{"title":"Prototype of a medical device for measuring intravaginal forces","authors":"F. Pinheiro, M. E. Silva, A. Fernandes","doi":"10.1109/ENBENG58165.2023.10175325","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ENBENG58165.2023.10175325","url":null,"abstract":"Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a disease that progressively affects women, creating a growing demand for the development of new devices and materials capable of diagnosing and treating the problem more quickly and effectively. The device currently undergoing validation is composed of a speculum equipped with multiple sensors, accoupled into the outer faces of the speculum blades, with the purpose to gauge the strength or muscular tension of the vaginal walls. The values measured by the device were of the same order of magnitude between ex vivo and in vivo study, values that vary between 0,15 and 1,33 N and tend to increase with the increment of the speculum opening. The device that has been developed has the capability to assess variations in the distribution of force in different spatial locations. The device has consistently provided reliable measurements, motivating us to continue improving and validating it.","PeriodicalId":125330,"journal":{"name":"2023 IEEE 7th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128196982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
João T. Martins, Sara M. Cerqueira, Alexandre Silva, A. Catarino, Ana Rocha, C. Santos
{"title":"Towards a Smart-Vest for Forward Posture Monitoring: Improving Usability with E-Textiles","authors":"João T. Martins, Sara M. Cerqueira, Alexandre Silva, A. Catarino, Ana Rocha, C. Santos","doi":"10.1109/ENBENG58165.2023.10175331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ENBENG58165.2023.10175331","url":null,"abstract":"The emergence of new communication technologies, such as computers and smartphones, has decisively contributed to the adoption of ergonomically incorrect postural behaviors. Forward Head Posture (FHP) stands out, which is sometimes associated with the onset of more serious problems, such as neck pain. This paper presents a brief overview of the most recurrent monitoring methods for FHP assessment, as well as the issues associated with the current electronics used in wearable devices and the development of e-textiles. Additionally, techniques for integrating electronics into textiles are addressed, focusing on the use of conductive yarns and screen printing. A wearable device prototype for FHP monitoring is proposed.","PeriodicalId":125330,"journal":{"name":"2023 IEEE 7th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG)","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133175881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tiago A H Fonseca, M. Oliveira, Rúben Araújo, Luís Bento, Cristiana P Von Rekowski, G. Justino, C. Calado
{"title":"Comparison of Analytical Methods Of Serum Untargeted Metabolomics","authors":"Tiago A H Fonseca, M. Oliveira, Rúben Araújo, Luís Bento, Cristiana P Von Rekowski, G. Justino, C. Calado","doi":"10.1109/ENBENG58165.2023.10175339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ENBENG58165.2023.10175339","url":null,"abstract":"Metabolomics has emerged as a powerful tool in the discovery of new biomarkers for medical diagnosis and prognosis. However, there are numerous challenges, such as the methods used to characterize the system metabolome. In the present work, the comparison of two analytical platforms to acquire the serum metabolome of critically ill patients was conducted. The untargeted serum metabolome analysis by ultraperformance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) enabled to identify a set of metabolites statistically different between deceased and discharged patients. This set of metabolites also enabled to develop a very good predictive model, based on linear discriminant analysis (LDA) with a sensitivity and specificity of 80% and 100%, respectively. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was also applied in a high-throughput, simple and rapid mode to analyze the serum metabolome. Despite this technique not enabling the identification of metabolites, it allowed to identify molecular fingerprints associated to each patient group, while leading to a good predictive model, based on principal component analysis-LDA, with a sensitivity and specificity of 100% and 90%, respectively. Therefore, both analytical techniques presented complementary characteristics, that should be further explored for metabolome characterization and application as for biomarkers discovery for medical diagnosis and prognosis.","PeriodicalId":125330,"journal":{"name":"2023 IEEE 7th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114141501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reliability analysis of an Electronic Portal Imaging Device (EPID) of a linear accelerator","authors":"Clésia Gouveia, J. Sobral","doi":"10.1109/ENBENG58165.2023.10175354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ENBENG58165.2023.10175354","url":null,"abstract":"The Electronic Portal Imaging Device (EPID) is a valuable imaging tool for verifying radiotherapy