ACCES17 & CMBEC Joint Conference
Preliminary List of Academic Papers & Sessions
June 18 - 22, 2012
Westin Nova Scotian, Halifax, NS
Wednesday
Biomechanics
Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 10:30 – 12:00
Westin Nova Scotian, Harbour Suite A (Lobby Level)
TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING POPULATION BEHAVIOUR OF CONDUCTED ENERGY WEAPONS IN CANADA
Andy Adler, David Dawson, Owen Marsh, Carleton University
A BIOMECHANICAL INVESTIGATION OF WARM-UP PROCEDURES FOR MUSICIANS
Donald Russell, Moyra McDill, Carleton University
Gilles Comeau, Nona Ahmadi, University of Ottawa
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN OPTIMIZATION-BASED MODELING OF WEIGHT-BEARING LOADS ON THE KNEE JOINT IN PAEDIATRICS
Thomas Flynn, Daniel Borschneck, Lucie Pelland, Queen's University
RHEOLOGICAL AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SYNOVIAL FLUID FROM PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS
Anwar Madkhali, Dana Grecov, Ezra Kwok, University of British Columbia
Sensors and Data Processing
Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 1:30 – 3:00
Westin Nova Scotian, Harbour Suite A (Lobby Level)
WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORKS WITH COMPRESSED SENSING THEORY
Mohammadreza Balouchestani, Ryerson University
GRAPHICAL USER INFERFACE FOR AMBULATORY MONITORING OF MOTION AND PRESSURE USING EMBEDDED PRESSURE SENSORS AND IMU IN A PORTABLE MULTISENSORY DATA-LOGGER, PROCESSOR, AND TRANSMITTER
Luke Russell, Carleton University
QUANTITATIVE CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF MUSCLE SPASTICITY USING WEARABLE SENSORS
Chris A. McGibbon, Andrew Sexton, University of New Brunswick
Melony Jones, Colleen O'Connell, Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation
A WEARABLE SENSOR SYSTEM FOR QUANTIFYING ISOMETRIC ELBOW AND KNEE JOINT STRENGTH [Pending Acceptance]
John Landry, Andrew Sexton, Marcus Brookshaw, Glen Hughes, Chris McGibbon, University of New Brunswick
Thursday
Assistive Technology and Prosthetics
Thursday, June 21, 2012, 8:30 – 10:00
Westin Nova Scotian, Harbour Suite A (Lobby Level)
SIMULTANEOUS AND PROPORTIONAL ESTIMATION OF MULTIPLE DOFS FOR MYOELECTRIC PROSTHESES: A COMPARISON BETWEEN FORCE AND POSITION CONTROL PARADIGMS
Ali Ameri, Kevin Englehart, and Phillip Parker, University of New Brunswick
A STUDY OF KALMAN FILTERING APPLIED TO MYOELETRIC SIGNAL STATE TRACKING
Katerina Biron, Kevin Englehart, Philip Parker, University of New Brunswick
HIGH DENSITY FACIAL MAPPING FOR ALTERNATIVE EOG ELECTRODE PLACEMENT FOR THE DISABLED
Josh Keys, Adam Wilson, Yves Losier, and D.F. Lovely, University of New Brunswick
MICRO-MINIATURE REED SWITCH SOLUTION FOR LOW POWER CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
Albert Lockett, Adam Wilson, Josh Keys, and Yves Losier, University of New Brunswick
EMG (Electromyography)
Thursday, June 21, 2012, 10:30 – 12:00
Westin Nova Scotian, Harbour Suite A (Lobby Level)
CLEAN EMG: COMPARING INTERPOLATION STRATEGIES FOR POWER LINE INTERFERENCE QUANTIFICATION IN SURFACE EMG SIGNALS
Nurul Abser, Dawn MacIsaac, University of New Brunswick
Adrian D.C. Chan, Graham Fraser, James R. Green, Carleton University
ITERATIVE BLIND SOURCE SEPARATION OF EMG SIGNALS BASED ON THE JOINT DOMAIN SPARSITY
Hoda Dehghan, Richard M. Dansereau, Adrian D. C. Chan, Carleton University
PILOT TEST OF THE PROTOTYPE WEARABLE EMG ANALYSIS FOR REHABILITATION (WEAR) SYSTEM
Adam Freed, Adrian D. C. Chan, Carleton University
Edward D. Lemaire, The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre
Avi Parush, Emile Richard, Carleton University
OPTIMIZATION OF AN EMG PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEM BY A SELECTION METHODOLOGY OF ELECTRODE POSITION USING FFT AND ANN ALGORITHMS
