CONTENTS

C. Gómez, S.P. Schwarzacher and H. Zhou

Foreword S1

H. Wang, Y. Wen and D. Zhao

Location verification algorithm of wearable sensors for wireless body area networks S3

H. Lei, Z. Huang, T. Han, Q. Luo, Y. Cai, G. Liu and B. Lei

Joint regression and classification via relational regularization for Parkinson’s disease diagnosis S19

M. Wang, K. Zhang and N. Yang

Development and application of computer assisted optimal method for treatment of femoral neck fracture S31

K. Kim, S.H. Kim, S.H. Kim and C.H. Yu

Hydrogen-absorbing alloy-based metal-hydride actuation for application in rehabilitative systems S43

H. Shen, H. Chai, M. Li, Z. Zhou, Y. Liang, Z. Yang, H. Huang, X. Liu and B. Zhang

Robust sparse accelerated failure time model for survival analysis S55

C. Feng, X. Wanyan, K. Yang, D. Zhuang and X. Wu

A comprehensive prediction and evaluation method of pilot workload S65

F. Yang, H. Gu, M. Li, J. Cai, Q. Zhou and W.-K. Lam

The impact on human visual performance when viewing 2-D and 3-D movies S79

X. Tan, Z. Ji and Y. Zhang

Non-invasive continuous blood pressure measurement based on mean impact value method, BP neural network, and genetic algorithm S87

Y. Zhang, X. Liu, K. Zhao, L. Li and Y. Ding

Study of altered functional connectivity in individuals at risk for Alzheimer’s Disease S103

X. Jiang, S. Wei, D. Zheng, P. Huang and C. Liu

Changes in the bilateral pulse transit time difference with a moving arm S113

L. Hua, H. Xia, W. Xu, W. Zheng and P. Zhou

Prediction of microRNA and gene target from an integrated network in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease based on canonical correlation analysis S121

H. Wang, W. Liu, X. Fang, H. Wang, W. Ma, H. Dong, H. Yin, Y. Li and H. Sha Effect of 405 nm low intensity irradiation on the absorption spectrum of in-vitro hyperlipidemia blood S135

H.S. Yoon, Y.J. Cha, M.K. Sohn and J.H. You

Effect of rehabilitation on the somatosensory evoked potentials and gait performance of hem-iparetic stroke patients S145

H. Li, C. Chen, S. Zhao and Z. Lyu

Color disease leaf image segmentation using NAMS superpixel algorithm S151

J. Sun, W. Zhuang, G. Li, G. Jin, J. Xu, K. Ma, F. Wang and H. Feng

An experimental study of pulse wave measurements with magnetic induction phase shift method S157

J. Lin, L. Xiao and T. Wu

Face recognition for video surveillance with aligned facial landmarks learning S169

X. Wang, H. Gao, S. Wu, Y. Bai and Z. Zhou

RF ablation thermal simulation model: Parameter sensitivity analysis S179

H. Lei, Y. Zhao, Y. Wen, Q. Luo, Y. Cai, G. Liu and B. Lei

Sparse feature learning for multi-class Parkinson’s disease classification S193

H. Yu, X. Fan, L. Zhao and X. Guo

A novel hand gesture recognition method based on 2-channel sEMG S205

C.-I. Kim and J.-H. Lee

The non-contact biometric identified bio signal measurement sensor and algorithms S215

J. Dai, Z. Ji, Y. Du and S. Chen

In vivo noninvasive blood glucose detection using near-infrared spectrum based on the PSO-2ANN model S229

L. Qian, J. Wang, L. Jin, B. Song and X. Wu

Effect of ventricular myocardium characteristics on the defibrillation threshold S241

S. Kim, J. Kim, S. Ahn and Y. Kim

Finger language recognition based on ensemble artificial neural network learning using armband EMG sensors S249

K. Kim, W.K. Song, W.S. Chong and C.H. Yu

Structural analysis of a rehabilitative training system based on a ceiling rail for safety of hemiplegia patients S259

B. Garcia-Zapirain, D. Sierra-Sosa, D. Ortiz, M. Isaza-Monsalve and A. Elmaghraby

Efficient use of mobile devices for quantification of pressure injury images S269

