4th Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Biomedical Engineering 2008 (eBook)

Volume 21/1 4
About IFMBE 6
Foreword 7
Conference details 8
Content Volume 21/1 10
Advances in Neural Signal Processing and Modeling: Dynamics of the Respiratory Neural Networks during Maturation 23
Biomedical Engineering Inspired by Nature: Biomimetics 24
Current Issues and Future Possibilities for Biomedical Sensors 25
Global Challenges of Health Technology 26
The Biomechanics of Muscle Contraction: or Firing Biomechanics Research 27
Prosthetics and Orthotics (P& O): Today and Tomorrow
A Design of Gait Training Equipment for Monoplegia Patients 29
Data Mining, Modeling and Knowledge Discovery Methods for Personalised Biomedical Decision Support Systems 33
Pathomechanics of Post-traumatic Knee Injuries 35
Ventricular Assist Device for Patient with End Stage Heart Failure – A Malaysian Experience 40
Research on Badminton Games: Past and Present 44
Classification on Diabetes Mellitus Data-set Based- on Artificial Neural Networks and ANFIS 49
Integration of Tension Development Model with the Fiber-Fluid Model of the Heart 53
Pulsatile Flow Past Multiple Cylinders: A Model Study of Blood Flow in an Artificial Lung 58
Application on Wireless Power Transmission for Biomedical Implantable Organ 62
Biomedical Electronics Engineering at Universiti Malaysia Perlis 66
Development of Website for the Operating Procedure of Software Contained in Medical Devices 70
Mathematical Modeling of Caspase Activated DNAase ( CAD) Regulation Towards Apoptosis 74
Mixmodel Driven 3D Facial Synthesis to Computer-Aided Articulation Training 78
Syllabus Enhancement for Electromagnetic Course in Biomedical Electronics Engineering at Universiti Malaysia Perlis 83
Technomedicum of Tallinn University of Technology and Biomedical Engineering in Estonia 87
The First Decade of Biomedical Engineering Degree Program at the University of Malaya: Experiences and Achievements 91
A Facile Synthesis of Multicolor Polystyrene Microspheres Encapsulating Upconversion Fluorescent Nanoparticles 95
Application of Carbon Nanotubes For Removal of Copper Ion From Synthetic Water 99
Biocompatibility Study of PEI- NaYF4: Yb, Er Upconversion Nanoparticles 104
Investigation of Carboxylic-functionalized Self-assembled Monolayers on Silicon and Gold and Their Application as pH- sensitive Probes Using Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy 108
Transforming Growth Factor- ß1 and ß3 Manipulation of HaCaT Keratinocyte Attachment to a 12.5µm Fibronectin Patterned Surface Illustrated by Widefield Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscopy 113
2-D Visualizations of the Frequency Contents of Lamb Waves in a Bovine Cortical Tibia 116
A Comparative Evaluation on the Performance of Coifman Discrete and Stationary Wavelet Transform in ECG Signal Denoise Application 120
A Real-Time Algorithm for Extraction of Heart Beat in Invasive Blood Pressure 125
A Review on Feature Extraction & Classification Techniques for Biosignal Processing ( Part I: Electrocardiogram)
A Review on Feature Extraction & Classification Techniques for Biosignal Processing ( Part II: Electroencephalography)
A Review on Feature Extraction & Classification Techniques for Biosignal Processing ( Part III: Electromyogram)
A Review on Feature Extraction & Classification Techniques for Biosignal Processing ( Part V: Gait Signal)
An Age Index for Vascular System Based on Photoplethysmogram Pulse Contour Analysis 147
Artificial Neural Network Classification of Arterial Pulse Waveforms in Cardiovascular Diseases 151
Assessment of Salat Taraweeh and Fasting Effect on Body Composition 155
Assessment of Severity in Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy Using Cumulative Linear Index of Higher Order Crossings 159
Blood Cell Image Segmentation: A Review 163
Cheap In-House Setup For EMG Acquisition 167
Classification of Emboli and Artifact by Neuro- Fuzzy in Transcranial Doppler Signals 171
