Main description:

Vietnam is a rapidly developing, socially dynamic country, where interest in biomedical engineering activities has grown considerably in recent years. The leadership of the Vietnamese government, and of research and educational institutions, are well aware of the importance of this field for the development of the country and have instituted policies to promote its development. The political, economic and social environment within the country offers unique opportunities for the international community and this conference was intended to provide a vehicle for the sharing of experiences; development of support and collaboration networks for research; and exchange of ideas on how to improve the educational and entrepreneurial environment to better address the urgent needs of Vietnam. In January 2004, under the sponsorship of the U.S. National Science Foundation, a U.S. delegation that consisted of Biomedical Engineering professors from different universities in the United States, visited several universities and research institutions in Vietnam to assess the state of development of this field. This delegation proposed a five year plan that was enthusiastically embraced by the international scientific communities to actively develop collaborations with Vietnam. Within this framework, in July 2005, the First International Conference on the Development of Biomedical Engineering in Vietnam was held in Ho Chi Minh City. From that conference a Consortium of Vietnam-International Universities was created to advise and assist the development of Biomedical Engineering in Vietnamese universities.

Contents:

Keynote Speakers.- Challenges and Opportunities of Ultra-High Field MRI.- Nanocrystalline Silver: Novel Structure and Activity.- Ultrasound: Past, Present and Future.- Bioengineering in Vietnam.- Invited Speakers.- Detection and Treatment of Diseases Using Light.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Schizophrenia and Alzheimer's Disease.- Current Development of Neuroimaging Using PET Techniques.- Peanut Agglutinin-Immobilized Fluorescent Nanospheres with Surface Poly(N-vinylacetamide) Chains as a Novel Colonoscopic Imaging Agent.- Techniques for the Incorporation of Fluorine-18 and Carbon-11.- Modeling.- Dynamic Model Identification of PAM-Based Rehabilitation Robot Using Neural MIMO NARX Model.- Simulation of the Gait of a Patient Specific Model of Post Polio Residual Paralysis (PPRP): Effect of the Orthosis.- Mechanical Behavior of Muscles during Flexion and Extension of Lower Limb on Variable Age Group by Using BRG.LifeMod.- Biomechanics of Index Finger during Mouse Click.- Numerical Study of Deformation-Induced Fluid Flows in Osteonal Matrix.- Evaluation Spatial-temporal and Pressure Parameters of Normal Cats at Walk, Using a Pressure Walkway.- Gait Analysis for Sound Dogs at a Walk by Using a Pressure Walkway.- Robust Design with Time-Oriented Responses for Regenerative Medicine Industry.- Cerebral Palsy Classification Using Heuristics and Belief Decision Tree: A Preliminary Study.- Test for Determinism and Nonlinearity in Near Infrared Spectroscopy Data.- Multifractality in NIRS Data of Brain Activity.- Instrumentation.- Design, Fabrication and Analysis of Silicon Microneedles for Transdermal Drug Delivery Applications.- Heat-Stress Relationships of Rat Cardiac Trabeculae Determined Using a Micromechanocalorimeter.- About the Operating Principles of System DDFAO "(Depistage et Diagnostique Fonctionnel Assiste Par Ordinateur)".- A Design of Renal Dataflow Control and Patient Record Management System for Renal Department Environment in Vietnam.- Anisotropy of Longitudinal Wave Velocity in Spherically Shaped Bovine Cortical Bone.- Calculating the Dosimetry Distribution of Leksell Gamma Knife in Phantom Zubal Head by Using MCNP5.- A Program for Locating Possible Breast Masses on Mammograms.- Retrospective Study of Biomechanical Factors Influencing Early Clinical Results of the Munting Stemless Hip Prosthesis.- Integrated Approaches for Personalised Cranio-Maxillofacial Implant Design and Manufacturing.- Current Medical Product Development for Diagnosis, Surgical Planning and Treatment in the Areas of Neurosurgery, Orthopeadic and Dental-Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery in Vietnam.- Glass Nanopipette: Fabrication and Application for Studying Living Cells.