Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies: 8th International Joint Conference, BIOSTEC 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, January 12-15, 2015, Revised Selected Papers

Front Matter....Pages I-XXV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
How to Cross the Border from R to D? The Example of Conception of New Medical Devices....Pages 3-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Low Power Programmable Gain Analog to Digital Converter for Integrated Neural Implant Front End....Pages 17-32
Integrated Chip Power Receiver for Wireless Bio-implantable Devices....Pages 33-48
Research on a Novel Three-Channel Self-pressurized Wrist Pulse Acquisition System....Pages 49-59
A Wearable Device for High-Frequency EEG Signal Recording....Pages 60-74
Indirect Blood Pressure Evaluation by Means of Genetic Programming....Pages 75-92
Non-invasive Wireless Bio Sensing....Pages 93-109
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Crutchfield Information Metric: A Valid Tool for Quality Control of Multiparametric MRI Data?....Pages 113-125
Medical Image Retrieval for Alzheimer’s Disease Using Structural MRI Measures....Pages 126-141
An Iterative Mesh Optimization Method for 3D Meristem Reconstruction at Cell Level....Pages 142-166
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Latent Forests to Model Genetical Data for the Purpose of Multilocus Genome-Wide Association Studies. Which Clustering Should Be Chosen?....Pages 169-189
Crosstalk Network Biomarkers of a Pathogen-Host Interaction Difference Network from Innate to Adaptive Immunity....Pages 190-205
Template Scoring Methods for Protein Torsion Angle Prediction....Pages 206-223
Evaluating the Robustness of Correlation Network Analysis in the Aging Mouse Hypothalamus....Pages 224-238
Machine Reading for Extraction of Bacteria and Habitat Taxonomies....Pages 239-255
Validation Study of a Wave Equation Model of Soft Tissue for a New Virtual Reality Laparoscopy Training System....Pages 256-271
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Exploring the Relationship Between Characteristics of Ventilation Performance and Response of Newborns During Resuscitation....Pages 275-290
A Novel Application of Universal Background Models for Periocular Recognition....Pages 291-307
Fusion and Comparison of IMU and EMG Signals for Wearable Gesture Recognition....Pages 308-323
Integrating User-Centred Design in the Development of a Silent Speech Interface Based on Permanent Magnetic Articulography....Pages 324-337
Front Matter....Pages 339-339
Patient Feedback Design for Stroke Rehabilitation Technology....Pages 341-356
A Method and Tool for Strategic Hospital Planning....Pages 357-371
Automatic Analysis of Lung Function Based on Smartphone Recordings....Pages 372-389
Towards a Safer and More Optimal Treatment of the Supracondylar Humerus Fracture....Pages 390-402
Real-Time Fuzzy Monitoring of Sitting Posture: Development of a New Prototype and a New Posture Classification Algorithm to Detect Postural Transitions....Pages 403-423
TogetherActive - Key Concepts and Usability Study....Pages 424-439
Analysis of Eye Movements with Eyetrace....Pages 440-457
Back Matter....Pages 458-471
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