IFMBE Proceedings Vol. 22/1

Jos Vander Sloten • Pascal Verdonck • Marc Nyssen •

Jens Haueisen (Eds.)

4th European Conference

of the International Federation

for Medical and Biological Engineering

ECIFMBE 2008

23-27 November 2008

Antwerp, Belgium

^ Springer

Content

Modern Concepts of Cardiovascular Analysis -

Monitoring, Diagnosis, Risk Stratification, Prediction 1

Risk Stratification in Ischemic Heart Failure Patients with Linear and Nonlinear Methods

of Heart Rate Variability Analysis 1

A. Voss, R. Schroeder, M. Vallverdu, H. Brunei, I. Cygankiewicz, R. Vazquez, A. Bayes de Luna and P. Caminal

Biomagnetic risk stratification by QRS fragmentation in patients with Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillators 5

M. Goernig, D. DiPietroPaolo, J. Haueisen and S.E. Erne

Beating Rate Variability Studies with Human Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes 8

F.E. Kapucu, M. Pekkanen-Mattila, V. Kujala, J. Viik, K. Aalto-Setela, E. Kerkeld, J.M.A. Tanskanen and J. Hyttinen

The method of assessment of chosen hemodynamic and electrophysiologic parameters in the healthy human

subject circulation 12

K. Peczalski, D. Wojciechowski, P. Sionek, Z. Dunajski, T. Palko

2D Isochronal Correlation Method to Detect Pacing Capture during Ventricular Fibrillation 14

X. Ibanez-Catala, M.S. Guillem, A.M. Climent, F.J. Chorro, F. Pelechano, I. Trapero, E. Roses, A. Guill, A. Tormos, J. Millet

Chaotic Phase Space Differential (CPSD) Algorithm for Real-Time Detection ofVF, VT,and PVC ECG Signals 18

Chien-Sheng Liu, Yu-Chiun Lin, Yueh-Hsun Chuang, Tze-Chien Hsiao, Chii-Wann Lin

Supervised ECG Delineation Using the Wavelet Transform and Hidden Markov Models 22

G. de Lannoy, B. Frenay, M. Verleysen andJ. Delbeke

Validating the Reliability of Five Ventricular Fibrillation Detecting Algorithms 26

A.H. Ismail, M. Fries, R. Rossaint and S. Leonhardt

Novel multichannel capacitive ECG-System for cardiac diagnostics beyond the standard-lead system 30

M. Oehler, M. Schilling andH.D. Esperer

On the Use of Independent Component Analysis in Biomedical Signal Processing

On Independent Component Analysis based on Spatial, Temporal and Spatio-temporal information

in biomedical signals 34

C.J. James

Extracting Event-Related Field Components Through Space-Time ICA: a Study of MEG Recordingsfrom Children with ADHD and Controls 38

C. Demanuele, C. James, A. Capilla and E.J.S. Sonuga-Barke

Measurement, Signal Processing and Models for Human Movement and Posture Analysis:Measurements, Methods and Instrumentation

Gender differences in the control ofthe upper body accelerations during level walking 43

C. Mazza, M. Iosa, P. Picerno, F. Masala andA. Cappozzo

Heart rate variability analysis during bicycle ergometer exercise 47

Federica Censi, Daniele Bibbo andSilvia Conforto

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Color cues in Human Motion Analysis 51

Ana Kuzmanic Skelin, Damir Krstinic and Vlasta Zanchi

Transforming retinal velocity into 3D motor coordinates for pursuit eye movements 55

G. Blohm, P. Daye andP. Lefevre

Effectiveness of deep brain stimulation in subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease -

a somatotopic organisation 59

T. Heida, E.C. Wentink and J.A.G. Geelen

The Median Point DTW Template to Classify Upper Limb Gestures at Different Speeds 63

R. Muscillo, M. Schmid andS. Conforto

2D Markerless Gait Analysis 67

Michela Goffredo, John N. Carter andMark S. Nixon

Tremor control during movement of the upper limb using artificial neural networks 72

G. Severini, S. Conforto, I. Bernabucci, M. Schmidand T. D'Alessio

Low-cost, Automated Assessment of Sit-To-Stand Movement in "Natural" Environments 76

Sonya Allin andAlex Mihailidis

Human Body Motions Classification 80

J. Havlih, J. Uhlir and Z. Horcik

Parametric Representation of Hand Movement in Parkinson's Disease 85

R. Krupicka, Z. Szabo and P. Janda

A wireless integrated system to evaluate efficiency indexes in real time during cycling 89

D. Bibbo, S. Conforto, I. Bernabucci, M. Schmid and T. D'Alessio

Contactless head posture measurement 93

P. Janda, J. Hozman, M. Jirina, Z. Szabo and R. Krupicka

Specialized glasses - projection displays for neurology investigation 97

Charfreitag J., Hozman J., Cerny R.