- Resolution Study of Ultrasound Reflections in Bovine Vertebral Bones In-Vitro.- Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs): An Artificial Lighting Source for Biological Studies.- A Novel Electronic Cervical Range of Motion Measurement System.- Measurement of the Range of Neck Motion: A Comparative Study.- Molecular/Cell.- Extract an Irregular Structure of an Echinocytes Using Morphological Operations.- Study on Artificial Scaffold from Cancellous Bone.- Report Case: Cultured Keratinocyte Autograft on Collagen from Amniotic Membrane for Treatment the Injured Human Skin.- Doxorubicin Delivery by Copolymeric Nanoparticle for Treatment of Breast Cancer.- Regeneration of Pancreatic B Cells of Type 1 Diabetic Mouse by Stem Cell Transplatation.- Results of Curing Some Diseases by Stem Cell Transplantation at Stem Cell R&D Laboratory.- Regulations of Cell Division from Streptomyces That May Play an Important Role in Drug Resistance.- Cellular Bio-corrosion of Metal Implants and Effects of Metal ions on Bone Cells and Immune Cells.- Chitosan Hydrogel as an Immunoisolative Barrier for Xenogeneic Islet Transplantation.- The Method to Encourage Biological Cell Division with Vibration and Circulation Technique Using Optical Manipulating.- Imaging.- Adaptive Cross-Point Regions for Lossless Images Compression.- Cortical Bone Microelasticity Assessed with Scanning Acoustic Microscopy: Relationship to Nanostructural Characteristics across a Human Osteon.- The Overview of Tomographic Algorithms Used in Medical Imaging Equipments.- Adaptive Complex Wavelet Technique for Medical Image Denoising.- Three Dimensional Medical Image Processing and Analysing Software.- Biomaterial.- Formation of Biodegradable Copolymeric Nanoparticles for Anticancer Drug Delivery.- Synthesis and in Vitro Cell Compatibility of ?-Tricalcium Phosphate-Based Apatite Cement Containing Tricalcium Silicate.- In Vitro Culture and Differentiation of Osteoblasts on Coral Scaffold from Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells.- Evaluation of Novel Carbon Nano-tube Particles in the Bacterial and Viral DNA and RNA Extraction from the Clinical Samples.- Stem Cell Origin and Microenvironment Contribution for NF1-Associated Neurofibromas.- Green Tea Epigalocatechin Gallate Exhibits Anticancer Effect in Human Pancreatic Carcinoma Cells via Inhibition of Both FAK and IGF-1R.- Application of Shrimp Chitosan Solution as Additive and Supplementing Ingredient in Culturing 3T3 Fibroblast Cells.- Preparation of Size-Controlled BSA Nanoparticles by Intermittent Addition of Desolvating Agent.- Mechanical Properties of a Single Trabecula in Bovine Femur by the Three Point Bending Test.- Ultrasonic Characterization of Bovine Bone Marrow.- Tribological Response of Cobalt-Chromium Femoral Head under Lubrication of Bovine Serum Albumin.- Educational Model.- VEF-Sponsored HUT Biomechanics Course.- Building an Elearning Website for Biomedical Engineering Education.- Others.- Ethnic Differences in Dietary Intake and the Association between Dietary Intake and Gastric Cancer Risk in Chinese Subjects Resident in Malaysia.- Phylogenetic Analysis the 5'-Noncoding Sequences of the Hepatitis C Virus Detected from the Patient with HCV Infection.- A Study of Mean Glandular Dose during Diagnostic Mammography in Hospitals in Hanoi, Vietnam.- Relationship between Dental Occlusion and Arm Strength.- Eyestrain, Blink Rate and Dry Eye Syndromes of Video Display Terminal Users.- A Laser Headset for Measuring Cervical Range of Motion.- Engineering Resistance in Brinjal against Nematode (Meloidogyne Incognita) Using cry1Ab Gene from Bacillus Thuringiensis Berliner.- Removing Noise and Artifacts from EEG Using Adaptive Noise Cancelator and Blind Source Separation.- Removing Electroencephalographic Artifacts by Independent Components Analysis.- Lab-On-A- Chip - Applied Micro and Nanotechology in Life Sciences.- A Trip from a Tube to a Chip Applied Micro and Nanotechnology in Biotechnology, Veterinary and Life Sciences.- Au Nanoparticles for Applications in Analysis of Cellular and Biomolecular Recognitions.- A Total Integrated Biochip System for Detection of SNP in Cancer.- Lab on a Chip Application in Life Sciences.- A Lab-on-Chip for Separating and Focusing Bioparticles via Dielectrophoresis.- Nanotechnology at SHTP LABS in Vietnam.- Microparticle Encoding Technologies for High-Throughput Multiplexed Suspension Assays.