Pub Date : 2011-04-19DOI: 10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752128
M. Hosseini, H. Soltanian-Zadeh, S. Akhlaghpoor
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a devastating disease. In this paper, we propose a novel method for scoring of air trapping in the lungs for detection and evaluation of COPD. The proposed method finds volumetric changes of the lungs from inspiration to expiration. To this end, trachea CT images at full inspiration and expiration are compared. For this comparison, the lungs parenchyma in the inspiration and expiration images are found and changes in the surface and volume of the lungs between inspiration and expiration are used to define quantitative measures (features). Using these features, the subjects are classified into two groups of normal class and COPD patients using a Bayesian classifier. In addition, t-tests are applied to evaluate discrimination powers of the features for this classification. The main advantage of the proposed method is its ability to estimate air trapping in the lungs from CT images without human intervention. The proposed method may assists radiologists in the detection of COPD as a computer aided diagnosis (CAD) system. It may also assist them with the scoring of the disease (severity of air trapping in the lungs).
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Pub Date : 2011-04-19DOI: 10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752149
G. Zouridakis, Udit Patidar, L. Pollonini, Ning Situ, Roozbeh Rezaie, E. Castillo, H. Levin, A. Papanicolaou
In this study, we analyzed brain connectivity profiles from mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) patients and normal controls. We computed Granger causality measures from magnetoencepha-lographic (MEG) activity obtained at the resting state, in an attempt to understand how the default network is affected by mTBI. Our results show that all subjects exhibit a dense network of peripheral local connections. However, normal controls show an additional network of long-range connections that is drastically reduced mTBI patients. These findings suggest that analysis of functional connectivity patterns may provide a valuable method for early detection of mTBI.
{"title":"Default brain connectivity network in mild traumatic brain injury — preliminary MEG results","authors":"G. Zouridakis, Udit Patidar, L. Pollonini, Ning Situ, Roozbeh Rezaie, E. Castillo, H. Levin, A. Papanicolaou","doi":"10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752149","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we analyzed brain connectivity profiles from mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) patients and normal controls. We computed Granger causality measures from magnetoencepha-lographic (MEG) activity obtained at the resting state, in an attempt to understand how the default network is affected by mTBI. Our results show that all subjects exhibit a dense network of peripheral local connections. However, normal controls show an additional network of long-range connections that is drastically reduced mTBI patients. These findings suggest that analysis of functional connectivity patterns may provide a valuable method for early detection of mTBI.","PeriodicalId":348448,"journal":{"name":"2011 1st Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering","volume":"122 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131149216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The threshold control theory is applied to build a physiology-based FES controller. The proposed control strategy is tested in simulation study with an integrated musculoskeletal model. The results suggest that the controller based on the threshold control theory alone can realize the task with small feedback delays. However, it is not capable to produce the movement fast enough to match the desired trajectory. Thus two extensions to improve the performance are proposed. Firstly, the feedback on actual movement velocity is replaced by the differences between the actual and desired velocities. Secondly, the feedback of joint angular acceleration is introduced to calculate the dynamic threshold. Simulation results suggest that such extensions can 1) improve the movement speed; 2) reduce the response time; and 3) reduce influence of external perturbation and feedback delays.
{"title":"FES controller design based on threshold control theory for single joint movement","authors":"Lan Li, K. Zhu, U. Acharya, C. M. Lim","doi":"10.1166/jmihi.2011.1031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1166/jmihi.2011.1031","url":null,"abstract":"The threshold control theory is applied to build a physiology-based FES controller. The proposed control strategy is tested in simulation study with an integrated musculoskeletal model. The results suggest that the controller based on the threshold control theory alone can realize the task with small feedback delays. However, it is not capable to produce the movement fast enough to match the desired trajectory. Thus two extensions to improve the performance are proposed. Firstly, the feedback on actual movement velocity is replaced by the differences between the actual and desired velocities. Secondly, the feedback of joint angular acceleration is introduced to calculate the dynamic threshold. Simulation results suggest that such extensions can 1) improve the movement speed; 2) reduce the response time; and 3) reduce influence of external perturbation and feedback delays.","PeriodicalId":348448,"journal":{"name":"2011 1st Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123996683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-04-19DOI: 10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752117
S. Yoon, Jung-Yong Kim
The aim of this study was to develop parameters that could evaluate the driver's psycho-physiological response to road design during highway driving. A hypothesis was made such that people could drive safely if they had a proper level of ‘mental effort’ that could cover the ‘mental demand’ required by driving environment. This matching value of demand and effort was named as a ‘demand-effort matching profile (DEMP)’ in this study. In order to find psycho-physiological parameters satisfying DEMP in various road conditions, the mental ‘demand’ of the road environment was categorized into three: high, moderate, low demand. Seventy subjects participated in the experiment to measure the mental ‘effort’ during driving the vehicle equipped with measuring devices. 48 psycho-physiological parameters were examined in this study, and the parameters with consistent DEMP were summarized in this study. Those parameters could be used for further investigation of the relationship between drivers and road design.
