The IASTED International Symposia on
Imaging and Signal Processing in Healthcare and Technology
ISPHT 2011
May 16 – 18, 2011
Washington, DC, USA
Advisory Board
- A. Achim – University of Bristol, United Kingdom
- J. Angulo – MINES ParisTech - Centre de Morphologie Mathématique, France
- O. Au – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China PR
- K. E. Barner – University of Delaware, USA
- Z. Q. Cai – Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore
- Z. Cohen – National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, USA
- U. Demirci – Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, USA
- P. L. Emiliani – Nello Carrara Institute of Applied Physics, Italy
- T. Fukuda – Nagoya University, Japan
- J. N. Hwang – University of Washington, USA
- R. Kiss – Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
- N. Lovell – University of New South Wales, Australia
- K. K. Ma – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- C. Meyer – Philips Research Laboratories Hamburg, Germany
- A. Mihailidis – University of Toronto, Canada
- K. G. Neoh – National University of Singapore, Singapore
- S. Payne – University of Oxford, UK
- L. Ponnala – Cornell University, USA
- N. Sakamoto – Kyoto University, Japan
- N. S. Sapidis – University of Western Macedonia, Greece
- M. Sarfraz – Kuwait University, Kuwait
- J. V. Shah – Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, USA
- S. A. Suandi – Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
- H. Ugail – University of Bradford, United Kingdom
- S. Wada – Tokyo Denki University, Japan
- T. F. Zheng – Tsinghua University, China PR
International Program Committee
- W. H. Abdulla – The University of Auckland, New Zealand
- J. Abedi – University of Calgary, Canada
- M. Alam – University of South Alabama, USA
- D. Al-Dabass – Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
- A. Alonso-Betanzos – University of A Coruña, Spain
- Y. Alsultanny – Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain
- S. alZahir – UNBC, Canada
- A. J. Amditis – National Technical University of Athens, Greece
- A. A. Amini – University of Louisville, USA
- N. M. Antoniotti – Marshfield Clinic TeleHealth Network, USA
- T. N. Arvanitis – University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
- S. Atkins – Simon Fraser University , Canada
- O. Au – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China PR
- W. Badawy – IntelliView Technologies Inc., Canada
- K. S. Bennoor – Bangladesh Telemedicine Association, Bangladesh
- P. Bhattacharya – Concordia University, Canada
- F. Bianconi – University of Perugia, Italy
- T. Blu – Chinese University of Hong Kong, China PR
- C. Brito – COPEC - Council of Researches in Education and Sciences, Brazil
- R. Bulik – University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
- K. Camilleri – University of Malta, Malta
- P. Carvalho – University of Coimbra, Portugal
- A. Castro Martinez – University of A Coruña, Spain
- M. E. Celebi – Louisiana State University in Shreveport, USA
- S. Chandran – Telecom Consultant, Malaysia
- L. H. Chen – National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan
- K. S. Cheng – National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
- Y. T. Ching – National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
- R. S. Choras – University of Technology and Life Sciences, Poland
- K. Cieslicki – Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
- D. Cristea – "Politehnica" University of Bucharest, Romania
- F. Cruz-Roldán – University of Alcala, Spain
- S. Czaja – University of Miami, USA
- C. da Rocha Brito – Council of Researches in Education and Sciences, Brazil
- Y. Dai – Iwate Prefecture University, Japan
- P. Dario – Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa, Italy
- M. Das – Oakland University, USA
- M. das Gracas de Almeida – Federal Center For Technological Education of Minas Gerais, Brazil
- I. de la Torre – University of Valladolid, Spain
- V. Della Mea – Medical Informatics, Telemedicine and Ehealth Lab, University of Udine, Italy
- J. Dias – University of Coimbra Polo II, Portugal
- S. Dlay – Newcastle University, United Kingdom
- C. Drake – University of California, San Francisco, USA
- M. Duplaga – Jagiellonian University Medical Colllege, Poland
- A. Ebert – University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
- S. Edirippulige – University of Queensland, Australia
- E. Edirisinghe – Loughborough University, United Kingdom
