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Programme Day 1 - Monday 14 July 2008
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08:30
Registration
 
09:00
Chairman's Opening Address
Dr Claudia Manfredi Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
 
09:30
Keynote Address
Non Invasive EEG-Based Brain Computer Interface for Communication and Control
Associate Professor Fabio Babiloni, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy
 
10.30
Refreshments
 
Session 1.1:   Electrophysiology
11:00
Low Frequency Phase Synchronisation Analysis of MEG Recordings from Children with ADHD and Controls using Single Channel ICA
C Demanuele, C J James, E J S Sonuga-Barke, University of Southampton, UK A Capilla, University of Madrid, Spain
 
11:20
Late Positive Event-Related Potentials Enhancement through Independent Component Analysis Clustering M Milanesi, Fondazione Toscaza, Italy C J James, University of Southampton, UK
N Martini, Fondazione Toscana, Italy & University of Pisa, Italy
A Gemignani, B Ghelarducci, University of Pisa, Italy
D Menicucci, IFC Institute of CNR, Italy
L Landini, Fondazione Toscana G. Monasterio, Italy & University of Pisa, Italy & IFC Institute of CNR, Italy
 
11:40
A Fast Algorithm for Automated Independent Process Separation from Single Channel Biomedical Signal Recordings: FastIPA
C J James, University of Southampton, UK M E Davies, University of Edinburgh, UK
 
12:00
Blind Source Separation to Extract Foetal Heart Sounds from Noisy Abdominal Phonograms: A Single Channel Method
A Jiménez-González, University of Southampton, UK & Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico
C J James, University of Southampton, UK
 
12:20
Exploiting Independence Measures in Dual Spaces with Application to Atrial F-wave Extraction in the ECG
R Phlypo, Ghent University, Belgium & UNSA/CNRS, France
V Zarzoso, UNSA/CNRS, France I Lemahieu, Ghent University, Belgium
12:40
Lunch
 
14:00
Poster Session 1 with refreshments
Telemedicine, Emerging Technologies and Critical/Intensive Care
 
P1.1
A Geographic Network for MRI Assessment of Iron Overload in Thalassemia: The MIOT Experience
A Meloni, A Ramazzotti, V Positano, C Salvatori, P Marcheschi, B Favilli, D De Marchi, M Mangione, A Pepe, G Rossi, M Lombardi, MF Santarelli, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Italy & Fondazione Gabriele Monasterio, Italy
S Prato, GE Healthcare, Italy
L Landini, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Italy & University of Pisa, Italy
 
P1.2
A Soft Sensing Method for Monitoring Ambulatory Activities of Patients with Venous Ulceration
S Abadi, A Dehghani, E A Nelson, University of Leeds, UK
 
P1.3
A Ubiquitous Smart Home for the Elderly M W Raad, King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
L T Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada
 
P1.4
Data Compression and Life Signal Acquisition SoC Design
Z Li, J Liu, C Lv, Beijing Union University, China S Li, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
 
P1.5
Data Hiding in Medical Images for Telediagnosis K A Navas, A Thampy, N M Mathew, College of Engineering, India
M Sasikumar, Marian Engineering College, India
 
P1.6
Rural Cardiac Healthcare System – A Scheme for Developing Countries
S Mitra, B B Chaudhuri, Indian Statistical Institute, India
M Mitra, University of Calcutta, India
 
P1.7
Time-Series Data Analysis of Blood Sugar and HbA1c Levels of Diabetic
H Takeuchi, M Ishikawa, N Kodama, Takasaki University of Health and Welfare, Japan
 
P1.8
A Cell Phone-Based Diary for Chronic Diseases
A Takeuchi, N Mamorita, K Ishida, N Ikeda, Kitasato University, Japan
 
P1.9
Application of Quartz Tuning Forks in Multiple-Breath-Helium Washout Measurement
J Y Wang, M E Suddards, J R Owers-Bradley, University of Nottingham, UK
 
P1.10
Optimizing the Assessment of Autoregulation from Black-Box Models
D M Simpson, University of Southampton, UK
A A Birch, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
 
P1.11
On-Line Measuring System of Urea in Blood by Application in Recirculation Vascular Access for Hemodialysis Treatment
G A Martinez, Military Hospital Centre, México
 
Session 1.2:  Non-linear Signal Processing
 
15:00
Simulating and Predicting Blood Glucose Levels for Improved Diabetes Healthcare
W A Sandham, Scotsig, UK E D Lehmann, Royal Brompton Hospital, UK & University of Toronto, Canada
D J Hamilton, ATEEDA Ltd, UK
M L Sandilands, University of Strathclyde, UK
 
15:20
Spike Detection Algorithm Improvement, Spike Waveforms Projections with PCA and Hierarchical Classification
E Biffi, A Pedrocchi, G Ferrigno, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, D Ghezzi, The Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
 
15:40
Non-invasive Fetal Electrocardiography: Validation and Interpretation M J Thomas, QinetiQ Ltd, UK
J K Cleal, M A Hanson, L R Green, University of Southampton, UK
H M Gardiner, Imperial College London, UK
 
16:00
Support Vector Survival Regression
A Eleuteri, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK
 
16:20
Clustering Breast Cancer Data by Consensus of Different Validity Indices
D Soria, J M Garibaldi, University of Nottingham, UK
F Ambrogi, P Boracchi, E Biganzoli, University of Milan, Italy
P J G Lisboa, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
 
16:40
Chest Expansion Reconstruction from Respiration Sound by using Artificial Neural Networks
A Bonarini, M Matteucci, S Tognetti, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
 
17:00
Differences in Source Analysis Accuracy of AEP Generators following Fastica and TDSEP-ICA Denoising
N Castañeda-Villa, University of Southampton, UK & Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico
C J James, University of Southampton, UK
 
17:20
Day 1 Close
17:40
Civic reception hosted by Comune di Santa Marhgerita Ligure
18:40
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