International Conference on Advancements of Medicine and Health Care through Technology: 23–26 September, 2009, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Front Matter....Pages -
Engineering Control of Airborne Disease Transmission in Health Care Facilities....Pages 1-4
Field Investigation of Volatile Organic Compounds’ Levels and Origin in an Unpolluted Residential Area....Pages 5-8
Collaborative Pre-surgery Planning in a Tele-immersive Environment Using VR Technology....Pages 9-14
Indications of the Modern Vitreo-Retinal Surgery Techniques....Pages 15-18
Diagnosis and Control by Using Biomarkers....Pages 19-24
Patient Simulation Experience in Family Medicine Residents Education....Pages 25-28
Assessing Glycemic Control in Diabetes: From Self Monitoring of Blood Glucose to Continuous Glucose Monitoring System....Pages 29-32
Transformation of Micro-radio-Photography System into X-Ray Standard System with Applications in Romania....Pages 33-36
Digital Simulation for Computer Control of Radiological Devices: A Preliminary Model Using Partial Differential Equations....Pages 37-42
Trust and Reputation in e-Health Systems....Pages 43-48
Home Monitoring Device for Cardiovascular Diseases....Pages 49-52
EKG Monitoring on the Mobile Phone Using Bluetooth Transmission....Pages 53-56
Dynamic Service Composition for Plug-and-Play Medical Devices....Pages 57-62
Database Design Patterns for Healthcare Information Systems....Pages 63-66
Multi-Agent Model for a Mobile Hospital Logistic System....Pages 67-72
The Role of Information Technology in Health Education: Strengths and Weaknesses....Pages 73-76
Effectiveness of Charismatic Leadership in Romanian Hospitals....Pages 77-80
Core Decisional Values in Romanian Hospitals Leadership....Pages 81-84
External Marketing Environment as Perceived by Managers from Romanian Hospitals....Pages 85-88
Modified Screen Printed Electrodes for the Development of Biosensors....Pages 89-92
Electromyographic Response for Grip Exercise....Pages 93-96
Patient Movement Monitoring and Respiration Rate Analysis with an Acceleration Sensor....Pages 97-100
A Study about Human Eyes Wavefront Aberrations Capture and Correction....Pages 101-104
Anthropometric Measurements for Assessment of Body Fat in Young People....Pages 105-108
Electromagnetic Fields of MRI Scanners and Human Exposure Safety....Pages 109-114
How Biomedical Technology Becomes Nowadays a Main Actor in Prevention and Control of Hypertension....Pages 115-120
Dynamic Shielding in Biomagnetism....Pages 121-124
Automated Method for Computing Peak Area on a Drifted Baseline Signal....Pages 125-128
Technical Performance for Glycemic Control in Diabetes Mellitus....Pages 129-132
Wireless Monitoring of S a O 2 in Chronic Disease....Pages 133-136
Design of a Heart Rate Monitor Device....Pages 137-142
Positioning System for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation....Pages 143-146
A Model of Selective Left VNS and Recording in a Man....Pages 147-150
Enhancing the Human Reactivity by Using the Negative Air Ions Generators....Pages 151-156
Using the Negative Air Generators to Improve the Animal Reactivity....Pages 157-162
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Elicit Changes in Motor Cortex Excitability during Haptic Training....Pages 163-166
Modulation of Stimulation Frequency of Spinal Cord Afferents with Constant Electrode Site and Stimulus Intensity Can Induce a Variety of Movements....Pages 167-170
Development of a Control System for a Parallel Robot Used in Minimally Invasive Surgery....Pages 171-176
Virtual Reality Simulation of Tetrobot Parallel Robot for Medical Applications....Pages 177-180
Transmit Frequency Optimization for Ultrasound Constrast Agent Response....Pages 181-184
Estimating Fetal Heart Rate from Multiple Ultrasound Signals....Pages 185-190
Estimating Activation of Denervated, Degenerated Muscle after Functional Electrical Stimulation with Magnetic Resonance Imaging....Pages 191-194
Microwaves and Infrared Thermography – Applications in Early Breast Cancer Detection....Pages 195-198
Principal Component Analysis of Eye-Tracking Data during Visual Perception of Human Faces in Adults and Children with Autism....Pages 199-204
Architecture of an on Electrode Integrated Electronics with an All Digital Interface for Electrical Impedance Tomography....Pages 205-208
