XII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2010: May 27 – 30, 2010 Chalkidiki, Greece

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The MEDICON conferences are international events of high scientific standards with long lasting tradition held every third year in one of the Mediterranean countries under the auspices of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering. This "MEDICON 2010” conference proceedings present recent advances in practically every main topic of Biomedical Engineering. The volume provides communication and an exchange of ideas on Biomechanics, Bioinstrumentation, Medical Imaging, Medical Radiation Physics, Technology Assessment, Clinical Engineering, Rehabilitation Engineering, Medical Informatics, Biomaterials and Educational, Ethical and Professional Aspects.

Author(s): Vincas Laurutis, Raimondas Zemblys (auth.), Panagiotis D. Bamidis, Nicolas Pallikarakis (eds.)
Series: IFMBE Proceedings 29
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2010

Language: English
Pages: 1000
Tags: Biomedical Engineering;Biophysics and Biological Physics;Biomaterials;Computational Biology/Bioinformatics

Front Matter....Pages -
Quantitative Analysis of Two-Dimensional Catch-Up Saccades Executed to the Target Jumps in the Time-Continuous Trajectory....Pages 1-4
Spike Sorting based on Dominant-Sets clustering....Pages 5-8
Differentiation of human bone marrow stromal cells onto gelatin cryogel scaffolds....Pages 9-12
Simples Coherence vs. Multiple Coherence: A Somatosensory Evoked Response Detection Investigation....Pages 13-16
Measure of Similarity of ECG Cycles....Pages 17-20
Wavelet phase synchronization between EHGs at different uterine sites: comparison of pregnancy and labor contractions....Pages 21-24
Dynamic Generation of Physiological Model Systems....Pages 25-28
Random Forest-Based Classification of Heart Rate Variability Signals by Using Combinations of Linear and Nonlinear Features....Pages 29-32
Validation of MRS metabolic markers in the classification of brain gliomas and their correlation to energy metabolism....Pages 33-36
Event-Related Synchronization/Desynchronization for Evaluating Cortical Response Detection Induced by Dynamic Visual Stimuli....Pages 37-40
Investigating the EEG Alpha Band during Kinesthetic and Visual Motor Imagery of the Spike Volleyball Movement....Pages 41-44
Principal Components Clustering through a Variance-Defined Metric....Pages 45-48
A Kurtosis-Based Automatic System Using Naïve Bayesian Classifier to Identify ICA Components Contaminated by EOG or ECG Artifacts....Pages 49-52
Correlation between Fractal Behavior of HRV and Neurohormonal and Functional Indexes in Chronic Heart Failure....Pages 53-56
On the Selection of Time Interval and Frequency Range of EEG Signal Preprocessing for P300 Brain-Computer Interfacing....Pages 57-60
Development of a Simple and Cheap Device for Movement Analysis....Pages 61-64
Signal Peptide Prediction in Single Transmembrane Proteins Using the Continuous Wavelet Transform....Pages 65-68
Comparison of AM-FM Features with Standard Features for the Classification of Surface Electromyographic Signals....Pages 69-72
Studying Brain Visuo-Tactile Integration through Cross-Spectral Analysis of Human MEG Recordings....Pages 73-76
Patient-specific seizure prediction using a multi-feature and multi-modal EEG-ECG classification....Pages 77-80
Horizontal Directionality Characteristics of the Bat Head-Related Transfer Function....Pages 81-84
Assessment of Human Performance during High-Speed Marine Craft Transit....Pages 85-88
Effects of Electrochemotherapy on Microcirculatory Vasomotion in Tumors....Pages 89-92
Non-linear modeling of cerebral autoregulation using cascade models....Pages 93-96
The Epsilon-Skew-Normal dictionary for the decomposition of single- and multichannel biomedical recordings using Matching Pursuit algorithms....Pages 97-100
On the Empirical Mode Decomposition Performance in White Gaussian Noise Biomedical Signals....Pages 101-106
Simulation of Biomechanical Experiments in OpenSim....Pages 107-110
