World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering September 7 - 12, 2009 Munich, Germany

Resource Consumption Profiles for Biomedical Equipment.- Comparison of Rectangular Wave Excitations in Broad Band Impedance Spectroscopy for Microfluidic Applications.- Development of a Portable Impedance Tomography System (PITS).- Parasitic capacitances in the installation of IT grounding systems for operation rooms, ICUs and hemodynamics centers.- Internal filtration induces severe concentration of blood cells inside hollow-fiber dialysis membrane at the start of postdilution hemodiafiltration.- Implementation of the Multiprocessing in a Central Monitoring Station with 16 Patient Monitors.- Automated Wearable Artificial Kidney (AWAK): A Peritoneal Dialysis Approach.- Neurophysiological Monitoring - the Engineer.- Neurophysiological Monitoring - the Clinician.- Phonocardiographic Classification of Mechanical Heart Valves Using Artificial Neural Networks.- Checking electric safety in patient care vicinity.- In Vivo Validation of an Automatic Controlled Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenator.- Continuous Hand-to-Foot and Segmental Bioimpedance Spectroscopy Measurements within a Period of Five Days.- A New Sensory Device and Optimal Position for Monitoring HR/RR during Sleep.- Resistivities of the live monkey skulls.- Disinfection of Surgical Materials Using Photo-Activated Tolonium Chloride.- Directed Transesophageal Left Atrial and Left Ventricular Electrocardiography in Evaluation of Interatrial and Interventricular Delay in Patients with Heart Failure.- Transoesophageal electrical bioimpedance measurements of the heart in humans.- Instrument towards Faster Diagnosis and Treatment of Prostate Cancer - Resonance Sensor Stiffness Measurements on Human Prostate Tissue in vitro.- A Body Sensor Network Based Support System for Automated Bioimpedance Spectroscopy Measurements.- Basic Air-cooling Fuzzy Control System for Brain Hypothermia.- Label-free detection of ischemic effects on the cardiomyocytes by impedance spectroscopy.- Electrical Responses by Acupuncture Stimulation for Electrical Grounding and Insulation Conditions.- A Novel Impedimetric Based Screening System for Label-Free Detection of Tau Hyperphosphorylation in Human Cells.- Impedimetric Detection of Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) Channel Activity.- Prediction of Dialysis-induced Hypotension.- SmartHEALTH: preliminary results of an electrochemical measurement using a microfluidic-based cancer diagnostic instrument.- An improved right sided electrical impedance method to monitor pulmonary edema.- Flow Controlled Micropumps - Closing the Gap towards Medical Applications.- Development of MR active contrast agents via Parahydrogen Induced Polarization.- MOVISHOW: Telemetry Software to Process ECG Signals of Multiple Patients in Rehabilitation.- Study on Electric Field Environmental Design for Hospitals by Utilizing Electromagnetic Environment Simulation System.- An analysis of frequency components of shunt murmur for diagnosing shunt stenoses in hemodialysis.- A study on oculogyration evaluating system for objective diagnosis of the Alzheimer type dementia.- Evaluation of Distal Ureter Peristalsis by Multichannel Impedance Monitoring in Patients with Renal and Ureteral Stones.- Using an Electrical Bio-Impedance Method to Detect and Evaluate Gastric Motility for Erosive Gastritis Patients.- Design Multiparameter Anaesthesia Depth Monitor System.- Fully Implantable Blood Pressure System: Implantation Experiences.- On using impedance cardiography for estimation of central blood pressure.- Recording of DC-MEG and peripheral signals in stroke patients.- A tool for establishing dry weight in hemodialysis patients. All patients ?.- Photosensitization Reaction-Induced Electrophysiological Response of Myocardial Cells Dependent on Subcellular Photosensitizer Distribution.- Nutritional Status and Risk of Death in Maintenance Haemodialysis Patients Can Be Assessed by Means of Electrical Body Impedance Analysis.- Evaluation Of Glomerular Filtration Rate In End-Stage Renal Disease Patients: Old And New Prediction Formulas.- Spectral Analysis of diffuse reflectance spectroscopic data of various skin conditions.- Quality of reporting of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) studies evaluating body fluid volumes: the need for standardization.- Hematocrit Measurement - A high precision on-line measurement system based on impedance spectroscopy for use in hemodialysis machines.