World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, June 7-12, 2015, Toronto, Canada

Front Matter....Pages 1-37
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Evaluation of the Difficulties of the Learning Process of Mammographic Readings....Pages 3-6
Modeling Breast Cancer Tissue via Analysis of WAXS Signatures....Pages 7-10
Analysis of 80 kV WAXS Measurements with a CdTe Breast Biopsy Diffractometer....Pages 11-14
Sensitometric analyses of screen-film systems for mammography exams in Brazil....Pages 15-17
Actions for Implementation Program of Image Quality of Mammography....Pages 18-21
The potential of spectral-CT for material decomposition with gold-nanoparticle and iodine contrast....Pages 22-25
New Line Contrast Figure of Merit for image quality assessment....Pages 26-28
Assessment of Photostimulable Storage Phosphor Imaging Plates Quality in Computed Radiography....Pages 29-32
Influence of Contrast Enhancement to Breast Density Classification by Using Sigmoid Function....Pages 33-36
Evaluating Techniques of Transformation Intensity for Contrast Enhancement in Mammographic Images....Pages 37-40
Characterization and Analysis of the Physical Parameters in Dental X-Rays Phantom....Pages 41-45
Study on the Main Nonconformities Found in no Mammography Alagoas State....Pages 46-49
Absorbed dose in PMMA and Equivalent Breast Phantom in a Digital Breast Tomosynthesis system: Monte Carlo Assessment....Pages 50-53
2D/3D Registration for Motion Compensated Reconstruction in Cone-Beam CT of Knees UnderWeight-Bearing Condition....Pages 54-57
Automatic Motion Estimation and Compensation Framework for Weight-bearing C-arm CT scans using Fiducial Markers....Pages 58-61
Towards Image Quality Analysis of Small and Full Field of View Dental Cone Beam CT Systems....Pages 62-65
Feasibility study for 3D cone-beam computed tomography reconstruction with few projection data using MLEM algorithm with total variation minimization....Pages 66-69
A weighted stochastic gradient descent algorithm for image reconstruction in 3D computed tomography....Pages 70-73
Investigation of sparse-angle view in cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) reconstruction algorithm using a sinogram interpolaton method....Pages 74-77
Non-deterministic optimization using Differential Evolution algorithm to launch seeds for liver segmentation in MDCT....Pages 78-81
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Anatomical noise model for CT head images: preliminary results....Pages 82-84
Development of Dynamic Anthropomorphic Heart Phantom (DHAP)....Pages 85-90
Characterization of Vulnerable Plaque with Dual-Energy during CT Coronary Angiography: A Phantom Study....Pages 91-94
Performance of Attenuation-based Dynamic CT Beam-shaping Filtration for Elliptical Subject Geometries in Dependence of Fan- and Projection-angle....Pages 95-98
Gd-based Nanoparticles Mediated Magnetic Field Enhancement Inside Homogenous Tissue: Simulation using Finite Element Method....Pages 99-102
Optimization of Pulse-Triggered fMRI Measurement Delay with Acoustic Stimulation....Pages 103-106
Numerical Simpson’s Rule for Real Time and Accurate T2* maps generation Using 3D Quantitative GRE....Pages 107-110
Improvement of Pseudo Multispectral Classification of Brain MR Images....Pages 111-114
Unwrapping highly wrapped phase using Nonlinear Multi Echo phase unwrapping....Pages 115-118
Gadolinium Labeled Glycosylated Nanomagnetic Particles as Metabolic Contrast Agents in Molecular Magnetic Resonance Imaging....Pages 119-122
Properties Evaluation of Gd2O3-DEG as New Contrast Agent Nanomagnetic Particles Comparing to Gd-DTPA in MRI....Pages 123-125
In Vitro and In Vivo Studies Glycosylated Gadolinum Nanomagnetic Particleas (GD-DTPA-DG) as New Potential Metabolic Contrast Agent in MMRI....Pages 126-131
Intersex differences in posterior eye chamber by spectral optical coherent tomography....Pages 132-135
Understanding Lung Ultrasound Artifacts using a Phantom Lung Model....Pages 136-146
Quantitative accuracy of SPECT imaging with a dedicated cardiac camera: Physical phantom experiments....Pages 147-149
Simultaneous estimation of the radioactivity distribution and electron density map from scattered coincidences in PET: A project overview....Pages 150-153
Quantitative Functional Imaging with Hybrid PET-CT Via Improved Kinetics Modeling: Application to 18F-Fluorocholine PET Imaging of Prostate Cancer....Pages 154-157
Experimental Study on Amplitude Frequency of Acoustic Signal Excited by Coupling Magneto-Acoustic Field....Pages 158-161
4 Years of X-ray Imaging at 05B1-1 Beamline at BMIT....Pages 162-165
Indirect measurement of average alveolar dimension using dynamic phase-contrast imaging....Pages 166-168
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Detectability in SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Comparison between a Conventional and a Semiconductor Detector System....Pages 169-172
Monte Carlo simulation of interventional cardiac scenarios using a newborn hybrid phantom and MCNPX code....Pages 173-176
Quantitative low-kVp CT angiography in carotid artery imaging....Pages 177-180
Characterization of scatter factors in thyroid studies using a pinhole collimator by Monte Carlo Simulation.....Pages 181-186
The Use of Wavelet Filters for Reducing Noise in Posterior Fossa Computed Tomography Images....Pages 187-190
Automatic Liver Localization based on Classification Random Forest with KNN for Prediction....Pages 191-194
Brain Tumor Target Volume Segmentation: Local Region Based Approach....Pages 195-198
Investigating automatic techniques in segmentation accuracy of masses in digital mammography images....Pages 199-202
A Novel Automatic White Balance Algorithm for the 3D Image of Stereoscopic Endoscopy....Pages 203-206
Derivation of Residual Noise of Filtered Poisson and Gaussian Series....Pages 207-210
Influence of ROI pattern on segmentation in lung lesions....Pages 211-214
Comparison of Independent Component Analysis (ICA) Algorithm for Heart Rate Measurement Based on Facial Imaging....Pages 215-219
Fast Registration of Intraoperative Ultrasound and Preoperative MR Images Based on Calibrations of 2D and 3D Ultrasound Probes....Pages 220-223
