Healthcom 2008 Organizing Committee

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9:20 – 9:30 AM Welcome Address (Biopolis, Matrix Building, Exploration Theatrette)

Keynote 1: A Road to Disease Prevention through Telemedicine and eHealth (Exploration), Prof. Luis Kun, Senior Research Professor of Homeland Security, National Defense University / IRMC, Fort Lesley McNair Washington, DC,

USA

· Comparative technical evaluation of various communication media used for telemedical video-conference, Indra Pratap Singh, Repu Daman Chand, Saroj Mishra

· Apply Biologically - Inspired Topology to Disaster Communications, Isao Nakajima, Hiroshi Juzoji, Toshihiko Kitano, Yuichi Ishibashi

· A Mobile Healthcare Questionnaire Service Framework using Composite Web Services, Nam Joon, Park, Minkyu Lee, Dong-Soo Han, Chulho Cho, Jaegeol Cho

· Physio-Grid System for Advanced Identification of Heart Disease, Chan-Hyun Youn, Chang-Hee Han, Youngjoo Han, Soon Sung Kwon, EunBo Shim

· Dynamic Group Management as an Enhancement to Emergency Health Care Using Policies, Jens Schmutzler, Christopher Foley, Stefan Michaelis, Sven van der Meer, Christian Wietfeld

· IC tag monitoring system identifies an unusual pattern of toilet use by a patient with vascular dementia, Miyae Yamakawa, Kiyoko Makimoto, Chieko Greiner, Mizue Suzuki, Shunji Sudo, Nobuyuki Ashida

· Automatic detection of Activities of Daily Living from Detecting and Classifying Electrical Events on the Residential Power Line, Marc Berenguer, M. Giordani, F. Giraud-By, Norbert Noury

· Smart Wireless Continence Management System for Patients with Dementia, Aung Aung Phyo Wai, Victor Foo Siang Fook, Maniyeri Jayachandran, Jit Biswas, Song Zheng, Chris Nugent, Maurice Mulvenna, Jer-En Lee, Philip Yap

· Eating Activity Primitives Detection - a Step Towards ADL Recognition, Andrei Tolstikov, Jit Biswas, Chen Khong Tham, Philip Yap

· Approaches and Principles of Fall Detection for Elderly and Patient, Xinguo Yu

· Telemedicine Information Monitoring System, Chih-Jen Hsu, Chiou Yii-Tay, Chang Cheng-Lii, Hwang Jlng-Huei, Jone-Chiung

· A Tele-Ophthalmology System Based on Secure Video-conferencing and White-Board, Shengsheng Yu, Zhuo Wei, Robert H. Deng, Haixia Yao, Zhigang Zhao, Lek Heng Ngoh, Yongdong Wu

· Nationwide Tele-Oncology network in India - A framework for implementation, Sudhamony S Binu, P J Satheesh, G Issac Niwas, Swami doss, Sudalaimani C, Nandakumar K, Muralidharan V, Baljit Singh Bedi

· Innovative Platform for Tele-Physiotherapy, Victor Foo Siang Fook, Sum Zhuo Hao, Aung Aung Phyo Wai, Maniyeri Jayachandran, Jit Biswas, Siew Yee Lee, Philip Yap

· Application of tele-Ultrasound in Emergency Medical Services, Mei-Ju Su, Huei-Ming Ma, Chow-In Ko, Wen-Chu Chiang, Chih-Wei Yang, Sao-Jie Chen, Robert Chen, Heng-Shuen Chen

Paper Session 4: Knowledge Management and Ontology in Healthcare (Discovery)

· Design and Implementation of a Knowledge-based Application in Specimen Collection, Danny C.C. Poo, Sunil K. Sethi, Anil K. Ratty

· An Ontology-based Framework for Managing Semantic Interoperability Issues in e-Health, Pronab Ganguly, Subhagata Chattopadhyay, Nandan Paramesh, Pradeep Ray

