Main description:

Projections for advances in medical and biological technology will transform medical care and treatment. This in great part is due to the result of the interaction and collaboration between medical sciences and engineering. These advances will result in substantial progress in health care and in the quality of life of the population. Frequently however, the implications of technologies in terms of increasing recurrent costs, additional required support services, change in medical practice and training needs are underestimated. As a result, the widespread irrational use of te- nologies leads to a wastage of scarce resources and weakens health systems performance. To avoid such problems, a syst- atic and effective Health Technology System must be developed and introduced, requiring the support and commitment of decision makers of all levels of the health system. The MediTech2009 conference aims to provide a special opportunity for the Romanian professionals involved in basic - search, R&D, industry and medical applications to exchange their know-how and build up collaboration in one of the most human field of science and techniques. The conference is intended to be an international forum for researchers and practit- ners interested in the advance in, and applications of biomedical engineering to exchange the latest research results and ideas in the areas covered by the topics (and not only!). We believe the reader will find the proceedings an impressive document of progress to date in this rapidly changing field.

Contents:

Engineering Control of Airborne Disease Transmission in Health Care Facilities.- Field Investigation of Volatile Organic Compounds' Levels and Origin in an Unpolluted Residential Area.- Collaborative Pre-surgery Planning in a Tele-immersive Environment Using VR Technology.- Indications of the Modern Vitreo-Retinal Surgery Techniques.- Diagnosis and Control by Using Biomarkers.- Patient Simulation Experience in Family Medicine Residents Education.- Assessing Glycemic Control in Diabetes: From Self Monitoring of Blood Glucose to Continuous Glucose Monitoring System.- Transformation of Micro-radio-Photography System into X-Ray Standard System with Applications in Romania.- Digital Simulation for Computer Control of Radiological Devices: A Preliminary Model Using Partial Differential Equations.- Trust and Reputation in e-Health Systems.- Home Monitoring Device for Cardiovascular Diseases.- EKG Monitoring on the Mobile Phone Using Bluetooth Transmission.- Dynamic Service Composition for Plug-and-Play Medical Devices.- Database Design Patterns for Healthcare Information Systems.- Multi-Agent Model for a Mobile Hospital Logistic System.- The Role of Information Technology in Health Education: Strengths and Weaknesses.- Effectiveness of Charismatic Leadership in Romanian Hospitals.- Core Decisional Values in Romanian Hospitals Leadership.- External Marketing Environment as Perceived by Managers from Romanian Hospitals.- Modified Screen Printed Electrodes for the Development of Biosensors.- Electromyographic Response for Grip Exercise.- Patient Movement Monitoring and Respiration Rate Analysis with an Acceleration Sensor.- A Study about Human Eyes Wavefront Aberrations Capture and Correction.- Anthropometric Measurements for Assessment of Body Fat in Young People.- Electromagnetic Fields of MRI Scanners and Human Exposure Safety.- How Biomedical Technology Becomes Nowadays a Main Actor in Prevention and Control of Hypertension.- Dynamic Shielding in Biomagnetism.- Automated Method for Computing Peak Area on a Drifted Baseline Signal.- Technical Performance for Glycemic Control in Diabetes Mellitus.- Wireless Monitoring of SaO2 in Chronic Disease.- Design of a Heart Rate Monitor Device.- Positioning System for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.- A Model of Selective Left VNS and Recording in a Man.- Enhancing the Human Reactivity by Using the Negative Air Ions Generators.- Using the Negative Air Generators to Improve the Animal Reactivity.- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Elicit Changes in Motor Cortex Excitability during Haptic Training.- Modulation of Stimulation Frequency of Spinal Cord Afferents with Constant Electrode Site and Stimulus Intensity Can Induce a Variety of Movements.