Program

11:30	Faruk Bećirović, Adna Ašić, Nejra Merdović, Madžida Hundur Hiyari, Kanita Karađuzović-Hadžiabdić and Lemana Spahić The Compromise Between Interpretability and Performance, Or, a Review of Machine Learning Methods for Collective Variable Discovery (abstract) PRESENTER: Faruk Bećirović
11:45	Hoang Truong, Hoang Vo and Chau Vo A Mortality Prediction Study on ICU Patients with Pneumonia (abstract) PRESENTER: Hoang Truong
12:00	Hossein Shamohammadi, Alice R. Harvey, Andrew Sims, Tejas Canchi and Declan G. Bates Digital Twins for Regulatory Testing of CO₂ Rebreathing in Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Masks (abstract) PRESENTER: Alice R. Harvey
12:15	Simone Kresevic, Alberto Bortolotto, Mauro Giuffrè, Lisa Fusaro, Marco Gulotta, Marco Sartori, Francesca Orbosuè, Aleksandar Miladinovic, Lory Saveria Crocè and Milos Ajcevic Classification-Guided Multi-Organ Segmentation in Abdominal Ultrasound via Feature Injection (abstract) PRESENTER: Simone Kresevic
12:30	Mattia Muraro, Luca Bacco, Mario Merone, Leandro Pecchia and Filippo Crispino Edge Computer Vision for Arboviruses Vectors and Global Health Surveillance (abstract) PRESENTER: Mattia Muraro
12:45	James Wallace Design and Validation of a frugal, low-cost spirometry device for resource- constrained settings (abstract)

11:30-13:00 Session 5B: Topic 1

Parallel session

Chairs:

Adna Softić and Lejla Gurbeta Pokvic

Location: Aula Magna Cardini

11:30	Harold Angeles Gavidia, July Galeano and Sandra Pérez-Buitrago AIM-LRS: Integrated system workflow for Artificial Intelligence-assisted Microscopy-Based Screening of high-impact diseases in Low-Resource Settings (abstract) PRESENTER: Harold Angeles Gavidia
11:45	Anna Emilia Candela, Elisa Iovene, Laura Cruciani, Matteo Magnani, Sara Martuscelli, Federica Ferraguti and Elena De Momi A Phantom Dataset for Frame-Wise Registration Annotation in RAPN (abstract) PRESENTER: Anna Emilia Candela
12:00	Ana Lalovic, Adna Ašić, Merima Smajlhodžić-Deljo, Amra Džuho, Neven Meseldžić, Tamer Bego, Adna Softić, Selena Hadžić, Sara Deumić, Ilma Hasanbegović, Jasminka Prguda-Mujić and Lejla Gurbeta Pokvić ACE and ACTN3 Polymorphisms in Bosnian and Herzegovinian Athletes Potential Implications for Personalised Sports Performance Profiling (abstract) PRESENTER: Ana Lalovic
12:15	Federica Kiyomi Ciliberti, Ida Maruotto, Simona Correra and Paolo Gargiulo Knee Osteoarthritis as a Multi-Tissue Disease: Multivariate Analysis of Cartilage, Bone, and Muscle on CT imaging (abstract) PRESENTER: Federica Kiyomi Ciliberti
12:30	Ankica Babic Gender-Aware Digital Twins for Cognitive Decline (abstract)

11:30-13:00 Session 5C: Topic 2

Parallel session

Chairs:

Daniela Cardone and Francesca Uccheddu

Location: Room B

11:30	Hailey Jones, Owen Kingstedt and Edoardo Battaglia Development of a Novel Lactation Phantom and Measurement Device for Breast Milk Expression (abstract) PRESENTER: Hailey Jones
11:45	Elena Campilii, Paola Giancaterino, Francesco Romano, David Perpetuini, Teresa Paolucci, Emanuele Francesco Russo, Maria Teresa Gatta, Marta Di Nicola, Giovanni Morone, Irene Ciancarelli, Antimo Moretti, Francesca Gimigliano, Sara Moccia, Arcangelo Merla and Daniela Cardone Multimodal Physiological Response Profiles in Robot-Assisted Gait Training: A Comparative Case Study in Cerebral Palsy (abstract) PRESENTER: Elena Campilii
12:00	Francesco Prendin, Elena Idi, Andrea Facchinetti, Giovanni Sparacino and Simone Del Favero Detection of Pressure-induced Faults in Continuous Glucose Monitoring Sensors using a Dynamic Time Warping-based Approach (abstract) PRESENTER: Francesco Prendin
12:15	Cristina Aldana Palomino, Eisel Pinado and Luis Vilcahuamna PillsGuard: An IoT-Based System for Safe Medication Administration and Error Reduction in Clinical Environments (abstract) PRESENTER: Eisel Pinado
12:30	Marek Darowski, Barbara Stankiewicz, Krzysztof Jakub Pałko, Raman Pasledni, Krzysztof Zieliński, Maciej Kozarski and Tomasz Urbankowski Inspiratory Power-Controlled Ventilation – A New Option To Reduce Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury Risk (abstract) PRESENTER: Marek Darowski

11:30-13:00 Session 5D: Topic 4

Parallel session

Chairs:

Virginia Laura Ballarin and Fabiano Bini

Location: Room C

11:30	Mattia Humbel, Christine Tanner, Hans Deyhle, Marta Girona Alarcón, Britta Bausch, Willy Kuo, Petr Pleskač, Arash Panahifar, Sergey Gasilov, Britta Engelhardt, Steven Proulx, Vartan Kurtcuoglu and Bert Müller Analysis of landmark-based coordinates for mouse intracerebroventricular surgery using in vivo X-ray microtomography (abstract) PRESENTER: Mattia Humbel
11:45	Andrea Bonini, Katerina Iscra, Marcello Naccarato, Giovanni Furlanis, Edoardo Ricci, Paolo Manganotti and Milos Ajcevic Quantitative assessment of Crossed Cerebellar Diaschisis in ischemic stroke using a CT Perfusion normalization framework (abstract) PRESENTER: Andrea Bonini
12:00	Alessia Finti, Michela Franzò, Giovanni Pasini, Francesca De Maio, Begido Doda, Mariano Serrao, Franco Marinozzi and Fabiano Bini Design and Preliminary Testing of an Event-Triggered Mixed Reality System for Ataxia Assessment (abstract) PRESENTER: Alessia Finti
12:15	Joseph Lovecchio A quantitative virtual profile for 3D bone extracellular matrix mineralization (abstract)
12:30	Gustavo J. Meschino, Virginia Laura Ballarin, Nicolas Nieto Arias and Carlos Capiel Jr. Advanced Deep Learning Framework for Otosclerosis Detection in Computed Tomography Scans Using Vision Transformers (abstract) PRESENTER: Virginia Laura Ballarin

11:30-13:00 Session 5E: MS From Users to Cocreators

Minisymposium

Chair:

Giandomenico Nollo

Location: Room D

11:30

Francesco Tessarolo, Alice Ravizza, Mauro Grigioni, Laura Patrucco, Arianna Felicetti, Fabrizio Corradi, Sara Crocetti, Marco Fabbrini, Silvia Sciamanna, Clarice Pinto, Catalina Salome Hinojosa Lopez, Stefano Cimignolo, Michela Masè and Giandomenico Nollo

From Users to Co‑Creators: Advancing Usability in Medical Device Development (abstract)

PRESENTER: Francesco Tessarolo

13:00-14:30 Session 6: Lunch break and Poster session

Lunch break and Poster session

Tae Soo Bae, Bo Won Jeong and Dai-Soon Kwak

Influence of Lateral Meniscus Morphology on Load Redistribution Following High Tibial Osteotomy: A Patient-Specific Finite Element Analysis (abstract)

PRESENTER: Tae Soo Bae

Ioannis Katsaronas, Alexander Astaras, Alkinoos Athanasiou and Panagiotis Bamidis

Assessment and Dead-band Threshold Derivation for the Sentinel Wearable Reaction-Wheel Balance Assistance System – A Preliminary Study (abstract)

PRESENTER: Alexander Astaras

Pietro Furlani

Monitoring extracellular matrix mineralization in osteogenic cell cultures through metabolic profiling and dual-calibrated quantification of alizarin red (abstract)

Cintia Yvette López-Ruíz, Jhan Danilo Salazar Martínez, Astrid Lorena Giraldo Betancur, Fabiola Hernández Rosas and Jesús González Hernández

Rational Design of Graphene Oxide–Silver Nanoarchitectures: Influence of pH and Phytochemicals on Antibacterial Performance and Cytocompatibility (abstract)

PRESENTER: Cintia Yvette López-Ruíz

Maria Elisabetta Pagnano, Flavia Paternostro, Sarah Orlando, Silvia Calagna, Jacopo Vitale, Alessandro Mazzocca, Mario Merone, Bruno Vincenzi and Leandro Pecchia

Predicting Desmoid Tumor Evolution under Active Surveillance: A Proof-of-Concept Radiomics-Based Machine Learning Study (abstract)

PRESENTER: Maria Elisabetta Pagnano

Mónica Pérez García, Cintia Yvette López-Ruíz and Fabiola Hernández Rosas

Influence of Bacterial Cellulose Origin and Silver Nanoparticle Nucleation Route on the Physicochemical and Biological Properties of Antimicrobial Biocomposites (abstract)

PRESENTER: Mónica Pérez García

Byullee Park

A Label-free Ultraviolet Photoacoustic Microscopy Enables Nuclear Imaging and Toxicity Assessment in Intact Brain Organoid (abstract)

Martina Serio, Marco Catarsi, Caterina Credi and Mattia Dimitri

Design and Development of a Microperfusion System for Cellular Bioreactor Applications (abstract)

PRESENTER: Mattia Dimitri

Bih Njimbong, Joseph Rugut Kibet and Ambesi Pieranne Manka

Toward Context-Aware Neuroengineering: EEG-Based Neurological Diagnostics for Sub-Saharan African Healthcare Systems (abstract)

PRESENTER: Bih Njimbong

Ambesi Pieranne Manka, Joseph Rugut Kibet and Bih Njimbong

Digital Signal Processing for Biomedical Calibration Applications: FPGA-Based Processing of ECG Signals Using VHDL for Biomedical Calibration Applications (abstract)

PRESENTER: Ambesi Pieranne Manka

Clara Presciutti, Marianna Langione, Mattia Dimitri, Caterina Credi, Federico Carpi and Jose Manuel Pioner