Digital Wireless Craniocorpography with Sidelong Scanning by TV Fisheye Camera 102

/. Hozman, P. Kutilek, Z. Szabo, R. Krupicka, M. Jirina, V. Zanchi andR. Cerny

Calibration of a measurement system for the evaluation of efficiency indexes in bicycle training 106

S. Conforto, S.A. Sciuto, D. Bibbo andA. Scorza

Preliminary study on a remote system for diagnostic-therapeutic postural measurements 110

S.A. Sciuto, IEEE Member andA. Scorza

FUSION - Future Environment for Gentle Liver Surgery Using Image-Guided Planningand Intra-Operative Navigation

Software Assistance for Planning of RF-Ablation and Oncological Resection in Liver Surgery 114

S. Zidowitz, H. Bourquain, C. Hansen, C. Rieder, A. Weihusen, G. Prause andH.-O. Peitgen

Ultrasound Navigated RFA of Liver Tumors 118

S. Arnold, A. Schmitgen, G. Grunst, R. Kubitz, D. Reichelt, M. Cohnen

LapAssistent - a laparoscopic liver surgery assistance system 121

VolkerMartens, Stefan Schlichting, Armin Besirevic, Markus Kleemann

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The Living Human Project: Building the Musculoskeletal Physiome

The observation of human joint movement 126

A. Cappozzo

Biomedical Signal Processing

Estimation of speed distribution of particles moving in an optically turbid multiple scattering medium

by decomposition of laser-Doppler spectrum 130

S. Wojtkiewicz, H. Rix, N. Zolek, R. Maniewski andA. Liebert

A Novel Multivariate Analysis Method with Noise Reduction 133

Shu-Hao Chang, Yu-Jen Chiou, Chun Yu, Chii-Wann Lin, Tzu-Chien Hsiao

Iterative improvement oflineshape estimation 138

M.I. Osorio Garcia, D.M. Sima, J.-B. Poullet, D. van Ormondt, S. Van Huffel

An Investigation of the use of a High Resolution ADC as a "Digital Biopotential Amplifier" 142

D. Berry, F. Duignan and R. Hayes

A portable data acquisition system for the measurement of impact attenuation material properties 148

DavidEager and Chris Chapman

Assessing Driver's Hypovigilance from Biosignals 152

D. Sommer, M. Golz, U. Trutschel, D. Edwards

Analyzing an sEMG signal using wavelets 156

Y. Bastiaensen, T. Schaeps andJ.P. Baeyens

Role of Myelin in Synchronization and Rhythmicity of Visual Impulses 160

S.M. Shushtarian

Analyzing Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Signals with Macromolecular Contamination

by the Morlet Wavelet 163

A. Suvichakorn, H. Ratiney, A. Bucur, S. Cavassila and J.-P. Antoine

Robust and Adaptive Filtering of Multivariate Online-Monitoring Time Series 167

M. Borowski, M. Imhoff, K. Schettlinger and U. Gather

A novel synchronization measure for epileptic seizure detection based on Fourier series expansions 171

H. Perko, M. Hartmann, K. Schindler and T. Kluge

Investigating the Relationship between Breath Acoustics and FEV1 During Histamine Challenge 176

E. Chah, S. Glynn, M. Atiyeh, R.W. Costello andR.B. Reilly

Spatio-Temporal Solutions in Inverse Electrocardiography 180

Murat Onal, Yesim Serinagaoglu

Genetic Algorithm Based Feature Selection Applied on Predicting Microsleep from Speech 184

/. Krajewski, M. Golz, D. Sommer and R. Wieland

Automated detection of tonic seizures using 3-D accelerometry 188

Tamara M.E. Nijsen, RonaldM. Aarts, Johan B.A.M. Arends, Pierre J.M. Cluitmans

A Classification Attempt of COPD, ALI-ARDS and Normal Lungs of ventilated Patients through Complianceand Resistance over Time Waveform Discrimination 192

A. Tzavaras, B. Spyropoulos, E. Kokalis, A. Palaiologos, D. Georgopoulos, G. Prinianakis, M. Botsivaly and P.R. Wetter

Modified Matching Pursuit algorithm for application in sleep screening 196

D. Sommermeyer, M. Schwaibold, B. Scholler, L. Grote andJ. Hedner

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Wireless capsule endoscopic frame classification scheme based on higher order statistics of multi-scale

texture descriptors 200

D. Barbosa, J. Ramos and C. Lima

One-class support vector machine for joint variable selection and detection of postural balance degradation 204

H. Amoud, H. Snoussi, D.J. Hewson and J. Duchene

The influence of treatment on linear and non-linear parameters of autonomic regulation in patientswith acute schizophrenia 208

S. Schulz, K.J. Bar andA. Voss

Intrinsic Mode Entropy for postural steadiness analysis 212

H. Amoud, H. Snoussi, D.J. Hewson and J. Duchene

Influence of different representations of the oscillometric index on automatic determination of the systolic

and diastolic blood pressures 216

V. Jazbinsek, J. Luznik and Z. Trontelj

Laser Doppler flowmetry signals: pointwise Holder exponents of experimental signals from young healthy

subjects and numerically simulated data 221

Benjamin Buard, Anne Humeau, DavidRousseau, Francois Chapeau-Blondeau, and PierreAbraham

