Program

ISBN 970–94677–2–7

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ ; CMA Certification in CME (see program)

PROGRAM SUMMARY (for program details see below)

Pre-conference independent programs (1-4 or more days)

 and/or specialized independent individual visits (see www.pahce.org)

2/12/07 Monday

8:45AM  Registration

9:00AM-4:00PM Professional workshop (W1)*

Parr Health Enhancement Center, St. Mary Medical Center

5:30PM-7:30PM Professional workshop (W4A)*

Center for Health Education, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center

7:30PM-9:30PM Professional workshop (W4B)*

Center for Health Education, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center

2/13/07 Tuesday

8:45AM  Registration

9:00AM-1:00PM Professional workshop (W2)* 
Parr Health Enhancement Center, St. Mary Medical Center

2:00PM-5:00PM Professional workshop (W3)* 
Parr Health Enhancement Center, St. Mary Medical Center

Independent networking/social

* Specific workshop registration required. Detailed information concerning transportation, room location, program, and schedule will be emailed to the registered workshop participants only). See Registration (workshops) at www.pahce.org.

2/14/07 Wednesday

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Independent exhibits

Location: Anaheim Convention Center  and other locations dependent on function. (Details provided to registered participants)

Independent networking/social

Extra program: "Whale Watch 2007" 10 AM - 1:00 PM

2/15/07 Thursday  
Location: The Reef on the Water

Registration 8:45AM – 4:00PM

(Register online http://pahce.org/P7RegistEN.htm)

9:00AM – 4:00PM  Exhibits review, professional sessions, networking 

9:00AM - 9:30AM Breakfast/networking

9:30AM – 11.10AM  Track 5 E (THME)  

9:30AM – 11.10AM  Sección 6  //  Track 6 S (THMS)

11:10AM -11:20AM Networking break 

11:20AM - 11:50AM  Healthcare Technology Forum (E)

12:00PM – 1:10PM  Technical Sessions welcome and Lunch 

1:20PM - 2:20PM Track 13E Posters//Sección 14S Carteles (THA-E/S)                          

2:40PM - 4:00PM Track 7 E // Sección 7 (THAE)  

2:40PM - 4:00PM  Sección 8S  // Track 8  (THAS)

6:00PM - 7:00 PAHCE Reception. Exhibits info (open to the registered participants only- reg. required)

Location: Aquarium of the Pacific

7:00PM – 8:30PM Guest lectures (Free, lectures open to the public -Enter after 6:50) 
Healthcare technology – status and needs

WHO (World Health Organization), PAHO (Pan American Health Organization) perspectives

Location: Honda Theater, Aquarium of the Pacific

Social/ networking 

 2/16/07 Friday

Location: The Reef on the Water

Registration 8:45AM – 4:00PM

(Register online http://pahce.org/P7RegistEN.htm)

9:00AM – 4:00PM  Professional sessions, networking

9:00AM – 2:00PM  Exhibits review, 2:00PM – 4:00PM Optional exhibits – demonstrations 

9:00AM - 9:50AM Breakfast/networking/poster viewing

9:00AM – 9:50AM Track 15E Posters // Sección 16S Carteles. (FM-E/S) 
9:50AM – 11.30AM     Track9E (FME)                            

9:50AM – 11.30AM Sección 10S // Track 10S (FMS)

11:30AM -12:00PM   Working groups meetings

12:10PM – 1:10PM   Lunch  

1:20PM – 1:50PM  Keynote presentation

1:50PM – 2:30PM  Working groups reports. Exhibits info.

2:40PM – 4:00 PM Track 11E // Sección 11E  (FAE)  

2:40PM - 4:00PM Sección 12S //  Track 12S (FAS)  

4:00PM - 4:20PM Closing ceremony, recognitions

6:00PM – 9:00PM  Independent social/networking - Shark Lagoon Night

2/17/07 Saturday

              Independent social/networking

              Visits to medical facilities    

Extra program: "Whale Watch 2007" 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Post conference independent programs (1-4 or more days)

                            and/or specialized independent individual visits.      

                        PAHCE  

 and another “20 Reasons to Love California”  (see www.pahce.org)

PROGRAM

SBN 970–94677–2–7

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ ; CMA Certification in CME (see program)

Pre-conference independent programs (1-4 or more days)

 and/or specialized independent individual visits (see www.pahce.org)

 Pre-conference independent programs (1-4 or more days)

                                           and/or specialized independent individual visits

 2/12/07 Monday

8:45AM  Registration

9:00AM-4:00PM Professional workshop (W1)

Parr Health Enhancement Center, St. Mary Medical Center

5:30PM-7:30PM Professional workshop (W4A)

Center for Health Education, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center

7:30PM-9:30PM Professional workshop (W4B)

Center for Health Education, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center