Cardiac chamber organoids derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (abstract)

PRESENTER: Mattia Dimitri

14:30-16:00 Session 7: Plenary session

Plenary session

Chairs:

Leandro Pecchia and Riccardo Bellazzi

Location: Aula Magna

14:30	Alberto Maria Di Giacinto, Luca Bacco, Leandro Pecchia and Mario Merone Neural Pathway Similarity Analysis for Efficient Glycemic Event Prediction (abstract) PRESENTER: Alberto Maria Di Giacinto
14:45	Marcello Miceli, Nicolò Migliore, Niccolò Morisi, Silvia Giovanella, Marco Ferrarini, Daniele Goldini, Giulia Ligabue, Luigi Rovati, Gabriele Donati, Umberto Morbiducci and Giuseppe De Nisco Toward a Patient-Specific Model of Protein-Bound Uremic Toxin Kinetics during Online Hemodiafiltration (abstract) PRESENTER: Giuseppe De Nisco
15:00	Elisa Pellizzari, Francesco Prendin, Giacomo Cappon, Giovanni Sparacino and Andrea Facchinetti A digital twin-based evaluation of corrective insulin bolus algorithms in type 1 diabetes (abstract) PRESENTER: Elisa Pellizzari
15:15	Aya Mahboub, María Teresa Arredondo Waldmeyer and María Fernanda Cabrera-Umpiérrez Development of a RAG-Powered Chatbot for Assistive Technologies Benchmarking (abstract) PRESENTER: Aya Mahboub
15:30	Ilaria Bottini, Anna Corti, Riccardo Tatoni, Benedetta Grossi, Letizia Perri, Mario Romano, Gianluigi Condorelli, Valentina Corino and Luca Mainardi Radiomics-based identification of subjects with cardiovascular diseases from retinal images (abstract) PRESENTER: Ilaria Bottini
15:45	Javier Gomez-Pilar, Adrián Martín-Montero, Fernando Vaquerizo-Villar, Carla de León-Morán, María Fernández-Vaquerizo, Máximo Domínguez-Guerrero, Lidia Enríquez-Meijome, Daniela Ferreira-Santos, Pedro Pereira-Rodrigues, Daniel Álvarez, David Gozal, Roberto Hornero and Gonzálo César Gutiérrez-Tobal Multimodal Phenotyping of Sleep Apnea: Integrating SpO2 and HRV through Subject-Based Correlation Networks (abstract) PRESENTER: Javier Gomez-Pilar

16:00-16:30 Coffee break

Coffee break

16:30-18:00 Session 8A: Topic 3-6

Parallel session

Chairs:

Aris Dermitzakis and Nicolas Pallikarakis

Location: Aula Magna

16:30	Ornella Marino, Elena Campilii, Francesco Romano, David Perpetuini, Teresa Paolucci, Alice Cichelli, Emanuele Francesco Russo, Maria Teresa Gatta, Marta Di Nicola, Giovanni Morone, Irene Ciancarelli, Arcangelo Merla and Daniela Cardone An event-based approach to estimate motor engagement during Robot-Assisted Gait Training via gaze-related features (abstract) PRESENTER: Ornella Marino
16:45	Achraf El Allaoui, Wafaa Dachry and Hassan Gziri Reverse Osmosis Membranes in Medical Applications: Focus on Water Purification for Hemodialysis (abstract) PRESENTER: Achraf El Allaoui
17:00	Boo Cheong Khoo HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) for biomedical and dentistry application (abstract)
17:15	Aris Dermitzakis, Spilios Zisimopoulos, Anastasia Daskalaki and Nicolas Pallikarakis Building a National Medical Equipment Inventory in Greece: Field Registration Process and AI-Assisted Data Entry across 129 Public Hospitals (abstract) PRESENTER: Aris Dermitzakis
17:30	Cristina Aldana Palomino, Eisel Pinado and Luis Vilcahuamna Design of a Video System for Training Clinical Engineering Personnel (abstract) PRESENTER: Cristina Aldana Palomino
17:45	Mercy Adusei Boatemaa, Harriet Yaa Amoako, Rose Amewonyo and Charles Dorcoo Kwesi Innovative Design of an Automated Ventilator for Emergency Respiratory Care (abstract) PRESENTER: Harriet Yaa Amoako

16:30-18:00 Session 8B: MS Cardiomechanical monitoring techniques

Minisymposium

Chairs:

Emilio Andreozzi and Jessica Centracchio

Location: Aula Magna Cardini

16:30	Paolo Bifulco, Jessica Centracchio, Raffaele Izzo, Salvatore Parlato, Eliana Cinotti and Emilio Andreozzi Applications of Forcecardiography sensors in cardiovascular and respiratory health monitoring (abstract) PRESENTER: Paolo Bifulco
16:45	Szymon Sieciński Applications of Heart Rate Variability Analysis from Mechanocardiographic Signals: A Narrative Review (abstract)
17:00	Gaetano Gargiulo, Ganesh Naik, Benjamin Brandwood, Titus Jayarathna and Paul Breen Morphic sensors for respiratory and cardiac ubiquitous monitoring (abstract) PRESENTER: Gaetano Gargiulo
17:15	Daniele Esposito Forcemyography: an effective alternative to EMG for muscle monitoring and Human–Machine Interface (abstract)

16:30-18:00 Session 8C: MS Artificial Intelligence in Lung Cancer Screening

Parallel session

Chair:

Stefano Diciotti

Location: Room B

16:30	Giulia Raffaella De Luca, Christian Di Buò, Chiara Marzi, Edoardo Cavigli, Mario Mascalchi and Stefano Diciotti Designing and validating AI pipelines for lung cancer screening: challenges and pitfalls (abstract) PRESENTER: Stefano Diciotti
16:45	Margarida Gouveia, Hélder P. Oliveira and Tania Pereira Towards Robust and Generalisable AI for Lung Cancer Screening (abstract) PRESENTER: Margarida Gouveia
17:00	Giulia Raffaella De Luca Data and anatomy standardization in lung cancer screening: drawing from neuroimaging* (abstract)
17:15	Margarida Gouveia, Hélder P. Oliveira and Tania Pereira Mitigating Label Noise and Concept Shift in LIDC-IDRI for Domain Generalisation in Lung Nodule Malignancy Classification (abstract) PRESENTER: Margarida Gouveia

16:30-18:00 Session 8D: MS AI Applications in Clinical Engineering

Minisymposium

Chair:

Thomas Judd

Location: Room C

16:30	Thomas Judd Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications in Clinical Engineering (CE) Overview & Use Cases (abstract)
16:45	Umberto Nocco Future Trends in Clinical Engineering AI-based Applications
17:00	Leandro Pecchia Beyond Clinical AI: Artificial Intelligence for Clinical Engineering, Healthcare Operations and Medical Device Management (abstract)
17:15	Alessio Luschi Roundtable: AI in Clinical Engineering

16:30-18:00 Session 8E: MS IUPESM From Concept to Impact

Minisymposium

Chairs:

Magdalena Stoeva and Kang-Ping Lin

Location: Room D

16:30	Nicolas Pallikarakis Forty Years of International Biomedical Engineering Projects: The Evolution of a Field Through Personal Experience (abstract)
16:45	Slavik Tabakov and Magdalena Stoeva EMITEL Project for Development of Medical Physics Encyclopaedia and Scientific Dictionary and its Collaboration with IFMBE (abstract) PRESENTER: Slavik Tabakov
17:00	Christoph Baumann Publishing Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics: Navigating a Rapidly Moving Environment (abstract)
17:15	Giuseppe Fico The role of Biomedical Engineering to achieve impact in health and wellbeing: perspectives from EAMBES (abstract)
17:30	Magdalena Stoeva, Chris Boyd, Natasa Brasik, David Hintenlang, Renato Padovani and Virginia Tsapaki Advancement in the Technological Development of Diagnostic Radiology: Insights from the New Edition of the IAEA Diagnostic Radiology Physics Handbook (abstract) PRESENTER: Magdalena Stoeva

16:30-18:00 Session 8F: MS Governing Health Technology Innovation: A Subsidiary HTA Approach in Italy

Minisymposium

Location: Room E

16:30	Stefano Bergamasco Regulatory Frameworks for Medical Devices: European and Italian Perspectives (abstract)
16:52	Martina Andellini European Approaches to HTA: Challenges, Solutions, and Transferable Lessons (abstract)
17:14	Giandomenico Nollo Decision-Making for Innovative Health Technologies: Key Features of a Subsidiary HTA System (abstract)
17:36	Matteo Ritrovato Value based procurement and adoption and monitoring of Health Technologies the HTA Users perspectives (abstract)

19:30-21:30 Welcome cocktail

Welcome Cocktail

Tuesday, September 15th

View this program: with abstracts session overview talk overview

08:30-09:30 Session 9: Registration

Registration of participants

09:30-11:00 Session 10A: Topic 1

Parallel session

Chairs:

Luigi Manzo and Ali Salman

Location: Aula Magna

09:30	Marco Perra, Edoardo Spairani, Francesco Podda, Giovanni Magenes and Giulia Matrone A View-Controllable CT-Based Pipeline for Generating Synthetic Echocardiographic Images with Aligned Anatomical Labels (abstract) PRESENTER: Marco Perra
09:45	Natalia Beltrán Fernández, Fabiola Hernández Rosas and Tushar Janardan Pawar Antimicrobial Activity of Three Rationally Selected L-Series Synthetic Peptides Against Clinically Relevant Bacterial Strains (abstract) PRESENTER: Natalia Beltrán Fernández
10:00	Luca Piano, Domenico Ficili, Giovanni Maimone, Giovanni Serra, Elena Galeasso, Giulia Rotunno, Simone Mazzetti, Valentina Giannini, Daniele Regge and Francesca Caumo AI-Assisted Triage in Screening Mammography: Multi-Center Validation of a Transformer-Based System for Workload Reduction at High Sensitivity (abstract) PRESENTER: Valentina Giannini
10:15	Merima Smajlhodžić-Deljo, Ana Lalović, Amra Džuho and Adna Ašić PPARGC1A, FTO, and MC4R: integrating metabolic genetics with sport performance, training adaptation, and metabolic risk (abstract) PRESENTER: Ana Lalović
10:30	Luigi Manzo Study of Nuclear Eccentricity and Gene Expression in MC3T3 During Osteogenic Commitment (abstract)
10:45	Francesca Angelone, Parisa Soltani, Homa Baninajarian, Amirhossein Vedae, Alessia La Rocca, Mario Sansone, Maria Romano, Francesco Amato and Alfonso Maria Ponsiglione A Trasfer Learning approach for Localization of Molars and Dental Apices in Pediatric Panoramic Radiographs (abstract) PRESENTER: Francesca Angelone

