3rd Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Biomedical Engineering 2006

Stimulation Can Modify Cortico-Muscular Coherence in Humans.- Biomaterials.- Cell Adhesion and Degradation Behaviors of Acetylated Chitosan Films.- Degradation of Magnesium Alloys in Biological Solutions and Reduced Phenotypic Expression of Endothelial Cell Grown on These Alloys.- Fabrication of 316L stainless steel parts by Injection Moulding for Biomedical Application using a Novel Binder.- Hardness Evaluation of Porous Hydroxyapatite Coating.- Hydroxyapatite Formation on Acrylic Acid-grafted Porous PLLA Scaffolds in Simulated Body Fluid.- Inhibitive Effect of Antibiotic-Loaded Beads to Cure Chronic Osteomyelitis in Developing Country: Hand-made vs Commercial Beads.- Nanostructure in Bone Apatite.- PCL Electrospun Sheet-Embedded Microporous PLGA Membrane For Effective Guided Bone Regeneration.- Physicochemical Properties and Biological Response of Titanium Surface Modified by Anodic Spark Deposition for Dental Implants.- Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) and hydroxyapatite composite films for cartilage reconstruction.- Silverfil: Its Physical Characterization.- Sinterability Of Hydroxyapatite Compacts Prepared By Cold Isostatic Pressing For Clinical Applications.- Standardization of Distance and Angulation of Light Curing Unit Tip Using Distometer.- Structural and conductivity studies in Ag-rich AgI-ZnI2 solid solutions.- Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite powder via sol-gel method.- The effect of sample preparation and calcination temperature on the production of hydroxyapatite from bovine bone powders.- Topological Analysis of a Polymer Based Contraceptive Using Atomic Force Microscopy.- Rolling Ball Contact as a method for Testing Surface Fatigue of Resin Based Restorative Materials.- Biomechanics.- A Model of Impact Forces during Landing from a Jumping Smash Activity.- A New Modification of Adjustable standing Frame for children with Cerebral Palsy.- A Preliminary Study of Acceptable Load Carriage for Primary School Children.- A Preliminary Study of EMG Measurements on Biceps Brachii Muscles During Repetitive Task at Automotive Industry.- Analysis of Stress on Inflation of Balloon Catheter using Finite Element Method.- Design of an automated Rapid Maxillary Expansion (RME) appliance. A Preliminary Study.- Effect of Stress Relaxation on Layer Thickness of Articular Cartilage due to Dynamic Loadings.- Effects of Targets on Reaching Performance and Postural Balance during Standing in Persons with Left Cerebral Vascular Accidents.- Human Kicking Motion Using Efficient Forward Dynamics Simulation and Optimization.- Instrumented Shoes for Measuring Ground-Reaction Force of Persons with Stroke in Level Walking, Stair Ascending and Descending.- Kinematic Analysis of Speech Motor Control in Children with Cerebral Palsy.- Modeling and Simulation of Sit-to-Stand Exercise.- Motion Analysis in Dual-task on Patients with Mild Dementias.- Muscles activity of the Back and Hamstring during Trunk Flexion and Extension Task in Healthy and Low Back Pain Women.- Music therapy effect of music pillow for sleep - preliminary study.- Pneumatic Artificial Muscle in Biomedical Applications.- Prediction of Optimal Pillow Height by Anthropometric Parameters.- Stress and Strain Analysis of Anterior Cruciate Ligament for Arthroscopy Knee Reconstruction.- Biomedical engineering education.- Biomedical Engineering Education and Training In Hong Kong: Recent Developments.- Biomedical imaging.- A quantitative study of post-biopsy radiofrequency cauterization.- A Study of Nodule Detection Using Opaque Object Filter.- An Automatic Cell Counting Method for a Microscopic Tissue Image from Breast Cancer.- Automatic Retrieval of Microscopic Blood Cells Images.- Boundary Enhancement For Echocardiogram Using Local Image Characteristics And Ratio Of Averages.- Contrast Enhancement of MRI Images.- Converting Data from the Lunar DPX-IQ Bone Densitometer for Interoperability.- Evaluation of Texture Analysis Techniques for Characterization of Multimode-Based Liver Images Using SGLCM and FOS.- Feature extraction in Medical Ultrasonic Image.- High Resolution Imaging of TGF?3 Treated Human Keratinocyte via a Newly Developed Widefield Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscope.- Microwave Holographic Imaging Technique for Tumour Detection.- One-dimensional evaluation of a least-square polynomial fitting approach to estimate the pressure domain from velocity data obtained from medical images.- Quantification of Collagen Orientation in 3D Engineered Tissue.- Scale Space Texture Classification Using Combined Classifiers with Application to Ultrasound Tissue Characterization.