                        Professional workshops
"Improving Healthcare Technology Management Worldwide - WHO Integrated HTM Toolkit and Its Country Application". (W1)
Coordinator: Dr. Andrei Issakov, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. Coordinator, Health Technology and Facilities Planning, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.  (9:00AM - 4:00 PM) CME Credit (See below)
Location:Parr Health Enhancement Center, St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach. (Details provided to registered participants) (See Online Registration at http://www.pahce.org/P7RegistEN.htm)Providing health care effectively requires an extraordinary array of properly selected and managed technological resource inputs. Rapid technology proliferation is however far outpacing the capacity of health systems in many countries to appropriately introduce technological innovation and utilize existing technology. Healthcare technology has become an increasingly visible policy issue, and technology management strategies have repeatedly come under the spotlight in recent years.
Clear evidence-based policy guidance and practical decision-making and management tools for handling complex technology choices and effectively managing acquired technologies are necessary if efficient and effective healthcare delivery practices are to be adopted in countries. WHO working jointly with its multiple partners has developed an integrated healthcare technology management (HTM) toolkit to addressing this urgent need of its Member States.
Workshop participants will be exposed to this WHO Integrated HTM Toolkit comprising a set of guidelines and innovative software-based tools, and experiences of its country implementation, demonstrating the variety of its practical applications and impact on policy development, management of services, use of technology and other resources, and changes in clinical practice.  The workshop will be of interest to a broad audience of healthcare professionals including policy and decision makers, planners, managers and administrators, academics and clinicians, technical assistance and donor agencies.
The VA Long Beach Healthcare System designates this educational activity (W1) for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.

"Anatomical and physiologic basis for interpretation of the electrocardiogram".  (W4A)* Coordinator: Michael M. Laks, M.D, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (5:30 – 7:30 PM) CME Credit (See below)
Electrocardiograph (ECG) interpretation is a complex subject that requires considerable experience. However, an understanding of the hysiological principles underlying generation of the ECG can make this learning process easier. This knowledge is necessary if interpretation is to be founded on understanding rather then being a pattern recognition-based process. The aim of this workshop is to introduce the practitioner to the vectographic approach as applied to basic processes and mechanisms that govern formation of the ECG. These principles will largely be applied to the selected ECGs and include cardiac anatomy applied to the ECG, how the ECG leads look at the heart and how the ECG waveform is formed. Examples of how the ECG changes when the underlying mechanisms are disturbed will also be given. Together, this knowledge should help the practitioner to have a clearer understanding of interpreting the abnormalities seen in an ECG. The participants are encouraged to bring their interesting ECGs to be discussed by the panel.
"High Fidelity Stress and Ambulatory Electrocardiography". (W4B)*
Coordinator:  Suave Lobodzinski, Ph.D, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (7:30 – 9:30 PM) CME Credit (See below) 
The quality of the ECG signal is highly dependent on the equipment selection, the biopotential sensors and their attachment to the body surface and the skin preparation. The aim of the workshop is to discuss the technical aspects of electrocardiography in the context of  strategies leading to recording of high fidelity ambulatory, stress and resting ECGs. These will include the discussion of the origins of the ECG artifacts, the role of the skin-electrode interface and newest strategies and technologies that can improve the ECG signal quality.  The function of the anti-aliasing filters and their impact on the ECG signal will also be discussed.
*Audience: Physicians, nurse practitioners, biomedical engineers and ECG technicians. Also see http://www.isce.org/generalinfo.html  
Location (W4A, W4B): Center for Health Education, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach. (Details provided to registered participants)  (Combined registration (W4) includes W4a and W4B. See Online Registration at http://www.pahce.org/P7RegistEN.htm).
The VA Long Beach Healthcare System designates this educational activity (W4A, W4B) for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.
The VA Long Beach Healthcare System is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  The VA Long Beach Healthcare System takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of this CME activity. All Disclosure issues were reviewed and there are no disclosure issues to report

                         Networking/social  

2/13/07 Tuesday

8:45AM  Registration

9:00AM-1:00PM Professional workshop (W2) 
Parr Health Enhancement Center, St. Mary Medical Center

2:00PM-5:00PM Professional workshop (W3) 
Parr Health Enhancement Center, St. Mary Medical Center

Independent networking/social

                         Professional workshops
"Diagnostic imaging – Techniques, Trends, and Facilities". (W2)
Coordinator: John R. Drew, Radiological Service Training Institute. (9:00AM- 1:00 PM)
The workshop will address the advancements in diagnostic imaging with a particular focus on CT and PACS and how to stay up-to-date in these areas. An understanding of the technology in place and its processes is required to make a successful transition to servicing new modalities. Optimizing the investment in diagnostic imaging training, applicable certification, and quality assurance of diagnostic imaging systems will also be discussed.  These topics will be supplemented with a short overview of multi-vendor mammography, multi-vendor ultrasound, and Hologic products. 
www.rsti-training.com 
Location:Parr Health Enhancement Center, St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach. (Details provided to registered participants) (See Online Registration at http://www.pahce.org/P7RegistEN.htm)

