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Page 1: Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in … · Proceedingsofthe 19thAnnualInternationalConference oftheIEEE Engineeringin MedicineandBiologySociety Oct.30-Nov.2,

Proceedings of the19th Annual International Conference

of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology SocietyOct.30 - Nov.2, 1997

Chicago IL USA

3*ililliiili!lJ!B§lllt

PART 2 OF 6UB/TIB Hannover 89

119 057 93X

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Proceedings -19th International Conference - iEEE/EMBS Oct. 30 - Nov. 2,1997 Chicago, IL USA

A new heart sound simulation technique 323

Agostinho, M. and Souza, M.

1.0.4 ElectrocardiographyA new method for inverse computation of epicardial potentials 327

Greensite, F.

System for non-invasive epicardial potential mapping and impedance tomography 331

Popescu, S. and Panescu, D.

Non-invasive determination of the activation sequence of the heart: validation with invasive data 335

Oostendorp, T.; MacLeod, Ft. and van Oosterom, A.

A model study of body surface laplacian maps for myocardial infarctions 338

Schabtowski, M.; Wu, D.; Ono, K.; Hosaka, H. and He, B.

A simulation study of body surface laplacian maps in a 3d realistically shaped inhomogenous heart-torso model 340

Wu, D. and He, B.

Regularization methods for inverse problem of body surface potential mapping 344

Nakamura, H.; Aoki, T. and Tanaka, H.

Current dipole estimation with electromagnetocardlography 348

Akkaya, I.

Extraction of rate of area variation with time on the exciting wave front from ecg 352

Fukushima, D. and Ohtsuki, S.

Properties of the spatial distribution of repolarization time in atrial tissue 355

Kay, M.; Bayly, P. and Schuessler, Ft.

Noninvasive diagnosis of diseased heart wall and valve, based on their dynamics modelling, echo & phonocardiography 359

Ghlsta, D.

Laplacian electrocardiograms with active electrode for arrhythmia detection 363

Lu, C; Feng, W. and Tarjan, P.

Blood pressure and heart rate variability during gestation in healthy and hypertensive pregnant women 367

Ayala, D.; Hermlda, R.; Mojon, A.; Fernandez, J.; Alonso, I.; Sllva, I.; Ucieda, R. and Igleslas, M.

1.0.5 Pacing, Defibrillation and Cardiac Abalation

A scalable and shiftable bayesian defibrillation efficacy estimator 371

Li, H. and Malkln, R.

Time domain based algorithm for detection of ventricular fibrillation 374

Tian, L. and Tompkins, W.

Noninvasive assessment of cardiac conduction velocity using telemetric pacemakers and two ventricular electrodes 378

Schreier, G.; Kastner, P.; Hutten, H.; Schaldach, M.; Grasser, B.; Schaffellner, S.; Prenner, G.; Iberer, F. and Tscheliessnigg, K.

Estimation of muscle fatigue by using implantable skeletal muscle stimulator 381

Sato, E.; Makino, H.; Kuroda, H. and Amano, J.

A dual energy mode system for the development of new techniques in cardiac electrophysiological studies and external 383

pacingEscalona, O.; Ziri-Castro, K.; Lopez, J.; Mak, M. and Anderson, J.

Extended cardiac tachyarrhythmias in guinea pigs 387

Malkln, R,; Eynard, J-N. and Pergola, N.

Recovery of ventricular pressure after long-duration fibrlllation/asystola 389

Tovar, 0.; Noe, W.; Moulder, J. and Jones, J.

Recognition of ventricular tachycardia with 1:1 retrograde atrial activation 393

Thompson, J. and Jenkins, J.

Validation of rf catheter ablation models using basket electrodes 395

Cao, H.; Tungjitkusolmun, S.; Tsai, J. and Webster, J.

Simple classification technique for 3d highly heterogeneous domains and its application in defibrillation modeling 399Entcheva, E.; Claydon, F.; Huang, Q.; deJongh, A. and Replogle, J.

Three-dimensional bipolar myocardial potential gradient mapping during transthoracic defibrillation 403

Deale, O.; Lerman, B.; Kim, E. and Ng, K.

Defibrillation-shock excitation in a single cardiac fiber 407

Parry, J. and Trayanova, N.

