Proceedings

of the

16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Engineering Advances: New Opportunities for Biomedical Engineers Volume 16

Baltimore, Maryland, USA November Edited

3-6,1994

by

Norman F.

Sheppard, Jr.

Program Co-chair

Murray Eden Program Co-chair Gideon Kantor Conference

Chair

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART 2

BIOLOGICAL SIGNALS THAT NEED DETECTION: CURRENTS THROUGH SINGLE MEMBRANE CHANNELS B. E1SENBERG

-

724

DEPT. OF MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS & PHYSIOLOGY, RUSH MED CNTR.

ELECTRODYNAMIC MECHANISM OF VOLTAGE DEPENDENT GATING

726

Y. CHERNYAK HARVARD UNIVERSITY -M.I.T., DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY -

CHOLINERGIC AND ADRENERGIC MODULATION OF IONIC MEMBRANE CURRENTS IN A RABBIT SA NODE CELL MODEL

728

S. DEMIR, J. CLARK DEPT, OF ELECTRCL & CMPTR ENGINRR., RICE UNIV. -

W. GILES

DEPTS. OF MED. PHYSIOLOGY & MED., U. OF CALGARY, MED SCHL

-

CALCULATION OF TRANSMEMBRANE CURRENT FROM EXTACELLULAR POTENTIAL L. LEON

730

UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL, CANADA

-

F. WITKOWSKI- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, CANADA

STATISTICAL DYNAMICS OF THE MEMBRANE CHANNEL GATING CHARGE SYSTEM Y. CHERNYAK-HARVARD UNIVERSITY

-

CIRCUIT MODEL OF NEURONAL SPATIAL-TEMPORAL PROCESSING M. LEVINE, D.SC.

732

M.I.T., DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

734

ONR-ASEE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY, WASHINGTON D.C.

SPICE AND DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS FOR MODELLING THE BINDING, DISSOCIATION, AND INTERNALIZATION OF EGF

736

J. PRIDEAUX, D. MIKULECKY-DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY, MCV/VCU, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA J. WARE

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DEPARTMENTS OF PATHOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY, MCV/VCU, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

THE STUDY OF 3-D STRUCTURE AND DYNAMIC PROPERTY OF G-ACTIN BY MOLECULAR 738

MECHANICS SIMULATION E. NAKAMA CHI

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DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FOR COMPUTER-

CONTROLLED MACHINERY, OSAKA UNIVERSITY, JAPAN

B ACTERIORHODOPIN MOLECULAR DYNAMICS: PHOTOBLEACHING & CHEMICAL CROSS-LINKING J. DRAHEIM

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SYMBIOTECH, INCORPORATED, USA

J. CASSIM

A MONTE CARLO APPROACH TO PROCESSOR ALLOCATION IN MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS P. BALLESTRERO, C. RUGGIERO

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742

UNIVERSITY OF GENOA, ITALY

744

ON THE ELECTROMECHANICAL EFFECT IN BONES P.

740

MICROBIOLOGY DEPT, OHIO STATE UNIV. USA

GIZDULICH, G. ASCHERO, S. ROMANO

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FLORENCE UNIVERSITY, ITALY

ELECTROKINETIC METHODS FOR ARTHROSCOPIC DETECTION OF CARTILAGE DEGENERATION IN 746

S. BERKENBLIT, E. FRANK, L. BONASSAR, D. BOMBARD, N DUFFIN, A. GRODZINSKY

-

SYNOVIAL JOINTS MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, USA

A MICROCONTINUUM MODEL OF ELECTROKINETIC COUPLING IN THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX: 748

PERTURBATION FORMULATION AND SOLUTION P. CHAMMAS, S. EISENBERG

-

BOSTON UNIVERSITY,

USA

ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN POLYELECTROLYTES WITHIN AN ULTRACENTRIFUGE P. BASSER

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750

BIOMED. ENG. & INSTRUMENTATION PROGRAM, NCRR, NIH, MD

A. GRODZINSKY- CONTINUUM ELECTROMECH. GRP, MIT, MA

THEORY OF ELECTROMECHANICAL SPECTROSCOPY IN POROELASTIC MEDIA: 752

SURFACE DETECTION OF BULK PROPERTIES J. SACHS-DANIEL H. WAGNER ASSOCIATES, USA A. GRODZINSKY-M.I.T.,

USA

ELECTROKINETICS AND ELECTROMECHANICS IN CONTROLLED RELEASE FROM IONIZIBLE GELS:

754

THEORY AND EXPERIMENTS J. SACHS-DANIEL H. WAGNER ASSOCIATES, USA R. SIEGEL

UNIV. OF CALIF., SAN FRANCISCO,

USA

A THREE-GENERATION ANIMAL STUDY OF THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF VERY STRONG LOW

756

FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD W.Z. FAM

-

DEPT. OF ELECTRICAL ENGNRR., TECH. UNIV. OF NOVA SCOTIA

E.L. DEPT. OF PATHOLOGY- THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

VI i

PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AND ACRYLAMIDE TOXICITY RECOVERY K. LENAGHAN, R. SEAMAN

758

DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY

EFFICIENCY OF AUTONOMIC THERMOREGULATION DURING RESONANT MICROWAVE EXPOSURE

760

E ADAIR -JOHN B.PIERCE LABORATORY AND DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH, YALE UNIVERSITY B. ADAMS

-

JOHNB. PIERCE IABORATORY, YALE UNIVERSITY

EFFECT OF MAGNETIC FIELDS ON THE ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY OF PLASMIN M. IWASAKA

KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, JAPANS. UENO

762

UNIVERSTIY OF TOKYO, JAPAN

-

KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, JAPAN

-

H. TSUDA

-

FIBRINOLYSIS IN STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS M. IWASAKA S. UENO H.

-

764

DEPT. OF CMPTR. SCI. & COM. ENGINGEERING, KYUSHU UNIV., JAPAN

DEPT. OF CMPTR. SCI. & COM. ENGNRR.& INSTIT. OF MED ELECT.

-

TSUDA

-

CLINICAL LAB., KYUSHU UNIVERSITYHOSP. JAPAN

ADAPTIVE FOCUSING EXPERIMENTS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE MONOPOLE PHASED ARRAYS IN HYPERTHERMIA TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER A.

FENN

A.

CHEUNG, H. CAO

LINCOLN LAB., MASS. INSTIT.

-

-

OF

766

TECH., LEXINGTON

CHEUNG LABORATORIES, COLUMBIA, MARYLAND

HYPERTHERMIA OF THE PROSTATE FROM A HEAT TRANSFER POINT OF VIEW D. LOYD. M. KARLSSON

-

768

DEPARTMENTS OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING.

LINKOPING UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN B. E. ERLANDSON

-

DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTHERN SWEDEN, SWEDEN

A GENERAL THEORY FOR PREDICTING SUBTHRESHOLD TRANSMEMBRANE RESPONSE TO ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS

770

S. NAGARAJAN, D. DURAND-APPLIED NEURAL CNTRLLAB., DPT. OF BIOMED.ENG1N., CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSTIY. USA

MANIPULATION OF ERYTHROLEUKEMIA CELLS USING TRAVELLING ELECTRIC FIELDS P. GASCOYNE, Y. HUANG M. HUGHES, R. PETHIG F. BECKER, X. WANG

-

-

-

772

ANDERSON CANCER CENTER, USA UNIVERSITY OF WALES, UK

ANDERSON CANCER CENTER,

USA

PARTICLE DIPOLE-DIPOLE INTERACTION IN AC ELECTRIC FIELDS X. WANG, Y. HUANG, P. GASCOYNE. F. BECKER

-

774

UNIV. OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER,

USA

INDUCTIVE 27.12 MHZ. DIATHERMY IN ARTERIAL PERPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE D. SANTORO, L OSTRANDER B. LEE

-

VA MEDICAL CENTER

-

B. CAG/R

-

.....776

RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, USA

(RESEARCH),

NEWROCHELLE HOSPITAL,

USA

USA

ON MAGNETIC ORIENTATION OF RED BLOOD CELLS: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SUSPENSION IN PLASMA AND SERUM T. SUDA

-

S. UENO

-

778

KAGOSHIMA NATL COLLEGE OF TECH., JAPAN

DEPTOFELCT, KYUSHU

U.

& INST. OF ELCTRNCS., UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, JAPAN

SYSTEM FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION USED IN LESIONS OF BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURES AND HYPERTERMIA A. ZAPATA FERRER THE

-

780

INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE PSIQUIATRIA, MEXICO

RESISTANCE CHANGES OCCURRING DURING DEFIBRILLATION PULSES

ARE

DUE TO POLARIZATION

OF THE ELECTRODE INTERFACE M. BONNER, R. MEHRA

-

782

MEDTRONIC INC., MINNEAPOLIS, MN

SIMULATED TISSUE LOADS FOR TESTING OF TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL STIMULATORS G. KANTOR

784

CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, USA G.ALON- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SCHOOL, USA H. HO

-

-

CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, USA

MICROWAVE ABLATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART RHYTHM DISORDERS

786

A. KHEBIR, Z. KAOUK, P. SAVARD

INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, ECOLE POLYTECHNIC AND UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL, CANADA

THE INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT ELECTRODE GEOMETRICS ON THE CURRENT DENSITY DISTRIBUTION DURING RADIO-FREQUENCY ABLATION. A THREE-DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT STUDY D. PANESCU, S. FLEISHMAN, J. WHAYNE, D. SWANSON J, WEBSTER

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN,

-

EP

788

TECHNOLOGIES, USA

USA

IN VITRO STUDY OF LESION SIZE DEPENDENCE ON ELECTRODE GEOMETRY DURING TEMPERATURECONTROLLED RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION S. FLEISHMAN, J. WHAYNE, IX PANESCU, D. SWANSON

-

790

EP TECHNOLOGIES, USA

THE VISUALIZATION OF THE CARDIAC EXCITATION

SPREAD AT A MICROSCOPIC SIZE SCALE WITIIA ONE-DIMENSIONAL SENSOR ARRAY FABRICATED IN THIN-FILM TECHNIQUE E. HOFER, D. PLATZER, I. SCHAFFERHOFER, G. MOHR UNIVERSITATGRAZ, AUSTRIA -

viii

792

NUMERICAL MODELS OF BIPOLAR ELECTRODE ELECTROSURGICAL CURRENT FIELDS J. PEARCE, T. MAGNUSEN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

794

-

FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING OF EXTRACELLLULAR POTENTIALS AROUND THIN-FILM MICROELECTRODE PROBES IN INVERTEBRATE PERIPHERAL NERVE D.J. BANKS

-

796

DEPT. OF ELCTRNC & ELECTRCL ENGNRR./BIOMED ENG. GROUP, U.K.

W. BALACHANDRAN

-

DEPT. OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRCL ENGNRR., UNIVERSITY OF SURREY. U.K.

D.J. EWENS, S.C. HUGHES, P.R. RICHARDS

BIOMED. ENGINRR. GRP, DEPT. OFMECH. ENGNRR., UNIVERSITY OF SURREY, U.K.