- Spinal Curvature Determination from an X-Ray Image Using a Deformable Model.- Thresholding of Medical Images Using Minimum Cross Entropy.- Ultrasound monitoring of temperature change during interstitial laser thermotherapy of liver: an in vitro study.- Unsupervised Learning Technique for Skin Images Segmentation Using a Mixture of Beta Distributions.- Biomedical sensors.- A Fiber Optic Immunosensor for Rapid Bacteria Determination.- A review of MEMS drug delivery in medical application.- A Review on Design Parameters of Micro-Fluidic System.- Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis: Phase Angle - An Independent Predictive Health Marker and its Clinical Applications.- Estimation of heart rate variability from peripheral pulse wave using PPG sensor.- Nano-porous Polysilicon Fabrication for Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) Drug Delivery Device.- Widefield Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscope: A Novel Biosensor Study of Cell Attachment to Micropatterned Substrates.- Biomedical signal analysis.- A Generic Algorithm for Detecting Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hyponea Events based on Oxygen Saturation.- A Measuring System for Coronary Pulse Wave Velocity.- A Simple Histogram Based Approach for Detection of Baseline and QRS of ECG.- A Software Based Approach for Detection of QRS Vector of ECG Signal.- Assessment of Steady-State Visual Evoked Potential for Brain Computer Communication.- Characterizing EOG signal from the Chaotic Point of View.- Classification of Electrocardiogram Signal using Multiresolution Wavelet Transform and Neural Network.- Comparison of different Montages on to EEG classification.- Complexity Analysis of Heart Beat Time series by Threshold based Symbolic Entropy.- Computer-based System to Assess Efficacy of Stuttering Therapy Techniques.- Development of an EEG amplifier for Brain-Computer-Interface.- Enhancement of Epileptic Seizure in EEG Signals using Novelty Filtering based on Neural Networks.- Feasibility of Fetal Photoplethysmography Signal Extraction using Adaptive Noise Cancelling.- Feasibility of Photoplethymographic Signal for Assessment of Autonomic Response using Heart Rate Variability Analysis.- FPGA Accelerator For Medical Image Compression System.- Frequency Modulation in EEG Signals.- Heart Sound Analysis Using MFCC and Time Frequency Distribution.- Limb Cardiovasculature System Identification Using Adaptive Filtering.- Modifying the Classic Template Matching Technique Using a Fuzzy Multi Agent to Have an Accurate P300 Detection.- Multi-resolution Analysis of Near Infrared Spectroscopic Data for Calibration and Prediction of Active Substances in Phosphate Buffer Solution.- Performance Evaluation of Coifman Wavelet for ECG Signal Denoising.- Photoplethysmographic Pulse Amplitude Response to Flow Mediated Dilation.- Reduction of Movement Artifacts in Photoplethysmograph Using SFLC (scaled Fourier linear combiner).- Two-dimensional representation of spatial structure changes in brain bioelectric potential field.- Using Simple MLPs in Modular Architecture to Improve the P300 Detection Accuracy.- Wavelet based compression technique of Electro-oculogram signals.- Wireless Real-time Brain Mapping.- Aromatherapy: It's Effect on Brain Signal, Math Computation, Blood Pressure and Heart Rate.- On the Linearity/Non-linearity of Mental Activity EEG for Brain-Computer Interface Design.- Heart Rate Variability Characterization Using a Time-Frequency Based Instantaneous Frequency Estimation Technique.- Evaluation of ECG Compression via Optimal Bit Allocation on DCT Coefficients.- Biotechnology.- Bio-Composting Process Development by SSF for Utilization Agro-Industrial Wastes.- Biodegradation of 2-methoxyethanol under aerobic conditions by bacterial isolate Pseudomonas sp. strain VB.- Human pi class glutathione S-transferase: anticancer material and functional study.- Liquid State Bioconversion of Domestic Wastewater Sludge for Bioethanol Production.- Microbial Bioconversion of Palm Oil Mill Effluent to Citric Acid with Optimum Process Conditions.- Statistical Analysis in Complex-Valued Wavelet Detection of Acute Myocardial Ischemia in Rabbit.- Statistical Optimization of Process Conditions for Direct Bioconversion of Sewage Treatment Plant Sludge for Bioethanol Production.- Study for activation of human telomerase reverse transcriptase, as major component of cancer, expressed in E. coli.- Systematic Following of Telomerase during MRC5 Population Dubbling and Cell Senescence.- Clinical engineering.- Analysis of Detecting the Malarial Parasite Infected Blood Images Using Statistical Based Approach.