Comparison between Elliptical and Squared ROI to Launch an Automatic Seed to Region Growing Algorithm on Hepatic Segmentation using CT images....Pages 224-227
Automatic Analysis of Plantar Foot Thermal Images in at-Risk Type II Diabetes by Using an Infrared Camera....Pages 228-231
Development of an Anatomical Measurement and Data Analysis Tool Based on the Kinect Sensor for Physical Rehabilitation Applications.....Pages 232-235
Evaluation of the OSC-TV Reconstruction Algorithm for Optical Cone-Beam Computed Tomography....Pages 236-239
Optimization of acquisition parameters of the test of an overall SPECT/CT system performance.....Pages 240-243
Investigation of presampled MTF using a slit device with slightly wider aperture....Pages 244-247
Multiple Energy Synchrotron Biomedical Imaging System- Preliminary Results....Pages 248-251
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Accuracy of Tissue Elasticity Measurement using Shear Wave Ultrasound Elastography: A Comparative Phantom Study....Pages 252-255
Real-time measurement of cardiomyocyte contraction and calcium transients using fast image processing algorithms....Pages 256-259
Renal Dynamic Phantom for Use in SPECT....Pages 260-263
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Cooling Rate Effects on the Microstructure Evolutions of Biodegradable Mg2Ca Potential Medical Implant Alloy....Pages 267-270
Chitosan: A Chitinous Biopolymer For The Treatment Of Crude Oil Polluted Water....Pages 271-273
PEMF on Neuroblastoma Cells Previously Exposed to Antidepressants....Pages 274-274
Mapping the Stem Cell’s Mechanome Using Paired Live Cell Multiplexed Imaging and Modeling....Pages 275-275
Proliferation of cardiomyocytes in young infants, future implication in human heart regeneration....Pages 276-283
Optimization of Crosslinking Parameters for Biosynthetic Poly(vinyl-alcohol)-Tyramine Hydrogels....Pages 284-287
A synchrotron radiation microtomography study of wettability and swelling of nanocomposite Alginate/Hydroxyapatite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering....Pages 288-291
Scaffold Prototype for Heart Valve Tissue Engineering: Design and Material Analyses....Pages 292-295
Finite Element Analysis OF Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms to Predict Risk of Rupture - The Role of The Thrombosis Thicknesses.....Pages 296-299
Study on preparation and mechanical properties of polyurethane foam with negative Poisson’s ratio....Pages 300-302
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
Hematological, Biochemical, and End-organ effects of the CH-VAD in Ovine Model....Pages 305-308
Dysfunction Screening in Experimental Arteriovenous Grafts for Hemodialysis Using Inflow and Outflow Hemodynamic Game Analysis....Pages 309-317
The Continuous Flow Total Artificial Heart in Clinical Practice....Pages 318-321
Improved Semi-automated 3D Kinematic Measurement of Total Knee Arthroplasty Using X-ray Fluoroscopic Images....Pages 322-325
A new method for determining the effect of follower load on the range of motions in the lumbar spine....Pages 326-329
A simple external fixation technique for treating bicondylar tibial plateau fracture: a finite element study....Pages 330-332
Modelling and Understanding Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus....Pages 333-337
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
The protective effect of the eyelid on ocular injuries in blunt trauma....Pages 338-341
Fingertip touch adjust postural orientation during perturbed stance....Pages 342-345
Impact of gait modifications on hip joint loads during level walking....Pages 346-349
Effects of changing small airway mechanics and inspiratory flow waveforms on pulmonary ventilation: a modeling study....Pages 350-354
Front Matter....Pages 355-355
Acceptance Modulated Radiation Intensity and Enhanced Dynamic Wedge using 2D Ion Chamber Array....Pages 357-357
Monte Carlo study for the design of a Novel Gamma - Tomo SBRT System....Pages 358-363
A Statistical Study based on comparison between two treatment planning systems while exporting RT structure set....Pages 364-367
GMM guided automated Level Set algorithm for PET image segmentation....Pages 368-371
A Method to Convert Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) Image for Dose Calculation and the Phantom Evaluation....Pages 372-372
Development of a Multi-Modality 4D Biomechanical Phantom for Evaluation of Simultaneous Registration/Segmentation Algorithms....Pages 373-376
Edge Detection for Biological Tumor Volume Definition Based on FDG-PET/CTfused Imaging: Evaluation of Diffusion Processes by using an Agar Phantom....Pages 377-380
International Multi-Institutional Bench Mark Study on Dosimetric and Volumetric Modulation Using Helical TomoTherapy Treatment Planning for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Tumors....Pages 381-383
Dependence of Collimator Angle on Prostate VMAT: A Treatment Planning Study....Pages 384-387
Adaptive radiotherapy for bladder cancer using deformable image registration of empty and full bladder....Pages 388-391
Dosimetric and Clinical Benefits of Conformal Radiotherapy Plus Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy in the Treatment of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer....Pages 392-396
Peripheral neutron dose estimation: comparison between experimental measurements and TPS estimation....Pages 397-400
Non-uniform spatiotemporal fractionation schemes in photon radiotherapy....Pages 401-404
Dosimetric impact of accurately delineating of the left anterior descending artery in photon and proton radiotherapy....Pages 405-408
The role of VMAT interplay effects for liver stereotactic body radiation therapy....Pages 409-412
Objective function surrogates for iterative beam angle selection....Pages 413-416
Front Matter....Pages 355-355
A preliminary study on the effect of modulated photon radiotherapy (XMRT) optimization for prostate cancer treatment planning....Pages 417-420
Compressed Sensing-Based LDR Brachytherapy Inverse Treatment Planning with Biological Models....Pages 421-424
Knowledge Modeling for Computer Aided Treatment Planning....Pages 425-427
