Biomedical Engineering    (BioMED 2005)

February 16 – 18, 2005
Innsbruck, Austria
Editor(s): K.-P. Adlassnig, M. Bracale
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Track Medical Imaging and Processing I FreeSubscription
458-048 Automatic Computation of Vessel Cross-sectional Area and Its Application to the Analysis of White Matter Lesions and Vessels Relationship
D. Kozinska (Poland, USA), C. Holland, and C.R.G. Guttmann (USA)
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458-081 Multiresolution Images Fusion for the Quantification of Neuronal Activity: A Discrete Approach
J. Montagner, V. Barra, J.-P. Reveillès, and J.-Y. Boire (France)
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458-113 Region Filling and Hole Repair of Bio-Medical Models
C.S. Chong, H.P. Lee, and S. Kumar (Singapore)
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458-132 An Automated Bone Removal Technique for Extraction of Cerebral Vessels from Head CT Angiography
Y. Lee, D.-Y. Tsai, S. Inomata, R. Yokoyama, T. Hara, H. Fujita, M. Kanematsu, T. Iwama, and H. Hoshi (Japan)
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458-136 A Comparative Analysis of Visualisation Packages for Brain EIT Visualisation
Y. Zhang, P.J. Passmore, R.J. Yerworth, and R.H. Bayford (UK)
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458-142 A New Approach in the Determination of Patient's Reference Point in Conformal External Radiotherapy
A. Kordatzakis, M. Pragmatefteli (Greece), D. Baltas (Germany), and D. Koutsouris (Greece)
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458-163 Optimized 2D/3D Medical Image Registration using the Estimation of Multivariate Normal Algorithm (EMNA)
X. Yang (Switzerland), W. Birkfellner (Austria), and P. Niederer (Switzerland)
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458-202 Micro-CT Determination of Bone Ingrowth into Porous Bioceramics
B.K. Milthorpe, A.C. Jones, and M.A. Knackstedt (Australia)
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458-803 Modeling of Intraoperative Brain Shift for Registration
M. Subasic, S. Loncaric (Croatia), and M. Schulder (USA)
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458-807 Automatic Detection and Segmentation of the Spinal Canal in Computed Tomographic Images
R.M. Rangayyan and H.J. Deglint (Canada)
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Track Medical Imaging and Processing II FreeSubscription
458-026 Enhancement of Colour Fundus Images using Histogram Matching
N.M. Salem and A.K. Nandi (UK)
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458-029 Data Quality Control in 2D Electrophoresis Gel Images
Y. Wei and H. Xu (PRC)
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458-038 An Improved Adaptive Neighborhood Contrast Enhancement Method for Medical Images
D.-Y. Tsai, Y. Lee, and R. Chiba (Japan)
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458-068 Automated Nuclear Analysis of Prostate Cancer and Benign Prostate Hyperplasia
S.S. Singh, D. Kim, H. Ford, and J.L. Mohler (USA)
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458-073 Influence of Different Manufacturing Techniques and Materials on the Accuracy of Anatomical SFF Models Derived from CT Data
A. Mazzoli, M. Germani, and G. Moriconi (Italy)
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458-086 The Window of Lung Fields: Automatic Determination and Its Application in Chest Radiograph Processing
X. Xie, X. Li, J. Zhang, and Y. Gong (PRC)
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458-128 Optic Disk Locating of the Retinal Fundus Images using Simple Statistic Parameters
Y.-P. Chu, S.-F. Yang-Mao, Y.-F. Chen, Y.-K. Chan, C.-S. Tsai, and W.-C. Chiang (Taiwan)
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458-166 Pre-Operative Planning of Dental Implant Therapy: Optimum Implant Axis Allocation
C.C. Galanis, M.M. Sfantsikopoulos, P.T. Koidis, N.M. Kafantaris, and P.G. Mpikos (Greece)
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458-180 Multi-Modal Imaging of Cytosolic and Mitochondrial CA 2+
C.D. Ciubotaru, S. Bastianello, M. Beltramello, T. Pozzan, and F. Mammano (Italy)
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Track Ultrasound Imaging FreeSubscription
458-098 Fully Automated Cyst Segmentation in Ultrasound Images of Kidney
A. Eslami, M. Jahed, and M. Naroienejad (Iran)
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458-122 High-Resolution Real-Time 3-D Acoustic Imaging System with a Reflector
H. Taki and T. Sato (Japan)
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458-148 Effect of Density of Monitoring Points for Feedback in Ultrasonic-Measurement-Integrated Simulation of Blood Flow in the Aorta with Aneurysm
K. Funamoto, T. Hayase, Y. Saijo, and T. Yambe (Japan)
