25th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference 2009, 15 – 17 May 2009, Miami, Florida, USA

Front Matter....Pages -
Fluorescence Tomographic Imaging Using a Hand-Held Optical Imager: Extensive Phantom Studies....Pages 1-2
Clinical Translation of a Novel Hand-Held Based Optical Imager: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies ....Pages 3-4
Real-Time Imaging of Circulating Individual Blood Cells in Mammalian Embryos with Doppler SSOCT....Pages 5-6
Brain Connectivity Studies of Joint Attention Using Frequency-Domain Diffuse Optical Imaging....Pages 7-8
Novel Video-FRAP Method for the Determination of Anisotropic Diffusion: Principles and Optimization....Pages 9-10
Ultra High-Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography for Ocular Imaging of Small Animals....Pages 11-12
Incorporation of Interoperability in a Robot-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery System....Pages 13-16
Exploring the Effects of Cognitive Load on Muscle Activation during Functional Upper Extremity Tasks....Pages 17-18
Design and Evaluation of a Three Dimensional Ultrasound System for Tissue Ablation for Treatment of Kidney Tumors....Pages 19-20
Design and Construction of a Novel Surgical Instrument Applicable in Esophagectomy....Pages 21-22
Additive Layered Manufacturing of Reticulated Ti-6Al-4V Biomedical Mesh Structures by Electron Beam Melting....Pages 23-28
Osteointegration of HA-Coated Subperiosteal Dental Implants: Preliminary Work....Pages 29-30
Nanoscale Hole Fabrication in Cylindrical Devices for Bubble Generation....Pages 31-32
Corrosion Behavior of Electropolished and Non-electropolished Ternary Nitinol Alloys....Pages 33-34
Flowchart for Basic Non-destructive Testing Technologies in Biomaterials....Pages 35-38
The Effects of Visual and Verbal Feedback upon Gait Biomechanics and Functionality....Pages 39-44
Analysis, Assessment, and Evaluation of Postural Instability for Bipedal Locomotion....Pages 45-46
Dynamic Response of Wheelchair Cushions....Pages 47-50
Force Production and Neuromuscular Function in Bilateral Movements among Young Females at Low and High Speeds....Pages 51-54
Trunk Kinematics during Pediatric Gait....Pages 55-58
A Respiratory Gating System for PET Imaging of Lung Cancer....Pages 59-60
Quantitation of Metabolic Change in Serial FDG-PET Brain Scans of Pediatric Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury....Pages 61-62
Comparison of Respiratory Motion Correction Methods in PET Lung Tumor Quantification....Pages 63-66
Using Two-Dimensional Edge Detection to Produce Three-Dimensional Medical Prototypes from MRI Data....Pages 67-70
New Image Processing Algorithm for ROI Extraction in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis....Pages 71-72
A Novel Method to Study DICOM Tags and Definitions for Structured Report and Image Analysis Purposes....Pages 73-74
Visual Display for the Acquisition of High Rate Pattern Reversal Electroretinograms....Pages 75-76
System to Control Skin Temperature during Hyperthermic Treatment....Pages 77-80
Design of Interoperability-Coupled Safe Infusion Therapy in a Telemetry Setting....Pages 81-84
Endobronchial Intratumoral Chemotherapy (EITC) for Improved Treatment of Lung Cancer....Pages 85-86
Evaluation of the Electromagnetic Compatibility of WiFi Technology with Life-Supporting Medical Devices....Pages 87-88
Performance of Optimal IMC and PID Controllers for Blood Pressure Control....Pages 89-94
Biomechanical Evaluation of the Cylindrical TI Mesh Cage for the Treatment of Segmental Defects of the Tibia....Pages 95-96
A-Mode Ultrasound Bone Registration for Computer-Assisted Knee Surgery: Calibration and Robustness Test....Pages 97-100
Biomechanical Analysis of UCBL with Articulated Ankle AFO in a Surgical Stage II Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction....Pages 101-102
Investigating the Tightening Torque of an Osseointegrated Transfemoral Implant System....Pages 103-106
Effects of Temperature on the Performance of Footwear Foams Subjected to Quasi-Static Compression Loading....Pages 107-110
Identification of Biomarkers for Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube Exposure in Mouse Macrophage Cells....Pages 111-112
Development of Cell Impedance Based Sensing System for the Nanotoxicity Assay....Pages 113-114
Characterization of Nanometric Qdots by AFM and Optical Microscopy....Pages 115-118
