J. Cantillo-Negrete, J. Gutiérrez-Martínez, R. Carino-Escobar, D. Elías-Viñas
{"title":"Module to present and identify motor imagery tasks in electroencephalography","authors":"J. Cantillo-Negrete, J. Gutiérrez-Martínez, R. Carino-Escobar, D. Elías-Viñas","doi":"10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568218","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568218","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents a module that aims to facilitate the acquisition of motor imagery tasks in electroencephalography (EEG) research. The device components are: a microcontroller which sets the time intervals of the events of a Graz type paradigm, and sends markers to an EEG acquisition system; a software that presents the visual and auditory clues of the paradigm in a personal computer (PC) for the test subject to perform the motor imagery tasks; and an algorithm aimed to extract the EEG information related to the motor imagery tasks. In the module validation, a delay of 1 ± 0.5 ms between the time in which the microcontroller marks the event in the EEG amplifier and the time in which the event is showed to the subject in the computer's monitor was measured. Furthermore, an average difference of 167 μs was obtained between the time intervals theoretically set for every event and the time intervals obtained. The module was tested in the EEG acquisition of motor imagery tasks in a BCI research protocol involving thirty healthy subjects. The module was successful at presenting the paradigm in all the trials and in indentifying the events of each trial in the signals that were recorded.","PeriodicalId":151015,"journal":{"name":"2013 Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117097571","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":"An accelerometer-based embedded system-on-chip for measuring human-body joint angles","authors":"A. Caballero, J. J. C. Lopez","doi":"10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568247","url":null,"abstract":"Joint angular sensors are widely used in industry, from highly effective robots in product lines and heavy construction machines to different home appliances. Likewise in the medical field, parameters of human motion, especially the orientations of lower limb segments, are crucial in clinical evaluations and therapeutic treatments in the orthopedic and rehabilitation fields. This paper presents the design and implementation of an embedded system-on-chip for measuring human-body joint angles using MEMS accelerometers and PSoC mixed-signal circuits. It focuses on two algorithms, one called CMR and another DCMR, and utilizes the property of rigid body kinematics to explain their advantages and weaknesses. Unlike CMR algorithm, DCMR algorithm has no requirement on placing the sensors close to the joint center. This provides greater flexibility for the sensor installation. An auto-adjustment procedure is described and both algorithms are characterized on a rigid body robot arm model and compared with a reference system. Experimental results showed that the algorithms were able to measure joint angles in real time, and their accuracy was high enough to be used in ambulatory human-body joint angle measurements and feedback control systems for gait assistance.","PeriodicalId":151015,"journal":{"name":"2013 Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE)","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115855561","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}
M. Jaramillo, Y. Montagut, Angel Montoya, Jaime Robledo, P. A. Marin, J. E. Betancur, M. Moreno, Elizabeth Pabón, R. A. Torres
{"title":"Design of a piezoelectric immunosensor for tuberculosis biomarker detection","authors":"M. Jaramillo, Y. Montagut, Angel Montoya, Jaime Robledo, P. A. Marin, J. E. Betancur, M. Moreno, Elizabeth Pabón, R. A. Torres","doi":"10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568332","url":null,"abstract":"Monoclonal antibodies have been applied in biomedical research for diagnosis of various diseases and for the treatment of increasing prevalence diseases such as tuberculosis. There is a need to develop systems capable of detecting tuberculosis-related biomarkers that can provide a quick diagnosis to begin treatment immediately. Thanks to the advances in research for detection, biosensors technologies are emerging as a good alternative for clinical applications. The aim of this work was to develop a piezoelectric immunosensor for rapid and efficient tuberculosis detection. To this purpose, 12 hybridomas and their secreted monoclonal antibodies specific for a biomarker of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were obtained as potential bio-receptors. The monoclonal antibody affinity to the antigenic protein of interest was tested by ELISA. Surface functionalization of the gold electrode - the transducer - of a Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) was simulated by the formation of Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAM) of BSA as a model protein. The functionalized surface was image-characterized by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). The appropriate electronic instrumentation system for QCM characterization, with temperature control, was also developed. The obtained immunoreagents will be used as specific recognition bioactive molecules, in combination with functionalized quartz crystals, to build a piezoelectric immunosensor for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis biomarkers, which can be related to the disease.","PeriodicalId":151015,"journal":{"name":"2013 Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE)","volume":"362 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122816471","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":"Properties of biocompatible materials for use in maxillary bone regeneration: A review","authors":"M. Mejía, N. Zapata, P. Villegas","doi":"10.1007/978-3-319-13117-7_57","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13117-7_57","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":151015,"journal":{"name":"2013 Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE)","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125878287","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}
J. Pavón, O. El-Atwani, E. Walker, S. Arias, J. Allain
{"title":"Titanium surface modification by Directed Irradiation Synthesis (DIS): Nanostructuring for regenerative medicine","authors":"J. Pavón, O. El-Atwani, E. Walker, S. Arias, J. Allain","doi":"10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568323","url":null,"abstract":"Bone tissue damages and even some spinal cord pathologies can be treated by using titanium implants. Despite the fact that its use proved to be highly effective, it also has some limitations, mainly due to titanium being currently assumed to be a first generation biomaterial [1]. Tissue growth and regeneration on Ti implants can be only achieved by modifying them to a third generation biomaterial, allowing surrounded tissue to be influenced at molecular level [2].","PeriodicalId":151015,"journal":{"name":"2013 Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127367721","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}