Comparing Sensorimotor Cortex Activation during Actual and Imaginary Movement....Pages 111-114
Graph Analysis on Functional Connectivity Networks during an Emotional Paradigm....Pages 115-118
MORFEAS: A Non-Invasive System for automated Sleep Apnea Detection utilizing Snore Sound Analysis....Pages 119-123
Improved Optical Method for Measuring Concentration of Uric Acid Removed during Dialysis....Pages 124-127
Correlations between Longitudinal Corneal Apex Displacement, Head Movements and Pulsatile Blood Flow....Pages 128-131
THE ANALOG PROCESSING AND DIGITAL RECORDING OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS....Pages 132-135
Parameter Selection in Approximate and Sample Entropy-Complexity of Acute and Chronic Stress Response....Pages 136-139
The Importance of Uterine Contractions Extraction in Evaluation of the Progress of Labour by Calculating the Values of Sample Entropy from Uterine Electromyogram....Pages 140-143
Simultaneous Pneumo- and Photoplethysmographic Recording of Oscillometric Envelopes Applying a Local Pad-Type Cuff on the Radial Artery....Pages 144-147
Estimation of Mean Radial Blood Pressure in Critically Ill Patients....Pages 148-151
Photoplethysmographic Assessment of the Pressure-Compliance Relationship for the Radial Artery....Pages 152-155
High Frequency Acoustic Properties for Cutaneous Cell Carcinomas In Vitro....Pages 156-159
Gender-related Effects of Carbohydrate Ingestion and Hypoxia on Heart Rate Variability: Linear and Non-linear Analysis....Pages 160-163
On the analysis of dynamic lung mechanics separately in ins- and expiration....Pages 164-167
Clinical Validation of an Algorithm for Automatic Detection of Atrial Fibrillation from Single Lead ECG....Pages 168-171
Mental and Motor Task Classification by LDA....Pages 172-175
The human subthalamic nucleus – knowledge for the understanding of Parkinson’s disease....Pages 176-179
Dissociated neurons from an extended rat subthalamic area - spontaneous activity and acetylcholine addition....Pages 180-183
Nigro-subthalamic and nigro-trigeminal projections in the rat....Pages 184-187
Statistical Estimate on Indices Associated to Atherosclerosis Risk....Pages 188-191
Study of Some EEG Signal Processing Methods for Detection of Epileptic Activity....Pages 192-195
Continuous Wavelet Transformation of Pattern Electroretinogram (PERG) - a tool improving the test accuracy....Pages 196-199
An Interactive Tool for Customizing Clinical Transacranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Experiments....Pages 200-203
Measurement Methodology for Tempomandibular Joint Displacement Based on Focus Mutual Information Alignment of CBCT Images....Pages 204-207
Computer Aided Diagnosis of Diffuse Lung Disease in Multi-detector CT – Selecting 3D Texture Features....Pages 208-211
Statistical Pre-processing Method for Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography Images....Pages 212-215
Security and Reliability of Data Transmissions in Biotelemetric System....Pages 216-219
A Novel Approach for Implementation of Dual Energy Mapping Technique in CT-Based Attenuation Correction Using Single kV P Imaging: A Feasibility Study....Pages 220-223
Computational Visualization of Tumor Virotherapy....Pages 224-227
New Approaches for Continuous Non Invasive Blood Pressure Monitoring....Pages 228-231
Wireless Power and Data Transmission for Robotic Endoscopic Capsules....Pages 232-235
Ulcer Detection in Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Images Using Bidimensional Nonlinear Analysis....Pages 236-239
Pre-clinical physiological data acquisition and testing of the IMAGE sensing device for exercise guidance and real-time monitoring of cardiovascular disease patients....Pages 240-243
Thermal Images of Electrically Stimulated Breast: a simulation study....Pages 244-247
Magnetic Resonance Current Density Imaging Using One Component of Magnetic Flux Density: An Experimental Study....Pages 248-251
Computer-Aided Detection of COPD Using Digital Chest Radiographs....Pages 252-255
Localisation, Registration and Visualisation of MRS Volumes of Interest on MR Images....Pages 256-259
