Vol. 30 (2007)

Academic

• GRANNIE: A Scalable, Interactive, Artificial Intelligence Supervisory System for Medical Devices

  Paul Frenger

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• The Danger Is in The Details: Human Factors Evaluation of Automatic External Defibrilators

  Anjum Chagpar, Munira Jessa, Joe Cafazzo, Tony Easty

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• Myoelectric Control Development Toolbox

  Adrain D.C. Chan, Geoffrey C. Green

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• Development of an Intra-Oral Bone Growth Stimulator for Titanium Dental Implants

  Anthony Y. Chan

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• The Use of Emg For Load Prediction During Manual Lifting

  S. Chan, E. Morin, J.M. Stevenson

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• Stented Coronary Artery Phantom for Particle Image Velocimetry

  Boby Chu, Rosaire Mongrain, Richard Leask, Olivier F. Bertrand

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• Preventing Pain from Pressure on Subcutaneous Neurofibromas

  Cindy Chu, Laura Given, Justin Ko, Samantha Ng, Kristen Robinson, Jasmine Shihn

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• A Robotic Microscope for 3D Imaging Early Stage Salamander Embryos

  Susan J. Crawford-Yong, Richard Gordon

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• Blood Characterization from Pulsatile Bioimpedance Spectroscopy

  Tao dai, Andy Adler

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• Gender Differences in Auditory Adaptation

  Lisa M. D'Alessandro, Kenneth H. Norwich

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• Safety Criterion for Multi-Source Wireless Usage in Various Reflective Environments

  Donald Davis, Bernard Segal, Christopher W. Trueman

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• CFD Comparative Study of a Flat Versus a Cylindrical Stent Configuration for PIV Investigations of the Prosthetic Influence on Local Hemodynamics.

  G. drapeau, R. Mongrain, Juan Mejia, J. Rodes-Cabau, O.F. Bertrand

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• Magnetic Resonance Imaging Environmental Safety in Ontario

  Tony Easty, Munira Jessa

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• Instrumented Treadmills: Reducing the Need for Gait Labs

  Kimberly A. Edginton, H. Cenk Güler, Jan J. Ober, Necip Berme

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• Experimental Study of the Effects of Drying on Middle-Ear Vibrations in the Gerbil

  Nicolas N. Ellaham, Fadi Akarche, W. Robert J. Funnell, Sam J. Daniel

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• Human Factors in Procurement: Informing the Process for the Safe Selection of Medical Technology

  Andrea L. Piché, Anjum Chagpar, Joseph A. Cafazzo, Anthony C. Easty

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• A Fluid-Structure Interaction Model of the Aortic Valve Incorporating Coronary Flow

  I.H. Campbell, A. Ranga, R. Mongrain, R. Cartier

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• Heating of EEG Electrodes During Rtms

  Mark Archambeault, Hubert deBruin, Gary Hasey, Duncan MacCrimmon

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• The Performance of Onset Detection Methods for Surface Electromyographic Data

  A. Andrews, L. McLean

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• Role of Internal Friction in the Attenuation of Terminal Impact Noise in Above-Knee Prostheses

  Jan Andrysek, Sue Redekop

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• Kinetic Versus Kinematic Strategies in Prosthetic Stance-Phase Control

  Jan Andrysek

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• Grip Analysis: Daily Activities of Young Adults

  Michael Apostol

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• Oral Micrcapsules Impact on Gastrointestinal Microbial Flora: An In-Vitro Analysis


  Fatemeh Afkhami, Wei Ouyang, Hongmei Chen, Bisi Lawuyi, Trisna Lim, Satya Prakash

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• Multichannel Fetal Ecg Extraction and Enhancement Using Triggered Adaptive Filtering Augmented with Weighted Transitions

  Versal Badee, Richard M. Dansereau, Adrian D.C. Chan

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• 
 Designing a Robotic Exoskeleton for Shoulder Complex Rehabilitation

  Stephen J. Ball, Ian Brown, Stephen H. Scott

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• Study the Effects of Variations in Focal Pressure and Scanning Path in Order to Reduce Overheating of the Post Target Bone During Ultrasound Brain Surgery

  Sohrab Behnia, Amin Jafari, Vuria Soltanpoor

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• The Potential of Dielectric Elastomers in Upper Limb Prosthetics

