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The oral presentations are 15 min including discussion unless otherwise stated.
Monday 10.6.96 -------------- AM 1.1.1 Technology for Disabled and Elderly Organized by Jan Ekberg Lindström, Jan-Ingvar (Sweden): Alarm System and Video Communication. Old Problems Solved by Modern Technology. (Invited, 30 min) Jan Ekberg (Finland): Smarter Homes for Independent Living (Invited) Emiliani, Pier Luigi (Italy): Universal Access to Terminals and Computer Systems (Invited) Socde, M.; Willems, Ch. (The Netherlands): Support Infrastructure around and in the Home to Increase Independence for People with Disabilities (Invited) Perälä, Jukka; Lounela-Stenberg, Lea; Törönen, Juha; Lehikoinen, Panu (Finland): Videotelephone Services for Elderly and Mobility Impaired People PM 1.1.2 Home Health Care Togawa, Tatsuo; Tamura, Toshiyo; Kimura, Yuichi; Ogawa, Mitsuro (Japan): Attempts of Fully Automated Home Health Monitoring Systems Sacile, Roberto; Ruggiero, Carmelina, Giacomini, Mauro; Repetto, Lazzarro; Venturino, Antonella (Italy): ISDN Technology for Cancer Patient Assistance at Home Debnath, Niranjan; Mishra, B.N.; Aljunid, Syed Abdul Kader (Malaysia): Multipurpose Electronic Door Bell Warning Using Multiple Sensing Devices For Deaf and Hearing Handicapped Posters Debnath, Niranjan; Leman, Zainab; Aljunid, Syed Abdul Kader (Malaysia): Baby Alarm System for Deaf Parents Having Multiple Sensory Stimulation Hashiguchi, Sumihisa; Murakami, Hiroshi; Wang, Hua-gang; Zhou, Xinxin; Ohki, Makoto; Miyahara, Shinji (Japan): Dynamic Characteristics of a Simple Eye-Tracking Pointer Taskinen, Jari; Karlsson, Matti; Salo, Juha; Eskola, Hannu (Finland): Potential Recording Methods for Home Monitoring 1.1.3 Engineering in Health Care Nagy, Csaba; Richter, Nandor (Hungary): Experiences in Transformation of the Hungarian Health Care System Forgács, Lajos; Dárday, Vilmos (Hungary): Position and Importance of the Clinical Engineering Education in Hungary Lindahl, Olof (Sweden): Experiences from Refinements of Medical and Technical Research Results at Umeå University into Commercial Products for the Health Care Market Posters Waniewski, Jacek; Heimbürger, Olef; Werynski, Andrzej; Lindholm, Bengt (Poland): Quantitative Assessment of Solute Transport in Peritoneal Dialysis Smirnov, Georgy; Veshutkin, Vladimir; Radau, Una, Maksimova, Lubov, Kostjunin, Andrey (Russia): Hand Dynamometers Set and Their Application in the Clinic Practice Tarutiene, Birute; Kebeikis, Sarunas; Svensson, Kent; Svensson, Owe (Lithuania): Quality of Hemoglobin Analyses in Kaunas City Tuesday 11.6.96 --------------- AM 1.1.4 Clinical Engineering Organized by Nicolas Pallikarakis Pallikarakis, Nikolas (Greece): Clinical Engineering in the New Communication Age (Invited, 30 min) Karp, Pekka (Finland): Management of Biomedical Equipment (Invited) Bojsen, J. (Denmark): Implementation and evaluation of Hospial Quality Systems for Clinical Engineering (Invited) Öberg, Åke (Sweden): Clinical Engineers as Innovators and Product Developers (Invited) Rainer, W. (Italy): Clinical Engineering in Practice (Invited) Wednesday 12.6.96 ----------------- AM 1.1.5 Physiological Measurements Mochizuki, Seiichi; Goto, Masami; Fukuhiro, Yoshiaki; Kajiya, Fumihiko (Japan): Evaluation of Nitric Oxide Concentration in Isolated Organs by Nitric Oxide Microsensor (Invited) Lekkala, Jukka; Poramo, Risto; Nyholm, Krister; Kaikkonen, Timo (Finland): EMF Force Sensor - A Flexible and Sensitive Electret Film for Physiological Applications Aumala, Olli (Finland): Dithering with Noise and Interference for Accurate Data Acquisition Giacomini, Mauro; Ruggiero, Carmelina; Lillo, Flavia; McDermott, Jennifer; Varnier, Oliviero (Italy): A Software Tool to Extend the Quantification Power of a Virological Analysis Allen, George; Zagursky, Valery (Latvia): The Data Acquisition System for Functional Clinical Researches Kessler, Manfred; Krug, Alfons; Höper, Jens (Germany): Non-Invasive Topographical Investigation of Functional Parameters in the Human Skin Posters Sorsa, Heli (Finland): General-Purpose