Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 'Magnificent Milestones and Emerging Opportunities in Medical Engineering' (Cat. No.97CH36136)最新文献
R. Istepanian, M. Brien, P. Smith, M. Hays, R. Naimimohasses
{"title":"Modelling of photoplethysmography mobile telemedicine system","authors":"R. Istepanian, M. Brien, P. Smith, M. Hays, R. Naimimohasses","doi":"10.1109/IEMBS.1997.756510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.1997.756510","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the modelling of a photoplethysmography (PPG) telemedical system using mobile communication channels. The medical signals are generated using advanced photoplethysmography. The mobile telemedical communication system is studied using the IS-54 digital cellular standard, which is widely used in commercial cellular telephone systems. The mobile results show the successful transmission of the medical data over the tested mobile channels with bit error rates of less than 10/sup -7/ at the receiver.","PeriodicalId":342750,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 'Magnificent Milestones and Emerging Opportunities in Medical Engineering' (Cat. No.97CH36136)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122474335","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":"Effects of lift style and dynamics during repetitive lifting","authors":"C. Kuzkaya, J. Boston, T. Rudy, S. Lieber","doi":"10.1109/IEMBS.1997.757054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.1997.757054","url":null,"abstract":"Proposes that, in a dynamic lifting task, individuals adjust their lifting style to minimize a cost function involving some combination of work performed and forces generated in the spine. This proposal is to be evaluated with data previously obtained in a large experimental study of low-back pain patients before and after treatment. Because of limitations in the data collected for this study, an approximate three-segment model of the body is to be used to estimate the total work performed per lift and the moment generated at the hip, using as inputs the hip and knee angles as functions of time during the lift and the patient's height and weight. Simulation results are presented to illustrate the effects of lift type and dynamics on work and hip moment. The model then is applied to a sample of 15 patients and 15 controls. The results show that controls lift heavier loads than the patients do, but at a cost of incurring higher moments at the hip. Assuming that these moments reflect greater forces in the spine, the results suggest that controls are willing to tolerate greater spinal forces than patients in order to perform efficient lifts.","PeriodicalId":342750,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 'Magnificent Milestones and Emerging Opportunities in Medical Engineering' (Cat. No.97CH36136)","volume":"83 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114044924","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}
E. A. Dijkstra, J. Holsheimer, W. Olthuis, P. Bergveld
{"title":"Ultrasonic distance detection for a closed-loop spinal cord stimulation system","authors":"E. A. Dijkstra, J. Holsheimer, W. Olthuis, P. Bergveld","doi":"10.1109/IEMBS.1997.758723","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.1997.758723","url":null,"abstract":"When stimulating the spinal cord at a constant strength, the current density in the spinal cord and thus the effects on chronic, intractable pain and vascular insufficiency will change with body position, due to the varying separation of the spinal cord and the stimulating electrode. The current density in the spinal cord has to remain between the perception and discomfort threshold (stimulation window) for a good therapeutic effect, i.e. that the patient does not suffer from pain. The stimulation window is very small. In current SCS systems the stimulus applied to the electrode is set at a constant value. A major improvement could be achieved when the distance between stimulation electrode and spinal cord could be measured and used to control the stimulus amplitude in a closed-loop system. An ultrasonic piezoelectric transducer was chosen to measure the distance between the electrode and the spinal cord.","PeriodicalId":342750,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 'Magnificent Milestones and Emerging Opportunities in Medical Engineering' (Cat. No.97CH36136)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114178359","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":"Contactless measurement of thoracic conductivity changes by magnetic induction","authors":"R. Guardo, G. Charron, Y. Goussard, P. Savard","doi":"10.1109/IEMBS.1997.756820","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.1997.756820","url":null,"abstract":"A noninvasive technique of measuring thoracic conductivity changes caused by respiration and cardiac activity is described. Conductivity is measured with a hand-held sensor comprising a planar coil, a radio-frequency (RF) oscillator and a closed-loop control system to hold constant the amplitude of oscillations. This system automatically compensates for changes in the power dissipated by eddy-currents in the thorax by adjusting the RF current driven into the coil. This results in the control signal being proportional to the conductivity of the thorax. Simulations with a thorax model consisting of four eccentric spheres were used to determine the magnitude of changes for a range of tidal volumes and stroke volumes. The importance of tissue properties, such as lung conductivity and hematocrit was assessed. Finally, an example of signals recorded in-vivo with the sensor is presented. Use of this technique to monitor cardiac output would require a one-time measurement of geometrical data specific to the patient's thorax (e.g. the distance between the heart and the body-surface), in order to transform measured cardiosynchronous conductivity changes into stroke volume.","PeriodicalId":342750,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 'Magnificent Milestones and Emerging Opportunities in Medical Engineering' (Cat. No.97CH36136)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114393829","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":"Real-time holographic reconstruction of NMR images in Fresnel transform imaging technique","authors":"S. Ito, Y. Yamada, Y. Kamimura","doi":"10.1109/IEMBS.1997.754581","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.1997.754581","url":null,"abstract":"A method of real-time holographic reconstruction of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) images by making a hologram directly from the NMR signal is described. Since the signal obtained in the NMR Fresnel transform technique is given by an equation similar to that of the Fresnel diffraction equation in light, holographic reconstruction of NMR images is possible by recording the NMR signal as a hologram and using a coherent optical system. In this paper, the authors propose a new fast image reconstruction technique in which NMR signal is directly recorded on a liquid crystal-spatial light modulator (LCSLM) as a hologram, and NMR images are reconstructed instantaneously by illuminating the hologram with a coherent laser light. In the simulation experiment, it is shown that image reconstruction from 256/spl times/256 data-matrix was performed at a rate of about 30 msec.","PeriodicalId":342750,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 'Magnificent Milestones and Emerging Opportunities in Medical Engineering' (Cat. No.97CH36136)","volume":"214 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116588628","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":"3D-EEG rhythm mapping during flash stimulation using zero-crossings analysis","authors":"M. Nakagawa, H. Tsai, Bin He","doi":"10.1109/IEMBS.1997.757003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.1997.757003","url":null,"abstract":"3D-EEG rhythm mapping was performed to study alpha desynchronization using the zero-crossing analysis (ZCA) method. 