· Management of Mobile Social Network Services for Families with Developmental Delay Children, Li-Der Chou, Nien-Hwa Lai, Yen-Wen Chen, Yao-Jen Chang, Lien-Fu Huang, Wen-Ling Chiang, Hung-Yi Chiu, Jyun-Yan Yang

· Assessment of User Satisfaction with an Internet-based Integrated Patient Education System for Diabetes Management, YuTing Yeh, Shwu-Jiuan Wu, Chien-Tsai Liu, Ting-I Lee

· A Framework for Personalized Healthcare Service Recommendation, Choon-oh Lee, Minkyu Lee, Dong-Soo Han, Suntae Jung, Jaegeol Cho

· Telemedicine Technology in Cancer Care - Developing Country Perspective, Prof. Saroj K. Mishra

· Framework for Information Technology Infrastructure for Health for Developing Countries – Indian Effort, Baljit Singh Bedi

· Telemedicine to integrate primary and scarce secondary services in developing regions, Prof. Ronald Merrel

· Design and Implementation of a Training Program for Introducing Information and Communications Technology to Rural Health Workers in a Developing Country, Dr. Alvin B. Marcelo

· A Web-Based Wireless Mobile System Design and Implementation of Security and Privacy Framework for u-Healthcare, Weider D. Yu, Roopa Gummadikayala, Sriram Mudumbi

· Secure WBAN Using Rule-Based IDS With Biometrics And MAC Authentication, Kuppa Mohanram Sharmilee, Rajeswari Mukesh, A. Damodaram, V. Subbiah Bharathi,

· Privacy-Preserving Electronic Health Record Linkage Using Pseudonym Identifiers, Bandar Alhaqbani, Colin Fidge

· Highly-Interactive and User-Friendly Web Application for People with Diabetes, Francois Andry, Larry Freeman, John Gillson, John Kienitz, Michelle Lee, Goutham Naval, Daren Nicholson

· Training Program for e-Health in Tokai University, Yuichi Ishibashi, Hiroshi Juzoji, Toshihiko Kitano, Susumu Chida, Yasuhiko Kawasumi, Isao Nakajima

· Ride Comfort Analysis based on Tilting Train Simulator for e-Health Train, Youngbum Lee, Kwangsoo Shin, Yongsoo Song, Sungho Han, Myoung-Ho Lee

· Development of the support system to help team care for home care, Sagawa Setsuko, Ashida Nobuyuki, Nasu Yasuhiro, Suto Shunji, Tsuji Masatsugu

· Security and Privacy for WiMoHS (Wireless Mobile Healthcare System), Weider Yu, Vijayalakshmi Jothiram

· A Case Report on an e-Learning for Health Initiative in the

Philippines

, Joselito Montalban, Alvin Marcelo

· Comparison and Optimization of Methods for Intra-Disc Vascular Architecture Extraction, J. Liu, D.W.K. Wong, K. T. Ching, K. L. Chan, J.H. Lim, N. M. Tan, H. Li, T. Y. Wong

Keynote 2: e-Health from the hands of patients (Exploration), Prof. Yu-Chuan (Jack) Li, President, Asia Pacific Assoc for Med Info, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei ,

Taiwan

· Assistive Care Loop with Electronic Maternity Records, Doan Hoang, E. Lawrence, N.F. Ahmad, V. Balasubramanian, C. Homer, M. Foureur, N. Leap

· A Framework for Assessing ICT Preparedness for e-Health Implementation, Subhagata Chattopadhyay, Junhua Li, Lesley Land, Pradeep Ray

· Information and Communications Technology Needs Assessment of Philippine Rural Health Physicians, Joselito M. Montalban, Alvin B. Marcelo

· An Approach for E-health System Assessment & Specification, Junhua Li, Lesley Pek Wee Land, Subhagata Chattopadhyay, Pradeep Ray

