MEDICON 2004 Student Competition

The Student Competition at MEDICON 2004 was sponsored by ESEM and AIIMB – IFMBE, SOGEI, IBM, ENGINEERING Sanità Enti Locali, TELECOM Italia

The ESEM Awards Committee: Pascal Verdonck, Jos Vander Sloten and Chairman Norman Black chose the following finalists:

Marco Campioni (University of Padova - Italy)
Christina Kolyva (University of Amsterdam - The Netherlands)
Lorenzo Fassina (University of Pavia - Italy)

The final ranking for the ESEM Award was:

1. Christina Kolyva (University of Amsterdam - The Netherlands)
   Tutor: Dr Maria Siebes
   SEPARATING DIASTOLIC DURATION AS CONFOUNDING VARIABLE IN THE HEMODYNAMIC EFFECT OF CORONARY VASODILATION
2. Lorenzo Fassina (University of Pavia - Italy)
   Tutor: Prof. Giovanni Magenes
   EFFECT OF SHEAR STRESS ON SAOS2 OSTEOBLASTS BONE MATRIX PRODUCTION INSIDE A POLYURETHANE POROUS SCAFFOLD
3. Marco Campioni (University of Padova - Italy)
   Tutor: Prof. Claudio Cobelli
   ESTIMATION OF HEPATIC INSULIN EXTRACTION DURING IM-IVGTT: INDIVIDUAL VS STANDARD KINETIC PARAMETERS

The AIIMB - IFMBE Award Committee: Ratko Magjarevic, Alan Murray, Francesco Montevecchi and Chairman Danilo De Rossi chose the following finalists:
Claudia Mazzà (University IUSM of Rome – Italy)
Delia Dora Soimu (University of Patras – Greece)
Cibeles Mora (University of Valencia – Spain)
Silvia Casarotto (Polytechnic of Milan – Italy)
Luigi Vitiello/ Umberto Bracale (University of Naples – Italy)
Rafal Kus (University of Warsaw – Poland)
Clara M. Ionescu (University of Ghent – Belgium)

The final ranking for the AIIMB - IFMBE Award was made by the chairpersons of the sessions in which the students presented their papers. The awardees are:

1. Luigi Vitiello / Umberto Bracale (University of Naples - Italy)
   Tutor: Prof. Marcello Bracale, Prof. Andrea Renda
   AN OPERATIVE AND STRUCTURAL METHODOLOGY FOR THE HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT OSMETA A CASE STUDY ON VIDEOLAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECISTECTOMY
2. Silvia Casarotto (Polytechnic of Milan - Italy)
   Tutor: Prof. Sergio Cerutti
   REDUCTION OF OCULAR ARTIFACTS WITH PCA AND ANALYSIS OF READING FUNCTION WITH ERPS
3. Claudia Mazzà (University IUSM of Rome - Italy)
   Tutor: Prof. Aurelio Cappozzo
   SIT TO STAND TO UPRIGHT POSTURE MODELLING FOR FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION OF STROKE SUBJECTS

All other finalists were awarded by industrial sponsors:

Cibeles Mora (University of Valencia - Spain)
Tutor: Prof. Jose Millet
CLASSIFICATION OF PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL TACHYARRHYTHMIAS USING TIMEFREQUENCY ALGORITHMS.
Sponsored by SOGEI

Clara M. Ionescu (University of Ghent - Belgium)
Tutor: Prof. R. De Keyser
TOWARDS A NOVEL NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS METHOD FOR THE HUMAN RESPIRATION SYSTEM
Sponsored by IBM

Rafal Kus (University of Warsaw - Poland)
Tutor: Prof. Katarzyna Blinowska
DETERMINATION OF THE INFORMATION FLOW IN BRAIN DURING CONTINUOUS ATTENTION TEST
Sponsored by Enginnering Sanità Enti Locali

Delia Dora Soimu (University of Patras - Greece)
Tutor: Prof. Nicolas Pallikarakis
CIRCULAR ISOCENTRIC CONE-BEAM TRAJECTORIES FOR 3D IMAGE RECONSTRUCTIONS USING FDK ALGORITHM
Sponsored by TELECOM