Macrophage Response to Zinc Oxide Nanorod Surfaces -Topography and Toxicity....Pages 119-120
Adhesion Dynamics of Functional Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery....Pages 121-122
The Merit of Principal Component Analysis in fMRI Language Pattern Recognition for Pediatric Epilepsy....Pages 123-124
A New Algorithm as an Extension to the Gradient Descent Method for Functional Brain Activation Classification....Pages 125-128
Classification of Typical and Atypical Language Network Activations Using Nonlinear Decision Functions....Pages 129-130
Enhance Signal Detection in Auto-Associative CA3 Pyramidal Neuron Model Using Electric Field Noise....Pages 131-132
Clinical Applications of Evoked Potential Continuous Loop Averaging Deconvolution (CLAD)....Pages 133-134
The Use of Modified Deconvolution Averaging Algorithm for the Analysis of Auditory Evoked Activity....Pages 135-136
Computational Modeling of Implantable Power Source: Miniature Enzymatic Biofuel Cell....Pages 137-138
Novel Sensor for Measuring Sodium Concentration for Dialysis Applications....Pages 139-140
Integrated Sensing Biosystems....Pages 141-142
An Investigation of the Electrical Properties of Titanium Oxide Coatings for Potential Use in Biosensors....Pages 143-144
Analysis of Pullout Strength and Pedicle Screw Loosening from Loading Rigid Rod Construct....Pages 145-146
A Self-healing PMMA Bone Cement: Influence of Crystal Size of Grubbs’ Catalyst....Pages 147-150
Temperature Calculations in Orthogonal Cutting of Cortical Bone Using Finite Element Analysis....Pages 151-152
Development of MR Fluid for Running Shoes with an Active Damping System....Pages 153-154
Use of PVA to Improve Adhesion of CaP Coating on Titanium Implants....Pages 155-156
Modes of Failure in Natural and Artificial Human Hip Joints....Pages 157-162
A Novel Cell Culture Platform for In-Vitro Enhancement of Oxygen Delivery Leads to Improved Physiological Function of Isolated Islets of Langerhans....Pages 163-164
Optimization of Perfluorocarbon Emulsions for Cellular Encapsulation....Pages 165-166
Effect of Electrode Geometry on Deep Brain Stimulation: Monopolar Point Source vs. Medtronic 3389 Lead....Pages 167-170
Measurement of Ion Diffusivity in Intervertebral Disc Using a Two-Point Electrical Conductivity Approach....Pages 171-172
Neurite Growth in Protein-Conjugated Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Hydrogels....Pages 173-174
Maximization of Growth and Storage of Locally Isolated Lactobacillus Salivarius Subsp. Salivarius with High Stability and Functionality....Pages 175-178
Rapid Prediction of Sudden Death Using Fluorescent Nanoparticles....Pages 179-182
Development of a PLGA Nanoparticle Drug Delivery System Containing Imaging/Hyperthermia and Chemotherapy Agents....Pages 183-184
Micro-Object Detection with the Waveguide Microgripper....Pages 185-186
Optical Characterization with the Waveguide Microgripper....Pages 187-188
Integrating Technology in a Biostatistics Course at Florida International University....Pages 189-192
The Goals of Entrepreneurship....Pages 193-194
Electrochemical Immunosensor for the Direct, Reagentless Detection of Tumor Biomarkers....Pages 195-196
Using Nano-sensors in Environmental Radionuclide Monitoring....Pages 197-198
Development of Gold Nanorod Lateral Flow Test for Quantitative Multi-analyte Detection....Pages 199-202
DNA Biosensors for E. Coli O157:H7 Detection in Drinking Water Resources Using Sol-Gel Derived Waveguides....Pages 203-206
Use of a Spine Robot to Simulate Pure Moment Testing for Spine Biomechanics....Pages 207-210
Robotic Biomechanical Testing of Cervical Spine Structures....Pages 211-212
Biomechanical Testing of Posterior Lumbar Stabilization Systems....Pages 213-218
Does Placement of the Axis of Rotation of the Cervical Spine Affect Mechanics during Flexion and Extension?....Pages 219-222
Biomechanical Comparison of Lumbar Disc Prostheses: ProDisc-L, Charité, and Maverick Disc Implant Systems....Pages 223-226
A Statical Model of the Human Knee Joint....Pages 227-232
Design and Development of a Highly Macroporous Silicone Scaffold as a Bioartificial Pancreas for Type 1 Diabetes....Pages 233-234
Modeling Bio-scaffolds: Structural and Fluid Transport Characterization Based on 3D Imaging Data....Pages 235-236
Analysis of Microarray Data for Gene Selection....Pages 237-238
Computer-Assisted Bacterial Identification Using 16S rRNA Sequence Data....Pages 239-240
