Computers in Biology and Medicine, Volume 39
Volume 39, Number 1, January 2009
Petr Gebouský, Miroslav Kárný, Hana Krízová, Martin Wald: Staging of upper limb lymphedema from routine lymphoscintigraphic examinations. 1-7
Sepideh Babaei, Amir Geranmayeh: Heart sound reproduction based on neural network classification of cardiac valve disorders using wavelet transforms of PCG signals. 8-15
Hai Vu, Tomio Echigo, Ryusuke Sagawa, Keiko Yagi, Masatsugu Shiba, Kazuhide Higuchi, Tetsuo Arakawa, Yasushi Yagi: Detection of contractions in adaptive transit time of the small bowel from wireless capsule endoscopy videos. 16-26
Donggang Yu, Tuan D. Pham, Xiaobo Zhou: Analysis and recognition of touching cell images based on morphological structures. 27-39
Tai Nguyen-Ky, Peng Wen, Yan Li: Theoretical basis for identification of different anesthetic states based on routinely recorded EEG during operation. 40-45
Sébastien Baiotto, Béatrice Labat, Laurence Vico, Mustapha Zidi: Bone remodeling regulation under unloading conditions: Numerical investigations. 46-52
Engin Tekin, Mehmet Engin, Tayfun Dalbasti, Erkan Zeki Engin: The evaluation of EEG response to photic stimulation in normal and diseased subjects. 53-60
Jay Urbain, Nazli Goharian, Ophir Frieder: A dimensional retrieval model for integrating semantics and statistical evidence in context for genomics literature search. 61-68
Yannis Marinakis, Georgios Dounias, Jan Jantzen: Pap smear diagnosis using a hybrid intelligent scheme focusing on genetic algorithm based feature selection and nearest neighbor classification. 69-78
Jus Ksela, Jurij Matija Kalisnik, Viktor Avbelj, Gaj Vidmar, Piotr Suwalski, Grzegorz Suwalski, Kazimierz Suwalski, Borut Gersak: Short- versus long-term ECG recordings for the assessment of non-linear heart rate variability parameters after beating heart myocardial revascularization. 79-87
Ahsan H. Khandoker, Chandan K. Karmakar, Marimuthu Palaniswami: Automated recognition of patients with obstructive sleep apnoea using wavelet-based features of electrocardiogram recordings. 88-96
Volume 39, Number 2, February 2009
B. García, I. Ruiz, A. Méndez, M. Mendezona: Objective characterization of oesophageal voice supporting medical diagnosis, rehabilitation and monitoring. 97-105
Mario Cesarelli, Maria Romano, Paolo Bifulco: Comparison of short term variability indexes in cardiotocographic foetal monitoring. 106-118
N. Oliveira, N. Matela, R. Bugalho, N. Ferreira, P. Almeida: Optimization of 2D image reconstruction for positron emission mammography using IDL. 119-129
Patrícia Cardoso Perez, Rafael A. Caceres, Fernanda Canduri, Walter Filgueira de Azevedo Jr.: Molecular modeling and dynamics simulation of human cyclin-dependent kinase 3 complexed with inhibitors. 130-140
Baopu Li, Max Q.-H. Meng: Computer-based detection of bleeding and ulcer in wireless capsule endoscopy images by chromaticity moments. 141-147
Antanas Verikas, Adas Gelzinis, Marija Bacauskiene, Virgilijus Uloza, Marius Kaseta: Using the patient's questionnaire data to screen laryngeal disorders. 148-155
Michal Kruk, Stanislaw Osowski, Robert Koktysz: Recognition and classification of colon cells applying the ensemble of classifiers. 156-165
Changiz Eslahchi, Hamid Pezeshk, Mehdi Sadeghi, Amir Massoud Rahimi, Heydar Maboudi Afkham, Shahriar Arab: STON: A novel method for protein three-dimensional structure comparison. 166-172
Kiwan Han, Jeonghun Ku, Kwanguk Kim, Hee Jeong Jang, Junyoung Park, Jae-Jin Kim, Chan-Hyung Kim, Min-Hyung Choi, In-Young Kim, Sun I. Kim: Virtual reality prototype for measurement of expression characteristics in emotional situations. 173-179