- M. Eklund – University of Ontario Institute of Technology , Canada
- C. El Morr – York University, Canada
- C. Fernandez – Computer Vision Center, Spain
- R. J. Ferrari – Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil
- S. Finkelstein – University of Minnesota, USA
- P. Fiorini – University of Verona, Italy
- J. Fonseca – UNINOVA, Portugal
- D. J. Foran – University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, USA
- M. Fukumi – University of Tokushima, Japan
- A. Gale – Loughborough University, UK
- X. Gao – Middlesex University, United Kingdom
- J. Gardner – ,
- W. Glinkowski – TeleOrto Centre of Excellence, Poland
- E. J. Gómez – Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain
- P. Gorce – University of Toulon, France
- N. Gueorguieva – City University of New York, USA
- T. Guerreiro – Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
- D. M. Harvey – Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
- M. A. Hasan – University of Minnesota Duluth, USA
- B. He – ,
- H. Hellbrück – Lübeck University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- R. Hiraga – Tsukuba University of Technology, Japan
- R. Hornero – University of Valladolid, Spain
- P. A. Hu – University of Auckland, New Zealand
- M. K. Ibrahim – De Montfort University, United Kingdom
- I. P. Ivrissimtzis – Durham University, United Kingdom
- S. Jaeger – National Library of Medicine, USA
- L. D. Jassemidis – Arizona State University, USA
- M. Jeon – GIST, Korea
- H. Jiang – University of Florida, USA
- Z. Jin – Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China PR
- L. Jofre – Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
- G. Jovanovic Dolecek – Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electro, Mexico
- H. Y. Jung – MSP Lab, Korea
- M. Kampmann – Ericsson Research, Germany
- D. Karras – University and Hellenic Aerospace Industry, Greece
- W. Karwowski – University of Central Florida, USA
- J. Kern – University Medical School Zagreb, Croatia
- A. Kerren – Linnaeus University, Sweden
- J. Kinser – George Mason University, USA
- I. Klapan – Croatian Telemedicine Society, Croatian Medical Association, Croatia
- P. Kokol – University of Maribor, Slovenia
- G. Kouroupetroglou – University of Athens, Greece
- B. Kovalerchuk – Central Washington University, USA
- P. Kragel – East Carolina University, USA
- E. Krupinski – Emory University, USA
- A. Kuijper – Fraunhofer IGD, Germany
- V. Kumar – Indian Institute of Technology , India
- H. Laggoune – University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), Canada
- A. Lazakidou – University of Peloponnese, Greece
- Z. Les – The Queen Jadwiga Research Institute of Understanding, Australia
- C. C. Li – University of Pittsburgh, USA
- Y. Li – Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago/ Northwestern University / Rehabtek LLC, USA
- C. C. Lien – Chung Hua University, Taiwan
- J. Light – University of New Brunswick (Saint John), Canada
- G. Lightbody – University of Ulster, United Kingdom
- C. Lima – University of Minho, Portugal
- P. L. Lin – Providence University, Taiwan
- W. Luther – University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- R. Manduchi – University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
- P. L. Mazzeo – Istituto di studi sui sistemi intelligenti per l'automazione, Italy
- L. McBain – First Nations University of Canada , Canada
- D. B. Megherbi – University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
- M. Menezes de Oliveira Neto – Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- R. Merrell – Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
- C. Meyer – Philips Research Laboratories Hamburg, Germany
- H. Mirzadeh – Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
- M. Miyazaki – University of Alberta, Canada
- A. K. Nandi – University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
- M. R. Neuman – Michigan Technological University, USA
- J. M. Ogier – University of La Rochelle, France
- A. Ohinmaa – University of Alberta , Canada
- V. Ostromoukhov – University of Montreal, Canada
- E. Papadopoulos – National Technical University of Athens, Greece
- S. W. Park – Texas A&M University-Kingsville, USA
- A. Parush – Carleton University, Canada
- A. G. Patil – Shri Bhagubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic, India
- P. Pedersen – Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
- F. J. Perales – UIB, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Spain