Signal Analysis and Processing Tools for Physiological Signals PM 1.1.6 Physiological Measurements of the Circulatory System Cybulski, G.; Ksiazkiewicz, A.; Lukasik, W.; Niewiadomski, W.; Palko, T. (Poland): Central Hemodynamics and ECG Ambulatory Monitoring Device with Signals Recording on PCMCIA Flash Memory Cards Mertens, Andis; Vitola, Maruta; Curiskis, Andis (Latvia): Local Haemodynamic Response of Hip and Calcaneus in Coxarthrosis Nousiainen, Juha; Mäkynen, Pekka; Anttonen, Olli; Isotalo, Mika; Malmivuo, Jaakko (Finland): An Integrated Analysis System for Electrophysiological Testing of the Heart Vänttinen, Henri; Nousiainen, Juha; Malmivuo, Jaakko (Finland): Windows-Based System for Electrophysiology Studies of the Heart Gerard, Paul; Pochet, Thierry; Lambermont, Bernard; Detry, Olivier; D'Orio, Vincent; Defraigne, Jean-Olivier; Fossion, Anny; Limet, Raymond (Belgium): Revisiting of Evaluation of the Performance of Fluid-Filled Catheters Ritola, Jarmo; Lukkarinen, Sakari (Finland): Comparison of Time-Frequency Distributions in the Heart Sounds Analysis Posters Korhonen, Pekka; Lukkarinen, Sakari; Sepponen, Raimo; Backman, Juha; Ruotoistenmäki, Heikki; Rajala, Kimmo (Finland): Frequency Response Measurements on Commercially Available Stethoscopes Lintunen, Pasi; Savolainen, Sauli; Koponen, Ismo; Jokelainen, Ilkka; Liewendahl, Kristian (Finland): Blood Platelet Kinetics in Normal Subjects and in Patients with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) Szubert, Jósef; Jankowski, Jerzy; Kajdos, Zdzislaw; Matusiak, Marek (Poland): Exchange of Heat by Means of Negative and Positive Convertion Connected with Blood Flow in the Skin Surface Lukkarinen, Sakari; Noponen, Anna-Leena; Angerla, Anna; Sikiö, Kari; Sepponen, Raimo (Finland): A Recording Stethoscope in Study of Heart Sounds of Children Jesewski, Janusz; Wrobel, Janusz; Horoba, Krzysztof; Gacek, Adam; Graczyk, Slawomir (Poland): Cardiotocographic Image Processing for Extraction of FHR Baseline Drawn by Clinical Expert Morita, Masaki; Sakurai, Katuhiko; Shirato, Kunio (Japan): Is Pulse Contour Method Useful for the Estimation of the Cardiac Output During Incremental Testing? Raamat, Rein; Jagomägi, Kersti; Talts, Jaak; Luhamaa, Erkki (Estonia): Thermal Clearance Skin Blood Flow Sensor with Local Skin Temperature Controller Thursday 13.6.96 ---------------- AM 1.1.7 Modelling Physiological Systems Krticka, Antonin (Czech Republic): Method for Continuous Determination of Baroreflex Sensitivity in Man Pochet, Thierry; Gerard, Paul; Lambermont, Bernard; Detry, Olivier; D'Orio, Vincent; Defraigne, Jean-Olivier; Fossion, Anny; Limet, Raymond (Belgium): Selection and Identification of Lumped models of the Arterial Vasculatory Using Multiple Regression and Backward Elimination in the Time Domain Murahara, Yuji; Sakamoto, Katsuyuki; Fuji, Mamiko; Kanai, Hiroshi (Japan): A Method for the Analysis of Systemic Circulatory System AM 1.1.8 Patient Monitoring Organized by Pekka Meriläinen Meriläinen, Pekka (Finland): Modern Clinical Gas Monitoring (Invited, 30 min) Reininger, Franz (Austria): Progress in O2 Measurement by Fluorescence Quenching (Invited) Meskanen, Mervi (Finland): Apnea Detection Using a Tracheal Microphone and Back Propagation Neural Network (Invited) Räsänen, Jukka (Finland): Neural Network in Anesthesiology (Invited) Penzel, Thomas; Fuchs, Ken; Hassing, Kai; Hellman, Günther; Macerata, Alberto; Nielsen, Kim; Värri, Alpo; Zywietz, Christoph (Germany): Scenarios on Vital Signs and Derivation of a Domain Information Model
