XIII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2013 [electronic resource] : MEDICON 2013, 25-28 September 2013, Seville, Spain /
Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing(13th :2013 :Seville, Spain)
Roa Romero, Laura M.editor.
The general theme of MEDICON 2013 is "Research and Development of Technology for Sustainable Healthcare". This decade is being characterized by the appearance and use of emergent technologies under development. This situation has produced a tremendous impact on Medicine and Biology from which it is expected an unparalleled evolution in these disciplines towards novel concept and practices. The consequence will be a significant improvement in health care and well-fare, i.e. the shift from a reactive medicine to a preventive medicine. This shift implies that the citizen will play an important role in the healthcare delivery process, what requires a comprehensive and personalized assistance. In this context, society will meet emerging media, incorporated to all objects, capable of providing a seamless, adaptive, anticipatory, unobtrusive and pervasive assistance. The challenge will be to remove current barriers related to the lack of knowledge required to produce new opportunities for all the society, while new paradigms are created for this inclusive society to be socially and economically sustainable, and respectful with the environment. In this way, these proceedings focus on the convergence of biomedical engineering topics ranging from formalized theory through experimental science and technological development to practical clinical applications.
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""Preface""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Part I Keynote Speakers""; ""Design, Development, Training and Use of Medical Devices;  with Practical Examples from Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. BACKGROUND TO MEDICAL DEVICES""; ""IV. DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING AND USE""; ""III. DEVICE PROBLEMS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Part II Invited Presentations""; ""David Dewhurst â€? Biomedical Engineer and IFMBE Pioneer""; ""Did Ja an Swamm merdam D o the Firs t Electric Stimulatio on over 10 0 Years b efore gi Luig Galvani i?""; ""I. INTRODUCTION ""
""II I. SWAMME ERDAMâ€?S EXP PERIMENT""""VI. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Part III Biomechanics, Robotics and Minimal Invasive Surgery""; ""Shear Stress Rapidly Alters the Physical Properties of Vascular Endothelial Cell Membranes by Decreasing Their Lipid Order and Increasing Their Fluidity""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. MATEIALS AND METHODS""; ""III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION""; ""IV. CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""An In Vitro Analysis of the Influence of the Arterial Stiffness on the Aortic Flow Using Three-Dimensional Particle Tracking Velocimetry""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""
""II. METHOD""""III. RESULTS""; ""IV. CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""A New Method for Coronary Artery Mechanical Properties""; ""I. INTRODUCTIONS""; ""II. METHODS""; ""III. RESULTS""; ""IV. DISCUSSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Numerical Analysis of a Novel External Support Device for Vein Bypass Grafts""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. METHODS""; ""IV. DISCUSSION""; ""V. CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Hemodynamical Aspects of Endovascular Repairfor Aortic Arch Aneurisms""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. METHODS""; ""III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION""; ""IV. CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""
""Optical Tracking System Integration into IORT Treatment Planning System""""I. INTRODUCTION II. MATERIAL""; ""II. MATERIAL""; ""III. METHODS""; ""IV. RESULTS""; ""V. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Comparative Study of Two Laparoscopic Instrument Tracker Designs for Motion Analysis and Image-Guided Surgery: A Technical Evaluation""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. MATERIALS AND METHODS""; ""III. RESULTS""; ""IV. DISCUSSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""A Decision Support System Applied to Lipodystrophy Based on Virtual Reality and Rapid Prototyping""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""
""II. MATERIALS AND METHODS""""III. RESULTS""; ""IV. DISCUSSION""; ""V. CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Comparison between Optical and MRI Trajectories in Stereotactic Neurosurgery""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. MATERIAL AND METHODS""; ""III. RESULTS""; ""IV. CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""EVA: Endoscopic Video Analysis of the Surgical Scene for the Assessment of MIS Psychomotor Skills""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. MATERIALS AND METHODS""; ""III. RESULTS""; ""IV. DISCUSSION""; ""V. CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""
""Quantitative Evaluation of a Real-Time Non-rigid Registration of a Parametric Model of the Aorta for a VR-Based Catheterization Guidance System""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The general theme of MEDICON 2013 is "Research and Development of Technology for Sustainable Healthcare". This decade is being characterized by the appearance and use of emergent technologies under development. This situation has produced a tremendous impact on Medicine and Biology from which it is expected an unparalleled evolution in these disciplines towards novel concept and practices. The consequence will be a significant improvement in health care and well-fare, i.e. the shift from a reactive medicine to a preventive medicine. This shift implies that the citizen will play an important role in the healthcare delivery process, what requires a comprehensive and personalized assistance. In this context, society will meet emerging media, incorporated to all objects, capable of providing a seamless, adaptive, anticipatory, unobtrusive and pervasive assistance. The challenge will be to remove current barriers related to the lack of knowledge required to produce new opportunities for all the society, while new paradigms are created for this inclusive society to be socially and economically sustainable, and respectful with the environment. In this way, these proceedings focus on the convergence of biomedical engineering topics ranging from formalized theory through experimental science and technological development to practical clinical applications.
Biomedical engineering.
Biophysics.
Biological physics.
Biomedical materials.
Bioinformatics.
Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.
Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics.
Biomaterials.
Computational Biology/Bioinformatics.

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