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458-185 Wavelet Analysis of Velocity of Motion of Heart
J. Manivannan, M.R. Reddy, S. Thanikachalam, and R.A. Kumar (India)
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458-201 Multi-Modal 3D Image Registration using the Kullback-Leibler Distance
G. Stippel (South Africa)
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Track Imaging and Classification of Breast Masses FreeSubscription
458-075 A Novel Approach of Combining Image Registration and Segmentation for Lesion Detection in Breast Phantom Images Obtained from Fused Full Field Digital Mammography & Ultrasound System (FFDMUS)
J. Suri, Y. Guo, C. Coad, T. Danielson, and R. Janer (USA)
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458-078 Combining Adaptive Segmentation Approach for Improving Multi-Resolution Image Registration on X-Ray Mammograms Acquired using Fischer's Fused Full Field Digital Mammography and Ultrasound System (FFDMUS)
J. Suri, Y. Guo, Y. Sun, T. Danielson, and R. Janer (USA)
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458-170 A Novel Approach to Mass Abnormality Detection in Mammographic Images
Q. Guo, V. Ruiz, J. Shao (UK), and F. Guo (PRC)
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458-175 Classification of Mammographic Masses using Radial Basis Functions and Simulated Annealing with Shape, Acutance, and Texture Features
R. do Espírito Santo, R. de Deus Lopes (Brazil), and R.M. Rangayyan (Canada)
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458-200 Volume Reconstruction of Breast Echography from Anisotropically Degradated Scans
P. Soler, N. Villain, I. Bloch, and E.D. Angelini (France)
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458-204 Classification of Breast Masses using a Committee Machine of Neural Networks
L.A. da Silva, E. Del Moral Hernandez (Brazil), and R.M. Rangayyan (Canada)
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458-806 Fractal Analysis of Contours of Mammographic Masses
T.M. Nguyen and R.M. Rangayyan (Canada)
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458-809 Experimental Results of an Optimization Approach to Two-Dimensional Time Domain Electromagnetic Inverse Problem with Application to Microwave Breast Tomography
P. Hashemzadeh, A. Fhager, L. Bääth, and M. Persson (Sweden)
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Track Tissue Modelling and Mapping FreeSubscription
458-071 Functional Design of the Micro Tactile Sensor for Tactile Mapping of Sliced Thin Tissues
Y. Murayama (Japan), C.E. Constantinou (USA), and S. Omata (Japan)
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458-137 Foot Sole Soft Tissue Characterization in Diabetic Neuropathy using Wavelet Transform
P. Manika, K.M. Patil, V. Balasubramanian, and V.B. Narayanamurthy (India)
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458-149 Effect of Vagotomy on the Mechanical Performance of the Aorta
D.P. Sokolis, N. Zarbis, T. Dosios, L. Papadimitriou, H. Boudoulas, and P.E. Karayannacos (Greece)
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458-804 Finite Element Analyses for a Study of Hepatic Cancer Tissue Destruction using Monopolar and Bipolar Radio-Frequency Ablation
S. Tungjitkusolmun, A. Boontaram, P. Lertprasert, and M. Krairiksh (Thailand)
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Track Biomechanics FreeSubscription
458-034 A Method for the Continuous In Vivo Measurement of Three Dimensional Scapular Motion
Á. Illyés and R.M. Kiss (Hungary)
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458-066 A Safety Assessment by Risk Analysis Method on Wheelchair Occupant in Side Impact
S.-M. Kim, S.-J. Kim, B.-C. Choi, T.-G. Kang, and M.-S. Moon (Korea)
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458-120 The Whiplash Injury in Rear-end Collision using 3-D Human Whole Body Model
Y.-B. Kang, M. Tanaka, S. Tsutsumi, and K. Ikeuchi (Japan)
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458-812 Biomechanical Simulation for Evaluation of Alternative Rollover Occupant Protection System Designs
K. Friedman, J. Hutchinson, and D. Mihora (USA)
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Track Hemodynamics I FreeSubscription
458-015 The Impact of Hemopump on Ventricular Energetic Parameters When Mechanical Ventilation is Applied: Numerical Simulation
C. De Lazzari (Italy), M. Darowski (Poland), G. Ferrari, G. Tosti, and D.M. Pisanelli (Italy)
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458-134 Simulation of Flow Across Cancellous Bone Cubes to Determine Permeability
J.C.M. Teo, W.S. Chang, and S.H. Teoh (Singapore)
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458-187 Optical Flow Estimation of the Heart Motion using Line Process
H. Bogunović and S. Lončarić (Croatia)
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Track Hemodynamics II FreeSubscription