· An Empirical Analysis of Reduction of Medical Expenditures by eHealth System: Further Results, Yuji Akematsu, Masatsugu Tsuji, Fumio Taoka

· Challenging interoperability and bandwidth issues in national e-Health strategies by a bottom-up approach: Establishing a performant IT infrastructure network in a Middle East State, Thomas Grechenig, Barbara Tappeiner, Anna Wujciow

· A Novel Wearable ECG Monitoring System Based on Active-Cable and Intelligent Electrodes, Geng Yang, Jian Chen, Ying Cao, Hannu Tenhunen, Li-Rong Zheng

· Non-Intrusive Respiratory Monitoring System using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor, Victor Foo Siang Fook, Kng Poh Leong, Emily Hao Jianzhong, Maniyeri Jayachandran, Aung Aung Phyo Wai, Jit Biswas, Weisi Lin, Philip Yap

· Bayesian Classification for Bed Posture Detection Based on Kurtosis and Skewness Estimation, Chi-Chun Hsia, Yu-Wei Hung, Yu-Hsien Chiu, Chia-Hao Kang

· Detection of Activities for Daily Life Surveillance:Eating and Drinking, Sen Zhang, Marcelo, Ang, Jr, Wendong Xiao, Chen Khong Tham

· Gaussian Particle Filter for Tracking Hip Angle in Gait Cycles, Zhiqiang Zhang, Jiankang Wu, Zhipei Huang

· Studying on Satellite Blocking Rate Depending on Road Width, Toshihiko Kitano, Hiroshi Juzoji, Isao Nakajima

· Klauder wavelet based QRS signal variability analysis in Electrocardiograms, Issac Niwas Swami doss, Sudhamony S, Nandakumar K

· Patent Issues on the Coorperation between Medial Science and Technology, Yasumitsu Tomioka, Hiroshi Juzoji, Isao Nakajima

· Large Margin Mixture of AR models for Abnormal ECG pattern detection/diagnosis, Venkataramana Kini

· The Ubiquitous Health Smart Home - An attempt to correlate the human activity with the direct assessment of the health status, Norbert Noury, Pierre Rumeau, J. Belmin, F. Piette

· Patient-and-Family-Centered Intelligent Medical Social Work Information System, Tsung Yu Chuang, Feipei Lai, Yung-Ching Weng, Hsieh sung huai

· Design Considerations of Body Sensor Networks, Buddhika De Silva, Anirudh Natarajan, Mehul Motani, Kee Chaing Chua

· iPCA: An Integration Information System for Patient Controlled Analgesia, Shu-Fen Yang, Tien-Hsiung Ku, Hung Shan Wu, Shih-Chang Huang, Rong-Hong Jan

· Grid Workflow-Driven Healthcare Platform for Collaborative Heart Disease Simulator, Jay Dong, Hyewon Song, Chan-Hyun Youn, EunBo Shim

· Long Term Heart Rate Variability Rhythms of Overweight and Obese High School Students, Desok Kim, Yunhwan Seo, Sookhyun Kim, Chan-Hyun Youn, Suntae Jung

· A Discussion of Security requirements and issues in Healthcare information systems, Rehab AlNemr, Christoph Meinel

· A method for supporting at-home fitness exercise guidance and at-home nursing care for the elders - Video-based simple measurement system, Ryuichi Ayase, Terumasa Higashi, Satoru Takayama, Setsuko Sagawa, Nobuyuki Ashida

· Patent Issues on Telemedicine in eHealth, Yasumitsu Tomioka, Isao Nakajima, Hiroshi Juzoji, Toshihiko Kitano

· Healthcare Kiosk - Next Generation Accessible Healthcare Solution, Anubha Verma , Harsh Dhand, Abhijit Shaha

· Ignorance, experimentation, redundancy or active management? Organizational approaches to Mobile Information and Communication Technology [MICT] integration with existing Hospital IT, Henrique MG Martins, Matthew R. Jones

