XIII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2013: MEDICON 2013, 25-28 September 2013, Seville, Spain

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by  Alan Murray (auth.), Laura M. Roa Romero (eds.)

Laura M. Roa Romero (Ed.)
Volume 41
XIII Mediterranean Conference
on Medical and Biological
Engineering and Computing 2013
MEDICON 2013, 25–28 September 2013,
Seville, Spain
IFMBE Proceedings
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XIII Mediterranean Conference
on Medical and Biological
Engineering and Computing 2013
MEDICON 2013, 25–28 September 2013, Seville, Spain
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Welcome Message
ItisagreatpleasureandhonortowelcomeallparticipantsintheXIIIMediterraneanConferenceonMedicalandBiological
EngineeringandComputing(MEDICON2013),whichwillbeheldinSeville,thecapitaloftheSpanishregionofAndalusia,
fromSeptember25to28,2013.
MEDICONisaregionalconferencewithalongtraditionandhighscientificlevel,whichisorganizedeverythreeyearsin
aMediterraneancountryundertheumbrellaoftheInternationalFederationofMedicalandBiologicalEngineering(IFMBE).
The generaltheme of MEDICON 2013 is "Research and Developmentof Technologyfor Sustainable Healthcare". This
decade is being characterized by the appearance and use of emergent technologies under development. This situation has
producedatremendousimpactonMedicineandBiologyfromwhichitisexpectedanunparalleledevolutioninthesedisciplines
towards novel concept and practices. The consequence will be a significant improvement in health care and well-fare, i.e.
the shift from a reactive medicine to a preventive medicine. This shift implies that the citizen will play an important role
in the healthcare delivery process, what requires a comprehensive and personalized assistance. In this context, society will
meet emerging media, incorporated to all objects, capable of providing a seamless, adaptive, anticipatory, unobtrusive and
pervasiveassistance.Thechallengewillbetoremovecurrentbarriersrelatedtothelackofknowledgerequiredtoproducenew
opportunitiesfor all the society, while new paradigmsare created for this inclusive society to be socially and economically
sustainable,andrespectfulwiththeenvironment.Inthisway,theconferenceprogramwillbefocusedontheconvergenceof
biomedicalengineeringtopicsrangingfromformalizedtheorythroughexperimentalscience andtechnologicaldevelopment
topracticalclinicalapplications.
InspiteofalltheproblemsthatmanyMediterraneancountriesarecurrentlyfacingduetothefinancialandpoliticalcrisis,
weareproudofthegreatdiffusionofthisConference,withparticipantscomingfromallthecontinents.Thisparticipationisa
signthattheBiomedicalEngineeringCommunitycancontributetoovercomethechallengesthatareaffectingsociety.Iwould
like to share this success with all the membersof the committees, institutions, participants, and individualpersonsand that
havemadepossiblethecelebrationofthisevent.
Sevilleisamillenarytownwitharichartisticheritageasaconsequenceofthefusionofthethreecultures.Theconjunction
of the Spanish weather, history and natural resources have shaped it as a modern city with an outstanding projection at the
levelsoftechnologicalresearchandindustry,andbiomedicalresearch.Alltheimprovementsmadeonthecityduringthelast
decades,haveallowedSevilletobecomeacosmopolitanandeasy-to-getdestination.
IamsurethatyouwillenjoyawonderfulexperienceofvisitingSevilleduringyourstay.
LauraM.Roa Conferencechair,MEDICON2013
Preface
We are pleased to introducethe Proceedingsof the 13th MediterraneanConferenceon Medicaland BiologicalEngineering
andComputing(MEDICON2013),thatarepublishedasthe39th volumeoftheIFMBEProceedings,publishedbySpringer
underthesponsorshipoftheInternationalFederationforMedicalandBiologicalEngineering(IFMBE).
Over 500 papers have been submitted for review by the InternationalProgram Committee/InternationalScientific Com-
mittee, and the programis structuredunder ten themescoveringthe latest advanceson Medicaland BiologicalEngineering
andComputing.TheseProceedingsarestructuredasfollows:thefirstsectionincludestheconferencecommittees,themesand
tracks,andparallelactivitiescomprisingspecialsessions,workshopsandroundtables;next,keynotespeakerswiththeirple-
narylecturesandinvitedpapers;finally,thepapersselectedforpresentationattheconference.TheindexingoftheProceedings
areeasedbytworegistersforauthorsandthemesandtracks.
