D. Joshi, Ramandeep Singh, R. Ribeiro, Sakti Srivastava, U. Singh, S. Anand
{"title":"Development of echo control strategy for AK prosthesis: An embedded system approach","authors":"D. Joshi, Ramandeep Singh, R. Ribeiro, Sakti Srivastava, U. Singh, S. Anand","doi":"10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735361","url":null,"abstract":"In spite of wide availability, the current prosthesis does not meet most of the functional requirements along with the other parameters like metabolic energy, training period and cost. This paper presents the development of a low cost Above Knee (AK) prosthesis which regulates the knee damping automatically by calculating the speed of walking from the data of the normal limb. The prosthesis uses an additional hardware of wireless transmission system, which does not add to the cost significantly, but promises a speed adaptive control of AK prosthesis and thus requires significantly less training time for the amputee.","PeriodicalId":297136,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Systems in Medicine and Biology","volume":"14 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":"125365017","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}
Arjun Sengupta, Soumita Ghosh, H. M. Sonawat, Angika Basant, Shobhona Sharma, N. Kshirsagar, N. Gogtay
{"title":"A Urine 1H NMR based metabonomic approach to understand the host metabolic response towards Plasmodium vivax infection","authors":"Arjun Sengupta, Soumita Ghosh, H. M. Sonawat, Angika Basant, Shobhona Sharma, N. Kshirsagar, N. Gogtay","doi":"10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735366","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735366","url":null,"abstract":"External stressors like parasites cause alteration in the metabolic pathways of the host. Monitoring the small molecular weight metabolites in the tissue or biofluid offer a convenient approach to understand these alterations. In this paper, we report a urine 1H NMR based metabonomic study to understand the alterations in the human host during the infection of the malarial parasite Plasmodium vivax. Our study reveals distinct metabolic changes during the disease. Some of them could be useful in order to understand the increasing severity of the P. vivax infection.","PeriodicalId":297136,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Systems in Medicine and Biology","volume":"20 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":"127494437","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":"Macroporous silicon as an interdigitated electrode-less platform for impedance based bacteria detection","authors":"R. Dev Das, C. Roychaudhuri, S. Das","doi":"10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735357","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, an interdigitated electrode-less, high performance macroporous silicon based impedance biosensor has been reported for the detection of bacteria mainly E.Coli O157 and Salmonella Typhimurium. Macroporous silicon of three different pore thickness and 55% porosity have been fabricated on a 10–20 Ω-cm wafer using electrochemical etching. The samples are then thermally oxidized for partial oxidation of silicon crystallites followed by optimized silanization and antibody immobilization. Two simple gold coated aluminium electrodes of 2 mm by 1 mm dimensions and 1mm spacing have been fabricated. It has been observed that the macroporous silicon with 8µm thickness exhibits the maximum sensitivity of 30% corresponding to 104 CFU/ml of E.Coli O157 which is two times more than the sensitivity obtained with other thickness of macroporous silicon for Salmonella Typhimurium. The optimized sensor is also improved compared to most of the other reports using IDE structures. The optimized sensor has been found to be reproducible, specific and capable of detecting down to 103 CFU/ml with a simple structure.","PeriodicalId":297136,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Systems in Medicine and Biology","volume":"3 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":"129557729","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}
D. Sheet, Santanu Pal, Arindam Chakraborty, J. Chatterjee, A. Ray
{"title":"Visual importance pooling for image quality assessment of despeckle filters in Optical Coherence Tomography","authors":"D. Sheet, Santanu Pal, Arindam Chakraborty, J. Chatterjee, A. Ray","doi":"10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735353","url":null,"abstract":"Recent methods of image quality assessment emphasise on pooling of multiple criteria of visual importance for comparing across different natural images. An important applicational aspect of pooled assessment is in selection of a desired image processing operator from a family of available such. Medical imaging has matured of ages utilizing multiple methods of image processing to achieve similar objectives of feature specific image augmentation, while lacking frameworks for comparatively assessing their performance. In this work we present such a framework using three visual importance pooling criteria based image quality assessment metrics for comparative evaluation of seven types of despeckle filters applied to Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). Along with this evaluation, conventional methods of image quality assessment including Mean Squared Error (MSE), Minkowski metric (∈β), and