Model of the Isolated Ex-Vivo Human Crystalline Lens Using Cosine Functions....Pages 241-242
A Numerical Method for MRI Induced Heating Evaluation in Subjects Implanted with Metallic Wires....Pages 243-244
Monte Carlo Calculation for Initial Activity Uniformity Distributed on a Re-188 Electroplated Aluminum Sheet....Pages 245-246
A Reference Model Based Patient Management System: Opportunities and Challenges....Pages 247-252
Locating Equivalent Cardiac Electrical Activity from ECG for Preliminary Diagnosis....Pages 253-254
Comparative Analysis of Noninvasively Monitored Biosignals for Affective Assessment of a Computer User....Pages 255-260
Measurement of Modulated Autofluorescence Signals in Flow Cytometry....Pages 261-262
Blood-Brain Barrier In Vitro Model Utilizing Immortalized Cell Lines....Pages 263-264
HRV and EEG Signal Features for Computer-Aided Detection of Sleep Apnea....Pages 265-266
Assessment of Human Muscle Fatigue from Surface EMG Signals Recorded during Isometric Voluntary Contractions....Pages 267-270
Time-Domain Analysis of the ECG P-Wave after External Cardioversion for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation....Pages 271-272
Computational Wear Damage Analysis on Retrieved Tibial Components....Pages 273-278
Effect of Spinous Process Excision on Adjacent Segment Motion: A Biomechanical Study....Pages 279-280
Studying the Non-uniform Expansion of a Stent Influenced by the Balloon....Pages 281-282
A Mathematical Head/Brain Model for Investigation of Damping Characteristics of SAS in Low Velocity Head Impacts....Pages 283-286
Computational Modeling for CAD Data Integration into 3D Image Data....Pages 287-288
Using FE for Dynamic Energy Return Analysis of Prosthetic Feet during Design Process....Pages 289-292
Pressure Response Analysis in Head Injury....Pages 293-294
Effect of Different Boundary Conditions on the Reaction Forces in a Complete Denture....Pages 295-296
Multiscale Mathematical Modeling of Microvascular Tone Regulation....Pages 297-298
Application of a Fluorescent Multiple Indicator Method to Study Changes in Cardiac Permeability with Chemotherapy....Pages 299-300
Nitric Oxide Interactions with Red Blood Cell Hemoglobin in a Novel Bioreactor....Pages 301-304
Transport of Vascular Microbubbles through Multiple Vessel Bifurcations: A Model Study....Pages 305-306
Resuscitation from Traumatic Hemorrhagic Shock with Na+/H+ Exchanger Inhibitor....Pages 307-308
Real Time Monitoring of Extracellular Glutamate Release in Rat Ischemia Model Treated by Traditional Acupuncture....Pages 309-310
Exercise Evaluation from Blood Volume Pulse Signals Analyzed by Parametric Auto-Regressive Modeling....Pages 311-314
Development of Matlab Algorithm to Process Pressure Waveforms from Isolated Perfused Heart Experiments....Pages 315-316
An Integrated Software Package to Classify Human Respiratory Diseases....Pages 317-318
Respiratory System Model Parameters Track Changes in Lung Function after Bronchodilation....Pages 319-322
Feature Selection of Voluntary Cough Patterns for Detecting Lung Diseases....Pages 323-328
Multi-outcome Modeling and Decisions for Anesthesia Patients....Pages 329-332
The Health Advisor....Pages 333-338
Symmetry of Weight Distribution While Rising from a Chair in Transtibial Amputees....Pages 339-340
Fast Differential Analysis of Center of Pressure Data in Normal Children and Children with Cerebral Palsy....Pages 341-342
Design of a Prototype for a Novel Rehabilitative Device for Hearing Preservation through Feedback and Control....Pages 343-346
Posture Stability in Lateral Slope Walking....Pages 347-348
Mandibular Advancement Device (MAD®) to Treat Sleet Apnoea-Hypopnoea Syndrome and Chronic Snoring....Pages 349-354
Injectable and Release-Controlled OP-1 Hybrid Core-Shell Nanocapsules Enhance Distraction Osteogenesis in Rabbits....Pages 355-358
Quantified In Vitro Release of Interleukin-8 from Electrospun Bioresorbable Vascular Graft Materials....Pages 359-362
Targeted Drug Delivery with PEGylated Immuno-Niosomes....Pages 363-366
Injectable Cell-Biopolymer Gels for Neural Tissue Repair....Pages 367-368
Nanostructured Biopolymer-Microglial Cell Implants for Spinal Cord/CNS Repair....Pages 369-370
Optimization and Scheduling for Chemotherapy Treatment to Control Tumour Growth....Pages 371-376
Numerical Study of Temperature and Thermal Dose Response of Tumor Tissue during Hyperthermia Treatment....Pages 377-378
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