- Evaluation of electrodes for impedance spectroscopy.- Time frequency analysis of the experimental electrical impedance of pulsatile blood flowing through rigid tubes.- Decay properties of the experimental electrical impedance of pulsatile blood flowing through rigid tubes.- Development of Novel Short-term Heating Angioplasty: Assessment of Artery Collagen/Elastin Ratio and Its Contribution to Artery Dilatation.- Assessment Of Medical Equipment In Respect To Their Down Time.- In vitro online postdilution hemodiafiltration: effect ofvarious bicarbonate dialysis fluid concentrations on acid-base status.- Levels of Salivary Chromogranin-A Secreted During Simulated Monotonous Driving Stress.- Exercise ECG mapping employing an electrode array sheet.- Single-Sided Coil Configuration for Magnetic Particle Imaging.- Screening of heart diseases with multivariate short-term heart rate variability analysis.- New storage method for pressure sensitive transplants.- A physical phantom modeling extended magnetic nanoparticle distributions in biological systems.- Cardiac Reserve Measurements Derived from Ejection Fractions Can Be Used for Patient-Specific Clinical Monitoring.- Development of the Natural Heartbeat Synchronize Control Method for the Undulation Pump Ventricular Assist Device Using the Inflow Pressure.- Localization and Quantification of Magnetic Nanoparticles by Multichannel Magnetorelaxometry for in vivo Hyperthermia Studies in Carcinoma Models.- Development of automatic controller for providing multi electrolyzed water.- Design studies for a blood sedimentation chamber based on gravity.- Non invasive oscillometric assessment of pulse pressure variation - a feasibility study.- Bioelectrical impedance phase angle as a predictor of survival in patients with advanced cancer.- Optimization of Atrioventricular Delay of Pacemaker by Impedance Cardiography and Plethyzmography.- Improving Safety in Healthcare through the Establishment of a Healthcare Human Factors Team.- Study on Detecting Phase Deviation in Brain MIT System.- Cancer Detection Probe Combining Raman and Resonance Sensor Technology - Experimental Study on Temperature Dependence and Effects of Molding.- Inhibition of the Neural Activity by Paired Stimulation in Somatosensory Evoked Potentials and High Frequency Oscillations.- A new simple measurement system of visceral fat accumulation by bioelectrical impedance analysis.- Universal software for electrophysiological recordings using lowcost digitalization cards.- Gas Embolism in Divers - Non-invasive Detection of Gas Bubbles in Blood Vessels.- Skin AC conductance levels and responses in axillary hyperhidrosis patients.- Impact of Precision on Long-Term Patient Monitoring during Osteoporosis Treatment.- A simulator to test automated non-invasive sphygmomanometers.- An Attempt at Explanation for Etiology of Stenotic Lesions Proximal of the Venous Anastomosis at Arteriovenous Vascular Grafts.- Ambulatory monitoring of human behavior, physiology and environment - A Research and Development agenda to go beyond actigraphy.- Imaging of Magnetic Nanoparticle Loaded Rat Organs Using a 16 Channel Micro SQUID System.- Implementation of a capacitive ECG measurement system in clinical practice: an interim report.- The Aachen MiniHLM - A Miniaturized Heart Lung Machine for Neonates with Congenital Heart Defect.- Optical Studies of the Capillary Refill Kinetics in Fingertips.- Impedance properties of stainless steel needle electrodes.- Comparison of different cannulation approaches for Cardio Pulmonary Bypass.- The Role of Technology for Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Monitoring in the Future Exemplified.- Multilevel biofeedback technology for electromagnetic therapy of vascular diseases.- New Estimation Approach for Total Hemoglobin Concentration Based on a Fuzzy Expert System.- Single Dispersion Cole Parameters of Malignant and Benign Prostate.- First-in-man application of left ventricular augmentation for treatment of Dilated Cardiomyopathy.- Performance Improvement of a Chromatic Confocal Distance Sensor for Coating Thickness Measurement on Drug-Eluting Stents.- A magnetically quasi-transparent tool for ankle passive mobilization in investigations on cortical involvement using MEG.- Evaluating the Use of a Raman Fiberoptic Probe in Conjunction with a Resonance Sensor for Measuring Porcine Tissue in vitro.- Magnetic Relaxation Imaging of Magnetic Nanoparticle Distributions.- Breath Analysis during Artificial Ventilation: Volatile Substances in Exhaled Breath during i.v. Anesthesia and Sedation in the OR and ICU with propofol.