Paper Presentations

Section A

Tissue Biomechanics

Moderator: Dr He Gong

Room 1006

A-1

Nano Biomechanics of Type II Collagens in Human Intervertebral discs

D.K. Aladin, W.W. Lu, K.M.C. Cheung, A.H.W. Ngan, D. Chan and K.D.K. Luk....1

A-2

Estimation of Mechanical Properties of Soft Tissues using ultrasound Indentation

with Deformation Dependent Characteristics

A.P.C. Choi, Y.P. Zheng, H.Y. Ling and J.F. He.......................................................4

A-3

The relationship between Young's modulus and volume fraction of vertebral

trabecular bone

H. Gong, M. Zhang and L. Qin..............................................................................7

A-4

A Fibre Bragg grating sensor for monitoring saline solution temperature in situ

during ultrasonic measurement of shrinking-swelling behaviour of articular cartilage

H.Y. Ling, Q. Wang, Y.P. Zheng and K.T. Lau...................................................10

A-5

Effects of Low Intensity Vibration on Skeletal Health in Ageing and Disuse

Atrophy: A Rat Model

R.Y.C. Lau, E.W.C. Tam, A.F.T. Mak, M.S. Wong, L. Qin, E. Chao and X. Guo.....15

A-6

Repeatability for radiographic intervertebral disc height measurement

A. Lai, D.H.K. Chow, W.S. Siu and F.H. Tang....................................................18

Section B

Health Informatics

Moderator: Dr Eric Tam

Room 1009

B-1

Effects of Number of Genes Chosen in Microarray Data on Predictive Accuracy of

Supervised Classification

Y. Y. Leung and Y. S. Hung..................................................................................22

B-2

Effect of Preprocessing on the Microarray Data Analysis

B. Geng, Y.Y. Leung, C.Q. Chang and Y.S. Hung ..................................................26

B-3

Labeling the Surface Charge of Living Human Red Blood Cell with Ect-Amino

Quantum Dots

X.J. Zheng, Y.X. Huang and W.J. Liu.................................................................31

B-4

Size & size distribution of human hemoglobin As a function of temperature and pH

Z.J. Wu and Y.X. Huang.....................................................................................34

B-5

Effects of Low Concentration Glutaraldehyde on Erythrocyte Membrane

W.J. Liu, Y.X. Huang and Z.J. Yuan..................................................................37

B-6

Raman Spectrum Measurement and Raman Line-Mapping on Functional Young

and Old Erythrocyte

L.L. Kang, Y.X. Huang and W.J. Liu...................................................................40

Section C

Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (I)

Moderator: Dr Min Wang

Room 1006

C-1

Optimization of Bone Cement with Carboxy methyl Cellulose for Screw Fixation on Osteopenic Goat

K.S. Leung, K.F. Tam, L. Qin, W.H. Cheung and S.K.H. Chow..........................43

C-2

Fabrication and Evaluation of Chitosan Devices for Peripheral Nerve

Regeneration: An Initial Study

M. Wang, D.K.Y. Shum, C.S. Chu and K.O. Lam..................................................47

C-3

Injection Moulded Bioactive and Biodegradable Composites for Hard Tissue Repair

M. Wang, Y. Liu and L.Y. Tang...........................................................................51

C-4

Electrospinning of PHBV Fibers: The Processing Window and Elimination of Defects

H.W. Tong and M. Wang.....................................................................................55

C-5

The Physiological Cost of Wearing N95, Surgical and Newly Designed Protective

Masks with Exhaust Valves

Y.P. Guo, Y. Li, H. Tokura, T. Wong, J. Chung, D. Gohel,

P. Leung and L. Yao.......................................................................................59

C-6

Photochemically Crosslinked Collagen Microspheres for Controlled Drug Release

C.M. Chan, K.-F. So and B.P. Chan.................................................................65

C-7

The differential Role of Cyclooxygenase 1 and 2 in Fracture Repair

C.X.X. Guo, M.G. Irwin, D. Chan, G.L. Tipoe and K.M.C. Cheung...................68

Section D

Computer Modeling and Simulations

Moderator: Dr Winson Lee  

Room 1009

D-1

Load mechanics in External and Bone-Anchored Prostheses

W.C.C. Lee, L. Frossard and M. Zhang..........................................................71

D-2

A 3-D Finite Element Model of Female Foot with High Heeled Shoe

J. Yu, J.T.M. Cheung and M. Zhang...............................................................75

D-3

A New Clustering Algorithm for Microarray Data

Y.Y. Leung, W.F. Sze and Y.S. Hung..............................................................77

D-4

Adaptive Segmentation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data and the Firebreak

Algorithm

A. Anand, A. Pandey and N. Kumar...............................................................81

D-5

Clustering Based 3D Level Set Method for Volumetric Cardiac Segmentation

S. Qi, G.S.K. Fung and K.Y.K.Wong............................................................85

D-6

Zerocrossing-Based Representation of the Temporal Fine Structure: Towards

Improving the Tone Identification for Cochlear Implantees

F. Chen and Y.T. Zhang...............................................................................89

D-7

From Virtual Reality Preoperative Planning To Intraoperative Navigation: A

Proposal in Computer Assisted Bone Tumor Surgery

K.C. Wong, S.M. Kumta, K.H. Chiu, K.W. Cheung, K.S. Leung, P. Unwin,

I.R. Wong and W.K. Ng................................................................................93

Section E

Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (II)

Moderator: Dr Jiashen Li

Room 1006

E-1

Coating of Hydroxyapatite and Collagen Within Poly(Dl-Lactic-Co-Glycolic Acid)

Scaffold

J.S. Li, and A.F.T. Mak...................................................................................95