- A. L. Pereira do Amaral – Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra (ISEC), Portugal
- M. Perez Malumbres – Miguel Hernandez University, Spain
- A. J. Pinho – University of Aveiro, Portugal
- E. Pontelli – New Mexico State University, USA
- D. Puskin – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, USA
- H. Qin – State University of New York, USA
- T. Rabie – Canadian University of Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- G. Rau – Aachen University of Technology, Germany
- R. Reddy – West Virginia University, USA
- K. Ricanek – UNCW, USA
- S. A. Robila – Montclair State University, USA
- M. Rodrigues – Sheffield Hallam University, UK
- R. Roine – Hospital District of Helsinki & Uusimaa, Finland
- W. Roque – Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- B. R. Rosen – Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, USA
- F. Routhier – Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration, Canada
- P. Ruotsalainen – National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finland
- S. Sadagopan – Indian Institute of Information Technology, India
- K. Saeed – AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow, Poland
- A. Sanchez – Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain
- E. Sánchez Nielsen – University of La Laguna, Spain
- T. Sanguankotchakorn – Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
- C. Sansone – DIS- University of Napoli Federico II, Italy
- A. D. Sappa – Computer Vision Center, Spain
- M. Scherer – University of Rochester, USA
- F. K. Schneider – Federal Technological University of Paraná, Brazil
- V. Sebesta – Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
- J. Serra-Sagrista – Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
- S. Sharples – University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
- A. Sherstyuk – University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
- E. Sheybani – Virginia State University, USA
- J. S. Shieh – Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
- P. Shirley – University of Utah, USA
- G. Silverman – Manhattan College, USA
- D. M. Simpson – University of Southampton, UK
- P. Slavík – Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
- J. Slonim – Dalhousie University, Canada
- J. Soraghan – University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
- G. Sorwar – Southern Cross University, Australia
- S. Stansfield – ,
- G. Stockman – Michigan University, USA
- R. Summers – Loughborough University, United Kingdom
- Y. L. Tang – Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan
- L. J. Tardón García – University of Málaga, Spain
- J. M. Tavares – University of Porto, Portugal
- J. C. Teixeira – University of Coimbra, Portugal
- J. Tian – Chinese Academy of Sciences, PR China
- M. O. Tokhi – University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
- A. Tonazzini – National Research Council, Italy
- D. Y. Tsai – Niigata University, Japan
- E. D. Ubeyli – TOBB Economics and Technology University, Turkey
- M. F. Vaida – Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- M. A. Viergever – University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands
- E. L. Waterworth – Umeå University, Sweden
- P. L. Weiss – Haifa University, Israel
- L. Wendling – Paris Descartes University, France
- P. Whitten – Michigan State University, USA
- Y. Wiseman – Bar-Ilan University, Israel
- E. K. Wong – Polytechnic Institute of NYU, USA
- N. Xi – Michigan State University, USA
- Y. Xiao – University of Akron, USA
- C. Xu – University of Queensland, Australia
- T. Yamazaki – Universal City Group, Japan
- M. Yang – Jacksonville State University, USA
- T. Yang – ,
- X. Yang – Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
- J. Yao – DSO National Laboratories, Singapore
- L. Yaroslavsky – Tel Aviv University, Israel
- S. Yihe – Tsinghua University, China PR
- P. Zahradnik – Czech Technical University Prague, Czech Republic
- J. F. Zelasco – University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
- L. ZENG – Chongqing University, China PR
- X. Zhang – University of California, San Francisco, USA
- C. Zhou – Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore
Additional Paper Reviewers
- Z. Q. Cai – Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore
- J. N. Hwang – University of Washington, USA
- K. Lee – IASTED Calgary, Canada
- S. Payne – University of Oxford, UK
- L. Ponnala – Cornell University, USA
* The Committee list is incomplete