09:30-11:00 Session 10B: Topic 1

Parallel session

Chairs:

Panicos Kyriacou and Mario Merone

Location: Aula Magna Cardini

09:30	Claudia Ferraro, Flavia Pasquali, Luca Bacco, Mario Merone and Leandro Pecchia ECG-Based Non-Invasive Glycaemic Estimation in Type 1 Diabetes (abstract) PRESENTER: Claudia Ferraro
09:45	Daniele Sasso, Claudia Ferraro, Mario Merone, Luca Bacco and Leandro Pecchia Performance of Different Wearable Sensor Configurations in Sleep/Wake Classification with and without Apnoea Events (abstract) PRESENTER: Claudia Ferraro
10:00	Madžida Hundur Hiyari and Adna Softić Education 4.0 in Vocational Biomedical Engineering: Integrating AI, VR, and 3D Printing to Strengthen Digital and Practical Competencies (abstract) PRESENTER: Madžida Hundur Hiyari
10:15	Estella Himona, Ling Li and Panicos A. Kyriacou Quantitative Assessment of Skin Tone Bias in Photoplethysmographic Signal Processing and Feature Analysis (abstract) PRESENTER: Estella Himona
10:30	Francesco Pastori, Francesca Fati, Marina Rosanu, Luigi De Vitis, Lucia Ribero, Gabriella Schivardi, Giovanni Damiano Aletti, Nicoletta Colombo, Jvan Casarin, Francesco Multinu and Elena De Momi Predicting Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Ovarian Cancer from CT Baseline Using Multi-Loss Deep Learning (abstract) PRESENTER: Francesco Pastori
10:45	Edoardo Caporin, Luca Bacco, Leandro Pecchia and Mario Merone Lightweight Multimodal Deep Learning for Continuous Respiratory Rate Estimation from ECG and PPG (abstract) PRESENTER: Edoardo Caporin

09:30-11:00 Session 10C: Topic 2

Parallel session

Chairs:

Giandomenico Nollo and Davide Piaggio

Location: Room B

09:30	Bao Xiaoyu, Minhao Gao, Xueji Feng, Yinfei Liang, Zhicheng Li, Kaixiu Jin, Xiaofeng Lin, Ruichuan Lu, Junhao Lin, Canjian Huang, Qiyun Huang, Xiangli Zeng and Yuanqing Li A Wearable Closed-Loop EEG-Guided Mindfulness System for Chronic Tinnitus Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Study (abstract) PRESENTER: Yuanqing Li
09:45	Stefano Cimignolo, Damiano Fruet, Michela Masè and Giandomenico Nollo Pressure Distribution in Supine Postures: Full-Body and Region of Interest Analysis (abstract) PRESENTER: Stefano Cimignolo
10:00	Mary Kalekye Mulu A Digital Calibration Management Framework for Medical Equipment in Low-Resource Healthcare Settings (abstract)
10:15	Simone Kresevic, Aleksandar Miladinović, Agostino Accardo, Marco Vascotto, Cristiano Gomiselli and Milos Ajcevic An explainable Hybrid Symbolic-Deep Learning Architecture for Real-Time Sleep and Behavior Monitoring in Ambient Assisted Living Environment (abstract) PRESENTER: Simone Kresevic
10:30	Pedro Checa Rifa, Davide Piaggio, Paramjit Gill, Daniel Fox, Kamben Vyapooree, Hannah Kobia-Amanfi and Jinjian Jiang Digital and AI‑Enabled Screening Methods for Diabetic Neuropathy: a Systematic Review (abstract) PRESENTER: Pedro Checa Rifa
10:45	Sara Mecozzi, Lorenzo Ricci, Biagio M. Sancetta, Marco Sferruzzi, Giovanni Assenza, Leandro Pecchia and Margherita A.G. Matarrese Decoupling of Spectral and Network EEG Features in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy (abstract) PRESENTER: Sara Mecozzi

09:30-11:00 Session 10D: Topic 4

Parallel session

Chairs:

Lok Him Tse and Ratko Magjarevic

Location: Room C

09:30	Michele Ambrosanio, Stefano Franceschini, Francesca Bifulco, Roberta Diana, Giuseppe Cesarelli and Fabio Baselice An Experimental MIMO Ultrasound Tomography Dataset for Benchmarking Imaging Algorithms (abstract) PRESENTER: Stefano Franceschini
09:45	Alessia Finti, Michela Franzò, Giovanni Pasini, Martina Fioretti, Gemma Vizzaccaro, Edoardo Covelli, Franco Marinozzi and Fabiano Bini Feasibility of a Mixed Reality Framework for Balance Assessment in Multiple Sclerosis (abstract) PRESENTER: Alessia Finti
10:00	Enrico Franzoi, Alberto Morelli, Cosimo Aliani, Leonardo Bocchi and Francesca Uccheddu Beyond Overlap Metrics: A Multi-Domain Evaluation Framework for Hepatic Vascular Segmentation (abstract) PRESENTER: Enrico Franzoi
10:15	Lok Him Tse, Hiu Ching Poon, Cheuk Hin Man and Yuk Yin Li Development and Evaluation of Alignment Fixtures for Precision Airflow Velocity Profiling in Biosafety Cabinets (abstract) PRESENTER: Lok Him Tse
10:30	Cristiana Ragozzino Design and development of a perfusion bioreactor for in-line and real-time measurement of metabolic patterns (abstract)
10:45	Pierpaolo Fucile, Vivek Cherian David, Maria Kalogeropoulou and Lorenzo Moroni The Shift Toward Non-Planar Biofabrication (abstract) PRESENTER: Pierpaolo Fucile

09:30-11:00 Session 10E: SS Evolving Medical AI

Special session

Chair:

Gabriele Cevenini

Location: Room D

09:30	Gabriele Cevenini Augmented Clinical Intelligence: Human-Centered AI Supporting and Enhancing Medical Practice (abstract)
09:45	Alessandra Cartocci Deep Learning in Medical Imaging: From Detection to Clinical Integration (abstract)
10:00	Linda Tognetti AI-Based Diagnostic Algorithms: Clinical Applications in Dermatology (abstract)
10:15	Alessio Luschi Generative AI in Healthcare: Clinical Reporting, Decision Support, and Knowledge Sharing (abstract)
10:45	Pietro Rubegni The Limits of AI in Medicine: Bias, Safety, Ethics, and Clinical Responsibility (abstract)

09:30-11:00 Session 10F: SS Closing the Gap: Regulation, Standards, and the Clinical Engineer's Role in Canada's Digital Health Future

Special session

Chair:

Marie-Ange Janvier

Location: Room E

09:30	Marie-Ange Janvier The Body of Knowledge (BOK) for Clinical Engineering coverage of Digital Health for the Certification of Clinical Engineers in Canada and USA. (abstract)
09:45	Y. Rachel Zhang Who Owns SaMD? Bridging Regulatory Guidance and Hospital Clinical Engineering Practice (abstract)
10:00	Andrew Ibey Falling Behind by Design: CESOP, Committee Cycles, and the Pace of Digital Health Innovation (abstract)
10:15	Marie-Ange Janvier Panel discussion

11:00-11:30 Coffee break

Coffee break

11:30-12:00 Session 11: Keynote 3

Keynote - Prof. Maria Chiara Carrozza

Chair:

Gabriele Cevenini

Location: Aula Magna

12:00-13:30 Session 12A: Topic 3-6

Parallel session

Chairs:

Fabiola M. Martinez-Licona and Alessio Luschi

Location: Aula Magna

12:00	Georgios Papadoulis, Emil Valchinov and Aris Dermitzakis Real-Time Indoor Positioning of Critical Medical Devices: A Hybrid BLE Pilot under Greece’s Unified Medical Equipment Management System (abstract) PRESENTER: Aris Dermitzakis
12:15	George Boadu Pull Procurement and Institutional Networking Among Teaching Hospitals to Restore MRI Functionality in Ghana (abstract)
12:30	Fabiola Hernández Rosas, José Rafael Alanis Gómez, Enrique Hidalgo Peña, Arantxa García Aldana, Sebastián Cendejas Fong, Junin González Martínez and Renata Carmona González Additive Manufacturing of Biocompatible Oculopalpebral Prostheses: A Workflow for Personalized Design Approach to Reduce Clinical Time (abstract) PRESENTER: Arantxa García Aldana
12:45	Jonathan Pimienta Castillo, Sarah Julieta Mendez Hernandez, Fabiola Hernández Rosas, Cintia Yvette López Ruíz and Enrique Hidalgo Peña Design of a Patient-Specific Mandibular Graft for Reconstruction Planning Using Medical Image Processing (abstract) PRESENTER: Jonathan Pimienta Castillo
13:00	Fabiola Martinez-Licona and Raul Molina-Salazar Health Technology Assessment as a Bridge Between Biomedical Engineering and Public Health Policy (abstract) PRESENTER: Fabiola Martinez-Licona

12:00-13:30 Session 12B: Topic 5

Parallel session

Chairs:

Javier Camacho and Carmelo De Maria

Location: Aula Magna Cardini

12:00	Sonali S Naik Dual-Crosslinked Pectin-Based Hydrogels via Thiol–Ene Michael Addition and Photopolymerization for Tunable Cell–Material Interactions (abstract)
12:15	Chi-Ju Chuang and Wen-Tyng Li Multifunctional Magnetofluorescent Carbon Dots for Magnetic Hyperthermia in Breast Cancer Models (abstract) PRESENTER: Wen-Tyng Li
12:30	Fabiola Hernández Rosas, Emilio Carnaya Bustamante, José Rafael Alanis Gómez, Araceli Zapatero-Gutiérrez, Jaime Peña Soloache, Josué García Avila and Andrés Tobias González Computational Design, Mechanical Homogenization, and Additive Manufacturing of a Porous Scaffold for Trabecular Bone Regeneration (abstract) PRESENTER: Andrés Tobias González
12:45	Javier Camacho, Isis Bonet and Bladimir Gil Multisource Intelligence for Early Sepsis Prediction: An Ensemble Modeling Approach (abstract) PRESENTER: Javier Camacho