2 Imaging and Image Processing2.1.1 3D Imaging

The solid angle estimation of acetabular coverage of the hemoral head 410

Choi, K.; Urn, C. and Kim, S.

Efficient stereotactic radio surgery planning for Irregularly shaped Intracranial lesions 414Ozkan, M.; Maciunas, R. and Eisert, D.

A new measurement method of femoral anteversion based on the 3d modeling 418Kim, J. and Kim, S.

3d modeling and deformation analysis of the vertebrae with spherical harmonics 422Lefalx, G.; Riot, X.; Haigron, P.; Collorec, R. and Ramee, A.

Classification of diabetic retinopathy lesions from stereoscopic fundus images 426Nguyen, H.; Roychoudhry, A. and Shannon, A.

A computer simulation of three-dimensional microwave tomography 429Bulyshev, A.; Souvorov, A.; Semenov, S.; Svenson, R. and Tatsis, G.

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2.1.2 Electrical Impedance ImagingIterative algorithm for 3d eit 431

Semenov, S.; Bulyshev; Souvorov; Nazarov; Svenson; Posukh; Sizov and Tatsis

A theoretical analysis of noise in electrical impedance tomographic images 433

Frangi, A. and Rosell, J.

A global optimization approach to electrical impedance tomography 437

Yang, L; Truyen, B. and Cornells, J.

The use of the boundary element method in the forward problem of eit 445de Munck, J.; Faes, T. and Heethaar, R.

Spatial inhomogeneity and regularization in eit 449

Kolehmainen, V.; Vauhkonen, M.; Karjalainen, P. and Kaipio, J.

2.2.1 Magnetic Resonance Imaging-ITime domain multiplexing for multichannel non-fourier encoding 453

Bankson, J. and Wright, S.

Signal-to-noise measurements in magnitude images from nmr phased arrays 456

Constantinides, C; Atalar, E. and McVeigh, E.

Time delay estimates of fmri signals: efficient algorithm & estimate variance 460

Saad, Z.; DeYoe, E. and Ropella, K.

Optimization of printed coil arrays for microscopic imaging and spectroscopy 464

Spadea, J. and Wright, S.

Real-time holographic reconstruction of nmr images in fresnel transform imaging technique 467

Ito, S.; Yamada, Y. and Kamimura, Y.

Comparison of evoked potential source localization and functional mri in a four-shell ellipsoidal volume conductor 470

Blimke, J.; Volkmer, H.; Spilker, M. and Myklebust, J.

2.2.2 Magnetic Resonance Imaging-llImage engineering in Interventional mri 474

Wilson, D.; Carrillo, A.; Zheng, L; Duerk, J.L. and Lewin, J.S.

Design of radiosensitive gels and phantoms for irradiation assessment using mri measurement: case of glottic cancer 477

Rousselle, I.; Rousseau, J.; Castelain, B.; Sarrazin, T.; Marchandise, X. and Gibon, D.

Tendon moment arm measurement using 3d mri images 480

Zhu, Q.; Duerk, J.; Mansour, J.; Crago, P. and Wilson, D.

Pyramid-transform based lung-tissue mri image segmentation 483

Yu, L and Rolland, J.

Two dimensional interleaved differential k-space sampling for fluoroscopic triggering of contrast-enhanced three 487

dimensional mr angiographyDebbins, J.; Reiderer, S.; Kruger, D. and Wilman, A.

2.2.3 MR Imaging-lll- Registration and MappingQuantification of brain shift effects by mr-imaging 491

Dickhaus, H.; Ganser, K.; Staubert, A.; Bonsanto, M.M.; Wirtz, C.R.; Tronnier, V.M. and Kunze, S.

Online patient tracking - a new approach to the registration problem 495

Westermann, B. and Hauser, R.

Mri-spect image fusion for the synthesis of high resolution functional images: a prospective study 499

Colin, A. and Boire, J-Y.

Image 3d registration in interventional mri 502

Carillo, A. and Wilson, D.

Fast tissue segmentation based on a 3d and 4d feature map: comparison study 505

Vinitski, S.; Mohamed, F.; Gonzalez, C; Knobler, R.; Andrews, D.; Iwanaga, T. and Madi, S.

