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Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies

10th International Joint Conference, BIOSTEC 2017, Porto, Portugal, February 21–23, 2017, Revised Selected Papers

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Editors:
  1. Nathalia Peixoto

    1. George Mason University, Fairfax, USA

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  2. Margarida Silveira

    1. Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

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  3. Hesham H. Ali

    1. University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, USA

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  4. Carlos Maciel

    1. University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil

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  5. Egon L. van den Broek

    1. Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS, volume 881)

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Table of contents (20 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXI
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  2. Biomedical Electronics and Devices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. An Electronic-Engineered Sensory Sternal Retractor Aimed at Post-sternotomy Pain Reduction

      • Giovanni Saggio, Alessandra Bianco, Giancarlo Orengo, Giuseppe Tancredi, Costantino Del Gaudio, Jacob Zeitani
      Pages 3-18

    3. \(\mu \)SmartScope: Towards a Fully Automated 3D-Printed Smartphone Microscope with Motorized Stage

      • Luís Rosado, Paulo T. Silva, José Faria, João Oliveira, Maria João M. Vasconcelos, Dirk Elias et al.
      Pages 19-44

    4. A Portable Chemical Detection System with Anti-body Biosensor for Impedance Based Monitoring of T2-mycotoxin Bioterrorism Agents

      • V. I. Ogurtsov, K. Twomey
      Pages 45-73

    5. Microfluidic Devices Integrating Clinical Alternative Diagnostic Techniques Based on Cell Mechanical Properties

      • A. S. Moita, D. Vieira, F. Mata, J. Pereira, A. L. N. Moreira
      Pages 74-93

    6. A Biochip Based Medical Device for Point-of-Care ABO Compatibility: Towards a Smart Transfusion Line

      • Karine Charrière, Alain Rouleau, Olivier Gaiffe, Pascal Morel, Véronique Bourcier, Christian Pieralli et al.
      Pages 94-105

    7. Novel Pattern Recognition Method for Analysis the Radiation Exposure in Cancer Treatment

      • Dmitriy Dubovitskiy, Valeri Kouznetsov
      Pages 106-118

  3. Bioimaging

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. Automatic Segmentation of Neurons from Fluorescent Microscopy Imaging

      • Silvia Baglietto, Ibolya E. Kepiro, Gerrit Hilgen, Evelyne Sernagor, Vittorio Murino, Diego Sona
      Pages 121-133

    3. Evaluation of Dense Vessel Detection in NCCT Scans

      • Aneta Lisowska, Erin Beveridge, Alison O’Neil, Vismantas Dilys, Keith Muir, Ian Poole
      Pages 134-145

    4. Tracking Anterior Mitral Leaflet in Echocardiographic Videos Using Morphological Operators and Active Contours

      • Malik Saad Sultan, Nelson Martins, Eva Costa, Diana Veiga, Manuel João Ferreira, Sandra Mattos et al.
      Pages 146-162

    5. Convolutional Neural Network Based Segmentation of Demyelinating Plaques in MRI

      • Bartłomiej Stasiak, Paweł Tarasiuk, Izabela Michalska, Arkadiusz Tomczyk, Piotr S. Szczepaniak
      Pages 163-188

  4. Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. Compositional Analysis of Homeostasis of Gene Networks by Clustering Algorithms

      • Sohei Ito, Kenji Osari, Shigeki Hagihara, Naoki Yonezaki
      Pages 191-211

    3. Fast and Sensitive Classification of Short Metagenomic Reads with SKraken

      • Jia Qian, Davide Marchiori, Matteo Comin
      Pages 212-226

    4. Computational Identification of Essential Genes in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes

      • Dawit Nigatu, Werner Henkel
      Pages 227-247

    5. A Heuristic for the Live Parsimony Problem

      • Rogério Güths, Guilherme P. Telles, Maria Emilia M. T. Walter, Nalvo F. Almeida
      Pages 248-267

    6. Evaluating Runs of Homozygosity in Exome Sequencing Data - Utility in Disease Inheritance Model Selection and Variant Filtering

      • Jorge Oliveira, Rute Pereira, Rosário Santos, Mário Sousa
      Pages 268-288

    7. Virus Disassembly Pathways Predicted from Geometry and Configuration Energy

      • Claudio Alexandre Piedade, Marta Sousa Silva, Carlos Cordeiro, António E. N. Ferreira
      Pages 289-301
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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2017, held in Porto, Portugal, in February 2017.

The 20 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 297 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on biomedical electronics and devices; bioimaging; bioinformatics models, methods and algorithms; bio-inspired systems and signal processing; and health informatics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • George Mason University, Fairfax, USA

    Nathalia Peixoto

  • Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    Margarida Silveira

  • University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, USA

    Hesham H. Ali

  • University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil

    Carlos Maciel

  • Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Egon L. van den Broek

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