World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering September 7 - 12, 2009 Munich, Germany (eBook)

Preface 6
Table of Contents 9
Synthesis and characterization of a new generation of hydrogels forbiomedical applications 16
Biological Evaluation of Non-degradable Polyurethane for Aortic Valve TissueEngineering 20
Perfusion Bioreactor: A New Pulsatile System for the Perfusion of TissueEngineered Cardiovascular Prostheses 22
Valve-gear: A contribution to development of artificial cardiac valves 28
Corrosion behavior of some new implant biomaterials in biofluids 35
Electrochemical stability of a new Ti base bioalloy in simulated human fluids 39
Osteoblast culture on titanium base bioalloy and its corrosion resistance in physiological solutions 49
Material and Structures for Gastrointestinal Stents 61
Effect of fluid shear stress on tubular kidney epithelial cell structure 65
Application of a microcellular injection molding process (MuCell) to produce animplant with porous structure 76
Cytological evaluation of a porous implant made from TPU 80
Multifunctional characterization of engineered cartilage using nano-pulsed laser 84
Preosteoblasts Enhance the Proliferation and Osteogenesis of Embryonic StemCells via Cell-Cell Contact and Osteogenic Supplements 86
Cell Contact and Osteogenic Supplements 86
In vitro degradation of chitosan under mechanical load 90
Optical Measurement System for pH of Medium Adjacent to Contracting Cultured Myotube in Vitro 92
Enhancement of a culture of human osteoblasts inside hydroxyapatite scaffolds via [ 2 mT 75 Hz]- electromagnetic bioreactor
Akt1-Dependent Pathways Involved in the Regulation of Tumor Conditioned Medium - Induced Endothelial Cell Migration and Survival 106
Microsystems for the Characterization of 3D-ECM Analogous Bio-Interfaces 109
Reverse Transcription PCR Screening of different neuronal guiding cues and their receptors in human staurosporine differentiated SH- SY5Y cells 113
Strategies combining cells and scaffolds for bone tissue engineering 120
The Effects of MGF on the Physiological Behaviors of Osteoblasts 128
Bone Marrow Concentrate: a novel tool for bone repair! 131
Development and characterization of high volume producible micro structured surfaces for tissue engineering applications 151
Two-Photon Polymerization for Microfabrication of Three-Dimensional Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Application 155
Study on Adhesion Force of Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Endothelial Cells on Different Adhesion Substrates 158
Development of a System for the Performance and Evaluation of Mechanical Conditioning on Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts 161
Bioreactor Development for the Study of Angiogenesis within Tissue Engineered Constructs 165
Comparison of composite polysaccharide-based materials for tissue engineering by means of texture analysis 172
Ultrasound biomicroscopy of healthy and repair cartilage tissue 178
Monitoring of cartilage synthesis in tissue–engineered scaffolds by ultrasound biomicroscopy 184
Investigation of Plasma Protein Adsorption, Platelets Adhesion and Partial Thromboplastin Time on Plasma SiCOH Nanocoating 188
On the impact of single cell biomechanics on the spatio- temporal organization of regenerative tissue. 200
extracellular matrix proteins Fibronectin, Laminin and Collagen type I as a result of an enhanced migratory phenotype 204
Biodegradable Sirolimus-loaded Poly(lactide) Nanoparticles as Delivery Systems for the Prevention of Restenosis in Coronary Stent Application 208
Quantitative 3D High Speed Video Analysis of Capsule Formation during Encapsulation Processes 219
Bioreactor and scaffold design for the mechanical stimulation of silk based anterior cruciate ligament grafts 223
Chemical surface modification of poly(e-caprolactone) for accelerated woundhealing after implantation of vascular devices 230
healing after implantation of vascular devices 230
Tissue engineering of heart valve leaflet by self-assembly of tissue spheroids biofabricated from human fat tissue derived stem cells. 245
Biopolymers from African Giant Snail Shells Waste: Isolation and Characterization 264
Numerical assessment on the metabolic response of chondrocytes after cyclic loading: The influence of stress rate and magnitude 281
Bioimpedance Measurement Setup for the Assessment of Viability and Number of Human Adipose Stem Cells Cultured as Monolayers 301
Relaxation of strained actin networks 315
Poly(vinyl alcohol) based monomers for lithography-based 3D fabrication 318
Nanoparticulate detection systems for the evaluation of New Drug Delivery Approaches and Drug Targeting principles 322
Author Index 327