2.3.1 Medical Image Analysis-IWavelet snake for classification of nodules and false positives in digital chest radiographs 509

Yoshida, H.; Katsuragawa, S.; Amit, Y. and Doi, K.

A method for detection of malignant masses in digitized mammograms using a fuzzy segmentation algorithm 513

Sameti, M.; Ward, R.K.; Morgan-Parkes, J. and Palcic, B.

Breast tumor diagnosis system using three dimensional ultrasonic echography 517

Cheng, X-Y.; Akiyama, I.; Itoh, K.; Wang, Y.; Taniguchi, N.; Ohtsuka, S. and Mizunuma, H.

Computerized classification of malignant and benign clustered microcalcifications in mammograms 521

Jiang, Y.; Nishikawa, R.; Wolverton, D.; Metz, C; Schmidt, R, and Doi, K.

Automatic image analysis of fundus photograph 524

Liu, Z.; Opas, C. and Krishnan, S.

Measures of complexity and processing of vertebral ct-images 526

Saparln, P.; Gowin, W.; Kurths, J. and Felsenberg, D.

2.3.2 Medical Image Analysis-llCharacterization of coronary plaque in intravascular ultrasound using histological correlation 530

Dixon, K.; Vince, D.; Cothren, R. and Cornhill, J.

Fractal texture analysis: an aid to tissue characterization with Intravascular ultrasound 534

Nailon, W.; McLaughlin, S.; Spencer, T.; Ramo, M.; Salter, D.; Sutherland, G.; Fox, K. and McDicken, W.N.

Two automatic training-based forced calibration algorithms for left ventricle boundary estimation in cardiac images 538

Suri, J.; Haralick, R. and Sheehan, F.

Automated design of optimal border detection criteria learning from image segmentation examples 542

BreJI, M. and Sonka, M.

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Automated analysis of brachial ultrasound images and sequences546

Liang, W.; Browning, R.; Lauer, R. and Sonka, M.

Image quality optimization for automatic warping registration in x-ray dsa549

Talukdar, A. and Wilson, D.

2.3.3 Medical Image Analysis-IllComputer system for quantitative analysis of ich from ct head images 553

Cosic, D. and Loncaric, S.

Unsupervised 3-d restoration of tomographic images by constrained wiener filtering 557

Pereira, S. and Goussard, Y.

Computed tomography image restoration using convex-potential 3-d markov random fields 561

Villain, N.; Goussard, Y.; Brette, S. and Idier, J.

Three dimensional reconstruction of coronary arteries from two views 565

Sarwal, A. and Dhawan, A.

Three-dimensional reconstruction of the left ventricle from two angiographic views 569

Medina, R.; Garreau, M.; Lebreton, H. and Jugo, D.

Improved coronary vessel tracking using non-linear filter enhanced x-ray angiogram 573

Sen, A.; Lan, L. and Hoffmann, K.

2.3.4 Biomedical Image ProcessingAutomatic boundary extraction from magnetic resonance images of the residual limb of a trans-femoral amputee 577

Douglas, T.; Solomonidis, S.; Lee, V. and Spence, W.

Segmentation of pathology microscopic images 580

Zhu, H.; Chan, F.; Lam, F. and Lam, K.

Colour segmentation for lesion classification 582

Round, A.; Duller, A. and Fish, P.

Enhancement of unsupervised segmentation using gibbs random field for microscopy image analysis 586

Gaddipati, A.; Vince, D.; Cothren, R. and Comhill, J.

Between-class variance as a measure of image bimodality and sharpness 590

Demirkaya, O.

Classification of protein localization patterns obtained via fluorescence light microscopy 594

Boland, M.; Markey, M. and Murphy, R.

2.4.1 Ultrasound Imaging and AnalysisEffects of spatial compounding upon image resolution 598

He, P.; Xue, K. and Wang, Y.

An evaluation of a number of techniques for decreasing the computational complexity of texture feature extraction through 601

an application to ultrasonic image analysisSvolos, A. and Pokropek, A-T.

A computational early vision model for segmentation of clinical ultrasound images 605

Lin, C; Chen, C. and Su, S.