"Medical and logistic support of natural and manmade disasters". (W3) 
Coordinator: Kathy Crow RN, BSN, MICN, CEN Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, St. Mary Medical Center Disaster Resource Center. (2:00-5:00 PM)
The aftermath of a large scale terrorist event or cataclysmic natural disaster would overwhelm any medical center community. Mitigation and preparedness are the key goals of the Disaster Resource Center of St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach California. Due its prime location as a high-risk Tier 1 terrorism alert area this geographically focused disaster center coordinates stockpiling of equipment, pharmaceutical caches and provides education, training and disaster drills for the community. This  panel and workshop will demonstrate what the Disaster Resource Center and the community of Long Beach do to actively plan for surge capacity of victims from mass casualty. A panel of experts will discuss what their agencies do to coordinate disaster response.
Location:Parr Health Enhancement Center, St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach. (Details provided to registered participants) (See Online Registration at http://www.pahce.org/P7RegistEN.htm)  

                         Networking/social

2/14/07 Wednesday

 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Independent exhibits

                                 (no additional cost - as emailed to the participants)

A visit to a parallel exhibit of  estimated 1,300 (2006 data) companies/suppliers related to the medical device industry, worth more than $40 billion; or have an overview of a modern medical facility.
Location: Anaheim Convention Center  and other locations dependent on function. (Details provided to registered participants)

                          Networking/social

Extra program: "Whale Watch 2007" 10 AM - 1:00 PM

 Thursday 2/15/07 and Friday 2/16/07 

 Professional presentations (abstract/paper/poster)

THM (A) E  -  Thursday morning (afternoon) English

THM (A) S - Thursday morning (afternoon) Spanish

FM (A) E  - Friday morning (afternoon) English

FM (A) S  - Friday morning (afternoon) Spanish

2/15/07 Thursday  
Location: See http://www.pahce.org/P7Venue.htm

Registration 8:45 – 4:00

(Register online http://pahce.org/P7RegistEN.htm)

9:00 – 4:00  Exhibits review, professional sessions, networking 

9:00 -9:30 Breakfast/networking

9:30 AM – 11.10 AM  Track 5 E (THME)  

9:30 AM – 11.10 AM  Sección 6  //  Track 6 S (THMS)

11:10-11:20 Networking break 

11:20  - 11:50  Healthcare Technology Forum (E)

12:00 – 1:10  Technical Sessions welcome and Lunch 

1:20 PM - 2:20 PM Track 13E Posters // Sección 14S Carteles (THA-E/S)                          

2:40 PM - 4:00 PM Track 7 E // Sección 7 (THAE)  

2:40 PM - 4:00 PM  Sección 8S  //  Track 8  (THAS)

6:00 PM  - 7:00 PAHCE Reception Exhibits info.

(open to registered participants only - registration required)

Location: Aquarium of the Pacific

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Guest lectures (Free, lectures open to the public -Enter after 6:50) 
Healthcare technology – status and needs

WHO (World Health Organization), PAHO (Pan American Health Organization) perspectives

Location: Honda Theater, Aquarium of the Pacific

Social/ networking  

Professional sessions:

Track 5 E // Sección 5  (THME) 9:30 AM – 11.10 AM  
Cochairs: Maria Guico, Robert N. Schmidt
Clinical/Hospital instrumentation.
Instrumentación Clinica/Hospitalaria. 

055e, 063e, 057e, 093e, 097e-165e

9:30- 9:50 Assessment of Wound Healing Using Frequency Response Cabalona

J.E., Llagas, J.D.B., Lee, C.M.K (055e)

ECCE Department, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines

9:50- 10:10 Lossless Compression of Pre-Scan-Converted Doppler Echocardiographic Images Using  Integer Wavelet Transform (063e)

Xiyi Hang

California State University, Northridge, CA

10:10- 10:30 Analysis of Color-Based Assays for Urinalysis (057e)

Arjona, Richelle K., Bragais, Sarah L., Lee, Catherine M.K

ECCE Department, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines.

10:30- 10:50 Improvement of Diagnostic of Accuracy of ECG Stress Testing in Obese Patients (093e)

Lobodzinski SM, Laks, MM*

California State University Long Beach, *Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

10:50- 11:10 Mobile Sleep Diagnostic Devices for Testing Around the World Robert N. Schmidt, MS, MBA, JD, PE, Esq.Chairman,

Cleveland Medical Devices, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio 44103 USA. (097e-165e)

Sección 6  //  Track 6 S (THMS) 9:30 AM – 11.10 AM 
Cochairs: Lorenzo  Leija, Hernandez  Antonio 
Sensores, sensado y avances tecnológicos.
Sensors, sensing and novel technologies.

