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Present Your Research to the World! The World Congress 2009 on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering - the triennial scientific meeting of the IUPESM - is the world's leading forum for presenting the results of current scientific work in health-related physics and technologies to an international audience. With more than 2,800 presentations it will be the biggest conference in the fields of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering in 2009! Medical physics, biomedical engineering and bioengineering have been driving forces of innovation and progress in medicine and healthcare over the past two decades. As new key technologies arise with significant potential to open new options in diagnostics and therapeutics, it is a multidisciplinary task to evaluate their benefit for medicine and healthcare with respect to the quality of performance and therapeutic output. Covering key aspects such as information and communication technologies, micro- and nanosystems, optics and biotechnology, the congress will serve as an inter- and multidisciplinary platform that brings together people from basic research, R&D, industry and medical application to discuss these issues. As a major event for science, medicine and technology the congress provides a comprehensive overview and in-depth, first-hand information on new developments, advanced technologies and current and future applications. With this Final Program we would like to give you an overview of the dimension of the congress and invite you to join us in Munich! Olaf Doessel Congress President Wolfgang C.

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Sodium profiling, but not cold dialysate, improves the absolute plasma refill rate during hemodialysis, measured by computer-guided, algorithm-controlled ultrafiltration.- Phase/Magnitude Retrieval Algorithms in Electrical Bioimpedance Spectroscopy.- An enhanced optical method for measuring concentration of uric acid removed during dialysis.- System Structure and Control Properties of Cardiovascular Regulation: Significance for the Artificial Heart.- Medical Device Alarms - The Clinician.- Remote Patient Monitoring - Return on Investment.- Innovative Acoustic Biofeedback Interventions for Hypertension.- Development of Remote Monitoring System for Deep Freezer.- Antimicrobial activity of Beta-Thujaplicin (Hinokitiol) on heterotrophic bacteria isolated from Reverse Osmosis water using for the preparation of Hemodialysis fluids.- From Experimental Investigations with Laser Bio-Photometry to Statistical Models Applied for the Normal and Pathological Tissue.- Technology of Automated Medical Diagnostics Using Fuzzy Linguistic Variables and Consensus Ranking Methods.- Measuring of uremic substances in dialysate by visible ultraviolet spectroscopy.- Radial Pulse Type Changed by the Applied Pressure in Same Position.- An adaptive controller for noisy pressure controlled ventilation.- Distributed Model for Fluid Flow Driven by Hydrostatic and Osmotic Pressures during Peritoneal Dialysis.- Medical Device Alarms - The Statistician.- Total Body Water Changes Using Segmental Bioimpedance in Healthy Population with Similar Anthropometry.- 8-Patient ECG Telemetry System Intended for Cardiac Rehab.- Measurement System for Surface Electromyogram and Handgrip Force Based on LabVIEW.- Detecting Narcotic Usage Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy on Saliva Samples.- Implementation of a semi-digital automatic control loop for control of hot wire anemometers particularly for use in mobile spirometry.- Probe Pressure Optimization In Bio-impedance Spectroscopy.- A Method to Create 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 (R) 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.