Magnetic Marker Monitoring: A novel approach for magnetic marker design....Pages 260-263
Corneal nerves segmentation and morphometric parameters quantification for early detection of diabetic neuropathy....Pages 264-267
Novel catheters for in vivo research and pharmaceutical trials providing direct access to extracellular space of target tissues....Pages 268-271
Statistical Texture Analysis of MRI Images to Classify Patients Affected by Multiple Sclerosis....Pages 272-275
WADEDA: A Wearable Affective Device with On-Chip Signal Processing Capabilities for Measuring ElectroDermal Activity....Pages 276-279
A Modular Architecture of a Computer-Operated Olfactometer for Universal Use....Pages 280-283
The role of geometry of the human carotid bifurcation in the formation and development of atherosclerotic plaque....Pages 284-287
A wearable wireless ECG sensor: a design with a minimal number of parts....Pages 288-291
Active Contours without Edges Applied to Breast Lesions on Ultrasound....Pages 292-295
Automatic identification of trabecular bone fracture....Pages 296-299
Visualization System to Improve Surgical Performance during a Laparoscopic Procedure....Pages 300-303
The blood perfusion mapping in the human skin by photoplethysmography imaging....Pages 304-306
Fingerprint Matching with Self Organizing Maps....Pages 307-310
A Novel Model for Monte Carlo Simulation of Performance Parameters of the Rodent Research PET (RRPET) Camera Based on NEMA NU-4 Standards....Pages 311-314
Is the Average Gray-Level from Ultrasound B-Mode Images Able to Estimate Temperature Variations in Ex-Vivo Tissue?....Pages 315-318
CT2MCNP: An Integrated Package for Constructing Patient-Specific Voxel-Based Phantoms Dedicated for MCNP(X) Monte Carlo Code....Pages 319-322
Noise reduction in fluoroscopic image sequences for joint kinematics analysis....Pages 323-326
The Influence of Patient Miscentering on Patient Dose and Image Noise in Two Commercial ct Scanners....Pages 327-330
A Study on Performance of a Digital Image Acquisition System in Mammography Diagnostic....Pages 331-334
An efficient Video-Synopsis technique for optical recordings with application to the analysis of rat barrel-cortex responses....Pages 335-338
Preoperative Planning Software for Hip Replacement....Pages 339-342
Entropy: a way to quantify complexity in calcium dynamics....Pages 343-346
A new fluorescence image-processing method to visualize Ca 2 +  -release and uptake Endoplasmatic Reticulum microdomains in cultured glia....Pages 347-350
Experimental Measurement of Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) in Five Commercial CT Scanners....Pages 351-354
Microcalcifications Segmentation Procedure Based on Morphological Operators and Histogram Filtering....Pages 355-358
Segmentation of Anatomical Structures on Chest Radiographs....Pages 359-362
Lung Nodule Detection on Rib Eliminated Radiographs....Pages 363-366
An improved algorithm for out-of-plane artifacts removal in digital tomosynthesis reconstructions....Pages 367-370
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Irreversible Electroporation in Tubers....Pages 371-375
Superposition of activations of SWI and fMRI acquisitions of the motor cortex....Pages 376-378
A New Optical Method for Measuring Creatinine Concentration During Dialysis.....Pages 379-382
The Role of Viscous Damping on Quality of Haptic Interaction in Upper Limb Rehabilitation Robot: A Simulation Study....Pages 383-386
A New Fibre Optic Pulse Oximeter Probe for Monitoring Splanchnic Organ Arterial Blood Oxygen Saturation....Pages 387-390
Electrical properties of teeth regarding the electric vitality testing....Pages 391-394
Stiffness of a small tissue phantom measured by a tactile resonance sensor....Pages 395-398
Vectorial magnetoencephalographic measurements for the estimation of radial dipolar activity in the human somatosensory system....Pages 399-401
Registration of Chest X-Rays....Pages 402-405
Arterial Pulse Transit Time Dependence on Applied Pressure....Pages 406-409
