Programme
3rd Imeko TC13 Symposium
on Measurements in Biology and Medicine
Day
Time
Plenary
Thu
08:00-09:00
Registration
09:00-9:30
S0: Inaugural Ceremony
9:30-10:10
S1:Keynote addressing
10:10-10:40
Coffee Break#1
10:40-11:10
SEW0: Echolight Workshop: Opening Session
11:10-11:40
SEW1: Echolight Workshop: Invited talk #1
11:40-13:00
SEW2: Echolight Workshop: Session I – New
Technologies Developed within the Echolight Project
13:00-13:50
Lunch#1
14:00-14:30
SEW3: Echolight Workshop: Invited talk #2
14:30-16:30
SEW4: Echolight Workshop: Session II – Clinical
Applications and Future Perspectives
16:30-16:50
Coffee Break#2
16:50-18:10
Fri
S2: Biomedicine and Sensing systems
20:00-22:00
Symposium Dinner
9:00-9:30
S3: Invited talk
S4: Physiological Measurements
10:30– 11:00
11:00– 12:00
Coffee Break#3
S5: Sensing and Electrical Activity
12:20– 12:50
Brunch
12:50– 13:20
Farewell
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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
3rd IMEKO TC13 SYMPOSIUM
ON MEASUREMENTS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Thursday, April 17
9:00 AM – 09:30 AM S0: Inaugural Ceremony
3rd Symposium presentation
Aimé Lay-Ekuakille, General Co-Chair, University of Salento, Italy
Welcome speech
Antonio Ficarella, Chairman, Department of Innovation Engineering, Lecce, Italy, University of
Salento
09:30 AM-10:10 AM S1: Keynote addressing
New Technologies for Quantitative Assessment of Pain: Experimental and Clinical
Applications
Lars Arendt-Nielsen, Aalborg University, Denmark
10:10 AM – 10:40 AM Coffee break #1
ECHOLIGHT Project Workshop: Early Diagnosis of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis
10:40 AM-11:10AM SEW0: Opening Session
Introduction
S. Casciaro, Echolight Project Coordinator, National Research Council, Lecce
L. Capone, Regional Minister for Economic Development, Apulia Region
O. Narracci, Health Director, ASL Lecce
M. Muratore, Clinical Study Coordinator, O.U. of Rheumatology, ASL Lecce
11:10 AM-11:40AM SEW1: Invited talk
Osteoporosis: Epidemiology and Available Diagnostic Approaches
Sergio Casciaro, Echolight Project Coordinator, National Research Council, Lecce, Italy
11:40 AM-01:00 PM SEW2: New Technologies Developed within the Echolight Project
Chairs: Sergio Casciaro, National Research Council, Lecce, Italy
Francesco Conversano, National Research Council, Lecce, Italy
Implementation of a Model Database for a Novel Ultrasonic Approach to Bone Evaluation
V. Villani, F. Conversano, M. Aventaggiato, F. Chiriacò, M. Muratore, S. Casciaro
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Automatic Segmentation of Vertebral Interfaces in Echographic Images
M. Aventaggiato, F. Conversano, E. Casciaro, R. Franchini, A. Lay-Ekuakille, M. Muratore, S.
Casciaro
A New Compact Equipment for Real-Time Acquisition and Processing of Medical Ultrasound
