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14th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics

NBC 2008. 16-20 June 2008. Riga, Latvia

  • Presentes the results of the Riga Biomedical Engineering and Medical Conference (NBC - 2008)
  • Offers Multidisciplinary Studies of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Biological Sciences and its Application to Solve Medical Problems
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: IFMBE Proceedings (IFMBE, volume 20)

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Table of contents (168 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIX
  2. Invited papers

    1. Biomedical Engineering Program on the Internet for Worldwide Use

      • Jaakko Malmivuo, J. J. Nousiainen, A. Kybartaite
      Pages 5-7
  3. Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

    1. Osteogenesis on Surface Selective Laser Sintered Bioresorbable Scaffolds

      • Victor Bagratashvili, E. N. Antonov, S. M. Howdle, J. M. Kanczler, S. Mirmalek-Sani, V. K. Popov et al.
      Pages 12-15
    2. Investigation of the Bone Cartilage Interface by CLSM

      • Jörg Bossert, T. Keller
      Pages 16-18
    3. Improving Titanium Biocompatibility Manipulating Surface Porocity

      • Daniela Ionita, D. Iordachescu
      Pages 19-22
    4. Plasma Polymer Coating of Titanium for Improved Bone Implants

      • B. Finke, Karsten Schroeder, F. Luethen, J. B. Nebe, J. Rychly, K. Liefeith et al.
      Pages 30-33
    5. Silk-Based Scaffold for Ligament Tissue Engineering

      • H. Liu, H. Fan, E. J. W. Wong, S. Lok Toh, James C. H. Goh
      Pages 34-37
    6. Influence of Hydrogenated Calcium Phosphate Surface on Potential of Stromal Stem Cells in Situ

      • A. V. Karlov, I. A. Khlusov, Y. Dekhtyar, N. Polyaka
      Pages 38-40
    7. The Influence of Cultivation Conditions on the Proliferation and Differentiation of Rat Bone Marrow Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells

      • Gita Krievina, N. Bezborodovs, G. Makarenkova, S. Nikulsins, Z. Krumina, D. Babarikins
      Pages 41-44
    8. Human Blood Cells Affected by Hydroxyapatite Coated Titanium

      • Alevtina Leice, Y. Dekhtyar, N. Britzina, L. Arabere, V. Arhipovich
      Pages 45-47
    9. Development of Biomorphic SiC Ceramics for Biomaterial Purposes

      • Janis Locs, L. Berzina-Cimdina, A. Zhurinsh
      Pages 48-51
    10. Ions Release from Ti Implant Alloys in Simulated Bioliquids

      • Mariana Prodana, M. Caposi, D. Iordachescu
      Pages 60-63
    11. Stress-Strain State of System “Bone-Implant” Analyzed by FEM and its Comparison with Experimental Results

      • Lauris Rupeks, V. Filipenkovs, I. Knets, J. Laizans, V. Vitins
      Pages 64-67
    12. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectra of Technologically Modified Calcium Phosphates

      • Kristine Salma, N. Borodajenko, A. Plata, L. Berzina-Cimdina, A. Stunda
      Pages 68-71

About this book

14th Nordic – Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics – NBC-2008 – brought together scientists not only from the Nordic – Baltic region, but from the entire world. This volume presents the Proceedings of this international conference, jointly organized by the Latvian Medical Engineering and Physics Society, Riga Technical University and University of Latvia in close cooperation with International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE)

The topics covered by the Conference Proceedings include: Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering; Biomechanics, Artificial Organs, Implants and Rehabilitation; Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurements, Biosensors and Transducers; Biomedical Optics and Lasers; Healthcare Management, Education and Training; Information Technology to Health; Medical Imaging, Telemedicine and E-Health; Medical Physics; Micro- and Nanoobjects, Nanostructured Systems, Biophysics

Editors and Affiliations

  • Inst. of Biomedical Engineering and Nanotechnologies, Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia

    Alexei Katashev, Yuri Dekhtyar

  • Inst. of Atomic Physic and Spectroscopy, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

    Janis Spigulis

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: 14th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics

  • Book Subtitle: NBC 2008. 16-20 June 2008. Riga, Latvia

  • Editors: Alexei Katashev, Yuri Dekhtyar, Janis Spigulis

  • Series Title: IFMBE Proceedings

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69367-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-69366-6Published: 05 August 2008

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-69367-3Published: 30 July 2008

  • Series ISSN: 1680-0737

  • Series E-ISSN: 1433-9277

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 648

  • Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

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