Influence of an Artificial Valve Type on the Flow in the Ventricular Assist Device....Pages 410-413
A New Stimulation Technique for Electrophysiological Color Vision Testing....Pages 414-417
Novel TiN-based dry EEG electrodes: Influence of electrode shape and number on contact impedance and signal quality....Pages 418-421
A finite element method study of the current density distribution in a capacitive intrabody communication system....Pages 422-425
Voice Controlled Neuroprosthesis System....Pages 426-429
Preoperative Planning Program Tool in Treatment of Articular Fractures: Process of Segmentation Procedure....Pages 430-433
Neuroimaging of emotional activation: Issues on Experimental Methodology, Analysis and Statistics....Pages 434-437
Using Grid Infrastructure for the Promotion of Biomedical Knowledge Mining....Pages 438-441
A Laboratory Scale Facility for the Parametric Characterization of the Intraocular Pressure of the Human Eye....Pages 442-445
AM-FM Texture Image Analysis in Multiple Sclerosis Brain White Matter Lesions....Pages 446-449
Reliable Hysteroscopy Color Imaging....Pages 450-454
Comparison of Methods of Measurement of Head Position in Neurological Practice....Pages 455-458
The Nanopous Al2O3 Material Used for the Enzyme Entrapping in a Glucose Biosensor....Pages 459-462
Hand-held resonance sensor instrument for soft tissue stiffness measurements - a first study on biological tissue in vitro ....Pages 463-466
Head Position Monitoring System....Pages 467-470
Short range wireless link for data acquisition in medical equipment....Pages 471-474
Corneal Quantitative Fluorometry – A Slit-Lamp Based Platform....Pages 475-478
Automatic Detection of Patients’ Spontaneous Activity During Pressure Support Ventilation....Pages 479-482
Determination of In Vivo Three-Dimensional Lower Limb Kinematics for Simulation of High-Flexion Squats....Pages 483-486
Evaluation of chronic diabetic wounds with the Near Infrared Wound Monitor....Pages 487-489
Non-contact UWB Radar Technology to Assess Tremor....Pages 490-493
High frequency mechanical vibrations stimulate the bone matrix formation in hBMSCs (human Bone Marrow Stromal Cells)....Pages 494-497
Mobispiro: A Novel Spirometer....Pages 498-501
A computer program for the functional assessment of the rotational vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR)....Pages 502-505
New Application for Automatic Hemifield Damage Identification in Humphrey Field Analyzer (HFA) Visual Fields....Pages 506-509
The Effect of Mechano- and Magnetochemically Synthesized Magnetosensitive Nanocomplex and Electromagnetic Irradiation on Animal Tumor....Pages 510-512
Verification of Measuring System for Automation Intra - Abdominal Pressure Measurement....Pages 513-516
Evolution in Bladder Pressure Measuring Implants Developed at K.U.Leuven....Pages 517-520
Including the effect of the thermal wave in theoretical modeling for radiofrequency ablation....Pages 521-524
Textile Integrated Monitoring System for Breathing Rhythm of Infants....Pages 525-528
Comparison between VHDL-AMS and PSPICE modeling of ultrasound measurement system for biological medium....Pages 529-532
Stimulation Parameter Testing and Verification during Pacing....Pages 533-536
Biosignal Monitoring and Processing for Management of Hypertension....Pages 537-540
Design and Development of an Electrophysiological Signal Acquisition System: A technological aid for research, teaching and clinical application....Pages 541-544
Numerical Models of an Artery with Different Stent Types....Pages 545-548
A macro-quality field control of dual energy X-ray absorptiometry with anatomical, chemical and computed tomographical variables....Pages 549-553
Digital filter in hardware loop for on line ECG signal baseline wander reduction....Pages 554-557
Assessment of a Patient-Specific Silicon Model of the Human Arterial Forearm....Pages 558-561
Numerical Investigations of the Strain-Adaptive Bone Remodeling in the Prosthetic Pelvis....Pages 562-565
Development of a System Dynamics Model for Cost Estimation for the Implantation and Revision of Hip Joint Endoprosthesis....Pages 566-569