32-electrode EEGs were recorded from five healthy volunteer subjects ranging from 21 to 36 years old during relaxed eye-closed state with flash-light stimulation (at 1 Hz, 10 Hz and 40 Hz inter-stimulus intervals). These EEG signals were filtered for the alpha band (8.0-14.0 Hz) using a fast Fourier transform-based digital filter. From thresholded zero-crossing points, periodic intervals of the alpha waves were determined and converted to instantaneous frequencies (IFs). The power spectrum of the IF fluctuation plot during a 81.92-second length of recorded EEG was calculated and plotted. From the power spectrum of an IF plot, information regarding the rhythm of the waveforms and of the envelopes, which is not represented in the filtered alpha waveforms alone, can be extracted. The spectrum slope values (SSVs) of the best-fit inclination lines for the frequencies of interest on the power spectrum were determined. Finally, 3D-EEG rhythm mapping displayed the scalp distribution of SSVs to show regions of synchronized or desynchronized alpha activity. We can observe the spatial dynamics of the alpha rhythm during flash stimulation using over-minute recordings. 3D-EEG rhythm mapping is useful in the investigation of cortical structures and the interactions of the underlying rhythmic activity.","PeriodicalId":342750,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 'Magnificent Milestones and Emerging Opportunities in Medical Engineering' (Cat. No.97CH36136)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116732731","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":"Segmentation of pathology microscopic images","authors":"Hui Zhu, H. Chan, F. Lam, K. Y. Lam","doi":"10.1109/IEMBS.1997.757676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.1997.757676","url":null,"abstract":"The light microscopic analysis of the number and shape of cells in pathology is important for the diagnosis and assessment of clinical behavior of disease conditions. The fundamental step of this work is to separate the cells from the background. To segment objects from such uneven background images, a fixed threshold is not suitable. The authors have proposed a new adaptive thresholding method using variational theory. In this paper, this method is introduced to segment pathological images under the light microscope. The comparison of the segmentation results of the authors' method and Otsu's (1979) thresholding method shows the advantage of the authors' method.","PeriodicalId":342750,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 'Magnificent Milestones and Emerging Opportunities in Medical Engineering' (Cat. No.97CH36136)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116851284","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":"Accurate 3D pose estimation method for polyethylene wear assessment in total knee replacement","authors":"Y. Fukuoka, A. Hoshino, A. Ishida","doi":"10.1109/IEMBS.1997.757093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.1997.757093","url":null,"abstract":"This study describes a new method for evaluating polyethylene wear in total knee prosthesis. Since the amount of wear is dependent on a number of variables such as weight and activity of the patient, the amount should be estimated based on in-vivo measurement. A computer vision technique called 3D/2D matching is employed to perform in-vivo assessment using single-plane radiograph. By the 3D/2D matching algorithm the three-dimensional position and orientation (pose) of knee implants is estimated to measure the femorotibial distance which is defined as the shortest perpendicular distance from the tibial tray to the femoral component. The accuracy of the proposed 3D/2D matching method is demonstrated on some in-vitro investigations. Pose estimation errors are examined and the maximum error in in-plane/out-of-plane translations and rotations 0.28/4.17 mm and 0.33/0.26 degrees, respectively. That in femorotibial distance measurements is 0.14 mm.","PeriodicalId":342750,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 'Magnificent Milestones and Emerging Opportunities in Medical Engineering' (Cat. No.97CH36136)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116871133","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}
B. Wheeler, D. Branch, J. M. Corey, J. Weyhenmeyer, G. Brewer
{"title":"Engineering neural networks in vitro: microstamping biomolecules to control cell position","authors":"B. Wheeler, D. Branch, J. M. Corey, J. Weyhenmeyer, G. Brewer","doi":"10.1109/IEMBS.1997.756859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.1997.756859","url":null,"abstract":"The authors have developed a technique in which biomolecules may be stamped on glassy substrates in arbitrary patterns, with micrometer resolution, and in multiple layers. The silicone rubber microstamps are formed from micromachined (by reactive ion-etch) polyimide molds. Fluorescence patterns demonstrate efficacy in biomolecule transfer. Patterns of stamped and photoresist patterned polylysine are equally effective in controlling growth of neuroblastoma cells. The technique is promising for the creation of biological neural networks in culture.","PeriodicalId":342750,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 'Magnificent Milestones and Emerging Opportunities in Medical Engineering' (Cat. No.97CH36136)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117088532","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. Stuchly, M. Okoniewski, M. Mrozowski, M. Douglas
{"title":"Modeling RF absorption in the human body","authors":"M. Stuchly, M. Okoniewski, M. Mrozowski, M. Douglas","doi":"10.1109/IEMBS.1997.756828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.1997.756828","url":null,"abstract":"With the expansion of current use and anticipated further increases in the use of cellular telephones and other personal communication services (PCS), there have been an interest and considerable research effort devoted to interactions between antennas on handsets and the human body. In addition to evaluation of the power deposited in the user, interference with medical devices such as hearing aids is of concern. The growth in PCS has also revived a general interest in accurate modeling of RF absorption in humans. The authors outline here some of these issues and show solutions obtained in their laboratory using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method.","PeriodicalId":342750,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 'Magnificent Milestones and Emerging Opportunities in Medical Engineering' (Cat. No.97CH36136)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117107641","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}