Monday 10.6.96 -------------- AM 1.2.1 Bioabsorbable Materials Organized by Pertti Törmälä Törmälä, Pertti; Rokkanen, Pentti; Pohjonen, Timo (Finland): Ultra-high Strength Self-reinforced Bioabsorbable Polymer Composites for Surgical Applications (Invited, 30 min) Rokkanen, Pentti; Böstman, Ole; Hirvensalo, Eero; Mäkelä E. Antero; Partio, Esa K.; Vihtonen, Kimmo; Vainionpää, Seppo; Pätiälä, Hannu; Törmälä, Pertti (Finland): Totally Absorbable Fixation Devices in Clinical Orthopaedics and Traumatology (Invited) Tammela, Teuvo L.J.; Talja, Martti; Petas, Anssi; Taari, Kimmo; Välimaa, Tero; Törmälä, Pertti (Finland): Bioabsorbable Stents in Urology (Invited) Pohjonen, Timo; Törmälä, Pertti (Finland): In Vitro Hydrolysis of Self-Reinforced Polylactide Composites (Invited) Posters Välimaa, Tero; Törmälä, Pertti (Finland): Bioabsorbable Stents Miettinen, Eija; Törmälä, Pertti (Finland): The Use of Sintering Technique in Order to Produce Loop Shaped P(L/D)LA Product Kellomäki, Minna; Törmälä, Pertti (Finland): Ultrasonic Welding - A Novel Method to Manufacture Controlled Drug Release Devices PM 1.2.2 Biosensors Organized by Jukka Lekkala and Anthony Turner Turner, Anthony (England): Gas-phase Biosensors (Invited) Puu, Gertrud; Gustafson, Inga; Tjörnhage, Torbjörn (Sweden): Development of a Biosensor Based on Lipid Bilayer Stuctures and Membrane Proteins on Transducer Surfaces (Invited) Vikholm, I. (Finland): Antigen Binding to a Lipid-Tagged Single-Chain Antibody Incorporated into Phosholipid Monolayers (Invited) Huotari, M; Honkala, L.; Ruikka, V.; Mela, M. (Finland): Responses of Mosquito Olfactory Biosensor to Human Sweat Odours and Odour Chemicals Koudelka-Hep, M.; de Rooij, N.F.; Rohner-Jeanrenaud, F.; Bobbioni-Harsch, E.; Jeanrenaud, B. (Switzerland): Microfabrication of Biosensors (Invited) Lambeck, P.V.; Heideman, R.G.; Ikkink, T.J. (The Netherlands): Phase-modulated Mach-Zender Interferometer for Sensor Application (Invited) Sadowski, Janusz (Finland): Recent Development in Surface Plasmon Resonance Measurements (Invited) Posters Huotari, Matti; Ruikka, Ville; Honkala, Lauri; Jaskari, Mareena; Mela, Martti (Finland): Response Analysis of Insect Olfactory Biosensor Tuesday 11.6.96 --------------- AM 1.2.3 Biomaterials Ladizesky, N.H.; Ward, I.M.; Bonfield, W. (England): Application of Fibre Compaction and Hydrostatic Extrusion for Improved Hydroxyapatite/Polyethylene Bone Substitute (Invited 30 min) Schauperl, Zdravko (Croatia): Polymer Composites in Biomedical Application Kolari, P.J.; Maaranen, P.; Kauppinen, E.; Joutsensaari, J.; Jauhiainen, K.; Pelkonen, K.; Rannikko, S. (Finland): Nanoparticles in Biomedical Applications: Experiments with Activated Carbon, Fullerene and Ferrous Oxide Suwanprateeb, J.; Tanner, K.E.; Turner, S.; Wang, M.; Bonfield, W. (England): Influence of Sterilisation by Gamma Irradiation and Thermal Annealing on the Creep of Hydroxyapatite Reinforced Polyethylene Berzina, Liga; Cimdins, Rudolfs; Skagers, Andrejs; Salma, Ilze; Salms, Girts; Paegle, Diana (Latvia): Response to the Implantation of Hydroxyapatite on the Bone and Cartilage Schlegel, Urs; Wiedemann, Manfred (Switzerland): Continuous Segment Transport in the Treatment of Shafts Defects: Experimental and Clinical Investigations Posters Berzina, Liga; Cimdins, Rudolfs; Kasjanovs, Vladimirs; Knets, Ivars (Latvia): Technological Possibilities of the Synthesis of Hydroxyapatite Biomaterials Cimdins, Rudolfs; Berzina, Liga; Leskinovics, Janis; Lagzdina, Silvija; Brante, Inta (Latvia): HAp Ceramics Modified with Si Wednesday 12.6.96 ----------------- AM 1.2.4 Tissue Properties Kanai, Hiroshi; Fujii, Mamiko; Yoshida, Makoto; Masujima, Fumimasa; Sakamoto, Katsuyuki (Japan): Optical Properies of Steadily and Sinusoidally Flowing Blood Kanai, H.; Fujii, M.; Sakamoto, K.; Niwa, M. (Japan): Physical Properties of Human Blood at Low Shear Rate Kubisz, Leszek; Jaroszyk, Feliks; Marzec, Ewa (Poland): Utilization of the Pyroelectric Effect in Studies of Thermal Denaturation of y-Irradiated BAT collagen Lyyra, Tiina; Lindgren, Reijo; Kaipio, Jari; Vauhkonen, Markku; Kiviranta, Ilkka; Jurvelin, Jukka S. (Finland): Numerical Validation of Arthroscopic Cartilage Stiffness Measurements Using Finite Element Model Marzec, Ewa; Kubisz, Leszek; Jaroszyk, Feliks (Poland): Dielectric Properties of Air-Dried Bone in the a - Dispersion Region Dekhtyar, Yuri; Katashev, Alexey (Latvia): Electron Structure of Bone Surface Layer Affected with Ultraviolet Radiation Yamamoto, Tokunori; Ogasawara, Yasuo; Tsujioka, Katsuhiko; Tokuda, Chikako; Kajiya, Fumihiko (Japan): Relation between Blood Velocity Pattern and Vascular Endothelial Cell in the Renal