We are gratefulto GrupoPacifico TechnicalSecretary andto Springerfortheir help and supportforthe editionof these
Proceedings.
WewishthatthisvolumeofIFMBEProceedingswillserveasavaluablesourceofinformationforprofessionals,scholars,
researchersandstudentsaswellasareferenceforthestate-of-the-artinthisperiodofrapiddevelopmentandchangesinour
fieldsofMedicalandBiologicalEngineeringandComputing.
LauraM.RoaRomero
IgorLackovic
Kang-PingLin
JavierReina-Tosina
PublicationCommittee
Conference Committee
Conference Chair
LauraM.Roa UniversidaddeSevilla(Spain)
Local OrganizingCommitteeChair
JavierReina-Tosina UniversidaddeSevilla(Spain)
PublicationCommittee
LauraM.Roa UniversidaddeSevilla(Spain)
IgorLackovic UniversityofZagreb(Croatia)
Kang-PingLin ChungYuanChristianUniversity(Taiwan)
JavierReina-Tosina UniversidaddeSevilla(Spain)
Young InvestigatorCompetition Committee
MarcelloBracale UniversitàdegliStudidiNapoliFedericoII(Italy)
FumihikoKajiya KawasakiUniversityofMedicalWelfare(Japan)
NicolasPallikarakis UniversityofPatras(Greece)
JoeBarbenel UniversityofStrathclyde(UK)
EnriqueJ.Gómez UniversidadPolitécnicadeMadrid(Spain)
Local OrganizingCommittee
JoséA.Milán HospitalUniversitarioVirgenMacarena(Spain)
IsabelRomán UniversidaddeSevilla(Spain)
JorgeCalvillo-Arbizu UniversidaddeSevilla(Spain)
DavidNaranjo-Hernández UniversidaddeSevilla,CIBERBBN(Spain)
AmparoCallejón UniversidaddeSevilla(Spain)
MiguelÁngelGarcía UniversidaddeSevilla(Spain)
AlejandroTalaminos UniversidaddeSevilla(Spain)
GerardoBarbarov UniversidaddeSevilla(Spain)
AlfonsoLara HospitalUniversitarioVirgenMacarena(Spain)
RegionalConference OrganizingCommittee
AssociazioneItalianadiIngegnariaMedicaeBiologica
LeandroPecchia UniversityofNottingham(UK)
PaoloMelillo UniversitàdegliStudidiNapoliFedericoII(Italy)
X ConferenceCommittee
CroatianMedicalandBiologicalEngineeringSociety
IgorLackovic UniversityofZagreb(Croatia)
VedranBilas UniversityofZagreb(Croatia)
CyprusAssociationofMedicalPhysicsandBiomedicalEngineering
ProdromosA.Kaplanis UniversityofCyprus(Cyprus)
ConstantinosPattichis UniversityofCyprus(Cyprus)
EuropeanAllianceforMedicalandBiologicalEngineeringandScience
BirgitGlasmacher LeibnizUniversitaetHannover(Germany)
GreekSocietyforBiomedicalEngineering
NicolasPallikarakis UniversityofPatras(Greece)
PanagiotisBamidis AristotleUniversityofThessaloniki(Greece)
IEEE-EngineeringinMedicineandBiologySociety
DonnaHudson UCSFFresno(USA)
IsraelSocietyforMedicalandBiologicalEngineering
HaimAzhari Technion-IIT(Israel)
IditAvrahami ArielUniversity(Israel)
ItalianAssociationofClinicalEngineers
PaolaFreda PaolaFreda,AReSSPiemonte-AgenziaRegionaleperiServiziSanitari(Itlay)
PaoloLago FondazioneIRCCS-PoliclinicoSanMatteoPavia(Italy)
SociétéFrançaisedeGénieBiologiqueetMédical
CatherineMarque UniversitédeTechnologiedeCompiègne(France)
VéroniqueMigonney UniversitéParis13(France)
