Muscle fiber conduction velocity is generally measured by the estimation of the time delay between electromyography recording channels. In the present paper, we propose to identify the best estimator of a constant time delay among those based on ...

Enabling 3D video in e-health applications results in the provision of more natural viewing conditions and improved diagnosis. Recent advances in wireless communications, network technologies and 3D video capture/display mechanisms enable the ...

Chiral molecules are inherently noncentrosymmetric, they posses an electric dipole allowed second order and higher even order optical nonlinearities. We show that multipolar contributions to the nonlinear polarization can be detected by using a method ...

One of the main concerns in the mining industry is ensuring the safety and security of miners and their equipment. Being aware of the real-time position of personnel in such harsh environments within a special quasi-curvilinear topology is challenging ...

The development of computer-aided design tools for synthetic biology is currently a hot research topic. However the field is not mature enough to provide a generic, adaptable and reliable tool for potential applications. The purpose of this paper is to ...

This paper describes mHealth applications to deal with Non Communicable Diseases in North and Latin America: In Chile, a project focused on Diabetes Mellitus type 2; In the United States, Honduras, and Mexico, projects focused in diabetes, heart failure,...

Metamaterials are complex materials with artificial structure which have special features. These features attract many scientists to use metamaterial structure in many research areas [1]. The metamaterials can enhance properties of microwave and optical ...

Large number of chronic Spinal Cord Injured (SCI) patients suffer from Central Neuropathic (CNP) pain that modifies both spontaneous EEG and Event related EEG responses. The aim of this paper was to analyze on a group level, using clustering approach, ...

Societies are rapidly aging and need to create a new environment with help of smart information and communication technologies. Sensor or sensor network will be powerful tools to create such environment. This paper introduces some resent results of ...

In this work, the tracking of a Wireless Capsule Endoscope (WCE) is considered. The special shape of the movement track in the small intestine has been taken advantage of to model it as a multi mode random process. Then two Multi-Model (MM) target ...

In the current practice of medicine, histopathological examination is the gold standard for routine clinical diagnosis and grading of cancer. However, as this examination involves the visual analysis of biopsies, it is subject to a considerable amount ...

An implantable wireless telemetry prototype is presented leading to a technique to enable a multi access scheme for the control of several implant devices. The prototype is used as a sensor node in WBANs, operating at ISM and MICS frequency bands. It ...

An important aspect in the treatment of various chronic diseases is to optimise physical activity levels. We present a general approach for the implementation of an electronic Feedback Agent that serves as a personal coach for achieving and maintaining ...

Lower back pain is the second most common neurological ailment in the United States after headache with over 12 million Americans having intervertebral disc disease (IDD). An emerging need for a Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) system is due to the ...

Deep understanding of myocardial structure of the heart would unravel crucial knowledge for clinical and medical procedures. The MIOCARDIA project is a multidisciplinary project in cooperation with the Computer Vision Center, l'Hospital de la Santa Creu ...

In this invited paper an overview of the Computed Tomography-based cancer radiotherapy planning is given. All planning steps are described with details, i.e. its goals, existing solutions and typical realizations. On this background, as an example, a ...

This paper presents a single antenna Doppler system for contact-less heartbeat monitoring. The proposed system, based on using a vector network analyzer, is tested at 16 GHz frequency for different transmitted power levels between 0 and -25 dBm. Both ...

A fundamental transformation of services is underway. The public and private services are recognized as the new source of productivity growth and dynamism in economy. Modern economies are soon 90% based on services. Information and Communication ...

This paper proposes the Business-to-Business (B2B) model in the field of railways, based on combining information integration and portal integration in the cloud computing technological environment. Information integration is carried out in a common SQL ...

This paper investigates the automated classification of oral food challenges ('allergy tests'). The electrocardiograms (ECG) of the subjects being tested for allergies were recorded via a wireless mote, and the QRS complexes were manually annotated and ...