Introduction of -fluffy+ hough transforms for the localization of the aorta in endosonographic image sequence processing 609

Burdsall, B.; Pipelier, F.; Solaiman, B.; Roux, C. and Robaszkiewicz, M.

Measurement of cranial bone thickness using a-mode ultrasound 613

Hakim, S.; Watkin, K.; Elahi, M. and Lessard, L.

Ultrasonic strain reconstruction using multi-scale cross-correlation method 617

Fan, Y.; Bai, J. and He, P.

2.5.1 Quantitative Clinical IR Imaging-IInfrared thermography for control of hemodialysis shunts 621

Maca, T.; Schmaldienst, S.; Atteneder, M.; Fasching, S.; Horl, W.; Katzenschlager, R.; Knespel, E.; Koppensteiner, I.;Koppensteiner, R.; Ugurluoglu, A.; Willfort, A. and Ehringer, H.

The role of infrared thermography in diagnosis and management of pain 625

Hooshmand, H.

Thermal ir imaging in trauma 631

Snyder, W.; Schwartz, E. and Snyder, G.

Study of the thermal differences on the meridian points used to the cold hypersensitivity 634

Lee, K. and Kim, Y.

Mapped hemodynamic data aqulsition by near infrared ccd imaging 637

Such, O.; Acker, S. and Blazek, V.

Biomedical infrared imaging in japan: present status and future strategies 640

Harrison, B. and Mabuchi, K.

2.5.2 Quantitative Clinical IR Imaging-llStudy of skin hemodynamics with fast dynamic area telethermometry (dat) 644

Anbar, M.; Milescu, L.; Grenn, M.; Zamani, K. and Marino, M.

Is dvt excluded by normal thermal imaging? - an outcome study of 700 cases 649Harding, J. and Barnes, K.

Far infrared medical image database on world wide web 652

Fujimasa, I.; Saito, I. and Chinzei, T.

A database of archival Infrared thermal imaging in medicine papers 654

Jones, B.. and Ring, E.

Measurement of regional oxidative metabolism in muscle using near-infrared spectroscopy 656Nakagawa, E.; Minamitani, H.; Ochiai, R. and Yamamura, H.

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Methods in near-infrared photon migration tomography 658

Hielscher, A.

2.5.3 IR Imaging in Breast Cancer

The contribution of currently available high resolution infra-red imaging to the detection of early breast cancer 662

Keyserlingk, J.; Ahlgren, P.; Yu, E. and Belliveau, N.

Some considerations on the diagnosis of breast cancer by thermography in patients with nonpalpable breast cancer 670

Ohashi, Y. and Uchida, I.

Advanced infrared image processing for breast cancer risk assessment 673

Lipari, C. and Head, J.

Infra-red imaging in breast cancer 677

Gamagami, P.; Silverstein, M. and Waisman, J.

Image analysis of digitized infrared images of the breasts from a first generation infrared imaging system 681

Head, J.; Lipari, C; Wang, F. and Elliott, R.

Dye-enhanced multispectral transillumination for breast cancer detection: feasibility measurements 685

Braunstein, M.; Chan, R. and Levine, R.

2.5.4 Hyperspectral Imaging in Medicine

infrared spectroscopic imaging using focal-plane arrays: applications to tissue analysis and histopathology 689

Kidder, L; Levin, I. and Lewis, E.

Ft-ir chemical imaging of biomineralized tissue using a mercury-cadmium-telluride focal-plane array detection 693

Marcott, C; Reeder, R.; Paschelis, E.; Boskey, A. and Mendelsohn, R.

Assessment of a laser-powered multiwavelength near-infrared spectrometer 696

Martinez-Coll, A.; Cooper, P.; Murphy, G. and Nguyen, H.

Multispectral and hyperspectral imaging: applications for medical diagnostics 700

Freeman, J.; Downs, F.; Marucoi, L.; Lewis, E.; Blume, B. and Rish, J.

Acousto-optic sensing and imaging for biomedical applications 702

Gupta, N. and Dahmani, R.

An algorithm that estimates background lumiphore for luminescence optical tomography 704

Chang, J.; Graber, H. and Barbour, R.

2.5.5 Infrared Systems and Image ProcessingPerformance of portable staring infrared cameras 708

Grenn, M.