Interplay of MLC, gantry and respiratory motion during DCAT delivery....Pages 428-431
Measuring radiation treatment plan similarity in the cloud....Pages 432-435
A memetic algorithm for body gamma knife stereotactic radiotherapy treatment planning....Pages 436-439
Knowledge based Automatic Beam Angle Determination for Lung IMRT Planning....Pages 440-443
Dosimetric evaluation of the interplay effect for non-respiratory-gated VMAT treatment of moving targets with high dose rate FFF beams....Pages 444-447
Use of flattening filter free photon beams for off-axis targets in conformal arc stereotactic body radiation therapy....Pages 448-451
Dose Calculation in Gynecological Brachytherapy using Monte Carlo simulation for intracavitary treatment of Cervical Cancer....Pages 452-455
A dosimetric evaluation of interface effects using two commercial electron treatment planning algorithms....Pages 456-459
Ray Tracing Algorithm for Virtual Source Modeling based on Evaluation of Rounded Leaf End Effect of Multileaf Collimator....Pages 460-462
Impact of in-homogenity corrected dose calculation of clinical Brachytherapy sites....Pages 463-466
A novel system for real-time planning and guidance of breast HDR brachytherapy....Pages 467-470
Samarium-153 Labelled Microparticles For Targeted Radionuclide Therapy Of Liver Tumor....Pages 471-474
Monte Carlo-based Inverse Treatment Plan Optimization for Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy....Pages 475-478
A beam angle optimization technique for proton pencil beam scanning treatment planning of lower pelvis targets....Pages 479-482
Dosimetry of Pacemaker in VMAT for Lung SBRT....Pages 483-486
Grid therapy: impact of radiobiological models on calculation of therapeutic ratio....Pages 487-489
Impact of increasing irradiation time on the treatment of prostate cancers....Pages 490-493
Front Matter....Pages 355-355
Cone-Beam CT assessment of inter-fraction and intra-fraction motions during lung stereotactic body radiotherapy with and without abdominal compression....Pages 494-496
A Novel Couch-Gantry Trajectory Based Stereotactic Treatment Method....Pages 497-500
The Effect of Assessment Criteria on Inter-rater Variability in the Evaluation of Skin Reactions following Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy....Pages 501-504
Can parametric response maps predict voxel-wise treatment response? Implications for locally adaptive radiotherapy.....Pages 505-508
A Hardware-Accelerated Software Platform for Adaptive Radiation Therapy....Pages 509-512
Raman spectroscopy for assessment of radiation therapy response: Pre-clinical animal study results for lung cancer....Pages 513-516
Evaluation and Visualization of Radiogenomic Modeling Frameworks for the Prediction of Normal Tissue Toxicities....Pages 517-520
3D Slicer Gel Dosimetry Analysis: Validation of the Calibration Process....Pages 521-524
Comparison of AAA and CCC Algorithms for H&N RapidArc pre-treatment QA....Pages 525-530
The Characteristics and Implementation of XR-RV3 GafchromicFilm for Radiotherapy Dosimetry....Pages 531-534
Quality Assurance of the Radiotherapy Workflow Integrating a Dedicated Wide-bore 3T MRI Simulator....Pages 535-538
Dosimetric commissioning of high end features in Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Systems: a proposed update of the IAEA TECDOC-1583 guidelines.....Pages 539-542
VMAT delivery through couch tops: an illustration of loss of dose coverage for prostate plans....Pages 543-546
Electronic Portal Imaging Device Dosimetry for IMRT: a Review on Commercially Available Solutions....Pages 547-552
Anatomical Modelling of the Pregnant Radiotherapy Patient....Pages 553-556
Estimating Setup Margins using IGRT Techniques. Preliminary results in Havana....Pages 557-560
Weighted Comprehensive Score Evaluation of CBCT Image Guided Positioning Accuracy in Lung Cancer Radiation Treatment....Pages 561-564
An automatic dosimetric and geometric tracking system for head and neck adaptive radiotherapy....Pages 565-568
Front Matter....Pages 569-569
Drift correction techniques in the tracking of lung tumor motion....Pages 570-574
Morphological Analysis of Tumor Regression and Its Impact on Deformable Image Registration for Adaptive Radiotherapy of Lung Cancer Patients....Pages 355-355
Retrospective evaluation of visually monitored deep inspiration breath hold for breast cancer patients using edge detection....Pages 575-578
The impact of audio-visual biofeedback with a patient-specific guiding waveform on respiratory motion management: Comparison of two different respiratory management systems....Pages 579-582
Feasibility of markerless tumor tracking by sequential dual-energy fluoroscopy on a clinical tumor tracking system....Pages 583-586
Application and Parametric Studies of a Sliding Window Neural Network for Respiratory Motion Predictions of Lung Cancer Patients....Pages 587-590
Dose and Position Quality Assurance Using the RADPOS System for 4D Radiotherapy with CyberKnife....Pages 591-594
Development of an MR and CT compatible non-invasive temperature based optical fiber respiration sensor for use in radiotherapy....Pages 595-598
Beta Enhancers: towards a local dose enhancer device for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) on superficial tumors....Pages 599-602
The Use of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy in the Treatment of Cancer Tumours in the Czech Republic....Pages 603-606
A Software App for Radiotherapy with In-situ Dose-painting using high Z nanoparticles....Pages 607-613
Performing radiation therapy research using the open-source SlicerRT toolkit....Pages 614-617
Front Matter....Pages 618-621
Destructive backscatter-based readout of polymer gel dosimeters: proof of principle....Pages 622-625
Dosimetric Comparison of 3DCRT, IMRT and VMAT for Spine Radiotherapy based on Secondary Cancer Risk....Pages 627-627
Dosimetric Effect of Beam Angle on the Unflattened and Flattened Photon Beams: A Monte Carlo study....Pages 629-632
An Attempt to Predict the Proton Relative Biological Effectiveness using Radical Recombination....Pages 633-636