- Some Design Consideration to Upgrade the Function of Portable ECG Device.- Monitoring of Propofol Boli in Breathing Gas using Ion Molecule Reaction Mass Spectrometry.- Sleep Recording And Sleep Analysis Methods.- Cardiac Contractility Assessment in Rotary Blood Pump Recipients Derived from Pump Flow.- 25 years of laser therapy application in clinics.- Determination of post-mortem interval using in situ tissue optical fluorescence.- Wireless Recording System for Long-Term Monitoring of Bone Fracture Healing.- Clinical Engineering Incorporating Human Factors Engineering into Risk Management.- Supporting Decision Making Tool within the Process of Replacement and Incorporation of New Technologies to the Health Area.- Micro-Computerized System to Investigate the Neurocardiogenic Syncope.- Wearable and Ultra Low Power Wireless System for Physiological Monitoring.- An attempt of new calibration method with support vector machines regression for pulse oximetry.- Multivariate Calibration Models to Classify Blood Glucose Levels Non-invasively Based on A New Optical Technique Named Pulse Glucometry.- Development of pathological evaluating system of tremor disease by a tablet PC and accelerometers.- Low Level Laser Stimulation of K1 Acupoint Induced Precuneus Activations.- Development of an innovative instrument for the online characterization of high frequency percussive ventilators.- Distribution of Magnetic Nanoparticles after Magnetic Drug Targeting in an Ex Vivo Bovine Artery Model.- Design of A Microcontroller Based Cole-Cole Impedance Meter for Testing Biological Tissues.- Hospital-Based HTA for medical software.- An Effective Developing Platform of Physiological Measurement Apparatus for Simplifying the Processes of Design and Verification in Customized Requirement.- Urea concentrating ability of artificial renal tubule based on countercurrent multiplier system using electrodialysis, dialysis and filtration.- Control of a rotary blood pump for defined ventricular unloading: A potential tool for ventricular recovery.- Wearable Artificial Kidneys: A Historical Perspective.- Patient-specific modelling of the cardiovascular system - application to septic shock with a minimal data set.- In-vitro Validation of Catheter Recirculation Measured by Thermal Dilution.- Circadian Behavior of Cardiovascular Variability.- Risks Involved With Medical Device Use in a Home Care Program.- Controllability of 1/R control in non-pulsatile total artificial heart.- The possibility of the classification about Ht values using the AR model.- Non invasive monitoring of the cardio respiratory activity.- Monitoring of body fluid in patients with chronic heart failure using Bioimpedance - Spectroscopy.- Nano Technology for the Development of Artificial Internal Organs.- Determination of 6-minute walk test using accelerometer-based ambulatory monitoring device for the assessment of patient's progress in cardiac rehabilitation.- Non-linear resistance associated to complex geometry at high flow rates in vascular access for hemodialysis.- Effects of Power Line Communication System on Medical Equipments.- Concepts for Simplifying Automatic Blood-Gas Control during Extracorporeal Circulation.- Instrument for estimation of red blood cells speed distribution using laser-Doppler spectrum decomposition.- A complex installation for biomagnetism studies.- Lack of reliability of cardiac output measurements derived from arterial pressure waveform analysis in on-pump cardiac surgery patients.- Breath Gas Monitoring of Ventilation and Drug Application as a Basis for Respiratory Therapy and Automated Infusion Systems.- The Impact of Hyperthermal Surfaces on Blood in Vitro - An Approach.- Vector magnetic field mapping of a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation coil using Magnetic Resonance Imaging: in vitro and in vivo experiments.- Modeling of the bioelectrical impedance of blood by synthesis of the equivalent electrical circuits.- Monitoring of Cyclic Opening and Closing of Ventilatory Lung Units Using the Regional Ventilation Delay Index - Preliminary Data.- Pharmacodynamic modelling of changes in arterial blood pressure during propofol anesthesia in volunteers: comparison between invasive and continuous noninvasive measurements.- Ambulatory monitoring of skin blood flow: the ?Hematron device.- A Sensor for the Non-invasive Determination of Hemoglobin in Sampling Tubes.- Health Technology Management in Prehospital Care Using Radio Frequency Identification.