INTRANEURAL EXTRACELLULAR RECORDING FROM LOCUST PERIPHERAL NERVE WITH THIN-FILM MICROELECTRODES: METHODS AND RESULTS -

W. BALACHANDRAN

-

DEPT OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL ENGRR., UNIVERSITY OF SURREY

D.J. EWINS, S.C. HUGHES, P.R. RICHARDS A

798

DEPT. OF ELECTRNC & ELECTRCL ENGRRJBIOMED ENGRR. GRP, UNITED KINGDOM

TECHNIQUE FOR

-

D.J. BANKS

BIOMED. ENGNRR. GROUP, DEPT. OF MECH ENGNRR, UNIVERSITY OF SURREY

ELECTRICALLY INSERTING ELECTRODE ARRAYS INTO PERIPHERAL NERVES

J. SM1T, W. RUTTEN

EXTRACELLULAR ELECTRODE MODEL APPLIED TO THE PANCREATIC BETA CELL S. BIERER, N SHEPPARD

-

J. MCLA UGHLIN, E. MCADAMS, J. ANDERSON

-

804

NIBIO-ENG. CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER, UNITED KINGDOM

APPLICATION OF SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY FOR BIOMEDICAL MICROSENSOR INTERCONNECTIONS

H. NAGLE

-

S. UFER, R. BUCK

805

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, USA

-

-

802

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, USA

NOVEL DRY ELECTRODE ECG SENSOR SYSTEM

C. MUNDT, B. ASH

800

INSTIT. FOR BIOMED. TECH., UNIV. OF TWENTE, NETHERLANDS

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL,

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY,

USA

USA

MECHANICAL TESTING OF METALLLIC AND POLYMERIC INTRAFASCICULAR ELECTRODES 7: MCNAUGHTON, K. HORCH

-

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH,

806

USA

THREE-DIMENSIONAL NEUROELECTRONIC INTERFACE FOR PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATION AND RECORDING: REALIZATION STEPS AND CONTACTING TECHNOLOGY T. FRIESWIJK. W. RUTTEN

-

810

PRECISION SILVER/SILVER CHLORIDE ELECTRODES /. DENDO

-

808

INST. FOR BIOMEDICALTECH./MESA RSRCH INST, NETHERLANDS

TOHOKU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JAPAN

A PORTABLE TRANSCUTANEOUS BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM USING NON-INVASIVE

COLLECTION OF SUCTION EFFUSION FLUID FROM SKIN T. ARAL S. KAYASHIMA, M. KIKUCHI, N. NAGATA A. KANEYOSHI NEC CORPORATION, JAPAN

812

NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE, JAPAN

-

-

T. NISHIDA N. ITOH

-

-

NECSAN-FJ INSTRUMENTS, LTD., JAPAN

RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION RESEARCH LABS, NEC CORP., JAPAN

CONTINUOUS EX VIVO MONITORING OF GLUCOSE IN BLOOD AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE FLUID Z. TRAJANOSKl

-

814

GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AUSTRIA

G. JOBST- TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY VIENNA, VIENNA P. WACH, M. ELLMERER

-

GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AUSTRIA

G. URBAN-TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY VIENNA, VIENNA P. KOTANKO, F. SKRABAL

-

KRANKENHAUSDER BARMHERZIGENBRUDER, AUSTRIA

DETECTION OF GLUCOSE USING RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY M. MOTAMEDl

-

M. GOETZ, G. COTE

-

UNIV. OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH, TEXAS

MULTIVARIATE DETERMINATION OF GLUCOSE USING NIR SPECTRA OF HUMAN BLOOD SERUM F. HAM

-

816

BIOENGINEERING PROGRAM, TEXAS A&.M UNIVERSITY

818

DIV. OF ELECT. & COMPTR. SCI. & ENG., FL

G. COHEN, K. PATEL-DEPT. OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, FL B. GOOCH

HOLMES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, FL

SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF BLOOD FLOW WAVEFORM FOR BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL DETECTION82°

PRELIMINARY STUDY J. IM, S. NAM

-

DEPT. OF BIOMEDICAL ENGNRR.. INJE UNIVERSITY, KOREA

CALIBRATION METHODS FOR AN EVANESCENT WAVE FIBER OPTIC BIOSENSOR

822

USA J. GOLDEN. G. ANDERSON, L. CAO, F. LIGLER NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY, -

SENSORS: ANALYSIS OF ULTRAMICRO BIOMEDICAL SAMPLES WITH MICROFABRICATED CHEMICAL SUBSTRATES ALUMINA VS. PYREX SAMPLE/REAGENT ADSORPTION OF K, HUI, R. DIEFES, L DUDIK, C. LIU, M. GRATU,

-

824

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, USA

DEVELOPMENT OF SILICON-BASED MICRO SENSOR FOR OXYGEN MEAS URBMENTINGAS PHASE J. LEE. J. PATTON. F. SPELMAN CENTER FOR BIOENGINEERING, UNIV OF WASHINGTON -

IX

826

THE PROPERTIES OF INTEGRATED MICRO-ELECTRODES FOR CMOS-COMPATIBLE MEDICAL SENSORS N. KORDAS, Y. MANOLI, W. MOKWA, M. ROSPERT

-

828

FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONIC

CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS, GERMANY

830

HYPOTHERMIA EFFECTS MICROSENSOR MEASUREMENT OF TISSUE PH A.AUERBACH, B. SOLLER, R. PEURA

R.

STAHL

-

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL CENTER.

USA

WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE. USA

-

AC IMPEDANCE OF AG/AGCL REFERENCE ELECTRODES FOR USE IN DISPOSABLE BIOSENSORS D. ZHOU, J. JONES

-

DEPT. OF APPLIED PHYSICAL SCIENCES, UNIV. OF ULSTER, NIBIO-ENG. CENTRE, UNIV. OF ULSTER, U.K.

-

E. MCADAMS, A. LACKERMEIER

832

U.K.

834

A FINGER-MOUNTED SILICON TACTILE SENSOR DJ. BEEBE. A.S. HSIEH. D.D. DENTON-DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON

836

K. JAMES, R. NORMANN

-

LOW-STRESS SILICON NITRIDE FOR INSULATING MULTIELECTRODE ARRAYS UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING

COATING OF CARDIOVASCULAR STENTS WITH AMORPHOUS SILICON CARBIDE TO REDUCE THROMBOGENICITY

838

M. AMON, A. BOLZ, B. HEUBLEIN, M. SCHALDACH- FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAT, GERMANY

STENCIL PRINTING OF ION-SELECTIVE MEMBRANES ON FLEXIBLE PLANAR SENSOR ARRAYS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR APPLICATIONS

840

S. UFER. C. MUNDT- DEPT. OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING. N.C. STATE U. B. ASH

-

DEPT. OF CHEMISTRY, UNIV. OF NORTH CAROLINA

BIOACTIVE SURFACE MODIFICATION FOR NEURITE DEVELOPMENT R. POTEMBER. M. MATSUZAWA

THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.

-

842

USA

P. IJESI- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM, USA SURFACE ROUGHNESS OF PLASMA POLYMERIZED B. SUDAM. M. NICHOLS

-

FILMS BY AFM

844

NICHOLS TECHNOLOGIES INC.. COLUMBIA, MO.

POLARIZED LIGHT SCATTERING OF OPTICAL BIO-MATERIALS BY A NEW DPLS ATTACIIMENT G. RADICCHI. A. DIASPRO, C. NICOLINI

-

846

INSTIT. OF BIOPHYSICS. UNIV. OF GENOA, ITALY

ALTERNATE PULSE OXIMETRY FOR SP02 COMPUTATION T.L RUSCH, B.S.E.E.. J.E. SCHARF, M.D., R. SANKAR, PH.D.

-

848

DEPTS OF ANESTHESIOLOGY & EI.CT. ENGNRR.

U OF

COMPUTER SIMULATION OF OXYGEN SENSOR-BASED MICRO IMMUNOSENSORS /. LEE, J. PATTON. E SPELMAN

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY,

K. BASAK, J. DUTTA

-

851

USA

PH DEPENDENCE OF THE INTERACTIONS IN BLOOD PRESSURE TRANSDUCTION 7:

850

CENTER FOR BIOENGINEERING, UNIV. OF WASHINGTON

-

CONTINUOUS DELIVERY OF IONS OR DRUGS INTO SINGLE CELLS BY A D1FFUSIONAL MICROBURET C. YI, G. SAIDEL, M. GRATZL

S. FL

852

JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY, INDIA

A NEW DEVICE FOR COMPUTERIZED INFANT CRY ANALYSIS IN THE NICU A. ISMAELU, P. BRUSCAGLIONI

854

DEPT. OF PHYSICS. NICU-UNIV. OF FLORENCE. ITALY

-

G. RAP1SARDI. M. MORONI-DEPT. OF PAEDIATRICS. NICU-UNIV. OF FLORENCE, ITALY

OXYGEN CONSUMPTION MONITOR FOR INFANTS W. VONMALTZAHN. G. MILLER

856

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ATARLINGTON,

-

USA

AUTOMATED CEREBRAL DATAAQUISITION DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS A.WALD, E. HEYER, A. MENCKE COLUMBIA-PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER, USA

858

A METHOD TO DETECT RUPTURE OF THE ARTERIAL WALL DURING BALLON ANGIOPLASTY

860

-

J. STEENHUUSEN

-

INSTIT. FOR BIOMEDICAL TECH., UNIV. OF TWENTE, THE NETHERLANDS

S. VAARTJES. C. POORTERMANS H. BOOM

-

M. HAVENITH

-

-

HOSPITAL MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE. THE NETHERLANDS

STREEKLABORATORIUM VOOR PATHOLOGIE EN MICROBIOLOGIE, THE NETHERLANDS

INSTIT. FRO BIOMEDICAL TECH., UNIV. OF TWENTE, THE NETHERLANDS

EARLY DETECTION OF INFECTION AND REJECTION IN LUNG TRANSPLANTATION 5. FINKELSTEIN. M. HERTZ, M. SNYDER, C. ED1N, C. WIELINSKI. B. LINDGREN, li. PRASAD, W. WARWICKUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.

862

USA

TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING BY ELECTRICAL BIOIMPEDANCE SPECTROMETRY

866

B. RIGAUD. L. HAMZAOUI, N. CHAUVEAU, E. MARTINEZ, J.P. MORUCCIINSTITUT NATIONAL DE IA SANTE ETDEIA RECHERCHE MEDICALE, FRANCE

TISSUE ISCHEMIA DETECTION USING IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY S. KUN, R. PEURA

-

AC IMPEDANCE OF THE HYDROGEL-SKIN INTERFACE E.

MCADAMS,

J. JOSSINET

-

A.

868

WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTIT.. BIOMED. ENGNR. DEPT.

LACKERMEIER

-

870

THE NI BIO-ENG. CENTRE, UNIV. OF ULSTER, U.K.