458-051 Confounding Physiologic Parameters in Pulse Transit Time Monitoring of Children
J.Y.A. Foo, S.J. Wilson, G.R. Williams, M.-A. Harris, and D.M. Cooper (Australia)
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458-055 Adaptive Algorithms to Optimise Photoplethysmographic Signals in Heart Rate Estimation
J.Y.A. Foo, W.-Y. Leong, S.J. Wilson, and J. Homer (Australia)
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458-161 Pulse Transit Time Values and Predictive Models in Children Aged 5-12 Years
J.Y.A. Foo, S.J. Wilson, G.R. Williams, A. Coates, M.-A. Harris, and D.M. Cooper (Australi
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Track Sleep Research FreeSubscription
458-003 Comparison of Temporal and Spectral Properties of EMFi and SCSB Signals
J.I. Alametsä, A.J. Saastamoinen, E.J. Huupponen, A.O. Värri, A.S. Joutsen, J. Hasan, E.R. Rauhala, and S.-L.J. Himanen (Finland)
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458-010 Determination of EEG Sleep Spindle Frequency with DFT and Matching Persuit Approaches
E.J. Huupponen, A.J. Saastamoinen, J.T. Virkkala, S.-L.J. Himanen, J. Hasan, and A.O. Värri (Finland
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458-057 Evaluation of Respiratory Sleep Events using Childhood Pulse Transit Time
J.Y.A. Foo, S.J. Wilson, G.R. Williams, M.-A. Harris, and D.M. Cooper (Australia)
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458-152 Sleep Apnea Detection by Slope Analysis
J. Han, H. Shin, D.-U. Jeong, and K. Park (Korea)
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458-167 Automatic Scoring of Sleep Apnea and Hypopnea by Analysis of Mandibular Movements
F. Senny, J. Destiné, J.G. Verly, P. Ansay, and R. Poirrier (Belgium)
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Track Signal Processing FreeSubscription
458-037 ECG Signal Processing using Basis Function of Independent Component Analysis
K.L. Park, J. Lee, and K.J. Lee (Korea)
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458-109 Adaptive ECG Filtering and QRS Detection using Orthogonal Wavelet Transform
A de Jesus Kozakevicius, C. Ramos Rodrigues, R. Ceretta Nunes, and R. Guerra Filho (Brazil)
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458-141 Artificial Neural Networks to Extract Knowledge from EEG
F. Alexandre, N. Kerkeni, K. Ben Khalifa, and M.H. Bedoui (Tunisia)
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458-143 Open-Source Software for Generating Electrocardiogram Signals
P.E. McSharry (UK) and G.D. Clifford (USA)
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458-156 Kernel based Hidden Markov Model with Applications to EEG Signal Classification
W. Xu, J. Wu, Z. Huang, and C. Guan (Singapore)
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458-182 The Use of Wavelet Transform as a Preprocessor for the Neural Network Classification of EEG Signals
C.D. Lopes, M.A. Zaro, and A.A. Susin (Brazil)
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458-193 A Vestibular Diagnostic: Balance Platform
C. Warner (Australia), B. Lithgow, and B. Engstrom (Sweden)
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Track Signal Processing, Medical Devices, and Education FreeSubscription
458-040 Regeneration Model for Esophageal Voices
B. García, J. Vicente, I. Ruiz, E. Loyo, and A. Alonso (Spain)
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458-084 Development of New Algorithms for the Analysis of Acoustic Biomedical Signals
G. Várallyay, Jr., Z. Benyó, A. Illényi, and Z. Farkas (Hungary)
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458-118 Industry Short Course Development in Biomedical Engineering – Challenges and Opportunities for Universities
H.E.R. Rudolph and A. Brown (Australia)
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458-139 An Attempt of Swallowing Frequency Measurement by using Portable Monitoring System
M. Ogawa, K. Shindo, and S.-I. Izumi (Japan)
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Track Surgery Simulations and Robotics FreeSubscription
458-027 Area Contact Dynamic Collision Detection for a Spatula Simulator
L.C. Brix, K.V. Hansen, J. Haase, and C.B. Madsen (Denmark)
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458-100 A Surgical Navigational Guidance System for Proximal Femoral Osteotomy
G. Wang, G. Zheng, U. Müller-Alsbach, A. Staubli, and L.-P. Nolte (Switzerland)
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458-172 Self-Oscillator-Type High-Efficiency Wireless Energy Transmission System using Inductive Coupling for In Vivo Robotic Capsules
K.M. Song, J.H. Son, J.S. Hwang, M.H. Ryu, J.D. Kim, S. Baang, Y.U. Lee, and J.W. Kim (Korea)
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Track Biomaterials and Sensors FreeSubscription
