Table of Contents

• Cardiovascular Variability Signals - Towards a Quantitative Assessment of the Complexity of Autonomic Controlling Systems with Novel Application ToolsSergio Cerutti. 5
• Urine Output Monitoring - A Simple and Reliable Device for Monitoring Critical Patients' Urine OutputAbraham Otero, Teodor Akinfiev, Andrey Apalkov, Francisco Palacios Ortega, Jesús Presedo. 5-13
• The Application of Biomedical Instrumentation for Sensory-motor Recovery and Functional Assessment in Spinal Cord Injured IndividualsAlberto Cliquet Jr.. 7
• The Application of Simultaneous Acquisition of EEG and Functional MRI in EpilepsyMário Forjaz Secca. 13
• Design of a Pressure Sensor for Monitoring of Post-endovascular Aneurysm RepairAlexandra T. Sepúlveda, A. J. Pontes, Julio C. Viana, Luis A. Rocha, Isa C. T. Santos, Fabio Fachin, R. Guzmán de Villoria, B. L. Wardle. 14-22
• Biosignals and InterfacesTanja Schultz. 15
• Informatics-driven Infectious Disease ResearchBruno W. S. Sobral. 17
• Making Microrobots MoveBradley J. Nelson. 19
• Portable Dosimeter with MOSFET Sensor for Radiotherapy MonitoringMiguel A. Carvajal, Jesus Banqueri, Alberto J. Palma, Antonio M. Lallena, M. Vilches, D. Guirado. 23-29
• An Adaptive Single Frequency Phase Vocoder for Low-power Heart Rate Detection - Development of a Fast and Low-power Heart Rate Estimation Algorithm for Mobile Phone ApplicationsWalter Karlen, Guy A. Dumont, Chris Petersen, Jennifer Gow, J. Mark Ansermino. 30-35
• An Integrated Multi-channel System for Biomedical Signal AcquisitionJakob M. Tomasik, Wjatscheslaw Galjan, Kristian M. Hafkemeyer, Dietmar Schroeder, Wolfgang H. Krautschneider. 36-45
• Adaptive Human Tremor Assessment and Attenuation - Six Degree-of-Freedom Motion Analysis Utilizing WaveletsWesley J. E. Teskey, Mohamed Elhabiby, Naser El-Sheimy. 46-54
• Application of a Novel PID Auto-tuner to a Lung Function Testing DeviceAndres Hernandez, Robin De Keyser, Clara M. Ionescu. 55-61
• A Wireless Body-wearable Sensor System for Designing Physically Interactive Video GamesBobak Mortazavi, Hagop Hagopian, Jonathan Woodbridge, Behrooz Yadegar, Majid Sarrafzadeh. 62-69
• A New Method for Detection of Total Hip Replacement Loosening - Development and First Results of a Novel Mechano-acoustical SensorCathérine Ruther, Daniel Kluess, Andreas Fritsche, Wolfram Mittelmeier, Rainer Bader, Hartmut Ewald. 70-73
• Optimum Core-winding Ratio for a Receiver Coil in a Biomedical Inductive Power SystemFurqan Noor, Maeve Duffy. 74-86
• WIMU: Wearable Inertial Monitoring Unit - A MEMS-based Device for Swimming Performance AnalysisAna S. Silva, Antonio J. Salazar, Miguel V. Correia, Carla M. Borges. 87-93
• Axisymmetric and Asymmetric Behaviors of a Red Blood Cell in CapillariesTing Ye, Hua Li. 97-102
• Detection of the Cytomegalovirus - A Mobile Device and a Disposable Cartridge for Detection at the Patient's BedThomas Mangeat, Hichem Benalia, Christian Pieralli, Alain Rouleau, Wilfrid Boireau, Bruno Wacogne, Jean-Sébastien Guerrini, Alain Coaquette, Georges Herbein, Lionel Pazart, Christian Davrinche. 103-108
• Detection of Glycated Hemoglobin using 3-Aminophenylboronic Acid Modified Graphene OxideSiva Rama Krishna V., Bharadwaj Amrutur, Navakanta Bhat, Chakra Pani K., Sampath Srinivasan. 109-113
• Novel Patterning Technology using Air-pressure Dispenser for Fabricating Micro-fluidic DevicesToshiyuki Horiuchi, Shinichiro Otsuka, Miyu Ozaki, Ryota Ando, Kazunari Hiraki. 114-119
• A Plant Material-based Air Purification System for Swine Odour ReductionXuezhi Zhou, Qiang Zhang, Anhong Huang. 120-124
• Optimization of Electric Field Frequency on Dielectrophoretic Impedance Measurement Method for Oral Bacteria DetectionRyo Hamada, Junya Suehiro. 125-129