064s-166e, 69s-152e, 067s-153e, 068s-154e, 066s-156e

9:30- 9:50 Estimación de la temperatura en phantoms e hígado empleando señales ultrasónicas y la transformada de Hilbert

Temperature estimation inside phantoms and liver by using ultrasonic signals and Hilbert transform (064s-166e)

A. Vera¹, Leija¹, M. A. Rodríguez² and A. Ramos³

¹ Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, CINVESTAV-IPN, México D.F., México; ² Departamento de Comunicaciones, Esuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, España;³ Instituto de Acústica, CSIC, Madrid, España

9:50- 10:10 Análisis Espectral aplicado a una señal simulada de ecos ultrasonicos para aplicación en la medición no invasiva de temperatura por medio de ultrasonidos

Spectral Analysis applied to a ultrasonic simulated signal for non-invasive temperature measurement with ultrasound (069s-152e)

I. Bazán¹, A. Ramos²  L. Leija¹ , y A. Vera ¹,

¹ Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, CINVESTAV-IPN, México D.F., México; ² Instituto de Acústica, Centro Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, España

10:10- 10:30 ESTIMACIÓN DE TEMPERATURA A DIFERENTES PROFUNDIDADES

M. Vázquez^a, A. Ramos^b, J.L. Reyna ^a, A. Vera^a, L. Leija^a (067s-153e)

^a Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del I.P.N. Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica. Sección de Bioelectrónica; Avenida Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508. San Pedro Zacatenco. Del Gustavo A. Madero, C. P. 07360, México D.F.;^bInstituto de Acústica. Dpto. Señales, Sistemas y Tecnologías Ultrasónicas. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, España.

10:30-10:50 Obtención de imágenes con ultrasonido utilizando la técnica SAFT

Ultrasound imaging using the SAFT technique (068s-154e)

M.A. Díaz, L.Leija, A.Vera

Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Area de Bioelectrónica, México, D.F., México.

10:50- 11:10 Estimación de las distancias de separación entre dos scatterers (glass beads) dentro de un phantom ultrasónico. Distance estimation between two glass beads scatters inside of an ultrasonic phantom (066s-156e)

R. A. Salido-Ruiz, M. Vázquez, L. Leija y A. Vera.

Laboratorio 14 Sección de Bioelectrónica Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica Cinvestav IPN, Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508 Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360 México, D.F. Apartado postal 14-740, 07000 México, DF

11:10-11:20 Networking break

11:20  - 11:50  Healthcare Technology Forum (E)

                           Panel discussion

12:00 – 1:10   Lunch  and Technical Sessions welcome

                                              Andrei Issakov, Antonio Hernandez, Christopher Druzgalski

1:20 PM -2:20 PM Track 13E Posters // Sección 14S Carteles (THA-E/S)
                               (see below for poster listing)

Track 7 E // Sección 7 (THAE)  2:40 PM - 4:00 PM 
Cochairs:  Tobey Clark/Juan Valencia, Yoo Sun
Medical information systems and ehealth
Sistema de Información médica y esalud

051e, 056e, 157e-000, 088e

2:40 – 3:00  Integrated Hospital Information Infrastructure for Multi-unit Healthcare Services (051e)

Sun K. Yoo¹, B.C. Chang²  

¹ Dept. of Medical Engineering, Center for Emergency Medical Institute, Human Identification Research Center, Center for Signal Processing, Yonsei Univ. College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea ² Dept. of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Yonsei Univ. College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

3:00 – 3:20  Color-Correction of Digital Images for Telemedicine (056e)

January N. Guerrero, Christine D. Lleva, Ma. Rhodessa Angelica D. Mapa, Maria Leonora C. Guico M.S, Gregory L. Tangonan Ph.D

Department of Electronics, Computer and Communications Engineering, Ateneo de Manila University, Manila, Philippines.

3:20 – 3:40 Medical Equipment Technology and Clinical Engineering: On-line Course (157e-000) 
Juan Valencia*; Jose Maya*;Rossana Rivas**; Luis Vilcahuamán**; J Tobey Clark***

*Instituto de Ciencias de laSalud,Colombia **Pontificia Universidad, Peru*** University of Vermont.

3:40 -- 4:00 Academic/Industrial Programs and Linkages: « Health Technology Management Development using the Education-Research-Industry Cluster » (088e)

MSc. Rossana Rivas,  MSc. Luis Vilcahuamán,

Clinic Engineering and Health Technology Management Center-CENGETS, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Sección 8S  //  Track 8  (THAS) 2:40 PM - 4:00 PM 
Cochairs: Arturo Vera, Ron Leder 
Técnicas y métodos en la salud I
Health care techniques and methods I

151s-070e, 077s, 078s, 079s

2:40-3:00 Sistema para el Auxilio en el Análisis de Señales Electrofisiológicas

Assisting System for Electrophysiological Signals Analysis (151s-070e)

Reyna M.A. Montaño O.E.^, Carranza A.E.^, Castro L.A.^, Arriola H.G.^, López O.^,£

Engineering Institute, Bioengineering and Environmental Health Academic Body (CABySA) Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC),Mexicali, Baja California

^ Engineering Faculty, ^ Bioengineering and Environmental Health Academic Body (CABySA), Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC),Mexicali, Baja California,^£ Engineering Faculty,Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC)

Ensenada, Baja California.