Color Image Analysis to Grade Shades of a Color and its Application to Quantify Stained Tissues 176
Comparison Of FFT And AR Techniques For Scalp EEG Analysis 180
Computerized Fetal Heart Rate Baseline Estimation Based on Number and Continuity of Occurrences 184
Detection Of The Malarial Parasite Infected Blood Images By 3d-Analysis Of The Cell Curved Surface 188
Determination of the Bioimpedance Analysis Parameters in Dengue Patients Using the Self Organizing Map 192
Diagnosis of Atherosclerotic Plaque Using Hilbert Transform on RF Ultrasound Data 196
EEG Classification Using Neural Networks and Independent Component Analysis 201
Efficient Parameter Selection of Support Vector Machines 205
Electromyography Signal Based For Intelligent Prosthesis Design 209
Epileptic Seizure Detection 213
Feature Extraction for Biosignal Processing (Part IV: Electrogastrogram) using HHT 217
Flexion Relaxation Phenomenon of Back Muscles in Discriminating Between Healthy and Chronic Low Back Pain Women 221
Heart Sound Localization through Time Delay Calculation Method 226
Measurement of Artery Stiffness Index (ASI) Using Blood Volume Pulse 230
Mitral Regurgitation PCG-Signal Classification based on Adaptive Db-Wavelet 234
NN-Based R-peak Detection in QRS Complex of ECG Signal 239
Recognition of Six Digits from Lip Movement Using Color Image 243
Removal of EOG Artifacts Using ICA Regression Method 248
Review on Technical Aspects of Image Acquisition, Analysis and Retrieval for Leukaemia Cells 252
Short Review on the Used Recipes to Simulate the Bio-Tissue at Microwave Frequencies 256
Speaker-dependent Malay Vowel Recognition for a Child with Articulation Disorder Using Multi- layer Perceptron 260
Spectral Characteristics Estimation of PCG Signals based on ARMAX Nonlinear Modeling 264
Speech Technology Applied to Children with Speech Disorders 269
Statistical Analysis of ECG signals for Arrhythmia Detection 273
Study of Electromagnetic Field (EMF) on the Human Muscle Activity: A Preliminary Study 276
The Family Tree of Breast Microwave Imaging Techniques 280
Time-Frequency Analysis of EEG Signals for Human Emotion Detection 284
A Comparative Study of Imputation Methods to Predict Missing Attribute Values in Coronary Heart Disease Data Set 288
A Modeling Framework for Simulating Contagious Diseases in Populations 292
A Review on Protein Sequence Clustering Research 297
Different Species Classifier Based on Hemoglobin Sequences 301
Fuzzy C-Means Clustering for DNA Computing Readout Method Implemented on DNA Engine Opticon 2 System 304
Intelligent Multi-Agent Implementation for Finding Genetic Regulatory Systemsof Mycobacterium Tuberculosis 308
Online Health-Communities on Bad Habits for Preventive Care 313
Biochemical and Ultrastructural Changes in Human Sperm Membrane SystemAssociated with Polymeric Male Contraceptive-RISUG® 317
Bioethanol Production from Agricultural Waste Biomass as a Renewable Bioenergy Resource in Biomaterials 322
Bioethanol Production from Woody Biomass by Recombinant Saccharomycescerevisiae Expressing Thermostable Enzyme 328
Central Composite Design for the Enzymatic Detection of Arsenic (III) in Aqueous Solution from Vegetable – Waste 332
Development of Magnesium-Doped Biphasic Calcium Phosphatethrough Sol- Gel Method 336
Effect of the Application of Photopolymerized, Autopolymerized and Copal-Based Resins in Dental Enamel after Shear Strength Testing on Bonded Brackets 340
Fabrication and Characterization of Porous Poly (L-lactide) (PLLA) Scaffolds Using Liquid- liquid Phase Separation 344
Influence of Magnesium Doping in Hydroxyapatite Ceramics 348
IR-to-visible Upconversion Nanoparticles for in Vitro Fluorescent Imaging 352
Novel Chemical Conversion of Eggshell to Hydroxyapatite Powder 355
Ordered Honeycomb-structured Polymer Films by A Breath Figure Method in Vacuum 359
Push-out Bond Strength of Luting Agents to Fibre-Reinforced Post:an in vitro Study 363