• Bioelectric Activity Recording based on a Single Electrode for Use on Wearable DevicesM. S. Fernandes, C. M. Pereira, José Higino Correia, Paulo Mateus Mendes. 130-134
• MRI-induced SAR on Pacemaker Leads - Numerical Simulations on Three Human PhantomsEugenio Mattei, Giovanni Calcagnini, Michele Triventi, Federica Censi, Pietro Bartolini. 135-139
• Bone Quality Testing during Dental Implant Surgery - A Novel Device for Intraoperative Compressive Testing of Alveolar BoneWerner Winter, Tim Krafft, Matthias Karl. 140-145
• Silicon-based Gold Transducers for DNA BiosensorsLukasz Górski, Robert Ziólkowski, Elzbieta Malinowska, Piotr Prokaryn, Michal Zaborowski. 146-149
• A Multimodal Brain-arm Interface for Operation of Complex Robotic Systems and Upper Limb Motor RecoveryMichele Folgheraiter, Elsa Andrea Kirchner, Anett Seeland, Su-Kyoung Kim, Mathias Jordan, Hendrik Wöhrle, Bertold Bongardt, Steffen Schmidt, Jan Christian Albiez, Frank Kirchner. 150-162
• A Piezoelectric Actuator, based on a Langevin-type Transducer, for Dermatological Aesthetic ApplicationsNicola Lamberti. 163-167
• Recording Speech Sound and Articulation in MRIDaniel Aalto, Jarmo Malinen, Pertti Palo, Olli Aaltonen, Martti Vainio, Risto-Pekka Happonen, Riitta Parkkola, Jani Saunavaara. 168-173
• Adipsmeter - A New Skinfold Calliper SystemMaria de Fátima Chouzal, Maria Teresa Restivo, Manuel Rodrigues Quintas, Carlos Moreira da Silva, Tiago Faustino Andrade, Maria Teresa Amaral. 174-178
• Development of Emergency Monitoring System for Elderly Who Live AloneDong Ik Shin, Pil June Pak, Ji Hoon Song, Se Kyeong Joo, Soo-Jin Huh. 179-183
• Towards a New Homogeneous Immunoassay for Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone based on Time-resolved Fluorescence AnisotropyPeter D. Dowd, Jan Karolin, Carol Trager-Cowan, David J. S. Birch, William H. Stimson. 184-188
• Instrumentation for Minimally Invasive Measurement of Vesical Pressure in MenJoão Carlos Martins de Almeida, Rodrigo Horikawa Watanabe, David Jacques Cohen, Carlos Arturo Levi D'Ancona, José Wilson Magalhães Bassani. 189-193
• Analysis of Electrical Generator for Power Harvesting from Human MovementsV. Luciano, Emilio Sardini, Mauro Serpelloni, G. Baronio. 194-198
• Localised Temperature Perception in Healthy AdultsJérôme Foussier, Jennifer Caffarel, Jürgen te Vrugt, Steffen Leonhardt. 199-203
• Measuring Intention Tremor in Multiple Sclerosis using Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) DevicesLaurence P. Ketteringham, Simon A. Neild, Richard A. Hyde, Rosemary J. S. Jones, Angela M. Davies Smith. 204-211
• Positioning and Orientation of Adherent Cells in a Microfluidic Chip using the Micro Patterning of a Parylene-C FilmClaire Dalmay, Jun-Jung Lai, Laurent Griscom, Olivier Français, Bruno Le Pioufle, Frédéric Subra, Patrick Tauc, Joseph Lautru. 212-215
• A Multi-pin Droplet Routing Algorithm for Digital Microfluidic BiochipsPranab Roy, Hafizur Rahaman, Parthasarathi Dasgupta. 216-223
• Development of Vertebral Metrics - An Instrument to Study the Vertebral ColumnAntónio Jordão, Pedro Duque, Cláudia Quaresma, Pedro Vieira. 224-229
• A Real-time Cell Proliferation and Motility Monitoring SystemNicola Moscelli, Sander van den Driesche, Michael J. Vellekoop, Wojciech Witarski. 230-233
• Selectively Bonded Polymeric Check Valve for the Reliable Regulation of Intraocular PressureSeongmin Im, Byungphil Mun, Jaeyong An, Jongchan Choi, Sung Yang, Jonghyun Lee. 234-237
• A Novel Spatial Microchannel Fluidic JointBenjamin Chang, Allison Chew, Carlo Menon. 238-243
• Evaluating Strain Sensor Performance for Motion AnalysisGiancarlo Orengo, Giovanni Saggio, Stefano Bocchetti, Franco Giannini. 244-249
• The Nature of Medical Device Services - A Multiple-case StudyChristian Mauro, Helmut Krcmar, Jan Marco Leimeister. 250-255