Singal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) are also used. A note about the impact of the used despeckle filters on visual perception of the expert examining the OCT images is also provided along with a correlated inference on image quality as assessed using the pooling criteria. The results of this study suggest that geometric filtering algorithm outperforms other candidate methods with best representation of universal image quality, mean structural similarity, and mean gradient-based structural similarity. Also this speckle reduction method is associated with SNR > 50dB, and mimimum of MSE and ∈β. This work on a larger scale demonstrate a useful framework for comparative assessment of similar image quality improvement algorithms.","PeriodicalId":297136,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Systems in Medicine and Biology","volume":"1 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":"129662715","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":"Entropy based divergence for leukocyte image segmentation","authors":"M. Ghosh, D. Das, C. Chakraborty","doi":"10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735414","url":null,"abstract":"This work aims to develop the divergence measures based on Renyi's and Yager's entropies for segmenting the leukocyte nuclei from microscopic image of peripheral blood smear. Such measure minimizes the separation between the actual and ideal thresholded image. Finally, these measures have been compared with Shannon entropy based divergence algorithm. In fact, it is observed here that Yager's measure provides better result in segmenting the leukocyte nuclei from the background of the image. The effectiveness of our proposed methods is demonstrated on blood cytopathological images of normal and chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) samples.","PeriodicalId":297136,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Systems in Medicine and Biology","volume":"11 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":"114969979","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":"Correlating liver stiffness and splenic stiffness values in patients with chronic liver diseases using Magnetic Resonance Elastography","authors":"Shyam Thangaraju, M. Mahadevappa, S. Venkatesh","doi":"10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735352","url":null,"abstract":"Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) is a non-invasive Magnetic Resonance technique for measuring the stiffness of soft tissues, and several studies have shown that MRE accurately detect liver fibrosis [1][2][3][4]. In this study, data from 62 cases with different stages of liver fibrosis (histopathological examination and staged according to METAVIR [5] scoring system) were used. The stiffness values of liver and spleen (in kPa) were measured by placing circular regions of Interests (ROI's) in the software generated stiffness maps in the anatomical regions of liver and spleen respectively. The values were tabulated and correlation and regression analysis performed. Results show a Pearson correlation coefficient (r) value of 0.59 (P<0.0001) between the stiffness values of liver and spleen. The corresponding r2 value is 0.34. The Spearman rank correlation coefficient is 0.526. A simple linear regression model gives a slope of 0.7 with an intercept of 2.9 Kilopaspacls (kPa). These values suggest a moderate correlation between the stiffness values of liver and spleen.","PeriodicalId":297136,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Systems in Medicine and Biology","volume":"10 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":"133270613","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}
R. Chattopadhyay, S. Jana, G. Bose, B. Chakravarty, K. Chaudhury
{"title":"A low cost short-term sperm preservation procedure for double IUI in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation cycles","authors":"R. Chattopadhyay, S. Jana, G. Bose, B. Chakravarty, K. Chaudhury","doi":"10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735377","url":null,"abstract":"Unavailability of the male partner during double Intrauterine Insemination (dIUI) often poses a problem when there is a requirement for semen collection on two consecutive days. Ejaculatory disorder may be another limiting factor. Cryopreservation, though a popular option, is known to adversely affect sperm parameters. A low-cost short-term sperm preservation technique is proposed. Material and Methods: 180 out of 570 couples undergoing IUI were randomly selected to evaluate the efficacy of the new preservation technique (Group A). One part of the semen sample was processed for immediate insemination (pre ovulatory day 1 IUI); the other part was preserved under liquid paraffin for 18 hours for post ovulatory-day 2 IUI. 386 couples undergoing routine dIUI where fresh semen ejaculates were collected on two consecutive days were considered as controls (Group B). Semen parameters, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and acrosomal integrity (AI) were assessed on day 1 and day 2 in both the groups. Primary outcome measure included pregnancy rate per IUI cycle. Results: Count, motility, ROS levels, DNA damage and AI did not shown any significantly difference on day 2 following preservation under liquid paraffin as compared to day 1 in Group A. No significant differences were observed on comparing count, motility and AI in Group B. However, DNA damage and ROS levels were significantly affected in day 2 ejaculates of the control group. Clinical pregnancy rate per cycle was comparable in Group A (10.9%), Group B (11.7%). Conclusions: This new preservation method for dIUI appears to be a promising alternative to the conventional cryopreservation technique.","PeriodicalId":297136,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Systems in Medicine and Biology","volume":"37 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":"133225485","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}
