11th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2007 : MEDICON 2007, 26-30 June 2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Invited Lectures.- EMITEL – an e-Encyclopedia for Medical Imaging Technology.- Control for Therapeutic Functional Electrical Stimulation.- Patient-Cooperative Rehabilitation Robotics in Zurich.- From Academy to Industry: Translational Research in Biophysics.- Information Technology Solutions for Diabetes management and prevention Current Challenges and Future Research directions.- Systemic Electroporation – Combining Electric Pulses with Bioactive Agents.- Analysis of the ECG.- Intelligent Internet Based, High Quality ECG Analysis for Clinical Trials.- Effects of vagal blockade on the complexity of heart rate variability in rats.- Assessment of the Heart Rate Variability during Arousal from Sleep by Cohen’s Class Time-Frequency Distributions.- An algorithm for classification of ambulatory ECG leads according to type of transient ischemic episodes.- Phase-Rectified Signal Averaging for the Detection of Quasi-Periodicities in Electrocardiogram.- Relative contribution of heart regions to the precordial ECG-an inverse computational approach.- Classification Methods for Atrial Fibrillation Prediction after CABG.- Modelling effects of Sotalol on Action Potential morphology using a novel Markov model of the HERG channel.- Sample Entropy Analysis of Electrocardiograms to Characterize Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation.- USB Based ECG Acquisition System.- QT Intervals Are Prolonging Simultaneously with Increasing Heart Rate during Dynamical Experiment in Healthy Horses.- FPGA-based System for ECG Beat Detection and Classification.- Feature extraction and selection algorithms in biomedical data classifiers based on time-frequency and principle component analysis..- Dynamic Repolarization Assessment and Arrhythmic Risk Stratification.- Fractal analysis of heart rate variability in COPD patients.- Autonomic Modulation of Ventricular Response by Exercise and Antiarrhythmic Drugs during Atrial Fibrillation.- Flexible Multichannel System for Bioelectrical Fields Analysis.- Neural Networks Based Approach to remove Baseline drift in Biomedical Signals.- Non-Linear Organization Analysis of the Dominant Atrial Frequency to Predict Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation.- Using Supervised Fuzzy Clustering and CWT for Ventricular Late Potentials (VLP) Detection in High-Resolution ECG Signal.- Analysis of Surface EMG.- An Approach to the Real-Time Surface Electromyogram Decomposition.- Non-invasive estimation of the degree of motor unit synchronization in the biceps brachii muscle.- EMG Based Muscle Force Estimation using Motor Unit Twitch Model and Convolution Kernel Compensation.- Model Based Decomposition of Muaps Into Their Constituent Sfeaps.- Fast-Slow phase separation of Near InfraRed Spectroscopy to study Oxigenation v/s sEMG Changes.- Analysis of Uterine EMG/EHG.- Uterine Electromyography in Humans – Contractions, Labor, and Delivery.- Predictive value of EMG basal activity in the cervix at initiation of delivery in humans.- Evaluation of adaptive filtering methods on a 16 electrode electrohysterogram recorded externally in labor.- Abdominal EHG on a 4 by 4 grid: mapping and presenting the propagation of uterine contractions.- Evaluating Uterine Electrohysterogram with Entropy.- Detection of contractions during labour using the uterine electromyogram.- Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Data Analysis in Medicine.- GIFT: a tool for generating free text reports from encoded data.- Supporting Factors to Improve the Explanatory Potential of Contrast Set Mining: Analyzing Brain Ischaemia Data.- Availability Humanization - The Semantic Model in Occupational Health.- Analyzing Distributed Medical Databases on DataMiningGrid©.- Bioimpedance.- FENOTIP: Microfluidics and Nanoelectrodes for the Electromagnetic Spectroscopy of Biological Cells.- Impedance method for determination of the root canal length.- Separation of electroporated and non-electroporated cells by means of dielectrophoresis.- A simple DAQ-card based bioimpedance measurement system.- Bioimpedance spectroscopy of human blood at low frequency using coplanar microelectrodes.- Impedance Spectroscopy of Newt Tails.- Dielectric properties of water and blood samples with glucose at different concentrations.- Parameter Optimization in Voltage Pulse Plethysmography.- Inherently Synchronous Data Acquisition as a Platform for Bioimpedance Measurement.- Benefits and disadvantages of impedance-ratio measuring method in new generation of apex-locators.- Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation.- Effect of Modulated 450 MHz Microwave on HumanEEG at Different Field Power Densities.- Regenerative Effects of (-)-epigallocatechin-gallate Against Hepatic Oxidative Stress Resulted by Mobile Phone Exposure.- Conducting Implant in Low Frequency Electromagnetic Field.- Measurements of background electromagnetic fields in human environment.- Numerical Assessment of Induced Current Densities for Pregnant Women Exposed to 50 Hz Electromagnetic Field.- The Relation Assessment Between 50 Hz Electric Field Exposure-Induced Protein Carbonyl Levels and The Protective Effect of Green Tea Catechin (EGCG).- EMF Monitoring Campaign in Slovenian Communes.- Biomaterials.