Jean-Louis Dillenseger, Soizic Laguitton, Éric Delabrousse: Fast simulation of ultrasound images from a CT volume. 180-186
Sun Kim, Jeongmi Kim, Byoung-Tak Zhang: Ensembled support vector machines for human papillomavirus risk type prediction from protein secondary structures. 187-193
Volume 39, Number 3, March 2009
Rajaraman Suryakumar, Derek Kwok, Sheldon Fernandez, William R. Bobier: Dynamic photorefraction system: An offline application for the dynamic analysis of ocular focus and pupil size from photorefraction images. 195-205

Wei Yang, Su Zhang, Yazhu Chen, Wenying Li, Yaqing Chen: Shape symmetry analysis of breast tumors on ultrasound images. 231-238
Yeny Yim, Helen Hong, Joon Beom Seo, Namkug Kim, Eun Jin Chae, Yeong-Gil Shin: Correction of lung boundary using the gradient and intensity distribution. 239-250
Emma Muñoz-Moreno, Marcos Martín-Fernández: Characterization of the similarity between diffusion tensors for image registration. 251-265
Jason D. Gibbs, Michael W. Graham, William E. Higgins: 3D MDCT-based system for planning peripheral bronchoscopic procedures. 266-279
Nicola Lopomo, Simone Bignozzi, Sandra Martelli, Stefano Zaffagnini, Francesco Iacono, Andrea Visani, Maurilio Marcacci: Reliability of a navigation system for intra-operative evaluation of antero-posterior knee joint laxity. 280-285
Jianhua Zhou, J. K. Chen, Yuwen Zhang: Dual-phase lag effects on thermal damage to biological tissues caused by laser irradiation. 286-293
Elif Derya Übeyli, Gul Ilbay, Deniz Sahin, Nurbay Ates: Analysis of spike-wave discharges in rats using discrete wavelet transform. 294-300
Andy H. Lee, Yun Zhao, Kelvin K. W. Yau, Shu-Kay Ng: A computer graphical user interface for survival mixture modelling of recurrent infections. 301-307
Volume 39, Number 4, April 2009
B. R. Wienke: Diving decompression models and bubble metrics: Modern computer syntheses. 309-331
Samad Jahandideh, Somayyeh Hoseini, Mina Jahandideh, Afsaneh Hoseini, AliSalehzadeh Yazdi: Analysis of factors that induce cysteine bonding state. 332-339
Donggyun Shin, Daeryook Yang, Jinhoon Choi: On the use of pseudo-spectral method in model reduction and simulation of active dendrites. 340-345
Christos N. Zigkolis, Nikolaos A. Laskaris: Using conditional FCM to mine event-related brain dynamics. 346-354
Lidong Wang: Influence of Mg2+ on the binding modes of HIV-1 integrase with thiazolothiazepine inhibitor studied by molecular simulation. 355-360
Dipali Bansal, Munna Khan, Ashok Kumar Salhan: A computer based wireless system for online acquisition, monitoring and digital processing of ECG waveforms. 361-367
Danilo Ribeiro, Jose M. Pinto: An integrated network-based mechanistic model for tumor growth dynamics under drug administration. 368-384
Elizabeth Guruceaga, Victor Segura, Fernando J. Corrales, Angel Rubio: FactorY, a bioinformatic resource for genome-wide promoter analysis. 385-387
Zhao-Hui Qi, Xiao-Qin Qi: Numerical characterization of DNA sequences based on digital signal method. 388-391
Nini Rao, Xu Lei, Jianxiu Guo, Hao Huang, Zhenglong Ren: An efficient sliding window strategy for accurate location of eukaryotic protein coding regions. 392-395
Manuel Carlos Díaz-Galiano, Maite Teresa Martín-Valdivia, Luis Alfonso Ureña López: Query expansion with a medical ontology to improve a multimodal information retrieval system. 396-403
Volume 39, Number 5, May 2009
A. Rabinovitch, Y. Biton, M. Gutman, I. Aviram: Dynamics of a spiral pair source and its interaction with plane waves. 405-411