Portable long-wavelength infrared camera for civilian applications 712

Gunapala, S.; Krabach, T.; Bandara, S. and Liu, J.

Quantitative and imaging performance of uncooled microbolometer sensors for medical applications 718

Marshall, C; Breen, T.; Kohin, M.; Watson, W.; Murphy, R,; Butler, N.; Parker, T. and Perich, L

A head mounted Infrared Imager for treating the wounded on the battlefield 722

Luther, D.; Davidson, J.; Cromer, R. and Head, J.

An Image-processing program for the evaluation of asymmetrical thermal distributions 725

Mabuchl, K.; Chinzei, T.; Fujimasa, I.; Haeno, S.; Abe, Y. and Yonezawa, T.

Design of near infrared reflectometer 729

Pasley, R.; Wolf, E.; Badd, H.; Leffler, C. and Daley, M.

2.6.1 Imaging Technology Transfer

Hybrid detector technology applied to digital mammography 731

Roehrig, H.; Gaalema, S.; Sharma, D. and Yorke, W.

Simulation of dye-enhanced near-lr transillumination imaging of tumors 735

Braunstein, M.; Chan, R. and Levine, R.

Space biosensor systems: Implications for technology transfer 740

Hines, J.; Somps, C. and Madou, M.

Three-dimensional ultrasonic imaging with a fully populated 128x128 array 744

White, T.; Eriksen, K. and Nicoli, A,

Acoustic sensor pad for physiological monitoring 747

Scanlon, M.

Aotf spectrometer for water pollutant monitoring 751

Gupta, N. and Dahmani, R.

2.0.1 Image and Image ProcessingQuantitation of articular cartilage dimensions by computer analysis of 3d mr images of human knee joints 753

Kshirsagar, A.; Watson, P.; Herrod, N.; Tyler, J. and Hall, L.

The analysis of affecting factors on the application accuracy of interactive image guided surgery 757

Li, Q.; Jiang, Z.; Zamorano, L.; Lucia, B.; Gong, J. and Diaz, F.

Evaluation of non-uniformity corrections for tumor response measurements 761

Velthuizen, R.; Clarke, L. and Lin, H.

Contour detection of hippocampus using dynamic contour model and region growing 763

Jang, D.; Lee, D. and Kim, S.

The cross-sectional image guided llizarov frame positioning for surgery767

Lin, H.; Birch, J. and Samchukov, M.

A mutual inductive tuning scheme of birdcage coil for mr imaging 770

Huh, Y.; Kwon, Y.; Jeong, E.; Klm, D.; Kong, H. and Lee, S.

A 3d brain deformation model experiencing comparable surgical loads 773

Miga, M.; Paulsen, K.; Kennedy, F.; Hoopes, P.; Hartov, A. and Roberts, D.

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Dynamic reconstruction in spet777

Karjalainen, P.; Vauhkonen, M. and Kaipio, J.

Spect-based radioimmunotherapy planning system781

Laitinen, J.; Alakuijala, J.; Helminen, H.; Sallinen, S.; Tenhunen, M. and Kairemo, K.

Human observer modeling of quantitative image quality In temporally filtered image sequences 785

Jabri, K. and Wilson, D.

Experimental determination of ct point spread function anisotropy and shift-variance 788

Dore, S. and Goussard, Y.

Role of smooth pursuit eye-movements on the detection of moving objects in x-ray fluoroscopy noise 792

Wilson, R. and Manjeshwar, R.

Stereoscopic x-ray angiography795

Talukdar, A. and Wilson, D.

Optical-flow-based movement tracking of the temporomandibular joint in digitized sequential images of x-ray television 799

Hayashi, T.; Ken-Mochi, M.; Katoh, K. and Miyakawa, M.

Estimation ofthe gray level variations in soft and hard peri-implant tissue from x-ray images 802

Leung, C; Kwok, P.; Zee, K. and Chan, F.

Computer assisted liver tissue characterization using image texture analysis techniques on b-scan images 806

Kyriacou, E.; Pavlopoulos, S.; Koutsouris, D.; Zoumpouiis, P. and Theotokas, I.

Classification of mammographic tissue using shape and texture features 810

Enderwick, C. and Micheli-Tzanakou, E.