SociedadePortuguesadeEgenhariaBiomedica
MarioF.Secca UniversidadeNovadeLisboa(Portugal)
PedroM.C.Vieira UniversidadeNovadeLisboa(Portugal)
SloveneSocietyforMedicalandBiologicalEngineering
DamijanMiklavcic UniversityofLjubljana(Slovenia)
TomazVrtovec UniversityofLjubljana(Slovenia)
SpanishSocietyofBiomedicalEngineering
EnriqueJ.Gómez UniversidadPolitécnicadeMadrid(Spain)
RaimonJané UniversitatPolitècnicadeCatalunya(Spain)
International Program Committee
ZulfiqurAli TeessideUniversity(England)
MetinAkay UniversityofHouston(USA)
ConferenceCommittee XI
AhmadTaherAzar MisrUniversityforScienceandTechnology(Egypt)
HaimAzhari Technion-IITHaifa(Israel)
PanagiotisBamidis AristotleUniversityofThessaloniki(Greece)
JoséLópezBarneo UniversidaddeSevilla(Spain)
JoséBecerra UniversidaddeMálaga(Spain)
AnnaM.Bianchi PolitecnicodiMilano(Italy)
PaoloBonato HarvardMedicalSchool(USA)
LodewijkBos ICMCC(Holland)
MarcelloBracale UniversitàdegliStudidiNapoliFedericoII(Italy)
SaideCalil StateUniversityofCampinas(Brazil)
PereCaminal UniversidadPolitécnicadeCataluña(Spain)
AliciaCasals UniversidadPolitécnicadeCataluña(Spain)
BernardoCelda UniversidaddeValencia(Spain)
SergioCerutti PolitecnicodiMilano(Italy)
WalterH.Chang ChungYuanChristianUniversity(Taiwan)
FeboCincotti SapienzaUniversitàdiRoma(Italy)
JeanLouisCoatrieux UniversitédeRennes1(France)
YadinDavid EngineeringConsultantsLLC(USA)
JoséM.Delgado-García UniversidadPablodeOlavide(Spain)
ManuelDesco UniversidadCarlosIII(Spain)
ManuelDoblaré UniversidaddeZaragoza(Spain)
JoséM.Ferrero-Jr UniversidadPolitécnicadeValencia(Spain)
MarioForjazSecca UniversidadeNovadeLisboa(Portugal)
DimitrisFotiadis UniversityofIoannina(Greece)
AlejandroFrangi UniversitatPompeuFabra(Spain)
EnriqueGómez UniversidadPolitécnicadeMadrid(Spain)
TomásGómez-Cía HospitalUniversitarioVirgendelRocío(Spain)
JuanGuerrero UniversidaddeValencia(Spain)
CarlosH.Salvador InstitutodeSaludCarlosIII(Spain)
ElenaHernando UniversidadPolitécnicadeMadrid(Spain)
RobertoHornero UniversidaddeValladolid(Spain)
GerhardHolzapfel TechnischeUniversitätGraz(Austria)
DonnaHudson UCSFFresno(USA)
HelmutHutten TechnischeUniversitätGraz(Austria)
AntonioFernandoC.Infantosi FederalUniversityofRiodeJaneiro(Brazil)
RobertIstepanian KingstonUniversity(England)
ChristopherJames UniversityofWarwick(England)
RaimonJané UniversidadPolitécnicadeCataluña(Spain)
AkosJobbagy BudapestUniversityofTechnologyandEconomics(Hungary)
FumihikoKajiya KawasakiUniversityofMedicalWelfare(Japan)
RogerKamm MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(USA)
Gyeon-ManKim CEIT(Spain)
PabloLaguna UniversidaddeZaragoza(Spain)
ThomasLango SINTEFHealthResearchTrondheim(Norway)
AlbertoLeiva HospitalSantPau(Spain)
NigelLovell UniversityofNewSouthWales(Australia)
RatkoMagjarevich UniversityofZagreb(Croatia)
NicosMaglaveras AristotleUniversityofThessaloniki(Greece)
LucaMainardi PolitecnicodiMilano(Italy)