Vol. 39 (2016)

CMBEC39 in Calgary, Alberta

Published: 2016-05-24

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Clinical Engineering

Alarm Management Systems – Are You and Your Hospital Ready?

Rocky Yang, Maureen Maloney, Mario R. Ramirez, Helen Edwards, Garnett Morris, Gary Nero
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Wireless Smart Infusion Pumps: A Proposed Continuous Quality Improvement Data Analysis Process

Julie Polisena, Hal Hilfi, Mario Bédard, Art Sedrakyan
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Adverse Incident Reporting and Staff Vigilance Leads to Early Identification of Medical Equipment Problems

Mario R Ramirez, Eric Niles, Navtej Virdi, Rocky Yang, Greg Patterson
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Biomedical Engineering's Position in Quebec Health Network New Structures

Gnahoua Zoabli, Edwige Huguette Dongmo, Julianne Desforges
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Regional Prioritization and Replacement of Surgical Tables

Chris Bzovey, Kyle Eckhardt
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Is There a Specific Professional Act for Clinical Engineers?

Gnahoua Zoabli
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Aim CT Accreditation Program Development for CT X-ray Systems

Douglas McTaggart
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A Study of Medical Equipment Donations: Recipient Experiences

Beverly Bradley, Charles Yoon, Sulmaz Zahedi, Yolanda Adusei-poku, Bill Gentles
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Medical Device Electronics Development in Resource Limited Settings: A Ugandan Perspective

Philippa N. Makobore, Dick Kamugasha, Peter Rolfe, Robert Ssekitoleko
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Development and Initial Implementation of Performance Assurance Work Order Prioritization System

Chris Bzovey, Michael Moore, Agustina Krivoy, Petr Kresta, Tidimogo Gaamangwe
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Planning for Replacement of GI Endoscopy Equipment in a Regional Setting

Maryam Samiee, Shawn Wiebe, Tidimogo Gaamangwe
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Maximizing the Value of Donated Medical Equipment in Resource-limited Settings: The Roles of Donors and End-users

Dinsie B. Williams, Jillian Clare Kohler
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Academic

Wavelength-dependent properties of motion artifacts in action potentials acquired with dual wavelength cardiac optical mapping impact the performance of ratiometry

Marcela P. Rodriguez, Anders Nygren
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Cardiac optical mapping using frequency filtering techniques for low resolution cardiac images

Juan D. Olarte España, Jose A. Franco Calderon, Enrique Estupiñán Escalante
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Classification of periodic leg movements through actigraphy signal analysis

Yashodhan Athavale, Mark Boulos, Brian J. Murray, Sridhar Krishnan
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Validation of a piezoelectric sensor array for a wrist-worn muscle-computer interface

Riley Booth, Peter Goldsmith
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Muscle Conduction Velocity Estimation Using High Density Electromyography

Ashmita De, Gregg Johns, Evelyn Morin
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Alterations in the Relative Surface Velocity of Joint Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in a Sheep Model

Shekarforoush M. Shekarforoush, Kristen Barton, Mohammad Atarod, Bryan J. Heard, John Sevick, David A. Hart, Nigel G. Shrive
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Determining In-Vivo Human Tibiofemoral Cartilage Stiffness Using Dual Fluoroscopy and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Brodie Ritchie, Gregor Kuntze, Gulshan Sharma, Jillian Beveridge, Jessica Kupper, Janet Ronsky
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A Novel Computational Approach for Calculating Sagittal Plane Urogenital Kinematics from Dynamic 2D Ultrasound

Catriona Czyrnyj, Michel Labrosse, Linda McLean
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A Saliency-Based Unsupervised Method for Angioectasia Detection in Capsule Endoscopic Images

Farah Deeba, Shahed K. Mohammed, Francis M. Bui, Khan A. Wahid
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QCT Reconstruction Kernel has Important Quantitative Effects on Finite Element Estimated Bone Strength

Andrew S. Michalski, Brent W. Edwards, Steven K. Boyd
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Application of a Fourier Shift Preprocessing Stage to Improve the Resolution of Resting State fMRI Images

Ehsan Shahrabi Farahani, Paniz Adibpour, Michael R. Smith
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Fully Automated Fibroglandular Tissue Segmentation and Bias Correction in Breast MR Images Using Level Set Method

Mehri Owjimehr, Elise Fear
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Evaluating the Collagen Network of Articular Cartilage Using Contrast-Enhanced X-Ray Microscopy

