Conference Papers: Recent submissions
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Enhancement techniques for tuberculosis slide images: A review
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)Tuberculosis (TB) is a very hazardous disease caused by infection of germ Mycobacterium tuberculosis that can cause death to the patient. TB can spread like common flu such as through air or direct body fluid connection. ... -
Objective analysis of vision impairments using single trial VEPs
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)Visually evoked potential (VEP) is an electrical signal generated by the brain (Occipital Cortex) in response to a visual stimuli. These VEP are recorded non-invasively by placing the surface electrodes at the scalp, and ... -
EMG analysis of upper and lower rectus abdominis during exercises performed on and off a swiss ball
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)Swiss ball are becoming widely used for training both in athletic programs and rehabilitation. It plays important roles in trunk movements and spine stability besides prevention of low back pain. As it consequence, the ... -
Development of high voltage pulse inducement method for biological cell
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)Electroporation (EP) system is a process of controlling cell functions by using electromagnetic fields (EMF) to create pores through a cellular membrane that causes cell lysis and apoptosis. In this paper we present an ... -
Performance comparison different thickness of non oriented electrical steel material using analysis and performance chart from FEM software
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)Centre for Graduate Studies, 2010-10-16)With market condition today, the economics are such that users and engineer are looking for the best fit for the application at the most reasonable cost in purchasing induction motors. Generally, 0.35mm thickness of ... -
White blood cell segmentation for acute leukemia bone marrow images
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)Morphological diagnosis of the blood and bone marrow smear under the microscope is an important preliminary step in the diagnosis of acute leukemia. The features and differential counts of the cells provide valuable ... -
A study of frequency radiation of human torso for gender classification
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)Studies on human body have shown that they radiate frequencies into space. Radiation of the human body has become attractive biometric feature that is based on holistic body information. This study presents a new technique ... -
Functional enrichment analysis of miR-203 apoptosis-implicated target genes
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)MicroRNAs are non-coding RNA molecules that regulate the protein coding messenger RNA genes. The understanding of microRNA-RNA binding pair is important in molecular biology and molecular therapy. In this study, functional ... -
Information retrieval technique using tag-info method for digital DICOM X-ray images
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)The medical field at present is an example for appropriate innovation in the information technology sector where it can bring benefits to physicians and patients and also the medical tools to prevent disease. Among the ... -
A comparative study of simple geometrical head phantoms on specific absorption rates for simulations and measurements at 900MHz
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)In this paper, a dipole antenna operating at 900 MHz is simulated to examine the most suitable simple geometrical head phantoms for specific absorption rate (SAR) simulations and measurements. The numerical analysis was ... -
Study of Malaysian-sized hand phantom for GSM900/1800 application
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)A simple block hand model with the size of an adult Malaysian hand is suggested to substitute the existing hand phantom of European size. The hand is set up with a Standard Anthropomorphic Mannequin (SAM) head and a candy ... -
Computational fluid dynamics study of middle turbinectomy
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)A computational fluid dynamics study has been carried out using a three-dimensional nasal cavity model reconstructed based on computed tomographic images of a healthy Malaysian adult nose. This normal model was then ... -
Influenza virus vaccine efficacy based on conserved sequence alignment
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)The rapid outbreak of bird flu challenges the outcome of effective vaccine for the upcoming years. The recent research established different norms to eliminate flu pandemics. This can be made possible with skilled experimental ... -
High dimensional microarray data classification using correlation based feature selection
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)Analyzing DNA microarray data pose a serious challenge because of their large number of features (genes) and relatively small number of samples. Extracting features, those have predictive capability for classifying these ... -
A biomechanical analysis of walking and running on a treadmill in different level of inclined surfaces
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)Walking and running has been implicated to increase non-sagittal motion of the pelvis and hip. The purpose of this project is to characterize different gender with different Body Mass Index (BMI) in gait kinematics and ... -
Estimation of falling risk based on acceleration signals during initial gait
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)In an aging society, falling risk of the elderly is one of big problems. In order to improve Quality Of Life (QOL) and curb increases in the care burden and medical costs, it is desirable to estimate and ameliorate falling ... -
A surgical drill guide for pedicle screw placement
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)Despite efficiency of modern techniques and facilities, unplanned perforation and drill deviation could be happened during freehand drilling. The aim of this study was to provide a methodology for fabricating surgical drill ... -
Evaluation of a lumbosacral orthosis in flexion and extension movements of lumbar spine using Cobb method
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)Lumbosacral orthosis (LSO) is a type of spinal orthosis that has been recommended for three basic purposes; abdominal support, pain management, and motion or positional control [1]. Even though the scientific evidence of ... -
Human postures modeling using motion analysis: A review
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)Human motion analysis via computer vision is an important aspect in a wide range of application; ranging from human-computer interaction (HCI) to ergonomics and biomechanics. This paper presents an overview of all processes ... -
Computational analysis of hemodynamic effects on aneurysm coil bundle
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)Recurrence of aneurysm rupture can be attributed to coil migration and compaction. In order to verify the effects of hemodynamics on coil compaction and migration, we analyze the forces and displacements on the coil bundle ...