Significance of Age-related Variations in The Structure and Material Properties in Extra- cellular Matrices of Connective Tissues 368
Sintering Behaviour of TiO2– Doped Alumina for Biomedical Application 373
The Effect of Light Curing Tip Angulations on the Shear Bond Strength of an Orthodontic Adhesive 376
The Influence of Yeast Extract on the Production of Flavonolignans in Hairy RootCultures of Silybum marianum L. Gaertn 380
Tocopherols, Antiradical Activity and Fatty Acids in Seedsof Silybum marianum (L.) Gaerth 384
3D Finite Element Analysis of Ankle-Foot Orthosis on Patients with Unilateral Foot Drop: A Preliminary Study 388
A Framework for Stress Transfer Mechanisms in Connective Tissues 392
An Alternative Coating Technique To Strengthen Pin-Bone Interface Stresses For External Fracture Fixation: A Preliminary Study 396
A Reliable and Robust Method to Study Flow-induced Deformation of Three- Dimensional Red Blood Cells 400
Abnormal Gait Detection Using Discrete Wavelet Transform in Fourier Domain 405
Acquiring Anatomical Representation of Human Maxilla for Rapid Maxillary Expansion 409
Advanced Computational Models for Disturbed and Turbulent Flow in Stenosed Human Carotid Artery Bifurcation 412
Biomechanics Effects of Kinesio Taping for Persons with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome During Stair Climbing 417
Blood Flow Simulation of Stented Aneurysm Model 420
Eccentric Loading on the Tibial Plate After Knee Replacement 425
Economical Tube Adapter Material in Below Knee Prosthesis 429
Effect of Metal Back Geometry on the Stability of Cementless Acetabular Cup 432
Effects Of Different Landing Strategies To Decrease Knee Joint Loading 436
Finite Element Analysis of An Automated Rapid Maxillary Expander (ARME) 439
Finite Element Study of Metacarpophalangeal Joint Silicone Implants 442
Comparing Manufacturer’s Point Calibration and Modified Calibration Setup for F- Scan Insole Sensor System: A Preliminary Assessment 446
Interface Micromotion of Cementless Hip Arthroplasty: Collared vs Non- collared Stems 450
Micro-modelling and Analysis of Actual and Idealised Cancellous Structure 455
Miniplates Orientation for Fracture Fixation of the Mandibular Condyle 460
Noninvasive Prediction of Vertebral Body Compressive Strength Using Finite Element Method and An Image Based Technique 464
Novel Stent Design for Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement 468
Preliminary Study: The Impact of Moderate Exercises on Biomechanical Response of the Humans Muscles 471
Stability of Talus Component in Total Ankle Arthroplasty 475
The Use of Mechanical Interlock in Dental Prosthesis 479
Towards Better Understanding of Shoe-Turf Surface Induced Soccer Injuries 483
Validation of Finite Element Analysis for a New External Finger Fixator to Correct Flexion Deformity – A Preliminary Result 487
Volume 21/2 491
About IFMBE 495
Foreword 496
Conference details 497
Content Volume 21/2 499
3D Finite Element Modeling of Avascular Circulation in the Ocular Lens 512
A Novel Approach for Experimental Measurement of Scatter Profile and Scatter to Primary Ratio in 64- Slice CT Scanner 516
A Pilot Study In Image Enhancement In Computed Radiography Mammogram Images Using Histogram Stretching Method 521
A Preliminary Study of High-Field MRI Image Enhancement Techniques Applied to Low- Field MR Brain Images 525
A Simple, Fast, and Robust Phase Unwrapping Method to Unwrap MR Phase Images 530
A Survey of Computed Tomography Dose to Operators and Patients During Radiofrequency Ablation 534
An Automatic Colonic Polyp Detection Method Based on Global Normal Convergence Approaches 538
An Efficient Fuzzy Connectivity Method for Airway Tree Segmentation Using Fuzzy C- mean Algorithm 544
An Evaluation of Different Optical Flow Techniques for Myocardial Motion Analysis in B- Mode Echocardiography Images 549
An Iterative Algorithm for Microwave Tomography Using Modified Gauss- Newton Method 554
An Optimized Two-Stage Method for Ultrasound Breast Image Compression 558
