{"title":"Highlights [President's Message]","authors":"B. He","doi":"10.1109/MEMB.2009.934916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMB.2009.934916","url":null,"abstract":"The year 2009 has been a productive year for the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS). We have accomplished a great deal in enhancing the quality of conferences and publications, owing to the tremendous efforts from our volunteers and staff. I take great pride in recognizing the achievements of our members. Across the globe, we are fortunate to have innumerable examples of significant progress. It is my pleasure to report to you the past year's highlights.","PeriodicalId":50391,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/MEMB.2009.934916","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62475467","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":"Two worlds [Point of View].","authors":"Gail D Baura","doi":"10.1109/memb.2009.934915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/memb.2009.934915","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50391,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/memb.2009.934915","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28519728","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}
Pierre-François Migeotte, Nathalie Pattyn, Robby Vanspauwen, Xavier Neyt, Marc Acheroy, Paul Van de Heyning, Floris L Wuyts
{"title":"Respiratory sinus arrhythmia on the ESA-short-arm human centrifuge.","authors":"Pierre-François Migeotte, Nathalie Pattyn, Robby Vanspauwen, Xavier Neyt, Marc Acheroy, Paul Van de Heyning, Floris L Wuyts","doi":"10.1109/MEMB.2009.934618","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMB.2009.934618","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this article, we investigated the hypothesis that the effects of hypergravity on respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) can mimic the effects observed after spaceflight cardiovascular deconditioning. Artificial gravity along the head-to-feet axis on a short-arm centrifuge induces gravity gradients. This physiological condition of significantly higher g at the feet than at the heart level is specific and likely induces blood sequestration in the lower limbs. After spaceflight, astronauts are in a condition of cardiovascular deconditioning, where blood pooling in the lower part of the body and autonomic adaptation are factors contributing to orthostatic intolerance and changes in heart-rate variability (HRV). ECG and respiration were recorded during imposed and controlled breathing (ICB) protocols, which were repeated at different levels of artificial gravity as well as during supine and standing control conditions, and the changes were analyzed.</p>","PeriodicalId":50391,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/MEMB.2009.934618","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28509551","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}
Christoph Maier, Vera Rödler, Heinrich Wenz, Hartmut Dickhaus
{"title":"ECG fingerprints of obstructed breathing in sleep apnea patients.","authors":"Christoph Maier, Vera Rödler, Heinrich Wenz, Hartmut Dickhaus","doi":"10.1109/MEMB.2009.934907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMB.2009.934907","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article aims to identify the potential indicators of obstructive apnea (OA) in the ECG, based on the traces of QRS area from multiple ECG leads. We compare the difference in these traces' phase relation found during and after each OA episode to the difference between the first and second half of the OA and between split halves of epochs of normal respiration (NR).</p>","PeriodicalId":50391,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/MEMB.2009.934907","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28509631","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}
Peter Van Leeuwen, Daniel Geue, Silke Lange, Dietrich H W Grönemeyer
{"title":"Modeling fetal--maternal heart-rate interaction.","authors":"Peter Van Leeuwen, Daniel Geue, Silke Lange, Dietrich H W Grönemeyer","doi":"10.1109/MEMB.2009.934625","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMB.2009.934625","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The influence of maternal respiration on the occurrence of short-term fetal--maternal heart-rate coordination was examined using a model, which considers both heart-rate characteristics and effects of maternal respiratory sinus arrhythmia. Epochs of fetal--maternal heart-rate coordination were identified in model data produced at varying respiratory rates and compared with epochs found in real data acquired in mother-fetus pairs. The model results suggest that the low incidence of epochs found in the real data at low-breathing rates may be explained by heart-rate characteristics, but that the higher incidence at fast rates must be due to other factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":50391,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/MEMB.2009.934625","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28509632","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":"Preparing students for capstone design [Senior Design].","authors":"Jay R Goldberg","doi":"10.1109/MEMB.2009.934917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMB.2009.934917","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The senior capstone design course is the culmination of the previous three years of the undergraduate curriculum. The goal of this course is to develop students' communication (oral and written), interpersonal, teamwork, analytical, design, and project management skills through a team-based design experience. Students learn about the product-development process and gain experience solving open-ended problems. Capstone design courses give students insight into what it is like to work as an engineer.