Somchai Sriyab, Jiraporn Yojina, Waipot Ngamsaad, Paisan Kanthang, Charin Modchang, Narin Nuttavut, Yongwimon Lenbury, Chartchai Krittanai, Wannapong Triampo: Mesoscale modeling technique for studying the dynamics oscillation of Min protein: Pattern formation analysis with lattice Boltzmann method. 412-424
Hua-zhen Wang, Cheng-de Lin, Fan Yang, Xueqin Hu: Hedged predictions for traditional Chinese chronic gastritis diagnosis with confidence machine. 425-432
Mahdi Khezri, Mehran Jahed: An exploratory study to design a novel hand movement identification system. 433-442
Jie Zhou, Jun Yao, Jie Deng, Julius P. A. Dewald: EEG-based classification for elbow versus shoulder torque intentions involving stroke subjects. 443-452
Ching-Chuan Wei, Chin-Ming Huang, Yin-Tzu Liao: The exponential decay characteristic of the spectral distribution of blood pressure wave in radial artery. 453-459
Anna Gambin, Ewa Szczurek, Janusz Dutkowski, Magda Bakun, Michal Dadlez: Classification of peptide mass fingerprint data by novel no-regret boosting method. 460-473
Janez Dolensek, Tomaz Podnar, Franc Runovc, Marjan Kordas: Analog simulation of aortic and of mitral regurgitation. 474-481
P. T. Krishna Kumar, Vir V. Phoha, S. S. Iyengar, Puneeth Iyengar: Reduction of noise due to systematic uncertainties in 113mIn SPECT imaging using information theory. 482-488
Volume 39, Number 6, June 2009
Jun Feng, Horace Ho-Shing Ip: A statistical assembled deformable model (SAMTUS) for vasculature reconstruction. 489-500
Aristotelis Chatziioannou, Georgios Palaiologos, Fragiskos N. Kolisis: An in-silico model of the biosynthesis of neurotransmitter glutamate, elucidates the complex regulatory role of glucocorticoids in neurotransmitter glutamate release. 501-511
Agostino Accardo, Monica Cusenza, Fabrizio Monti: Linear and non-linear parameterization of EEG during monitoring of carotid endarterectomy. 512-518
Márcio H. Costa, Maurício Campelo Tavares: Removing harmonic power line interference from biopotential signals in low cost acquisition systems. 519-526
Sun Young Lee, Jong Yun Lee, Kwang Su Jung, Keun Ho Ryu: A 9-state hidden Markov model using protein secondary structure information for protein fold recognition. 527-534
Nizar Bouhlel, Sylvie Sevestre-Ghalila: Nakagami Markov random field as texture model for ultrasound RF envelope image. 535-544
W. Jacquet, Edgard Nyssen, P. Bottenberg, Bart Truyen, P. de Groen: 2D image registration using focused mutual information for application in dentistry. 545-553
D. A. Garzón-Alvarado, José Manuel García Aznar, Manuel Doblaré: Appearance and location of secondary ossification centres may be explained by a reaction-diffusion mechanism. 554-561
G. Mihaela Ungureanu, Johannes W. M. Bergmans, S. Guid Oei, Alexandru Ungureanu, Werner Wolf: The event synchronous canceller algorithm removes maternal ECG from abdominal signals without affecting the fetal ECG. 562-567
Wen Zhong, Michelle Alfa, Sheryl Zelenitsky, Rosemarie Howie: Simulation of cyclic reprocessing buildup on reused medical devices. 568-577
Volume 39, Number 7, July 2009
Obdulia Ley, Chinmay V. Deshpande: Comparison of two mathematical models for the study of vascular reactivity. 579-589
Ali Gunes, Yusuf Ozturk, Ahmad Babanli: An in vivo database model for pharmacological and physiological dosage for experimental animals. 590-594
Shuh-Ping Sun, Ko-Wen Hsu, Jing-Shyr Chen: Postoperative evaluation platform of female breast implant surgery with breast configuration indicator. 595-603
Maria Tito, Mercedes Cabrerizo, Melvin Ayala, Armando Barreto, Ian Miller, Prasanna Jayakar, Malek Adjouadi: Classification of electroencephalographic seizure recordings into ictal and interictal files using correlation sum. 604-614