12:00-13:30 Session 12C: MS Harmonising BME Education

Minisymposium

Chair:

Nicolas Pallikarakis

Location: Room B

12:00	Nicolas Pallikarakis Harmonising Biomedical Engineering Education in the Age of AI: Is a Common European Framework Still Realistic? (abstract)
12:15	Tomaž Jarm Biomedical Engineering Education at UL-FE: From Curriculum Harmonization to the Age of Artificial Intelligence (abstract)
12:30	Leandro Pecchia Beyond AI Coding: Competences Biomedical Engineers Need to Drive Impactful AI Adoption in Healthcare and MedTech (abstract)

12:00-13:30 Session 12D: SS Bridging the Gap: A Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Essential Skills for the Future Biomedical Engineer

Special session

Chair:

Aris Dermitzakis

Location: Room D

12:00	Ioannis Kalatzis The Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of West Attica in Greece (abstract)
12:15	Michele Gazzara Challenges and opportunities for future clinical engineers: skills needed to best manage innovation (abstract)
12:30	Syuzanna Matevosyan Learning Across Borders in Biomedical Engineering (abstract)

12:00-13:30 Session 12E: SS Next-Generation Neural Interfaces, Motor Control and Neurorehabilitation

Special session

Chairs:

Anna Aliberti, Andrea Cusano, Armando Ricciardi and Francesca Angelone

Location: Room C

12:00	Francesca Cordella Invasive and Non-Invasive Neural Interfaces for Limb Prostheses (abstract)
12:15	Federica Pescaglia, Ida Maruotto, Carmine Gelormini, Francesca Cioffo, Giorgio Di Lorenzo, Halldór Jónsson Jr, Emil Malucelli and Paolo Gargiulo Multimodal Assessment of Postural Control in Parkinson’s Disease Using BioVRSea: Insights from CoP and Muscle Activation Patterns (abstract) PRESENTER: Federica Pescaglia
12:30	Michela Russo, Luisa Erzingher, Rita Granata, Alessandra Franco, Marianna Amboni, Paolo Barone, Carlo Ricciardi, Maria Romano and Francesco Amato A Closed-Loop Model-Based Control Framework for Human Gait Simulation in Parkinson’s Disease (abstract) PRESENTER: Luisa Erzingher
12:45	Federica Piccirillo, Sarassunta Ucci, Valentina De Vito, Francesca Angelone, Alessia La Rocca, Michela Russo, Silvia Pascarella, Pellegrino Lippiello, Francesco Amato, Maria Concetta Miniaci, Armando Ricciardi and Andrea Cusano Optical neural stimulation for sensory feedback (abstract) PRESENTER: Federica Piccirillo
13:00	Silvestro Micera, Simone Romeni and Eugenio Redolfi Riva What Works Now, What Comes Next: Electrical Stimulation and Beyond-Electrical Neuromodulation (abstract) PRESENTER: Eugenio Redolfi Riva

12:00-13:30 Session 12F: SS HPC - driven molecular modelling and enzyme dynamics in precision and translational

Special session

Chair:

Adna Softić

Location: Room E

12:00	Adna Softić, Dželila Tinjak, Lemana Spahić, Sarah Spahić, Živorad Kovačević and Lejla Gurbeta Pokvić High-Performance Computing as an Enabler of AI-Powered Medical Imaging: Lessons Learned from Prenatal Neurodevelopmental Assessment (abstract) PRESENTER: Adna Softić
12:15	Dzenan Kovacic Analytical and Functional Testing Methodologies for Enzymes: Kinetics, Stability Profiling, and Structure–Function Analysis (abstract)
12:30	Dzenan Kovacic In Silico Approaches to Enzyme Characterization: Structural Modeling, Catalytic Site Prediction, and Functional Simulation (abstract)
12:45	Adna Softić, Madžida Hundur Hiyari, Nejra Merdović, Alessio Luschi, Ali Salman, Lejla Gurbeta Pokvić and Ernesto Iadanza From Environmental Exposure to Precision Medicine: AI and Multi-Omics Approaches in Neurodegenerative Diseases (abstract) PRESENTER: Adna Softić
13:00	Dzenan Kovacic Enzyme Cofactors and Catalytic Regulation: Chemical Structure, Activation Mechanisms, and Molecular Modulation (abstract)
13:15	Dzenan Kovacic Bacterial Exoenzymes: Catalytic Mechanisms, Secretion Dynamics, and Functional Roles in Host-Associated Systems (abstract)

13:30-14:30 Session 13: Lunch break and Poster session

Lunch break and Poster session

Sushil Chaudhary

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Systems: Applications, Challenges, and Future Directions (abstract)

Martina De Salazar, Patrizia Vizza, Giuseppe Tradigo and Pierangelo Veltri

Standardized Lung Cancer Detection framework for the Medical Open Network for AI (abstract)

PRESENTER: Martina De Salazar

Elizabeth Kamusa

ESTABLISHMENT OF ROBOTIC AND AI CALIBRATION CENTRE IN LOW RESOURCE SET UP (abstract)

Roberto Romero-Oraá

AnnoStar: An Open-Source Web-Based Tool for Expert Annotation of Autofluorescence Patterns in Stargardt Disease (abstract)

Millicent Alooh

Hidden Costs of Inefficient Health Technology Management in LMIC Hospitals: A Quantitative Analysis from a Kenyan Tertiary Facility (abstract)

Yi-Hsuan Cheng, Ruei-Yan Hong, Chih-Yun Lee, Jiun-Hung Lin and Shih-Tsang Tang

FHIR API Based IoMT Data Security (abstract)

PRESENTER: Yi-Hsuan Cheng

Martina Carulli

Application of an equipment transferability index as a decision-support tool for assessing biomedical technology obsolescence during relocation to the new San Cataldo Hospital (abstract)

Salome Mwaura

USING REAL-TIME DEVICE MONITORING, TO IMPROVE SERVICE DELIVERY, CASE STUDY, PUMWANI MATERNITY HOSPITAL (abstract)

Alexandros Moraitopoulos, Konstantinos Mitsopoulos, Niki Pandria, Alkinoos Athanasiou and Panagiotis Bamidis

Expert Evaluation of a Biomedical Smart Mirror for Unobtrusive Home-Based Health Monitoring of Older Adults (abstract)

PRESENTER: Panagiotis Bamidis

Salome Mwaura

HEALTHCARE TECHNOLGY MANAGEMENT (HTM) IN KENYA, CASE STUDY: PUMWANI MATERNITY HOSPITAL (abstract)

Jeongwoo Park and Chulhong Kim

Real-time Triple-Modal Photoacoustic, Ultrasound, and Fluorescence Imaging with Transparent Ultrasound Transducer (abstract)

PRESENTER: Jeongwoo Park

14:30-16:00 Session 14A: Topic 1

Parallel session

Chairs:

Panicos Kyriacou and Lemana Spahić

Location: Aula Magna

14:30	Adna Ašić, Yvan Devaux, Miron Sopić, Amela Jusić, Lemana Spahić, Damir Marjanović, Konstantin Tashkov, Theodora Katsila and Amra Džuho Advancing Cardiovascular Pharmacogenomics in Europe: Structure and Strategic Vision of the CardioPharmaGENET COST Action Network (abstract) PRESENTER: Adna Ašić
14:45	David Della Morte, Mario Merone, Leandro Pecchia and Luca Bacco On the Evaluation of Biomedical Text Simplification Datasets: A Benchmarking Study (abstract) PRESENTER: David Della Morte
15:00	Forough Izadi, Ali Salman and Ernesto Iadanza Graph-Immune-Optimization (GIO): An Integrated AI-Driven Framework for Simulation-Guided Design of CAR-T/NK Cell Therapy and CRISPR Gene Therapy in Cancer Immunotherapy (abstract) PRESENTER: Forough Izadi
15:15	Camila Camacho-Navas, Ling Li and Panicos A Kyriacou Temporal Dynamics of Physiological Responses to Phasic Pain in Healthy Controls and Their Impact on Machine Learning-Based Pain Quantification (abstract) PRESENTER: Camila Camacho-Navas
15:30	Faruk Bećirović, Adna Ašić, Madžida Hundur Hiyari, Nejra Merdović, Una Glamočlija, Aziz Šukalo and Lemana Spahić HPC-Enabled Molecular Simulations of Lysozyme Interactions with Cellular Receptors (abstract) PRESENTER: Faruk Bećirović
15:45	Merima Smajlhodžić-Deljo, Ana Lalović, Amra Džuho and Adna Ašić Genetic and Inflammatory Markers in Sports Injury Risk: A Precision Medicine Review of COL1A1, COL5A1, IL-6, and TNF-alpha (abstract) PRESENTER: Ana Lalović

14:30-16:00 Session 14B: Topic 5

Parallel session

Chairs:

Ali Salman and Adna Softić

Location: Aula Magna Cardini

14:30	Beatriz Liliana España Sánchez, Rosa Bonilla Peregrino, Irma Robles Gutiérrez, Fabiola Hernández Rosas and Noé Arjona Copper-Doped Carbon Quantum Dots Derived from Vitis vinifera and Vaccinium spp.: A Nanobioactive Platform with Antibacterial Potential for Biomedical Applications (abstract) PRESENTER: Beatriz Liliana España Sánchez
14:45	Chiara Mulè, Zesen Li, Tania Mariastella Caputo, Armando Ricciardi, Anna Aliberti, Bai-Ou Guan, Yang Ran and Andrea Cusano Optical fiber–enabled drug delivery for precision oncology: from spatiotemporal control to feedback-enabled systems (abstract) PRESENTER: Anna Aliberti
15:00	Ajna Hujić, Adna Ašić, Ana Lalović, Lejla Gurbeta Pokvić and Almir Badnjević Pharmacoeconomic Analysis of NOAC Therapy in the Prevention of Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation (abstract) PRESENTER: Ajna Hujić
15:15	Melanie Ferrace, Carlos Busatto, Diana Estenoz, Gustavo A. Abraham, Guadalupe Rivero and Florencia Montini Ballarin Biomimetic hyaluronic acid-based scaffolds for tissue engineering applications (abstract) PRESENTER: Florencia Montini Ballarin
15:30	Ana de la Torre García, Gema Prats-Boluda, Jose Luis Martinez-de-Juan, Úrsula Martínez-Iranzo and Miguel Ángel Serrano Resting HRV Signatures of Psychological Burden: Time-of-Day Modulation across Anxiety, Stress, and Distress (abstract) PRESENTER: Ana de la Torre García