  Elaine Biddis, Tom Chau

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• A Portable and Wireless Mechanomyographic Interface to the Web: A Bedside Solution

  Justin BImbrahw, Eric Wan, Jason Flick, Tom Chau

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• Dynamic Gait Stability Index
Based on Foot-Pressure Parameters and Fuzzy Logic

  Ajoy Biswas, Edward D. Lemaire, Jonathan Kofman

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• Lie Detection Using Brain P300 Signal: Preliminary Results

  Kamyar Abhari, Reza Fazel-Rezai, Amir Meghdadi

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• Pcg Event Detection and Classification Using Right Singular Vectors

  Erin Budd, Marhyhelen Stevenson

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• Time-Frequency Classification of the Transient Mechanomyogram

  Natasha Alves, Tom Chau

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• Power Cost of an Electronic Control System for a Stance Control Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthosis

  Federico Carvajal, Kathryn Reilander, Hadi Golkarieh, Saleh Taebi, Edward Lemiare

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• Choosing Individual-Specific Stimuli to Create Distinct Autonomic States for Communication

  Stephanie Blain, Alex Mihailidis, Tom Chau

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• Validating Heuristic Analysis As an Effective Method for Identifying Human Factors Issues in The Medical Technology Procurement Process

  Andrea L. Cassano-Piché, Juliet M. Mbiti

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• Evaluation of the Collision Technique for Estimating Nerve Conduction Velocity Distribution

  Chad Gilbert, Jose Gonzalez-Cueto

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• Dimensionality Reduction Methods of Electronic Nose Data for Bacteria Discrimination

  Geoffrey C. Green, Adrian D.C. Chan, Rafik A. Goubran

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• AED Deployment in Tiered Cardiac Arrest Response

  Dave Gretzinger, Mary Dawson, Sherry Snider, Randy S. Wax

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• Remote Point-Of-Gaze Estimation for Studies of Selective Attention and Mood Disorders

  Elias Guestrin, Moshe Eizenman

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• Fisher Linear Discriminant Construction for Distributions of Diseased Data

  Andrew Hamilton-Wright, linda McLean

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• Principal Components Analysis Tuning for Improved Myoelectric Control

  Levi Hargrove, Erick Scheme, Kevin Englehart, Bernie Hudgins

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• Fluid Structure Interaction Numerical Simulations of Serial Pulmonary Artery Stenoses

  Eric Hong, Rosaire Mongrain, Olivier F. Bertrand, Joseph rodes-Cabau

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• Alignment of 6-Dof Whole-Body Vibration Data

  Robert J. Jack, Michele Olivier, Robert Dony

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• Simplifying the Cross-Ratios Method of Point-Of-Gaze Estimation

  J.J. Kang, E.D. Guestrin, W.J. MacLean, M. Eizenman

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• Detection of Consciously Controlled Motor Cortical Activation by Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS)

  Jennifer Kohlenberg, Tom Chau

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• Impact of Silver Dressings on Staphylococcus Aureus Biofilm Formation on Rough and Smooth Surfaces

  Victoria Kostenko, Angela Potemkina, Robert J. Martinuzzi

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• Eye-Controlled Computer Interface with Natural Head Movements

  Jerry Chi Ling Lam, Moshe Eizenman, Parham Aarabi

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• Investigation of Discriminatory Potential in Accelerometry Signal for Abnormal Swallow Detection

  Joon Lee, Mitsuko Takeuchi, Catriona M. Steele, Tom Chau

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• Telecoaching in Traumatology

  R. Lemieux, P. Masson, C. Bellemare, M. Martin, D. Bisson, M.-È. Bernard, P. Fauteux, C. Julien, M. Lalonde-Filion, C. Morier, A. Morin-Guimond, M-A Patry, A. Saint-Pierre, P. Moisan, F. Michaud

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• A Biological Approach to Speech Spectrography

  Huawei Colin Li, Willy Wong

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• Usability of a Diabetes Telemanagement System

  Raquel Lopez, Alexander Logan, Joseph Cafazzo, Anjum Chagpar, Rachel White, Melinda McLean, Mat Trudel

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• Residual Shoulder Motion Mes Classifier

  Yves Losier, Kevin Englehart, Bernie Hudgins

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• Audiovisual Synchrony Thresholds

  Sheena Luu, Ewen MacDonald, Hafiz Noordin, Willy Wong

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• Differences in Intravaginal Pressure Generated During Voluntary Pelvic Floor Muscle Contractions Between Continent and Stress Incontinent Women