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ETDE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE, FRANCE

X

IMPEDANCE PNEUMOGRAPHY FOR DIAPHRAGM PACING B. SCHMIT, J.T. MORTIMER

-

872

VA MEDICAL CENTER, OHIO

INTRAOPERATIVE MONITORING OF BODY FLUID LOSS BY ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TECHNIQUE Y. ULGEN INSTIT. OF BIOMEDICAL ENGNRR.. BOGAZICI UNIV.. TURKEY

874

NON-INVASIVE MEASUREMENT OF DIRECT AND REFLECTED PULSE WAVES IN HUMAN LOWER LIMB

876

F. RISACHER, J. JOSSINET. M. SCHMITT-INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ELDE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE, FRANCE

ANS MONITORING USING RIGHT VENTRICULAR IMPEDANCE A. URBASZEK, R, POLLEY, M. SCHALDACH

-

878

UNIVERSITAT ERLANGEN-NURNBERG, GERMANY

H.HUTTEN- UNIVERSITAT GRAZ AUSTRIA

MYOCARDIAL IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENTS WITH A MODIFIED FOUR ELECTRODE TECHNIQUE P.L. GUYADER, P, SAVARD, R. GUARDO, L. POULIOT, F. TRELLES, M. MEUNIER INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL

880

-

ENGINEERING AND PHYSICS DEPARTMENT. ECOLE POLYTECHNIC AND RESEARCH, CANADA

ADAPTIVE ESTIMATION OF IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHIC SIGNALS A. BARROS

-

882

DEPARTMENT OF KNOWLEDGE-BASED INFORMATION ENGINEERING, JAPAN

M. YOSH1ZAWA-DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY. JAPAN Y. YASUDA

-

RESEARCH CENTER OF PHYSICAL FITNESS, SPORTS AND HEALTH, TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY,

JAPAN

INFLUENCE OF MEDIA PARAMETERS ON POTENTIALS MEASURED WITH AN INTRACARDIAC

CONDUCTANCE CATHETER-SIMULATION STUDIES G. WALKER, S. KUN, R. PEURA

-

884

WORCHESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, USA

ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS OF THE IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAM (ICG) OF VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS

IN THE DETECTION

886

G. DEMPSEY, S. IMAM, J. ANDERSON NI BIO-ENG. CENTRE, UNIV. OF ULSTER, U.K. -

P. JOHNSON, A. ADGEY

-

REGIONAL CARDIAC UNIT, ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, U.K.

J. JOSSINET -INSERMU281, FRANCE

CALCULATION OF BLOOD VOLUME CHANGE IN IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY BY A 3-D 888

FINITE ELEMENT THORACIC MODEL D. KIM

-

DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, YONSEI UNIVERSITY, KOREA

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO IN BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENTS USING SYNCHRONOUS SAMPLING O, CASAS, R. ARENY

-

890

DIVISION DE INSTRUMENTACION Y BIOINGENIERIA, SPAIN

892

2D SKIN ADMITTANCE MAPPING

0. MARTINSEN. S. GRIMNES, M. HAREIDE

-

UNIVERSITY OF OSLO, NORWAY

ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (EMC) OF POWERED WHEELCHAIRS AND SCOOTERS D. WTITERS. P. RUGGERA FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, USA

894

SOURCES OF RADIOFREQUENCY INTERFERENCE FOR MEDICAL DEVICES IN THE NON-CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT

896

-

H. BASSEN, P. RUGGERA, J. CASAMENTO, D. WITTERS

-

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION,

USA 898

CURRENT AND PROPOSED EMC TEST METHODS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES G. FEN1CAL

-

INSTRUMENT SPECIALTIES CO..INC. USA

MINIATURE MICROCONTROLLER-BASED HEART RATE TELEMETER PROCESSES SINGLE PRECORDIAL LEAD

900

J. DARNIEDER, D.E.E., D. JEUTTER, PH.D..P.E.W DEPT. OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, MARQUETTE UNIV. -

A

SIMULTANEOUS FULL-DUPLEX SPEECH AND ELECTROCARDIOGRAM COMMUNICATION

SYSTEM

902

J. MCKEE, N. EVANS, F. OWENS N IRELAND BIOENG. CENTRE AND DEPT. OF ELECTL. & -

ELECTRONIC ENG., UNIV. OF ULSTER, U.K. 904

RADIO TELEMETRY OF VAGINAL TEMPERATURE Z. MCCREESH, N. EVANS- THE NI BIO-ENG.

CENTRE AND

DEPT. OF ELECTL. & ELECTR. ENG. UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER, U.K.

A WIRELESS INFARED LINK FOR A 16-CHANNELEEG TELEMETRY SYSTEM A. METTINGVANRIJN, A. PEPER, C. GRIMBERGEN MEDICAL PHYSICS & INFORMATICS DEPT.,

906

-

UNIV. OF AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS AN INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM FOR THE REMOTE MONITORING OF CHANGES IN FUNCTIONAL

908

HEALTH STATUS OF THE ELDERLY AT HOME D.G. CELLAR, T. HESKETH, W. EARNSHAW, E. ILSAR

BIOMEDICAL SYSTEMS LAB.,

SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, UNIV. OFN.S.W, SYDNEY AUSTRAL IMPLEMENTATION OF A TELEMETRIC-MONITORING SYSTEM IN A COCHLEAR IMPLANT C. ZIERHOFER, E. HOCHMAIR- UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA

910

RESPIRATORY RHYTHM DETECTION WITH PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHIC METHODS GERMANY D. BARSCHDORFF, W. ZHANG ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT, UNIVERS11Y OF PADERBORN,

912

-

xi

914

REFLECTANCE PULSE OXIMETER MEASURING CENTRAL SA02 FROM MOUTH H. OGINO, H. MINAMITANI- INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KEIO UNIVERSITY, JAPAN T. SOUMA

-

NIHON KOHDEN CO., JAPAN

STUDY OF SUDDEN DEATH IN CHAGAS DISEASE: A PROPOSED METHODOLOGY R. ESTELLER, F. MORA, G. BEVIIACQUA UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR, CARACAS-VENEZUELA. VENEZUEIA MENDOZA, J. MARQUEZ-INSTITUTODEMEDICINA TROPICAL UNIV. CNTRLDE VENEZUELA, VENEZUELA

916

-

I.

P. LANDER

-

HEALTH SCIENCE CNTR., UNIV. OF OKLAHOMA

MULTIPARAMETRIC PC-BASED MONITORING SYSTEM AND ITS APPLICATION IN STUDIES OF 918

CARDIOVASCULAR REGULATION INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, AUSTRIA

-

K. GRASENICK. H. MARESCH, G. PFURTSCHELLER Z. TRAJANOSKI, P. WACH GRAZ INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, AUSTRIA -

P. KOTANKO, F.

SKRABAL-KRANKENHAUSDERBARMHERZIGENBRUDER,

AUSTRIA

COMPARISON OF TWO COMPUTER-AIDED CARDIOTOCOGRPHY SYSTEMS: THE INFLUENCE OF 920

INDIERECTLY OBTAINED INPUT TRACES J. JEZEWSKI, J. WROBEL K. HOROBA, I. ZYCH

-

RSRCH & DVLPMNTCNTR. OF MED.

ELCT.EQUIP.,

POLAND

INTERFACING FETAL MONITORS IN COMPUTERIZED CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY SYSTEM J. JEZEWSKI

RSRCH & DVLPMNT. CENTR. OF MED. ELCTRNC.

J. WROBEL K. HOROBA, S. GRACZYK

EQUIP.. POUND

ESTIMATION OF OCULAR TORSION WITH DYNAMIC CHANGES IN PUPIL SIZE D. CHUNG, M. EIZENMAN- UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, CANADA B. CHEUNG

924

EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CANADA. CANADA

-

R. FRECKER

922

UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS, GREECE

-

DEFENCE AND CIVIL INSTITUTE OFENVIRO. MEDICINE, CANADA

-

PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO HYPOGLYCAEMIA IN DIABETES S. PRUNA ROMANIAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL ENGINEERING & MEDICAL COMPUTING, ROMANIA

926

ADASD1M: APPLICATION OF ADAPTIVE CONTROL TECHNIQUE TO DIABETIC MANAGEMENT C. JUHASZ, B. ASZTALOS. B. LERNER, Z BENYO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BUDAPEST. HUNGARY

928

INSTRUMENTATION DESIGN TO ATTEMPT STANDARDIZATION OF PENDULUM TESTS

930

-

-

UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA, MEXICO

M. SALLES, R. MAYAGOITIA

TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED ELECTROSURGICAL VESSEL SEALING T.

932

MAGNUSEN, J. PEARCE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN -

HOLTER SYSTEM DEVELOPOMENT FOR RECORDING PLANTAR PRESSURES: DESIGN AND INSTRUMENTATION Z ABU-FARAJ, M.S., G. HARRIS, PH.D. DEPT. OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY

934

-

J. WERTSCH. M.D. J. ABLER, PH.D.

-

-

DEPT. OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHAB.. COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN

DEPT. OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING. MARQUF/ITE UNIVERSITY

A. VENGSARKAR, B.S.

REHAB MED. SERVICE, ZABLOCKIVA MED CNTR., Wl

HOLTER SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR RECORDING PLANTAR PRESSURES: SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT A. VENGSARKAR, J. ABLER, Z ABU-FARAJ

-

A TRANSDUCER FOR MEASUREMENT OF FINGER JOINT TORQUES K. KILGORE, PH.D., R. LAUER, P. PECKHAM, PH.D.

-

-

938

VA MEDICAL CENTER AND CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, OHIO

ELECTROTACTILE HAPTIC DISPLAY ON THE FINGERTIPS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS K. KACZMAREK, M. TYLER, P. BACH-Y-RITA

936

MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY, USA

940

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON,

DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE

AN INSTRUMENTED SYSTEM FOR MEASURING SEATED STABILITY IN CHILDREN

942

O.ELWARY-MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGG. 3-D OBJECT INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED USING AN INFRARED REFLECTIVE BAR CODE H. MAKINO, T. SUGAHARA, H. EBE, I. ISHII, M. NAKASHIZUKA

-

NONINVASIVE METHOD FOR MEASURING FLOW FROM OSCILLOMETRIC DATA M. WHITT, G. DRZEWIECKI

-

N. HUILGOL

-

-

946

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, USA

TO EVALUATE EFFECT OF RADIATION ON SKIN BLOOD PERFUSION USING LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETER G. RANADE, R. PUN1YANI

944

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, NIIGATA UNIVERSITY, JAPAN

948

IIT-POWAI, INDIA

NANAVATI HOSPITAL, INDIA

A STUDY ON THE BLOOD FLOW IN THE COMPRESSED URINARY TISSUE OF A DOG

G.R. WANG, Y. LI

-

950

BIOENGINEERING CENTER, CHONGGING UNIVERSITY, CHINA

DIFFERENTIATING BENIGN TUMOR FROM MALIGNANT TUMOR USING LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY G. RANADE, R. PUNIYANI

-

IIT-POWAI, INDIA

N. HUILGOL- NANAVATI HOSPITAL, INDIA

XII

952

THEORETICALTISSUE PERFUSION FROM IMPULSE RESPONSE ANALYSIS P. HARPER, MD., C. METZ, PH.D.. L SEGIL MD. S. FE1NSTEIN. MD. C. WOLFKIEL, THE UNIVERSHY OFIIJJNOISATCHICAGO

954 PH D

-

RADIATION EFFECTS IN MALIGNANCY: A STUDY USING LASTER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY G.G. RANADE, R.R. PUNIYANI SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, BOMBAY N.G. HUILGOL- DIVISION OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY, NANAVATI HOSPITAL.