Effects of cable extension and photon irradiation on TNRD neutron detector in radiotherapy....Pages 637-640
Study of the response of ionization chambers in photon beams for off-axis point dose....Pages 641-644
Minimum Planning Target Volume Coverage Necessary for the Delivery of the Prescribed Dose in Lung Radiotherapy....Pages 645-648
Suitability of Diodes for Point Dose Measurements in IMRT/VMAT Beams....Pages 649-652
Front Matter....Pages 653-656
Energy Correction factor for Plane Parallel ion-chamber and it’s Use in Clinical photon Beam Dosimetry....Pages 657-660
Dosimetric Verification for Tangential Breast Irradiation in Commercial Treatment Planning System Using Indigenous Female Wax Torso....Pages 627-627
On the practical use of calorimetry for routine absolute dosimetry in the radiotherapy clinic....Pages 661-665
In-vivo and pre-treatment quality assurance software validation and verification....Pages 666-666
Therapeutic Applications and Dosimetry of Radiopharmaceuticals with the Help of Compartmental Analysis....Pages 667-670
Very Small Circular Fields Output Factors: Comparison of MC Calculations, EBT3 Film and Micro-diamond Measurements....Pages 671-673
A novel tool for in vivo dosimetry in diagnostic and interventional radiology using plastic scintillation detectors....Pages 674-678
First Data on Quality Control Test done in Diagnostic X-ray facility at Major Public Hospitals in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal....Pages 679-679
Lung Dose Estimation for a Total Body Computed Tomography Protocol....Pages 680-684
Estimation of dose distributions in mammography into a tissue equivalent phan-tom....Pages 685-688
Dosimetric Analysis of Patient to a Z-Gradient Coil in Head Magnetic Resonance Imaging....Pages 689-691
Gamma cameras calibration for I-131 uptake quantification in Hyperthyroidism diseases....Pages 692-694
Patient and Staff Dose Optimization in Nuclear Medicine Diagnosis Methods....Pages 695-698
Radiation Dose Assessment of 99mTc-labeled Tetrofosmin in Patients Undergoing Rest-Stress Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy....Pages 699-703
Verifying dynamic planning in gamma knife radiosurgery using gel dosimetry....Pages 704-707
Towards Optical CT scanning of radiochromic 3D dosimeters in mismatched refractive index solutions....Pages 708-711
Evaluation of the eye lens dose according to patient setup errors in pediatric head CT examination....Pages 712-715
Application of Dose Gels in HDR Brachytherapy....Pages 716-719
Use of 3D Printed Materials as Tissue-Equivalent Phantoms....Pages 720-723
Development of Object Simulator for Evaluation Periapical Radiographs....Pages 724-727
Front Matter....Pages 728-731
A Contribution to the Establishment of Diagnostic Reference Levels in Computed Tomography in Brazil....Pages 732-736
Personal Time-Varying Magnetic Fields Evaluation During Activities in MRI Sites....Pages 627-627
Review UAE Dental Radiology Dosimetry Results for National DRLs Establishment....Pages 737-740
Simple Expression of Doses for X-rays below 1 MeV Grazing Incident on Shields of Concrete and Iron Backed by Lead....Pages 741-744
Energy response of the GAFCHROMIC EBT3 in diagnosis range....Pages 745-747
Determination of the Uncertainty in the Cross-calibration of an Ionization Chamber Used in Radiation Therapy....Pages 748-751
Reaction of three UV exposure to gafchromic EBT-2 and EBT-3....Pages 752-755
Noise reduction of radiochromic film: median filter processing of subtraction image....Pages 756-758
Reference and relative dosimetry of standard and small photon fields with new commercially available detectors....Pages 759-762
Regional survey of pediatric patient doses from CT examinations in Tehran, Iran....Pages 763-766
Occupational Dose Measurement in an Interventional Radiology Facility in Jakarta....Pages 767-770
Assessment of Patient and Staff Doses in Interventional Cerebral Angiography Using OSL....Pages 771-774
Assessment of Patient Dose in Selected Non-Cardiac Interventional Fluoroscopy Procedures Using OSL Dosimeters....Pages 775-777
Evaluation of the Comparative Effectiveness of Various Jurisdictional Computed Tomography Radiation Dose Reduction Models....Pages 778-782
Evaluation of Dental X-rays Equipment in Sobral-CE, Brazil....Pages 783-786
Proposed Guidelines for Image Quality Optimization in Chest PA X-Ray Examinations In Bangladesh....Pages 787-790
Front Matter....Pages 791-794
Plan Optimization for a Lung Patient on a Parallel Linac-MR System....Pages 795-797
Ex-vivo experimental study with a new cluster-type microwave ablation antenna....Pages 799-799
On Understanding of the Limiting Factors in Radiofrequency Ablation on Target Tissue Necrosis Volume....Pages 801-804
Dose Enhancement in Radiotherapy by Novel Application Of Gadolinium Based MRI Contrast Agent Nanomagnetic Particles in Gel Dosimetry....Pages 805-808
Front Matter....Pages 809-815
Synthesis and Characterization of SPION Functionalized third Generation dendrimers Conjugated by Gold Nanoparticles and Folic acid for Targeted Breast Cancer Laser Hyperthermia: An Invitro-assay....Pages 816-822
Bio magnetic Nano Particles (BMNPs) used for cancer treatment via Hyperthermia method....Pages 799-799
Cherenkov emission dosimetry for electron beam radiotherapy: a Monte Carlo feasibility study of absolute dose prediction....Pages 823-826
Detection of melanoma through image recognition and artificial neural networks....Pages 827-827
Front Matter....Pages 828-831
A Fiducial Apparatus for 6DOF Pose Estimation of an External Echo Probe from a Single X-ray Projection: Initial Simulation Studies on Design Requirements....Pages 832-835
Mechanism design a flexible endoscope with USB adaptation to training....Pages 837-837
Comparing the Effects of Three MRI RF Sequences on Ultrasonic Motors....Pages 839-842
3D Quantitative Evaluation System for Integral Photography based 3D Autostereoscopic Medical Display....Pages 843-845
Assistant laparoscopic postural: kinematic behavior....Pages 846-849
Workspace optimization of a surgical instrument for single port access surgery....Pages 850-853
High-Dexterity Telemanipulation Robot for Minimally Invasive Surgery....Pages 854-857