Conscience and Consciousness in Biomedical Engineering Science and Practice....Pages 209-214
Monitoring Neuromuscular Fatigue through the Area/Amplitude Ratio Computed on the SEMG and MMG....Pages 215-218
Numerical Representations in Alpha Satellite DNA Analysis....Pages 219-222
DNA Cryptographic Algorithms....Pages 223-226
Efficient ECG Signal Parameters Extraction Using Multiresolution Analysis....Pages 227-230
EKG Analysis Using STFT Phase....Pages 231-234
Analysis of ECG Signals and Their Automatic Classification....Pages 235-238
Voice Biometric System....Pages 239-242
Colors Vision Analysis for a Normal Viewer and for a Daltonist....Pages 243-246
Rule-Based Methods for the Computer Assisted Diagnosis of Medical Images....Pages 247-250
Liver 3D Reconstruction Modalities – The First Step toward a Laparoscopic Liver Surgery Simulator....Pages 251-256
3D Rendering of Radiological Images Using Java Secure Technologies....Pages 257-260
Fourier Domain – Optical Coherence Tomography in Diagnosing and Monitoring of Retinal Diseases....Pages 261-266
Classification of the Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Ultrasound Images Based on the Imagistic Textural Model of This Tumor....Pages 267-272
Deformable Variational Models Used in Medical Imaging....Pages 273-278
Optical Multi-touch System for Patient Monitoring and Medical Data Analysis....Pages 279-282
Determination of Wall Strain in Model Cerebral Aneurysms by Image Registration....Pages 283-286
Organ Confinement of Prostate Cancer: Neural Networks Assisted Prediction....Pages 287-290
An Overview on Mathematical Models of Human Corneal Surface....Pages 291-294
ALE Formulation and WEB-Method Approximation for a Fluid Structure Interaction Problem on Carotids....Pages 295-298
The Design of an Adapted Osteosynthesis Implant for Fibula’ Fracture....Pages 299-302
Analysis of an Adapted Osteosynthesis Implant for Fibula’s Fracture Using Finite Element Method....Pages 303-306
Enzyme-Synthetic Inhibitor Specific Interactions Study by a New Non-equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Method....Pages 307-310
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Fibroblast Growth Factors Receptors Activation....Pages 311-314
Mathematical Modeling of Human Ventricular Action Potentials....Pages 315-318
COAST: Modelling Restenosis and Stent Based Therapies....Pages 319-322
Analog Modeling and Numeric Simulation of the Van der Pol Equation with Variable Parameters ( α and β )....Pages 323-326
Matlab Modelling of Nerve Fiber Activation by Magnetic Stimulation....Pages 327-332
3D Modeling of the Induced Electric Field of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation....Pages 333-338
Artificial Intelligence Techniques Applied to Electromagnetic Interference Problems....Pages 339-344
Analysis of Several FEM Models for the Assessment of the Human Head Exposure to Microwaves....Pages 345-350
Towards a New Concept: Electromagnetic Biocompatibility....Pages 351-354
The Electromagnetic Threat in the Today’s Environment....Pages 355-358
CFD Simulation of the Portal Vein Blood Flow....Pages 359-362
Closure Mechanics of Mechanical Heart Valve Prostheses – Experimental and Computational Analysis....Pages 363-368
Reverse Engineering of Some Cardiovascular Devices....Pages 369-372
Computational Modeling of Arterial Blood Flow....Pages 373-378
Research about Precision Casting of Removable-Fixed Ensemble Applied in Dental Prosthodontics....Pages 379-382
Computer Technologies Applied in Orthodontic Biomechanical Analysis....Pages 383-386
Experimental Model for Orthodontic Tooth Movement....Pages 387-390
Cervical Spine Mobility Using 3D Ultrasound-Based Measuring System....Pages 391-394
Diffusion Convection in a Vertical Rectangular Porous Cavity....Pages 395-398
Designing and Implementing a Human Hand Prosthesis....Pages 399-404
Development of an Active Upper-Limb Orthosis....Pages 405-408
Dynamic Condylar Screw (DCS) versus Condylar Blade Plate (CBP) in Complex Supracondylar Femoral Fractures – A Biomechanical Study....Pages 409-412
Minimally Invasive Surgery by Angular Stability Systems in Proximal Tibia Fractures – Biomechanical Characteristics and Preliminary Results....Pages 413-416
Estimating Dynamic Properties of Denervated Muscles with the Pendulum Test....Pages 417-420
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