• Design and implementation of a medical education module on in-silico simulations using high-performance computing

  Moya Planas, Núria (2021-02-22)

  Outflow tract ventricular arrhythmias (OTVAs) are diagnosed by interpreting suggestive features from 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) and they are commonly treated by radiofrequency ablation (RFA). High success rates ...
• A Mathematical Model to Estimate the Dynamics of the Covid-19 Pandemic Using the Ongoing Public Domain Data

  Saiz Vila, Clàudia (2021-02-22)

  At the end of December 2019, it was found that a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was causing pneumonia-like illness in the city of Wuhan, China. This virus started to spread very rapidly causing a global large-scale infection. ...
• Transfer Learning for Automatic Aorta Segmentation in 4D-Flow Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data

  Aviles Verdera, Jordina (2021-02-22)

  The lack of standardized pipelines for image processing, together with the noisy nature of data, challenges the application of deep learning (DL) techniques for the segmentation of cardiovascular structures in 4D-flow ...
• Delivery of Plasmid DNA Through Nanoencapsulation

  Xu, Mengze (2021-02-19)

  After more than 50 years of investigations, gene therapy has become one of the most promising options for treating genetic diseases. The advances in polymer-based specifically polycation-based, DNA delivery systems have ...
• Nociception Monitors: A comparison based on different clinical cases.

  Sainz Rodriguez, Irene (2021-02-19)

  Maintaining a good level of anesthesia along a surgery is essential both for intraoperative and postoperative outcomes. General anesthesia is a combination of a hypnotic effect, to achieve an unconscious level, and an ...
• Improvement and development of SurgicAR: an intraoperatory Augmented Reality application for Hospital del Mar

  Prieto Gomà, Maria (2021-02-19)

  In the last decades, the increasing development of novel computer-based technologies has led to the introduction of striking innovations in many fields of medicine. Yet, while imaging has radically evolved, how images ...
• Joint analysis of in-silico haemodynamics and morphological parameters of the left atrial appendage

  Pons Vidal, Maria Isabel (2021-02-19)

  Atrial fibrillation (AF), which is considered the most common human arrhythmia, drastically increases the risk of stroke. Around 99% of thrombi in non-valvular AF are formed in the left atrial appendage (LAA). The current ...
• Epilepsy surgical outcome prediction based on epileptogenic zone localization with a network competition approach

  Pomés Arnau, Pau (2021-02-18)

  Nearly one third of all epilepsy patients are not able to control their epileptic seizures with standard epilepsy medication. For these patients, surgical treatment is the main alternative, which consists on the resection ...
• Roadmap for identifying clinical needs in technology-driven innovations: The Senso-eAXON case

  Pascual Durall, Mar (2021-02-18)

  Innovation in medical technologies has a lot of shapes and comes from a variety of sources. One of the dimensions in which it can be classified is the motor of the innovation, either the market or the technology. Innovation ...
• Simulations of electrode placement intervention with Moveo robotic arm

  Marturià I Navarro, Gerard (2021-02-18)

  Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder affecting people of all ages. Despite the principal treatment involving drugs covers a high percentage of the patients suffering from this disease, it is not always ...
• Effect of bilingualism on the cognitive and neuroimaging features of behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia

  Javierre Pueyo, Paula (2021-02-18)

  Current research suggests that modifiable lifestyle factors can enhance the “cognitive reserve” and protect against age related cognitive decline. Hence, bilingualism, which is thought to improve executive functions, has ...
• Impact of mechanical and fluid mechanisms in the development and severity of pulmonary hypertension

  Gonzalez Martin, Pablo (2021-02-16)

  Pulmonary hypertension (PH) has become a global health issue that presents multiple factors involved in its development. This complexity induces difficulties for diagnosis and monitoring, leading up to a 47% of imprecise ...
• Design of a wireless EMG simulator for the testing of EMG acquisition devices

  González Resina, Elisa (2021-02-16)

  Electromyographs (EMG) are records of the electrical activity produced by skeletal muscles contraction. The shape of the EMG contains relevant information about the neuromuscular state of the muscle. EMG signals are obtained ...
• Business plan of Nanotarg: a technological platform aiming to treat pancreatic cancer

  Garriga Ferrer, Martina (2021-02-11)

  Pharmaceutical industry is one of the most relevant activities and plays a major role in economics and the provision of global health. It is known that the processes of developing new compounds and its entry to the market ...
• THE RISE OF SMART HOSPITALS: Design and implementation of a decision-making support tool for the Smart ICU of the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital.

  Garcia i Morales, Pau (2021-02-11)

  As new decade begins, healthcare system will continue to face challenges of the past as well as new issues that emerge: prolonged life expectancy along with the increasing complexity of chronic treatment, changing patient ...
• General deformable 3D hip prosthesis model creation for patient-specific implant design according to several anatomical requirements

  de Carlos Tolós, Marta (2021-02-04)

  Even though the THA surgical procedure is considered to be among the most successful, safe and cost-effective surgical procedures, implant failures related to prosthesis design and placement still occur in a considerable ...
• Classification of CMR images between healthy and diseased myocardium: A deep learning approach

  Anand Sahdev, Simran (2021-02-04)

  Heart failure is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the world. Late gadolinium enhanced (LGE) cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging can be used to directly visualise the presence of myocardial damage, a ...
• 3D fetal face reconstruction from ultrasound imaging

  Alomar Adrover, Antònia (2021-02-04)

  Introduction: The fetal face provides essential information in the evaluation of congenital malformations and the fetal brain function, as its development is driven by genetic factors at early stages of embryogenesis. ...
• Prediction of electrical activation patterns in porcine hearts with a meshless model Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics: an silico study

  Albors Lucas, Carlos (2021-02-03)

  Computational models can be a valuable tool for optimizing electrode placement and reducing non-responders rates in those patients requiring cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Most of these computer models are ...
• Gait parameters for assessing mobility progress of children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy

  Aguilar Boj, Núria (2021-02-03)

  INTRODUCTION. Cerebral palsy (CP) is one of the most common causes of gait deviation in children. A lot of clinical and research effort is put in order to improve or maintain the walking ability of the affected patients ...

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