Integrated Sensors for a Single-Incision Laparoscopic Instrument....Pages 858-861
A Technique for Prostate Registration by Finite Element Modeling....Pages 862-865
The influence of two different drug infusion profiles on the pharmacodynamics model performance....Pages 866-869
Preoperative in silico analysis of atherosclerotic calcification vulnerability in carotid artery stenting using Finite Element Analysis by considering Agatston score....Pages 870-873
Biomechanical modeling for foot inversion....Pages 874-880
Deformation Method and 3D Modeling of the Female Body to Simulate Core Biopsy Procedure....Pages 881-884
Effects of Band Position on Hemodynamics of Pulmonary Artery: A Numerical Study of Patient-specific Virtual Procedure....Pages 885-888
Orthogonal IR System for Instrumental tracking in Minimally Invasive Spine Procedures for training using Wiimote Technology....Pages 889-892
Front Matter....Pages 893-896
Magnetic Resonance Nanotheranostics of Guerin’s Carcinoma....Pages 897-899
Front Matter....Pages 901-901
Nanoparticle-aided Radiotherapy for Retinoblastoma and Choroidal Melanoma....Pages 903-906
Nanotechnology applied in drug delivery....Pages 901-901
Gas Sensors with ZnO Quantum Dots Synthetized by Sol-Gel Methods....Pages 907-910
Next generation transdermal drug delivery - An electrochemical approach to pH manipulation for controlled release within smart patch technologies....Pages 911-914
Externally applied pressure on the skin electrode impedance....Pages 915-918
Measurement of the Received Power in a Realistic Intrabody Communication Scenario....Pages 919-922
An approach based on fuzzy clustering and an original validation index improves single channel ionic current evaluation....Pages 923-923
A computational method for clustering evaluation in toxic activity study....Pages 924-927
Study of the sensibility of induced heat effects in edible oil measured by interferometric techniques....Pages 928-932
Front Matter....Pages 933-937
Sensitivity of heart rate variability indices for artificially simulated data....Pages 938-942
Desaturation event characteristics and mortality risk in severe sleep apnea....Pages 943-943
Upper-Limb Force Modeling using Rotated Ensembles with Fast Orthogonal Search on High-Density Electromyography....Pages 945-949
Characteristic Analysis and Modeling for Signals of Auditory Propagation Pathway....Pages 950-953
A Mother Wavelet Selection Algorithm for Respiratory Rate Estimation from Photoplethysmogram....Pages 954-957
Static Posturography of Elderly Fallers and Non-Fallers with Eyes Open and Closed....Pages 958-961
Comparison of the Three Filter Algorithms for Detection of Electrically-Evoked Short-Latency Responses in Retinal Ganglion Cells....Pages 962-965
Mathematical assessment of variability in respiratory airflow patterns....Pages 966-969
An evaluation of Arterial Stiffness Index in Relation to the State of the Cardiovascular System....Pages 970-973
An Evaluation of Performance for an Independent SSVEP-BCI Based on Compressive Sensing System....Pages 974-977
Quantifying Blood-Oxygen Saturation Measurement Error in Motion Contaminated Pulse Oximetry Signals....Pages 978-981
Front Matter....Pages 982-985
Classification of responders versus non-responders to tDCS by analyzing voltage between anode and cathode during treatment session....Pages 986-989
An Exploration of the Erector Spinae Muscle for Knee Exoskeleton Control....Pages 943-943
Evaluation the Accuracy of Oscillometric Blood Pressure Measurement According to the AAMI SP10....Pages 990-993
A Fully Unsupervised Clustering on Adaptively Segmented Long-term EEG Data....Pages 994-997
A Hybrid Model for Diagnosing Sever Aortic Stenosis in Asymptomatic Patients using Phonocardiogram....Pages 998-1001
An Intelligent Method for Discrimination between Aortic and Pulmonary Stenosis using Phonocardiogram....Pages 1002-1005
Automatic Detection of Low-Quality Seismocardiogram Cycles Using the Outlier Approach....Pages 1006-1009
Adaptive filter for eliminating baseline wander of pulse wave signals....Pages 1010-1013
MRS data deconvolution through KBDM with multiple signal truncation and clustering: circumventing noise effects....Pages 1014-1017
Quantification of Wavelet Band Metrics for Assessing Heart Rate Variability....Pages 1018-1021
Effect of Coffee on EEG Spectral Assymmetry....Pages 1022-1025
Spectral Analysis of Respiratory and Cardiac Signals Using Doppler Radar....Pages 1026-1029
PEMF effects on chondrocyte cellularity and gene expression of the rat distal femoral metaphyseal articular cartilage....Pages 1030-1033
Improved T-wave Alternans Detection in ECG Signals....Pages 1034-1038
Electrical Left Atrial Conduction Delay with Focused Transesophageal Electrocardiography in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy....Pages 1039-1042
Electrical Interatrial to Interventricular Conduction Delay Ratio with Focused Transesophageal Electrocardiography in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy....Pages 1043-1047
Efficacy of DWT denoising in the removal of power line interference and the effect on morphological distortion of underlying atrial fibrillatory waves in AF-ECG....Pages 1048-1051
A mobile terminal to follow-up the evolution of chronic diseases....Pages 1052-1055
The algorithm for the diagnosis of ventricular tachycardias from electrocardiogram....Pages 1056-1059
Acute Mental Stress Detection via Ultra-short term HRV Analysis....Pages 1060-1063
Front Matter....Pages 1064-1067
Classification of Abdominal Fetal Electrocardiogram Recordings using Karhunen-Loève Decomposition....Pages 1068-1071
Signal Quality Indices for Ambulatory Electrocardiograms Used in Myocardial Ischemia Monitoring....Pages 943-943
Respiratory parameters have different patterns in imposed-inspiration and imposed-expiration within a closed pneumatic circuit in rats....Pages 1072-1075
Photoacoustic Speckle and Spectral analysis of Vasculature Trees....Pages 1076-1079
Relationship between the tuning characteristics of stimulus frequency otoacoustic emissions and behavioral tests at moderate levels....Pages 1080-1083
Mirror Movements in Writer’s Cramp—A Study with Multi-Channel EMG....Pages 1084-1087