Artery Posters Matusiak, Marek; Jankowski, Jerzy; Cader, Andrzej (Poland): Multimedia Method of Human Skin Pigmentation Measurement Cader, Andrzej; Jankowski, Jerzy; Matusiak, Marek (Poland): Method of Measuring the UV-Absorption and the UV-Dispersion Coefficients in Human Skin Pilmane, Mara; Skidenko, Nagezda; Mironova, Nina (Latvia): Spectrophotometrical Alterations in the Support Tissue of Large Bronchi in Humans Freivalds, Talivaldis; Groma, Valerie; Buikis, Indulis (Latvia): Optical Anisotropy of Cell Nuclei Minet, O.; Heinitz, J., Müller, G. (Germany): Investigations Concerning the Dielectric Properties of Breast Tumors PM 1.2.5 Electronic Implants Organized by Max Schaldach Schaldach, M. (Germany): Microelectronic Development for Cardiovascular Implants (Invited, 30 min) Khassanov, Ildar; Schaldach Max (Germany): Reliability Aspects in Implantable Electronics (Invited) Polley, Rüdiger; Malinowski, Klaus; Greco, Oswaldo T.; Ebner, Erich; Rödiger, Wilfried; Lucchese, Fernando A.; Res, jan C.J.; van Woersem, Ruurd J.; Beljaev, Oleg; Vaskelyte, Jolanta; de Vivie, Ernst R.; Schaldach Max (Germany): Validation of Closed-Loop Rate-Adaptive Pacing Based on Right Ventricular Mechanics (Invited) Hubmann, M.; Fröhlich, R.; Wetzig, T.; Bolz, A.; Schaldach, M. (Germany): Comparison of Different Electrode Systems for Short and Long-term Monitoring of Monophasic Action Potentials (Invited) Wetzig, Thomas; Urbaszek, Albrecht; Bolz, Armin; Moshage, Werner; Schultheiss, Birgit; Stoykov, Nicolai; Henning, Günter; Schaldach, Max (Germany): Intracardiac Impedance Reflecting Contractility - Clinical and Modelling Studies (Invited) Braile, Domingo; Bockeria, L.; Shatalov, K; Revishvili, A.Sh.; Brofmann, P.R.; Schaldach, M (Brazil): Clinical Experience on ANS-Controlled Cardiomyoplasty (Invited) Thursday 13.6.96 ---------------- AM Schaldach, M.; Amon, M.; Winkler, S.; Bolz, A. (Germany): Hybrid Structure to Improve the Biocompatibility for Cardiovascular Implants (Invited) Schreier, G.; Hutten, H.; Schaldach, M.; Grasser, B.; Iberer, F.; Tscheliessnigg (Austria): Remote Intramyocardial Electrogram Analysis for Non-invasive Rejection Monitoring after Heart Transplantation (Invited)
1.2.6 Tissue Engineering and Medical Implants Organized by Robert Nerem Nerem, Robert M. (USA): Tissue Engineering: The Next Generation of Medical Implants (Invited, 30 min) Nygaard, Hans; Yoganathan, Ajit P. (Denmark): In Vivo and In Vitro Evaluation of Turbulent Stresses Downstream of the St. Jude Medical Aortic Valve (Invited) Yogonathan, Ajit P.; Fontaine Arnold A; Ellis Jeffrey T; Healy, Timothy M (USA): Retrograde Flow through Bileaflet Mechanical Heart Valves (Invited)
Monday 10.6.96 -------------- AM 1.3.1 X-ray Imaging Lampinen, Juha; Rannikko, Simo; Savolainen, Sauli (Finland): A Computer Program for the On Line Registration of the Exposure Data of X-Ray Examinations Jankowski, J; Staniszewska, M.A.; Bednarek, A. (Poland): Patient Doses from Various X-ray Units in Poland Wigderowitz, Carlos A; Abel, Eric W; Rowley, Dawid I; Arora, Nakul (Scotland UK): The Use of a Radiological Phantom to Identify the Frequencies Related to Cancellous Structure in the Distal Radius Bunel, Philippe; Kone, Tiemoman; Mimoun, G'rard; Bouaoune, Yasmina; Coscas, Gabriel (France): Fully Automatic Digital Image Overlaying on Retinal Fluorescein Angiograms Meunier, Isabelle; Bunel, Philippe; Soubrane, GisSle; Gaudaire, Maurice; Coscas, Gabriel (France): Computerized Detection of Macular Non-Perfusion on Digitized Angiography in Retinal Vascular Diseases Cavouras, Dionisis; Prassopoulos, Panos; Golfinopoulos, Sotiris (Greece): Computer Software Systems for Discriminating on CT the Patterns of Subarachnoid Spaces Enlargement in Children Posters Cavouras, Dionisis; Kandarakis, Ioannis; Panayiotakis, George; Nomicos, Constantine (Greece): X-Ray Detection and Optical Signal Properties of Gd2O2S:Tb, La2O2S:Tb, and ZnSCdS:Ag Phosphors for Use in Digital Mammography Marchesi, Bruno; Diessel, Evelyn; Nohama, Percy (Brazil): An Instrument for Diagnostic X-Ray Generators Quality Control PM 1.3.2 MRI