Biomedical Engineering 2: Recent Developments

Session 1: DentistryLong Term Radiographic Evaluation of Hydroxylapatite Augmentation of Deficient Mandibular Alveolar RidgesThe Pucot for Measuring Elastic Moduli and Mechanical Damping of Dental AlloysAcrylic-Ceramic Composite Bone Cement for Alveolar Ridge AugmentationDetermination of Orthodontic Centers of Rotation and Axes of Rotation by Laser Speckle InterferometrySession 2: Medical InstrumentationAssessment of Contractility from the Electrical Impedance CardiogramA Muscle Force Excursion MeterDesign of a Pseudorandom Noise Coded Ultrasonic Doppler FlowmeterA Finite Element Analysis of Self-Heating ThermistorsNew Concepts in Patient Monitoring SystemA Solid State Device for the Determination of Osmotic and Interstitial Fluid Pressures: Clinical and Experimental ApplicationsSession 3: OrthopedicsClinical and Metallurgical Examination of Internal Fixation DevicesEvaluation of Fracture Healing by Ultrasonic "Bone Wave" Measurement through the Fractured Site - In VivoAn In Vitro Mechanical Evaluation of the Rigidity of Various External Fixation Clamps for Ankle FusionDevelopment of Variable Stiffness External Fixation SystemsIntraoperative Somatosensory Evoked Potential (SSEP) Monitoring of Spinal Cord FunctionDesign Variables Affecting Bone-Biomaterial Interface MechanicsSession 4: DentistryHydroxyapatite Augmentation of Atrophic Alveolar RidgeSoft Tisue Response to Different Shaped Hydroxyapatite ParticlesNew Polymer Glenoid Fossa Prosthesis for Total TMJ ReconstructionResults of Experimental Ridge Augmentation Studies with Porous Hydroxyapatite Ceramic ImplantsSession 5: Biochemical EngineeringImproving Quinacrine Female Sterilization with Sustained-Release TabletsSession 6: Cardiology HemodynamicsPacemaker Patients in the Imaging and Therapy Device EnvironmentTachycardia Tolerance: A Critical Feature of Heart-Valve PerformanceBlood Flow Determination from Measured Red Blood Cell VelocityVascular Endothelial Cell Morphology in Various Species Implications for Arterial Fluid DynamicsSession 7: BiomechanicsNoninvasive Biomechanical Measurements of Ankle and Subtalar Joint MotionIdentification of Variables in the Measurement of the Resonant Frequencies of Human Tibiae In VivoBoundary Condition Effects on Vertebral Body StressesDynamic Response of Rabbit Long Bones in BendingStrength Analysis of Mandibular Fracture Fixation DevicesSession 8: Modeling and SimulationA Finite-Element Analysis of Crown Impact Using an Initially Straight Head-Cervical, Spine-Body AlignmentInfluence of Intermediate Activity on Series-Type Enzyme Deactivations: Biomedical ApplicationsA Heuristic Approach to Mathematical Models of Blood O2 DissociationEffect of Ball, Disc, and Pocket Valves in the Entrance of the Left Ventricle on its Filling and Ejection Studies in a Model CirculationSteady Inspiratory Pressure-Flow Relationship in a Human Bronchial Tree ModelComputer Simulation of Dynamics and Control of Transmicrovascular Fluid and Protein ExchangesMathematical Modeling of Neuro-Musculature System at Human Hip JointSession 9: BioelectricityElectrical Properties of Wet-Compact BoneFirst Multicentric Italian Program on the Use of Low-Frequency Pulsing Electromagnetic Fields (LFPEF) for the Treatment of Congenital and Acquired Psuedoarthrosis; Suggestions on the Appearance of Periosteal Bone CallusThe Effect of Different Electrodes on the Measurement of Electrical Properties of BoneCharacteristics of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Used Clinically for Pain ControlFinite Element Model for Radio Frequency Heating of a Lung TumorEvaluation of Reconstituted Freeze-Dried Baboon Tissue as a Model for EMR ResearchEffects of Electromagnetic Induced Intracranial Hyperthermia in DogsSession 10: BiomechanicsImproved Design Criteria for Crash HelmetsEmpirical Predicting Fracture Loads and Dispacements of Long Bones Subjected to Bending and/or TorsionInterpretation of Neck Loads Transduced by Advanced Anthropomorphic Test Dummies - I.