Dan Brüllmann, Julia Mennickheim, Bernd d'Hoedt: Fast algorithm for detection of reference spheres in digital panoramic radiography. 615-619
Motoki Sakai, Daming Wei: Separation of electrocardiographic and encephalographic components based on signal averaging and wavelet shrinkage techniques. 620-629
Vasiliki E. Markaki, Pantelis A. Asvestas, George K. Matsopoulos: Application of Kohonen network for automatic point correspondence in 2D medical images. 630-645
Qi Shen, Zhen Mei, Bao-Xian Ye: Simultaneous genes and training samples selection by modified particle swarm optimization for gene expression data classification. 646-649
Xingen Wu, Sharon A. Spencer, Sui Shen, John B. Fiveash, Jun Duan, Ivan A. Brezovich: Development of an accelerated GVF semi-automatic contouring algorithm for radiotherapy treatment planning. 650-656
Volume 39, Number 8, August 2009
Taek-Hee Lee, Jeongjin Lee, Ho Lee, Heewon Kye, Yeong-Gil Shin, Soo-Hong Kim: Fast perspective volume ray casting method using GPU-based acceleration techniques for translucency rendering in 3D endoluminal CT colonography. 657-666
Ean-Hin Ooi, W. T. Ang, E. Y. K. Ng: A boundary element model for investigating the effects of eye tumor on the temperature distribution inside the human eye. 667-677
Alfonso Rojas Domínguez, Asoke K. Nandi: Development of tolerant features for characterization of masses in mammograms. 678-688
Taeho Kim, Euiyong Kim, Seok-Ju Park, Hyun Joo: PCHM: A bioinformatic resource for high-throughput human mitochondrial proteome searching and comparison. 689-696
Raúl Alcaraz, José Joaquín Rieta: Surface ECG organization analysis to predict paroxysmal atrial fibrillation termination. 697-706
Jaak Talts, Rein Raamat, Kersti Jagomägi: Influence of pulse pressure variation on the results of local arterial compliance measurement: A computer simulation study. 707-712
Mete Yeginer, Yasemin P. Kahya: Feature extraction for pulmonary crackle representation via wavelet networks. 713-721
Yan Ye, Zhibin Jiang, Xiaodi Diao, Dong Yang, Gang Du: An ontology-based hierarchical semantic modeling approach to clinical pathway workflows. 722-732
Elif Derya Übeyli: Statistics over features: EEG signals analysis. 733-741
Volume 39, Number 9, September 2009
Lu-Chou Huang, Huei-Chung Chu, Chung-Yueh Lien, Chia-Hung Hsiao, Tsair Kao: Privacy preservation and information security protection for patients' portable electronic health records. 743-750
M. A. Pérez, N. Nuño, A. Madrala, José Manuel García Aznar, Manuel Doblaré: Computational modelling of bone cement polymerization: Temperature and residual stresses. 751-759
T. Conlon, Heather J. Ruskin, Martin Crane: Seizure characterisation using frequency-dependent multivariate dynamics. 760-767
Feng Jin, Farook Sattar, Daniel Y. T. Goh: A filter bank-based source extraction algorithm for heart sound removal in respiratory sounds. 768-777
Héctor-Gabriel Acosta-Mesa, Nicandro Cruz-Ramírez, Rodolfo Hernández-Jiménez: Aceto-white temporal pattern classification using k-NN to identify precancerous cervical lesion in colposcopic images. 778-784
Monica Marcuzzo, Pedro Quelhas, Ana Campilho, Ana Maria Mendonça, Aurélio J. C. Campilho: Automated Arabidopsis plant root cell segmentation based on SVM classification and region merging. 785-793
Gerard Fortuny, Javier Rodríguez-Navarro, Antonio Susín, Manuel Armengol-Carrasco, Manuel López-Cano: A simulation finite element model for the mechanics of the internal oblique muscle: A defense mechanism against inguinal hernia formation? 794-799