Pohjonen, Hanna; Savolainen, Sauli; Nikkinen, Päivi; Poutanen, Veli-Pekka; Korppi-Tommola, Tapani; Liewendahl, Kristian (Finland): Abdominal SPET-MRI Fusion in Hepatic and Splenic Uptake Studies of Thrombocytes and Colloids Bello, Fernando; Kitney, Richard I. (England): A Hierarchial Region-based Approach to the Segmentation of Magnetic Resonance Images of the Brain Heinonen, Tomi; Eskola, Hannu; Malmivuo, Jaakko (Finland): IARD Method for Segmentation of Tissues in MR Scan of the Head Kazubek, Marian; Przelaskowski, Artur; Jamrógievicz, Tomasz (Poland): Quality Measurement of Compressed Medical Images: Block Effect Measures Posters Ramadan, Usama Abo; Tanttu, Jukka I.; Aronen, Hannu J.; Häkkinen, Anna-Maija (Finland): Spin-lattice Relaxation Times in the On- and Off-Resonance Rotating Frame: A Systematic Phantom Study Heinonen, Tomi; Kauppinen, Pasi; Malmivuo, Jaakko; Eskola, Hannu (Finland): Tissue Segmentation of Human Visible Man Data Using IARD Method Dastidar, Prasun; Ryymin, Pertti; Heinonen, Tomi; Peltola, Jukka; Elovaara, Irina (Finland): Semiautomatic Technique for Measuring Lesion Volumes Using MR Segmentation in the Treatment and Follow-up of Multiple Sclerosis Patients Tuesday 11.6.96 --------------- AM 1.3.3 Imaging Przelaskowski, Artur; Kazubek, Marian; Jamrógiewics, Tomasz (Poland): Application of Medical Image Data Characteristics for Constructing DCT-based Compression Algorithm Palsson, Thorgeir; Björgvinsson, Jon Bragi; Eiriksson, Asmundur; Brekkan, Asmundur (Iceland): Functional and Technical Items in a National Teleradiology System Yang, Jiwei; Kuikka, Jyrki (Finland): Attenuation Maps for SPECT Determined by Fan Beam Transmission Computed Tomography Meigas, Kalju: Nazarenko, Sergei (Estonia): Simple System for Quality Assessment of Radioaerosoles in Daily Clinical Practice Asker, Claes L; Salerud, E. Göran (Sweden): Estimation of Spatial Heterogeneity of the Capillary Bed Using Mathematical Triangulation and Distance Models Guzman de Leon, Alejandro ; Lerallut, Jean-Francois; Boulager, Jean-Charles (France): Segmentation of Colposcopic Color Images Kandarakis, Ioannis; Cavouras, Dionisis; Panayiotakis, George; Nomicos, Constantine (Greece): Comparative Evaluation of Signal and Noise Transfer Characteristics (MTF, DQE) of Y2O2S:Tb and Y2O2S:Eu Medical Image Receptors Posters Tenhunen-Eskelinen, Mirja; Kuikka, Jyrki T.; Länsimies, Esko; Eriksson, Jarl-Thure (Finland): Fractal Analysis of Blood Flow Distribution in Human Lungs Kauppinen, Tomi; Koskinen, Matti; Kööbi, Tiit (Finland): The Scatter Correction for Cardiac Output in the Radionuclide First Pass Measurement Bogorodzki, P.; Rogowska, J.; Piatkowski, A.; Lo, E.H.; Wolf, G.L. (Poland): A Bolus Tracking Alorithm, Based on Correlation Analysis, for Pixel by Pixel Funtional Image Evaluation Matiykas, Arvydas; Surna, Rimas (Lithuania): 3D Monitoring of Small Polyp Colonies in Vivo Yajima, Masao; Yamashita, Norichika; Ohkoshi, Hiroyuki: Zhou, Xinxin; Ohki, Makoto; Hashiguchi, Sumihisa (Japan): Automatic Setting of Threshold in Synthesis of a Pan-focused Microscopic Picture El Morr, Christo; Lerallut, Jean-Francois (France): Multimedia Medical Archive Consultation Using ISDN and Internet Frey, Harry; Pietilä, Timo; Heinonen, Tomi; Laasonen, Erkki (Finland): Towards the Workstation of the Neurologist / Neurosurgeon
Wednesday 12.6.96 ----------------- AM 1.4.1 Bio-Optics Organized by Åke Öberg Wårdell, Karin (Sweden): Laser Doppler Perfusion Imaging - Scanning and Duplex Modes (Invited) Cai, H.; Larsson, S-E.; Öberg, P.Å. (Sweden): A New Single Fibre Laser Doppler Flowmeter Based on a Digital Signal Processing Ugnell, H. (Sweden): The Respiratory Synchronous Photoplethysmographic Signal. Its Dependence on Light Wavelength and Sample Volume. Olsson, E.; Ugnell, H.; Öberg, P.