Exploring a physiological environment learning tool for encouraging continued deep relaxation 226

/. Condron, E. Coyle andA. de Paor

Characterization of a bimodal electrocutaneous stimulation device 230

P. Steenbergen, J.R. Buitenweg, E.M. van derHeide and P.H. Veltink

Identification of the electrohysterographic volume conductor

by high-density electrodes 235

Chiara Rabotti, Massimo Mischi, Marco Gamba, Maartje Vinken, Guid Oei andJan Bergmans

Signal Separation in the Frequency Domain for Quantitative Ultrasound Measurements of Bone 239

S. Dencks, R. Barkmann, C.-C. Gliier and G. Schmitz

Consecutive Detection of Extreme Central Fatigue 243

D. Sommer, M. Golz and J. Krajewski

Detection of Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Empirical Mode Decomposition on Tachogram 247

B. Mijovic, J. Corthout, S. Vandeput, M. Mendez, S. Cerutti, S. Van Huffel

Empirical mode decomposition. Spectral properties in normal and pathological voices 252

M.E. Torres, G. Schlotthauer, H.L. Rufiner andM.C. Jackson-Menaldi

Global and local inhomogeneity indices of lung ventilation based on electrical impedance tomography 256

Z. Zhao, K. Moller, D. Steinmann, J. Guttmann

Analysis of Intracardiac ECG Measured in the Coronary Sinus 260

C. Schilling, A. Luik, C. Schmitt and O. Dossel

Rapid wheezing detection algorithm for real-time asthma diagnosis and personal health care 264

Chun Yu, Tzu-Chien Hsiao, Tzu-Hsiu Tsai, Shi-Ing Huang, Chii-WannLin

Lung sound analysis to monitor lung recruitment 268

K. Moller, Z. Zhao, S. Schliefimann, D. Sckwenninger, S.J. Schumann, A. Kirschbaum, J. Guttmann

Dual Kalman Filter based State-Parameter Estimation in Linear Lung Models 272

E. Saatci and A. Akan

Beat Pressure and Comparing it with Ascending Aorta Pressure in Normal and Abnormal Conditions 276

O. Ghasmelizadeh, M.R. Mirzaee, B. Firoozabadi, B. Sajadi, A. Zolfonoon

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Comparison of Ultrasonic Measurement and Numerical Simulation Results of the Flow

through Vertebral Arteries 286

D. Obidowski, M. Mysior and K.SU Jozwik

The Influence of Wall Deformation on Transmural Flow in Thoracic Aorta: Three-Dimensional Simulations 293

M. Dabagh, P. Jalali

Non-invasive Vascular Ultrasound Strain Imaging: Different Arteries, Different Approaches 298

H.H.G. Hansen, R.G.P. Lopata, S. Holewijn, M. Truijers, and C.L. deKorte

Photoplethysmogram Signal Conditioning by Monitoring of Oxygen Saturation and Diagnosticof Cardiovascular Diseases 303

O. Abdullah, A. Piera Tarazona, T. Martinez Roca, H. Boutahir, K. Abo Alam, A. Bolz

Choice of coordinate system for left ventricular FE-mesh generation 307

H.F. Choi, M. Wu, J. D'hooge, F.E. Rademakers and P. Claus

Fetal ECG Extraction Using Multi-Layer Perceptron Neural Networks with Bayesian Approach 311

S.Mojtaba Golzan, Farzaneh HakimpourandAlireza Toolou

Feature Selection for Brain-Computer Interface 318

N.S. Dias, P.M. Mendes andJ.H. Correia

Nature Inspired Concepts in Long-Term Electrocardiogram Clustering 322

M. Bursa, L. Lhotska

Evaluation of the MU Firing Strategies from Spectral Shape Analysis of sEMG Data 326

M. AbiHayla, S. Boudaoud and C. Marque

Physiological Monitoring of Human Cognitive Processes 330

E. Vavrinsky, I. Brezina, P. Solarikova, V. Stopjakova, V. Tvarozek andL. Majer

Is Detection of Different Anesthetic Levels Related to Nonlinearity of the Electroencephalogram? 335

D. Jordan, G. Stockmanns, E.F. Kochs and G. Schneider

Combining HR-MAS and In Vivo MRI and MRSI Information for Robust Brain Tumor Recognition 340

A. Croitor Sava, T. Laudadio, J.B. Poullet, D. Monleon, M.C. Martinez-Bisbal, B. Celda andS. Van Huffel

Detection of ectopic beats in single channel electrocardiograms 344

A. Hekler, N. Kikillus and A. Bolz

Application of Sequential Recognition of Patient Intent to the Bio-Prosthesis Hand Control - ExperimentalInvestigations ofAlgorithms 348