treatments. The treatment cannot be carried out without being sure of the patient's position and the associated deviations, so it is essential that its reliability must be as high as possible. In this work, it was explored real failure data in order to determine the reliability behavior of such devices and identify in which life stage the device is operating. With the analysis developed it was possible to identify the probability of failure of the EPID related to the number of treatments performed and based on that to have a sustainable decision-making process regarding the operation and maintenance of the EPID.","PeriodicalId":125330,"journal":{"name":"2023 IEEE 7th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114669239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Liliana Soares, R. Pérez-Herrera, S. Novais, António Ferreira, O. Frazão, Susana O. Silva
{"title":"Measurement of paracetamol concentration using a fiber laser system","authors":"Liliana Soares, R. Pérez-Herrera, S. Novais, António Ferreira, O. Frazão, Susana O. Silva","doi":"10.1109/ENBENG58165.2023.10175344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ENBENG58165.2023.10175344","url":null,"abstract":"A linear fiber laser system for measurements of paracetamol concentration is experimentally demonstrated. The cavity is based on a fiber loop mirror and an FBG centered at 1567.8 nm. The sensing head corresponds to a refractometric sensor, whose which principle of operation is based on Fresnel reflection in the fiber tip (FBG side). The system works at detected variations of paracetamol concentrations with a sensitivity of $[(8.74pm 0.34)times 10^{-5}] mu mathrm{W}/(mathrm{g}/text{kg})$ and a resolution of 2.77 g/kg. The results prove that the fiber laser system could be an asset for processing industries, specifically for non-invasive and real-time measurements of concentration.","PeriodicalId":125330,"journal":{"name":"2023 IEEE 7th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG)","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127262450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Epileptic seizure prediction using EEG peripheral channels","authors":"Carolina Salvador, Virginie Felizardo, Henriques Zacarias, Leonice Souza-Pereira, Mehran Pourvahab, Nuno Pombo, N. Garcia","doi":"10.1109/ENBENG58165.2023.10175347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ENBENG58165.2023.10175347","url":null,"abstract":"Epilepsy is a neurological disease that causes uncontrollable seizures that can lead to severe or even lethal damage to the patient. This paper proposes an approach to predict epileptic seizures using peripheral electroencephalogram (EEG) channels from the CHB-MIT dataset. We created a machine learning algorithm to classify between interictal and preictal stages of seizures. The main goal is to assess the possibility of predicting these events using only peripheral channels and to present results for different configurations, such as the number of channels and their combinations. The preliminary performance of the algorithms is promising, with results similar to those in the literature that rely on channel reduction.","PeriodicalId":125330,"journal":{"name":"2023 IEEE 7th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG)","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134434394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Deep Learning for Segmentation of the Left Ventricle in Echocardiography","authors":"Sofia Ferraz, Miguel Coimbra, J. Pedrosa","doi":"10.1109/ENBENG58165.2023.10175322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ENBENG58165.2023.10175322","url":null,"abstract":"Two-dimensional echocardiography is the most widely used non-invasive imaging modality due to its fast acquisition time, low cost, and high temporal resolution. Accurate segmentation of the left ventricle in echocardiography is vital for ensuring the accuracy of subsequent diagnosis. Currently, numerous efforts have been made to automatize this task and various public datasets have been released in recent decades to further develop present research. However, medical datasets acquired at different institutions have inherent bias caused by various confounding factors, such as operation policies, machine protocols, treatment preference, etc. As a result, models trained on one dataset, regardless of volume, cannot be confidently utilized for the others. In this study, we investigated model robustness to dataset bias using two publicly available echocardiographic datasets. This work validates the efficacy of a supervised deep learning model for left ventricle segmentation and ejection fraction prediction, outside the dataset on which it was trained. The exposure of this model to unseen, but related samples without additional training maintained a good performance. However, a performance decrease from the original results can be observed, while the impact of quality is also noteworthy with lower quality data leading to decreased performance.","PeriodicalId":125330,"journal":{"name":"2023 IEEE 7th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114651022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electrocardiographic