Å.; Sedin, G. (Sweden): Photoplethysmography for Simultaneous Recording of Heart and Respiratory Rates in Newborn Infants Laurent, Claes; Lindberg, Lars-Göran (Sweden): The Amplitude of the AC-coupled PPG Signal at Different Applied Pressures PM 1.4.2 Bio-Optical Applications Hell, S.W.; Schrader, M.; Bahlmann, K.; Meinecke, F.; Cremer, C.; Hänninen, P.E.; Soini, E. (Finland): Recent Developments in (Two-Photon) Fluorescence Microscopy Morimoto, Yuji; Kikuchi, Makoto; Matsuo, Hirotaka; Arai, Tsunenori (Japan): Low-Intensity Light Induces Vasomotion Spigulis, Janis; Lazdins, Juris; Pfafrods, Daumants; Stafeckis, Maris (Latvia): Side-Emitting Optical Fibres for Clinical Applications Vogel, Uwe; Freyer, Richard; Dörschel, Klaus; Hüttenbrink, Karl-Bernd (Germany): Optical Tomography of Biological Tissues by Phase-Correlated Single Photon Counting Grzesiak-Janas, Grazyna (Poland): Potential Eye Hazard from Laser Radiation Posters Kikuchi, Makoto (Japan): Status and Future in Therapeutical Applications of Laser Vogel, Uwe; Hofmann, Gert; Zahnert, Thomas; Hüttenbrink, Karl-Bernd (Germany): Portable Equipment for Middle Ear Laser Vibrometry Csiki, Zoltan; Czitjak,Laszlo; Möller, Karl O.; Nagy, Tibor; Andras, Csilla; Szegedi, Gyula (Hungary): Cutaneous Microcirculation in Hypoxemic Patients Suffering from Severe Cardiopulmonary Discease. A Laser Doppler Study Yova, D.; Politopoulos, C.; Gonis, H.; Papaodysseus, C. (Greece): A Generalized Diagnostic Algorithm Based on Fluorescence Data for the Atherosclerosis
Thursday 13.6.96 ---------------- AM 1.5.1 Radiotherapy Organized by Sauli Savolainen Auterinen, Iiro; Hiismäki, Pekka (Finland): The Epithermal Neutron Irradiation Station for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) at the FiR 1 in Otaniemi (Invited) Savolainen, Sauli; Kallio, Merja; Auterinen, Iiro; Seppälä, Tiina; Vähätalo, Jyrki; Kulvik, Martti (Finland): The Finnish Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) Program - An Overview on Scientific Projects (Invited) Aschan, Carita; Toivonen, Matti; Lampinen, Juha; Kairemo, K.; Savolainen, Sauli (Finland): The Use of TL Detectors for Dose Estimations in Radioimmunotherapy (Invited) Nuutinen, Jouni; Lahtinen, Tapani; Alanen, Esko; Tirkkonen, Arto; Nuortio, Lauri; Usenius, Taina (Finland): Collagen-Water Interaction for Quantitative Estimation of Radiation-Induced Subcutaneous Fibrosis by Dielectric Method Posters Kuronen, Antti; Savolainen, Sauli; Tagesson, Magnus; Kairemo, Kalevi; Strand, Sven-Erik (Finland): Cellular Dosimetry in Radioimmunotherapy: Monte Carlo Simulations Seppälä, Tiina; Vähätalo, Jyrki; Auterinen, Iiro; Savolainen, Sauli (Finland): Modeling Brain Tissue Substitutes for Phantoms in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) 1.5.2 Hyperthermia Albu, Cristina; Almquist, Lars-Olof; Kirkhorn, Tomas; Bolmsjö, Magnus; Holmer, Nils-Gunnar (Sweden): Hyperthermia Induced by High Energetic Ultrasound for Controlled Tissue Destruction Vashchuk, Taras; Talaluev, Alexander (Ukraine): The Radiotechnical Problems Connected with the Creation of Heating Fields in Deep Tissue within the Range of 10-50 Mhz Posters Volkov, Boris (Ukraine): Theoretical and Experimental Research of Heating Operate Methods for Local Microwave Hyperthermia of Prostate Popsuev, Edward; Nedogovor, Valery; Sigal, Valery (Ukraine): Ultrasound Intracavitary Linear Array Applicator for Local Tissue Hyperthermia and Thermotherapy
Monday 10.6.96 -------------- AM 1.6.1 Biomechanics of the Bone Tissue Organized by Jukka Jurvelin Nolte, L.P. (Switzerland): Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS) - A Generalized Concept and Early Clinical Experience - (Invited, 30 min) Jurvelin, Jukka S.; Arokoski, Jari P.A.; Mueller, Daniel J.; Helminen, Heikki J.; Hunziker, Ernst B. (Finland): Structural Inhomogeneity and Biomechanical Properties of Articular Cartilage (Invited) Nolte, L.P. (Switzerland): Biomechanical Performance of Posterior Spinal Stabilization Techniques in Severe Lumbar Anterior Column Injuries (Invited) Ma, Y.; Pramila, A.; Tuukkanen, J.; Väänänen, K. (Finland): Applications of Finite Element Method to Investigation of the Geometrical Properties and the Mechanical Properties of Rat Long Bone Ma, Y.; Sjölind, S.