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Plenary Speeches
Otto Schmitt: The Schmitt Trigger and his Many Other Major Contributions to Bioelectromagnetism
Robert Patterson
Were the First Ones Really the First Ones?
Jaakko Malmivuo, Jussi Honkonen, Katrina Wendel-Mitoraj
Session 1.1: Transcranial Neural Stimulation
Introduction to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Risto Ilmoniemi
Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Clinical Practice and Research
Jyrki Mäkelä
Spatio-temporal Neuronal Dynamics in Subthalamic Nucleus and Cortex in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
Vadim Nikulin
Non-invasive Estimation of Motor Cortical Functional Anisotropy and Muscle Representation with
Neuro-navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Petro Julkunen, Minna Pitkänen and Elisa Kallioniemi
An Uncommon Masking Effect on Visual Perception with TMS
Renate Rutiku, Kadi Tulver, Jaan Aru and Talis Bachmann
Frequency-optimized Short Rectangular Chirp Pulses for Deep Brain Stimulation.
Rauno Gordon, Mart Min and Raul Land
Session 1.2: Magnetic Induction Based Sensing
Session Keynote Speech
Monitoring of Thoracic Activity Using Electromagnetic Coupling.
Daniel Teichmann, Andreas Kuhn, Dennis De Matteis, Thorsten Bartelt,
Marian Walter and Steffen Leonhardt
Magnetic Induction Sensor for the Respiration Monitoring.
J. Ojarand, S. Pille M. Min, R. Land and J. Oleitšuk
Experience from a Trial Study of Getting Foucault Cardiograph Signal from Salty Water Medium.
Jüri Vedru, Igor Vassilevski, Mart Ernits and Leo-Henn Humal
Session 1.3: Homage to Professor Robert Plonsey
Robert Plonsey 1924 – 2015, Scientist, Teacher, Gentleman and Friend
Jaakko Malmivuo
Robert Plonsey: A Mentor and Inspiration
Yoram Rudy
The Evolution of Cardiac Tissue Models
Craig Henriquez and Marjorie Hubbard
The Role of Ultrasound in Electro-Mechanical Coupling
Olaf T. von Ramm
Session 2.1: Bioimpedance I
Session Keynote Speech
Adaptive Signal Sampling for High Throughput, Broadband Impedance Spectroscopy
Uwe Pliquett
Biopsy Needle Including Bioimpedance Probe with Optimized Sensitivity Distribution
Sanna Mäki, Juho Kari, Petri Ahonen, Timo Elomaa, Paul Annusy and Kai Kronström
Estimating the Transfer Function Between the CAP and Radial EBI Cardiac Periods:
Use of PCA for Dominating Spectral Features Extraction
Andrei Krivoshei, Hasso Uuetoa, Mart Min, Jürgen Lamp, Paul Annus and Tiina Uuetoa
A Quantitative Method for Monitoring Wound Healing
Atte Kekonen, Jan-Erik Eriksson, Mikael Bergelin, Heimo Ylänen and Jari Viik
Session 2.2: Bioelectricity
Optomyography (OMG): A Novel Technique for the Detection of Muscle Surface Displacement
Using Photoelectric Sensors
Hamed Hamid Muhammed and Jammalamadaka Raghavendra
Development of an Optical Monitoring Technology for Urea Rebound Assessment
Ruth Tomson, Ivo Fridolin and Merike Luman
Validation of Simulations of Eddy Current Methods with Measurements on Phantom Materials for
Biomedical Engineering R&D.
Ksenija Pesti, Hip Kõiv and Rauno Gordon
Errors in Inverse Problem Solutions Due To Inaccuracies in Torso and Cardiac Anatomy.
R. Martin Arthur and Scott B. Marrus
Session 2.3: Bioimpedance II
Session Keynote Speech
The Early History of Impedance Cardiography and Reflections on its Current State.
Robert Patterson
Some Observations on Impedance and Ferranti Effect.
Raul Land, Mart Min and Paul Annus
Effects of Interelectrode Impedance in Water Conductivity Measurements with Capacitive Electrodes.
Carles Aliau-Bonet and Ramon Pallas-Areny
Multilead, Impedance Pneumography and Forced Oscillation Technique for Assessing
Lung Tissue Mechanical Properties.
Javier Gracia, Ville-Pekka Seppä and Jari Viik
Session 2.4: Electromagnetic Phenomena and Wearable/Implantable Devices
Observations Concerning the Results of Capacitive Monitoring of Breathing and Heart Rate
by the Means of Electrical Bioimpedance.
Margus Metshein
Towards a Wearable Device for Capacitive Monitoring of Electrical Bioimpedance of Human Body.
Margus Metshein and Toomas Parve
Energy Harvesting Technologies - Potential application to Wearable Health-Monitoring.
Faisal Ahmed, Yannick Le Moullec and Paul Annu
Pacing algorithm test environment for simulating critical bleeding situations.
Andres Kink
Bridging the Gap between Technology and Usability for Portable Brain Trauma Scanning Device.
Eiko Priidel, Annika Mikola, Rauno Gordon, Maret Martsepp, Pranay Kenkre,
Taavi Taros and Taavet Pärenson