14:30-16:00 Session 14C: Topic 4

Parallel session

Chairs:

Kang-Ping Lin and Ratko Magjarevic

Location: Room B

14:30	Marina Carbone, Nadia Cattari, Gianluca Orrù, Matteo Nicoletta, Nicola Troisi, Mauro Ferrari and Vincenzo Ferrari A Patient-Specific Flow-Enabled Ultrasound Phantom for Femoral Vascular Access Training (abstract) PRESENTER: Marina Carbone
14:45	Maiar Ahmed Microwave Medical Imaging for Colorectal Cancer Detection: Electromagnetic Simulations and Tissue-Mimicking Material Fabrication (abstract)
15:00	Roberta Diana, Maria Maddalena Autorino, Michele Ambrosanio, Stefano Franceschini, Francesca Bifulco, Giuseppe Cesarelli and Fabio Baselice A Novel Iterative Image Reconstruction Method for Low-dose CT based on Artificial Neural Networks (abstract) PRESENTER: Roberta Diana
15:15	Luca Congiu, Matteo Anselmino, Luca Ridolfi and Stefania Scarsoglio A multiscale cardiovascular digital twin for personalized hemodynamics across a virtual population (abstract) PRESENTER: Luca Congiu

14:30-16:00 Session 14D: SS Bridging the Innovation Gap

Special session

Chairs:

Salome Mwaura and Sudesh Sivarasu

Location: Room C

14:30	Daniel Atwine, Sunday Nighty, Elna Owembabazi and Caroline Birungi Strengthening Regulatory Pathways for Medical Device Clinical Investigations in Africa: A Policy-oriented Review (abstract) PRESENTER: Sunday Nighty
14:45	George Boadu Biomedical Engineering Education and Training in Ghana: A Systems Approach Integrating Equipment-Based Learning, Adaptive Digital Platforms, and International Partnerships (abstract)
15:00	Salome Mwaura IMPROVING NEONATAL CARE THROUGH REAL-TIME DEVICE MONITORING, CASE STUDY, PUMWANI MATERNITY HOSPITAL (abstract)
15:15	Daniel Atwine, Sunday Nighty, June Madete, Sudesh Sivarasu, Philippa Ngaju Makobore, Arti Ahluwalia, Muhammad Ali Rushdi, Carmelo De Maria, Bernard Ahimbisibwe, Elna Owembabazi, Caroline Birungi and Charles Kwesiga From Prototypes to Patients and Prosperity: Bridging Africa’s Innovation–Commercialization–Health Gap through African Biomedical Engineering Consortium (abstract) PRESENTER: Daniel Atwine
15:30	Martha L. Zequera, Mauricio Cubides, Luis Gabriel Marin, Andrea Karina Peña and Santiago Quintero Diapetics Technology for Diabetic Foot Care: A Translational Framework Integrating Fuzzy Logic and Personalized Insole Design (abstract) PRESENTER: Martha L. Zequera

14:30-16:00 Session 14E: SS EAMBES Special Session on recognition of Biomedical Engineers in European hospitals and health institutions

Special session

Chairs:

Giuseppe Fico and Winfried Mayr

Location: Room D

14:30	Lenka Lhotská BME and MP as health care professions in Czechia and current state in Slovakia (abstract)
14:45	Enrique J Gómez Aguilera Biomedical Engineers as Healthcare Engineers: The Need for New Roles for Engineers in the Spanish National Health System (abstract)
15:00	Simone Borsci Explainable by Design: From Trustworthiness to Perceived Explainability in Medical Devices (abstract)

14:30-16:00 Session 14F: SS ICT and Open Data in Healthcare

Special session

Chair:

Marc Nyssen

Location: Room E

14:30	Marc Nyssen ICT and Open Data in health care (abstract)
14:45	Alessio Luschi Overcoming Data Scarcity with Generative AI (abstract)
15:00	Chien-Ding Lee, Mei-Fen Chen, Yung-Hsin Chen and Kang-Ping Lin Cybersecurity in Healthcare (abstract) PRESENTER: Chien-Ding Lee

16:00-16:30 Coffee break

Coffee break

16:30-18:00 Session 15: Plenary session

Plenary session

Chairs:

Gabriele Cevenini and Anna Maria Bianchi

Location: Aula Magna

16:30	Alessio Luschi, Linda Tognetti, Gabriele Cevenini, Pietro Rubegni and Ernesto Iadanza A Multi-Backbone Pipeline Combining Biomedical Foundation Models and CNNs for Explainable Triage of Cutaneous Ulcers (abstract) PRESENTER: Alessio Luschi
16:45	Katerina Iscra, Andrea Bonini, Giovanni Furlanis, Edoardo Ricci, Aleksandar Miladinovic, Marcello Naccarato, Paolo Manganotti and Milos Ajcevic Predictive value of EEG features for machine learning–based prediction of functional outcome after thrombectomy in LVO stroke (abstract) PRESENTER: Katerina Iscra
17:00	Libera Lucia Del Giudice, Agnese Piersanti, Kassa Sosna Solomon, Christian Göbl, Laura Burattini, Andrea Tura and Micaela Morettini Enhancing Hypoglycemia Prediction in Type 1 Diabetes via mWGAN-GP-based Augmentation of Pre-Exercise CGM Data (abstract) PRESENTER: Libera Lucia Del Giudice
17:15	Muhammad Farooq Shaikh, Giacomo Pratesi, Alice Ravizza and Davide Piaggio DINO by Paperbox: A Serious-Gaming Platform for Early Screening of Learning Difficulties in Children (abstract) PRESENTER: Muhammad Farooq Shaikh
17:30	Chulhong Kim, Mingyu Ha, Jaewoo Kim, Seonghee Cho, Dasom Heo, Minsu Kim, Joongho Ahn and Eunwoo Park A Practical Handheld Photoacoustic Microscopy System for In Vivo Microvascular Imaging (abstract) PRESENTER: Mingyu Ha
17:45	Marcello Sicbaldi, Paola Di Florio, Luca Palmerini, Alessandro Silvani and Lorenzo Chiari IMU-heart: Nocturnal cardiac monitoring with wearable inertial sensors (abstract) PRESENTER: Marcello Sicbaldi

19:00-22:00 Conference dinner

Conference dinner

Wednesday, September 16th

View this program: with abstracts session overview talk overview

08:30-09:30 Session 16: Registration

Registration of participants

09:30-11:00 Session 17A: Topic 1

Parallel session

Chairs:

Ali Salman and Muhammad Salman Haleem

Location: Aula Magna

09:30	Sarya Demir and Muhammad Salman Haleem A Generative XAI Driven Mobile App for Improved Skin Cancer Diagnostics (abstract) PRESENTER: Muhammad Salman Haleem
09:45	Chung-Yu Lo, Shuo-Suei Hung and Hung-Wen Chiu Deep Learning-Based Binary Classification of Knee Cartilage Damage Using Anteroposterior Knee Radiographs (abstract) PRESENTER: Hung-Wen Chiu
10:00	Semet Gülen and Furkan Akıncı MediScene: A Semantic Risk Detection System for Safer Drug Prescription Using Structured and Unstructured Medical Data (abstract) PRESENTER: Semet Gülen
10:15	Hicham Loumissi PPG-Based Cuffless Blood Pressure Estimation Using an Artificial Neural Network on the MIMIC (abstract)
10:30	Mehmet Aytuğ Yürük and Abbas Memiş Multi-Label Medical Concept Recognition using Asymmetric Loss-Driven EfficientNet: Analyzing the Detection of Rare Concepts Under Long-Tailed Imbalance (abstract) PRESENTER: Mehmet Aytuğ Yürük

09:30-11:00 Session 17B: Topic 1

Parallel session

Chairs:

Pierangelo Veltri and Anna Maria Bianchi

Location: Aula Magna Cardini

09:30	Valeria Piccone, Serena Vecchi, Ferruccio Panzica and Anna Maria Bianchi Development of a Dynamic RPI to prioritize medical equipment replacement (abstract) PRESENTER: Valeria Piccone
09:45	Oliwia Kudyba and Ankica Babic A Gemini Flash Thinking Protocol for Interpretable Feature Assessment in Synthetic Alzheimer’s Disease Data (abstract) PRESENTER: Ankica Babic
10:00	Ida Maruotto, Federica Kiyomi Ciliberti, Carmine Gelormini, Halldór Jónsson Jr and Paolo Gargiulo Probabilistic SVM for Knee Osteoarthritis Classification (abstract) PRESENTER: Ida Maruotto
10:15	Aleksandar Miladinovic, Alessandro Biscontin, Simone Kresevic, Agostino Accardo and Milos Ajcevic Short-Lead Routine Discordance Detection in PIR-Based Smart Homes Using Transformer Occupancy Prediction (abstract) PRESENTER: Aleksandar Miladinovic
10:30	Damiano Fruet, Sanjana Mendu, Roger D Dias, John D Rolston, Stefano Cimignolo, Giandomenico Nollo and Marco A Zenati Toward Personalized Surgeons' Cognitive Workload: A Linear Mixed-Effects Model Analysis of EEG Features (abstract) PRESENTER: Damiano Fruet

09:30-11:00 Session 17C: SS Nonlinear Methods for Medical Data Analysis

Special session

Chairs:

Alexander Martynenko and Maie Bachmann

Location: Room C

09:30	Alexander Martynenko and Xavier Pastor Entropy-based differentiation of IGHV subtypes of chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients' DNA (abstract) PRESENTER: Alexander Martynenko
09:45	Maive Hanni, Laura Päeske, Kairi Kreegipuu, Anna Dadatskaja, Aire Leppik and Maie Bachmann Mental Fatigue Preserves the Balance Between Alpha-Band EEG Connectivity and Small-Worldness in Resting-State EEG (abstract) PRESENTER: Maie Bachmann
10:00	Ravneet-Rahul Sandhu Singh, Alexander Martynenko and Xavier Pastor i Durán Entropy Measures for Heart Rate Variability (abstract) PRESENTER: Ravneet-Rahul Sandhu Singh
10:15	Sadaf Moaveninejad, Simone Cauzzo, Marco Falda, Antonio Luigi Bisogno, Maurizio Corbetta and Camillo Porcaro A Hybrid Fuzzy-Logic Framework for Interpretable Prediction of TMS-EEG Responses from Pre-Stimulus Neural Dynamics (abstract) PRESENTER: Camillo Porcaro
10:30	Safoora Masoumirad, Laura Päeske, Jaanus Lass and Maie Bachmann Effect of EEG Reference Montage on Higuchi’s Fractal Dimension Estimates for Discriminating Depression (abstract) PRESENTER: Safoora Masoumirad