The Volume Regulation and Accumulation of Synovial Fluid between Articular Plateaus of Knee Joints....Pages 570-573
Anthropometric Measurements and Model Evaluation of Mass-Inertial Parameters of the Human Upper and Lower Extremities....Pages 574-577
Validation of a Person Specific 1-D Model of the Systemic Arterial Tree....Pages 578-579
First Trimester Diagnosis of Trisomy-21 Using Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 580-583
Numerical Analysis of a Novel Method for Temperature Gradient Measurement in the Vicinity of Warm Inflamed Atherosclerotic Plaques....Pages 584-587
A multilevel and multiscale approach for the prediction of oral cancer reoccurrence....Pages 588-591
An Automated Method for Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesia Detection and Severity Classification....Pages 592-595
Electrospinning Poly( o -methoxyaniline) Nanofibers for Tissue Engineering Applications....Pages 596-599
Diagnosis of Asthma Severity Using Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 600-603
Enhanced stem cells characteristic of fibroblastic mesenchymal cells from HHT patients....Pages 604-607
High frequency vibration (HFV) induces muscle hypertrophy in newborn mice and enhances primary myoblasts fusion in satellite cells....Pages 608-611
Surface Characterization of Collagen Films by Atomic Force Microscopy....Pages 612-615
Changes in Electrocardiogram during Intra-Abdominal Electrochemotherapy: A Preliminary Report....Pages 616-619
Studying postural sway using wearable sensors: fall prediction....Pages 620-623
From Biomedical Research to Spin-Off Companies for the Health Care Market....Pages 624-626
A Continuous-Time Dynamical Model for the Vestibular Nucleus....Pages 627-630
Fast optical signal in the prefrontal cortex correlates with EEG....Pages 631-634
Using Social Semantic Web Technologies in Public Health: A Prototype Epidemiological Semantic Wiki....Pages 635-638
Patellofemoral Contact during Simulated Weight Bearing Squat Movement: A Cadaveric Study....Pages 639-642
Rapid Prototype Development for Studying Human Activity....Pages 643-646
Rheological and Electrical Properties of RBC Suspensions in Dextran 70. Changes in RBC Morphology....Pages 647-650
Numerical Simulation In Magnetic Drug Targeting. Magnetic Field Source Optimization....Pages 651-654
Ontology for Modeling Interaction in Ambient Assisted Living Environments....Pages 655-658
Protein Surface Atom Neighborhood Functional Description....Pages 659-662
Performance evaluation of a grid-based Heart Simulator....Pages 663-666
A Web-Based Tool for the Automatic Segmentation of Cardiac MRI....Pages 667-670
Improved Modeling of Lane Intensity Profiles on Gel Electrophoresis Images....Pages 671-674
Affective Learning: Empathetic Embodied Conversational Agents to Modulate Brain Oscillations....Pages 675-678
The Role of Electrically Stimulated Endocytosis in Gene Electrotransfer....Pages 679-682
A Frequency Synchronization Study on the Temporal and Spatial Evolution of Emotional Visual Processing Using Wavelet Entropy and IAPS Picture Collection....Pages 683-686
Frontal EEG Asymmetry and Affective States: A Multidimensional Directed Information Approach....Pages 687-690
A Game-Like Interface for Training Seniors’ Dynamic Balance and Coordination....Pages 691-694
Incorporating Electroporation-related Conductivity Changes into Models for the Calculation of the Electric Field Distribution in Tissue....Pages 695-698
Automated Estimation of 3D Camera Extrinsic Parameters for the Monitoring of Physical Activity of Elderly Patients....Pages 699-702
Robotic system for training of grasping and reaching....Pages 703-706
Recognition and Identification of Red Blood Cell Size Using Angular Radial Transform and Neural Networks....Pages 707-710
Collagen Gel as Cell Extracellular Environment to Study Gene Electrotransfer....Pages 711-714
The Influence of Seat Pan and Trunk Inclination on Muscles Activity during Sitting on Forward Inclined Seats....Pages 715-718
Radiation Exposure in Routine Practice with PET/CT and Automatic Infusion System - Practical experience report....Pages 719-721
