{"title":"Monitoring system of neuronal activity and moving activity without restraint using wireless EEG, NIRS and accelerometer","authors":"K. Iramina, Kana Matsuda, J. Ide, Y. Noguchi","doi":"10.1109/IECBES.2010.5742285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECBES.2010.5742285","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, our purpose is the development of measuring and monitoring system to investigate the brain activity in usual behavior without restraint. Using this system, we can obtain physiological information such as EEG, ECG and cerebral blood of the subject always and anywhere, even if subjects walk around or move freely. In this study, we applied this system to evaluate the concentration state of the child with special needs. We invited a 10-years-old-boy with mental retardation to cooperate in our study, and measured the EEG, ECG, NIRS and moving activity while he was in education program for 30 minutes. EEG electrodes were placed according to international 10–20 system at Fz (frontal cortex) and Pz (parietal cortex). The hemodynamic response was also measured at the forehead by NIRS. At the same time, we measured the electrocardiograph(ECG). After removing the body movement artifact from the EEG data, we analyzed the time-frequency response of EEG. As a result, we observed differences in the time-course of EEG power at alpha band (8–12 Hz) and theta band (13–20 Hz), between the concentrating-state (studying) and rest-state.","PeriodicalId":241343,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124002848","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}
N. Sulaiman, M. N. Taib, S. A. M. Aris, N. Hamid, S. Lias, Z. H. Murat
{"title":"Stress features identification from EEG signals using EEG Asymmetry & Spectral Centroids techniques","authors":"N. Sulaiman, M. N. Taib, S. A. M. Aris, N. Hamid, S. Lias, Z. H. Murat","doi":"10.1109/IECBES.2010.5742273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECBES.2010.5742273","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents EEG Asymmetry and Spectral Centroids techniques in extracting unique features for human stress. The study involved 51 subjects (27 males and 24 females) for Close-eye state (do nothing) and 50 subjects (21 males and 29 females) for Open-eye state (perform IQ test). The subjects then were categorized into 2 groups for all EEG frequency bands (Delta, Theta, Alpha and Beta) by using EEG Asymmetry technique. The negative asymmetry was labelled as Stress group and positive asymmetry was labelled as Non-Stress group. The data in each group in term of Energy Spectral Density (ESD) were normalized by using Z-score technique to produce an index to each asymmetry group. Next, the Spectral Centroids techniques were applied to each group and EEG frequency bands to obtain Centroids values. Since there were 2 asymmetry groups per EEG frequency bands, a total of 8 Centroids values were produced for each cognitive states. The plot of Centroids for both cognitive states showed some unique patterns related to stress.","PeriodicalId":241343,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124143646","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":"Application of computational fluid dynamics in assessing the hemodynamics in abdominal aortic aneurysms","authors":"V. Paramasivam, K. Muthusamy, M. A. Abdul Kadir","doi":"10.1109/IECBES.2010.5742194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECBES.2010.5742194","url":null,"abstract":"Clinical applications of computational modelling is a fundamentally new approach in medical treatment planning and development of predictive methods. In case of cardiovascular disease, these methods could enable physicians to predict the risk of rupture and to determine the optimal hemodynamic conditions for an individual patient. Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a common clinical problem. We present a computational simulation which can be used in the predictive medicine, especially in the diagnosis and treatment of AAAs. For this purpose, we developed a code that provides an integrated set of tools to model clinically relevant hemodynamic conditions important in predicting risk of rupture of AAAs. The blood flow dynamics was solved according to the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations for Newtonian fluids. The pulsatility of blood flow was considered. The computational application is based on the three-dimensional finite element method. A typical idealised fusiform AAA model was used to study the flow effects, flow-induced wall shear stresses and pressure. These three criterias play an important role in assessing the hemodynamics in AAAs.","PeriodicalId":241343,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127092374","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 efficient method of biometric matching using interpolated ECG data","authors":"K. Sidek, F. Sufi, I. Khalil, Dhiah Al-Shammary","doi":"10.1109/IECBES.2010.5742255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECBES.2010.5742255","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a person identification method using electrocardiogram (ECG) is presented based on cubic spline interpolation method. Three different databases with two different sampling rates containing 36 ECG recordings were used for development and evaluation. Each ECG recording is divided into two segments: a segment for enrolment, and a segment for recognition. The ECG features are extracted from both the training dataset and the test dataset for model development and identification. Two ECG biometric algorithms which are Cross Correlation (CC) and Percent Root-Mean-Square Deviation (PRD) were used for performance evaluation. Results of experiments confirmed that the template matching using interpolation method achieved better accuracy (up to 4.46%) than the existing method without interpolation when using ECG data with lower sampling rate.","PeriodicalId":241343,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132319223","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":"Surface charge study on pollen with a simple microelectrophoresis instrumentation setup","authors":"P. F. Lee, K. K. Cheong, Y.S. Hong, Y.Z. Chong","doi":"10.1109/IECBES.2010.5742262","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECBES.2010.5742262","url":null,"abstract":"The investigation on pollen's electrophoretic mobility brings out useful information on how well the pollens behave, which is specifically important on the further exploration in agriculture and medical field. In order to characterise the pollens' electrophoretic mobility, a simple, inexpensive microelectrophoresis system was designed. The goal of this project is not limited only on the measurement of electrophoretic mobility, but also the construction of protocols of this research. Studies on surface charge of Lily pollen indicated that the net charge on its surface is positive. Two main parameters have been used to investigate the change of surface charge of Lily pollen, which includes different pH and applied voltages. The increase in applied voltages reduces the net positive charge of pollen. Moving to different pH, the weaker the acidic solution increases the net positive charge of pollen but the stronger the alkaline solution, net positive charge on pollen increases. Isoelectric point for Lily pollen might be at pH 4 and pH 7 as no movement is observed in both pH.","PeriodicalId":241343,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116669491","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}