- Detecting the Vocal Disorder by Extracting the Pitch in the Phonetics of Indian Regional Marathi Language Numerical.- Importance of Performance Assurance in Medical Equipment Maintenance.- Malay Nose Tissue Measurements For Nose Reconstruction: A Preliminary Data Collection.- Quantification of Parkinsonian Rigidity: An Objective Evaluating Method.- Medical informatics.- Comparison of Different Classification Techniques Using WEKA for Breast Cancer.- Discovery the Relationship Between Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Alternative Splicing Events.- Selecting Informative Genes from Leukemia Gene Expression Data using a Hybrid Approach for Cancer Classification.- Medical instruments and devices.- A High Efficiency Optical Power Transmitting System to a Rechargeable Lithium Battery for All Implantable Biomedical Devices.- A Portable Potentiostat for Electrochemical Sensors.- A Preliminary Case Study of Anal Retractor Usability in Anorectal Surgery.- Taxonomy of surrogate users for the development and evaluation of medical devices from the end users' perspective.- A Miniature Skin-Attached Hot Flash Recorder.- Physiological modelling, simulation and control.- 2D Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) Model of Blood Flow in the Left Ventricle (LV) of the Heart.- A Computer-based Surgery Planning and Simulation for the Prediction of 3D Postoperative Facial Soft Tissue using Finite Element Analysis.- Age-related Upper Limb Vascular System Windkessel Model using Photoplethysmography.- Computational Analysis of Asymmetric Arterial Stenosis with Applications of Fluid-Solid Interaction.- Computer based quantification of the mean Achilles tendon thickness in US-images - effect of tendinosis.- Finite Element Analysis of Cell-Material Interaction on Hydrated Soft Material of Cartilage.- Forward Simulation of Cardiac Excitation Propagation and ECG Patterns Using an Anisotropic Heart Model - a Toolbox.- Haptic Pulse Simulator Training Module for Disease Diagnosis.- In Vitro Modeling for Bioelectrical Impedance Measurement in Compartmental Syndrome.- Optical detection of ferromagnetic and fluorescently labeled microparticles, simulation of a magnetic trap.- Temperature Modeling of Therapeutic Ultrasound: A Preliminary Finding.- The Alcohol Detection Using Heart Rate Variability and Bioimpedance.- Visualizing Collaborative Time-Varying Scientific Datasets.- Prostheses and artificial organs.- Development of a steerable cochlear implant electrode array.- Rehabilitation engineering.- An Automatic Lower Limb Training Machine for Monoplegia Patients.- An Intelligent Tilt Table for Paralytic Patients.- Application of a Novel Integrated Pointing Device Apparatus for People with Severe Disability.- Conceptual Design of an Isokinetic Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) Leg Stepping Trainer for Individuals with Neurological Disability.- Design of a Wireless Heart Rate Monitoring System for Rehabilitation Patients.- Development of Prosthetic Hand - A preliminary study.- EEG Based Brain Machine Interface for Rehabilitation: A Guided Tour.- Development of Articulation Training System with Speech Recognition Based Automatic Pronunciation Detection Mechanism.- Exercise Technology after Spinal Cord Injury: Functional Electrical Stimulation Leg Cycling.- Prosthetic Hand for the Brain-computer Interface System.- Quadraplegic Communicator for Spinal Cord Injury Patient.- Theoretical Determination of Lubrication Regimes in Two-Piece First Metatarsophalangeal Prostheses.- Telemedicine.- Design of Web-based Tele-ultrasound Consultation System over Digital Subscriber Lines.- Development of a Mobile Telemedicine System with Multi Communication Links for Urban and Rural Areas in Indonesia.- Managing and Organizing Plant Identification Keys for Easy Retrieval.- Weight Control and Conversations in an Online Health-Community on Overweight.- Tissue engineering.- Biodegradable composite of poly ?-caprolactone/hydroxyapatite 3-D scaffolds for bone tissue engineering.- Biodegradable Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Fabricated by Surface Selective Laser Sintering.- Characterization of Collagen/PEO 600K for Tissue Engineering Scaffold.- Effect of TGF-? and ?-Estradiol on Extracellular Matrix Secretion in Articular Chondrocyte Culture.- Human Adipose Precursor Cells Seeded on Hyaluronic Scaffolds: a Pilot Clinical Trial.- Hybrid nanofiber scaffolds of polyurethane and poly(ethylene oxide) using dual-electrospinning for vascular tissue engineering.- In Vitro Augmentation of Collagen Matrix Formation - Applications in Tissue Engineering.- Repair of Rabbit Focal Articular Cartilage Defects with Autologous Chondrocytes Embedded in Alginate.