09:30-11:00 Session 17D: Topic 7

Parallel session

Chairs:

Paolo Bifulco and Enzo Pasquale Scilingo

Location: Room B

09:30	Matteo Fraternali, Davide Borra and Elisa Magosso Covert visuospatial attention is associated with frequency- specific power and connectivity modulation (abstract) PRESENTER: Matteo Fraternali
09:45	Anna Candeo Automated Detection of Auditory Brainstem Response: Evaluation of New and Literature Indices Using Simulated Data (abstract)
10:00	Laura Osorio-Sanchez, James May and Panicos Kyriacou Signal quality assessment of photoplethysmography (PPG) under varying skin pigmentation and wavelength conditions using an in vitro vascular finger phantom (abstract) PRESENTER: Laura Osorio-Sanchez
10:15	Karina Awad-Perez, Laura Osorio-Sanchez, James May and Panicos Kyriacou Multilayer Vascular Wrist Phantom for In Vitro Optical Evaluation of Wearable Sensors (abstract) PRESENTER: Karina Awad-Perez
10:30	Michele Ambrosanio, Stefano Franceschini, Francesca Bifulco, Roberta Diana, Giuseppe Cesarelli and Fabio Baselice Markov-Based Random Walk Analysis of Task-Related MEG Brain Networks (abstract) PRESENTER: Michele Ambrosanio
10:45	Tomaž Jarm, Nastja Žgalin, Jernej Štublar, Matevž Jan and Damijan Miklavčič Comparison of heart rate variability after treatment of atrial fibrillation with radiofrequency ablation and pulsed field ablation (abstract) PRESENTER: Tomaž Jarm

09:30-11:00 Session 17E: IFMBE Scientific Challenge

Parallel Session

Chairs:

Paulo de Carvalho and Jorge Henriques

Location: Room D

09:30	Argyrios Zafeiriou, Melina Tziomaka, Athanasios Kallipolitis and Ilias Maglogiannis An Inspectable Vision-Language and Convolutional Ensemble for Facial Pigmented Lesion Diagnosis (abstract) PRESENTER: Argyrios Zafeiriou
09:40	Alessandro Biscontin, Simone Kresevic, Alberto Bortolotto, Aleksandar Miladinovic and Milos Ajcevic A Two-Stage Transfer Learning Framework for Dermoscopic Classification of Facial Pigmented Lesions (abstract) PRESENTER: Alessandro Biscontin
09:50	Shi-Yi Wu, Shao-Hung Lu, Mei-Fen Chen and Kang-Ping Lin Clinically Informed Probability-Level Stacking Ensemble for Seven-Class Pigmented Lesion Classification Using Non-Standardized Clinical Images (abstract) PRESENTER: Shi-Yi Wu
10:00	Maryam Al Rubaye, Abbas Memiş and Baraa'H Mohamed Naser Facial Pigmented Lesion Classification with SwiGLU-Enhanced Swin Transformer V2 (abstract) PRESENTER: Maryam Al Rubaye
10:10	María Herrero-Tudela, Roberto Romero-Oraá, Gonzalo César Gutiérrez-Tobal, María García and Roberto Hornero Attentive Convolutional Neural Network Ensemble for Automated Facial Pigmented Lesion Classification (abstract) PRESENTER: Roberto Romero-Oraá
10:20	Volkan Mazlum and Alberto Antonietti A Multimodal Pipeline with Metadata Gating and LLM-Assisted Hyperparameter Tuning for Facial Lesion Diagnosis (abstract) PRESENTER: Volkan Mazlum
10:30	Furkan Aktay, Mert Mestçi and İlkay Öksüz Two-Stage Ensemble and Metadata Fusion Framework for Skin Lesion Classification (abstract) PRESENTER: Furkan Aktay
10:40	Cristina Aldana, Carlos Granados and Salvador Yabar Multi-Source Transfer Learning for Facial Pigmented Lesion Classification in Data-Limited Latin American Dermatology Contexts (abstract) PRESENTER: Cristina Aldana
10:50	Marcello Sicbaldi Multiclass Diagnosis of Facial Pigmented Lesions Using Dermatology Pretrained Foundation Models (abstract)
11:00	Feti Çağrı Eraslan, Mehmet Aytuğ Yürük and Naci Furkan Karaduman ConvNeXtV2 Ensemble with Domain-Specific Fine-Tuning for Multi-Class Skin Lesion Classification (abstract) PRESENTER: Naci Furkan Karaduman

11:00-11:30 Coffee break

Coffee break

11:30-12:00 Session 18: Keynote 4

Keynote / Prof. Jari Hyttinen

Chair:

Ernesto Iadanza

Location: Aula Magna

12:00-13:30 Session 19: Plenary session

Plenary session

Chairs:

Umberto Morbiducci and Paolo Netti

Location: Aula Magna

12:00	Federica Sicilia, Marida De Maria, Marco Mercuri, Pierangelo Veltri and Patrizia Vizza A Radar-Based Framework for the Automated Detection and Monitoring of OSAS (abstract) PRESENTER: Federica Sicilia
12:15	Chengchen Chu, Jing Tong and Bin Li To evaluate the SNR and uniformity of 5.0T MRI (abstract) PRESENTER: Chengchen Chu
12:30	Shao-Hung Lu, Shi-Yi Wu and Kang-Ping Lin Design of a High-Voltage-Tolerant Multi-Modal Intracardiac Sensing System Integrating Electrogram and Impedance Measurement for Pulsed Field Ablation (abstract) PRESENTER: Shao-Hung Lu
12:45	Alessia Finti, Michela Franzò, Giovanni Pasini, Giada Testani, Antonella Alessia Mallqui Ramirez, Mizar D'Abramo, Wael Saade, Giuseppe Mazzesi, Franco Marinozzi and Fabiano Bini Towards Markerless Mixed Reality (MR) for TAVI: A Proof of Concept in 3D Quantification and Feature Extraction (abstract) PRESENTER: Alessia Finti
13:00	Santiago Laguna-Castro, Aino Reunamo, Markus Hannula, Katri Lindfors, Kalle Kurppa, Antti Kaipia and Jari Hyttinen Effect of 3D-printed holder wall thickness on X-ray attenuation and micro-CT image quality of paraffin-embedded core samples (abstract) PRESENTER: Santiago Laguna-Castro
13:15	Yi-Chieh Lin, Hsin-Tai Chen, Mei-Feng Chen and Kang-Ping Lin Data-Driven Smart Clinical Engineering: A Multidimensional Assessment of Patient Safety, Operational Ethics, and ESG Sustainability (abstract) PRESENTER: Mei-Feng Chen

13:30-14:30 Session 20: Lunch break and Poster session

Lunch break and Poster session

Lok Him Tse, Yuk Yin Li, Cheuk Hin Rico Man and Hiu Ching Poon

An Automated, AI-Driven Safety Alert Cross-Referencing and Workflow Triage Engine for Distributed Healthcare Asset Networks (abstract)

PRESENTER: Yuk Yin Li

Lok Him Tse, Hiu Ching Poon, Cheuk Hin Rico Man and Yuk Yin Li

Optimisation of Medical Device Lifecycle Management Through a Digitalised, Data-driven Clinical Engineering Framework (abstract)

PRESENTER: Cheuk Hin Rico Man

Giacomo Sasso, Alessandro Pagani, Gianni Pedrizzetti, James Busfield and Federico Carpi

Mechanochromic tactile interface for handwriting and drawing analysis (abstract)

PRESENTER: Federico Carpi

Anushree Bhople

Precision Mental Health Analytics: Scalable Brain-Based Models for Population Insights (abstract)

Gabriele Frediani, Filippo Cipriani and Federico Carpi

Wearable pneumatic tactile displays for softness rendering in virtual abdominal palpation (abstract)

PRESENTER: Federico Carpi

Jinjian Jiang, Davide Piaggio and Neil Evans

An Online Transfer Learning Framework with Residual Compensation for End-to-End Hip Angle Prediction in Post-Stroke Gait Using sEMG (abstract)

PRESENTER: Jinjian Jiang

Priyanka Sarkar and Ernesto Iadanza

A Machine Learning Framework for the Early Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Computational Gene-Pair Signature Analysis (abstract)

PRESENTER: Priyanka Sarkar

Ilona Łysy, Miłosz Chrzan, Sławomir Suchoń, Michał Burkacki, Aleksandra Błaszczyk, Sandra Kaczmarek, Katarzyna Jochymczyk-Woźniak and Wojciech Wolański

Development and Preliminary Validation of a Personalized Intraoral Device for Bite-Force Measurement (abstract)

PRESENTER: Miłosz Chrzan

Joseph Rugut Kibet, Ambesi Pieranne Manka and Bih Njimbong

Sustainable Medical Oxygen Ecosystems and Green Hospital Technologies: Transforming Last-Mile Healthcare Delivery in East Africa (abstract)

PRESENTER: Joseph Rugut Kibet

Joseph Rugut Kibet, Bih Njimbong and Ambesi Pieranne Manka

Quality Assurance of Radiology Equipment as a Prerequisite for AI-Driven Diagnostics in Low and Middle Income Countries: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (abstract)

PRESENTER: Joseph Rugut Kibet

Michela Russo, Lazzaro Cappiello, Federica Kiyomy Ciliberti, Carlo Ricciardi, Alfonso Maria Ponsiglione, Halldór Jónsson Jr, Paolo Gargiulo and Francesco Amato

Nonlinear Trimodal Regression Analysis-Based Imaging Biomarkers for Early Prediction of Chronic Disease Onset (abstract)

PRESENTER: Michela Russo

Emil Valchinov and Nicolas Pallikarakis

Sealed Rare-Gas System for Cold Atmospheric Plasma and Electromagnetic Energy Delivery (abstract)

PRESENTER: Nicolas Pallikarakis

14:30-16:00 Session 21A: SS Designing Future Ready BME Programs

Special session

Chair:

Lenka Lhotska

Location: Room B

14:30	Lenka Lhotská Rewriting the Curriculum: What Digital Health Demands from Biomedical Engineering Education (abstract)
14:45	Piotr Ladyzynski Transforming BME Education: Challenges, New Approaches, and Emerging Technologies (abstract)
15:00	Martha L. Zequera, Ratko Magjarevic, Virginia L. Ballarin, Luis M. Zamudio, Kang-Ping Lin, Shankar Krishnan, Eduardo Guillermo P. Velez, Piotr Ladyzynski and Nubia Arroyo Experiential Learning Models in Future Biomedical Engineering Curricula: Bridging Academia, Industry, and Healthcare Systems (abstract) PRESENTER: Martha L. Zequera
15:15	Christos Alexandropoulos, Orestis Papathanasopoulos and Nicolas Pallikarakis The rapid expansion of biomedical engineering education in Europe and its implications for curricula harmonization (abstract) PRESENTER: Christos Alexandropoulos
15:30	Davide Piaggio and Pedro Checa Rifa Next-Gen Biomedical Engineers: Navigating AI, Sustainability, and Regulation (abstract) PRESENTER: Davide Piaggio

14:30-16:00 Session 21B: Topic 7

Parallel session

Chairs:

Fabiano Bini and Carmelo De Maria

Location: Aula Magna

14:30	Alessia Finti, Ida Maruotto, Giovanni Pasini, Federica Pescaglia, Franco Marinozzi, Paolo Gargiulo and Fabiano Bini Towards Objective Screening of Motion Sickness: A Preliminary Study on Head-COP Kinematics in VR (abstract) PRESENTER: Alessia Finti
14:45	Begido Doda, Franco Marinozzi, Filippo Carducci, Pedro Real, Tal Dotan Ben-Soussan, Carlo Cosimo Quattrocchi, Carlo Augusto Mallio and Fabiano Bini Tract-to-Region Incidence Matrices as Native Input for Hypergraph-Based Connectome Analysis: a Longitudinal Study on Quadrato Motor Training (abstract) PRESENTER: Begido Doda
15:00	Anna Stecka, Tomasz Gólczewski, Elżbieta M. Grabczak, Marcin Michnikowski, Katarzyna Faber, Krzysztof Zielinski, Monika Zielińska-Krawczyk, Maria Król and Rafał Krenke Lung Re-expansion During Therapeutic Thoracentesis: Comparing the Benefits of Cough on Request, CPAP and pause in fluid evacuation (abstract) PRESENTER: Anna Stecka
15:15	Ahmed Ali, Janarthanan Krishnamoorthy and Negasu Erko Dynamic Analysis of Normal and Abnormal Phono Cardiogram Signals for Detecting Heart Condition with Auto Segmentation and Alignment (abstract) PRESENTER: Ahmed Ali
15:30	Felipe Guimarães Teixeira, Bruno Jotta, Aleksandro Ferreira Gonçalves, Esteban Aedo-Muñoz, Bianca Miarka, André Luiz Fonseca da Silveira E Silva and Pablo Merino-Muñoz Dominant Versus Non-Dominant Lower-Limb Force-Time Behavior During the Countermovement Jump in Elite Judo Athletes: Discrete and Continuous Analyses (abstract) PRESENTER: Felipe Guimarães Teixeira

14:30-16:00 Session 21C: SS Frontiers in Neuroimaging

Special session

Chair:

Axayacatl Morales-Guadarrama

Location: Room C

14:30	Lilian Gomez Proof of Concept: Multilevel Linguistic Assessment and fMRI-Based Analysis of Brain Regions Involved in Language Learning in University-Level Students (abstract)
14:45	Rafael Lara-Estrada, Ernesto Roldán-Valadez Roldán-Valadez, Megan K. Horton and Camilo Rios Timing Matters: Prenatal Heavy Metal Exposure and Childhood Brain Development (abstract) PRESENTER: Rafael Lara-Estrada
15:00	Fabiola Martinez-Licona Reproducibility vs. Representativeness: The Trade-off in MRI AI Algorithm Development (abstract)
15:15	Axayacatl Morales-Guadarrama, Melissa Puebla-García, Thania Ortega-Cruz, Diana María Osorio Londoño, Laura Alvarez Mejía, Yessica Heras-Romero, Juan Morales Corona and Roberto Olayo González Magne&c resonance quan&fiable metabolites in spinal cord injury recovery (abstract) PRESENTER: Axayacatl Morales-Guadarrama

14:30-16:00 Session 21D: SS 3D Printing in Medicine

Special session

Chair:

Laura Cercenelli

Location: Room D

14:30	Paolo Gargiulo Sustainable 3D Printing in Icelandic Healthcare: 20 Years of Service and Challenges (abstract)
14:45	Nada Khaled Mansour Hybrid Academic Models for 3D Planning and Printing: Navigating the Regulatory Landscape in a Research Hospital (abstract)
15:00	Laura Cercenelli Engineering Workflows and Technical Case Studies in Medical 3D Printing (abstract)
15:15	Alessandro Tel Clinical Applications of Patient-Specific 3D Printing in Surgical Practice (abstract)

14:30-15:00 Session 21E: MedTechLabel: A Universal Digital Labelling Framework for MDs and IVDs

INBIT Workshop

Chairs:

Aris Dermitzakis and Nicolas Pallikarakis

Location: Room E

14:30

Aris Dermitzakis, Carola Schulz, Lene Lunde, Nicolas Pallikarakis and Anne Moen

MedTechLabel: A Universal Digital Labelling Framework for Medical Devices and In Vitro Diagnostics (abstract)

PRESENTER: Aris Dermitzakis

16:00-16:30 Coffee break

Coffee break

16:30-18:00 Session 22A: Topic 1

Parallel session

Chairs:

Stefano Severi and Riccardo Bellazzi

Location: Aula Magna

16:30	Ivan Vajs, Vladislava Krsmanović, Vanja Ković, Gordana Čolić, Anđela Šoškić, Katarina Stekić-Stojanović and Milica M. Jankovic Eye-tracking-based personalized text-presentation support for children with reading difficulties (abstract) PRESENTER: Ivan Vajs
16:45	Teodor Vakarelsky, Teodor Minev and Dimiter Prodanov From Neuroanatomical Atlas to Finite Element Mesh: A Modular Pipeline for Rat Brain Implant Digital Twins (abstract) PRESENTER: Teodor Vakarelsky
17:00	Ankica Babic Alignment in Gamified Cognitive Assessment (abstract)
17:15	Pubordee Aussavavirojekul, Robert J. Sclabassi, Alexander Yu, Leila Wehbe and Cameron Riviere Continuous Ordinal Representation of Neural Irritation in IONM via Geometric Modeling (abstract) PRESENTER: Cameron Riviere
17:30	Ludovica Di Pompeo, Michele Tritto, Daniela Cardone, David Perpetuini and Arcangelo Merla Differentiating Cognitive Workload Requests by Combined Behavioural Performance and HRV Metrics (abstract) PRESENTER: Ludovica Di Pompeo
17:45	Francesca Bifulco, Stefano Franceschini, Roberta Diana, Giuseppe Cesarelli, Michele Ambrosanio and Fabio Baselice M/EEG Task Classification by Means of Brain Dynamic Analysis (abstract) PRESENTER: Francesca Bifulco

16:30-18:00 Session 22B: Topic 3-6

Parallel session

Chairs:

Stefano Bergamasco and Lejla Gurbeta Pokvic

Location: Aula Magna Cardini

16:30	Jan Havlik, Lucie Hosová and Lenka Maierová Analysis of Glare Level: Design and Realization of Glaremeter Device (abstract) PRESENTER: Jan Havlik
16:45	Arif Subhan and Frank Painter Architecting a Future-Ready Clinical Engineering Workforce (abstract) PRESENTER: Arif Subhan
17:00	Amila Karalić, Adna Ašić, Lejla Gurbeta Pokvić, Merima Smajlhodžič-Deljo and Almir Badnjević Cost-Effectiveness and Budget Impact Analysis of Introducing Rotavirus Vaccination for Infants in Bosnia and Herzegovina (abstract) PRESENTER: Amila Karalić
17:15	Adna Jabandžić, Adna Ašić, Lejla Gurbeta Pokvić and Almir Badnjević Pharmacoeconomic analysis of the use of SGLT2 inhibitors in the treatment of type 2 diabetes in Bosnia and Herzegovina (abstract) PRESENTER: Adna Jabandžić

16:30-18:00 Session 22C: SS IFMBE Students and Recent Graduates

Special session

Chair:

Martha Zequera

Location: Room C

16:30	Karina Zamrazilová Biomedical Engineering in the Age of AI: Reflections on the Transformation of Key Competencies and Educational Challenges (abstract)
16:45	Anna Stecka, Tomasz Gólczewski, Marcin Michnikowski and Krzysztof Zielinski Curriculum priorities for translational biomedical engineering: A researcher’s perspective. (abstract) PRESENTER: Anna Stecka
17:00	Krunoslav Jurčić, Ratko Magjarevic, Giuseppe Fico and Laura Lopez-Perez Analysis of Wearable Sensor Placement Impact on Human Activity Time Series Data (abstract) PRESENTER: Krunoslav Jurčić
17:15	Syuzanna Matevosyan Beyond Borders: Impact of Erasmus Mundus on Biomedical Engineering (abstract)
17:30	Shi-Yi Wu The Evolution of Biomedical Engineers into AI Augmented Professionals for the Future Workforce (abstract)
17:45	César Augusto Moreno Baracaldo and Martha L. Zequera Robotic and SSEP-Based System for Objective Plantar Sensitivity Assessment: Design Rationale and Implementation Roadmap toward a Neurophysiological Biomarker for Diabetic Foot Risk Prevention (abstract) PRESENTER: César Augusto Moreno Baracaldo
18:00	Oscar Tamburis One Digital Health: from Wheel to Intervention (abstract)

16:30-18:00 Session 22D: SS AI and Shared Decision-Making in Breast Cancer

Special session

Chair:

Maria-João Cardoso On Behalf Of The Cinderella Consortium

Location: Room D

16:30	Maria Joao Cardoso Clinical Validation of AI-Supported Shared Decision-Making in Breast Cancer" (abstract)
16:45	Marilia Antunes, Ana Barata, Giovani Silva, Miguel Broes, Felipe Barletta, Eduard-Alexandru Bonci, Helena Cruz, Timo Schinköthe and Maria-João Cardoso On Behalf Of The Cinderella Consortium Uncovering True Engagement in AI-based interventions: A Mixture Model for Active vs. Unattended Sessions (abstract) PRESENTER: Marilia Antunes
17:25	Ludovica Borsoi Value-Based Healthcare and Organizational Adoption of AI in Cancer Care (abstract)