3:00- 3:20 High velocity videoculography to determination the pupil dynamics

videoculografía de alta velocidad para determinar la dinámica pupilar

Luis Villamar; Ernesto Suaste. (077s)

Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, sección Bioelectrónica; CINVESTAV-IPN, Ave. IPN #2508;Col. San pedro Zacatenco; México, D.F; C.P 07000

3:20- 3:40 High velocity videoculography to record evoked pupillary responses by auditive stimulation. Registro de respuestas pupilares evocadas acusticamente con  videoculografia de alta velocidad. (078s)

Eduardo Martínez  M.,Luis A.Villamar M., Ernesto Suaste G.

Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, sección Bioelectrónica;CINVESTAV-IPN, Av. IPN 2508; Col. San Pedro Zacatenco; México,D.F.; C.P. 07000.

3:40-4:00 Objective detection of the color visual perception and its clinical importance. (079s)

Detección objetiva de la percepción visual a los colores y su importancia clínica.

Dolores Rodríguez Guzmán, Ernesto Suaste Gómez

Cinvestav, Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Sección Bioelectrónica, Av. IPN 2508 Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, C. P. 07360, México, D. F.

6:00 PM   PAHCE Reception  Exhibits info.

(open to registered participants only/included  in  conference registration)  

Location: Aquarium of the Pacific

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Guest lectures (Free, lectures open to the public -Enter after 6:50) 
Location: Honda Theater, Aquarium of the Pacific

Keynote presentations:    Healthcare technology – status and needs
     

"Healthcare Technology: Global Challenges and Opportunities from a World Health Organization (WHO) Perspective" Andrei Issakov, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.; WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.

“Current status and trends in healthcare technologies –  Pan American Health Care Organization (PAHO) outlook”  Antonio Hernandez, PAHO Liaison, Washington, DC.

Social/ networking  

2/16/07 Friday

Location: See http://www.pahce.org/P7Venue.htm

Registration 8:45AM – 4:00PM

(Register online http://pahce.org/P7RegistEN.htm)

9:00AM – 4:00PM  Professional sessions, networking

9:00AM – 2:00PM  Exhibits review, 2:00PM – 4:00PM Optional exhibits – demonstrations 

9:00AM - 9:50AM Breakfast/networking/poster viewing

9:00AM – 9:50AM Track 15E Posters // Sección 16S Carteles. (FM-E/S) 
9:50AM – 11.30AM     Track9E (FME)                            

9:50AM – 11.30AM Sección 10S // Track 10S (FMS)

11:30AM -12:00PM   Working groups meetings

12:10PM – 1:10PM   Lunch  

1:20PM – 1:50PM  Keynote presentation

1:50PM – 2:30PM  Working groups reports Exhibits info.

2:40PM – 4:00 PM Track 11E // Sección 11E  (FAE)  

2:40PM - 4:00PM Sección 12S //  Track 12S (FAS)  

4:00PM - 4:20PM Closing ceremony, recognitions

6:00PM – 9:00PM  Independent social/networking - Shark Lagoon Night

Professional sessions:

Track9E // Sección 9E  (FME) 9:50 AM – 11.30 AM 
Cochairs: Catherine Lee, Zbigniew Dunajski 
Health care methods, solutions, and training
Métodos del cuidado médico, soluciones, y instrucción 

098e-164e, 052e, 058e, 101e, 102e-163e

9:50- 10:10 New Laboratories for an Electrophysiology Lab Course in English and Spanish.

Robert N. Schmidt, MS, MBA, JD, PE, Esq. Chairman,

Cleveland Medical Devices, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio 44103 USA. (098e-164e)

10:10-10:30 Design of an Electroencephalogram Module for Brain Computer Interface Oriented to People with Motor Disabilities (052e)
P. Tupayachi, J. Piñeyro, R. Callupe, R. Alvarado

Faculty of Science and Engineering, Electronic Engineering Section, E-Bio Group, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú.

10:30-10:50 Dynamic Personal Medical Database (058e). Benjamin Rafael F Intal, Alfonzo Miguel N. Sabado,  Maria Leonora C. Guico M.S, Gregory L. Tangonan Ph.D. Department of Electronics, Computer and Communications Engineering, Ateneo de Manila University, Manila, Philippines.

10:50-11:10 Disaster Health Care: Linking Mitigation and Preparedness with Technology (101e)
Kathy Crow RN, BSN, MICN, CEN.

St. Mary Medical Center Disaster Resource Center, Long Beach, CA.

11:10-11:30 Mitigation of the spread of infections through use of Washable Computer Keyboards, Mice and Smart Card Readers (102e-163e).
Joseph H. Carabello

Unotron Inc., Irving, Texas

Sección 10S //  Track 10S (FMS) 9:50 AM – 11.30 AM 
Cochairs: Marco Reyna, Moisés Rodríguez 
Infraestructura y soporte en el cuidado de pacientes.
Infrastructure and program support of patient care.  