Mohammad Zia Ur Rahman, Rafi Ahamed Shaik, D. Reddy
{"title":"Baseline wander and Power line interference elimination from Cardiac signals using Error Nonlinearity LMS algorithm","authors":"Mohammad Zia Ur Rahman, Rafi Ahamed Shaik, D. Reddy","doi":"10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735375","url":null,"abstract":"Adaptive filter is a primary method to filter electrocardiogram (ECG) or Cardiac signal, because it does not need the signal statistical characteristics. In this paper we present an adaptive filter for denoising the ECG signal based on Error Nonlinearity Least Mean Square (ENLMS) algorithm. The adaptive filter essentially minimizes the mean-squared error between a primary input, which is the noisy ECG, and a reference input, which is either noise that is correlated in some way with the noise in the primary input or a signal that is correlated only with ECG in the primary input. Different filter structures are presented to eliminate the diverse forms of noise: baseline wander and 60 Hz power line interference. Finally, we have applied this algorithm on ECG signals from the MIT-BIH data base and compared its performance with the conventional LMS algorithm. The results show that the performance of the ENLMS based algorithm is superior to that of the LMS based algorithm in noise reduction.","PeriodicalId":297136,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Systems in Medicine and Biology","volume":"84 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":"124743021","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":"Criticality of electrical safety for medical devices","authors":"A. Chakrabartty, Rajanikant Panda","doi":"10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735374","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735374","url":null,"abstract":"Every department that has “ownership” of biomedical devices must designate one or more persons to be responsible for device control. Everyone that uses a biomedical device in the course of their work is part of the safety process too. Here's how Devices cannot be put into service until completion of an initial safety test and they cannot stay in service if they are past due for preventive maintenance or inspection. The test procedures are designed to find out if equipment has deteriorated from its original design specification. In many cases this specification and the appropriate test method are set out in British Standards. It will be safe to test equipment to those standards by the test method specified in the relevant standard. A life case study was carried out on a very common and widely used syringe pumps malfunction and a major cause of patient/user electrical safety with analysis a pilot was run and huge important reason to avoid patient risk was observed. The objective of the Study is to find out the prevalence of health hazards in the local hospital of my area and awareness level in the health care professionals to establish best practices and process.","PeriodicalId":297136,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Systems in Medicine and Biology","volume":"1 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":"130078574","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":"Design and development of a cost-efficient Air Sterilization System","authors":"Debasis Panda, N. Dey, Deepak Samantaray","doi":"10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735407","url":null,"abstract":"This is design and development project paper of a low cost Air Sterilization System for developing countries. This proposal focuses mainly on Prefiltering, UV sterilization, negative ionization and ozonization. The Air Sterilization System works on the principle of positive air pressure system. When switched ON, it supplies pure and germ free air in and around the patient's table area. This system provides 3 stages of purification and sterilization of air. The main area of use of this system is the Public Health Centers of rural areas in the developing countries where getting a healthy surrounding inside is a challenging task. Apart from using the system in the health centers it can be used in food processing units, dairy, bakery units, offices and even at homes to improve the quality of air that we breathe in. While designing the system utmost care has been taken to make it low cost and portable and user friendly keeping in view the economical condition of the people of the developing countries. It requires no technical expertise to operate and maintain. A working prototype of the Air Sterilization System was designed and tested.","PeriodicalId":297136,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Systems in Medicine and Biology","volume":"25 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":"127658185","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}