S.D. Na, Q. Wei, K.W. Seong, J.H. Cho and M.N. Kim

Noise reduction algorithm with the soft thresholding based on the Shannon entropy and bone-conduction speech cross-correlation bands S281

J.-T. Kim, A. Choi, J.-H. Jeong, J.-H. Jo, O.-S. Ryu, E.-J. Kim, K.-Y. Kim, M.-H. Song, Y.-H. Song, W.-S. Shin and S.-S. Lee

Safety evaluation and consideration of 4 Pin Multi-needle for meso-therapy S291

X. He, Z. Yu, T. Wang, B. Lei and Y. Shi

Dense deconvolution net: Multi path fusion and dense deconvolution for skin lesion segmentation S307

M. Yarahmadian, Y. Zhong, C. Gu and J. Shin

Soft tissue deformation estimation by spatio-temporal Kalman filter finite element method S317

X. Chai, Q. Wang, Y. Zhao, X. Liu, D. Liu and O. Bai

Multi-subject subspace alignment for non-stationary EEG-based emotion recognition S327

Y. Lu, Y. Ma, C. Chen and Y. Wang

Classification of single-channel EEG signals for epileptic seizures detection based on hybrid features S337

J. Wu, Y. Liu, J. Zhang and W. Peng

Biomechanical investigation of orthodontic treatment planning based on orthodontic force measurement and finite element method before implementation: A case study S347

W. Xu, H. Xia, W. Liu, W. Zheng and L. Hua

Exploration of genetics commonness between bladder cancer and breast cancer based on a silcio analysis on disease subtypes S361

Y. Zhang, Q. Li, Y. Xin, W. Lv and C. Ge

Association between serum magnesium and common complications of diabetes mellitus S379

F. Ren, P. Cao, D. Zhao and C. Wan

Diabetic macular edema grading in retinal images using vector quantization and semi-supervised learning S389

Y. Zou, H. Ma, Z. Han, Y. Song and K. Liu

Force control of wire driving lower limb rehabilitation robot S399

Y. Kwon, J.-W. Kim, J.-H. Heo, H.-M. Jeon, E.-B. Choi and G.-M. Eom

The effect of sitting posture on the loads at cervico-thoracic and lumbosacral joints S409

J.-S. Kim, J.-Y. Baek, H.-B. Oh, S.-S. Lee and J.-H. Jun

Laser parameters for efficient biomedical stimulation: A study to increase cognitive response rate S419

M.-S. Kwon, Y.-R. Kwon, Y.-S. Park and J.-W. Kim

Comparison of gait patterns in elderly fallers and non-fallers S427

P. Yang, D. Ni, S. Chen, T. Wang, D. Wu and B. Lei,

Multi-task fused sparse learning for mild cognitive impairment identification S437

P. Xie, M. Wang, Y. Guo, H. Wen, X. Chen, S. Chen and H. Lin

Temperature dependent of viscoelasticity measurement on fat emulsion phantom using acoustic radiation force elasticity imaging method S449

X. Liu, Q. Wang, D. Liu, Y. Wang, Y. Zhang, O. Bai and J. Sun

Human emotion classification based on multiple physiological signals by wearable system S459

S. Zhu, L. Luo, B. Yang, K. Ni, Q. Zhou, X. Li and X. Wang

Effects of an intra-ventricular assist device on the stroke volume of failing ventricle: Analysis of a mock circulatory system S471

J. Sohn, S.-H. Park and S. Kim

Effects of DanceSport on walking balance and standing balance among the elderly S481

Q. Wei, M.-J. Kim and J.-H. Lee

Development of capacitive sensor for automatically measuring tumbler water level with FEA simulation S491

Y. Li, Y. Dai and Y. Guo

The pulmonary damage caused by smoking: A longitudinal study S501

M. Li, H. Xu, X. Liu and S. Lu

Emotion recognition from multichannel EEG signals using K-nearest neighbor classification S509

F. Ye, H. Zhan and G. Shi

Design of liver functional reserve monitor based on three-wavelength from IR to NIR S521