EMG—EMG Coherence in Multisite Writer’s Cramp Waveforms – A Study with Advanced Multi-Channel EMG System....Pages 1088-1091
Front Matter....Pages 1092-1095
Neuromuscular Reconnection Methodology By Cap Sense Absorption And Diffusion Signal....Pages 1096-1100
Statistical Evaluation of Objectivisation of Rehabilitation Process....Pages 1101-1101
A Validation Test of a Simple Method of Stride Length Measurement Only with Inertial Sensors and a Preliminary Test in FES-assisted Hemiplegic Gait....Pages 1103-1106
A novel Treadmill Body Weight Support system using Pneumatic Artificial Muscle actuators: a comparison between active Body Weight Support system and counter weight system....Pages 1107-1110
Movement Training and Assessment with 3D Virtual Reality for Parkinson’s Disease Patient....Pages 1111-1114
Arm Angle Detection in Egocentric Video of Upper Extremity Tasks....Pages 1115-1119
A Serious Game for Training and Evaluating the Balance of Hemiparetic Stroke Patients....Pages 1120-1123
Quantitative measurement of subtalar joint passive stiffness in children with cerebral palsy....Pages 1124-1127
fNIRS-based analysis of brain activation with knee extension induced by functional electrical stimulation....Pages 1128-1131
External modulation of electrical stimulated spinal reflexes - a control modality for human lumbosacral networks in injury induced disconnection from brain control....Pages 1132-1136
Validating a Solid-Static Single-Armed Male Prototype Tasked to Produce Dynamic Movement from the Shoulder Through the Preparation Phase....Pages 1137-1141
Motor Control Assessment using Leap Motion: Filtering Methods and Performance in Indoor and Outdoor Environments....Pages 1142-1145
Prefrontal Brain Activity of Goal Keeper when Penalty Kick....Pages 1146-1149
Front Matter....Pages 1150-1154
Human Knee Simulation Using CMAC ANN....Pages 1155-1158
Testing a mobile robot toy for children with disabilities....Pages 1101-1101
Front Matter....Pages 1159-1162
Accelerating Neurite Outgrowth Through Electric Field Manipulation....Pages 1163-1166
Development of a planar microelectrode array offering long-term, high-resolution neuronal recordings....Pages 1167-1167
Robotic Wheelchair Commanded by People with Disabilities Using Low/High-Frequency SSVEP-based BCI....Pages 1169-1172
Design and construction of a brain-computer interface for applications in neuro-robotics....Pages 1173-1176
Comparison of Classification Methods for EEG-based Emotion Recognition....Pages 1177-1180
Cross-subject and Cross-gender Emotion Classification from EEG....Pages 1181-1183
A Brain Computer Interface (BCI) based on intermittent photic-stimulation using multiple coherence to command detection....Pages 1184-1187
Comparison of Three Deep Brain Stimulation Lead Designs under Voltage and Current Modes....Pages 1188-1191
Stimulations to Basal Ganglia and the Efficiency of Microminiaturized Electrode Recording (MER) to Quantify STN Neurons with Deep Brain Stimulator (DBS)- the Lead Point in Parkinson Diseased Conditions....Pages 1192-1195
The Role of Microelectrode Recording (MER) in STN DBS Electrode Implantation....Pages 1196-1199
A 16-bit High-Voltage Digital Charge-Control Electrical Stimulator....Pages 1200-1203
Beta/Theta Neurofeedback Training Effects in Physical Balance of Healthy People....Pages 1204-1207
Potential benefits in comparing the neural control networks studies between the oculomotor and cardiac pacing systems....Pages 1208-1212
Assessment of Bilateral SSEP Signals Enhancement following Transectional Spinal Cord Injury Using Linear Modeling....Pages 1213-1216
A New Dynamic Virtual Stimulation Protocol to Evoke M-VEP and Linear Vection during Orthostatic Posture Control....Pages 1217-1218
Contrast between Spectral and Connectivity Features for Electroencephalography based Authentication....Pages 1219-1219
Establishment of Real Human Head Conductivity Model with Ventricular Structure used in TMS Simulation Study....Pages 1220-1223
Study on electric field in real head model induced by H-coil....Pages 1224-1227
Front Matter....Pages 1228-1232
Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles for Epilepsy Detection....Pages 1233-1236
Objective Evaluation of Likes and Dislikes by Prefrontal Blood Flows....Pages 1167-1167
SCHIZOPHRENIA: Interaction between factors....Pages 1237-1240
How Mental Strategy Affects Beta/Theta Neurofeedback Training....Pages 1241-1244
Front Matter....Pages 1245-1249
Dielectric Properties of Urine for Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Kidney Disease between 0.2 GHz and 50 GHz....Pages 1250-1253
Intraoperative Bioelectrical Impedance Measurement for Assisting Segmental Renal Artery Clamping Partial Nephrectomy....Pages 1255-1255
Developing a pH Responsive Mesh as a Smart Skin Wafer in Ostomy Appliances....Pages 1257-1260
A low cost pulsed wave Doppler ultrasound system on Field Programmable Gate Arrays for vascular studies.....Pages 1261-1264
Renal Volume Estimation by Ultrasound Parallel Scanning for Polycystic Kidney Disease Follow-up....Pages 1265-1268
Pulse Wave Velocity as a Function of Cuff Pressure - Extra Information About the Cardiovascular System....Pages 1269-1272
Effectiveness of Ozone-Liquid Mass Transfer aiming Ozone Therapy....Pages 1273-1278
Vertebral Metrics - development of a third and improved prototype....Pages 1279-1282
A study of pressure-volume characteristics of the cuff for hemodymamic parameters measurement....Pages 1283-1285
Development of a smart needle integrated with a micro-structured impedance sensor for the detection of breast cancer....Pages 1286-1289
Can Removal of Middle Molecular Uremic Retention Solutes be Estimated by UV-absorbance Measurements in Spent Dialysate?....Pages 1290-1292
Design and Technical Evaluation of an Implantable Passive Sensor for Minimally Invasive Wireless Intracranial Pressure Monitoring....Pages 1293-1296
Automation of a Dispersive Raman Spectrometer Using LabVIEW Aiming In Vivo Diagnosis of Skin Cancer....Pages 1297-1300
Microfluorimetry System Instrumentation for Ca2 + -Associated Fluorescence Imaging of Cardiomyocytes in Response to High Electric Fields....Pages 1301-1304
