMULATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING HEMOLYSIS KINETICS, Pages 285-290, J.J. McGrath, A.M. Fallahi
EQUILIBRIUM RED CELL SHAPES IN OSMOTIC SWELLING, Pages 291-296, Bipin K. Pai
TIME SERIES ANALYSIS USING HUMAN POSTURE-PLATFORM AND GRAF-PEN DATA, Pages 297-301, K.T. Ma
APPLICATION OF OPTIMAL CONTROL METHOD TO DESIGN OF CANCER TREATMENT USING A CONTINUOUS-TIME CELL KINETIC MODEL, Pages 302-308, Kang G. Shin
TEMPERATURE FIELDS GENERATED IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER BY HYPERTHERMIA, Pages 309-316, A. Mekkaoui, K.T. O'Brien
A PARAMETRIC MODEL FOR THE ENTRAINMENT OF A CIRCADIAN RHYTHM BY DAILY LIGHT CYCLES, Pages 317-321, R.J. Schilling
MATHEMATICAL MODELS FOR DEDUCING THE ASYMMETRY OF BRAIN RESPONSE DURING VERBAL PROCESSING, Pages 322-326, R.D. Sidman, C. Pitblado, V. Giambalvo
Development of a Finite Element Based Method for Directly Determining Strains in Soft Tissue, Pages 329-332, Allen H. Hoffman, Peter Grigg, Kevin E. Fogarty, Steven M. Burgess
FACTORS AFFECTING THE TENSILE STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIOR OF CANINE MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS, Pages 333-338, F.K. Ko, F.L. Cole
EFFECT OF MECHANICAL LOAD ON HEALING INCISIONS, Pages 339-342, H. Alexander, N. Langrana, I.D. Strauchler, J. Ricci, C.Y. Chang
VARIATION OF POISSON'S RATIOS OF THE AORTIC TISSUE, Pages 343-346, Jafar Vossoughi, Ramesh N. Vaishnav
THE ALTERATION OF THE VISCOELASTIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ARTICULAR CARTILAGE WITH JOINT SEPSIS, Pages 347-350, J.R. Parsons, E. McManus, E. Johnson
A NEW NON-INVASIVE METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF CROSS-SECTION GEOMETRY OF LONG BONES, Pages 351-354, S. Saha, G.N. Reddy, J.A. Albright
VISCOELASTIC FINITE ELEMENT MODEL OF THE HUMAN INTERVERTEBRAL JOINT, Pages 355-361, Capt R.L. Hinrichsen, A.N. Palazotto, Capt A.J. Nestle
A THREE-DIMENSIONAL FAILURE CRITERION FOR HUMAN FEMORAL CORTICAL BONE, Pages 362-367, Herbert H. Vichnin, Steven C. Batterman
A THIN LINEAR THERMOMETER ARRAY FOR TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT IN CANCER HYPERTHERMIA, Pages 371-376, P. Barth, J. Harrison, F. Shapiro, B. Swaminathan, J. Angell
PULSED DOPPLER FREQUENCY SPECTRUM ANALYSIS STUDIES OF SIMULATED STENOSES, Pages 377-380, R.A. Peura, W. Corbett, L. Dean, J. Meisner, R. Jundanian, H.B. Wheeler
NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY FROM CORRELATION AND SPECTRAL ANALYSIS, Pages 381-386, P. Kelly, P.A. Parker
ULTRASONIC TRANSIT-TIME MEASUREMENT OF BLOODFLOW IN THE CHICKEN LEG, Pages 387-390, C.J. Drost, G.G. Thomas, P.E. Hillman, N.R. Scott
AN APPROACH TO NONINVASIVE MEASUREMENT OF INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE, Pages 391-397, John L. Semmlow, Robert Fisher
EFFECT OF TUBE DIAMETER ON DURATION OF PATENCY OF HYBRID ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS PROTOTYPES IN EX VIVO SHUNTS, Pages 401-404, P.M. Galletti, P.D. Richardson, G. Panol, L.A. Trudell, A. Whittemore
ASSESSMENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF PERCUTANEOUS ENERGY TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS, Pages 405-408, M. Szycher, V. Poirier, W. Clay, B.D.T. Daly, C.E. Scheller
THE USE OF CLEAN SURFACES TO PREVENT THROMBOSIS, Pages 409-412, P.N. Sawyer, B. Stanczewski, J.G. Stempak, G.W. Kammlott, M.T. Jones
CALCIFICATION OF GLUTARALDEHYDE-TREATED XENOGRAFTS AND BLOOD-CONTACTING SYNTHETIC ELASTOMERS, Pages 413-418, S.D. Bruck
EFFECTS OF GAMMA RADIATION STERILIZATION AND IN-VITRO AGING ON ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE, Pages 419-424, R. Shastri, E.S. Grood, R.J. Roe, F.R. Noyes
THE DESIGN OF AN IMPLANTABLE BONE GROWTH SYSTEM, Pages 425-430, S. Petrucelli, S. Thaler
AUTHOR INDEX, Pages 431-432