956

-

BOMBAY

A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE SYNTHESIS OF THE ORTHOGONAL FRANK LEAD ECGS FROM 12 LEAD RECORDINGS P. DE CHAZAL B.C. CELLAR BIOMEDICAL SYSTEMS LABORATORY. SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING UNIVERSHY OF N.S. W. SYDN

958

-

CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL SIDE EFFECTS OF CARDIAC STIMULUS PULSES DUE TO HIGH IMPEDANCE

ELECTRODES

C. ANDREWS

960

NORTH CAROLINA SIATE UNIVERSITY, USA B. KERMAN1 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, USA W. CASCIO, H. NAGLE NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, USA -

-

-

INTEGRATED ENTRAPMENT INSTRUMENT FOR ASSESSMENT OF AUTONOMIC FUNCTION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE

962

A. KAMAL. S. NASSIM1- UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN

HARMONIC INTERFERENCE ELIMINATION BY AN ACTIVE COMB FILTER C. TSAl, H. CHAN. C. TSENG, C. WU DEPT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. NATL TAIWAN UNIV.. ROC.

964

-

AIR FLOW ESTIMATION IN THE PRESENCE OF MOTION ARTIFACTS .V. I.UO. W. TOMPKINS, J. WEBSTER

966

UNIV. OF WISCONSIN-MADISON, USA

CARDIOGENIC ARTIFACT CANCELLATION IN APNEA MONITORING

968

S. LUO, W. TOMPKINS. J. WEBSTER- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON. USA A RELIABLE NEUROMIME REPRESENTATION OF FATIGUE BASED MUTUTAL INHIBITION A. IAFFEI.Y. S. WOLPERT. DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING, THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE A VLSI-BASED SYSTEM FOR LOCALIZATION OF EXTRACELLULAR POTENTIALS S. WOLPERT, M. OSBORN, A.M. O'NEILL DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING, THE UNIVERSTTY OF MAINE

972

A MULTIPROGRAMMABLE MICROSTIMULATOR DEDICATED TO BLADDER DYSFONCTIONS K. ARABI. M. SAWAN- DEPARTMENTOF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING. HCOLE

POI.TTECHNIQUE DE MONTREAL,

970

974

CANADA

MONOLITHIC GALLIUM ARSENIDE RECEIVER FOR NMR MICROSCOPY

'.

976

T PECK, S. FRANKE. M. FENG, J. KRUSE, R. MAGIN-DEPT OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGG, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AN ANALOG CMOS CIRCUIT FOR

COCHLEA IMPLANT Y. C. CHEN. J. II. CHEN DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY.

978 R. O. C.

ADVANCED VLSI TECHNOLOGIES IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING .V. ATI-IAN

980

CENTER FOR MICROELECTRONICS, UNIVERSHY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

D. IANDIS

-

CNTR FOR MICROELECTRNCS RSRCH & DEPT OF ELECTRCL ENG.

ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY OF POWER WHEELCHAIRS

982

R. COOPER-UNIVERSHY OF PITTSBURGH THE AUTOMATION OF AN EXPERIMENT IN INFLAMMATION: CLIENT/SERVER LABORATORY M. WOODFORD

-

AUTOMATION FOR PHARMACEUTICALR&D

984

G.D. SEARLEAND CO., RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, ILLINOIS

ON-LINE NWR DETECTION IN CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS USING AN RF MICROCOIL T. PECK, A. WEBB, N. WU, R. MACIN, J. SWEEDLER

986

BECKMAN INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. UN1V OF ILLINOIS

LOW FREQUENCY DEILECTROPHORETIC LEVITATIION, ELECTROROTATION AND MICROMOTION

MEASUREMENTS M, JAIN. Y. SHENG R. PAUL

-

D. KALER

988 -

DEPT OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGNRR, UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY, CANADA

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY. UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY. CANADA -

DEPT, OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGNRR., UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY, CANADA

PROGRAMMABLE EIGHT CHANNEL SURFACE STIMULATOR G. OCADIZ, R. MAYAGOITIA

-

GENERATION OF BALANCED BIPOLOR STIMULI BASED ON CURRENT SOURCES WITHOUT COUPLING CAPCITOR R. ST-AMAND, B. ING., M. SAWAN, PH.D., Y, SAVARIA, PH.D.

-

-

992

ECOLE POLY TECH. DE MONTREAL CANADA

USE OFAT-BUS HARD DISK DRIVE IN A HAND-HELD DATA COLLECTOR S.D. KAO, G.J. JAN

990

UNIVERSIDAD 1BEROAMERICANA. MEXICO

DEPT. OF ELECTRICAL ENG., NATL TAIWAN UNIV., R.O.C.

xiii

994

SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS WITH A/D CONVERSION FOR MULTICHANNEL BIOELECTRIC RECORDINGS C. GRIMBERGEN, A. METTINGVANRIJN. A. PEPER

RADIOFREQUENCY SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTS K. TAN. I. HINBERG

-

-

996

UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

ON MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

998

MEDICAL DEVICES BUREAU. USA

NEW EQUIPMENT FOR NECROTIC BURN TREATMENT USING EXCIMER LASER IRRADIATIONS

1000

A. IWAYA, K. ARAL S. INAZAKI, H. TAKAOKA, M. KATO

-

A. NAKAJIMA. T. ARAL NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE, JAPAN HAMAMTSU PHOTONICS K.K., JAPAN 1002

TISSUE COMPOSITION DISCRIMINATION BY NIR SPECTROSCOPY C. TSAI, J. FOUKE

-

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, USA

A LASER SCATTERING METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF THROMBOEMBOLI IN WHOLE BLOOD J. KIM

-

1003

BIOENGINEERING PROGRAM, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

J. LIN-ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO L REYNOLDS

UNTVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

-

MULTI-PROJECTION REFLECTION REFRACTOMETRY-NEW METHOD OF THE TISSUE SURFACE INVESTIGATION V. MOROZOV

1005

STATE OPTICAL 1NSTTTUTE. RUSSIA

-

FAST MEASURING OF SOLID ANGLES BY MEANS OF CCD LINE SCAN CAMERAS WITH ANALYTICALLY RECTIFIED OPTICS W.

1007

LUTZ. G. HOLZMULLER. G. STEINWENDER. E. HOCHMAIR

-

ORDINARIATFUR ANGEWANDTPHYSIK-

MIKROELEKTRONIK, AUSTRIA COST EFFECTIVE PATIENT MONITORING N. EVANS

1009

DEPT. OF ELECTL & ELECTR. & THE NI BIO-ENG. CENTRE UNIV. OF ULSTER, U. K.

-

THE EFFECTS OF TELEMEDICINE ON ACCESS, COST AND D. PARSONS

QUALITY

OF HEALTH CARE

THE ROLE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN FUTURE IMPLANTABLE DEVICE SYSTEMS B. STE1NHAUS, PH.D., R. SMITH, P.E., P. CROSBY, M.S.

-

RODRIGUEZ M. ARREDONDO, GBT.ETSITELECOMM., SPAIN M.

1015

F. POZO, E. GOMEZ. A. MARTINEZ. A. DOPICO

-

BIOINGENIERIA Y TELEMEDICINA-

MEASUREMENT OF CONTRACTILE CHARACTERISTICS FROM ISOLATED HEART CELLS USING A MIMIATURIZED FORCE TRANSDUCER SYSTEM G. LIN, K. PrSTER

-

1013

TELECTRONICS PACING SYSTEMS, COLORADO

A HOME TELECARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

K. ROOS

1011

NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

-

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES,

1017

USA

UCLA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, USA

-

MICROMACHINED CELL HANDLING DEVICES

1019

S.W.LEE.S.D. YANG, Y.W.KIM, Y.K. KIM-DEPT OF ELECTRICAL ENG., SEOUL NAT'L UNIV., KOREA S.H. LEE DEPT. OF MEDICINE DAN-KOOK UNIVERSITY. KOREA -

DEVELOPMENT OF CELL-GRABBER BY USING PIEZO ACTUATOR S.H. LEE

-

H.C. CHA

1021

DEPT. OF BIOMEDICAL ENG., COLLEGE OF MED., DANKOOK UNIV., KOREA

DEPT. OF BIOLOGY, COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, DANKOOK UNIV., KOREA S.W. LEE, Y.K. KIM-DEPT. OF ELECTRICAL ENG., COLLEGE OF ENG., SEOUL NATL UNIV. KOREA -

SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION OF BLADDER HYDRODYNAMICS J. ZHANG, R.E. KEARNEY, G. KIRULUTA MM ELHILAU I. HUNTER

-

DEPT.

-

1023

DEPT. OF UROLOGY, MONTREAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, CANADA

OF UROLOGY, MCGILL UNIV., MONTREAL

QUEBEC, CANADA

DEPT. OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, MCGILL UNIVERSTTY, CANADA

-

A SIMPLE MODEL OF THE CHEMICAL REGULATION OF ACID-BASE BALANCE IN BLOOD L CHIARI, G. AVANZOLINI, G. GNUDI UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA, ITALY

1025

-

A MODEL STUDY OF PERIODIC F. TEHRANI

-

BREATHING AND STABILITY OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM IN INFANTS

1027

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSTTY FULLERTON

ZONTROL OF A VENTILATOR USING A SIMULATED RESPIRATORY PATTERN GENERATOR A. AGGARWAL, E. BRUCE CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSTTY OF KENTUCKY

1029

-

AN ANALYSIS OF MECHANICAL FEEDBACK TO THE CENTRAL RESPIRATORY PATTERN GENERATOR K. GEITZ-DEPARTMENTS OF BIOENGINEERING AND ANESTHESIA, UNIV. OF PENNSYLVANIA A. GOTTSCHALK

DEPTS. OF BIOENGG. & ANESTHESIA, UNIV. OF PENN

-

A MODEL OF THE BLADDER CONTROL SYSTEM H.F. TANNIR, W.D. TIMMONS

-

1033

DEPT. OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, UNIV. OF AKRON

DEPARTMENT BHE, WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY. OHIO

D.W. REPPERGER

-

-

FORCE FEEDBACK CONTROL: LINEAR AND NONLINEAR TELEOPERATIVE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INVOLVING THE DISABLED C.A. PHILLIPS

1031

ARMSTRONG LABORATORY AUCFBS, WPAFB. OHIO

xiv

1035

TOWARDS VIRTUAL REALITY OF CUTTING: A FEASIBILITY STUDY G. SONG. N.REDDY- HUMAN INTERFACELABORATORY. DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING,

1037

UNIVERSHY OF AKRON, OHIO LINEARITY OF HUMAN COMMANDS FOR TELEROBOTICS C. RIVIERE

1039

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, MARYLAND N. THAKOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING DEPT., JOHNS HOPKINS MARYLAND -

UNIVERSITY,

TOWARDS FORCE FEEDBACK IN LAPAROSCOPIC SURGICAL TOOLS S. SUKTHANKAR. N REDDY- UNIVERSITY OF AKRON,

1041

USA

DEVELOPMENT OFA ROBOTIC SURGICAL ASSISTANT Y. LOUHISALMI, T. LEINONEN A FAST ROBOTIC EYE/HEAD

-

1043

LABORATORY OF MA CHINE DESIGN, FINLAND

SYSTEM: CONTROL OF BINOCULAR COORDINATION

R. WAGNER. H. GALIANA, I. HUNTER

-

1045

DEPT. OF BIOMED. ENGNRR., MCGILL UNIVERSITY, CANADA

FOR AUTOMATED SAMPLE HANDLING IN GENOME ANALYSIS DEPT. OF ELECTRCL ENG.. UNIV. OF WASHINGTON

REQUIREMENTS

1047

D. MELDRUM

TOUCH AND FORCE REFLECTION FOR TELEPRESENCE SURGERY KB. SHIMOGA. P.K. KHOSLA

-

CNTR. FOR MED.

