Bioengineering

PrefacePlenary SessionBanquetSpecial Sessions Session 1: Clinical Engineering Education - Hospital Viewpoint Session 5: Ultrasonics Imaging Ultrasonically Induced Bioeffects via Mechanical Stresses Hypothermia Ultrasound Tissue Characterization Using Differential Spectral Estimates Session 9: Pharmacokinetics In Vitro and In Vivo Pharmacokinetic Techniques in the Design and Evaluation of Sustained-released Products Physiological and Pharmacokinetic Aspects of Sustained-released Dosage Forms Statistical Methods in the Pharmacokinetic Analysis of Bioavailability Studies Application of a Personal Computer for Automated Data Acquisition in Drug Bioavailability Studies; A Critical Analysis of a A Successful Experience Session 13: Medical Imaging General Purpose Biomedical Image Processing Image Processing Applications in Nuclear Medicine The Diagnostic Performance of Leukocyte Counters Image Processing in Computed Tomography and Computed RadiographyRegular Sessions Session 2: Biomaterials A Mathematical Consistency Check for In Vivo Strain Measurements Attachment of a Partially Absorbable Tendon and Ligament to Soft Tissue Medial Collateral Ligament Replacement with a Partially Absorbable Tissue Scaffold Development of a Bite Force Transducer for Use with Endosseous Dental Implants Physiochemical Characteristics of Alumino-Calcium Phosphorousoxide Session 3: Hemodynamics An External Blood Flow Device Similarity Analysis of Mammalian Hemodynamics Rheology of Blood Oscillating in a Tube In Vitro System for Determining Vein Mechanics A Study of the Flow Characteristic Around the Self-cleaning Heart Valve under Pulsatile Conditions Thrombocyte Size Distribution Analysis Session 4: Computers in Medicine A General Purpose Data Collection, Data Analysis and Communications System BeMi - A Universal Bedside Microprocessor-based Module for Patient-care A Microprocessor Controlled Automated Data Collection Device for the Technicon Autoanalyzer System Microprocessor-based Jitter Analysis in Single Fiber Electromyography Development of an Algorithm to Assist Clinical Engineers to Plan for Clinical Monitoring Systems Session 6: Rehabilitation, Orthotics and Implants Wheelchair-automobile Systems for the Severely Disabled Driver The Design of a Myoelectrically Controlled Upper Arm Prosthesis with Variable Mechanical Impedance Quantitative Assessment of Back Strength-performance Indices Internal Fracture Fixation with Partially Degradable Plates Sustained Pressurization of Acrylic Cement in the Proximal Femur during Arthroplasty An Intramedullary Bone Plug Device Session 7: Bioelectrochemical Phenomena Linear A.C. Electrode Polarization Impedance under Controlled pH and Potential for AG-AGCL Electrodes The Effects of Low Level D.C.