A Pilot Study for Development of Shoulder Proprioception Training System Using Virtual Reality for Patients with Stroke: The Effect of Manipulated Visual Feedback....Pages 722-724
Computer Modeling to Study the Dynamic Response of the Temperature Control Loop in RF Cardiac Ablation....Pages 725-728
Mechanical Properties of Long Bone Shaft in Bending....Pages 729-732
Active Behavior of Peripheral Nerves during Magnetic Stimulation....Pages 733-736
Preparations’ methodology for the introduction of Information Systems in Hospitals....Pages 737-740
Supervised and Unsupervised Finger Vein Segmentation in Infrared Images Using KNN and NNCA Clustering Algorithms....Pages 741-744
An Echocardiographic Study for Assessment the Indices of Arterial and Ventricular Stiffness....Pages 745-748
Estimation of linear parametric distortions and motions in the frequency domain....Pages 749-752
Ex Vivo and In Vivo Regulation of Arginase in Response to Wall Shear Stress....Pages 753-756
Process choreography for Interaction simulation in Ambient Assisted Living environments....Pages 757-760
Measuring Device for Determination of Forearm Force....Pages 761-763
Subclavian Steal Syndrome – A Computer Model Approach....Pages 764-767
Mullins effect in human aorta described with limiting extensibility evolution....Pages 768-771
A distribution of collagen fiber orientations in aortic histological section....Pages 772-775
An Innovative Approach for Right Ventricular Volume Calculation during Right Catheterization....Pages 776-779
Service composition to support ambient assisted living solutions for the elderly....Pages 780-783
Oscillations in subthalamic nucleus measured by multi electrode arrays....Pages 784-787
Suitable polymer pipe to modelling the coronary veins....Pages 788-791
Satisfaction Survey of Greek Inpatients with Brain Cancer....Pages 792-795
End stage renal disease patients’ projections using Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulation....Pages 796-799
Influence of Bioimplant Surface Electrical Potential on Osteoblast Behavior and Bone Tissue Formation....Pages 800-803
Nano-Sized Drug Carrier for Cancer Therapy: Dose-Toxicity Relationship of PEG-PCL-PEG Polymeric Micelle on ICR Mice....Pages 804-807
“Internet of Things”, an RFID - IPv6 Scenario in a Healthcare Environment....Pages 808-811
Development of software tool for quantitative gait assessment in Parkinsonian patients with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment....Pages 812-814
Tensile Stress Analysis of the Ceramic Head Endoprosthesis with different Micro Shape Deviations of the Contact Areas....Pages 815-818
Modelling of Cancer Dynamics and Comparison of Methods for Survival Time Estimation....Pages 819-822
Implications of Data Quality Problems within Hospital Administrative Databases....Pages 823-826
Can the EEG Indicate the FiO2 Flow of a Mechanical Ventilator in ICU Patients with Respiratory Failure?....Pages 827-830
A European Biomedical Engineering Postgraduate Program - From Evaluation to Continuous Improvement....Pages 831-834
SOAP/WSDL-Based Web Services for Biomedicine: Demonstrating the Technique with the CancerResource....Pages 835-838
A Web-Based Application for the Evaluation of the Healthcare Management....Pages 839-842
A System for Acquiring, Transmitting and Distributed EEG Data Processing....Pages 843-846
The Umbrella Database on Fever and Neutropenia in Children - Prototype for Internet-Based Medical Data Management....Pages 847-850
A research information system (RIS) for breast cancer genetics....Pages 851-854
WeCare: Wireless Enhanced Healthcare....Pages 855-858
The Functionality Control of Horizontal Agitators for Blood Bags....Pages 859-862
Experimental Hardware Solutions of Biotelemetric System....Pages 863-866
Modern Tools for Design and Implementation of Mobile Biomedical System for Home Care Agencies....Pages 867-870
Application of Embedded System for Sightless with Diabetes....Pages 871-874
TELEMON - An Embedded Wireless Monitoring and Alert System for Homecare....Pages 875-878