-G.; Pramila, A.; Tuukkanen, J.; Väänänen, K. (Finland): An Invesitigation of Linear Viscoelasticity of Bone on the Basis of Rat Femur By using Three-Point Bending Test PM 1.6.2 Biomechanics Apine, Mara (Latvia): Connection of Facial Osteoreceptive Fields Irritation with Change of Stomathognatic Systesm Biomechanics Jobbágy, Akos; Gyöngy, László; Furnée, Hans E. (Hungary): Biomedical Applications of a High-Precision Passive Marker Based Motion Analyser López, José E.; Pérez, José M.; Orrite, Carlos (Spain): Redistribution Orthoses for Metatarsalgia Treatment: Design Based on High Resolution Pedobarography Laurutis, Vincas; Daunys, Gintautas (Lithuania): Predictional Features of the Two Dimensional Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements Saulgozis, Juris; Pontaga, Inese (Latvia): Age Influence on the Biomechanical Functions of the Human Eye Alanen, Jouko; Haapalainen, Jouni; Kvist, Martti; Orava, Sakari (Finland): The Repeatability of Plantar Pressures Measured with the Electro Mechanical Film Posters Groma, Valerie; Freivalds, Talivaldis (Latvia): A Biomechanical Interpretation of Presence of "Muscle-Specific" Immunoreactivity in Human Glomeruli Vain, Arved; Kaljuvee, Aadi (Estonia): Comparative Analysis of Biomechanical Models of Skeletal Muscle Iglic, Ales; Kersnic, Bostjan; Kralj-Iglic, Veronika; Srakar, France; Antolic, Vane; Jaklic, Anton; Pernus, Franjo; Herman, Srecko (Slovenia): Shape of Proximal Femor and Pelvis in Male and Female Jämsä, Timo; Jalovaara, Pekka; Peng, ZhiQi; Väänänen, Kalervo (Finland): Equipment for Testing the Biomechanical Strength of Bones Dukendjiev, Evgueny (Latvia): Biomechanical Bases of an Author's Method of Atypical Prosthetics and Orthotics of Upper Extremities of Children
Tuesday 11.6.96 --------------- AM 1.7.1 Ultrasonics Organized by Olaf von Ramm and Arunas Lukosevicius Jensen, Jörgen Arendt (Denmark): FIELD: A Program for Simulating Ultrasound Systems (Invited) Wilhjelm, J.E.; Rosendal, K.; Gronholdt, M.-L. M.; Jespersen, S.K.; Hansen, L.K.; Sillesen, H. (Denmark): Digital Image Analysis of Ultrasound B-mode Images of Carotic Athesrosclerotic Plaque: Correlation with Histological Examination Wilhjelm, J.E.; Vogt, K.; Jespersen, N.; Nordmann, N.; Sillesen, H. (Denmark): Influence of Formalin Fixation Prior to In Vitro Ultrasound Examination of Porcine Arteries Einav, Shmuel; Zaretsky, Uri (Israel): Combined Aortic Valve Disease: In Vitro Doppler and Catheter Measurements Saulgozis, Juris; Pontaga, Inese (Latvia): Diagnostics of Tibial Bone Fracture and Non-Union by Ultra-Sound Saulgozis, Juris; Pontaga, Inese; Balodis, Augusts (Latvia): Use of Contra-Sounding Principles for Detection of Ultrasound Velocity and Attenuation in Human Compact Bone Posters Lukosevicius, Arunas; Vaiciunas, Audrius; Burnovas, Stasys (Lithuania): Development of Ultrasonic Transducers of Medical Diagnostics Lukosevicius, Arunas; Jurkonis, Rytis (Lithuania): Ultrasonic Echoscopy of Eye: Causal Model Chmielorz, Wojciech; Gacek, Adam; Horoba, Krzysztof; Wrobel, Janusz; Jesewski, Janusz (Poland): Optical Densitometry Measurements of Selected Areas of Ultrasonic Images Ragauskas, A.; Daubaris, G.; Pamakstis, V.; Chomskis, R. (Lithuania): A New Non-Invasive Monitoring Technology for Neurosurgical ICU Patients
Wednesday 12.6.96 ----------------- AM 1.8.1 Nonlinear Dynamics in Medicine Organized by Andreas Voss and Jüri Engelbrecht Voss, A.; Wessel, N.; Kleiner, H.J.; Osterziel, K.; Dietz, R. (Germany): Characterization of Cardiovascular Diseases by Measures of Non-Linear Dymnamics (Invited, 30 min) Kongas, O.; von Herzen, R. (Estonia): Nonlinear Dynamics and Cardiac Arrhythmias (Invited) Kalda, Jaan (Estonia): Fractality of Blood-Vessel System and Lung (Invited) Scheffczyk, Cristian; Engbert, Ralf; Krampe, Ralf; Kurths, Jürgen; Rosenblum, Michael; Zaikin, Aleksei (Germany): Nonlinear Modelling of Polyrhytmic Hand Movements (Invited) Zebrowski, Jan J.; Buchner, Teodor; Baranowski, Rafal; Poplawska, Wanda (Poland): Nonlinear Analysis of Heart Dynamics (Invited) PM 1.8.2 Rate Variability Wessel, Niels; Voss, Andreas; Kurths, Juergen; Witt, Annette; Kleiner, Hans-Juergen; Dietz, Rainer (Germany): Comparison of Short- and Long-Term Heart Rate Variability Analysis Using Measurements from Non-Linear