  Stéphanie J. Madill, Marie-Andrée Harvey, Linda McLean

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• Identifying Movements from Electrocorticography

  César Márquez Chin, Milos R. Popovic, Adam Trasher, Tracy Cameron, Andres Lozano, Robert Chen

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• Fourier Based Patient Posititioning for Radiotherapy Treatment

  Homa Fashandi, Reza Fazel Rezai, Stephen Pistorius

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• A Web-Based Communities of Practice Support System for Caregivers

  S. Fenton, H.D. Covvey, D. Mulholland, noname Cowan, J. Shamian, B. Shroeder

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• On the Mechanism How the Missing Fundamental Is Produced

  Takahide Matusoka

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• Electrode Polarization Compensation in Nonlinear Dielectric Spectroscopy of Biological Cell Suspensions

  C.J. McLellan, A.D.C. Chan, R.A. Goubran

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• Reliability of Lower-Extremity Dynamometry Testing of the Ankle, Knee and Hip

  Katrina A. McQuoid, Jennifer B. Edmonds, Catherine M. MacPhail, Chris A. McGibbon

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• Seizure Prediction by Nonlinear Smoothness Analysis of Scalp Eeg Recording

  Amir H. Meghdadi, Reza Fazel-Rezai, Yahya Aghakhani

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• Mobile Robots Engaging Children in Learning

  F. Michaud, T. Salter, A. Duquette, H. Mercier, M. Lauria, H. Larouche, F. Larosse

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• A Biomimetic Robotic Head Using a Model Of Ocular Tracking

  Kostis P. Michmikos, Henrietta L. Galiana

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• Lower Limb Muscle Synergies During Normal Gait and Obstacle Avoidance in Humans

  Evelyn Morin

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• Development of an Automated Trunk Perturbation System

  A. Morris, M.R. Popovic, A.-K. Bulsen, T.A. Thrasher

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• An Emg-Driven Biomechanical Model of the Elbow

  A.R. Morris, M.R Popovic

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• A Low Cost Non-Contact Approach to Tongue for Special Needs Children

  Kyle Mulligan, Jonathan LaRocque, James Green

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• Efficacy of a Dynamic Armrest for Heavy Joystick Controlled Heavy Vechicles: Could The Same Approach Be Used for Joystick Controlled Wheelchairs?

  Taylor Murphy, Michele Oliver

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• A Model to Assess Fatigue Damage of Human Cortical Bone

  H. Najmi, A. Varvani-Farahani

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• A Phantom Material for Mri of the Neonatal Brain

  Timothy N. Orr, Jeff Winter, Gordon Campbell, R. Therry Thompson, Neil Gelman

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• Real-Time Database Management of Evoked Potential Records

  Michael J. Pougnet, Dennis F. Lovely

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• Design of a Multiple-User Intelligent Feeding Robot for Elderly and Disabled People

  Homeyra Pourmohammadali, Jonathan Kofman, Amir Khajepour

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• Non-Linear Finite-Element Modelling
 of the Newborn Ear Canal and Middle Ear

  Li Qi, W. Robert J. Funnell, Sam J. Daniel

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• Detection of Vasospasm in Comatose Patients Using Eeg Spectral Characteristics

  S. Raihan, MD Sharpe, V Parsa, GB Young, HM Ladak

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• The Use of Rapid Prototyping Techniques to Prepare Physical Replicates of Orthopaedic Implants

  Shabnam Rajaie, Gord Campbell, William Wells, Ben Luan, Steve Kruithof, Robert Bourne, Cecil Rorabecek

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• Generalizing a Multivariable Fatigue Estimator

  Daniel Rogers, Dawn MacIsaac

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• 3D Rapid Prototyping for Synchrotron Application

  Christopher H. Ryan, Thomasz W. Wysokinski, L. Dean Chapman, Malgorzata Korbas

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• Eye-Interact: A Low-Cost Eye Movement Controlled Communication System

  Amir Sadeghian, Chol-Ho Yim, Adrian D.C. Chan, James R. Green

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• A Shift-Invariant Wavelet in Mune Pattern Recognition

  Jillian Salvador, Hubert deBruin

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• A Snapshot of Current Computed Tomography Radiation Protection Practices in Ontario