ROBOTICS,

1049

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIV.

VIS UAL AND FORCE FEEDBACK TO AID NEUROSURGICAL PROBE INSERTION K.li. SHIMOGA. P.K. KHOSIA

-

HUMAN RESPONSE SIMULATION & />, FRISCII

-

1051

CNTR. FOR MED. ROBOTICS, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIV.

QUANTIFICATION

APPLIED PHYSICS INC..

THE ADVANCED BIODYNAMIC MANIKIN

1053

USA

A NOVEL LABORATORY ROBOT FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF MICROBIOLOGICAL CULTURE MEDIA

1055

H. KIPPOIA. P. IAPPALAINEN- UNIVERSHY OF OULU, FINLAND

IIUMAN ENIIANCEMENT VIA TI IE TRANSFER OF POWER AND INFORMATION SIGNALS //. KAZEROONI- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY,

1057

USA

TELEOPERATION OF A DEXTROUS ROBOTIC HAND USING VIBROTACTILE FEEDBACK /. AMANAT. C. RIVIERE. N. THAKOR

-

1059

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSHY. USA

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS: FROM BLACK-BOX TO GREY-BOX MODELLING R. SUMMERS

CITY UNIVERSITY. LONDON R. DYBOWSKI

1061

UMDS (ST. THOMAS' CAMPUS), LONDON, ENGLAND

-

ANALYSIS OF SENSORY INFORMATION USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS AND FUZZY LOGIC

,.

1063

R. BUCK. J.L FRAZIER, F.E. HANSON-DEPT. OF ENTOMOLOGY. PENN STATE UNIV.

PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF LEARNING ON A PROGRESSIVELY IMPAIRED NEURAL NETWORK MODEL OF MEMORY D. 7AHNER, E. MlCHELI-r/ANAKOU. Y.AKAY.Z ZHANG A. POWELL

-

1065

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, USA

ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL,

USA 1067

BREATH DETECTION USING FUZZY SETS AND SENSOR FUSION K. COHEN, J. WEBSTER, J. NORTHERN, Y. IIU, W. TOMPKINSDEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING, UNIVERSTTY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON

1069

FUZZY VS. NON-FUZZY RULE BASE FOR GAIT EVENT DETECTION S.K. NO. H.J. CHIZECK-CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV.

&

CLEVELAND VA MOTION STUDY LAB. OHIO 1071

NUCLEAR SEGMENTATION USING DOMAIN OPERATIONS X.C. JIN, S.H. ONG, JAYASOORIAH

DEPT. OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. NATL UNIV. OF SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE

-

CONDITIONAL DENSITY ESTIMATION FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS A. SRIVASTAVA. A. WEIGEND

-

CELLULAR EDGE DETECTION USING A TRAINED NEURAL NETWORK EXPLORER V. BARRIOS. J. TORRES, G. MONTILLA, L. HERNANDEZ N. RANGEL, A. REIGOSA

-

A.

MUIAVARA. M. NAIR. V. GUPTA, W. TIMMONS

-

1075

UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO, VENEZUELA

A NEURAL NETWORK APPROACH TO ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY A. KUMAR. B. TAYLOR,

1073

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER. USA

1077

UNIVERSLTY OF AKRON, USA

COMPUTATIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR DETECTION OF MACH BANDS

1079

G. CIRESI. E. MICHELI-TZANAKOU RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, USA -

INTELLIGENT SENSING SYSTEM FOR CHINESE WINE EVALUATION Y. CHEN, Y. SHU, W. ZHANG

-

1081

7JIEJIANG UNIVERSITY, CHINA

REGULARIZATION NETWORKS FOR GLUCOSE SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION Z. TRAJANOSKI, P. WACH INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING. AUSTRIA

1083

NEURAL NETWORK SIZE DETERMINATION FOR ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY INVERSE DIPOLE SOLUTIONS H. MIZUTA, K. YANA DEPT OF ELECTRONIC INFO.. IIOSE1 UNIVERSITY. USA

1085

-

-

D. HE. R. COHEN

-

HARVARD-MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCI. & TECH.. USA

xv

PREDICTING DEPTH OF ANESTHSIA USING BISPECTRAL PARAMETERS IN NEURAL NETWORKS

1087

J. MUTHUSWAMY, M.S.-DEPT. OF BIOMED. ENGRR., RENSSELAER POLYTECH INST. R. ROY. M.D.D. ENG.SC-DEPT. OF BIOMED. ENGRR.. RENSSEIAER TECH INST. 1089

LOCAL PROPAGATION IN A SIMULATED VENTRICULAR CELL AGGREGATES S. KIM, J. ZHOU, M. WALDRON THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSTTY, USA -

CLASSIFICATION OF THE NORMAL AND ABNORMAL ELECTROGASTROGRAM USING BACK1091

PROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORKS Z UN, J. CHEN

-

UNIVERSTTY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER

MYOELECTRIC SIGNAL CLASSIFICATION USING A FINITE IMPULSE REPONSE NEURAL NETWORK KB. ENGELHART, B.S., B.S. HUDG1NS. M. STEVENSON. PA. PARKER THE UNIV. OF NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA

1093

TRACKING CHANGES IN ACTION POTENTIAL SHAPES IN CHRONIC MULTI-UNIT INTRAFASCICULAR RECORDINGS USING NEURAL NETWORK PATTERN RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES K. MIRFAKHRAEI. K. HORCH

-

1095

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

AUTOMATIC PEAK IDENTIFICATION IN AUDITORY EVOKED POTENTIALS WITH THE USE OF 1097

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS M.J. VAN GILS, P.J.M. CLUITMANS

-

DIVISION OF MEDICAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING,

EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. THE NETHERLANDS

ADAPTIVE ESTIMATION OF EVOKED POTENTIALS USING WAVELETS AND RADIAL BASIS 1099

FUNCTIONS NEURAL NETWORKS K. JEMILL J. WESTERKAMP

-

UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON, USA

NERVE BUNDLE LOCALIZATION WITH EVOKED POTENTIALS USING A NEW NETWORK-INVERSION '/: OGAWA, M. SASE. Y, KOSUGI

-

TECIINIQUE

1101

INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING,

TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JAPAN

1103

ESTIMATING LEVEL OF ALERTNESS FROM EEG T.P. JUNG

-

COMP. NEUROBIOLOGY LAB. SALK INST. IA JOLLA, CA.

NEURAL NETWORKS FOR RECOGNITION OF ACCELERATION PATTERNS DURING SWALLOWING AND COUGIIING D. FERNANDES PRABHU N. REDDY, E. CANILANG

-

-

1105

DEPT. OF BIOMED. ENGNR. & EDWIN SHAW HOSP..AKRON DEPT. OF BIOMED. ENGNR.& EDWIN SHAW HOSP, AKRON

AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED SNORE DETECTOR

1107

F. LOPEZ K. BEHBEHANI, F. KAMANGAR- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ATARLINGTON, USA

ALOPEX NEURAL NETWORKS FOR MANUAL ALPHABET RECOGNITION J.

HAMILTON. E. MICHEU-TZANAKOU

-

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY,

1109

USA

SPEAKER IDENTIFICAION WITH WAVELET DECOMPOSITION AND NEURAL NETWORKS F. PHAN, E. MICHEU-TZANAKOU

-

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY,

USA

S. SIDEMAN

1111

ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ISRAEL

MODELS OF CYCLIC OSCILLATION USING VLSI-BASED NEURAL ELEMENTS

1113

S. WOLPERT- DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING, THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE

CLASSIFICATION OF GIEMSA-STAINED HUMAN CHROMOSOMES USING MUL1T-LAYER NEURAL NETWORK J. CHO

-

DEPT. OF MED. ENG.. 1NJE UNIV.. KOREA

S. HONG

1115

DEPT. OF ELECTRONIC ENG., INHA UNIV., KOREA

DESIGN FOR AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM TO OBTAIN 12-LEAD ECGS FROM 3-LEAD HOLTER VCG RECORDINGS R.N. KUPPURAJ, DR. S, NAPPER

-

1117

DEPARTMENT OF BME, LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY

A NEW METHOD IN OBTAINING A BETTER GENERALIZATION IN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS B. KERMANI, M. WHITE, H. NAGLE

-

1119

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, USA

LOCALIZATION OF EPILEPTOGENIC FOCI USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS

1121

/. QUAISS, A. DHAWAN-DEPT. OF ELECT. & CMPTR, ENGNRR., UNIV. OF CINCINNATI M. PRIVITERA

-

DEPT. OF NEUROLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

SPEAKER CLASSIFICATION BASED ON COMBINED NEURAL NETWORK AND FUZZY DECISION Z BIN, Z YISHENG

-

UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF

NONPARAMETR1C, NONLINEAR MODELING OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS S. GHAZANSHAHI

-

-

1124

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FULLERTON

PARAMETER ESTIMATION OF NON-LINEAR NEURONAL SYSTEMS BY LINEAR ASSOCIATION D. DURAND

1123

CHINA, CHINA

1126

DEPT. OF BIOMEDICAL ENGNRR. CASE WSTRN RESERVE UNIV.

B. TAWF1K-DEPT. OF SYSTEMS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGNRR., CAIRO UNIV.. EGYPT

THE CORRELATION DIMENSION AS AN INDEX TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN VIGILANCE STATES T. N1NG, J. BRONZINO

-

TRINITY COLLEGE. USA

XVI

1128

FRACTAL ANALYSIS FOR THE ADGERENT PLATELETS UNDER FLOW CONDITIONS K. CHENG INSTIT. OF BIOMED. ENG1NRR, NATL CHENG KUNG UNIV.. R.O.C. J.S. LIN, C.-W. MAO

-

INSTIT. OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, NATL CHENG KUNG UNIV., R.O.C.