Antanas Stasiunas, Antanas Verikas, Rimvydas Miliauskas, Natalija Stasiuniene: An adaptive model simulating the somatic motility and the active hair bundle motion of the OHC. 800-809
Félix Fanjul-Vélez, Oleg G. Romanov, José L. Arce-Diego: Efficient 3D numerical approach for temperature prediction in laser irradiated biological tissues. 810-817
Yihui Liu: Feature extraction and dimensionality reduction for mass spectrometry data. 818-823
Mohammed Bahoura: Pattern recognition methods applied to respiratory sounds classification into normal and wheeze classes. 824-843
Melvin Ayala, Mercedes Cabrerizo, Maria Tito, Armando Barreto, Malek Adjouadi: A spreadsheet application for processing long-term EEG recordings. 844-851
Volume 39, Number 10, October 2009
Adriano de Castro Leão, Adrião Duarte Dória Neto, Maria Bernardete Cordeiro de Sousa: New developmental stages for common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) using mass and age variables obtained by K-means algorithm and self-organizing maps (SOM). 853-859
Hossein Khadivi Heris, Babak Seyed Aghazadeh, Mansour Nikkhah Bahrami: Optimal feature selection for the assessment of vocal fold disorders. 860-868
Jung-Leng Foo, Go Miyano, Thom Lobe, Eliot Winer: Three-dimensional segmentation of tumors from CT image data using an adaptive fuzzy system. 869-878
Murat Özgören, Ugras Erdogan, Onur Bayazit, Serhat Taslica, Adile Oniz: Brain asymmetry measurement using EMISU (embedded interactive stimulation unit) in applied brain biophysics. 879-888
Eros Comunello, Aldo von Wangenheim, Vilson Heck Junior, Cristina C. Dornelles, Sady Selamen Costa: A computational method for the semi-automated quantitative analysis of tympanic membrane perforations and tympanosclerosis. 889-895
Norzieha Mustapha, Norsarahaida Amin, Santabrata Chakravarty, Prashanta Kumar Mandal: Unsteady magnetohydrodynamic blood flow through irregular multi-stenosed arteries. 896-906
Christos Lampros, Costas Papaloukas, Costas P. Exarchos, Dimitrios I. Fotiadis, Dimitrios G. Tsalikakis: Improving the protein fold recognition accuracy of a reduced state-space hidden Markov model. 907-914
Dipali Bansal, Munna Khan, Ashok Kumar Salhan: Real time acquisition and PC to PC wireless transmission of human carotid pulse waveform. 915-920
Jorge Juan Suárez-Cuenca, Pablo G. Tahoces, Miguel Souto, María J. Lado, Martine Remy-Jardin, Jacques Remy, Juan J. Vidal: Application of the iris filter for automatic detection of pulmonary nodules on computed tomography images. 921-933
Chengyu Li, M. Rex Cheung: The utility of a marched absorbing layer boundary condition in the finite element analysis of diffuse photon density wave propagation in tissues relevant to breast imaging. 934-939
Jyrki Rasku: A method for the classification of corrective activity in context dependent postural controlling tasks. 940-945
Volume 39, Number 11, November 2009
Tian-Gang Li, Supin Wang, Nan Zhao: Gray-scale edge detection for gastric tumor pathologic cell images by morphological analysis. 947-952
Kun-hong Liu, Bo Li, Qing-Qiang Wu, Jun Zhang, Ji-Xiang Du, Guo-Yan Liu: Microarray data classification based on ensemble independent component selection. 953-960
Ho Lee, Jeongjin Lee, Namkug Kim, In Kyoon Lyoo, Yeong-Gil Shin: Robust and fast shell registration in PET and MR/CT brain images. 961-977
Xu Lei, Peng Xu, Antao Chen, Dezhong Yao: Gaussian source model based iterative algorithm for EEG source imaging. 978-988
Hui Liu, Liping Gai: Statistical estimation of diagnosis with genetic markers based on decision tree analysis of complex disease. 989-992
Giuseppe Placidi: Adaptive compression algorithm from projections: Application on medical greyscale images. 993-999