Application of Motion Estimation Using Ultrasound Images 562
Area and Power Efficient Video Compressor for Endoscopic Capsules 566
Cell Imaging With The Widefield Surface Plasmon Microscope 571
Colour Number Coding Scheme for Human Blood Cell 575
Combining Texture Features with Extended Gradient Vector Flow Field for Automatic Detection and Segmentation of Lesions in Ultrasound Liver Images 579
Comparison between 3D and 2D Cephalometric Analyses 583
Computer Aided Bone Tumor Detection and Classification using X-ray Images 587
Computer Aided Photogrammetry for Facial Analysis 591
Detecting and Analysis of Parasite (Taenia ) Using MatLab 595
Determination of Retinal Pigments from Fundus Images using Independent Component Analysis 598
Discriminatory Power of Cells Grouping Features for Breast Cancer Malignancy Classification 602
Early Diagnosis of Breast Carcinoma by Active Thermogram 606
FDTD Simulation of Radio Imaging Method for Biomedical Application 609
The Implementation of Wavelet-based Medical Image Compression Using JPEG2000 Image Coding Standard on a Grid Computing Scheme Utilizing Condor Distributed Batch System 613
Image Segmentation using Watershed Transformation for Facial Expression Recognition 618
Improved Diagnosis of Breast Tumor by Combining Ultrasound Elastography and Tissue Characterization – Phantom Based Analysis 622
Local and Global Contrast Stretching For Color Contrast Enhancement on Ziehl- Neelsen Tissue Section Slide Images 626
Measurement of Trabecular Bone Structure using Fractal Analysis 630
Measuring Blood Pressure Using a Photoplethysmography Approach 634
Measuring of Systolic Blood Pressure Based On Heart Rate 638
Modeling Heart Wall Motion in an Echocardiography System 642
Motion Estimation in Medical Imaging 646
Osteoporosis Presence Verification Using MACE Filter Based Statistical Models of Appearance with Application to Cervical X- ray Images 650
Protein Identification in Latex Gloves for Bio-compatibility using Maximum Minimal Variation Test 654
Quantification of Ablation Size in ex vivo Bovine Liverusing Cool-Tip™ Radiofrequency Ablation System 658
Statistically Discrimination of Psoriasis Lesions with Chromatic Color Indices 662
Supervised Learning of ANN for Plaque Lesion Discrimination Based on Chromatic Color Indices 667
Texture Features Selection for Masses Detection In Digital Mammogram 672
The Influence of Crystal Material on Intercrystal Scattering and the Parallax Effect in PET Block Detectors: A Monte Carlo Study 676
Wavelet Based Automatic Segmentation Of Brain Tumors Using Optimal Texture Features 680
A Brain-Computer Interface with Intelligent Distributed Controller for Wheelchair 684
A New Device To Measure The Changes in Blood Volume During Pulseatile Cycle Non- invasively 688
A Novel Approach in Detecting Hydrocarbons Vapors 692
A Preliminary Study of Inhaled Pharmaceutical Aerosol Flow Characteristics in Metered Dose Inhaler Spacer 696
An Implemented System for Studying the Influence of Auricular Eye-Point Electrical Stimulation on PR- VEP 700
Blood Glucose Control In Type I Diabetics: An Output Feedback Approach 704
Design of Wireless Cardiac Rhythm Interpretive Instrument 708
EECP and Flow Rate of Coronary Arteries in Human Blood Circulation Model 713
Quantitative Measurements of Blood Vessels on Human Extremities by Near- Infrared ( NIR) Technique 717
Review of the Use of Microwave in investigating the Dielectric Properties of Different Human Tissues 722
Studies On Skin Temperature Changes On A Diabetic Foot 726
Study of Heart Rate Changes in Different Salat’s Positions 730
Two Channel Abdominal PPG Instrumentation 734
Verifying of the Multi-Frequency Current Source for Electrical Impedance Tomography 737
2D Translation from a 6-DOF MEMS IMU’s Orientation for Freehand 3D Ultrasound Scanning 742
A Novel Technique for EPR Hiding in Medical Images for Telemedicine 746
Determination of Design Parameters of a Biosensor for Human Artery Pulse Wave Detection 750