M. Pina Aragón, G. A. V. Orozco, A. Altamirano Altamirano
{"title":"Bionic hip prosthesis based on polycentric mechanisms","authors":"M. Pina Aragón, G. A. V. Orozco, A. Altamirano Altamirano","doi":"10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568260","url":null,"abstract":"This work focuses on the design and building of a prototype of an external prosthetic hip for unilateral joint in the case of severe disarticulation: the surgical removal of the entire lower limb at the level of the hip or an hemipelvectomy. On the other hand, uniplanarunder-actuated poly centric mechanisms had been implemented in order to improve the movements generated by existing prosthesis, and to allow the user to walk with motions that are similar to that of a person in fully physical ability. The project was thought to be developed in stages. The first begun with the study, in appropriate literature, of human walking in normal conditions; with that knowledge in mind models of a possible design were generated. Thus, having the design and aided with CAD software, the prototype was tested via effort analysis method to ensure its resistance once loaded. Fulfilled all these requirements, the prototype proceeded to construction.","PeriodicalId":151015,"journal":{"name":"2013 Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129036052","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}
J. M. Zambrano, S. A. Cadena, G. Martinez, A. M. Cuellar, D. Tabima
{"title":"Biomaterials based on small intestinal submucosa (SIS) for esophagus regeneration","authors":"J. M. Zambrano, S. A. Cadena, G. Martinez, A. M. Cuellar, D. Tabima","doi":"10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568232","url":null,"abstract":"Atresia and Barrett's esophagus are diseases in which the esophageal tissue is compromised. It has been shown that the extracellular matrix of the porcine small intestinal submucosa (SIS) serves as a scaffold for tissue repair and remodeling. This project aims to generate an organic scaffold that resembles the tensile properties of esophageal tissue through SIS modifications. First, the mechanical properties of three segments of a porcine esophagus were characterized using biaxial tensile strength tests. To emulate the esophageal natural properties, SIS was modified using two different methods: i) the crosslinking of single hydrated SIS laminae with varying crosslinking durations, and ii) trilaminar constructions using different orientations amongst the layers. The resulting modified tissues were compared to the esophagus tensile data. Mechanical properties differed along the esophageal tract studied, and both SIS modification procedures showed mechanical properties similar to the different esophagus segments.","PeriodicalId":151015,"journal":{"name":"2013 Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132401154","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}
J. J. Cardenas, G. Gallego, A. Escobar, A. Trejos, M. Pérez
{"title":"Diagnostic methodology based on LEED system for energy and environmental evaluation of healthcare facilities","authors":"J. J. Cardenas, G. Gallego, A. Escobar, A. Trejos, M. Pérez","doi":"10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568235","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568235","url":null,"abstract":"Hospitals consume large amounts of energy because they are open 24 hours a day, thousands of people occupy the buildings daily, and many energy intensive activities occur in these buildings. To evaluate the energy and environmental aspects of healthcare facilities we developed a diagnostic methodology based on Energy and Atmosphere category of LEED rating system. This methodology was applied in five large hospitals and we found that there is a lack of actions that can be taken to improve energy efficiency in hospitals and therefore there is a great potential for savings in these facilities.","PeriodicalId":151015,"journal":{"name":"2013 Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131159677","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}
A. J. Saldarriaga, Jairo J. Pérez, J. Restrepo, J. Bustamante
{"title":"A mobile application for ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring in clinical and domestic environments","authors":"A. J. Saldarriaga, Jairo J. Pérez, J. Restrepo, J. Bustamante","doi":"10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568306","url":null,"abstract":"Computational power and interconnection capacities have contributed smartphones and tablets to become an essential tool to medical sector. Developed countries have demonstrated that mobile devices may be considered as equipment for tracking, monitoring, reading updating and treatment assistance; hence, they will be portable health care support machines. We have developed a mobile application for ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring based on Android and iOS (iPhone Operating System), which contributes to proceed with accuracy in daily activities connecting different zones. The application, composed by buttons, switches, sliders and rotating screens, runs under two scenarios: patient and doctor mode, allowing medical personnel to define different configurations. Both modes permit users to visualize in real time captured readings and tracings. Its advantages have increased in capabilities and decreased complexities, becoming one of the main instruments at hospital environments. It has been proven that such devices have better performance through the usage of cloud computing services, low power consumption and low number of connections. This paper aims to stimulate medical personnel the use of capacities for mobile devices through medical applications and guide diagnose procedures with efficiency.","PeriodicalId":151015,"journal":{"name":"2013 Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE)","volume":"101 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131574989","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}
A. Arango, J. Velasquez, N. Valencia, M. Toro, T. Rios
{"title":"Design and development of customized temporomandibular joint prosthesis system: Case presentation","authors":"A. Arango, J. Velasquez, N. Valencia, M. Toro, T. Rios","doi":"10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568210","url":null,"abstract":"A temporomandibular joint prosthesis system was locally developed, the system's greatest advantages are its capacity to adapt to each patient's specific needs and the fact that is developed and manufactured locally which allows the health system to have better access to this kind of treatments. The preliminary results of a patient treated with the temporomandibular joint prosthesis developed system are presented.","PeriodicalId":151015,"journal":{"name":"2013 Pan American Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131650140","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}