• Evaluation of a Mobile Electrode for Electrical Stimulation of the Perineal Muscle - Preventive or Therapeutic TreatmentFabiana S. B. Perez, Adson Ferreira da Rocha, João Luiz Azevedo de Carvalho, Patricia M. C. Paula, Cleyciany B. Cruz. 256-259
• Bioinspired Sensory Integration for Environment-Perception Embedded SystemsJordi Madrenas, Daniel Fernández, Jordi Cosp, Juan Manuel Moreno, Luís Martínez-Alvarado, Giovanny Sánchez. 260-267
• Wearable Human Body Joint and Posture Measuring SystemP. Dunias, R. Gransier, A. Jin, A. Statham, P. Willems. 268-272
• A PDMS based Integrated PCR Microchip for Genetic AnalysisSandeep Kumar Jha, You-Cheol Jang, Rohit Chand, Kamrul Islam, Yong-Sang Kim. 273-275
• Portable Device to Monitor Autonomic Nervous System Activity through ClothesKang Moo Lee, Seung Min Lee, Gih Sung Chung, Hong Ji Lee, Yong Gyu Lim, Kwang Suk Park. 276-279
• Cardiac Diagnosing by a Piezoelectric-transducer-based Heart Sound Monitor SystemShinichi Sato, Takashi Koyama, Kyoichi Ono, Gen Igarashi, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Hiroshi Ito, Mikio Muraoka. 280-283
• Microchip Capillary Electrophoresis Device for Amperometric Detection of DNA with Redox IntercalationRohit Chand, You-Cheol Jang, Sandeep Kumar Jha, Yong-Sang Kim. 284-287
• Building Local K-d Tree for Flexibly Labeling Articulated Point SetsWu Huang, Shihong Xia. 288-294
• Multi-analyte Detection for Biological Fluids - Towards Continous Monitoring of Glucose, Ionized Calcium and pH using a Viscometric Affinity BiosensorChristophe Boss, Eric Meurville, Peter Ryser, Frédéric Schmitt, Lucienne Juillerat-Jeanneret, Pablo Dosil-Rosende, Desdemona De Souza. 295-298
• Lifetime Management Systems for Medical Devices - Specific Methods for Life Extension of Equipment and Systems in Medical DevicesOliver Heuermann, Wolfgang Fengler. 301-306
• Optical Fiber Characterized with a Low Refractive Index can Detect Blood - Blood Increased Light Loss through an Air-Cladding Optical FiberAkihiro Takeuchi, Tomohiro Miwa, Minoru Sawada, Haruo Imaizumi, Hiroyuki Sugibuchi, Minoru Hirose, Noriaki Ikeda. 307-310
• Electrical Reliability of Cu/Sn Micro-bump in Wafer Level Packaging for BioMEMS DevicesMyeong-Hyeok Jeong, Jae-Won Kim, Byung-Hyun Kwak, Young-Bae Park, Byoung-Joon Kim, Young-Chang Joo. 311-314
• A Sensorized Platform to Monitor and Regulate VAD Functionalities - Wearable and Implantable Devices to Improve VAD Performances and Extend its Field of ApplicationNicola Taccini, M. Nannizzi, C. Ciaponi, Pietro Valdastri, Paolo Dario. 315-318
• Portable Instrumentation Platform for Ecl-based Sensors and BiosensorsAlberto J. Palma, Miguel A. Carvajal, Nuria Lopez-Ruiz, J. Ballesta-Claver, M. C. Valencia-Miron, Luis F. Capitan-Vallvey. 319-322
• A Multiband CMOS VCO with Switching Bondwire Inductor for Biomedical Wireless Frequency Band - Design and Performance AnalysisSeonghan Ryu. 323-328
• A Vibration-based Energy Harvesting System for Implantable Biomedical Telemetry SystemsNuno M. Silva, Paulo M. Santos, Raul Morais, Clara Frias, Jorge A. F. Ferreira, António Ramos, José A. O. Simões, Manuel J. C. S. Reis. 329-332
• Pre-osteoblastic Cell Responses on Poly (ε-caprolactone)-organosiloxane Nanocomposite Prepared by Sol-gel MethodSang-Hoon Rhee, Young-Mi Kang, Byung-Moo Min, Won-Ho Park, Seung-Jin Lee, Hee Jong Kim. 333-336
• Research of a New Rf-assisted Device for Thermal Damage of the LiverKuo-Sheng Hung, Han-Yi Cheng, Chung-Ming Liu, Keng-Liang Ou. 337-340
• Low-invasive Heating and Temperature Measurement Method for Hyperthermia Treatment using the Metal Coated Ferromagnetic Implant with Low Curie TemperatureKazutaka Mitobe, Noboru Yoshimura. 341-344
