Conference Papers: Recent submissions

Now showing items 721-740 of 2600

    • A study of human emotional: Review 

      Nurnadia, M. Khair; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr.; Muthusamy, Hariharan, Dr.; Shafriza Nisha, Basah, Dr. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)
      Modeling human activities such as human robotic, and human behavior is an active research involving multidisciplinary field including biomedical engineering, biomechanics, mathematics etc. Thus is due to the fact that a ...

    • Best pulse selection of photoplethysmography signal through comparative method 

      Nurhafizah, Mahri; Gan, Kok Beng, Dr.; Mohd. Alauddin, Mohd. Ali, Prof. Dr. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)
      Photoplethysmography (PPG) signals are always corrupted with motion artifacts and resulting in bad quality PPG signals. The proper designed data acquisition protocol may help in acquisition of reliable and consistence PPG ...

    • Development of EEG-based stress index 

      Norizam, Sulaiman; Mohd Nasir, Taib, Prof. Dr.; Sahrim, Lias; Zunairah, Hj Murat; Siti Armiza, Mohd Aris; Mahfuza, Mustafa; Nazre, Abdul Rashid (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)
      This paper presents a non-parametric method to produce stress index using Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals. 180 EEG datasets from healthy subjects were evaluated at two cognitive states; resting state (Eyes Closed) and ...

    • Fabrication of 3C-silicon carbide membranes: Towards development of novel microdevices for biomedical applications 

      Nashrul Fazli, Mohd Nasir; Charan, M. Shah; Leech, Patrick William; Reeves, Geoffrey K.; Pirogova, Elena; Istivan, Taghrid S; Tanner, Philip G.; Holland, Anthony Stephen (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)
      3C-SiC is currently under intense study as a potential material for implantable low power blood pressure sensing due to its biocompatibility. In this work, we present and discuss the fabrication processes for n-type 3C-SiC ...

    • A compact peanut-shape printed antenna for bio-telemetric tablet system 

      M. S., Zulkefli; Mohd Fareq, Abd Malek, Dr.; Mohd Hafizuddin, Mat; Ronald, Suzanna Harun; Mohd Faizal, Jamlos, Dr. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)
      In this paper, 2.45 GHz compact peanut-shape antenna suitable for bio-telemetric tablet system is proposed. In order to make a compact antenna, multi-layer substrate and shorting pin method are used. The specific absorption ...

    • Thermal conduction and perfusion of ring-slot microwave antenna for treatment liver tumor 

      Chaichanyut, M.; Tungjitkusolmun, Supan, Dr. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)
      In recent years, various types of applications of electromagnetic techniques to microwave thermal therapies have been developed. The authors have been studying the coaxial ringslot antenna. We analyses the temperature ...

    • Evaluation of Weight Factor Mode and EEMD performance on measuring heart rate activity in the presence of cardiac arrhythmia 

      Mohamed, Kharrat; Wakuda, Yuki; Kobayashi, Shinsuke; Koshizuka, Noboru; Sakamura, Ken (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)
      In this work we aim at evaluating the performance of our previously proposed method Weight Factor Mode (WFM), which is based on Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition (EEMD), in the case of cardiac arrhythmia. For this, we ...

    • Biomechanical evaluation of the dorsal double plating angle-stable fixator versus conventional volar plating for the fixation of intra-articular distal radius fracture 

      Arash Nasrollahi, Shirazi; Mohammed Rafiq, Abdul Kadir (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)
      The conventional surgical method with volar plating has been described the good results in young patient. However, the elderly patients especially who has the osteoporotic bone may have higher risk of loss of reduction in ...

    • Multi-sensor arm rehabilitation monitoring device 

      Radzi, Ambar; Hazwaj, Mhd Poad; Abdul Malik, Mohd Ali; Muhammad Shukri, Ahmad; Muhammad Mahadi, Abdul Jamil, Dr. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)
      Rehabilitation activities require continuous monitoring process in order to provide information of rehabilitation results to be analyzed by physical therapist. The purpose of monitoring is to help them to improve ...

    • Implementation of an improved cellular neural network algorithm for brain tumor detection 

      Azian Azamimi, Abdullah; Bu, Sze Chize; Nishio, Yoshifumi (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)
      Image processing plays an important role in medical diagnosis. In this paper, a brain tumor detection method based on cellular neural networks (CNNs) is proposed. Brain tumor is an abnormal growth of cells inside the skull. ...