Extraction of vascular segments in coronarographic image by means of string matching 814

Brieva, J.; Toumoulin, C. and Wendling, F.

A motion compensated ultrasound spatial compounding algorithm 818

Xue, K.; He, P. and Wang, Y.

A sixteen-channel phased array driving system for ultrasound hyperthermia 822

Lin, W.; Lu, B.; Chen, Y.; Kuo, T. and Wang, C.

Simulation of color doppler ultrasound images using calculated velocity profiles 826

Aarnink, R,; de la Rosette, J.; Cobbold, R.; Debruyne, F. and Wijkstra, H.

Estimation of flow velocity vectorial profile by ultrasound color doppler mapping 829

Adam, D. and Givony, D.

Ultrasonic studies on malignant and benign brain tumors, in vitro 832

Dahiya, S.; Chaudhury, K. and Singh, V.

3-d ultrasound imaging with echocardiogram and a 3d positioner 835

Oshiro, O.; Tanoshima, E.; Matani, A. and Chihara, K.

A concrete proof for the credibility of cauchy's integral formula approach to electrical impedance Imaging 837

Elsehemy, A.

Investigation of a new single projection technique for determination of 3d positions and orientations 841

Esthappan, J.; Hackworth, C. and Hoffmann, K.

Analytic description of the estimated ventricular surface from coronary arteries 845

La Cruz, A.; Windyga, P.; Bevilacqua, G.; Garreau, M. and Coatrieux, J.

Three-dimensional regional left ventricular deformation from digital sonomicrometry 848

Dione, D.; Shi, P.; Smith, W.; Deman, P.; Duncan, J.Soares J. and Sinusas, A.

Automatic artery skeleton extraction 852

Haris, K.; Efstratiadis, S.; Maglaveras, N.; Gourassas, J.; Pappas, C. and Louridas, G.

Improved 3d reconstruction of pacemaker leads 854

Williams, B.; Esthappan, J. and Hoffman, K.

Microwave tomography of high dielectric contrast objects: gradient method in two-dimensional approach 857

Arefiev, V.; Starostin, A.; Semenov, S.; Taran, M.; Svenson, R.; Sizov, Y.; Nazarov, A. and Tatsis, G.

An analysis of systematic errors in the electrical impedance measurement of tissue characteristics during an in-vitro study 860

in the frequency range 1 khz to 4 mhz

Tunstail, B.; Wang, W.; Cheng, Z.; McCormick, M. and Rew, D.

Fast algorithm for fluorescent x-ray ct reconstruction 863

Yuasa, T.; Takeda, T.; Dilmanian, F.; Akiba, M.; Hyodo, K.; Akatsuka, T. and Itai, Y.Electrical impedance tomography: an electronic design with adaptive voltage measurements and phantom circuit for 867research in the epilepsy field

Zapata-Ferrer, A.; Castro, M.; Gaona, A.; Aguillon, M.; Rossell, J. and Carrera, J.

A hardware reference for induced current impedance tomography 869

Corby, R.; Freeston, I. and Tozer, R.

Image enhancement in two-photon laser scanning microscopy 873

Wang, C-M. and Fraser, S.

Fabrication of a 3d laser imager for measuring wound geometry 876

Rogers, B.; Bunegin, L; Tolstykh, G.; Walsh, N. and Smith, R.

Efficient segmentation of cellular images using gradient-based methods and simple morphological filters 880

Sweeney, N. and Sweeney, B.

Optical coherence tomography: a novel tool for micron-resolution biomedical diagnostics 883

Kulkarni, M.; Izatt, J.; Kobayashi, K.; Yazdanfar, S.; Wong, R.; Sivak, M.; Barton, J. and Welch, A.

Investigation of plaque biomechanics from intravascular ultrasound Images using finite element modeling 887

Lisauskas, J.B. and Siebes, M.

New flexible receiver coil with a high signal-to-noise ratio for midfleld mri system 889

Khripov, A.A.

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3 Biomedical Information Technology3.1.1 Telecommunications for Health Care Delivery

Improving spatial vector quantization for image compression by use of a quadtree scheme, application to echoendoscopic 894

image compressionCazuguel, G.; Cziho, A.; Solaiman, B.; Roux, C. and Robaszkiewicz, M.