A. Wolczowski, D. Davies and M. Kurzynski

EEG Coherence as Measure ofDepressive Disorder 353

Anna Suhhova, Maie Bachmann, Kaire Aadamsoo, Vile Vdhma, Jaanus Lass andHiie Hinrikus

Spectral Analysis of Overnight Pulse Oximetry Recordings in Sleep Studies 356

BirgitSchultheifi, Agnieszka Jozefiak-Wesolowska, Nikolaus Bohning, EckhardSchmittendorf

Changes in connectivity patterns in the kainate model ofepilepsy 360

P. van Mierlo, S. Assecondi, S. Staelens, P. Boon and I. Lemahieu

Detection of Foveation Windows and Analysis of Foveation Sequences in Congenital Nystagmus 364

Giulio Pasquariello, Mario Cesarelli, Paolo Bifulco, Antonio Fratini, Antonio La Gatta, Domenico Boccuzzi

Relationship between Eye Movement and Facilitation of Perceptual Filling-in 368

M. Yokota and Y. Yokota

Modeling the macromolecular background in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopic signals 372

D.M. Sima, A.M. Rodriguez Diaz and S. Van Huffel

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Real-time BSPM processing system 377

J. Muzik, K. Hana

Review on biostatistical results associated with the application of signal-processing-based scores for acute

myocardial infarction (AMI) clinics 381

S.A.F. Amorim, J.B. Destro-Filho, L.O. Resende, M.A. Colantoni, E.S. Resende

A Principal Component Regression Approach for Estimation of Ventricular Repolarization Characteristics 385

J.A. Lipponen, M.P. Tarvainen, T. Laitinen, T. Lyyra-Laitinen andP.A. Karjalainen

Diagnosis ofIschemic Heart Disease with Cardiogoniometry - Linear discriminant analysisversus Support Vector Machines 389

A. Seeck, A. Garde, M. Schuepbach, B. Giraldo, E. Sanz, T. Huebner, P. Caminal, A. Voss

Enhancement of a QRS detection algorithm based on the first derivative, using techniques of a QRS detector

algorithm based on non-linear transformations 393

C. Vidal, P. Charnay andP. Arce

Using the wavelet packet transform in automatic sleep analysis 397

Beena Ahmed, Reza Tafreshi

Proposal of Feature Extraction from Wavelet Packets Decomposition ofQRS Complex for Normal

and Ventricular ECG Beats Classification 402

Michal Huptych, Lenka Lhotskd

Biomedical Imaging and Image Processing

Biomedical Image Segmentation Based on Morphological Spectra 406

J.L. Kulikowski and M. Przytulska

Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Inhomogeneous Magnetic Fields with Noisy Signal 410

V.E. Arpinar, B.M. Eyuboglu

Combining EEG signals and MRI images for brain mapping using interpolation techniques;a comparative study 414

Pooryaghooti M.H., Golzan S.M., Hakimpour F., KarimiM.

Detection of Basal Nuclei on Magnetic Resonance Images using Support Vector Machines 421

R. Villegas, A. Bosnjak, R. Chumbimuni, E. Flores, C. Lopez and G. Montilla

Analysis of digital radiographic equipments with development of specific phantoms and software 425

P. Mayo, F. Rodenas, B. Marin, J.M. Campayo and G. Verdu

Nonlinear Diffusion Filtering of Single-Trial Matrix Representations of Auditory Brainstem Responses 429

I. Mustaffa, F.L Corona-Strauss, C. Trenado and D.J. Strauss

A Multi-component similarity measure for improved robustness of non-rigid registration of combined

FDG PET-CT head and neck images 433

Y. Papastavrou, D. Cash, D. Hawkes and B. Hutton

Deconvolution of freehand 3d ultrasound data using improved reconstruction techniques in consideration

of ultrasound point spread functions 436

H.J. Hewener, R.M. Lemor

Modeling of ultrasound propagation through contrast agents 440

J.J.F.A.H. Grootens, M. Mischi, M. Bohmer, H.H.M. Korsten, R.M. Aarts

Evaluation of Simplex Codes for Photoacoustic Coded Excitation 444

M.P. Mienkina, A. Eder, C.-S. Friedrich, N.C. Gerhardt, M.R. Hofmann and G. Schmitz

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Developing a high-resolution photoacoustic microscopy platform 448

W. Bost, F. Stracke, M. Fournelle andR. Lemor

Investigation of changes in acoustic properties resulting from contrast material in through-transmissionultrasonic imaging 452

T. Rothstein, D. Gaitini, Z. Gallimidi, H. Azhari

Transcranial sonography as early indicator for genetic Parkinson's disease 456

Christian Kier, Gtinter Seidel, Norbert Briiggemann, Johann Hagenah, Christine Klein, Til Aach andAlfredMertins

Comparison of Imaging Modalities for Quantification of Cyanoacrylate Microbubble Concentration 460

M. Siepmann, G. Schmitz

Ranking of color space components for detection of blood vessels in eye fundus images 464