- Surface modification of titanium fiber-mesh scaffolds through a culture of human SAOS-2 osteoblasts electromagnetically stimulated.- Expression of Smooth Muscle Cells Grown on Magnesium Alloys.- Coalescence of phospholipid vesicles mediated by ?2GPI – experiment and modelling.- Advancing in the quality of the cells assigned for Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI) method.- Mesenchymal Stem Cells: a Modern Approach to Treat Long Bones Defects.- Biomechanics.- Combination of microfluidic and structure-continual studies in biorheology of blood with magnetic additions.- Virtual Rehabilitation of Lower Extremities.- Rating Stroke Patients Based on Movement Analysis.- Bending stiffness of odontoid fracture fixation with one cortical screw – numerical approach.- Elastic Moduli and Poisson’s Ratios of Microscopic Human Femoral Trabeculae.- The Dissipation of Suction Waves in Flexible Tubes.- Hip stress distribution may be a risk factor for avascular necrosis of femoral head.- Elasticity Distribution Imaging of Sliced Liver Cirrhosis and Hepatitis using a novel Tactile Mapping System.- Changes in Biomechanics Induced by Fatigue in Single-leg Jump and Landing.- Musculoskeletal Modeling to Provide Muscles and Ligaments Length Changes during Movement for Orthopaedic Surgery Planning.- Numerical model of a myocyte for the evaluation of the influence of inotropic substances on the myocardial contractility.- Biomechanical Analysis of Bolus Processing.- Application of Simplified Ray Method for the Determination of the Cortical Bone Elastic Coefficients by the Ultrasonic Wave Inversion.- Model for Muscle Force Calculation Including Dynamics Behavior and Vicoelastic Properties of Tendon.- Biomedical Engineering Education and E-learning.- New courses in medical engineering, medical physics and bio/physics for clinical engineers, medicine and veterinary medicine specialists in Serbia.- The Education and Training of the Medical Physicist in Europe The European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics -EFOMP Policy Statements and Efforts.- Assessment of a system developed for virtual teaching.- A Web-Based E-learning Application on Electrochemotherapy.- The value of clinical simulation-based training.- Biomedical Engineering and Virtual Education.- Presentation of Cochlear Implant to Deaf People.- Internet Examination – A New Tool in e-Learning.- Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurement.- Development of a calibration bath for clinical thermometers.- Evaluation of non-invasive blood pressure simulators.- Development of Implantable SAW Probe for Epilepsy Prediction.- Accurate On-line Estimation of Delivered Dialysis Dose by Dialysis Adequacy Monitor (DIAMON).- Clinical implication of pulse wave analysis.- Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is highly sensitive for detection of early cardiovascular risk factors in young adults.- Simple verification of infrared ear thermometers by use of fixed-point.- Control Abilities of Power and Precision Grasping in Children of Different Ages.- Bluetooth Portable Device for Continuous ECG and Patient Motion Monitoring During Daily Life.- Wearable Wireless Biopotential Electrode for ECG Monitoring.- Modelling and Simulation of Ultrasound Non Linearities Measurement for Biological Mediums.- A Personal Computer as a Universal Controller for Medical-Focused Appliances.- System Identification of Integrative Non Invasive Blood Pressure Sensor Based on ARMAX Estimator Algorithm.- Experimental Measurements of Potentials Generated by the Electrodes of a Cochlear Implant in a Phantom.- Evaluation of muscle dynamic response measured before and after treatment of spastic muscle with a BTX-A ? A case study.- Home Care Technologies for Ambient Assisted Living.- Development of the ISO standard for clinical thermometers.- Hardware optimization of a Real-Time Telediagnosis System.- Application of time-gated, intensified CCD camera for imaging of absorption changes in non-homogenous medium..- The impact of the intubation model upon ventilation parameters.- The hybrid piston model of lungs.- Biomedical Signal Processing.- Estimation of Neural Noise Spectrum in a Postural Control Model.- Optimized Design of Single-sided Quadratic Phase Outer Volume Suppression Pulses for Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- Analysis of foveation duration and repeatability at different gaze positions in patients affected by congenital nystagmus..- Frequency characteristics of arterial catheters – an in vitro study.- Signal Processing methods for PPG Module to Increase Signal Quality.- Detection of the cancerous tissue sections in the breast optical biopsy dataflow using neural networks.- On the Occurrence of Phase-locked Pulse Train in the Peripheral Auditory System.- A device for quantitative kinematic analysis of children’s handwriting movements.- Blood Flow and Oxygenation Measurement.- Monitoring of preterm infants during crying episodes.- Measuring Tumor Oxygenation by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Oximetry in vivo.- Radiotracer and Microscopic Assessment of Vascular Function in Cancer Therapy.- The Influence of Endurance Training on Brain and Leg Blood Volumes Translocation During an Orthostatic Test.- Comparison of two hypoxic markers: pimonidazole and glucose transporter 1 (Glut-1).- Effects of vinblastine on blood flow of solid tumours in mice.