Graphical Development System Design for Creating the FPGA-based Applications in Biomedicine....Pages 879-882
Low Cost Data Acquisition System for Biomedical Usage....Pages 883-885
Embedded Programmable Invasive Blood Pressure Simulator....Pages 886-889
Generating and Transmitting Ambulatory Electronic Medical Prescriptions....Pages 890-892
Estimating Pre-term Birth Using a Hybrid Pattern Classification System....Pages 893-896
Design and Implementation of a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) System for Healthcare Applications....Pages 897-900
Reliability Issues in Regional Health Networks....Pages 901-904
Prevention and Management of Risk Conditions of Elderly People through the Home Environment Monitoring....Pages 905-908
Multilevel Access Control in Hospital Information Systems....Pages 909-912
Managing Urinary Incontinence through Hand-held Real-time Decision Support Aid....Pages 913-919
Renal Telemedicine and Telehealth - Where Do We Stand?....Pages 920-923
A System for Monitoring Children with Suspected Cardiac Arrhythmias - Technical Optimizations and Evaluation....Pages 924-927
Use of Guidelines and Decision Support Systems within EHR Applications in Family Practice - Croatian Experience....Pages 928-931
A New Concept of the Integrated Care Service for Unstable Diabetic Patients....Pages 932-934
SHARE: A Meeting Point for the Promotion of Interoperability and Best Practices in eHealth Sector....Pages 935-938
Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology in e-Health - a sample application....Pages 939-942
EMITEL e-Encyclopaedia of Medical Physics - Project Development and Future....Pages 943-944
BME Education Program Following the Expectations from the Industry, Health Care and Science....Pages 945-948
Quality Assurance in Biomedical Engineering COOP-Educational Training Program: Planning, Implementation and Analysis....Pages 949-952
Accreditation of Medical Physics and Medical Engineering Programmes in the UK....Pages 953-954
Tools based eLearning Platform to Support the Development and Repurposing of Educational Material....Pages 955-958
A FEASIBLE TEACHING TOOL FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT....Pages 959-962
Repurposing Serious Games in Health Care Education....Pages 963-966
Geotagged Repurposed Educational Content through mEducator Social Network Enhances Biomedical Engineering Education....Pages 967-970
MORMED: Towards a multilingual social networking platform facilitating Medicine 2.0....Pages 971-974
Design and Development of a Pilot on Line Electronic OSCE Station for Use in Medical Education....Pages 975-978
Review of the Biomedical Engineering Education Programs in Europe within the Framework of TEMPUS IV, CRH-BME Project....Pages 979-982
Virtual Experiments: May VCV Impede Circulation More than PCV in (Virtual) Patients in the Lateral Position?....Pages 983-986
Human Factors Engineering Applied to Risk Management in the Use of Medical Equipment....Pages 987-990
Electromagnetic Interferences (EMI) from Active RFId on Critical Care Equipment....Pages 991-994
The Clinical Data Recorder: What Shall Be Monitored?....Pages 995-998
Clinical Engineering and Patient Safety: a forty year cycle....Pages 999-1002
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the Treatment of Novel Influenza Virus Infection: A Multicentric Hospital-Based Health Technology Assessment in Lombardy Region....Pages 1003-1006
MRI-induced heating on patients with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators and Pacemaker: Role of Lead Structure....Pages 1007-1010
Adoption and Sophistication of Clinical Information Systems in Greek Public Hospitals: Results from a National Web-based Survey....Pages 1011-1016
Risk Management Process and CE Marking of Software as MD....Pages 1017-1020
From Laparoscopic Surgery to 3-D Double Console Robot-Assisted Surgery....Pages 1021-1024
Clinical Engineering and Clinical Dosimetry in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Undergoing Thyroid Remnant Ablation with Radioiodine-131....Pages 1025-1028
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