</p>","PeriodicalId":50391,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/MEMB.2009.934917","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28510604","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":"Cardiovascular variability.","authors":"Marco Di Rienzo, Alberto Porta","doi":"10.1109/MEMB.2009.934909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMB.2009.934909","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The cardiovascular system is composed of a variety of specialized subsystems that interact with each other under the influence of internal and external inputs, including central commands, reflex mechanisms, and humoral factors. The concomitant action of all these subsystems produces continuous adjustments in the cardiovascular variables (e.g., heart rate, heart contractility, blood pressure, vascular tone, etc.) referred to as cardiovascular variability. A large body of evidence indicates that this variability includes linear and nonlinear components and conveys important biological information that might help in the understanding of the underlying physiology and facilitate diagnosis and prognosis of cardiovascular dysfunctions.</p>","PeriodicalId":50391,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/MEMB.2009.934909","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28509626","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}
Marco Di Rienzo, Francesco Rizzo, Paolo Meriggi, Paolo Castiglioni, Paolo Mazzoleni, Gianfranco Parati, Bruno Bordoni, Gabriella Brambilla, Maurizio Ferratini
{"title":"MagIC system. Advancements in the monitoring of cardiorespiratory function in active people byt extile technology.","authors":"Marco Di Rienzo, Francesco Rizzo, Paolo Meriggi, Paolo Castiglioni, Paolo Mazzoleni, Gianfranco Parati, Bruno Bordoni, Gabriella Brambilla, Maurizio Ferratini","doi":"10.1109/MEMB.2009.934627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMB.2009.934627","url":null,"abstract":"In the health-care area, there is a growing demand for devices capable of monitoring cardiorespiratory function in a simple and comfortable way without interfering with the patient's behavior. Smart monitoring systems are also requested for the recording of vital signs in healthy subjects for research, assessment of performances, safety, and injury prevention purposes. Typical nonclinical areas of application include ergonomics, occupational medicine, wellness, and sport. This article describes the issues of the garment design and real-time signal processing during the tuning of MagIC for a nonclinical use. The new methodology for the optimization of the garment structure is reported and the solution adopted for estimating multifactorial parameters from the stream of data flowing from the vest is discussed. Additionally, results obtained during parachutists' jumps are also illustrated as a practical example of applicability of MagIC in nonclinical environments.","PeriodicalId":50391,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/MEMB.2009.934627","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28509630","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}
Yasemin M Akay, Andrei Dragomir, Chuanze Song, Jie Wu, Metin Akay
{"title":"Hippocampal gamma oscillations in rats.","authors":"Yasemin M Akay, Andrei Dragomir, Chuanze Song, Jie Wu, Metin Akay","doi":"10.1109/MEMB.2009.934619","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMB.2009.934619","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous studies suggested that gamma oscillations in the brain are associated with higher order cognitive functions, including selective visual attention, motor task planning, sensory perception, working memory, and dreaming rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. These oscillations are mainly observed in the cortical regions and also occur in neocortical and subcortical areas and hippocampus. These oscillations may occur under certain pathological conditions, such as epilepsy, and are mainly observed in the cortical regions and hippocampus. The previous studies have suggested that epilepsy may be associated with disturbances of autonomic nervous system(ANS) and with changes in autonomic cardioregulatory function. In this article, we investigate the influence of acute exposure to 2-aminoethoxy-diphenylborate (2-APB), a membrane-permeable inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP) receptor, and store-operated Ca(2+) channel (SOC) blocker on the complexity of hippocampal gamma oscillations. Our central hypothesis is that acute exposure to 2-APB significantly reduces the hippocampal gamma oscillations. To test this hypothesis, we use brain-slice recordings and the advanced nonlinear dynamical analysis method based on the Lempel-Ziv (LZ) estimator. Our nonlinear dynamical analysis results estimated from brain-slice recordings suggested that 2-APB exposure significantly reduces the hippocampal gamma oscillations.</p>","PeriodicalId":50391,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/MEMB.2009.934619","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28509552","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":"Tuning of the sequence technique.","authors":"Dominique Laude, V Baudrie, Jean-Luc Elghozi","doi":"10.1109/MEMB.2009.934630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMB.2009.934630","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The sequence method was first described by Di Rienzo in cats and applied in different species including humans. Until now, no systematic study of spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) has been performed by the sequence method in mice. This study aimed to characterize the best estimates of BRS using the sequence method by tuning all the possible parameters, specifically, the number of beats involved in a sequence, the minimal changes in blood-pressure (BP) ramps, and the minimal changes in pulse-interval (PI) ramps. Also, the relevance to set a minimal correlation coefficient in the regression line between BP and PI was tested. An important point was the delay to be applied between BP and PI. This delay represents the physiological time for the baroreflex loop to efficiently correct the BP variations.</p>","PeriodicalId":50391,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/MEMB.2009.934630","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28509629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}