- A Preliminary Investigation of the Sorption Properties of the Stratum Corneum In Vivo.- The impedance methods in cardiology - own clinical results.- Regional Pulmonary Time-Constant Maps based on EIT-Measurements.- A low-noise front-end amplifier for biopotential recordings.- The Thermal Comfort of Premature Newborn versus Water Vapour Pressure.- Electromagnetic Compatibility of WiFi Technology with Life-Supporting Medical Devices.- Clearance and rate of conjugated bilirubin removal during extracorporeal liver support therapy with FPSA PrometheusTM.- In-vitro and In-vivo testing of the BiVACOR Rotary BiVAD/TAH.- In-vitro Study of Novel Less-invasive Laser Angioplasty using the Pulsed Laser with a Wavelength of 5.75 ?m.- An electrophysiological recording system model with capacitively-coupled electrodes.- Continuous SvO2 Monitoring Is Reliable after On-Pump Cardiac Surgery.- Applying the HFMEA Technique to the General-Purpose Infusion Pump.- Correlation of Noninvasive Cerebral Oxygenation with Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation in Patients undergoing ECMO-Therapy - A Pilot Study.- Significance of "The Insulcagon Pump" in the Treatment of Diabetes.- Quantitative and Qualitative Characterization of Magnetic Nanoparticles by Magnetorelaxometry using a Laboratory MRX Analyzer.- Monitoring of Perioperative Ventilation Therapy by Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) in Clinical Practice.- Multichannel Bipolar Current Source Used in Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy: Preliminary Results.- Standardization of Controlled Vasoconstriction at the Finger Site for Pulse Oximeter Performance Assessment with Respect to a Perfusion Index.- A pressure-controlled alarm and monitoring device for pressure ulcer prophylaxis in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury.- Magnetocardiographic Noninvasive Imaging of the Right Atrium Stretchability due to Short-term Overload during Respiratory Maneuvers.- A Characterization of Sleep Spindles in EEG.- Automation of Protective Ventilation in Acute Lung Injury.- Measurement of propofol exhalation in pigs, humans and sheep during anesthesia - the impact of reference methods.- A new approach to improve the fall detection in elderly: monitoring of the autonomic nervous system activation.- AutoMedic: Fuzzy Control Development Platform for a Mobile Heart-Lung Machine.- Signal waveform agreement between spirometer and impedance pneumography of six chest band electrode configurations.- Respiration monitoring with a defibrillator.- Memristive properties of electro-osmosis in human sweat ducts.- A Comprehensive Framework for Post-market Electrical Safety Testing and Performance Assessment of Medical Equipment in Healthcare Facilities.- Automatic lung recruitment maneuvers using robust closed-loop control of the oxygen saturation in mechanical ventilation.- Clinical Evaluation of an Automatic Physiologically Responsive Control System for Rotary Blood Pumps.- Validation of Vertebral Metrics: A Mechanical Instrument to Evaluate Posture of the Spinal Column.- Study of Kinetics and Distribution of Photogem® in Animal Liver Through Fluorescence Imaging.- Development and validation of a new method for real-time measurement of fluid dynamics during simulated multi-infusion setups.- Predicting Successful Transthoracic Cardioversion by Dominant Atrial Fibrillatory Frequency Analysis: The Effects of Bisoprolol.- Depth selective real-time evaluation of blood flow in the tissue using Laser-Doppler- Spectroscopy.- An Integrated Membrane/Sorbent PD Approach to a Wearable Artificial Kidney.- Effects of pulsed electromagnetic fields on the cartilage joint thickness of distal femoral metaphysis in the rat.- Multimode System for Integrated Quantitative Assessment of Heart Rate Variability.- Biomarker Enables Molecular Specific Optical Detection of Transplant Rejection.- Autonomous coordinator for intelligent sensor nodes enabling real time data fusion for monitoring and feedback application in neurological rehabilitation.- Light scattering signal as an indicator of loss of tissue viability in brains: Experiments using rat hypoxia models.- Development of Wireless Urodynamic Pressure-Flow Study System.- Monitoring of blood pulsation using non-contact technique.- Changes of FRC during noninvasive ventilation in spontaneous breathing subjects can be determined by the oxygen washin/washout method.- Photo-Thermal Cancer Therapy Using Gold Nanorods.- High-Resolution Transesophageal Right Ventricular Far Field Potential and Left Ventricular Potential in Heart Failure Patients with Left Bundle Branch Block.