    • Simulation study on size and location identification of tumors in liver tissue through eddy current distribution analysis 

      Zulkarnay, Zakaria; Lee, Pick Yern; Azian Azamimi, Abdullah; Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim, Prof. Dr.; Muhammad Saiful Badri, Mansor; Nor Muzakkir, Nor Ayob (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)
      In identifying the location of tumors in the liver, eddy current characteristics analysis can be applied since the conductivity value of normal tissue and tissue with tumors are different, which are 2.88 mS/cm and 5.33 ...

    • Identification of the overexpressed genes in hepatocellular carcinoma using Expressed Sequence Tags 

      Sim-Hui, Tee (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)
      Hepatocellular carcinoma is a main form of liver cancer that is lethal. The identification of the candidate genes that contribute to the tumorigenesis of this cancer is thus significant. In this study, we use Expressed ...

    • Simulink model of Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficient analysis for extracting asphyxiated infant cry features 

      Mohebbi Zulfikar, Mohd Ali; Wahida, Mansor; Lee, Yoot Kuan, Dr.; Azlee, Zabidi (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)
      Pathologic conditions such as deafness, asphyxia and others can be detected from infant cries in real time with a digital signal processor. This is only possible if the digital signal processor is embedded with a Simulink ...

    • Development of biomedical data acquisition system in Hard Real-Time Linux environment 

      Marzia, Alam; Azad, AKM, Dr. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)
      This paper proposes a data acquisition (DAQ) system for the bio signals which is based on the use of biosensors, signal processing unit, data acquisition card and computing device. The methodologies of developing a biomedical ...

    • Development of physical 3D model of maternal-fetal to study light interaction through tissue 

      Nur Anida, Jumadi; Kok, Beng Gan; Mohd. Alauddin, Mohd. Ali, Prof. Dr.; Zahedi, Edmond, Dr. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)
      The development of a synthetic model of a pregnant woman abdomen with amniotic fluid and a fetus is discussed comprehensively in this paper. The model is intended to be used for studying the light propagation through physical ...

    • Design and simulation of high sensitive capacitive pressure sensor with slotted diaphragm 

      M., Shahiri-Tabarestani; B. A., Ganji; R., Sabbaghi-Nadooshan (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)
      This paper presents a high sensitive MEMS capacitive pressure sensor for biomedical applications. Two sensor designs incorporating clamped and slotted diaphragm are implemented and compared to realize the pressure-sensitive ...

    • A review: Malay speech recognition and audio visual speech recognition 

      C., Y. Fook; Muthusamy, Hariharan, Dr.; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr.; Abdul Hamid, Adom, Prof. Madya. Dr. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)
      Automatic speech recognition (ASR) is an area of research which deals with the recognition of speech by machine in several conditions. ASR performs well under restricted conditions (quiet environment), but performance ...

    • Kinetics and EMG analysis of double - legged landing among Reserve Officer Training Unit (ROTU) trainee 

      Hamzah, Sakeran; Siti Zubaidah, Ghazali (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)
      During landing, the double – legged landing strategy is preferred as it provides stability and minimizes injury risk in various activities that involve different magnitudes of ground reaction force (GRF). Factors such as ...

    • Improvement of Medical Imaging Equipment Management in public hospitals of Bangladesh 

      Md. Anwar, Hossain; Mohiuddin, Ahmad, Prof. Dr. Engr.; Md. Rafiqul, Islam, Dr.; Mohd. Abdur, Rashid, Dr. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)
      This paper deals with the development of a standard Medical Imaging Equipment Management System (MIEMS) for public hospitals of Bangladesh. Medical imaging equipment management has become an important component of health ...

    • An overview of thalassaemia disease 

      Nurul Zhafikha, Noor Rashid; Mohd Yusoff, Mashor, Prof. Madya. Dr.; Rosline, Hassan, Dr. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)
      Cooley’s anemia, Mediterranean anemia and thalassaemia major, all refer to a severe, inherited form of anemia first described in 1925 by Dr. Thomas Benton Cooley, an American Pediatrician. There are two types of ...