061e, 103s,  059s-162s, 085s/e, 100e

9:50-10:10 Environmental Health in the Mexicali – Imperial County Basin: A Niche of Opportunities for Biomedical Engineering (061e)

Marco Antonio Reyna, Héctor Gerardo Arriola, Miguel Enrique Bravo
Instituto de Ingeniería, UABC.Facultad de Ingeniería, UABC.
Cuerpo Académico de Bioingeniería y Salud Ambiental (CABySA).

10:10-10:30 PROBLEMAS EN LA ATENCIÓN MÉDICA EN BAJA CALIFORNIA (103s)

Moisés Rodríguez ^†, Marco A Reyna ^‡

^† Jefe del Departamento de Epidemiología del Hospital General de Mexicali y Académico de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC)

^‡ Líder del Cuerpo Académico de Bioingeniería y Salud Ambiental e Investigador del Instituto de Ingeniería de la UABC.

10:30-10:50 GUÍA DE EVALUACIÓN PARA AUDITAR DEPARTAMENTOS DE INGENIERÍA BIOMÉDICA HOSPITALARIOS (059s-162e)

EVALUATION GUIDE TO AUDIT BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS Vidal R. J., Bautista L. M.

Área de Ingeniería Biomédica, Depto. de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico.

10:50-11:10 Prototype of an electronic module to the acquisition of data temperature of the newborn skin Prototipo de un módulo electrónico para la adquisición de datos de temperatura de la piel Neonatal (085s/e)

Ana Cecilia Moreno Álamo, Jesús Zegarra Flores, Msc. Rocío Callupe, Ing. José Piñeyro

Grupo de Bioingeniería (EBIO); Grupo de Investigación y Desarrollo de Equipos Médicos y Sistemas (GIDEMS), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú.

11:10-11:30 Health Status Differences Among Countries in the Western Hemisphere according to Income Level. (100e/s)

Diferencias en condiciones de salud entre países en el Hemisferio Occidental según su nivel de ingresos

Mercedes Guilliaum MSN/MPH, CHES; Gina Piane PhD

California State University, Long Beach.

11:30  - 12:00  Working groups meetings

                                     1. PAHCE programs

                      2. International Linkages and Cooperation

                      3. Finance and Operation

                      4. Hospital – Industry Interface   

                               and other

12:10 – 1:10  Lunch

1:20 – 1:50 Keynote presentation

Medical technology evolution from concept to the patient – Industry overview and selected developments - Nathalie Gosset, USC-AMI, EMBS.

The presentation will share the excitement of being a witness of a time of great medical engineering evolution. The medical industry is at a crossroad with demographic pressures from an aging population, extreme contrasts between the sophistication of disease treatments in developed countries and the fundamental needs of under developed nations, and the wealth of new information coming from a better understanding of the human body.  These forces will bring a new area of medicine and technology development.  This talk will give an overview of the current climate and talk about where the medical technology is most likely to go.

1:50 – 2:30 Working groups reports  Exhibits info.

Track 11E // Sección 11E  (FAE)  2:40 PM – 4:00 PM  
Cochairs: Brian Rasnow, Nathalie Gosset
Healthcare engineering/technologies
Ingeniería/tecnologías del cuidado médico 

060e, 089e, 099e, 104e

2:40-3:00  New assay formats for drug discovery (060e)

Brian Rasnow

Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA.

3:00-3:20 An Evaluation of a New Combined SpO₂ and PtcCO₂ Monitor (TOSCA) During Anesthesia (089e)
N. Shah, S. Vakharia, L. Estanol, H. Kim.

Department of Anesthesiology, UCI Medical Center, Orange, CA.

3:20-3:40 Assessment of pain in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (099e)
Zbigniew Dunajski1,2, Tadeusz Palko1,  

1- Warsaw University of Technology, Dept of Mechatronics; 2 - Medical Academy Warsaw.

3:40-4:00 2-D Arrays for 3-D Imaging of Near-Field Targets (104e)

Jesse T. Yen

USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Los Angeles, CA.

Sección 12S //  Track 12S (FAS) 2:40 PM - 4:00 PM  
Cochairs: Mario Casteneda, Miguel Ángel Bautista León/Guillermo Avendaño
Técnicas y métodos en la salud. II
Health care techniques and methods. II

082e, 084s, 080s, 096e

2:40-3:00 Design of a phototherapy equipment using LEDs applied to ulcers (082e)

Jesús Zegarra, Ana Moreno, Rocío Callupe, José Piñeyro, Luis Vilcahuamán
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú( GRUPO E-BIO)

3:00-3:20 Lengua Electrónica Voltamperométrica basada en una Red Neuronal Wavelet para la determinación de compuestos oxidables usados en la industria farmacéutica (084s)

J.M. Gutiérrez, L. Leija, P.R. Hernández , R. Muñoz* R.Cartas, A. Gutés, F. Céspedes, S. Alegret, M. del Valle.**; *Sección de Biolectrónica, Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, CINVESTAV, Ciudad de México, MÉXICO. ** Grup de Sensors i Biosensors, Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, SPAIN.