- Comparison of Respiration Rate Monitoring with a Low-cost Doppler-Radar Sensor and Inductive Thorax-Plethysmography.- Interactive Knowledge-Based Anaesthetic Drug Infusion Systems.- Physiological Control of a Rotary Left Ventricular Assist Device: Robust Control of Pressure Pulsatility with Suction Prevention and Suppression.- A Transfer Function Method for the Assessment of Oxygen Uptake Dynamics during Walking by Use of a Triaxial Accelerometer.- Heart Rate Spectrum Analysis for the automated Classification of Sleep Stages.- Wards Clustering Method for Distinction between Neonatal Sleep Stages.- A Pilot Study on Non-contacting Detection of Central Apneas.- Development of a Portable Low Frequency Electromagnetic Field Stimulator for Promoting Bone Tissue Proliferation.- Influence of Respiration on Variability of Peak Systolic Blood Flow Velocity in Common Carotid Artery: Preliminary Study.- Determination of Bidirectional Electric Anisotropy of Muscles ex vivo Using Three Electrode Configurations.- Evidence-Based Maintenance For Medical Equipment.- Handheld Resonance Sensor Instrumentation towards Faster Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer - Stiffness Measurements on a Soft Tissue Phantom.- Non-obtrusive Monitoring of Narrow-Band Electrocardiogram with a Capacitive Electrode Unit during Sleep.- Brain Temperature & Autonomic Nervous System for the study of relaxation.- Comparing benign snores with apneic snores based on high frequency analysis.- Analysis and manipulation using EIS for characteristic parameters of biological tissues in vitro.- Cold Dialysate Regeneration System (CDRS) for Home Hemodialysis - in vivo.- Analysis of Blood and Dialysate Flow in a Hemodialyzer by Perfusion Computed Tomography.- Real-Time Monitoring of Extracellular Glutamate Release on Repetitive Ischemic Injury in Global Ischemia Model.- Flow Based Two-Compartment Models - A Comparative Computational Study.- Body Impedance Analysis.- Supporting Tool for Usability Specifications.- New Bipolar ECG Electrode Locations in Differentiating Subjects with Left Ventricular Hypertrophy from Normal Subjects.- Optimised NDIR Technology for Breath Tests of i.e. Drug/Drug-Interactions or Gastric Emptying for Intensive Care Patients: New Diagnostic Opportunities.- Intra- and Extracorporeal Clearance of Glucose Following an Intra-dialytic Glucose Load.- Extracorporeal Liver Support: Albumin Removal vs. Albumin Regeneration.- Effect of Distance between Monitor & Patient in Recording Visual Evoked Potential Using Pattern Reversal Checker Board Stimulation.- Design-Phase-Specific Selection of User Research Methods.- Portable 4 Wire Bioimpedance Meter with Bluetooth Link.- Electromagnetic Interference with RFID Readers in Hospitals.- Development of Low Noise Active Electrode for High-Resolution EEG.- Anesthesiological Management in a Non-accessible Environment Preparation of Volunteers for Investigations with Controlled Hypoxemia in a 3 Tesla Magnetic Field for Assessing Cerebral Energy Metabolism.- Portable Device for Microelectrode Array Bio-impedance Measurements.- Effects of Transmitter Position and Receiver Ground Plane on Signal Transmission in Intrabody Wireless EMG Measurement System.- Prediction of cardiovascular risk from peripheral pulse wave.- Anesthesia with Propofol Effects on Atrial Fibrillation Wavefront Delays.- Anesthesiological Management in a Non Accessible Environment Anesthesiological Care Flow during Diagnostic and Therapeutic Interventions in the Field of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).- Findings of the Latin America Clinical Engineering Survey Conducted by the Clinical Engineering Division of International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering.- A new approach to characterize biological tissues using optical techniques for diagnosis purposes.- Open System Architecture for GERD pH and Impedance Measurement.- A Ubiquitous Real-Time Motion Artifact Rejection technique for Remote NIBP Monitoring of Hypertensive Patients.- Evaluation of a newly developed continuous protein separation system based on a difference in the isoelectric points of the proteins.- An Alcohol Sensing System basing on HRV Analysis.- Model Predictive Control for Propofol Sedation.- Vascular Access Blood Flow Measured Without Indicator Injection.- Telehealth - Home-Based Self-monitoring of Elderly Chronically Sick or At-Risk Patients.- Kidney Regeneration Using Stem Cells And Acellular Whole Organ Scaffolds: Perspective And Recent Developments.