• Annealing Temperature Effect on the Sensitivity of SiGe Nanowire for Bio-sensorKow-Ming Chang, Chu-Feng Chen, Yu-Bin Wang, Chung-Hsien Liu, Jiun-Ming Kuo, Chiung-Hui Lai. 345-348
• Human Knee Prosthesis Equipped with Force SensorsM. Gazzoli, Emilio Sardini, Mauro Serpelloni, G. Donzella. 349-352
• Non Conventional Methods for the Assessment of Mandible Bone QualityMalvina Orkoula, Sofia Panteliou, Christos Kontoyannis, Konstantinos Lianos. 353-358
• Sensitive Electrochemical Method Development - For "in vivo" Measurement of ROS in Ethanol Induced StressLívia Nagy, Tünde Angyal, Geza Nagy, Matsumoto Akiko, Jan Pribyl, Petr Skládal. 359-362
• Wireless Device for Noninvasive Recordings of Cardio-respiratory SignalsPedro Giassi Junior, João Fernando Refosco Baggio, Raimes Moraes, Maurício Gonçalves de Oliveira. 363-367
• Automatic System for Blood Type Classification using Image Processing TechniquesAna Ferraz, Vania Moreira, Diana Silva, Vítor H. Carvalho, Filomena O. Soares. 368-373
• Sensecare - Real-time Location-based Health Monitoring SystemGerardo Reveriego, Javier Tellez, Cristina Urdiales, Francisco Sandoval Hernández. 374-377
• Tissue Heating Due to Endocardial Leads during MRI Scans - Numerical Models and Experimental ValidationEugenio Mattei, Giovanni Calcagnini, Michele Triventi, Federica Censi, Pietro Bartolini, Veronica Piacentini, Stefano Pisa. 378-381
• Monitoring QoS over Wireless Sensor Networks - For Medical ApplicationsCarlos Abreu, Manuel Ricardo, Paulo Mendes. 382-385
• Electrocutaneous Feedback System to Improve the Estimation of Pressure Applied to the FootJan Walter Schroeder, Venketesh N. Dubey, Tamas Hickish, Jonathan Cole. 386-390
• Frequency Characterization of a Magnetically Actuated MEMS Resonant BiosensorV. Russino, F. Pieri, D. Paci. 391-396
• Development and Validation of a Pressure Transducer and its Electronics for Esophageal ManometryD. S. Ferreira, Luis Miguel Gonçalves, José Higino Correia, G. Minas. 397-400
• Design of a Wireless Pulse Oximeter using a Mesh ZigBee Sensor NetworkJosé M. Castillo, Joaquín Olivares, José M. Palomares. 401-404
• Image Processing and Machine Learning for the Diagnosis of Melanoma CancerArushi Raghuvanshi, Marek A. Perkowski. 405-410
• Fluorescence Spectroscopy by Detection of Glucose Concentrations in DMEM-solutions and its Perspectives for Non-invasive MeasurementO. Abdallah, Q. Qananwah, Armin Bolz, J. Hansmann, S. Hinderer, H. Mertsching. 411-414
• High-density CMOS Array for Bi-directional Coupling of Electrogenic CellsU. Yegin, M. Schindler, Sven Ingebrandt, Andreas Offenhäusser, M. Seo, C. S. Hwang. 415-421
• Textile Capacitive Electrocardiography for an Automotive EnvironmentBhavin Chamadiya, Stephan Heuer, Manfred Wagner, Ulrich G. Hofmann. 422-425
• Pulse-type Neuro Devices with Two Time Windows in STDP and its Application to the Memory of Temporal Sequences PatternsKatsutoshi Saeki, Shingo Watanabe, Toshiharu Morita, Yoshifumi Sekine. 426-431
• A Computerized Self Visual Acuity Testing System - Method of the Optotype Presentation and AdjustmentWoobeom Lee, ChangYur Choi. 432-435
• Performance Evaluation of Electrocardiogram Measured using Capacitive Textiles on a BedHong Ji Lee, Seung Min Lee, Kang Moo Lee, Kwang Suk Park. 436-439
• The Consequences of Low Frequency and Intensity Electromagnetic Fields on the Frequency of Micronuclei in HeLa CellsCosmin Teodor Mihai, Gabriela Capraru, Elena Truta, Pincu Rotinberg, Daniela Gherghel. 440-443
• Double Headed Probe for Local Pulse Wave Velocity Estimation - A New Device for Hemodynamic Parameters AssessmentHelena Catarina Pereira, José Basílio Simões, José Luís Malaquias, Tânia Pereira, Vânia Almeida, Elisabeth Borges, Edite Figueiras, João Cardoso, Carlos Manuel B. A. Correia. 444-447