16:30-18:00 Session 22E: Workshop: Designing Future Ready BME Programs

Minisymposium

Chair:

Davide Piaggio

Location: Room B

16:30

Davide Piaggio, Pedro Checa Rifa, Alessia Maccaro and Lenka Lhotska

WORKSHOP: Defining the Competencies of the Next-Generation Biomedical Engineer (abstract)

PRESENTER: Davide Piaggio

16:30-18:00 Session 22F: MS Medical Equipment Ageing: Implications for Maintenance Strategies, Lifespan Modelling and Replacement Planning

Minisymposium

Chairs:

Li Bin and Fabiola M. Martinez-Licona

Location: Room E

16:30	Bin Li A study on reliability and service life evaluation in service MRI equipment across multiple centers in China (abstract)
16:45	Alessio Luschi Artificial intelligence for sustainable management of medical equipment lifecycle (abstract)
17:00	Binseng Wang Improving Medical Equipment Maintenance and Replacement through Aging Studies (abstract)
17:15	Fabiola M. Martinez-Licona From Maintenance Data to Replacement Decisions: A Data-Driven Framework for Aging-Aware Medical Equipment Prioritization (abstract)

Thursday, September 17th

View this program: with abstracts session overview talk overview

08:30-09:00 Session 23: Registration

Registration of participants

09:30-11:00 Session 24: Plenary session

Plenary session

Chairs:

Alessio Luschi and Pedro Checa Rifa

Location: Aula Magna

09:30	Giulia D'Ambrosio, Giuseppe Gatta, David Perpetuini, Daniela Cardone, Michele Tritto, Filippo Aucella and Arcangelo Merla Static and Motion-Adaptive Temporal Propagation for Vessel Segmentation in Thermal Infrared Videos (abstract) PRESENTER: Giulia D'Ambrosio
09:45	Tommaso Bianchi, Anagha H. Varista, Davide Piaggio, Leandro Pecchia and Margherita A. G. Matarrese Listening Effort Under Active Noise Cancellation: A Pupillometry Study (abstract) PRESENTER: Tommaso Bianchi
10:00	Francesco Colussi, Matilde Paramento, Edoardo Passarotto, Jacopo Favaro, Claudio Ancona, Irene Toldo, Stefano Sartori, Nicolai Spicher, Giovanni Sparacino and Maria Rubega Identification of biological age from clinical pediatric EEG (abstract) PRESENTER: Francesco Colussi
10:15	Giulia Piermaria, Silvana Pelle, Anna Scarabello, Lorenzo Ferri, Francesca Bisulli and Mauro Ursino Granger-Connectivity Based Identification of Epileptogenic Zones: A Graph-Theoretical Approach to EEG Analysis (abstract) PRESENTER: Giulia Piermaria
10:30	Ali Salman and Ernesto Iadanza Prototyping Agentic Post-Market Surveillance via ISO 13485 Digital Twins (abstract) PRESENTER: Ali Salman
10:45	Michele Ambrosanio, Stefano Franceschini, Roberta Diana, Francesca Bifulco, Giuseppe Cesarelli, Vito Pascazio and Fabio Baselice Breast Tumour Imaging via Tomographic Microwave and Ultrasound Sensing: a Preliminary Numerical Study (abstract) PRESENTER: Michele Ambrosanio

11:00-11:30 Coffee break

Coffee break

11:30-13:00 Session 25A: Topic 1

Parrallel session

Chairs:

Francesca Bifulco and Stefano Diciotti

Location: Aula Magna

11:30	Tong Jing, Chu Chengchen and Li Bin Intelligent Quality Assessment of Magnetocardiography Time-Series Signals Based on Deep Learning (abstract) PRESENTER: Tong Jing
11:45	Michel Alexander Castañeda Alarcon Multiscale Statistical Process Control of RR Interval Dynamics for Explainable Pre-Onset Characterization of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (abstract)
12:00	Alessandro Biscontin, Milos Ajcevic, Stefania Luppi, Aleksandar Miladinovic, Elena Giolo, Agostino Accardo, Gabriella Zito and Giuseppe Ricci Deep Learning-based Model of Embryo Formation from Multi-Plane Time-Lapse Oocyte Images (abstract) PRESENTER: Alessandro Biscontin
12:15	Francesco Prendin, Simone Del Favero, Giacomo Cappon, Giovanni Sparacino and Andrea Facchinetti Physics-Informed Neural Networks for the Identification of Digital Twins in Type 1 Diabetes: A Proof-of-Concept Study (abstract) PRESENTER: Francesco Prendin
12:30	Alberto Bortolotto, Simone Kresevic, Katerina Iscra, Aleksandar Miladinovic, Giovanni Furlanis, Edoardo Ricci, Marcello Naccarato and Milos Ajcevic Optimizing EEG preprocessing for Deep Learning-based Interictal Epileptiform Discharge detection (abstract) PRESENTER: Alberto Bortolotto
12:45	Leya El Halabi, Ali Salman and Ernesto Iadanza Towards Agentic Refactoring for Autonomous Maintenance in Smart Infusion Pumps (abstract) PRESENTER: Leya El Halabi

11:30-13:00 Session 25B: Topic 1

Parallel session

Chairs:

Jari Hyttinen and Luca Bacco

Location: Aula Magna Cardini

11:30	Beatrice Guidalotti, Ruben Piperno, Luca Bacco, Simone Pasquale Crispino, Francesca Pinto, Martina Marinelli, Maria Marcella Laganà, Mario Finazzo, Cristiana Duranti, Leandro Pecchia and Mario Merone Deep Learning-Based Coronary Artery Segmentation for the Comparison of CCTA Reconstruction Methods (abstract) PRESENTER: Ruben Piperno
11:45	Agnese Bonfigli, Mario Merone, Felice Dell'Orletta, Giuseppe Francesco Papalia, Girolamo Maltese, Fabrizio Russo, Gianluca Vadalà, Rocco Papalia, Leandro Pecchia and Luca Bacco Benchmarking Automatic Question Generation from Clinical Practice Guidelines for Education: a Case Study for Low Back Pain Management (abstract) PRESENTER: Agnese Bonfigli
12:00	Yu Meng, Javier Garcia Casado, Gema Prats Boluda, Carmen Sánchez Arco, Carmen Padilla Prieto, Fernando Modrego Pardo, Rogelio Monfort Ortiz, Beatriz Marcos Puig and Yiyao Ye Lin Electrophysiological response to atosiban therapy across gestational stages and preterm vs term outcomes: a GAMM-based analysis of EHG temporal dynamics (abstract) PRESENTER: Yu Meng
12:15	Roberto Semeraro From Cellular Heterogeneity to Tissue Architecture: Single Cell and Spatial Bioinformatics for Precision Medicine (abstract)

11:30-13:00 Session 25C: Topic 7

Parallel session

Chairs:

Giuseppe Fico and Tomaž Jarm

Location: Room B

11:30	Karina Awad-Perez, Maria Roldan and Panicos Kyriacou Investigating extracranial circulation and skin pigmentation effects on cerebral photoplethysmography using a perfused head phantom (abstract) PRESENTER: Karina Awad-Perez
11:45	Amra Džuho, Maria Salah Alfilali, Adna Softić and Adna Ašić Silent Hypoxia in COVID-19: A Systematic Literature Review of Current Evidence and Research Gaps (abstract) PRESENTER: Amra Džuho
12:00	Selena Bogojević, Milica M. Janković, Olivera Knežević and Vladislava Krsmanović Wearable Sensor-Based Evaluation of Jump Characteristics in Unilateral Standing Long Jumps (abstract) PRESENTER: Selena Bogojević
12:15	Emelia Sewell, Federico Longhini, Carlo Cosentino, Eugenio Garafalo, Gianmaria Cammorota, Declan Bates and Liam Weaver A simple waveform-based method for automatic detection of patient-ventilator asynchrony in non-invasive ventilation (abstract) PRESENTER: Emelia Sewell
12:30	Mariana Castro Montano, Ling Li, Panayiotis Kyriacou and Meha Qassem Monte Carlo simulation of oedema detection in neonates using near infrared spectroscopy with skin hydration acting as a confounding factor (abstract) PRESENTER: Mariana Castro Montano
12:45	Davide Borra, Jacopo Pandolfi, Matteo Fraternali, Andrea Baroni, Nicola Lamberti, Fabio Manfredini, Sofia Straudi and Elisa Magosso Differential Effects of Gait Rehabilitation Exercises on Cortical Haemodynamics in Multiple Sclerosis (abstract) PRESENTER: Matteo Fraternali

11:30-13:00 Session 25D: SS Responsible AI in Healthcare

Special session

Chair:

Jorge Henriques

Location: Room C

11:30	Zhan Zhao, João Loureiro, Ricardo Valentim, Jorge Henriques and Paulo Gil Pointwise Reliability in ML Regression: A Comparison of Density, Local Fit and Knowlegde-Based Methods (abstract) PRESENTER: Zhan Zhao
11:45	João Loureiro, Zhan Zhao, Paulo Gil, Erik Bresch, Jorge Henriques and Jens Muehlsteff Pointwise Reliability Assessment for Continuous Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Estimation (abstract) PRESENTER: João Loureiro
12:00	Junjian Yan, Paulo Carvalho, Jorge Henriques, João Loureiro, Benjamin Ng, Chan-Tong Lam, Ricardo Valentim, João Santos, Pablo Holanda, Tiago Barreto and Henrique Madeira Density-Based Reliability Estimation for Medical AI with Gaussian Mixture Models in Centralized and Federated Settings (abstract) PRESENTER: Junjian Yan
12:15	João Loureiro, Zhan Zhao, Paulo Gil, Erik Bresch, Jorge Henriques and Jens Muehlsteff Physiological Nonconformity Score for Uncertainty Quantification in Cuffless Blood Pressure Estimation (abstract) PRESENTER: João Loureiro
12:30	Lorena Petrella, Nicole Lavaredas, Duarte Ferreira, João Loureiro, César Teixeira and Jorge Henriques Pointwise Reliability Assessment in the Prediction of Emotional States (abstract) PRESENTER: Lorena Petrella

13:00-13:30 Closing ceremony

Closing ceremony

Location: Aula Magna