Atlantic Canada Clinical Engineering Society
Clinical Engineering I
Thursday, June 21, 2012, 1:30 – 3:00
Westin Nova Scotian, Harbour Suite A (Lobby Level)
VIASYS HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR FAILURE 3100B CASE STUDY: A REGIONAL ADVANTAGE FOR INVESTIGATIONS
Andrew Ibey, Stephen Gorelik, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
OCCLUSION LIMIT PRESSURE SETTINGS: RETHINKING THE DEFAULTS
Andrew Ibey, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Matthieu Moquet, Institut Universitaire de Technologie, Universite de Bretagne Sud, Lorient, France
Tony Hsieh, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
AUTOMATIC ADAPTATION OF TOURNIQUET PRESSURE DURING SURGERY TO IMPROVE PATIENT SAFETY
James McEwen, Hooman Sadr, University of British Columbia
Raphael Wong, Michael Jameson, Western Clinical Engineering Ltd., Vancouver, BC
Bassam Masri, University of British Columbia
EMG (Electromyography)
Thursday, June 21, 2012, 10:30 – 12:00
Westin Nova Scotian, Harbour Suite A (Lobby Level)
CLEAN EMG: COMPARING INTERPOLATION STRATEGIES FOR POWER LINE INTERFERENCE QUANTIFICATION IN SURFACE EMG SIGNALS
Nurul Abser, Dawn MacIsaac, University of New Brunswick
Adrian D.C. Chan, Graham Fraser, James R. Green, Carleton University
ITERATIVE BLIND SOURCE SEPARATION OF EMG SIGNALS BASED ON THE JOINT DOMAIN SPARSITY
Hoda Dehghan, Richard M. Dansereau, Adrian D. C. Chan, Carleton University
PILOT TEST OF THE PROTOTYPE WEARABLE EMG ANALYSIS FOR REHABILITATION (WEAR) SYSTEM
Adam Freed, Adrian D. C. Chan, Carleton University
Edward D. Lemaire, The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre
Avi Parush, Emile Richard, Carleton University
OPTIMIZATION OF AN EMG PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEM BY A SELECTION METHODOLOGY OF ELECTRODE POSITION USING FFT AND ANN ALGORITHMS
Juan Carlos Gonzalez Ibarra, Carlos Soubervielle Montalvo, Omar Vital Ochoa and Juan Carlos Cuevas Tello, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Dr. Manuel Nava, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
REPEATABILITY OF MES-BASED FATIGUE ASSESSMENT IN STATIC AND CYCLIC CONTRACTIONS
Sabeer A. Zaman, Dawn T. MacIsaac, Philip A. Parker, University of New Brunswick
Assistive Technology and Prosthetics
Thursday, June 21, 2012, 8:30 – 10:00
Westin Nova Scotian, Harbour Suite A (Lobby Level)
SIMULTANEOUS AND PROPORTIONAL ESTIMATION OF MULTIPLE DOFS FOR MYOELECTRIC PROSTHESES: A COMPARISON BETWEEN FORCE AND POSITION CONTROL PARADIGMS
Ali Ameri, Kevin Englehart, and Phillip Parker, University of New Brunswick
A STUDY OF KALMAN FILTERING APPLIED TO MYOELETRIC SIGNAL STATE TRACKING
Katerina Biron, Kevin Englehart, Philip Parker, University of New Brunswick
HIGH DENSITY FACIAL MAPPING FOR ALTERNATIVE EOG ELECTRODE PLACEMENT FOR THE DISABLED
Josh Keys, Adam Wilson, Yves Losier, and D.F. Lovely, University of New Brunswick
MICRO-MINIATURE REED SWITCH SOLUTION FOR LOW POWER CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
Albert Lockett, Adam Wilson, Josh Keys, and Yves Losier, University of New Brunswick
Sensors and Data Processing
Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 1:30 – 3:00
Westin Nova Scotian, Harbour Suite A (Lobby Level)
WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORKS WITH COMPRESSED SENSING THEORY
Mohammadreza Balouchestani, Ryerson University
GRAPHICAL USER INFERFACE FOR AMBULATORY MONITORING OF MOTION AND PRESSURE USING EMBEDDED PRESSURE SENSORS AND IMU IN A PORTABLE MULTISENSORY DATA-LOGGER, PROCESSOR, AND TRANSMITTER