Antti Kulkas, Eero Huupponen, J. Virkkala, Mirja Tenhunen, Antti Saastamoinen, E. Rauhala, Sari-Leena Himanen: Intelligent methods for identifying respiratory cycle phases from tracheal sound signal during sleep. 1000-1005
B. S. Raghavendra, D. Narayana Dutt: A note on fractal dimensions of biomedical waveforms. 1006-1012
Hassan U. Kalsum, Zuraini A. Shah, Razib M. Othman, Rohayanti Hassan, Shafry M. Rahim, Hishammuddin Asmuni, Jumail Taliba, Zalmiyah Zakaria: SPlitSSI-SVM: An algorithm to reduce the misleading and increase the strength of domain signal. 1013-1019
Kup-Sze Choi, Sophia Soo, Fu-Lai Chung: A virtual training simulator for learning cataract surgery with phacoemulsification. 1020-1031
D. Faulke, Terence A. Etchells, M. J. Harrison, Paulo J. G. Lisboa: Determination of mode of ventilation using OSRE. 1032-1035
Surya Pavan Yenamandra, Ramakrishna Sompallae, George Klein, Elena Kashuba: Comparative analysis of the Epstein-Barr virus encoded nuclear proteins of EBNA-3 family. 1036-1042
Necmettin Sezgin, M. Emin Tagluk: Energy based feature extraction for classification of sleep apnea syndrome. 1043-1050
Muhammad Abdullah Arafat, Jubair Sieed, Md. Kamrul Hasan: Detection of ventricular fibrillation using empirical mode decomposition and Bayes decision theory. 1051-1057
Sareh Zendehrouh, Fatemeh Bakouie, Shahriar Gharibzadeh: Modeling schizophrenic-like neuronal patterns using nonlinear delayed differential equations. 1058-1062
Volume 39, Number 12, December 2009
Geraldo Braz Junior, Anselmo Cardoso de Paiva, Aristófanes Corrêa Silva, Alexandre César Muniz de Oliveira: Classification of breast tissues using Moran's index and Geary's coefficient as texture signatures and SVM. 1063-1072
Somayeh Raiesdana, Seyed Mohammad Reza Hashemi Golpayegani, Seyed Mohammad P. Firoozabadi, Jafar Mehvari Habibabadi: On the discrimination of patho-physiological states in epilepsy by means of dynamical measures. 1073-1082
Qi Shao, Daniel N. Bassett, Kurt Manal, Thomas S. Buchanan: An EMG-driven model to estimate muscle forces and joint moments in stroke patients. 1083-1088
Ebrahim Barzegari Asadabadi, Parviz Abdolmaleki, Seyyed Mohsen Hosseini Barkooie, Samad Jahandideh, Mohammad Ali Rezaei: A combinatorial feature selection approach to describe the QSAR of dual site inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase. 1089-1095
M. Muthu Rama Krishnan, Mousumi Pal, Suneel K. Bomminayuni, Chandan Chakraborty, Ranjan Rashmi Paul, Jyotirmoy Chatterjee, Ajoy Kumar Ray: Automated classification of cells in sub-epithelial connective tissue of oral sub-mucous fibrosis - An SVM based approach. 1096-1104
Maneesh Shrivastav, Paul A. Iaizzo: An interactive graphical user interface for comprehensive analysis of human and swine cardiac monophasic action potential. 1105-1116
Laurens E. Howle, Paul W. Weber, Richard D. Vann: A computationally advantageous system for fitting probabilistic decompression models to empirical data. 1117-1129
Ferenc Kovács, N. Kersner, K. Kádár, Gábor Hosszú: Computer method for perinatal screening of cardiac murmur using fetal phonocardiography. 1130-1136
Alessandra Retico, Maria Evelina Fantacci, Ilaria Gori, Parnian Kasae, Bruno Golosio, A. Piccioli, Piergiorgio Cerello, Giorgio De Nunzio, Sabina Sonia Tangaro: Pleural nodule identification in low-dose and thin-slice lung computed tomography. 1137-1144
Hang Sik Shin, Chungkeun Lee, Myoungho Lee: Adaptive threshold method for the peak detection of photoplethysmographic waveform. 1145-1152
Konstantin Levinski, Alexei Sourin, Vitali Zagorodnov: Interactive surface-guided segmentation of brain MRI data. 1153-1160