{"title":"Psycho-physiological parameters to evaluate the mental demand during driving","authors":"S. Yoon, Jung-Yong Kim","doi":"10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752117","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study was to develop parameters that could evaluate the driver's psycho-physiological response to road design during highway driving. A hypothesis was made such that people could drive safely if they had a proper level of ‘mental effort’ that could cover the ‘mental demand’ required by driving environment. This matching value of demand and effort was named as a ‘demand-effort matching profile (DEMP)’ in this study. In order to find psycho-physiological parameters satisfying DEMP in various road conditions, the mental ‘demand’ of the road environment was categorized into three: high, moderate, low demand. Seventy subjects participated in the experiment to measure the mental ‘effort’ during driving the vehicle equipped with measuring devices. 48 psycho-physiological parameters were examined in this study, and the parameters with consistent DEMP were summarized in this study. Those parameters could be used for further investigation of the relationship between drivers and road design.","PeriodicalId":348448,"journal":{"name":"2011 1st Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121713573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-04-19DOI: 10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752160
S. Al-Kindi, G. Al-Kindi
A novel hybrid and repetitive smoothing-sharpening (HRSST) technique is proposed and its impact is assessed to beneficially enhance sonogram and mammogram images. The technique aims to gain and combine the advantages of both the sharpening process that aims to highlight sudden changes in the image intensity, with the advantages of iterative image smoothing, which is usually applied to remove random noise from digital images. Nevertheless the developed technique also eliminates the drawbacks of each of the two sharpening and smoothing techniques resulting from their individual application in image processing field. The proposed technique is tested on both breast ultra-sound (BUS) as well as breast X-ray mammograms. Results show that the proposed methodology has high potential to advantageously enhance the image contrast hence giving extra aid to radiologists to detect and classify sonograms and mammograms
{"title":"Breast sonogram and mammogram enhancement using hybrid and repetitive smoothing-sharpening technique","authors":"S. Al-Kindi, G. Al-Kindi","doi":"10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752160","url":null,"abstract":"A novel hybrid and repetitive smoothing-sharpening (HRSST) technique is proposed and its impact is assessed to beneficially enhance sonogram and mammogram images. The technique aims to gain and combine the advantages of both the sharpening process that aims to highlight sudden changes in the image intensity, with the advantages of iterative image smoothing, which is usually applied to remove random noise from digital images. Nevertheless the developed technique also eliminates the drawbacks of each of the two sharpening and smoothing techniques resulting from their individual application in image processing field. The proposed technique is tested on both breast ultra-sound (BUS) as well as breast X-ray mammograms. Results show that the proposed methodology has high potential to advantageously enhance the image contrast hence giving extra aid to radiologists to detect and classify sonograms and mammograms","PeriodicalId":348448,"journal":{"name":"2011 1st Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116789181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-04-19DOI: 10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752121
A. Sagahyroon, F. Aloul, A. Al-Ali, M. S. Bahrololoum, F. Makhsoos, N. Hussein
Recent developments in off-the-shelf wireless embedded computing boards and the increasing need for efficient health monitoring systems, fueled by the increasing number of patients, has prompted R&D professionals to explore better health monitoring systems that are both mobile and cheap. This work investigates the feasibility of using the ZigBee embedded technology in health-related monitoring applications. Selected vital signs of patients are acquired using sensor nodes and readings are transmitted wirelessly using devices that utilize the ZigBee communications protocols. A prototype system has been developed and tested with encouraging results.