Development of a Low Cost Spectrometer for Studies of Diffuse Reflectance with Dermatological Science and Applications....Pages 1305-1308
Correctness of bioimpedance data for body composition obtained by BIA approach in various external conditions....Pages 1309-1312
Front Matter....Pages 1313-1316
A practical device to warn on impending syncopal episodes....Pages 1317-1320
ONCOMETER....Pages 1255-1255
Development of Personalized Tourniquet Systems Using a New Technique for Measuring Limb Occlusion Pressure....Pages 1321-1321
Denoising RF defibrillator waveforms for intracardiac atrial substrate impedance characterisation using digital filtering techniques....Pages 1322-1324
Photopolymerization device for minimally invasive implants: application to nucleus pulposus replacement....Pages 1325-1328
A CdZnTe-based automated Blood Counter for Quantitative Molecular Imaging....Pages 1329-1332
Quality management systems for medical devices in the production of hospital beds....Pages 1333-1337
Design and Implementation of the Software for Multi-parameter Patient’s Monitor....Pages 1338-1342
High-reliability Nerve Stimulator for Aiding Regional Anesthesia Procedures....Pages 1343-1346
Prototype Development Generating Vacuum for Treating Chronic Wounds Negative Pressure Level Laboratory....Pages 1347-1350
A method to determine the variation of irradiance in bilirubin lamps as function of the time of use....Pages 1351-1354
Developing Smart Bandage Materials for the Management of Chronic Wounds....Pages 1355-1358
HTA for Medical Devices: Multiple-Criteria Decision Making as an Outcome Evaluation Tool....Pages 1359-1362
Value of information analysis for use in health technology assessment....Pages 1363-1366
Device trial to improve blood flow rate with controlled pressure for blood flow at venous side in single needle dialysis....Pages 1367-1370
High Output Impedance Current-Conveyor Oscillator for Electrical Bioimpedance Applications....Pages 1371-1374
Electromagnetic high-hydrous gel phantom at a low-frequency band -Improvement in the electrical characteristics by using a carbon microcoil and investigation of its mechanism-....Pages 1375-1378
Front Matter....Pages 1379-1382
User Centered Design to incorporate predictive models for Type 2 Diabetes screening and management into professional decision support tools: preliminary results.....Pages 1383-1386
An Artifact Detection Framework for Clinical Decision Support Systems....Pages 1387-1387
Quantifying Bipolar Disorder for Technology-Assisted Self-Management....Pages 1389-1392
Front Matter....Pages 1393-1396
Differential Feature Space in Mean Shift Clustering for Automated Melanoma Assessment....Pages 1397-1400
Developing an Appropriate and Affordable Expert System for Medical Diagnosis (ESMD) in Developing Countries....Pages 1387-1387
From Smart Phones to Smart Health....Pages 1401-1404
Hippocratic Protocol Design to Improve Security and Privacy in Healthcare Applications for NFC Smartphone....Pages 1405-1408
Becoming of Ubiquitous Sensors for Ubiquitous Healthcare....Pages 1409-1411
A simple device producing electrolyzed water for home care....Pages 1412-1415
Monitoring Information System of Aedes Aegypti Reproduction....Pages 1416-1418
Evaluation of the Impact in the Physical Condition of School Age Children Exposed to an Intervention of Exergaming in Montemorelos Mexico....Pages 1419-1422
A Telemedicine System to follow-up the Evolution of Chronic Diseases in the Community....Pages 1423-1426
Extracting Intention from Web Queries- Application in eHealth Personalization....Pages 1427-1430
Front Matter....Pages 1431-1434
An Algorithm Based on Voice Description of Meal for Insulin Dose Calculation to Compensate Food Intake....Pages 1435-1438
Diagnosis of the corporal movement in Parkinson’s Disease using Kinect Sensors.....Pages 1439-1439
Intelligent System for Identification of patients in Healthcare....Pages 1441-1444
Wireless equipment localization for medical environments....Pages 1445-1448
A mobile monitoring tool for the automatic activity recognition and its application for Parkinson’s disease rehabilitation....Pages 1449-1452
Hom-e-call - An enhanced fall detection system based on accelerometer and optical sensors applicable in domestic environment....Pages 1453-1456
Smartwatch App as the Chest Compression Depth Feedback Device....Pages 1457-1460
A System to Support Regional Screening Programs to Identify School-age Children at Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders....Pages 1461-1464
Front Matter....Pages 1465-1468
Updated Free Energy Parameters Increase MicroRNA Prediction Performance....Pages 1469-1473
Comparative analysis of co-expression networks reveals molecular changes during the cancer progression....Pages 1475-1475
Front Matter....Pages 1477-1480
Fuzzy-state machine for Triage priority classifier in emergency room....Pages 1481-1487
A Rapid Learning Approach for the Knowledge Modeling of Radiation Therapy Plan....Pages 1475-1475
Front Matter....Pages 1488-1491
Project Management for Clinical Engineering - Considerations in the evaluation and acquisition of medical equipment for health services in Brazil....Pages 1492-1494
Creation of a system for the coding of medical devices....Pages 1495-1495
Device reconditioning service for home-based assistance. How to choose the right approach....Pages 1497-1500
Using Heuristic Analysis to support Usability Evaluation of a low risk medical device under development process....Pages 1501-1503
Smart pump user interface evaluation....Pages 1504-1507
Applying Heuristic Evaluation on Medical Devices User Manuals....Pages 1508-1511
Management of Electromagnetic Interferences in Healthcare Facilities - A review....Pages 1512-1514
Technological Surveillance and Integrity Monitoring of Infusion Systems....Pages 1515-1518
Anthropomorphic Phantom of the Pancreas for Scintillation Camera Tests....Pages 1519-1524
Hospital Mode Design in Smartphones and Tablets for Wireless Security in Healthcare Facilities....Pages 1525-1527
Approach to the management of infusion systems in hospitals....Pages 1528-1531
Applying an Evidence-based Approach to Managing Alarm Safety: A University Health Network Case Study....Pages 1532-1534