Ying Zhu, David Bates, Nastassja Sukhnandan, Dragana Ponjevic, John R. Matyas, Steven K. Boyd
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A Novel In Vivo Quantitative Assessment of the Knee Using High Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography

Andres Kroker, Sarah Manske, Ying Zhu, Rhamona Barber, Nicholas Mohtadi, Steven Boyd
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Factors Affecting the Level Set Segmentation of the Heart Ventricles in Short Axis Cardiac Perfusion MRI Images

Doaa Mousa, Nourhan Zayed, Inas A. Yassine
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Porcine Model to Study Mechanisms of Early Filling in the Left Ventricle

Lindsay Burrowes, Alessandro Satriano, John V. Tyberg, Nigel Shrive
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Bone Microarchitecture Changes in Peri- and Post-Menopausal Women: Cortical Porosity is a Marker for Accelerated Change During Menopause

Jennifer L. Bhatla, Lauren A. Burt, David A Hanley, Steven K Boyd
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Induced Breast Cancer Cell Apoptosis by Synchrotron-Based Irradiation with Monochromatic Microbeams

Tomasz Wysokinski, Troy Harkness, George Belev, Wojciech Dawicki, Terra Arnason, John Gordon, Gerald Davies, Liubov Lobanova, Ning Zhu, Adam Webb, Denise Miller, Dean Chapman, Xia Liu
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A Virtual Training Environment for Prosthetic Control

Illya Seagal, Evelyn Morin
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How Can Personalized Tourniquet Systems Accelerate Rehabilitation of Wounded Warriors, Professional Athletes and Orthopaedic Patients?

Jim A. McEwen, Jeswin Jeyasurya, Johnny Owens
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Can Personalized Tourniquet Systems Prevent Chemotherapy-induced Alopecia?

Jim A. McEwen, Jeswin Jeyasurya, Michael Jameson, Fuschia Howard, Shirin Abadi, Christine Simmons
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Experimental Study on the Effect of Point Angle on Force and Temperature in Ultrasonically Assisted Bone Drilling

Khurshid Alam, Mojtaba Ghodsi, Vadim Silberschmidth
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Rheological Study of a Novel Viscosupplement

Michael Chernos, Dana Grecov, Tassos Anastassiades, Ezra Kwok
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Microcarrier Screening for Skin-derived Precursor Schwann Cell Culture in Stirred Tank Bioreactors

Kimberly Bowal, Tylor Walsh, Rajiv Midha, Michael Kallos
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Effect of Hydrodynamic Shear on Proteoglycan 4 Secretion by Bovine Cartilage Explants

Alyssa Morin, Suresh Regmi, Tannin Schmidt
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Fluid Flow Simulation Upregulates Expression S100 Genes During Breast Cancer Development and Progression

Kenneth Fuh, Jessica Withell, Robert Shepherd, Kristina Rinker
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Permutation Entropy Analysis of Heart Rate Variability for the Assessment of Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy

Lazaro Sanchez-Rodriguez, Claudia Carricarte, Andrés Machado, Marta Brown, Mario Estévez
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Modeling Electrical Activity of a Neuron: A Bond Graph Approach

Mojtaba Ghasemi, Faezeh Eskandari, Bahareh Hamzehei, Ahmad Reza Arshi
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Control of Cardiac Alternans in a Realistic Electromechanical Model of Cardiac Tissue

Azzam Hazim, Youssef Belhamadia, Stevan Dubljevic
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Design and Manufacture of a Custom Ligament Loading Device for Use with Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy

Johnathan Sevick, Minjia Xu, Marine Courat, Stephen Andrews, Nigel Shrive
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The Relationship Between the Poroelastic Wave and the Electrokinetic Effect for Cancellous Bone

Young June Yoon
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Analysis of Big Data in Running Biomechanics: Application of Multivariate Analysis and Machine Learning Methods

Angkoon Phinyomark, Sean T. Osis, Reed Ferber
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Fingerprinting of Olive Oil from Spectral Data

Najratun Nayem Pinky, Krikor B. Ozanyan
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Multicomponent T2 Analysis of Glioblastoma in a Mouse Model

Shefali Pandey, Tonima Ali, Susobhan Sarkar, V. W. Yong, Jeffrey F. Dunn
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Electrochemical Sensor for the Diagnosis of Traumatic Injuries of the Central Nervous System

Sultan Khetani, Raied Aburashed, Mohsen Janmaleki, Arindom Sen, Amir Sanati Nezhad
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