- Development of a Control System for a Parallel Robot Used in Minimally Invasive Surgery.- Virtual Reality Simulation of Tetrobot Parallel Robot for Medical Applications.- Transmit Frequency Optimization for Ultrasound Constrast Agent Response.- Estimating Fetal Heart Rate from Multiple Ultrasound Signals.- Estimating Activation of Denervated, Degenerated Muscle after Functional Electrical Stimulation with Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- Microwaves and Infrared Thermography - Applications in Early Breast Cancer Detection.- Principal Component Analysis of Eye-Tracking Data during Visual Perception of Human Faces in Adults and Children with Autism.- Architecture of an on Electrode Integrated Electronics with an All Digital Interface for Electrical Impedance Tomography.- Conscience and Consciousness in Biomedical Engineering Science and Practice.- Monitoring Neuromuscular Fatigue through the Area/Amplitude Ratio Computed on the SEMG and MMG.- Numerical Representations in Alpha Satellite DNA Analysis.- DNA Cryptographic Algorithms.- Efficient ECG Signal Parameters Extraction Using Multiresolution Analysis.- EKG Analysis Using STFT Phase.- Analysis of ECG Signals and Their Automatic Classification.- Voice Biometric System.- Colors Vision Analysis for a Normal Viewer and for a Daltonist.- Rule-Based Methods for the Computer Assisted Diagnosis of Medical Images.- Liver 3D Reconstruction Modalities - The First Step toward a Laparoscopic Liver Surgery Simulator.- 3D Rendering of Radiological Images Using Java Secure Technologies.- Fourier Domain - Optical Coherence Tomography in Diagnosing and Monitoring of Retinal Diseases.- Classification of the Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Ultrasound Images Based on the Imagistic Textural Model of This Tumor.- Deformable Variational Models Used in Medical Imaging.- Optical Multi-touch System for Patient Monitoring and Medical Data Analysis.- Determination of Wall Strain in Model Cerebral Aneurysms by Image Registration.- Organ Confinement of Prostate Cancer: Neural Networks Assisted Prediction.- An Overview on Mathematical Models of Human Corneal Surface.- ALE Formulation and WEB-Method Approximation for a Fluid Structure Interaction Problem on Carotids.- The Design of an Adapted Osteosynthesis Implant for Fibula' Fracture.- Analysis of an Adapted Osteosynthesis Implant for Fibula's Fracture Using Finite Element Method.- Enzyme-Synthetic Inhibitor Specific Interactions Study by a New Non-equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Method.- Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Fibroblast Growth Factors Receptors Activation.- Mathematical Modeling of Human Ventricular Action Potentials.- COAST: Modelling Restenosis and Stent Based Therapies.- Analog Modeling and Numeric Simulation of the Van der Pol Equation with Variable Parameters (? and ?).- Matlab Modelling of Nerve Fiber Activation by Magnetic Stimulation.- 3D Modeling of the Induced Electric Field of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.- Artificial Intelligence Techniques Applied to Electromagnetic Interference Problems.- Analysis of Several FEM Models for the Assessment of the Human Head Exposure to Microwaves.- Towards a New Concept: Electromagnetic Biocompatibility.- The Electromagnetic Threat in the Today's Environment.- CFD Simulation of the Portal Vein Blood Flow.- Closure Mechanics of Mechanical Heart Valve Prostheses - Experimental and Computational Analysis.- Reverse Engineering of Some Cardiovascular Devices.- Computational Modeling of Arterial Blood Flow.- Research about Precision Casting of Removable-Fixed Ensemble Applied in Dental Prosthodontics.- Computer Technologies Applied in Orthodontic Biomechanical Analysis.- Experimental Model for Orthodontic Tooth Movement.- Cervical Spine Mobility Using 3D Ultrasound-Based Measuring System.- Diffusion Convection in a Vertical Rectangular Porous Cavity.- Designing and Implementing a Human Hand Prosthesis.- Development of an Active Upper-Limb Orthosis.- Dynamic Condylar Screw (DCS) versus Condylar Blade Plate (CBP) in Complex Supracondylar Femoral Fractures - A Biomechanical Study.- Minimally Invasive Surgery by Angular Stability Systems in Proximal Tibia Fractures - Biomechanical Characteristics and Preliminary Results.- Estimating Dynamic Properties of Denervated Muscles with the Pendulum Test.