M. Patasius, V. Marozas, D. Jegelevicius, A. Lukosevicius

Detection ofthe Optic Disc in Images of the Retina Using Gabor Filters and Phase Portrait Analysis 468

Rangaraj M. Rangayyan, Xiaolu Zhu, andFdbio J. Ayres

A Markov Random Field Approach to Outline Lesions in Fundus Images 472

E. Grisan and A. Ruggeri

Realtime Temperature Control towards Gentle Photocoagulation of the Retina 476

R. Brinkmann, K. Schlott, L. Baessler, K. Herrmann, W. Xia, M. Bever, R. Birngruber

Estimation of Real-Time Red Blood Cell Velocity in Conjunctival Vessels using a Modified

Dynamic-Time-Warping Approach 480

E. Grisan, A. Tiso andA. Ruggeri

Functional Optical Imaging of a tissue based on Diffuse Reflectance with Fibre Spectrometer 484

Shanthi Princeand S. Malarvizhi

Elimination of clavicle shadows to help automatic lung nodule detection on chest radiographs 488

G. Simko, G. Orbdn, P. Mdday, G. Horvdth

A Novel Approach for Reducing Dental Filling Artifact in CT-Based Attenuation Correction of PET Data 492

M. Abdoli, M.R. Ay, A. Ahmadian, N. Sahba and H. Zaidi

Comparative Assessment of Different Energy Mapping Approaches in CT Based Attenuation Correction:

a Patient Study 496

M. Shirmohammad, M.R. Ay, S. Sarkar, A. Rahmim, H. Zaidi

Optimization of Yttrium-90 Bremsstrahlung Imaging with Monte Carlo Simulations 500

E. Rault, S. Vandenberghe, S. Staelens and I. Lemahieu

Sinogram-Based Motion Detection in Transmission Computed Tomography 505

S. Ens, J. Miiller, B. Kratz and T.M. Buzug

A Comparison of MTT Calculation Techniques in MRI Brain Perfusion Imaging 509

/. Ruminski

Reduction of Intravenous Contrast Related Artifacts in CT-Based Attenuation Corrected PET Images 513

M.R. Ay, J.H. Bidgholi, P. Ghafarian and H. Zaidi

Detection of characteristic texture parameters in breast MRI 517

K.K. Holli, A.-L. Ladperi, L. Harrison, S. Soimakallio, P. Dastidar, H.J. Eskola

Numerical evaluation and comparison of instantaneous anatomical knee joint axes and orthotic joint axes

using MRI data under weight-bearing condition 522

AnnegretNiesche, Martin Tettke, DavidHochmann andMarc Kraft

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A new method for quantitative evaluation oftarget volume variations in radiotherapy planning 526

F. Gaya, B. Rodriguez-Vila, F. delPozo, F. Garcia-Vicente and E.J. Gomez

Computer Aided Monitoring of Bone Quality and New Bone Formation upon Distractive Maxillary Expansionbased on Pre- and Post-Surgical CT-Data 530

C. Kober, C. Landes, A. Preiss, Y. Lu, P. Young and R. Sader

Automatic Landmark Detection on Epicondyles of Distal Femur in X-Ray Images 533

B. Heidari, F. Madeh Khaksar andD. FitzPatrick

A multichannel system for real-time optoacoustics and its suitability for molecular imaging 537

M. Fournelle, K. Maass, H. Hewener, C. Giinther, H. Fonfara, H.-J. Welsch, R. Lemor

An Automated System for Full Angle Spatial Compounding in Ultrasound Breast Imaging 541

Ch. Hansen, N. Huttebrauker, M. Hollenhorst, A. Schasse, L. Heuser, G. Schulte-Altedorneburg andH. Ermert

AM-FM Representations for the Characterization of Carotid Plaque Ultrasound Images 546

C. I. Christodoulou, C.S. Pattichis, V. Murray, M.S. Pattichis, A. Nicolaides

Segmentation of 3D Echocardiographic Images using Deformable Simplex Meshes and Adaptive Filtering 550

M.M. Nillesen, R.G.P. Lopata, I.H. Gerrits, L. Kapusta, H.J. Huisman, J.M. Thijssen, C.L. de Korte

Geometric regularization improves 2D myocardial motion estimates in the mouse: an in-silico study 555

F. Krenter, H.F. Choi, S. Langeland, E. D'Agostino, P. Clam and J. D'hooge

Experimental setup with dual chamber cardiac phantom for ultrasonic elastography 559

B. Lesniak-Plewinska, M. Kowalski, S. Cygan, E. Kowalik and K. Kaluzynski

Phase-resolved Doppler Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in the in vivo mouse model 563

J. Walther, G. Mueller, M. Cuevas, H. Morawietz andE. Koch

Pseudo Automatic camera extrinsic estimation using 3D Hough Transform 567

Wouter Belmans, Tim Schaeps and Bart Jansen

A novel intrinsically calibrated method to measure intracellular Ca2+ with ultimate detection sensitivityutilizing confocal Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (cFCS) 571