458-049 Cytocompatibility of Thermally Oxidized Ti-Ag Alloys
Z.-W. Ee, K.-T. Oh, H.-J. Kim, D.-H. Han, and K.-N. Kim (Korea)
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458-069 Micro-/Nanofluidic Computing and Its Applications to Biomedicine
T. Munakata and D.W.M. Marr (USA)
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458-112 Design of ARROW-B SPR Sensors in Aqueous Environment with the Spectral Shift Method
C.-H. Chen, S.-H. Hsu, Y.-T. Huang, and C.-M. Kwei (Taiwan)
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458-126 Influence of Biochemical Composition on Dynamic Visco-Elastic Property of Chondrocyte/Agarose Construct
S. Miyata, K. Furukawa, T. Ushida, and T. Tateishi (Japan)
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Track Bioinformatics FreeSubscription
458-021 Phenotype Analysis in Schizophrenia using Neural Networks
A. Ouali, A. Ramdane-Cherif, and M.O. Krebs (France)
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458-047 Genotype-Phenotype Correlation in Patients with Fibrillin-1 Gene Mutations
C. Baumgartner, D. Baumgartner, M. Eberle, C. Plant (Austria), C. Mátyás, and B. Steinmann
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458-095 Modelling of P450 Active Site based on Consensus 3D Structures
J.-C. Nebel (UK)
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458-116 Models for Discovering Signature Patterns in DNA Sequences
J. Keinduangjun, P. Piamsa-nga, and Y. Poovorawan (Thailand)
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Track Health Care Systems and Telemedicine FreeSubscription
458-093 Ontology based Holonic Diagnostic System (OHDS) for the Research and Control of Unknown Diseases
M. Hadzic (Australia), M. Ulieru (Canada), and E. Chang (Australia)
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458-102 Evolutionary Fuzzy Mixture Models: Applications in Anaesthesia
R. Folland, M.A. Gongora, E.L. Hines, and D.W. Morgan (UK)
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458-105 The Consultation Specialist System of PDA in Mobile based e-Hospital
Y.-C. Chen, H.-C. Chiu, and L. Liu (Taiwan)
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Track Signals and Systems In Human Motion FreeSubscription
458-164 Long-term Monitoring of Physical Activity Pattern in Pain Patients
A. Paraschiv-Ionescu, E.E. Buchser, B. Rutschmann, S. Codray, and K. Aminian (Switzerland)
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458-814 A System for Real World Monitoring of Prostheses and Footwear
J. Barton (Ireland), C. Nester, J.Y. Goulermas, D. Howard (UK), F. Thorsteinsson (Iceland), M.Pepper, R. Fulford (UK), D. Shklarski (Israel), I. Murray (UK), J. Buurke, H. Bussman, and P.J. Slycke (The Netherlands)
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458-816 Boundary Conditions in Human Movement I: Constraining Constraints
C.M. Harris (UK) and M.R. Harwood (USA)
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458-818 Boundary Conditions in Human Movement III: Fourier Analysis of Reaching
C.M. Harris (UK) and M.R. Harwood (USA)
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458-820 Modeling Feature Signals for Vision-based Hand Posture Classification
A. Kuzmanic (Croatia)
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458-825 Marker System for Visual Identification of Human Kinematics
T. Roncevic and V. Zanchi (Croatia)
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Track Control Applications in Biomedical Engineering FreeSubscription
458-129 Analog Multistable Flow-Controller for Portable Delivery Systems
T. Goettsche, H. Ernst, R. Gronmaier, M. Reichen, J. Kohnle, S. Messner, and H. Sandmaier
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458-827 Modelling Initial Patient Response for Control during General Anaesthesia
C.S. Nunes and T.F. Mendonça (Portugal)
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458-829 Challenges in Data-based Patient Modeling for Glycemia Control in ICU-patients
T. Van Herpe, I. Goethals, B. Pluymers, F. De Smet, P. Wouters, G. Van den Berghe, and B. De Moor (B
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458-831 Bioimpedance based Control of Rate Limits in Artificial Cardiac Pacing
M. Min, A. Kink, T. Parve, and I. Rätsep (Estonia)
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This publication covers the following topics: Medical Imaging and Processing; Ultrasound Imaging; Imaging and Classification of Breast Masses; Tissue Modelling and Mapping; Biomechanics; Hemodynamics; Sleep Research; Signal Processing; Medical Devices, and Education; Surgery Simulations and Robotics; Biomaterials and Sensors; Bioinformatics; Health Care Systems and Telemedicine; Signals and Systems In Human Motion; and Control Applications in Biomedical Engineering.

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