Ultrasound is a safe, non-invasive technique that can be used in various medical applications to improve patient quality of life. In this paper we discuss the current status of two ultrasound-based medical projects. The techniques we are developing can in the future be applied to medical monitoring in rural or space settings. Urinary incontinence affects a large percentage of the population. We...

Objectives: To summarize current excellent research in the field of medical sensor, signal and imaging informatics. Method: Synopsis of the articles selected for the IMIA (International Medical Informatics Association) Yearbook 2010. Results: Current research in the field of sensor, signal, and imaging informatics is characterized by theoretically sound techniques and evaluations with focus in ...

Sensor technology's impact on healthcare is growing rapidly. New applications are appearing almost daily. Wireless sensors are now used in an ever-growing number ways, such as monitoring glucose levels in diabetics, recording and tracking heart irregularities and diagnosing infectious diseases. Linking sensors to mobile phones has made wearable sensors a reality, allowing individuals to monitor...

IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics 2007 Summary Objectives: To summarize current excellent research in the field of sensor, signal and imaging informatics. Method: Synopsis of the articles selected for the IMIA Yearbook 2007. Results: The selection process for this yearbook section “Sensor, signal and imaging informatics” results in five excellent articles, representing research in four diffe...

introduction automatic human emotion recognition is one of the most interesting topics in the field of affective computing. however, development of a reliable approach with a reasonable recognition rate is a challenging task. the main objective of the present study was to propose a robust method for discrimination of emotional responses thorough examination of heart rate variability (hrv). in t...

one of the most common signals used for achieving high range resolution in radar is stepped-frequency signals. when a target is stationary in these radars, dft (discrete fourier transform) based processing is used to attain high range resolution profile (hrrp). however, in the case of moving target, due to spreading of the echo signal spectrum, dft based processing is not optimal and decreases ...

Although traditional signal-based structural health monitoring algorithms have been successfully employed for small structures, their application for large and complex bridges has been challenging due to non-stationary signal characteristics with a high level of noise. In this paper, a promising damage detection algorithm is proposed by incorporation of adaptive signal processing and Artificial...

background: this paper proposes a new emotional stress assessment system using multi-modal bio-signals. electroencephalogram (eeg) is the reflection of brain activity and is widely used in clinical diagnosis and biomedical research. methods: we design an efficient acquisition protocol to acquire the eeg signals in five channels (fp1, fp2, t3, t4 and pz) and peripheral signals such as blood volu...