Norbert Opitz and Stephan Gude

An Efficient Airway Tree Segmentation Method Robust to Leakage Based on Shape Feature Optimization 575

F. Youefi Rizi, A. Ahmadian, J. Alirezaie, N. Rezaie, M. Abdoli

Vessel tree extraction: Combination of a region competition based active contour model

with a tubular active contour model 579

Y. Shang, R. Deklerck, E. Nyssen, A. Markova and X. Yang

Graph-based Tracking Method for Aortic Thrombus Segmentation 584

/. Egger, T. O'Donnell, C. Hopfgartner and B. Freisleben

Fully automatic assessment of carotid artery curvature and diameter with non-invasive ultrasound 588

Alessandro C. Rossi, Peter J. Brands and Arnold P.G. Hoeks

Liver and Lesion Segmentation Algorithm for Contrast Enhanced CT Images 592

A. Markova, F. Temmermans, R. Deklerck, E. Nyssen, P. Clerinx, F. De Munck and J. DeMey

Anatomical Models for Computer Assisted Surgery Using Support Vector Machine 596

A. Bosnjak, G. Montilla, R. Villegas, I. Jara

MRI-based 3D-Modelling of Gleno-humeral Joint Deformities for Functional Surgical Planning 600

G. Al Hares, J. Bahm, B. Wein andK. Radermacher

Extending Mammographic Microcalcification Detection Method to Cluster Characterization 604

B. Pataki, L. Lasztovicza

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Medical feature matching and model extraction from MRI/CT based on the Invariant Generalized

Hough/Radon Transform 608

D. Hlindzich, R. Maenner

Image Segmentation of Cell Nuclei based on Classification in the Color Space 613

T. Wittenberg, F. Becher, M. Hensel andD.G. Steckhan

Volume Estimation of Pathology Zones in 3D Medical Images 617

K. Krechetova, A. Glazs

Estimation ofblurring ofoptic nerve disc margin 621

M. Patasius, V. Marozas, D. Jegelevicius, D. Daukantaite, A. Lukosevicius

Robust Data Driven Modeling of Time Intensity Curves 625

A. Maciak, A. Kronfeld, P. Stoeter, T. Vomweg, D. Mayer, G. Seidel, K. Meyer-Wiethe

An optimization framework for classifier learning from image data for computer-assisted diagnosis 629

J. Mennicke, C. MUnzenmayer, T. Wittenberg, and U. Schmid

Classification of alveolar microscopy videos with respect to alveolar stability 633

D. Schwenninger, K. Moeller, H. Liu andJ. Guttmann

Automated Detection of Cell Nuclei in PAP stained cervical smear images using Fuzzy Clustering 637

M.E. Plissiti, E.E. Tripoliti, A. Charchanti, O. Krikoni andD.I. Fotiadis

Analysis of Capsule Endoscopy Images Related to Gastric Ulcer

Using Bidimensional Empirical Mode Decomposition 642

Alexandra Tsiligiri andLeontios J. Hadjileontiadis

Motion compensated iterative reconstruction of a cardiac region of interest for CT 646

A.A. Isola, A. Ziegler, T. Kohler, U. van Stevendaal, D. Schafer, W.J. Niessen andM. Grass

An Image Inpainting Based Surrogate Data Strategy for Metal Artifact Reduction in CT Images 651

M. Oehler and T.M. Buzug

Rodent Imaging with Helical uCBCT 655

D. Soimu, Z. Kamarianakis andN. Pallikarakis

Microcalcification Detection using Digital Tomosynthesis, Dual Energy Mammographyand Cone Beam Computed Tomography: A Comparative Study 660

Z. Kamarianakis, D. Soimu, K. Bliznakova, N. Pallikarakis

Non-Minimum Phase Iterative Deconvolution of Ultrasound Images 664

N. Testoni, L. De Marchi, N. Speciale and G. Masetti

Dynamic Visualization of the Human Orbit for Functional Diagnostics in Ophthalmology,Cranio-maxillofacial Surgery, and Neurosurgery 669

C. Kober, B.-I. Berg, C. Kunz, E.W. Radii, K. Scheffler, H.-F. Zeilhofer, C. Buitrago-Tellez andA. Palmowski-Wolfe

A Communication Term for the Combined Registration and Segmentation 673

Konstantin Ens, Jens von Berg andBernd Fischer

Elastic Registration of Optical Images showing Heart Muscle Contraction 676

AT. Janich, G. Seemann, J. Thiele and O. Dossel

Automation of the preoperative image processing steps for ultrasound based navigation 680

C. Dekomien, S. Winter

Elastic Registration of Functional MRI Data to Sensorimotor Cortex 684

T. Ball, I. Mutschler, D. Jager, M. Otte, A. Schulze-Bonhage, J. Hennig, O. Speckand A. Schreiber

Enhanced Visualization of Ultrasound Volumes for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Purposes 689

U. von Jan, D. Sandkuhler, M. Rauberger, H.K. Matthies andH.M. Overhoff

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Compensation of Cardiac Motion in Angiographic Sequences for the Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion 693