Luke Russell, Carleton University
QUANTITATIVE CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF MUSCLE SPASTICITY USING WEARABLE SENSORS
Chris A. McGibbon, Andrew Sexton, University of New Brunswick
Melony Jones, Colleen O'Connell, Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation
A WEARABLE SENSOR SYSTEM FOR QUANTIFYING ISOMETRIC ELBOW AND KNEE JOINT STRENGTH [Pending Acceptance]
John Landry, Andrew Sexton, Marcus Brookshaw, Glen Hughes, Chris McGibbon, University of New Brunswick
Biomechanics
Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 10:30 – 12:00
Westin Nova Scotian, Harbour Suite A (Lobby Level)
TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING POPULATION BEHAVIOUR OF CONDUCTED ENERGY WEAPONS IN CANADA
Andy Adler, David Dawson, Owen Marsh, Carleton University
A BIOMECHANICAL INVESTIGATION OF WARM-UP PROCEDURES FOR MUSICIANS
Donald Russell, Moyra McDill, Carleton University
Gilles Comeau, Nona Ahmadi, University of Ottawa
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN OPTIMIZATION-BASED MODELING OF WEIGHT-BEARING LOADS ON THE KNEE JOINT IN PAEDIATRICS
Thomas Flynn, Daniel Borschneck, Lucie Pelland, Queen's University
RHEOLOGICAL AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SYNOVIAL FLUID FROM PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS
Anwar Madkhali, Dana Grecov, Ezra Kwok, University of British Columbia
ACCES has available for download a new promotional poster for the 2012 ACCES / CMBES Conference. It's targeted at professions other than Clinical Engineering / Biomedical. It's formatted to print on a single letter size page. Please feel free to download and circulate in your institution.
Join us on the Harbour Queen Boat Cruise sponsered by ConMED Canada Wednesday June 20, 2012 8 PM to 11 PM.
We will be departing from the Tall Ships Quary.
ACCES and CMBES is please to announce that Tony Quinn will be the MC at the Awards Banquet on Thursday June 21, 2012 6 PM through 9 PM.
Tony has been in the entertainment business for over thirty years. His show has been performed for a wide variety of audiences.
Read more: Tony Quinn to MC Reception and Awards BanquetConference
The 2012 ACCES/CMBES Joint Conference and Trade Show is being held June 20–22, with additional continuing education courses scheduled for June 18-19 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
We are please to be offering 10 Continuing Education Courses provided by professional trainers. These are in addition to educational streams devoted to academic, clinical engineering, and medical devices.
Dialysis Presentation by Bob Gillies
Dialysis Presentation 2 by Bob Gillies
Infoway Presentation by Alex Mair
Change, Teamwork, Leadership and communications by Laurie Bourque
Building a Leading Shared Service Provider
The Case for Patient Safety in Canada, Laurel Taylor
May 6 – 8, 2009 - Halifax Delta Hotel
A special thanks to all the vendors that helped make this years conference another success.
Take a few minutes to view them all on the left.
To all the speakers a special thanks for shearing your knowledge and enthusiasm.
Your 2009 conference team was:
Ken George – Chairman
Mike Barton – Co-Chair
Gary Slauenwhite -
David Hancock
Rick Stewart
Ted MacLaggan
Philip Bradfield
Ross Smith
Carol Ann MacAdams – NSAHO Conference facilitator
Carla Anglehart – NSAHO Conference Facilitator
Jeremy Dann – ACCES rep
Paul Auffrey – ACCES rep