U. Yoon, Yeonsik Noh, Young Myeon Han, Min Yong Kim, Jae Hoon Jung, I. Hwang, H. Yoon, I. Jeong
{"title":"Electrocardiogram signal processing method for exact Heart Rate detection in physical activity monitoring system: Wavelet approach","authors":"U. Yoon, Yeonsik Noh, Young Myeon Han, Min Yong Kim, Jae Hoon Jung, I. Hwang, H. Yoon, I. Jeong","doi":"10.1109/IECBES.2010.5742234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECBES.2010.5742234","url":null,"abstract":"Physical Activity Monitoring is a device that can measure the human activity quantity quantitatively through Heart Rate detection in real time. R-Spike detection of ECG is required for this Heart Rate detection. Since Physical Activity Monitoring System is usually used during activity or exercise, however, signal measured in ECG System is contaminated by diverse noises. Diverse noises become the factors of failure in R-Spike detection. Such factors impede the exact HR detection. This paper suggests method to convolute wavelet function and scaling function as the optimum signal disposition method for optimum R-Spike detection. This method was compared with the R-Spike detection method that uses quadratic spline wavelet presented before. To verify performance of signal disposition method suggested in this paper, the ECG of noise stress test database (NSTDB) and MIT-Database were tested in combination. Then, the sensitivity of R-Spike detection rate for noise was also additionally tested by gradually lowering SNR of NSTDB. Then, it was verified through ECG signal that was actually measured in physical activity monitoring.","PeriodicalId":241343,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES)","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127286773","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":"Pressure loss for bifurcation geometry of the human lung airway","authors":"M. Kang, Jin-Won Lee","doi":"10.1109/IECBES.2010.5742221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECBES.2010.5742221","url":null,"abstract":"Pressure loss characteristics for a bifurcating tube in the human lung airways were numerically investigated. Effect of the branching angle on the pressure loss was examined in addition to those of the flow velocity and geometry in a quantitative manner. Results were formulated into a formula for the pressure coefficient K in terms of Reynolds number, length/diameter and the branch angle, valid for a bifurcation tube in 100 ≤ Re<inf>1</inf> ≤ 1000 and L<inf>1</inf> ≤ 10d<inf>1</inf>.","PeriodicalId":241343,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES)","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114565346","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":"Application of modeling techniques to diabetes diagnosis","authors":"A. Aibinu, M. Salami, A. Shafie","doi":"10.1109/IECBES.2010.5742227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECBES.2010.5742227","url":null,"abstract":"In recent times, the introduction of complex-valued neural networks (CVNN) has widened the scope and applications of real-valued neural network (RVNN) and parametric modeling techniques. In this paper, new expert systems for automatic diagnosis and classification of diabetes using CVNN and RVNN based parametric modeling approaches have been suggested. Application of complex data normalization technique converts the real valued input data to complex valued data (CVD) by the process of phase encoding over unity magnitude. CVNN learn the relationship between the input and output phase encoded data during training and the coefficients of Complex-valued autoregressive (CAR) model can be extracted from the complex-valued weights and coefficients of the trained network. Classification of the obtained CAR or RVAR model coefficients results in required distinct classes for diagnosis purpose. Similar operations can be performed for real-valued autoregressive technique except for CVD normalization. The effect of data normalization techniques, activation functions, learning rate, number of neurons in the hidden layer and the number of epoch using the suggested techniques on PIMA INDIA diabetes dataset have been evaluated in this paper. Results obtained compares favorably with earlier reported results.","PeriodicalId":241343,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128499015","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":"Adaptive Resonance Associative Memory for multi-channel emotion recognition","authors":"S. C. Siow, C. Loo, A. Tan, W. S. Liew","doi":"10.1109/IECBES.2010.5742261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECBES.2010.5742261","url":null,"abstract":"Emotion recognition in human-computer reaction is getting more important due to numerous potential applications it has. Most research works paid more attention on speech analysis and facial expression to achieve this. However, audio and visual expressions can be consciously adapted and often artificial. Hence, a more objective approach has been paid attention, which is on physiological signal analysis since it is more robust and accurate as these signals are corresponding to internal physiology. Four physiological signals (EMG, ECG, SC and RSP) has been chosen in this work. These signals will be pre-processed through feature reduction before applied into our proposed network (multi-channel ARAM) for multi-channel emotion recognition. ARAM can be trained on-line while at the same time, maintaining stability even with fast and incremental training, leads to a comparable results with other off-line networks (LDA, kNN and MLP).","PeriodicalId":241343,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127727136","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":"A framework for decision tree-based method to index data from large protein sequence databases","authors":"K. Jaber, R. Abdullah, N. Rashid","doi":"10.1109/IECBES.2010.5742212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECBES.2010.5742212","url":null,"abstract":"Currently, the size of biological databases has increased significantly with the growing number of users and the rate of queries where some databases are of terabyte size. Hence, there is an increasing need to access databases at the fastest possible rate. Where biologists are concerned, the need is more of a means to fast, scalable and accuracy searching in biological databases. This may seem to be a simple task, given the speed of current available gigabytes processors. However, this is far from the truth as the growing number of data which are deposited into the database are ever increasing. Hence, searching the database becomes a difficult and time-consuming task. Here, the computer scientist can help to organize data in a way that allows biologists to quickly search existing information and to predict new entries. In this paper, a decision tree indexing method is presented. This method of indexing can effectively and rapidly retrieve all the similar proteins from a large database for a given protein query. A theoretical and conceptual frameworks is derived, based on published works using indexing techniques for different applications.","PeriodicalId":241343,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125254755","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}