M. Erbacher, G. Korosoglou, R. Floca and H. Dickhaus

3D Cardiac Strain Imaging using a Novel Tracking Method 697

R.G.P. Lopata, M.M. Nillesen, I.H. Gerrits, H.H.G. Hansen, L. Kapusta, J.M. Thijssen and C.L. deKorte

SWI Brain Vessel Change Coincident with fMRI Activation 701

Mario Forjaz Secca, Michael Noseworthy, Henrique Fernandes andAdrain Koziak

A Subspace Wiener Filtering Approach for Extracting Task-Related Brain Activityfrom Multi-Echo fMRI Data 705

C. W. Hesse, P.F. Bum andD.G. Norris

An Elasticity Penalty: Mixing FEM and Nonrigid Registration 709

D. Loeckx, L. Roose, F. Maes, D. Vandermeulen and P. Suetens

Evaluation of the biodistribution of In-Ill labeled cationic Liposome in mice using multipinholeSPECT Technique 713

S.O. Viehoever, D. Buchholz, H.W. Mueller, O. Gottschalk, A. Wirrwar

Multimodal Medical Case Retrieval using Dezert-Smarandache Theory with A Priori Knowledge 716

G. Quellec, M. Laniard, G. Cazuguel, B. Cochener and C. Roux

Noise properties of the 3-electrode skin admittance measuring circuit 720

S. Grimnes, 0.G. Martinsen and C. Tronstad

Thermal Imaging of Skin Temperature Distribution During and After Cooling: In-Vitro Experiments 723

M. Kaczmarek, J. Ruminski

Magnetic Resonance Electrical Impedance Tomography For Anisotropic Conductivity Imaging 728

E. Degirmenci and B.M. Eyuboglu

Electro-Magnetic Impedance Tomography - a sensitivity analysis 732

A. Janczulewicz, A. Bujnowski andJ. Wtorek

A feasibility study on the delegability of Edema using Magnetic Induction Tomographyusing an Analytical Model 736

B. Dekdouk, M.H. Pham, D. W. Armitage, C. Ktistis, M. Zolgharni andA.J. Peyton

Ventilatory Pattern monitoring by Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) in Chronic Obstructive

Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients 740

Marco Balleza, Teresa Feixas, Nuria Calaf, Mercedes Gonzalez, Daniel Anton, Pere J. Riu andPere Casan

A Magnetic Induction Tomography system with sub-millidegree phase noise and high long-term phase stability.... 744H.C. Wee, S. Watson, R. Patz, H. Griffiths, R.J. Williams

A method for increasing the phase-measurement stability of Magnetic Induction Tomography systems 748

S. Watson, H.C. Wee, R. Patz, R.J. Williams, H. Griffiths

Reduction of low-frequency noise in magnetic induction tomography systems 752

H. Scharfetter, S. Issa

Regional Image Reconstruction with Optimum Currents for MREIT - Evaluation on Shepp-LoganConductivity Phantom 756

B. Murat Eyuboglu, Adnan Koksal and Haluk Altunel

A Breast Surface Estimation Algorithm for UWB Microwave Imaging 760

M. Helbig, C. Geyer, M. Hein, I. Hilger, U. Schwarz, J. Sachs

Automatic Lung Segmentation ofHelical-CT Scans in Experimental Induced Lung Injury 764

L.M. Cuevas, P.M. Spieth, A.R. Carvalho, M.G. deAbreu andE. Koch

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Identification of coronary collaterals in imaging cryomicrotome datasets 768

J.P.H.M. van den Wijngaard, P. van Horssen, R.D. ter Wee, M. Siebes, H. Schulten, M.J. Post, J.A.E. Spaan

Improved regional myocardial perfusion measurement by means of an imaging cryomicrotome 771

Pepijn van Horssen, Jeroen P.H.M. van den Wijngaard, Maria Siebes, Jos A.E. Spaan

Dose Distribution in Pediatric CT Head Examination: Phantom Study 775

R. Gotanda, T. Katsuda, T. Gotanda, A. Tabuchi, H. Yatake and Y. Takeda

Measurement of Half-Value Layer for QA and QC: Simple Method Using Radiochromic Film Density 780

T. Gotanda, T. Katsuda, R. Gotanda, A. Tabuchi, K. Yamamoto, T. Kuwano, H. Yatake and Y. Takeda

Towards automatic detection of movement during sleep in pediatric patients with epilepsy by means of video

recordings and the optical flow algorithm 784

K. Cuppens, L. Lagae andB. Vanrumste

Accuracy improvement of nuclear position extraction from hepatic histopathologic images 790

M. Takahashi, H. Takayama, K. Oguruma and M. Nakano

Extraction of fibers and nuclei ofhepatic histopathologic specimen stained with silver and HE 795

T. Kitani, M. Takahashi and M. Nakano

Alignment Pixel-to-Pixel for Mammography Obtained by Dual Energy 799

I.T. Costa, H.J.Q. Oliveira

Reconstruction of phase images for GRAPPA accelerated Magnetic Resonance Imaging 803