APPLICATION OF STOCHASTIC AND CHAOTIC MODELS OF EEG TO THE DETECTION OF READINESS POTENTIAL ONSET /. KREKULE

1130

1132

INST. OF PHYSIOLOGY, ACAD. OF SCI. OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC

-

D. POPIVANOV.A. M/NEVA, J. DUSHANOVA

-

INST. OF PHYSIOLOGY, BULGARIAN ACAD. OF SCIENCE, BULGARIA

NONLINEAR DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR AND DRIVEN CHAOS FROM IN VITRO AND COMPUTER MODELS OF A COLLAPSIBLE VASCULAR SEGMENT S. FIELD, G. DRZEWIECKl

-

1134

RUTGERS, THESTATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY, USA

FRACTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF KIDNEY TISSUE SECTIONS

1136

X. JIN, S. ONG, JAYASOORIAH-NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE

MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF PERFLUOROCARBON CHEMICAL (PFC) BIO-DISTRIBUTION DURING LIQUID VENTILATION OF LAMBS H. SUN, T. SHAFFER, A. TUAZON

COMPARISON OF

-

1138

DREXEL UNIVERSITY, USA

MEASURED AND SIMULATED VOLUME SHIFTS BETWEEN THE INTRA-

AND THE EXTRACELLULAR SPACE IN DIALYSIS PATIENTS H. SCHARFETTER. H. HU'ITEN G. W1RNSBERGER, H. HOLZER

1142

-

GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. A USTRIA

-

KARL-FRANZENS-UNIVERSITY. AUSTRIA

COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS Z BENYO, B. BENYO Z. BENYO JR.

1144

BUDAPEST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, HUNGARY

SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE,

HUNGARY

B. LERNER. C. JUHASZ- BUDAPESTTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, HUNGARY

CORTICAL BONE FLUID FLOW AND SPECIES TRANSPORT INDUCED BY AN ARRAY OF BLOOD VESSELS

1146

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA

R. KEANINI

THE EFFECT OF ANISOTROPIC PERMEABILITY ON FLUID FLOW AND SPECIES TRANSPORT 1148

WITHIN CORTICAL BONE DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING SCIENCE, UNIVERSTTY OF NORTH CAROLINA

R. KEANINI

DESCRIPTION OF REGULATED AND DEREGULATED CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW WITH A MATHEMATICAL MODEL M. DALEY, PH.D., N. BUDDHARAJU, E. WANG J. ROBERTSON. M.D.. C. LEFFLER, PH.D.

-

UNIVERSITY

OF

1150

MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

-

CONTROL OF ABP REGULATION IN RATS BY INTERACTING MECHANISMS: STUDY BY EXPERIMENT,

SIMULATION, AND TIME-FREQUENCY SPECTRAL ANALYSIS A. RAMANATHAN, S. PAN, G. MYERS

-

1152

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, USA

COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEM FOR THE COMPUTATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE ELEVATIONS IN THE 1154

DIAGNOSIS OF HYPERTENSION R.C. HERMIDA, J.A. SUAREZ J.R. FERNANDEZ A. MOJON

BIOENGINEERING AND CHRONOBIOLOGYLABS.,

ETSI TELECOMUNICACION, UNIVERSITY VIGO, SPAIN

ASSESSMENT OF MENTAL WORKLOAD BASED ON THE MODEL OF AUTONOMIC REGULATIONS U56

ON CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM M. OHSUGA, H. TERASHITA. F. SHIMONO, M. TODA

-

MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, JAPAN

1158

-

PREDICTABLE TIME STRUCTURE OF CARDIOVASCULAR CHARACTERISTICS IN HUMAN PREGNANCY D.E.AYALA, R.C. HERMIDA, A. MOJON BIOENGINEERING AND CHRONOBIOLOGY LABS., ETS1TELECOMUNICACION, UNIVERSITY VIGO, SPAIN M. IGLESIAS

-

F. HALBERG

-

HOSPITAL GENERAL DE GALICIA & MEDICAL SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY' SATIAGO, SPAIN

CHRONOBIOLOGY LABS., UNIVERSITY MINNESOTA

NONSINUSOIDAL CIRCASIAN PATTERN OF GROWTH HORMONE SECRETION DETECTED BY 1160

MULTIPLE COMPONENT ANALYSIS R.C. HERMIDA, D.E. AYAIA

-

BIOENGINEERING AND CHRONOBIOLOGY UBS.. ETSI TELECOMUNICACION,

UNIVERSITY VIGO, SPAIN L GARCIA

-

HOSPITALMATERNO-INFANTIL "TERESA HERRERA", SPAIN 1162

A NEW ANALYTIC MODEL OF UREA KINETICS ORIENTED TO PARAMETER ESTIMATION ITALY F. GRANDI, I, CHIARI.A. CAPPELLO, G. AVANZOUNI DEIS UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA.

1164

REGIONAL DELIVERY OF OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE MICROCIRCULATION PENNSYLVANIA G.F. YE, PH.D., D. JARON, PH.D. BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE INSTITUTE, DREXEL UNIVERSITY.

1166

-

EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION OF UREA KINETICS PARAMETERS DURING HEMODIALYSIS F. GRANDI. G. AVANZOUNI. A. CAPPELLO DEIS UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA, ITALY -

-

-

-

XVII

1168

OXYGEN DELIVERY IN NEWBORNS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE O. BARNEA, PH.D.

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING DEPT., TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY

-

E. AUSTIN, M.D., W. SANTAMORE. PH.D.-DEPT. OF SURGERY. UNIV. OF LOUISVILLE

ESTIMATION OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS ACTIVITY FROM PUPILLARY RESPONSE S. USUI, Y. HIRATA

A MODEL FOR THE HEIGHT GROWTH CURVE IN CHILDREN WITH END STAGE RENAL FAILURE C. GRAVE

-

1170

TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. JAPAN

-

HOSPITAL CALMETTE,

1172

FRANCE

K. KHERBEK, M. FOULARD

-

A. DUHAMEL R. BEUSCART- HOPITAL CALMETTE AND UNIVERSITE DROIT ET SANTE. FRANCE HOPITAL CALMETTE,

FRANCE

A DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF AREA UNDER THE CURVE (AUC) ESTIMATION OF HYDROGEN ION ACTIVITY PREDICTS MUCOSAL DAMAGE IN GERD M. BARRIENTOS C G. TOUGAS S.J. SONTAG

-

-

1174

DIV. OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, DEPT. OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENG., MCMASTER UNIVERSITY, CANADA

DIVISION OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, MCMASTER UNIVERSITY, CANADA

HOSPITAL HINES, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS R.H. HUNT-DIVISION OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, DEPT. OFELECTR. & COMP. ENGG. MCMASTER UNIV.. CANADA -

VA

INTERRELATIONSHIP AMONG BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE, LATENCY TIME AND MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE DURING ELECTROPORATION OF ARTIFICIAL LIPID MEMBRANES V. SHARMA. L TUNG

-

1177

DEPT. OF BIOMEDICAL ENGNRR.. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV.

J. MURPHY NDE. APPLIED PHYSICS UB, THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV. -

ENTROPIC FLOW RATES IN BIOLOGICAL GROWTH PROCESSES Y. LING

-

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY,

1179

USA

B. HE -HARVARD-MIT. USA COMPLEXITY MODELS IN PHYSIOLOGIC DYNAMICS: A CASE STUDY ON ACCELERATION

(+GZ) INDUCED LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS (G-LOC)

1181

./. CAMMAROTA- NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER. USA B. ONARAL. L. HREBIEN DREXEL UNIVERSITY, USA -

REALIZATION OF A CELL AUTOMATON BASED ON THE VAN CAPELLE AND DURRER MODEL P. A UGER, J.L CHASSE. A.F. MYARD A. BARDOU

-

INSERM U256. HOPITAL BROUSSAIS, PARIS. FRANCE

-

A MODEL OF SUSTAINED PROPAGATION IN A 20-CELL RING OF PURKINJE TISSUE A. PAPAZPGLOU. R.C. BARR

-

R. JAMALEDDINE

-

UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL AND ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE.

A. V1NET- HOPITAL DU SACRE-COEUR DE MONIREAL -

1185

DEPT. OF BIOMEDICAL ENGG. DUKE UNIVERSITY

SIMULATION OF FREQUENCY ENTRAPMENT IN A SYSTEM OF TWO COUPLED CARDIAC CELLS

F. ROBERGE

1183

UNIVERSITE CUUDE BERNARD LYON. FRANCE

UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL AND ECOLE

1186

CANADA

CANADA

POLYTECHNIQUE, CANADA

MODELING EXCITATION AND PROPAGATION IN CARDIAC CELL PREPARATIONS UNDER A BROAD SPECTRUM OF EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS

1188 -

D. PUTZER, W. SCHREIBMAYER. H. W1NDISCH

UNIVERSITAT GRAZ AUSTRIA

SIMULATION OF REGIONAL MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA WITH A COMPUTER HEART MODEL B. DUBE, R. GULRAJANl, M. LORANGE. A. LE BUNC, R. NADEAU

1190

-

ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE ET UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL AND HOPITAL DU SA CRE-COEUR, CANADA SIMULATION OF VENTRICULAR ECTOPIC BEATS WITH A COMPUTER HEART MODEL Z XU, R. GULRAJANl, M. LORANGE, P. SAVARD

1192

-

ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE ET UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL AND HOPITAL DUSA CRE-COEUR, CANADA

POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA IN A MODEL OF TRIGGERED CARDIAC ACTIVITY W. GIBB, M. WAGNER, M. LESH

-

1194

CARDIOVASCUUR RESEARCH INSTITUTE,

BIOENGINEERING GRADUATE GROUP AND DEPT. OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EFFECT OF CARDIAC PASSIVE PROPERTIES ON THE TIME DELAY IN MODELING STUNNED MYOCARDIUM J. WANG, G. DRZEWIECKI, J. LI J. KEDEM, H. WEISS

-

-

1196

RUTGERS UNIVERSHY, USA

RWJ MEDICAL SCHOOL USA

RESPONSE OF END-TIDAL C02 TO ATRIAL AND VENTRICULAR PACED TACHYCARDIAS IN A CANINE MODEL: BASIS FOR AN AUTOMATIC PHYSIOLOGICALLY RESPONSIVE EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR

1198

H. NOUBANI, T. COHEN, W. QUAN, B. GOLDNER, S. TRAZERRA, G. STERNNORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CORNELL UNIVERSHY MEDICAL COLLEGE

THE STUDY ON CONDUCTION OF FETAL ECG BY MATHEMATICAL MULTI-LAYER MODEL Z LI-GAO L PING

-

-

UNIVERSITY OF MACAU, MACAU

TS1NGHUA UNIVERSITY, P.R. CHINA

xviii

1200

MODIFICATIONS TO THE WILDERS-JONGM A-VAN GINNEKEN MODEL OF PACEMAKER ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY S. DOKOS, B. CELUR BIOMEDICAL SYSTEMS LABORATORY. SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.