· Mobile Target Tracking for Healthcare Applications: Trade-offs between Accuracy and Energy, Mingding Han, Ghasem Naddafzadeh Shirazi, Peijie Wang, Chen Khong Tham

Paper Session 9: Communication Technology in Mobile Healthcare (Discovery)

· Power- and Delay-Aware Mobile Application-Data Flow Adaptation: the MobiHealth System Case Study, Katarzyna Wac, Mortaza Bargh, Arjan Peddemors, Pravin Pawar, Bert-Jan van Beijnum, Richard Bults

· A Study on Intra-body Communication for Personal Healthcare Monitoring System, Abdullah Alshehab, Nao Kobayash, Ryosuke Kikuchi, Jordi Ruiz, Shigeru Shimamoto, Hiroshi Ishibashi

· A Platform for Personalized Mobile u-Health Application Design and Development, Minkyu Lee, Byeongwoo Kang, Dong-Soo Han, Suntae Jung, Chulho Cho

· Performance of Multi User Detector based receivers for UWB Body Area Networks, Puduru Reddy, Viswanath Ganapathy

· Use of Clinical Bioinformatics in the development of the GORGS (Gastrointestinal Oncology Research Group of Singapore) initiative in an Asian context, James Mah, Mei Ling Chong, Ju Chen, Xiao Hui Li, Pheng Pheng Khoo, Hui Ying Soh, Simon Yew Kuaung Ong, Oss A Soo, Sok Lian Cheong, Chung Yip Chan, Manuel Salto-Tellez, Richie Soong

· A physical telerehabilitation system based on new generation web services, Pedro A. de-Alarcon, Luis A. Curiel, Josep Maria Muniesa

· Okinawa Declaration on Telemedicine (Asia Pacific Telemedicine Initiative), Isao Nakajima, Leonid Androuchko, Yasumitsu Tomioka, Hiroshi Juzoji

· Intelligent Fusion in Automated Glaucoma Detection, Wing Kee Damon Wong, Jimmy Liu, Joo-Hwee Lim, Xiao Jia, Yin Fengshou, Huiqi Li, Wei Xiong, Tien Yin Wong

· Solutions for the Sustainable eHealth Operation in Pacific Islands, Hiroshi Juzoji, Isao Nakajima, Yuichi Ishibashi, Toshihiko Kitano

· The Cardiac Songstress: Using Heart Fractals to Produce Heart Song for Long Term Cardiac Monitoring, Thomas Chee Tat Ho, Xiang Cheng, Eng Thiam Lim

· The Effects of Climate Change on the Demands of the Smart Clothing Functions in Hiking, Ching Li

· Geometric Poincare Plot Analysis for Cardiac Disease Estimation, Chan-Hyun Youn, Kim Jinho, Desok Kim, Woo Ram Jung, Dong-Hyun Kim, Sung-Hwan Yoo

· Prediction of Atrial Fibrillation Onsets by Multiple Formulas based on Long Term Variation of Heart Rate Variability, Desok Kim, Yunhwan Seo, Chan-Hyun Youn

· Users' Perception toward Smart Home Healthcare Technologies-a Survey in Singapore, Wei Kiat Koh, Jamie Ng, Alvin Wong, Daniel Yap, Zelia Tay, Martin G. Helander

· E-learning Technology in Healthcare - Indian case study, Prof. Saroj K. Mishra

· Comparative evaluation of ehealth in developing countries: A Case Study, Prof. Pradeep Ray, Dr. Subhagata Chattopadhyay

· Evaluation of an SMS-based Telemedicine Service in the Philippines, Dr. Alvin B. Marcelo

· Presentation on Asia Pacific u-Health Research Centre (APuHC) in Kolkata, India, Subir Choudhury, Shankarlal Banerjee, Asim Bardhan

· Some experiences with Telemedicine services in Eastern India, Subhranil Som, Goutam Bhattacharyya