Effect of Electrode Geometric Parameters on Droplet Translocation in Digital Micro- fluidic Biosensor 754
Emerging Trends of Body-Mounted Sensors in Sports and Human Gait Analysis 758
Microelectrode Fabrication Using Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) For Microfluidic Devices Employing Dielectrophoresis 762
Optimization of the Micro-Mixer with an Oscillating Stirrer using the Kriging Method 766
A Finite Element Approach for the Planning and Simulation of 3D Reconstruction of Maxillofacial Deformities 770
A Novel Technique For Malaria Diagnosis Using Invariant Moments And By Image Compression 773
Can Mathematical Models be Used to Predict Hip Joint Peak Contact Stress in the Clinical Studies? 777
Development of a Device to Provide Electrolyzed Water for Home Care 781
Effect of Transition Metal Ions on UV Profile of Urine 785
Quality Assurance and Control Of Clinical Engineering Activities 789
The Facial Soft Tissue Simulation of Orthognathic Surgery Using Biomechanical Model 794
Validation of Cone Beam CT Scan for Measurement of Palatal Depth in Study Casts 801
Web Based Online Diagnosis for Erectile Dysfunction Using International Index of Erectile Function ( IIEF) 805
Development of an Alternative Socket Fabrication Method Using Hydrostatic Cast System: A Preliminary Study 809
Feature Evaluation to Reduce False Triggering in Threshold Based EMG Prosthetic Hand 812
3D Gesture Language Recognition System 816
An Efficient Gait Phase Detection Device Based on Magnetic Sensor Array 821
An Efficient Model to Decipher the Electroencephalogram Signals Using Machine Learning Approach 825
An Idea of an Assistive Computer Input Device Using Morse Code Recognition Controlled by Nipple Switch for Quadriplegics 829
Feature Extraction Based on Mel-Scaled Wavelet Packet Transform for the Diagnosis of Voice Disorders 833
Future Research on Muscle and Mental Fatigue in Industry: A Mini Review 837
Role of Muscle Strength in Dynamic Balance for Subjects with Knee Osteoarthritis 841
The Effect of Bench Drill Laboratory Hand Tool on Muscle Activity and Heart Rate Measurement 845
Effect of Collagen Type I (Rat Tail) on Cell Proliferation and Adhesion of BHK-21 849
Effect of D-glucose and L-glutamine in BRIN-BD11 Insulinoma Cell Culture Growth and Insulin Production 853
Engineering of Heart Valve Tissue using Myofibroblasts derived from Rat Artery seeded on PCLTF Scaffold – Preliminary Study 857
Finite Element Modeling of Bi-axial Cyclic Loadingson Chondrocyte-Seeded Agarose 860
Physical and Mechano-Chemical Properties of Biodegradable Scaffolds Fabricated with PCL and PCL- PEG 864
A Fractional Order Model of Electrically Coupled Neurons & Studying the Stability of This Model
A Novel Trypsin-like Serine Proteinase from the Venom of the Chinese Scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch 872
Biosorption of Cd (II) from Water Using Citrobacter koseri 876
Centric Fusions from Primary Cell Culture of Calf Kidney Applied to Chromosomal Evolution, Conservation and Speciation in the Bovidae Family 881
Comparative Analysis of Image Retrieval Approaches 890
Comparison between Biomechanical Characteristics of Stainless Steel and Bamboo Pylons: A Preliminary Study 894
Echocardiography Signal Modeling Considering Doppler Effect 897
E-health Applications Implementation Considerations 901
Malaysia and Telecare – A Preliminary Study 905
Nucleotide Composition of the Genomic and Protein-Coding Sequences in the two DNA Strands 910
On the Security of Zhou et al.’s Authentication and Integrity Scheme for Digital Mammography Images 914
Optimization of Process Conditions for Lactic Acid Recovery Using Organic Base 918
Optimization of Sorption of Pb (II) from Water Using Rice Bran 922
Particle Swarm Optimization Neural Network based Classification of Mental Tasks 926
Process Optimization for Bioprotein Production from Cheaper carbon source 932
Towards a Realistic Dental Simulator with Haptic Interface 936
Author Index 940
Subject Index 945