C. Ros, S. Witoszynskyj, K.-H. Herrmann andJ.R. Reichenbach

Probabilistic Assignment of Brain Responses to the Human Amygdala and its Subregionsusing High Resolution Functional MRI 807

Isabella Mutschler, Birgit Wieckhorst, Andreas Schulze-Bonhage, Erich Seifritz, Jiirgen Hennig, Oliver Speck, and Tonio Ball

Velocity Analysis by Using Doppler Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomographywith Variable Reference Length 811

D. Hammer, J. Walther, M. Cuevas and E. Koch

Transverse and oblique motion effects in Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography 816

/. Walther, M. Cuevas and E. Koch

Enhancement of alveolar videos using scattered light for illumination 821

D. Schwenninger, K. Moeller, M. Schneider andJ. Guttmann

Applications of Microwave Radiometry in Diagnostic Suspicion of Mammary Pathology 825

L. Mustata, O. Baltag

Performance of Semiconductor Gamma-Camera System with CdZnTe Detector 829

K. Ogawa, T. Ishikawa, K. Shuto, N. Motomura andH. Kobayashi

Ultra-high Resolution SPECT with CdTe Detectors 832

Naoka Ohmura, Koichi Ogawa

SPECT imaging with a semiconductor detector and a diverging collimator 836

Mizuho Fukizawa and Koichi Ogawa

Sonographic analysis of hyoid bone movement during swallowing 840

Koichi Yabunaka, Mutsumi Ohue, Tsutomu Hashimoto, Toshizo Katsuda, Kenyu Yamamoto andShigeru Sanada

Computer-aided ultrasound diagnosis of hepatic steatosis 843

Gert Weijers, Johan. M. Thijssen, Alexander Starke, Alois Haudum, Kathrin Herzog, Jiirgen Rehage, and Chris L. De Korte

In vivo determination of the human crystalline lens shape with clinically established measurement methods 848

H. Martin, O. Stacks, R. Guthoff, T. Terwee, N. Hosten andK.-P. Schmitz

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Continuous wave Doppler ultrasound measurement of micro-vibrations induced by a focused

acoustic radiation force 852

T.Z. Pavan, A.L. Baggio, A.A.O. Carneiro

Estimation of Carotid Stiffness Using Ultrasonic Dynamic Images for Evaluating the Degreeof Arteriosclerosis 856

Y. Yokota, R. Taniguchi, Y. Kawamura, F. Nogata, H. Morita, Y. Uno

CT-MAR Reconstruction Using Non-Uniform Fourier Transform 861

B. Kratz, T. Knopp, M. Oehler, S. Ens, T.M. Buzug

Personalized Ambient Monitoring: Accelerometry for Activity Level Classification 866

J.D. Amor and C.J. James

Healthcare Information Systems

Engineering for Health in OP 2000 871

G. Graschew, T.A. Roelofs, S. Rakowsky and P.M. Schlag

Wireless microsensors system for monitoring breathing activity 875

N. Andre, P. Gerard, P. Drochmans, T. Kezai, S. Druart, L. Moreno-Hagelsieb, L. Francis, D. Flandre and J.-P. Raskin

Identity Management to Support Access Control in E-Health Systems 880

Xu Chen, Damon Berry and William Grimson

Building Trust on Body Sensor Network Signals 887

Annarita Giani, Ville-Pekka Seppa, Jari Hyttinen and Ruzena Bajcsy

Effects of UV Radiation on the Airborne Particles in the Operating Room 891

K Ulgen andI. Tezer

Soluble Gas Tight Capsules for use in Surgical Quality Testing 895

J.B. Vorstius, G.A. Thomson andA.P. Slade

Optimization of Ultrasonic Tool Performance in Surgery 899

Yongqiang Qiu, Zhihong Huang, Alan Slade and Gareth Thomson

A parallel kinematic mechanism for highly flexible laparoscopic instruments 903

A. Rose, H.F. Schlaak

A Smart Ultrasonic Cutting System for Surgery 907

Anila Thampy, Zhihong Huang, Alan Slade and Victor Fernandez

Simultaneous Stereo-Optical Navigation ofMedical Instruments for Brachytherapy 911

K. Berthold, D. Richter, F. Schneider and G. Strafimann

The impact of electrosurgical heat on optical force feedback sensors 914

J.A.C. Heijmans, M.P.H. Vleugels, E. Tabak, T.v.d. Dool, M.P. Oderwald

Classification and Data Mining for Hysteroscopy Imaging in Gynaecology 918

M.S. Neofytou, A. Loizou, V. Tanos, M.S. Pattichis, C.S. Paltichis

Video-endoscopic image analysis for 3D reconstruction of the surgical scene 923

A.M. Cano, P. Sanchez-Gonzalez, F.M. Sdnchez-Margallo, I. OropesaF. del Pozo andE.J. Gomez