1202

-

UNIV. OFN.S.W. AUSTRAUA

N. LOVELL

CENTRE FOR BIOMED. TECH.. SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMED. SCIENCES, UNIV. OF TECH.,, AUSTRALIA

-

A MODEL OF VAGAL CONTROL OF SINOATRIAL RHYTHM S. DOKOS. B. CELLER-BIOMED. SYSTEMSUB., SCHOOL OF ELECT. ENGG.. UNIV. OFN.S.W., SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA N. LOVELL CENTRE FOR BIOMED. TECH., SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMED. SCIENCES, UNIV. OF TECH., AUSTRALIA

1204

-

WAVELET SHRINKAGE IN TOMOGRAPHY E. KOUCZYK

-

1206

THE UNIVERSTTY OF CHICAGO, USA

SPATIO-TEMPORAL WAVELET ANALYSIS OF BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPS DURING PTCAINDUCED ISCHEMIA D. BROOKS, H. ON R. MACLEOD H. KRIM

-

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY,

1208

USA

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, USA

-

MASSA CHUSETS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, USA

-

NON-SEPARABLE HAAR WAVELETS AND THE CLUSTERING OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGERY J. ROSIENE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, USA

1210

-

WAVELET-LIKE STRUCTURE OF RATIONAL MODELS FOR POWER-LAW PROCESSES B. ONARAL, G. MASKARINEC, G. SISL1. W. BERGER

-

1212

DREXEL UNIVERSITY. USA

WAVELET TRANSFORMS FOR EPILEPTIC SPIKE

1214

DICROTIC NOTCH DETECTION USING WAVELET TRANSFORM ANALYSIS

1216

AND SEIZURE DETECTION S. SCHIFF-DEPT. OF NEUROSURGERY. CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

L ANTONELLI, W. OHLEY. O. KHAMUCH

-

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISUND

COMPARISON OF DETECTION METHODS: APPLICATION TO K-COMPLEX DETECTION IN SLEEP EEG D. HENRY, D. SAUTER, O. CASPARY- UNIVERSITE DE NANCY I, FRANCE

1218

DETECTION OF SEIZURE ONSET USING WAVELET ANALYSIS

1220

S. MEHTA. B. ONARAL, R. KOSER

-

DREXEL

UNIVERSITY,

USA

BLOODFLOW VELOCIMETRY USING WIDEBAND SIGNALS AND WAVELET TRANSFORMS L. WEISS

1222

APPLIED RESEARCH UBORATORY, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

-

WAVELET TRANSFORM FOR CROSS CORRELATION PROCESSING IN PW ULTRASOUND X. XU, J. GREENLEAF

1224

MAYO CLINIC AND FOUNDATION, USA

MIXED FOURIER/WAVELET TRANSFORM ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGICAL SIGNALS S. K.L.A.

-

1226

THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON, BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING DEPT.

K. MUDRY- THE WH1TAKER FOUNDATION, WASHINGTOND.C. A. MUUVARA, M. VERSTRAETE

-

THE UNIV. OF AKRON, BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING DEPT.

BIOMEDICAL IMAGE DENOISING WITH WAVELETS AND B AYESIAN GEOMETRICAL CONSTRAINTS M. MALFAIT, D. ROOSE

-

MULTI-CHANNEL EEG ACTIVITY CORRELATION ANALYSIS TO DETECT THE ONSET OF CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA L CZINEGE

1228

K. U. LEUVEN, BELGIUM 1230

INST. FOR MEAS. & INSTR. ENG., BUDAPEST UNIV. OF TECH., HUNGARY

-

R. URBANICS. Z FARKAS

-

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DEPT.-2ND INST. OF PHYSIOLOGY-

SEMMELWEIS MEDICAL UNIV.. HUNGARY

ENHANCED HIGH RESOLUTION SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF SLEEP SPINDLES O. CASPARY, M. TOMCZAK

-

1232

CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ENAUTOMATIQUE DE NANCY, FRANCE

N. DIRENZO. M. MOUZE-AMADY- INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ETDE SECURITE, FRANCE D. HENRY

-

CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN A UTOMATIQUE DE NANCY, FRANCE

A PARAMETRIC METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF TEMPROAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY IN THE

1234

INTERICTAL EEG SIGNAL G. TOGNOU, P. RAVAZZANI, T. LOCATELLI, F. M1NICUCCI, F. GRANDORI, G. COM!

-

POLYTECHNIC

OFMIUN, ITALY

TEMPLATE GENERATION FOR NEURAL WAVEFORM ANALYSIS IN EXTRACELLULAR RECORDINGS /. BANKMAN R. CHANDRA

1236

THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV. APPLIED PHYSICS UB.

-

-

THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV. BIOMED. ENGNRR. DEPT.

COMPARISON OF CLASSIFICATION METHODS APPLIED TO CNAP'S

1238

C. MARTINEZ, I. VINCENT- UB. D'AUTOMATIQUE DE NANTES, UNIV. DE NANTES, FRANCE C. DONCARIJ

-

P. GU1HEUNEC

UB DES EXPLRTNS FONCTIONNELLES NEUROPHYS. UNIV. DE NANTES. FRANCE -

UB DES EXPLRTNS FONCTIONNELLES NEUROPHYS. U. OF NANTES. FRANCE

SECOND ORDER TIME-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION IN THE STUDY OF TIME VARYING SPECTRAL 1240

CONTENT OF EEG SIGNALS P. ZAVARSKY, N. FUJII

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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL ELECTRONICS, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

J. MAGDOLEN- MEDICAL ENGINEERING UNIT, OXFORD UNIVERSITY, UK

xix

USING

TIME-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE G. C. JANG

-

IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF SURFACE EMG SIGNALS

1242

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY, R.O.C.

C.K. CHENG CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING. NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY, R.O.C. J.S. Ur DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION, NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY, R.O.C. T.S. KUO DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY, R.O.C. -

-

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TIME-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS

OF THE ELECTROGASTROGRAM: EVALUATION OF STFT, ADAPTIVE 1244

SPECTRALANALYSIS AND EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION J. CHEN

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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER

USE OF SYNTHETIC UTERINE SIGNALS FOR AN OPTIMUM CHOICE OF TIME/ FREQUENCY REPRESENTATION D. DEVEDEUX, J. DUCHENE, C. MARQUE- UNIVERSITY OF COMPIEGNE, FRANCE RECOGNITION OF HIGH-RESOLUTION ECG'S BY Q. XUE, B.R.S. REDDY-MARQUETTE

TIME-FREQUENCY REPRESENTATION

OF VERY LOW-FREQUENCY COMPONENT H. CHAN-DEPT. OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, NATL TAIWAN UNIV., R.O.C. C. WU

1248

ELECTRONICS INC.. MILWAUKEE. WI

TIME-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS OF 24-HOUR HEART RATE FLUCTUATION FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION

J. LIN

1246

1250

DEPT. OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, NATL TAIWAN UNIV., R.O.C.

-

-

DEPT. OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, NATL TAIWAN UNIV., R.O.C.

SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF HEART RATE VARIABILITY SIGNAL DURING SLEEP STAGES G. CALCAGNINI. G. B1ANCAIANA F. GIUBILE1 S. STRANG

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S. CERRUTI

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DEPT. OF INFO. & SYSTEMS SCIENCE UNIV..

1252

ROME

DEPT. OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCE UNIV., ROME CLINICAL PATHOPHYSIOLOGY UNIV., ROME -

DEPT. OF INFO. & SYSTEMS SCIENCE UNIV., ROME

THE DIRECT POWER SPECTRAL ESTIMATION OF UNEVENLY SAMPLED CARDIAC EVENT SERIES K.S. SHIN, H. MINAMITANI FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KEIO UNIVERSITY, JAPAN

1254

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S. ONISHI. H. YAMAZAKI

-

SPORTS MEDICINE RESEARCH CENTER. KEIO UNIVERSITY. JAPAN

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, YONSFT UNIVERSITY, KOREA

MM. LEE

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM ACTIVITY AND CHAOTIC ATTRACTOR 1256

ON BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL B. LEE, J. JANG,

J.

LEE, M. LEE

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YONSEl UNIVERSITY, KOREA

1258

CHAOTIC ANALYSIS OF FETAL HEART RATE VARIABILITY

D. BORSERIO. H. VILUNUEVA. J. FALCONER

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UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA

NON-INVASIVE TECHNIQE FOR ANALYSIS OF FEEDBACK RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEART RATE AND 1260

BEAT-TO-BEAT BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS T. WADA

INAGIMUNICIPAL HOSPITAL, K. NARIMATU

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NIPPON COLIN CORPORATION

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS FOR ECH DATA COMRESSION USING HERM1TE MODELS R. JANE, S. OIMOS

-

1262

INST. DE CIBERNETICA, SPAIN

COMPRESSION OF ECG USING A CODE EXCITED LINEAR PREDICTION L WANG, J. BELINA, A. VASINONTA, M. BERNER, S. RAMPRASHAD

1264

(CELP)

-

SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. CORNELL UNIVERSITY, NY

1266

ECG DATA COMPRESSION BY BIORTHOGONAL BASIS T. KIRYA, N. KODAIRA H. Y.

OGAWA SAITOH

-

-

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DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION ENGINEERING, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING. NIIGATA UNIVERSITY. JAPAN

TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JAPAN DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION ENGINEERING, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, NIIGATA UNIVERSTTY, JAPAN

AN INVESTIGATION OF ADAPTIVE BEAT ESTIMATION FOR IMPROVED DATA

COMPRESSION

1268

P. HAMILTON- UFAYETTE COLLEGE, EASTON, PHIUDELPHIA

ADAPTIVE RECURRENT SYSTEM FOR NOISE CANCELLATION AND ARHYTHMIA DETECTION /, PROVAZNIK, J. HOLCIK

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1270

INSTIT. OF BIOMEDICAL ENGNRR, TECH. UNIV. BRNO, CZECH REPUBLIC

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NORTHERN IREUND BIO-ENG. CENTRE, UNIV. OF ULSTER, U.K. DEPT. OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENG., UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER,

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NEW ANALYSIS-SYNTHESIS OF FIRST HEART SOUNDS USING FORWARD-BACKWARD OVERDETERMINED PRONY'S METHOD

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H.P.SAVAJ.T.E. MCDONNELL-DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. UK SELECTION OF A

TIME-FREQUENCY REPRESENTATION

D. CHEN, L DURAND H. LEE

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FOR ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST HEART SOUND SIGNAL

CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL AND MCGILL UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, MCGILL UNIVERSITY

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ACOUSTICAL DETECTION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Y. BAHADIRUR, H.O. GULCUR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE, BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY, TURKEY S. AYTEKIN SIYAMIERSEK GOGUS. KALP VEDAMAR CERAHISIMERKEZI. HAYDARPASA. ISTANBUL. TURKEY

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CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH UNIT, THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, UK

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ANALYSIS OF HEART SOUNDS USING THE WAVELET TRANSFORM P.M. BENTLEY, J.T.E. MCDONNELL

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, UK

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS OF CARPENTIER-EDWARDS BIOPROSTHETIC HEART VALVES R.