  E. Seto, A.C. Easty

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• Impact of Dynamic Calibrations on Measurments of a Wearable Motion Analysis System

  Anderw Sexton, Chris McGibbon, Adam Wilson, Glen Hughes, Bernie Hudgins

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• Speech-Based Emotion Recognition Using Sequence Discriminant Support Vector Machines

  Talieh Seyed Tabatabaei, Aziz Guergachi

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• Concentric-Needle Electromyography Assessment: Results From Healthy Individuals and Individuals With C5 Or C6 Radiculopathy

  Lisa Sheehy, Daniel Stashuk, Matthew Faris, Linda McLean

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• Single-Switch Navigation of 3D Spaces

  Jorge Silva, Michael Dzura, Alex Mihailidis, Tom Chau

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• EMG Segmentation for Wireless Access

  Jordan Silverman

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• Muscle Recruitment Patterns in Perturbed Sitting

  Vivian Sin, Albert H. Vette, T. Adam Thrasher, Alam Morris, Noritaka Kawashima, Milos R. Popovic

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• Increase and Rehabilitation of Strength of Hand and Fingers

  Anatolio S. Skuratovich

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• Transmission Ultrasound Imaging to Guide Thermal Therapy

  Eldham Soleimankhani, Michael C. Kolios

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• Developing Accessible Telehealth Technology

  Wendy Strobel, Ed Shlueter

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• Respiratory Effort As a Potential Access Pathway

  Kelly Tai, Tom Chau

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• Measuring Blood Glucose Using Vertical Cavity Semiconductor Lasers (VCSELs)

  Sahba Talebi Fard, Lukas Chrostowski, Ezra Kwok

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• Effects of Conduction Velocity and Spectral Comperssion on Fractal Parameters of Myoelectric Signals


  Mehran Talebinejad, Adrian D.C. Chan, Ali Miri

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• Sign Language Links in Web Content

  Norma Thompson

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• Understanding Topographical Disorientation: A Simulation

  Jorge Torres-Solis, Tom Chau

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• IWalker: A ‘Real-World’ Molity Assessment Tool

  J.Y. Tung, W.H. Gage, K. Zabjek, D. Brooks, B.E. Maki, A. Mihailidis, G. Fernie, W.E. McIlroy

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• Modulation of Proportional and Derivative (Pd) Control Command Can Match Physiological Ankle Torque Modulation During Quiet Standing

  Albert Vette, Kei Masani, John Tan, Masaki Abe, Kimitaka Nakazawa, Milos R. Popovic

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• Optimal Combination of Minimum Degrees of Freedom to Be Actuated in the Lower Limbs to Facilitate Arm-Free Paraplegic Standing

  Joon-Young Kim, Albert H. Vette, James K. Mills, Milos R. Popovic

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• Improvement in Balance With a Cost-Effective Virtual Environment

  S. Virk, M. Milosevic, D.M. Mravyan, M. Khodaei, B. Grabovac, M. Khodaei, C. Chao, R. Karkokli, R. Li, C.-C. Kant, K.M. Valter McConville

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• Intelligent In-House Monitoring for the Elderly

  Barry Vuong, Richard Rzeszutek, Paolo Auciello

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• An Improved Display for Word Prediction Software

  David Wells, Cynthia Tam, Paul O'Brien, Colin Ward, Tom Nantais

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• A Wireless Interface for Prosthetic Controllers

  David Wells, Paul O'Brien

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• Eyebrow Accelerometer Switch As an Alternative Access Pathway for an Individual with Severe Motor Impairments

  Melanie Yeung, Tom Chau

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• Optimization of Full Body Kinematic Models for the Assessment of Pediatric Gait and Postural Stability.

  Karl F. Zabjek, Sue Redekop, Jan Andrysek

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• Finite Element Mesh Reduction Guidelines for the Inverse Problem of Source Localization in Peripheral Nerves

  José Zariffa, Milos R. Popovic

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• E-Amigo: Assistant for the Intellectually Disabled

  Jason Dai, Siva Venkat, Shruthi Raman, Sameer Rehman, Shajee Kathrirgamanathan, Mayunthan Nithiyanantham, Hao Xin, John S. Zelek

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• Model Simulation of Forearm Hyperaemic Reactivity

  Xueli Zhao, Andre Arsenault, Kim L. Lavoie, Bernard Meloche, Simon L. Bacon

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