3:20-3:40 Pupilar responses and visual evoked potencial to detect objetive visual fields

Respuestas pupilares y potenciales evocados visuales para la detección objetiva de campos visuales (080s)

J. A. Valdez Hernández, E. Suaste Gómez

Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, sección Bioelectrónica; CINVESTAV-IPN

Ave. IPN #2508;Col. San pedro Zacatenco; México, D.F; C.P 07360

3:40-4:00 Design of a prototype based on Negative Pressure System for pressure ulcers treatment (096e)

Paulo Huapaya, Jose Piñeyro, Rosa Alvarado, Rocío Callupe 

E-Bio Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

4:00-4:20 RADIOLOGICAL SECURITY, INVESTIGATIONS TO FORMULATE NEW NORMS OF PROTECTION OF PATIENTS AND PROFESSIONALS (ANALISIS DE INVESTIGACIONES EN CENTROS MEDICOS CHILENOS) (105e)*
Guillermo E. Avendaño C., Cristian Fernandez; Ingeniería Biomédica, Tecnología Médica, UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO, CHILE. *Supplemental invited presentation

Posters/ Carteles

(Posters set up 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM)

Thursday 2/15/07

Track 13E Posters // Sección 13E Carteles (THA-E/S) 1:20 PM -2:20 PM
Cochairs: Kee-Deog Kim,  Suave Lobodzinski 

Sección 14S Carteles // Track 14S Posters (THA-S/E) 1:20 PM -2:20 PM
Cochairs: Guilliaum Mercedes, Hosea  Fred

13E/14S – (even numbered posters presented): 053s, 054e, 062s, 065s-155e, 071s, 074s, 075s, 076s, 081s, 083s, 086s, 087s, 091e, 092e, 095e, 158s-000, 159e-000,160e-000, 161e-000

Friday  2/16/07

Track 15E Posters // Sección 15E Carteles (FM-E/S)  9:00AM – 9:50AM
Cochairs: Jesse T. Yen,  Tadeusz Palko

Sección 16S Carteles. //  Track 16S Posters (FM-S/E) 9:00AM – 9:50AM 
Cochairs: Tom Judd, Paul Tupayachi

15E/16S - (odd numbered posters presented) 053s, 054e, 062s, 065s-155e, 071s, 074s, 075s, 076s, 081s, 083s, 086s, 087s, 091e, 092e, 095e, 158s-000, 159e-000,160e-000, 161e-000, and other.

(053s) Propuesta de diseño de una Unidad de Quemados (Proposal of a design of a BurnsUnit)

Tavera Hurtado R. S.¹, García González M. T. ¹, Quiroz Flores C. P. ²¹

División de C.B.I., T-023. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana- Iztapalapa. Av. San Rafael Atlixco #186, Col. Vicentina, C.P. 09340 México, D.F.  ² Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, Calz. México Xochimilco No. 289 Col. Arenal de Guadalupe, CP14389, México, D.F.

(054e) Cellular-phone based Dental Image Viewer over 3G Network for Emergency Dental Service  

Kee-Deog Kim^1,2, Ho Gul Jeong², Sun K. Yoo³, JJ Kim³, DK Kim³¹ Dept. of General Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Human Identification Research Center, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea  ² Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology, College of Dentistry, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea ³ Dept. of Medical Engineering, Center for Emergency Medical Informatics, Yonsei Univ. College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Sistema de Transmisión y Recepción de Señales Biológicas Vía Radiofrecuencia
(062s) Transmission and Reception System for Biological Signals using Radiofrequency
Márquez Espinoza Agustín, Alvarado Serrano Carlos,Landeros Guzmán Ismael H., Vega Martínez Gabriel
Sección de Bioelectrónica, Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I. P. N.
México D.F., México

(065s-155e) Tridimensional Thermal Beam-Shape for Ultrasound Therapy Transducers W. Gómez¹, L. Leija¹, W. C. A. Pereira² and A. Vera¹

¹ Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, CINVESTAV-IPN, México D.F., México; ² Programa de Engenharia Biomédica, COPPE/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

(071s) La ingeniería de sistemas aplicada a la informática médica

The systems engineering applied to medical computer science

Arriola Zorrilla Héctor G., Reyna Carranza Marco A., Bravo Zanoguera Miguel E.

Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California.

(074s) Clinical applications of piezoelectric ceramics and its global market tendency

Aplicaciones clínicas de las cerámicas piezoeléctricas y su tendencia en el mercado mundial

Ernesto Suaste Gómez, Carlos O. González Morán, Andrés Hernández Pineda

Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, sección Bioelectrónica; CINVESTAV-IPN

Ave. IPN #2508;Col. San pedro Zacatenco; México, D.F; C.P 07360

(075s) Design of a Programmable Agonist and Antagonist Signals Generator I.C. to use in a Extraocular Muscle Electrostimulator (Ocular Markpass) 

Diseño de un C. I. Generador  Programable de Señales Agonista y Antagonista para su uso en un Electroestimulador de Músculos Extraoculares (Marcapaso Ocular)

David A. Gutiérrez Begovich, E. Suaste Gómez.

Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, sección Bioelectrónica;CINVESTAV-IPN, Av. IPN 2508; Col. San Pedro Zacatenco; México,D.F.; C.P. 07000

(076s) Development of Lead-Free (Bi_1/2Na_1/2)BaTiO₃ Piezoelectric Ceramics for Clinical Applications

Elaboración de Cerámicas Piezoeléctricas (Bi_1/2Na_1/2)BaTiO₃ Libres de Plomo para Aplicaciones Clínicas

R. Rodríguez Ruiz, A. Flores Cuautle, E. Suaste Gómez

Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, sección Bioelectrónica;CINVESTAV-IPN, Av. IPN 2508; Col. San Pedro Zacatenco; México,D.F.; C.P. 07000

(081s) PVDF Piezo Film Strength Sensor for Biomechanical Analysis in Mice

Piezo-Polímero PVDF como Sensor de Fuerza para Análisis Biomecánico de Roedores

Germán Escoto Mora, Carlos O. González Morán, Ernesto Suaste Gómez

CINVESTAV IPN Departamento de ingeniería eléctrica, Sección Bioelectrónica; Av. IPN 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, C.P. 07000 México, D.F. México

(083s) Sistema multicanal para la identificación de 9 movimientos de la extremidad superior

M. León, L. Leija, R. Muñoz

Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, CINVESTAV-IPN, México D.F., México

(086s) EVALUATION AND COMPARATION OF PRESSURE PARAMETERS OF LUNG VENTILATORS USING A TESTER AND COMMUNICATING VESSEL METHOD

Dra. Nilia Abad, Lic. Jorge Castañeda, Ing. José Piñeyro, MSc. Luis Vilcahuaman, MSc. Rossana Rivas

Biomedical Engineering  Mastery .  Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

(087e) LOW COST GAIT ANALYSIS SYSTEM WITH ACTIVE MARKERS

R. Ayala (MD), L. Jiménez T (Eng)., M. Muñoz (Eng)., G. Suárez  (Bach. Physics), MSc. L. Vilcahuamán, MSc. R. Rivas

Bioengineering Project 3.

Biomedical Engineering Mastery . Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

(091e) Simplified ECG waveform analysis utilizing MATLAB based Artificial Neural Network tools

Ali Sleiman, Christopher Druzgalski

California State University, Long Beach, CA.

(092e) Correlation of pulmonary acoustics and flow/volume loops indicators

Saravana Raman, Christopher Druzgalski

California State University, Long Beach, CA.

(095e) Markerless video arm tracking as a tool for biomechanics/rehabilitation engineering

L.E. Sucar¹, G. Azcarate², R. Leder³, D. Reinkensmeyer⁴

¹INAOE Puebla, MX, ²ITESM, Morelos, MX, ³UNAM, DF, MX, ⁴UC Irvine, USA

(158s-000) Mantenimiento, desarrollo y evolución de un software de procesamiento de  imágenes médicas para apoyo al aprendizaje: M-Ofthos

Maintenance, development and evolution of a medical imaging software for learning support: M-Ofthos

Gilberto Velázquez Hernández, Virgilio de La Cruz Jardón, Juan Alberto Muñoz Vela, Heidi Velázquez Hernández**

CADIT / Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Anáhuac México Norte,Huixquilucan, Edo. Méx. México; **Centro de Desarrollo Regional,BBVA – Bancomer,Ciudad de México, DF, México

(159e-000) Data acquisition via LAN for phantom permittivity measurement using Agilent 4294A Precision Impedance Analyzer

R. Avitia, G. Claudot, A. Vera, L. Leija

Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Sección de Bioelectrónica, (CINVESTAV). A. IPN No. 2508 esq. Ticoman, Colonia Zacatenco, México, D.F. x

(160e-000) Electromagnetic Radiation Equipment Monitoring in Phantom Testing Temperature Increments

R. Avitia, A. Vera, L. Leija

Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I.P.N, Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Sección de Bioelectrónica. México D.F, México.

(161e-000) Survey of Clinical Engineering and Model for Technology Acquisition  and Diffusion in Developing Countries

Monique Frize^1,2, Xinyuan Cao², Isabelle Roy³, Shauna Mullally¹

¹ Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, ²,School of Information Technology and Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, ³ Canadian International Development Agency

4:00PM  -4:20PM  Closing ceremony, recognitions

6:00PM – 9:00PM  Independent social/networking - Shark Lagoon Night/ (other social N1)

(See Online Registration at http://www.pahce.org/P7RegistEN.htm)

2/17/07 Saturday

              Independent social/networking

              Visits to medical facilities    

Extra program: "Whale Watch 2007" 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

 Post conference independent programs (1-4 or more days)

                            and/or specialized independent individual visits.      

                        PAHCE  

                                      and another “20 Reasons to Love California” 

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