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MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF THE OSCILLOMETRY TECHNIQUE FOR INDIRECT BLOOD PRESSURE EVALUATION M. URSINO DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS. COMPUTER SCIENCE AND SYSTEMS. BOLOGNA, ITALY

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DEPT. OF MEDICAL INFORMATION, HANYANG UNIVERSITY. KOREA

E.G. LEE, Y.H. LEE

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ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING, HANYANG UNIVERSITY. KOREA

M. PARK -OB&GY. HANYANG UNIVERSITY, KOREA D.S. LEE

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ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING, HANYANG UNIVERSITY, KOREA

SPECTRAL RESPONSE OF A BLOOD PRESSURE PULSE TO SMALL VARIATIONS IN THE WAVEFORM'S 1290

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SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF ACCELARATION SIGNALS DURING SWALLOWING AND COUPHING V. GUPTA, D. PRABHU, N. REDDY. E. CANIUNG

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DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING,

THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON AND EDWIN SHAW HOSPITAL

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NOISE REDUCTION ALGORITHMS FOR DIGITAL HEARING AIDS N. WHITMAL, J. RUTLEDGE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE, -

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A SIGNAL PROCESSING MODEL FOR DISPLAY/PERCEPTION PROCESSES C. ORIEUX, Y. B1ZAIS, C. DONCARU

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NANTES CEDEX, FRANCE

SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF DIGITAL PULSE PLETHYSMOGRAMS DURING ATONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM CHANGES J.E. SCHARF, T.L RUSCH, B.S.E.E.

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AUTOREGRESSIVE SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF STABILOMETRIC SIGNALS L OLIVEIRA

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DEPTS. OF ANESTHESIOLOGY & ELECT. ENGNRR., U OF S. FL

D. SIMPSON. J. NADAL FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

U.K.

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AN OPTIMAL FILTERING APPROACH G. TOGNOIA. P. RAVAZZANI. F. GRANDORI

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ANALYSIS OF HEART SOUNDS USING THE WAVELET TRANSFORM P. BENTLEY. J. MCDONNELL

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THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, U.K.

CLINICAL EVALUATION OF ECG DATA COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES FOR AMBULATORY RECORDING HOSSNY EL-SHER1EF. S. PHAM, N. EL-SHER1EF, E. CAREF TRW SYSTEMS INTEGRATION GROUP. USA

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A NON-INVASIVE SPEECH PROCESSING METHOD FOR ANALYSIS OF VOCAL FOLD CANCER 1308

BASED ON AN ITERATIVE EM ALGORITHM J. HANSEN, D. CAIRNS-DEPT. OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, DUKE UNIVERSITY, USA J. RISKI

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USA

ADAPTIVE WAVELET REPRESENTATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF ECG SIGNALS UFAYETTE COLLEGE /. JOUNY, P. HAMILTON, M. KANAPATHIPILLAl DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.

1310

EFFECTS OF SHORT DURATION SIGNAL ANALYSIS FOR DETECTING VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION R. THRONE, S. GUPTA-DEPT. OF ELECT. ENGNRR, UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA

1312

A STUDY ON THE STOCHASTIC PROPERTIES OF THE EEG USING BICOHERENCE H. PARK, K PARK DEPT. OF BIOMEDICAL ENGNRR., SEOUL NATL UNIV., KOREA

1314

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EFFICIENT BASELINE WANDER REMOVAL FOR FEATURE ANALYSIS OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC 1316

BODY SURFACE MAPS A. ADGEY

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HAKUOH UNIVERSTTY. JAPAN

AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY, JAPAN

Y. YAZU, N. DAIMON. S. SUZUKI, H. IDE

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ISYZY ADVANCED ENG. CENTER LTD., JAPAN

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INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS, CHINA

ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, CHINA

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INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS

DETERMINISM AND THE PROSPECT OF CONTROL OF SIMPLE NEURONAL SYSTEMS

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REAL-TIME SIGNAL RESTORATION BY NATURAL-OBSERVATION SYSTEM J. HORI, Y. SATTOH, T. KIRYU

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USE OF EIGENVECTOR EXPANSIONS IN GENERALIZED WIENER SYSTEM MODELS D.T. WESTWICK, R.E. KEARNEY

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DEPT. OF BIOMED. ENG., MCGILL UNIVERSITY, CANADA

WAVELET-BASED FANO FACTOR FOR LONG-RANGE DEPENDENT POINT PROCESSES P. ABRY. P. FUNDR1N

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ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE DE LYON, FRANCE 1332

MORPHOLOGY EVALUATION OF HEART RATE VARIABILITY POWER SPECTRUM H. BAKARDJIAN, K. YAMAMOTO

HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY. JAPAN

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FAST DESIGN OF GABOR FILTERS Y. LU, J. MORRIS

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UNIVERSITY OF MARYUND BALTIMORE COUNTY, USA

A NOVEL SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD FOR MULTI-ELECTRODE SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY S. YACOUB, P.Y. GUMERY, K. RAOOF

UBORATOIRE

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CLASSIFICATION PERFORMANCE OF MOTOR UNIT ACTION POTENTIAL FEATURES A. ELIA

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UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS, KALLIPOLEOS, CYPRUS

THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS, CYPRUS

C.N. SCHIZAS- UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS, KALLIPOLEOS, CYPRUS L.T. MIDDLETON

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THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS, CYPRUS

NONLINEAR ESTIMATION OF EGG SIGNALS WITH APPLICATIONS TO SPEECH PITCH DETECTION K. BARNER, J. GALUNT

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APPLIED SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING UB0RAT0R1ES,

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PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF FREQUENCY ESTIMATION METHOD OF MINIATURE END-PLATE POTENTIAL OCCURRENCES BY NONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS M.ARGOUBI- UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL

1342

CANADA

PERTURBATION ANALYSIS OF EGG FOR DETECTING LARYNGEAL PATHOLOGY C. SONG, J. KIM, M. LEE

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REAL-TIME DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING OF ELECTRONEUROGRAPHIC SIGNALS B.

UPSHAW, T. S1NKJAER

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CENTER FOR SENSORY-MOTOR

INTERACTIONS,

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TIME VARYING AMPLITUDE PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION: APPLICATION TO THE STUDY OF HEAD REST COMFORT IN A CAR T. UMOTTE

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INFORMATION BASED FEATURE SELECTION FOR SUPERVISED MOTOR UNIT ACTION POTENTIAL CLASSIFICATION

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UMAB-DIVISION OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS, USA

ISSUES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FRAMEWORK FOR COLLABORATIVE MEDICAL DECISION MAKING G. RA O

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UNIVERSTTY OF MEDICINE AND DENTRISTRY OF NEW JERSEY. USA

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NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, USA

REGIONAL EXPERIENCE OF A MULTIMEDIA INTERACTIVE MEDICAL RECORD C. BEUSCART, S. VERMEERSCH, X. TRIMONIERE L DEKKER. P. POCHOL

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HOPLTALTROUSSEAU, FRANCE

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USABILITY ASSESSMENT OF INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA MEDICAL WORKSTATION M. BESUCART-ZEPH1R, S. MOLENDA UNIVERSITE CHARLES DE GAULLE. FRANCE

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A MULTIMEDIAL ENVIRONMENT FOR ELDERLY HEALTH CARE: A LOCAL EXPERIENCE AT THE SAVONA EPIC PILOT SITE

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USA

MACHINE VISION RECOGNITION OF FACIAL AFFECT USING B ACKPROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORKS R. AVENT, C. NG, J. NEAL

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A NEURAL NET SCREENING OF PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS K. YANA, K. KAWACHI K. IIDA

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AMERICAN RESEARCH CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, USA

1366

DEPT. OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATICS. HOSE! UNIVERSITY

FUND. RSRCH. UBS.. NEC CORP. JAPAN

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DEPT. OF NEUROPSYCHIATRY. TOKYO MED & DENTAL UNIV.. JAPAN

OFHOSP. INFO., TOKYO MED. & DENTAL UNIV.. JAPAN

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1368

D.L HUDSON, M.E. COHEN- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. USA

FUZZY ANALYSES OF BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING S. SHAH, W. FALLER, M. LUTTGES

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AN OPTIMIZATION BASED TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEM FOR INTERSTITIAL THERMO¬ RADIOTHERAPY AND THERMAL ABLATION

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INTELLIGENT PROCESSING OF AMBULATORY MONITORING DATA IN GESTATIONAL DIABETES

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DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, CHINA

A NEW EXPERT SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING CARDIOSURGICAL PATIENTS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS: PRELIMINARY VALIDATION

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS COMPUTER SCIENCE AND SYSTEMS.

BOLOGNA, ITALY FUZZY LOGIC CLASSIFICATION OF FRAGMENTED CARDIAC MYOPOTENTIALS D.T. THOMSON, B.S. SHARIF, E.G. CHESTER

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING,

UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE, ENGUND RWF CAMPBELL, S.S. FURNISS

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DEPARTMENT OF ACADEMIC CARDIOLOGY, FREEMAN HOSPITAL ENGUND

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MIAMI PROJECT TO CURE PARALYSIS, UNIV. OF MIAMI

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BIOMED. IMAGING GROUP, DEPT. OF ELECT. ENGG, SUNY AT BUFFALO, NY

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DEPARTMENT OF BIO-MEDICAL ENGINEERING.

TOKAI

JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, HOKURIKU DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCE, HIMEJI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

A. YOSHIDA-DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HEALTH CARE MODELLING AND THE LESSONS FROM LIVER TRANSPLANTATION E. CARSON. D. CRAMP. H. LEICESTER

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TECHNIQUE

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CITY UNIVERSITY,

1390

UNITED KINGDOM

IN ERP APPLICATION

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. USA

NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH. USA

W. WILLIAMS, H. SHEVRIN- UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, USA

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IMPROVEMENT OF DATA MANAGEMENT IN SCIENTIFIC UROLOG1CAL RESEARCH W. D'HOLLOSY, B. HENDRIKS, W. WITJES, F. DEBRUYNE. H. WIJKSTRA AN

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MULTIMEDIA ENVIRONMENT FOR THE INTEGRATION

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UNIV. DE CAEN, COMPUTER SCIENCE UB.. FRANCE

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UNITED KINGDOM

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REHAB. ENG. DEPT. REHAB. INSTIT. OF MICHIGAN

ANALYSIS OF GASTRIC MULTIPARAMETER CLINICAL EXPERIMENTS X. LIN. J. LIN. F. ZHU, H. KANG. F. CAI. W. CHEN

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HUA7.H0NG UNIVERSITY OF SCI. & TECH., CHINA

A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL CONSULTATION AND EDUCATION D. FORAN, L GOODELL, R. TRELSTAD

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UMDNJ-BIOIMAG1NG UB, USA

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UNIVERSIDAD II1EROAMERICANA, MEXICO

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NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY. USA

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