Juan Carlos Gonzalez Ibarra, Carlos Soubervielle Montalvo, Omar Vital Ochoa and Juan Carlos Cuevas Tello, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Dr. Manuel Nava, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
REPEATABILITY OF MES-BASED FATIGUE ASSESSMENT IN STATIC AND CYCLIC CONTRACTIONS
Sabeer A. Zaman, Dawn T. MacIsaac, Philip A. Parker, University of New Brunswick
Clinical Engineering I
Thursday, June 21, 2012, 1:30 – 3:00
Westin Nova Scotian, Harbour Suite A (Lobby Level)
VIASYS HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR FAILURE 3100B CASE STUDY: A REGIONAL ADVANTAGE FOR INVESTIGATIONS
Andrew Ibey, Stephen Gorelik, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
OCCLUSION LIMIT PRESSURE SETTINGS: RETHINKING THE DEFAULTS
Andrew Ibey, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Matthieu Moquet, Institut Universitaire de Technologie, Universite de Bretagne Sud, Lorient, France
Tony Hsieh, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
AUTOMATIC ADAPTATION OF TOURNIQUET PRESSURE DURING SURGERY TO IMPROVE PATIENT SAFETY
James McEwen, Hooman Sadr, University of British Columbia
Raphael Wong, Michael Jameson, Western Clinical Engineering Ltd., Vancouver, BC
Bassam Masri, University of British Columbia
Clinical Engineering II and Medical Informatics
Thursday, June 21, 2012, 3:30 – 5:00
Westin Nova Scotian, Harbour Suite A (Lobby Level)
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR A PERINATAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM USING A KNOWLEDGE-BASED APPROACH
Marry Gunaratnam, Carleton University
Monique Frize, Carleton University; University of Ottawa
Erika Bariciak, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa
IMPLEMENTATION OF METRICS TO ASSESS SURGICAL MICROSCOPE MANOEUVRING SKILLS DURING MYRINGOTOMY
Arefin Shamsil, Brandon Wickens, Philip C. Doyle, Sumit K. Agrawal, Hanif M. Ladak, University Of Western Ontario
WIRELESS DOWNLOAD FROM MAC 5500 ECG CARTS AND THE MEDICAL FIELDS USE OF EXISTING IT HARDWARE
Paul Verboom, Capital Health, Nova Scotia
Friday
Tissue Engineering and Biomechanical Modelling
Friday, June 22, 2012, 8:30 – 10:00
Westin Nova Scotian, Harbour Suite A (Lobby Level)
ESTIMATION OF EFFECTIVE PAD POSITIONS DURING CARDIOVERSION USING 3-DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT MODEL
Varsha Chaugai, Andy Adler, Adrian D. C. Chan, Carleton University
Timothy Zakutney, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
DEVELOPMENT OF SCHWANN CELL-ENCAPSULATED ALGINATE SCAFFOLDS FOR THE REPAIR OF PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY
Ajay Rajaram, David J. Schreyer, Xiong-Biao Chen, University of Saskatchewan
DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-BODY STATISTICAL SHAPE MODEL OF THE WRIST
Anton Semechko, Anne Agur, University of Toronto
Robert Dony, Michele Oliver, University of Guelph
Tomography
Friday, June 22, 2012, 10:30 – 12:00
Westin Nova Scotian, Harbour Suite A (Lobby Level)
AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF INFLECTION POINTS IN PRESSURE AND REGIONAL EIT CURVES
Ravi Bhanabhai, Carleton University
Inez Frerichs, Sven Pulletz, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
Andy Adler, Carleton University
OPTIMIZED ELECTRODE POSITIONS AND STIMULATION PATTERNS IN HEAD EIT
Yasin Mamatjan, Carleton University
Sujin Ahn, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Tongin Oh, Kyung Hee University, Korea
Andy Adler, Carleton University
A PRIMAL DUAL INTERIOR POINT FRAMEWORK FOR EIT RECONSTRUCTION WITH AUTOMATIC REGULARIZATION
Yasin Mamatjan, Carleton University
Andrea Borsic, Dartmouth College, USA
Doga Gursoy, University of Houston, USA
Andy Adler, Carleton University