Practice of HB-HTA on the Study of HIFU Technology for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer and Uterine Fibroma....Pages 1535-1537
Novel Medical Device Procurement Tracking Approach....Pages 1538-1541
Design of a remote use ECG with an Optical Communication System (FSO) for Telemedicine Applications....Pages 1542-1545
A Simulation Based Model for Planning Operating Theater Activity in Complex Hospitals: Case Study in Orthopedics....Pages 1546-1549
Study on Medical Equipment Location Systems that use RFID Technology....Pages 1550-1553
Multi-criteria decision analysis to redesign an Italian Clinical Engineering Service under specific needs and regulation requirements....Pages 1554-1557
Front Matter....Pages 1558-1561
Reliability Indicators in the Medical Equipment Management....Pages 1562-1565
A Healthcare Facilities Qualitative and Multivariate Quantitative Assessment Methodology for Mongolia....Pages 1495-1495
A Basic Study on the Measurement of Electromagnetic Fields in a New University Hospital Building Before and After the Hospital Opened....Pages 1566-1570
Establishment of Radiation Qualities for Radiodiagnostics in LCR/UERJ According to IEC 61267 and TRS 457....Pages 1571-1574
The critical evaluation of AV control features in modern pacemakers and cardioverters.....Pages 1575-1577
Assisted Reproductive Technology Center Design with Quality Function Deployment Approach....Pages 1578-1582
Study of the Sensitivity on the Measurement of the Prevalence of Total Cholesterol in Blood Serum by Interferometric Techniques....Pages 1583-1586
Analysis and experimentation of plantar foot segmentation from thermographic digital images for preventive diagnosis of diabetic foot....Pages 1587-1590
Front Matter....Pages 1591-1594
Medical Physics in Indonesia: Current Status and Plans....Pages 1595-1598
The Medical Physics M.Sc. program at the National University of Mexico: Results and lessons learned after 100+ graduates....Pages 1599-1599
matRad - a multi-modality open source 3D treatment planning toolkit....Pages 1601-1603
Biomedical Engineering Education in Peru in 2015: A Unique and Innovative Collaboration in Latin America....Pages 1604-1607
Academic Real Time Digital Medical Image Processing Environment....Pages 1608-1611
Detection of Eye Movement; possibility how to control world....Pages 1612-1615
“Rehabilitation Engineering: Designing for Ability” – A summer outreach course for attracting talented high school students to the rehabilitation engineering field....Pages 1616-1619
The Potential rol3e of IFMBE in improving the state of medical equipment in developing countries....Pages 1620-1623
A discipline about Human Factors Engineering and Usability applied to Medical Devices for under graduation courses using Active Learning techniques....Pages 1624-1627
The medical equipment management inside the accreditation process: a comparison with Brazilian accredited hospitals....Pages 1628-1630
Oh dear medical physicist and biomedical engineer, why it is difficult to pioneer your specialist career?....Pages 1631-1634
Biomedical Engineering in Nigeria: A Developmental Overview....Pages 1635-1638
Front Matter....Pages 1639-1642
An Experience on the dosimetry of HDR Brachytherapy Treatment Planning of Cervical Carcinoma at BPKM Cancer Hospital, Nepal....Pages 1643-1648
Medical Physics Residency Program in Developing Countries: Lessons, Challenges and Solutions Learned from a Regional Pilot Training Program....Pages 1599-1599
Assistive Technologies in Biomedical Engineering Education....Pages 1649-1651
Develop of a Mixed, Haptic and Virtual System to Simulate Radiographic Images....Pages 1652-1655
Promoting the Public Image of Medical Physicists and Biomedical/clinical Engineers....Pages 1656-1659
Front Matter....Pages 1660-1663
Is there a ‘Leaky Pipeline’ for Women in Clinical Medical Physics in Canada?....Pages 1664-1666
Front Matter....Pages 1667-1667
The value of individual measurements for tumor control probability predictions in head and neck patients....Pages 1669-1672
A simulative model approach of cardiopulmonary interaction....Pages 1673-1673
Numerical Modeling Of The Electrical Impedance Method Of Peripheral Veins Localization....Pages 1675-1678
Finite Element Modeling of Gelatin Phantom from Measured Impedance Spectra....Pages 1679-1682
Improved temperature monitoring and treatment planning for loco-regional hyperthermia treatments of Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC)....Pages 1683-1686
A Full 3D CFD Model Coupled with an Outflow Lumped Boundary and Inflow Total Pressure Formulation to Estimate Human Cardiac Perfusion....Pages 1687-1690
Steered Molecular Dynamic Simulation Approaches for computing the Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) Diffusion Coefficient....Pages 1691-1694
The Development of SIM to Characterize Blood Volumetric Flow Rate and Hemodynamics in Human Coronary Arteries....Pages 1695-1698
Radiation Pneumonitis and Low Dose Radiation Hypersensitivity....Pages 1699-1703
DNA Damage Induced in Glioblastoma Cells by I-131: A Comparison between Experimental Data and Monte Carlo Simulation....Pages 1704-1707
Dose enhancement during concomitant chemoradiotherapy using FDA approved concentrations of carboplatin and oxaliplatin nanoparticles....Pages 1708-1711
Concentrated photoactivation: focusing light through scattering....Pages 1712-1716
Evaluation of Decomposition Analysis on Multi-Models for Digital Volume Pulse Signal....Pages 1717-1722
Front Matter....Pages 1723-1726
The Art of Engineering Medicine: A New Fast Non-Invasive Method to Directly Assess Ischemia in Human Diseased Coronary Arteries....Pages 1727-1730
Obstructive and Sclerotic Disorders affecting Carotid Blood Flow to the Brain....Pages 1731-1734
Investigation of flow and turbulence in carotid artery models of varying compliance using particle image velocimetry....Pages 1673-1673
Finite Element Analysis of Dynamics of Two Microbubbles Under Ultrasonic Field....Pages 1735-1738
Estimation of Tissue Temperature in Tumor Hyperthermia Using Ultrasonic Methods....Pages 1739-1742
Back Matter....Pages 1743-1746
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