- Automatic recognition of hemodynamic responses to rare stimuli using functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.- Brain Research and Analysis of EEG.- Brain on a Chip: Engineering Form and Function in Cultured Neuronal Networks.- Identification of Gripping-Force Control from Electroencephalographic Signals.- Quantitative EEG as a Diagnostic Tool in Patients with Head Injury and Posttraumatic Epilepsy.- BSI versus the Eye: EEG Monitoring in Carotid Endarterectomy.- Assessing FSP Index Performance as an Objective MLAEP Detector during Stimulation at Several Sound Pressure Levels.- The Colorful Brain: Compact Visualisition of Routine EEG Recordings.- Using ANN on EEG signals to predict working memory task response.- Comparison of methods and co-registration maps of EEG and fMRI in Occipital Lobe Epilepsy.- Multimodal imaging issues for electric brain activity mapping in the presence of brain lesions.- Proposal and validation of a framework for High Performance 3D True Electrical Brain Activity Mapping.- EEG Peak Alpha Frequency as an Indicator for Physical Fatigue.- Acetylcholine addition and electrical stimulation of dissociated neurons from an extended subthalamic area – A pilot study in the rat.- Cross-correlation based methods for estimating the functional connectivity in populations of cortical neurons.- Movement Related Potentials in Spontaneous and Provoked Thumb Movement.- Cardiovascular System.- Simulation of Renal Artery Stenosis Using Cardiovascular Electronic System.- Extracellular ATP-Purinoceptor Signaling for the Intercellular Synchronization of Intracellular Ca2+ oscillation in Cultured Cardiac Myocytes.- Computer Assisted Optimization of Biventricular Pacing Assuming Ventricular Heterogeneity.- Power density spectra of the velocity waveforms in Artificial heart valves.- Medical Plans as a Middle Step in Building Heart Failure Expert System.- Method for Reducing Pacing Current Threshold at Transesophageal Stimulation.- User–centered system to manage Heart Failure in a mobile environment.- Comparison of Four Calculation Techniques for Estimation of Local Arterial Compliance.- The Effect of in vitro Anticoagulant Disodium Citrate on Beta-2-glycoprotein I - Induced Coalescence of Giant Phospholipid Vesicles.- Electroporation Based Therapies.- Cell membrane fluidity at different temperatures in relation to electroporation effectiveness of cell line V79.- Voltage commutator for multiple electrodes in gene electrotransfer of skin cells.- Voltage breakdown measurement of planar lipid bilayer mixtures.- Antitumor effectiveness of electrotransfer of p53 into murine sarcomas alone or combined with electrochemotherapy using cisplatin.- Electrochemotherapy in veterinary medicine.- Tumor electrotransfection progress and prospects: the impact of knowledge about tumor histology.- Quantification of ion transport during cell electroporation – theoretical and experimental analysis of transient and stable pores during cell electroporation.- A numerical model of skin electroporation as a method to enhance gene transfection in skin.- Tumor blood flow modifying and vascular disrupting effect of electrochemotherapy.- Real time electroporation control for accurate and safe in vivo electrogene therapy.- Electrochemotherapy of equids cutaneous tumors: a 57 case retrospective study 1999-2005.- Electrochemotherapy in treatment of solid tumours in cancer patients.- Electropulsation, an biophysical delivery method for therapy.- Bases and rationale of the electrochemotherapy.- A critical step in gene electrotransfer: the injection of the DNA.- In vivo imaging of siRNA electrotransfer and silencing in different organs.- An endoscopic system for gene & drug delivery directly to intraluminal tissue..- The effects of irreversible electroporation on tissue, in vivo.- Equine Cutaneous Tumors Treatment by Electro-chemo-immuno-geno-therapy.- Analysis of Tissue Heating During Electroporation Based Therapy: A 3D FEM Model for a Pair of Needle Electrodes.- The induced transmembrane potential and effective conductivity of cells in dense cell system.- An experimental and numerical study of the induced transmembrane voltage and electroporation on clusters of irregularly shaped cells.- Functional Electrical and Magnetic Stimulation.- The effect of afferent training on long-term neuroplastic changes in the human cerebral cortex.- An Experimental Test of Fuzzy Controller Based on Cycle-to-Cycle Control for FES-induced Gait: Knee Joint Control with Neurologically Intact Subjects.- Troubleshooting for DBS patients by a non-invasive method with subsequent examination of the implantable device.- Treating drop-foot in hemiplegics: the role of matrix electrode.- FES treatment of lower extremities of patients with upper / lower motor neuron lesion: A comparison of rehabilitation strategies and stimulation equipment.- Optimal Control of Walking with Functional Electrical Stimulation: Inclusion of Physiological Constraints.- Magnetic Coils Design for Localized Stimulation.- Gait and Motion Analysis.- Vertical unloading produced by electrically evoked withdrawal reflexes during gait: preliminary results.- Two-level control of bipedal walking model.- Data mining time series of human locomotion data based on functional approximation.- Kinematic and kinetic patterns of walking in spinal muscular atrophy, type III.- The Gait E-Book – Development of Effective Participatory Learning using Simulation and Active El...