IMA Conference on Mathematics of Medical Devices and Surgical Procedures
Monday 17 - Wednesday 19 September 2012, University College London
Monday 17 September
09:00 – 09:10
09:10 – 09:50
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10:10 – 10:30
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10:50 – 11:20
11:20 – 12:00
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17:00 – 18:00
Welcome – Ian Eames – Roberts 106
Invited talk: Professor Ajit Yoganathan (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Utilizing Experimental and Computational Tools in Tandem to Assess Cardiovascular Devices
and Surgical Planning
Comparative Hydrodynamic In-Vitro Assessment of the Edwards SAPIEN and Medtronic
Corevalve Transcatheter Aortic Valves
S. Tzamtzis
Near-hinge flow field of bileaflet mechanical heart valve with multiple degrees of freedom
based on PIV and CFD Analyses
Y. Li
Assessment of Flow Dynamics Before and After Implantation of Transcatheter Aortic
Valves
A. Ducci
Tea/coffee break – Roberts 422
Invited talk: Professor Rod Hose (University of Sheffield, UK)
Challenges, Progress and Opportunities in the Virtual Physiological Human Initiative: The
VPH-Share Workflows
Numerical Simulation of Fibre Remodelling in the Mitral Valve
K. Lau
The integration of bioengineering computer science and imaging for save implementation
of first-in-man cardiovascular device dissection
A. M. Taylor
A multi-scale model of Atherosclerosis formation and development
G. Di Tomaso
Lunch – Roberts 422
Treatment of a Stenosed Arteriovenous Fistula by Balloon Angioplasty with or Without
Stenting: Comparison of Effects on Hemodynamics
A.-V. Salsac
Blood flow characteristics in stented atherosclerotic lesion in the coronary artery
bifurcation highly depends on stenting strategy
R. Torii
Applications of Computational Modelling in Neonatology
L. C. Wrobel
Tea/coffee break – Roberts 422
Invited talk: Professor Mark Emberton (University College London)
Computational solutions to real problems in the prostate cancer pathway
Vision Based Instrument Detection and Tracking for Minimally Invasive Surgery
M. Allan
Quantifying Spatial Variations in Cell Density in Collagen Scaffolds: A Combined
Theoretical-Experimental Approach
R. J. Shipley
Drinks reception – Roberts 422
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Tuesday 18 September
09:00 – 09:20
09:20 – 10:00
Welcome – Professor Quentin Pankhurst – Roberts 106
Invited talk: Professor Philip Luthert (University College London)
10:00 – 10:20
Fluid structure characteristics of the scleral flap in the trabeculectomy procedure
A. Samsudin
Virtual simulation of visual field tests in the eye disease glaucoma
R. Russell
Blood flow in the choriocapillaris
M. Zouache
Tea/coffee break – Roberts 422
Mechanics and Rheology of Microconfined Blood Flows
S. Balabani
Models of Blood Flow in Vascular Networks: Combining Discrete and Continuum
Approaches
R. J. Shipley
Towards a Better Understanding of Perfusion in Human Placentas
S. Bhirgoo
Lunch – Roberts 422
Invited talk: Professor Alfio Quarteroni (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,
Switzerland)
Mathematical models for the cardiovascular system: numerical simulation, control and
optimization, applications
A New Generation Transcatheter Heart Valves
B. Rahmani
Coupled 0d and Cfd Simulation of Blood Flow Through A Stanford Type B Aortic
Dissection
M. Alimohammadi
A Proposal of Surface Electromyography Model for the Generation of Synthetic Signals
S. Ramakrishnan
Tea/coffee break – Roberts 422
Efficient Simulation of Cardiac Electrical Propagation using High-Order Finite Elements
C. J. Arthurs
Tumour area delimitation in glioblastoma multiforme using non-negative matrix
factorization
P. Lisboa
Instrumentation for microelectrode sensor arrays
S.-M. Moledina
Conference dinner – Number Twelve Restaurant
10:20 – 10:40
10:40 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:30
11:30 – 11:50
11:50 – 12:10
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13:30 – 14:10
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Wednesday 19 September
09:00 – 09:40
09:40 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:20
10:20 – 10:40
10:40 – 11:10
11:10 – 11:30
11:30 – 11:50
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12:50
Invited talk: Professor Harry van Lenthe (KU Leuven) – Roberts 106
Computational analyses of bone competence and implant stability
A Mathematical Model of Cartilage Regeneration after Cell Therapy
S. Naire
Crack Initiation And Fracture Toughness Of Random Voronoi Lattices
I. Christodoulou
Multiphase modeling of tissue engineering
N. C. Pearson
Tea/coffee break – Roberts 422
A Novel Application of Benford’s Law for Medical Imaging Radiation Dose Analysis
S. Cournane
Performance Evaluation of Bidimensional Empirical Mode Decomposition of Medical
Thermal Images using Similarity Measures
S. Suganthi
Analysis of Doppler Ultrasound Blood Flow Signals using Time-frequency Localisation
Techniques
G. Jacob
Interaction of ultrasound with soft tissue
G. Vilensky
Analysis of the Biomechanical Behaviour of the Aorta in Marfan Patients
S. Singh
Closing comments and lunch
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