{"title":"Monitoring patients' signs wirelessly","authors":"A. Sagahyroon, F. Aloul, A. Al-Ali, M. S. Bahrololoum, F. Makhsoos, N. Hussein","doi":"10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752121","url":null,"abstract":"Recent developments in off-the-shelf wireless embedded computing boards and the increasing need for efficient health monitoring systems, fueled by the increasing number of patients, has prompted R&D professionals to explore better health monitoring systems that are both mobile and cheap. This work investigates the feasibility of using the ZigBee embedded technology in health-related monitoring applications. Selected vital signs of patients are acquired using sensor nodes and readings are transmitted wirelessly using devices that utilize the ZigBee communications protocols. A prototype system has been developed and tested with encouraging results.","PeriodicalId":348448,"journal":{"name":"2011 1st Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117170811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-04-19DOI: 10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752136
Roya Hashemi Rad, M. Firoozabadi, I. Rezazadeh
Forehead bioelectric signals are reliable and rich communication channels for emotion recognition in cognitive studies. In this paper, we explored the effects of two different music induction environments on multichannel forehead bioelectric signals. Pleasant and irritating emotions were induced by playing two different types of music that had different specifications according to the Arousal-Valence emotional space. Simultaneously, the bioelectric signals from three physical channels were recorded and filtered to extract entropy of Alpha and EMG sub-bands over 256msec time slots. By analyzing results using the Wilcoxon test, it was shown that Alpha and EMG sub-bands are significant data channels for emotion discrimination.
{"title":"Discriminating affective states in music induction environment using forehead bioelectric signals","authors":"Roya Hashemi Rad, M. Firoozabadi, I. Rezazadeh","doi":"10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752136","url":null,"abstract":"Forehead bioelectric signals are reliable and rich communication channels for emotion recognition in cognitive studies. In this paper, we explored the effects of two different music induction environments on multichannel forehead bioelectric signals. Pleasant and irritating emotions were induced by playing two different types of music that had different specifications according to the Arousal-Valence emotional space. Simultaneously, the bioelectric signals from three physical channels were recorded and filtered to extract entropy of Alpha and EMG sub-bands over 256msec time slots. By analyzing results using the Wilcoxon test, it was shown that Alpha and EMG sub-bands are significant data channels for emotion discrimination.","PeriodicalId":348448,"journal":{"name":"2011 1st Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122990609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-04-19DOI: 10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752085
M. S. Dawood, Rawaa T. Shukry, A. Al-Salihi
This paper focused on studying the effect of diode laser on the burn healing. The study is based on using 32 mature, male albino mice divided into four groups, all groups were burned using an electrical soldering unit on the back of each mouse for five seconds to create a 3rd degree burn of 1 cm in length. Two groups were treated with diode laser. The first group (S1) is treated with 785nm, 3.5mW CW diode laser for 3 minutes to get energy density = 3J/cm2. The second group (S2) is illuminated by using CW diode laser of 637nm, 2mW for 5 minutes with the same energy density, while the pulsed group (group S3) is treated by pulsed diode laser (637nm) of pulse repetition frequency (p.r.f) 1 KHz and duty cycles, 50%. One group of these animals was not irradiated by laser energy. It is used as a control group. The animals were irradiated three times per week. The first laser irradiation was given immediately after burn creation followed by the two other exposures at the next 2nd and 3rd day after burning. The histological assessment was started at day 4 after the burn and carried on for 25 days; once per week. The results showed that for a CW laser groups; the re-epithelialization appear one week earlier in laser group S2 (CW-637nm wavelength, 2mW) at day 18, while in the control group appear only at day 25 after burn. The hair follicles in this group seem to appear more quickly than the control group. The pulsed laser showed also better results comparing to the result of CW diode laser.