E-2

Pre-treatment of Osteogenic Supplements is superior to additional Fibroblast

Growth Factor for Enhancement of Bone Formation in Undecorticated

Posterior Spinal Fusion by Tissue engineered bioceramics

C.W. Chan, K.H.K. Wong, K.M. Lee, L. Qin, H.Y. Yeung,

H.B. Fan, Y.Y. Hu, R.C.L. Yip and J.C.Y. Cheng..............................................98

E-3

In Vivo Bone Formation with Polymer Encapsulated Human Osteoblastic cells

S.A. Abbah, W.W. Lu, D. Chan, K.M.C. Cheung, Z.Y. Li, J.C.Y. Leong

and K.D.K. Luk..............................................................................................100

E-4

Microstructures of Carbonated Hydroxyapatite Nanospheres and CHAP/PLLA Nanocomposite Microspheres

W.Y. Zhou, M. Wang and W.L. Cheung...........................................................104

E-5

Hydroxyapatite/Polyhydroxybutyrate-Co-Hydroxyvalerate Composite Scaffolds

for Bone Tissue Engineering

N. Sultana and M. Wang…...…........................................................................108

E-6

PHB, PHBV and PLLA Polymer Scaffolds Produced Using the Emulsion

Freeze-drying Technique

M. Wang, N. Sultana and N.L. Fong..................................................................112

Section F

Orthopaedic Bioengineering

Moderator: Dr William Lu  

Room 1009

F-1

Solvothermal Synthesis of Strontium Apatite Nanowhisker As Bone Cement

Reinforcing Filler

R.W.M. Lam, K.D.K. Luk, X. Bing, W.K. Chan, Y. Cheng, Z.Y. Li,

K.M.C. Cheung and W.W. Lu............................................................................116

F-2

Study on the Bioactivity of Simple Passivated Titanium Surfaces

Z.F. Zhao, X. Lu and Y. Leng............................................................................120

F-3

Bioimaging Technologies Adopted for Evaluation of An Epimedium-Derived

Phytoestrogen in Prevention of Steroid-Associated Osteonecrosis

L. Qin, G. Zhang, H. Sheng, K.W. Yeung, H.Y. Yeung, C.W. Chan, W.H. Chenug,

J.F. Griffith and K.S. Leung................................................................................124

F-4

Pedicle Screws and Rods Made of A Shape Memory Alloy for Treating Scoliotic

Patients

H.W. Tong, M. Wang, W.W. Lu, K.M.C. Cheung,

K.W.K. Yeung and K.D.K. Luk.........................................................................127

F-5

Effect of Nitric Oxide Inhibitor on the Mechanical Properties of Degenerated Disc of Rats

W.S. Siu, A. Lai, D.H.K. Chow, A.D. Holmes, F.H. Tang,

C.P. Leung and S. Lo........................................................................................131

F-6

The biomechanical effects of continuous and intermittent compression on

intervertebral disc

A. Lai, D.H.K. Chow, W.S. Siu and F.H. Tang.....................................................136

Section G

Ergonomics

Moderator: Prof Youlian Hong    

Room 1006

G-1

Biomechanical Study of backpack carriage on spinal curvature and repositioning

consistency

D.H.K. Chow, K.T.Y. Leung and C.X.G. Wang.....................................................140

G-2

Multiple Dipole Source Analysis of Event-Related Potentials to Facial Expression

Processing

T.K.W. Wong, P.C.W. Fung, G.M. McAlonan and S.E. Chua...........................144

G-3

Effect of Heel Height on Plantar Pressure Distribution and Subjective Measure

Y. Zhang, J. Yu, M.C. Ho and M. Zhang...............................................................149

G-4

Using Pressure Insoles to Predict Complete Ground Reaction Forces in Gait

and Running: A Pilot Test

D.T.P. Fong, Y. Hong, P.S.H. Yung, P.P.Y. Lui, K.Y. Fung and K.M. Chan..........152

G-5

The Challenges of Applying Kano's Method to Footwear Design

E.Y.L. Au, W.Y. Li and R.S. Goonetilleke.............................................................155

G-6

Midfoot Shape for the Design of Ladies' Shoes

S.P. Xiong and R.S. Goonetilleke ....................................................................158

Section H

Medical Diagnostics and Devices

Moderator: Dr Yongping Zheng    

Room 1009

H-1

Non-Invasive Assessment of Pressure Functional Performances of Medical

Compression Stocking (MCSs)

R. Liu, Y.L. Kwok, Y. Li, T.T. Lao, X. Zhang and M. Ying...................................161

H-2

Controlling Prosthesis Using 1D Sonomyography Signal Generated from

Forearm Muscles

J.Y. Guo, Y.P. Zheng, Q.H. Huang, X. Chen and J. Shi..........................................165

H-3

Design and Fabrication of A Data Acquisition Glove and its Evaluation as A

Goniometric Device

M.I. Tiwana, J. Iqbal, U. Ansari, B. Shahid and S. Islam.......................................170

H-4

Using Tri-axial Accelerometers to Detect Spinal Posture Change in Sitting Position

W.Y. Wong, M.S. Wong, K.Y. Tong and M. Zhang.................................................175

H-5

Thermal Characteristics of Microwave Ablation Therapy with Water-Cooled Antenna

Y.J. Liu, X.Y. Yang, L. Li, J.Y. Xiao and Q. Nan.....................................................179

H-6

The Ear-Wearable Vital Sign Sensor for Long-Time Home Monitoring

C.Z. Wang, Y. P. Zheng and A. Mak.......................................................................183

H-7

Evaluation of Influence of ECG Interference on Surface EMG Assessment

of Lumbar Muscles J.N.F. Mak, Y. Hu and K.D.K. Luk...........................................187