Still medical image coding in noisy communication environments 898

Cziho, A.; Aitsab, O.; Solaiman, B.; Pyndian, R.; Lovanyi, I.; Cazuguel, G. and Roux, C.

Speaker verification for telemedical applications 902

Buch, O. and Reddy, N.

A telemedicine system to detect pre-eclampsia 904

Williams, G.; Jones, G. and Doughty, K.

A systems methodology for the development and evaluation of a telematic home haemodialysis service 907

Carson, E.; Cramp, D.; Darnige, A.; Koutsikos, D.; Murley, D.; Morgan, A. and Vavatsikos, T.

Evoked potential compression using aotlc and dpcm 911

Kong, X.; Qiu, T.; Memon, N. and Tahernezhadi, M.

3.1.2 Information Resources

Telemedicine for home care: applications for aids patients 915

Beuscart, R.; Kulik, J.; Valette, M.; Bricon-Souf, N. and Mouton, Y.

Euromed- a www-based multi-media medical information system 918

Marsh, A.

Biomedical engineering applications- a protoype world wide web textbook 922

Blanchard, S.; DeWolf, D. and Dillon, A.

Establishment and use of a teleconsultation network in opthalmology 924

Zahlmann, G.; Kluthe, S.; Obermaier, M.; Mertz, M. and Mann, G.

Remote patient monitoring service through world-wide web 928

Lee, H.; Park, S. and Woo, E.

Incorporating internet resources in biomedical engineering technology and clinical engineering education 932

Lozano, A.

3.2.1 Medical Information SystemsA multimedia based medical database network system for special clinical procedures in health care delivery 936

Krishnan, S.; Goh, P. and Datian, Y.

A regional server for medical information 939

Bricon-Souf, N.; Delerue, D.; Bezzazi, H.; Donsez, D. and Beuscart, R.

Somavislon: integrated radiotherapy treatment planning contouring and field setup workstation 941

Helminen, H.; Salllnen, S.; Laitinan, J.; Alakuijala, J. and Puurunen, H.

A language for generating hl7 reformatting programs 945

Williams, C.

A computer-based system for problem list maintenance & medical informatics 949

Altaher, M.; Buy, U.; Shatz, S.; Yu, C; Hier, D. and Panko, W.

Structuring medical information for computer-assisted decision support 953

Hudson, D. and Cohen, M.

3.4.1 Virtual Reality Enabling TechnologiesForce propagation models In laparoscopic tools and trainers 957

Payandeh, S.

Sensors and devices to enhance the performances of a minimally invasive surgery tool for replicating surgeon's haptic 961

perception of the manipulated tissues

Scilingo, E.; de Rossi, D.; Bicchi, A. and lacconi, P.

Control of anthropomorphic teleoperator fingers using surface electromyograms 965

Gupta, V. and Reddy, N.

Virtual tape measure for 3-d measurements in micro-surgery 967

Kim, M.; Mllgram, P. and Drake, J.

Beam's light view: visualization of radiotherapy treatment planning fields on anatomic surfaces 970

Alakuijala, J.; Laitlnen, J. and Helminen, H.

3.0.1 Biomedical Information TechnologyCardiac telemonltoring by integrating pacemaker telemetry within worldwide data communication systems 974

Hutten, H.; Schreier, G.; Kastner, P. and Schaldach, M.

Study and development of a portable telemetric Intracranial pressure measurement unit 977

B-Flick, B.; Orglmeister, R. and Berger, J-M.

An internet based communication server for telemedicine 981

Hu, B.; Bai, J. and Ye, D,

Signal integration and tele-cooperation in a critical care unit 983

Diamantaras, K.; Bacharakis, E.; Kamilatos, I.; Strlntzis, M.; Maglaveras, N. and Armaganidis, A.

Modelling of photoplethysmography mobile telemedicine system 987

Istepanian, R.; Brlen, M.; Smith, P.; Hays, M. and Naimimohasses, R.

Development of appropriate telemedicine to improve the management information system for community health care in 991

Indonesia

Irawan, Y. and Soegijoko, S.

Prediction of feeling of subject under odor stimulation using physiological information 995

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