{"title":"Study the effects of using CW and pulsed diode lasers on burns healing","authors":"M. S. Dawood, Rawaa T. Shukry, A. Al-Salihi","doi":"10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752085","url":null,"abstract":"This paper focused on studying the effect of diode laser on the burn healing. The study is based on using 32 mature, male albino mice divided into four groups, all groups were burned using an electrical soldering unit on the back of each mouse for five seconds to create a 3rd degree burn of 1 cm in length. Two groups were treated with diode laser. The first group (S1) is treated with 785nm, 3.5mW CW diode laser for 3 minutes to get energy density = 3J/cm2. The second group (S2) is illuminated by using CW diode laser of 637nm, 2mW for 5 minutes with the same energy density, while the pulsed group (group S3) is treated by pulsed diode laser (637nm) of pulse repetition frequency (p.r.f) 1 KHz and duty cycles, 50%. One group of these animals was not irradiated by laser energy. It is used as a control group. The animals were irradiated three times per week. The first laser irradiation was given immediately after burn creation followed by the two other exposures at the next 2nd and 3rd day after burning. The histological assessment was started at day 4 after the burn and carried on for 25 days; once per week. The results showed that for a CW laser groups; the re-epithelialization appear one week earlier in laser group S2 (CW-637nm wavelength, 2mW) at day 18, while in the control group appear only at day 25 after burn. The hair follicles in this group seem to appear more quickly than the control group. The pulsed laser showed also better results comparing to the result of CW diode laser.","PeriodicalId":348448,"journal":{"name":"2011 1st Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125371466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-04-19DOI: 10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752069
W. Molenaar, G. J. Verkerke
An internet-based, intercultural and interprofessional 2 years Master's curriculum Biomedical Engineering was developed by a joint effort of 3 Asian and 3 European Universities. The curriculum consists of a mixture of face-to-face and e-learning courses (‘blended learning’) and was developed and taught by teachers from all participating institutes. The internet based courses are supported by chat sessions and annual summer schools where all students and teachers meet. To test the curriculum 13 students with different cultural (Asian — European) and educational (health care — engineering) background enrolled, of which 8 graduated so far. External and internal evaluations were conducted and showed that the developed curriculum can be implemented with some adaptations in course contents and in the management and organization.
{"title":"Casecube: An internet-based, intercultural, interprofessional master's curriculum Biomedical Engineering","authors":"W. Molenaar, G. J. Verkerke","doi":"10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752069","url":null,"abstract":"An internet-based, intercultural and interprofessional 2 years Master's curriculum Biomedical Engineering was developed by a joint effort of 3 Asian and 3 European Universities. The curriculum consists of a mixture of face-to-face and e-learning courses (‘blended learning’) and was developed and taught by teachers from all participating institutes. The internet based courses are supported by chat sessions and annual summer schools where all students and teachers meet. To test the curriculum 13 students with different cultural (Asian — European) and educational (health care — engineering) background enrolled, of which 8 graduated so far. External and internal evaluations were conducted and showed that the developed curriculum can be implemented with some adaptations in course contents and in the management and organization.","PeriodicalId":348448,"journal":{"name":"2011 1st Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124484867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-04-19DOI: 10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752107
M. Jacobson, Klaithem Ali Ameri, A. Al Braiki
A prototype device for improved assessment of clinical diabetic neuropathy was designed, developed, and pilot tested by students of the Design of Medical Devices II course, which is part of the biomedical engineering program of the Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates. Specifically, students identified a specific clinical problem faced by healthcare staff in the screening of diabetes mellitus complications and researched possible solutions in consideration of patient care, ease of use, and assessment effectiveness. In response, students designed and pilot tested PAD, Peripheral nerve Assessment Device, which is a prototype that meets the design criteria of the healthcare staff through digital indexing of sensory nerve perception.
{"title":"Device for indexing peripheral neuropathy","authors":"M. Jacobson, Klaithem Ali Ameri, A. Al Braiki","doi":"10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752107","url":null,"abstract":"A prototype device for improved assessment of clinical diabetic neuropathy was designed, developed, and pilot tested by students of the Design of Medical Devices II course, which is part of the biomedical engineering program of the Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates. Specifically, students identified a specific clinical problem faced by healthcare staff in the screening of diabetes mellitus complications and researched possible solutions in consideration of patient care, ease of use, and assessment effectiveness. In response, students designed and pilot tested PAD, Peripheral nerve Assessment Device, which is a prototype that meets the design criteria of the healthcare staff through digital indexing of sensory nerve perception.","PeriodicalId":348448,"journal":{"name":"2011 1st Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125876485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}