Signals
L. Passaquindici, F. Cursano, A. Greco, G. Soloperto, F. Conversano, A. Lay-Ekuakille, S.
Casciaro
A Novel Fully Automatic Algorithm for Accurate Vertebral Morphometry
R. Franchini, F. Conversano, E. Casciaro, E. Quarta, A. Grimaldi, M. Muratore, S. Casciaro
01:00 PM – 01:50 PM Lunch #1
ECHOLIGHT Project Workshop: Early Diagnosis of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis
02:00 PM-02:30 PM SEW3:Invited talk
Osteoporotic Fractures: Risk Estimation, Possible Therapies and Related Costs
Maurizio MURATORE, O.U. of Rheumatology, Galateo Hospital, San Cesario di Lecce, ASL-LE,
Lecce, Italy
2:30 PM-4:30 PM SEW4: Clinical Applications and Future Perspectives
Chairs: Sergio Casciaro, National Research Council, Lecce, Italy
Maurizio Muratore, Galateo Hospital, ASL Lecce, Italy
Diagnostic Accuracy of a Novel Ultrasound-Based Methodology for Spinal Densitometry on a
Cohort of Normal- and Under-Weight Women
M. D. Renna, F. Conversano, P. Pisani, E. Casciaro, L. D. Costanza, M. Muratore, S. Casciaro
Clinical Evaluation of a Novel Ultrasound-Based Methodology for Osteoporosis Diagnosis on
Overweight and Obese Women
S. Casciaro, M. D. Renna, F. Conversano,G. Soloperto, E. Casciaro, E. Quarta, A. Grimaldi, M.
Muratore
An Innovative Ultrasound-Based Method for The Identification of Patients at High Fracture
Risk
P. Pisani, A. Greco, M. D. Renna, F. Conversano, E. Casciaro, L. Quarta, D. Costanza, M.
Muratore, S. Casciaro
Comparison between Ultrasound Fragility Score and FRAX® for the Assessment of
Osteoporotic Fracture Risk
A. Greco, P. Pisani, G. Soloperto, M.D. Renna, F. Conversano, M. Muratore, S. Casciaro
Preliminary Clinical Validation of a New Ultrasound-Based Methodology for Femoral Neck
Densitometry
F. Chiriacò, F. Conversano, E. Quarta, L. Quarta, M. Muratore, A. Lay-Ekuakille, S. Casciaro
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In Vitro Ultrasound Characterization of Human Proximal Femur Microstructure and
Comparison with Micro-CT Data
M. Peccarisi, T. De Marco, L. Spedicato, A. Greco, F. Conversano, D. Panetta, G. Guido, V.
Bottai, P. Salvadori, S.Casciaro
4:30 AM – 4:50 AM Coffee break #2
04:50 PM – 06:10 PM S2: Biomedicine and sensing systems
Chair: I. Jabłoński, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland
Energy Efficient Smart Building – the Research-Development and Demonstrative Program
I. Jabłoński, J. Mroczka
Minimization of Stray Capacitances in Howland Current Source
D. Bouchaala, O. Kanoun, N. Derbel
Dielectric Properties Measurement of Biological Materials Using Non-Destructive Sensors
N. Aouabdia, N. E. Belhadj-Tahar, G. Alquié
Quality Assessment in Radiographic Images
G. Andria, F. Attivissimo, A. M. L. Lanzolla, G. Guglielmi, M. Francavilla
8:00 PM – 10:30 PM Symposium dinner
Friday, April 18
9:00 AM-9:30AM S3:Invited talk
Advances in Electromyography application:EGG and pain assessment
R. Morello (Dept. DIIES, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy)
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM S4: Physiological Measurements
Chair: A. M. L. Lanzolla, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy
Measurements Issue on Cystic Fibrosis Diagnostic
R. Morello,A. Lay-Ekuakille,G. Griffo, C. De Capua
A Smartphone-Based Assessment Tool to Evaluate Parkinson’s Disease Severity
R. Morello, Claudio De Capua, Gianluca Lipari
Threshold Adaptation in Automatic Wavelet-Ica for Electroencephalographic Artifact
Removal
N. Mammone, A. Lay-Ekuakille, P. Vergallo, F. C. Morabito
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Coffee break #3
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11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S5: Sensing and Electrical Activity
Chair: D. Bouchaala, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany
Source Localization of Epileptic Activity from Intracranial EEG by Direction of Arrival
Estimation Method
P. Vergallo, R. Janca, A. Lay-Ekuakille, R. Cmejla, P. Krsek
Testing and characterization: brain recording and measurement system
G. Griffo, A. Lay-Ekuakille, A. Massaro, F. Spano, L. Blasi, G. Gigli
update in progress, to be cont’d
12:20 PM – 12:50 PM Brunch
12:50 PM – 01:20 PM Farewell
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