Signal Quality Assessment Without Morphology Analysis","authors":"David Velez, A. Lourenco, João Costa","doi":"10.1109/ENBENG58165.2023.10175317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ENBENG58165.2023.10175317","url":null,"abstract":"The electrocardiogram (ECG) is the primary screening method of the cardiologist and is fundamental to understand the electrical activity of the heart. Signal interference sources that are non-issues in medical recordings become significant sources of noise in wearable devices recordings using dry electrodes. It is crucial to develop methods to assess recording quality in order to minimize unreliable data and provide cleaner raw recordings to algorithms such as machine learning. In this paper a methodology for classification of the most common signal distortion sources affecting dry electrodes ECG recordings is presented; classification is not reliant on absolute signal analysis and ECG morphology, making it suitable for applications where the system cannot directly analyze the ECG due to regulatory restrictions. The methodology was successfully validated with a commonly used dataset - Computing in Cardiology Challenge 2011 - as well as with data obtained in real driving conditions using the CardioWheel system [1].","PeriodicalId":125330,"journal":{"name":"2023 IEEE 7th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134274988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aline dos Santos Silva, M. V. Correia, Andreia Costa, H. P. da Silva
{"title":"Towards Industrially Feasible Invisible Electrocardiography (ECG) in Sanitary Facilities","authors":"Aline dos Santos Silva, M. V. Correia, Andreia Costa, H. P. da Silva","doi":"10.1109/ENBENG58165.2023.10175356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ENBENG58165.2023.10175356","url":null,"abstract":"Previous work from our team, has proposed a novel approach to invisible electrocardiography (ECG) in sanitary facilities using polymeric electrodes, leading to the creation of a proof-of-concept system integrated in a toilet seat. However, for this approach to be industrially feasible, further optimization is needed, in particular in what concerns electrode materials compatible with injection moulding processes. In this paper we explore the use of different types of conductive materials as electrodes, aiming at industrial-scale production of a toilet seat capable of recording ECG data, without the need for body-worn devices. In addition, the effect of cleaning agents applied to the materials over time. Our approach has been evaluated comparatively with a gold standard device, for a population of 15 healthy subjects. While some of the materials did not allow adequate signal acquisition in all users, one electrically conductive compound showed the best results as per heart rate and ECG waveform morphology analysis. For the best performing compound we were able to acquire signals in 100% of the sessions, with an average heart rate deviation between the reference and experimental systems of −3.67±5.05 beats per minute (BPM). In terms of ECG waveform morphology, the best cases showed a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.99.","PeriodicalId":125330,"journal":{"name":"2023 IEEE 7th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133548405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ECG based quantification and modeling of physiological reactions to emotional stimuli","authors":"Beatriz Henriques, Susana Brás, S. Gouveia","doi":"10.1109/ENBENG58165.2023.10175355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ENBENG58165.2023.10175355","url":null,"abstract":"Emotion recognition systems are designed to help in the identification of human emotions, being associated with learning and decision-making on daily tasks as well as treatment and diagnosis in mental health contexts. The research in this area explores different aspects ranging from the information conveyed in different physiological signals to different methods aiming feature selection and emotion classification. This work implements a dedicated experimental protocol to acquire physiological data, such as the electrocardiogram (ECG), while the participants watched videos associated with emotional stimulation to provoke reactions of fear, happiness, and neutral. Data analysis was based on ECG features, being clear that the intended stimuli effectively provoked variation in the heart rhythm and in other ECG features. In addition, each emotional stimulus presents different degrees of reactions clearly distinguished by a clustering procedure. A machine learning model developed based on Support Vector Machine achieved accuracy above 87.01% (training) and 38.40% (test). The emotion state identification was performed over the goals of this study, indicating the potential ability of electrophysiological signal processing for automatic emotion stratification, after emotional video stimulation.","PeriodicalId":125330,"journal":{"name":"2023 IEEE 7th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG)","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129907076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}