1;IFMBE 25/VII;1 2;Preface;5 3;Table of Contents;8 4;Sodium profiling, but not cold dialysate, improves the absolute plasma refill rateduring hemodialysis, measured by computer-guided, algorithm-controlledultrafiltration;25 5;Phase/Magnitude Retrieval Algorithms in Electrical Bioimpedance Spectroscopy;29 6; An enhanced optical method for measuring concentration of uric acid removedduring dialysis;33 7;System Structure and Control Properties of Cardiovascular Regulation:Significance for the Artificial Heart;37 8;Medical Device Alarms - The Clinician;41 9;Remote Patient Monitoring - Return on Investment;43 10;Innovative Acoustic Biofeedback Interventions for Hypertension;47 11; Development of Remote Monitoring System for Deep Freezer;51 12;Antimicrobial activity of Beta-Thujaplicin (Hinokitiol) on heterotrophic bacteriaisolated from Reverse Osmosis water using for the preparation ofHemodialysis fluids ;54 13; From Experimental Investigations with Laser Bio-Photometry to Statistical ModelsApplied for the Normal and Pathological Tissue;58 14; Technology of Automated Medical Diagnostics Using Fuzzy Linguistic Variablesand Consensus Ranking Methods;62 15;Measuring of uremic substances in dialysate by visible ultraviolet spectroscopy;66 16;An adaptive controller for noisy pressure controlled ventilation;74 17;Distributed Model for Fluid Flow Driven by Hydrostatic and Osmotic Pressuresduring Peritoneal Dialysis;78 18;Medical Device Alarms - The Statistician;82 19; Total Body Water Changes Using Segmental Bioimpedance in Healthy Populationwith Similar Anthropometry;84 20;8-Patient ECG Telemetry System Intended for Cardiac Rehab;88 21;Measurement System for Surface Electromyogram and Handgrip ForceBased on LabVIEW;91 22;Detecting Narcotic Usage Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopyon Saliva Samples;95 23;Implementation of a semi-digital automatic control loop for control of hot wireanemometers particularly for use in mobile spirometry;99 24;Probe Pressure Optimization In Bio-impedance Spectroscopy;102 25;A Method to Create Resource Consumption Profiles for Biomedical Equipment;105 26;Comparison of Rectangular Wave Excitations in Broad Band ImpedanceSpectroscopy for Microfluidic Applications;109 27;Development of a Portable Impedance Tomography System (PITS) ;113 28;Parasitic capacitances in the installation of IT grounding systems for operationrooms, ICUs and hemodynamics centers;117 29; Internal filtration induces severe concentration of blood cells inside hollow-fiberdialysis membrane at the start of postdilution hemodiafiltration;121 30;Implementation of the Multiprocessing in a Central Monitoring Station with 16Patient Monitors;124 31;Automated Wearable Artificial Kidney (AWAK): A Peritoneal Dialysis Approach;128 32;Neurophysiological Monitoring - the Engineer;132 33;Neurophysiological Monitoring - the Clinician;133 34;Phonocardiographic Classification of Mechanical Heart Valves Using ArtificialNeural Networks;134 35;Checking electric safety in patient care vicinity;138 36;In Vivo Validation of an Automatic Controlled Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenator;142 37;Continuous Hand-to-Foot and Segmental Bioimpedance SpectroscopyMeasurements within a Period of Five Days;146 38;A New Sensory Device and Optimal Position for Monitoring HR/RR during Sleep;150 39; Resistivities of the live monkey skulls;154 40;Disinfection of Surgical Materials Using Photo-Activated Tolonium Chloride;157 41;Directed Transesophageal Left Atrial and Left Ventricular Electrocardiography inEvaluation of Interatrial and Interventricular Delay in Patients with Heart Failure ;161 42;Transoesophageal electrical bioimpedance measurements of the heart in humans;165 43;Instrument towards Faster Diagnosis and Treatment of Prostate Cancer -Resonance Sensor Stiffness Measurements on Human Prostate Tissue in vitro;169 44;A Body Sensor Network Based Support System for Automated BioimpedanceSpectroscopy Measurements ;173 45;Basic Air-cooling Fuzzy Control Syste