Dynamics (Invited) Wiklund, Urban (Sweden): Analysis of Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Severe Autonomic Dysfunction Klemenc, Matjaz; Zimic, Nikolaj; Kranjec, Igor; Jezersek, Pavle (Slovenia): Activity of the Autonomic Nervous System and Diastolic Disfunction of the Left Ventricle in Hypertensive Patients Bahoura, Mohamed; Hassani, Miloud; Hubin, Michel (France): Real Time Wavelet Transform Implementation for ECG Waves Forms Detection and Heart Rate Analysis Posters Buchner, Teodor; Zebrowski, Jan J.; Poplawska, Wanda; Baranowski, Rafal; (Poland): Statistical Properties of Pattern Entropy of HRV Dynamics in 24-hour Holter ECG Tikkanen, P.E.; Sellin, L.C.; Kinnunen, H.O.; Linnaluoto, M.K.; Huikuri , H.V. (Finland): A Computer Program to Analyze the Dynamics of QT Interval from Ambulatory Electrocardiogram Thursday 13.6.96 ---------------- AM 1.8.3 Expert Systems and Medical Informatics Sacile, Roberto; Ruggiero, Carmelina; Giacomini, Mauro; Lombardo, Claudio; Wyley, Thomas (Italy): A WWW Site for Substaining Oncological Studies Fred, Ana L.N.; Paiva, T. (Portugal): Sleep Dynamics and Sleep Disorders: A Syntactic Approach to Hypnogram Classification Ruggiero, Carmelina; Sacile, Roberto; Dieng, Rose (Italy): Applying Common KADS to Oncology Ruggiero, Carmelina; Sacile, Roberto (Italy): Using Artificial Neural Nets to Identify Ductus Arteriosus Status in Preterm Infants Gargasas, Liudas; Ruseckas, Rimtautas; Torrau, Irena; Miskinis, Vytenis; Jurkoniene, Ruta; Cizas, Marijus; Kirmonas, Anatolijus (Lithuania): An Expert System for Early Recognition of Ishemic Heart Disease Moret-Bonillo, Vicente; Alonso-Betanzos, Amparo; Mosqueira-Rey, Eduardo (Spain): An Approach to Validate Intelligent Monitoring Systems in Critical Care Posters Moret-Bonillo, Vicente; Mosqueira-Rey, Eduardo (Spain): Formal Validation of the Intelligent Monitoring System PATRICIA Värri, Alpo; Hellmann, Günter; Penzel, Thomas; Nielsen, Kim D.; Macerata, Alberto; Gottlieb, Lars; Hassing, Kai; Zywietz, Cristoph (Finland): Object Oriented Design of a New, Standard File Exchange Format for Vital Signs Pourabbas, E.; Rafanelli, M. (Italy): An Object-Oriented Epidemiological Data Modeling System Ruggiero, Carmelina; Giacomini, Mauro; Sacile, Roberto; Musizzano, Elvio; Lavazelli, Pierluigi (Italy): Validating the EPIC Prototype in Savona: the Local Database Ruggiero, Carmelina; Caicomini, Mauro; Morasso, Pietro; Baratto, Luigi (Italy): A Paradox Implementation of a Multimodal Database for Motor Disable Patient Management Bauer, J.U., Schwela, H.; Vainoras, A.; Ruseckas, R.; Korsakas, S. (Lithuania): Computerized ECG Recording in Functional Test
Monday 10.6.96 -------------- AM 1.9.1 Wavelets and Fuzzy Logic Methods Organized by Metin Akay Akay, Metin (USA): Wavelets and Biomedical Signal Processing (Invited, 30 min) Laine, Andrew (USA): Wavelets Processing Techniques for Enhancement and Computer Aided Diagnosis of Digital Mammography (Invited, 30 min) Flandrin, Patrick (France): Design and Implementation of Time-Frequency and Wavelets Methods (Invited, 30 min) PM 1.9.2 Biomedical Signal and Image Processing Organized by Metin Akay Prahlad, Meera; Gupta, Uday; Kong, Xuan (USA): Detection of EEG Changes via Adaptive Itakura Distance (Invited, 20 min) Celka, P.; Vetter, R. (Switzerland): Analysis of the Relationship Between Muscle Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Blood Pressure in Humans Using Linear and Nonlinear Modelization (Invited, 20 min) Mehta, Bhavin V.; Matta Vikram; Wang, Weirong (USA): Probabilistic Neural Networks for 3D Protein Structure Prediction: Why Are they Better than Fuzzy Neural Networks and Statistical Techniques (Invited, 20 min) Durka, P.J.; Blinowska, K.J.; Zygierewicz, J. (Poland): Matching Pursuit - a Method of Evaluation and Parametrisation of Non-Stationary Signals and Transients (Invited, 20 min) Devedeux, Dominique; Duchene, Jacques; Marque, Catherine (France): Reassigned Time/Frequency Representations for Frequency Modulation Tracking (Invited) (Return to the List of Tracks)
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