MEDICON2026: MEDICON 2026
PROGRAM

Days: Monday, September 14th Tuesday, September 15th Wednesday, September 16th Thursday, September 17th

Monday, September 14th

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08:30-09:30 Session 1: Registration

Registration of participants

10:00-10:30 Session 3: Keynote 1

Keynote - Prof. Sergio Cerutti

Location: Aula Magna
10:30-11:00 Session 4: Keynote 2

Keynote - Prof. Sridemi Sarma

Location: Aula Magna
11:30-13:00 Session 5A: Topic 1

Parallel session

Location: Aula Magna
11:30
The Compromise Between Interpretability and Performance, Or, a Review of Machine Learning Methods for Collective Variable Discovery (abstract)
11:45
A Mortality Prediction Study on ICU Patients with Pneumonia (abstract)
PRESENTER: Hoang Truong
12:00
Digital Twins for Regulatory Testing of CO₂ Rebreathing in Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Masks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alice R. Harvey
12:15
Classification-Guided Multi-Organ Segmentation in Abdominal Ultrasound via Feature Injection (abstract)
PRESENTER: Simone Kresevic
12:30
Edge Computer Vision for Arboviruses Vectors and Global Health Surveillance (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mattia Muraro
12:45
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

11:30
AIM-LRS: Integrated system workflow for Artificial Intelligence-assisted Microscopy-Based Screening of high-impact diseases in Low-Resource Settings (abstract)
11:45
A Phantom Dataset for Frame-Wise Registration Annotation in RAPN (abstract)
12:00
ACE and ACTN3 Polymorphisms in Bosnian and Herzegovinian Athletes Potential Implications for Personalised Sports Performance Profiling (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ana Lalovic
12:15
Knee Osteoarthritis as a Multi-Tissue Disease: Multivariate Analysis of Cartilage, Bone, and Muscle on CT imaging (abstract)
12:30
Gender-Aware Digital Twins for Cognitive Decline (abstract)
11:30-13:00 Session 5C: Topic 2

Parallel session

Location: Room B
11:30
Development of a Novel Lactation Phantom and Measurement Device for Breast Milk Expression (abstract)
PRESENTER: Hailey Jones
11:45
Multimodal Physiological Response Profiles in Robot-Assisted Gait Training: A Comparative Case Study in Cerebral Palsy (abstract)
PRESENTER: Elena Campilii
12:00
Detection of Pressure-induced Faults in Continuous Glucose Monitoring Sensors using a Dynamic Time Warping-based Approach (abstract)
12:15
PillsGuard: An IoT-Based System for Safe Medication Administration and Error Reduction in Clinical Environments (abstract)
PRESENTER: Eisel Pinado
12:30
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

Location: Room C
11:30
Analysis of landmark-based coordinates for mouse intracerebroventricular surgery using in vivo X-ray microtomography (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mattia Humbel
11:45
Quantitative assessment of Crossed Cerebellar Diaschisis in ischemic stroke using a CT Perfusion normalization framework (abstract)
PRESENTER: Andrea Bonini
12:00
Design and Preliminary Testing of an Event-Triggered Mixed Reality System for Ataxia Assessment (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alessia Finti
12:15
A quantitative virtual profile for 3D bone extracellular matrix mineralization (abstract)
12:30
Advanced Deep Learning Framework for Otosclerosis Detection in Computed Tomography Scans Using Vision Transformers (abstract)
13:00-14:30 Session 6: Lunch break and Poster session

Lunch break and Poster session

Influence of Lateral Meniscus Morphology on Load Redistribution Following High Tibial Osteotomy: A Patient-Specific Finite Element Analysis (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tae Soo Bae
Assessment and Dead-band Threshold Derivation for the Sentinel Wearable Reaction-Wheel Balance Assistance System – A Preliminary Study (abstract)
Monitoring extracellular matrix mineralization in osteogenic cell cultures through metabolic profiling and dual-calibrated quantification of alizarin red (abstract)
Rational Design of Graphene Oxide–Silver Nanoarchitectures: Influence of pH and Phytochemicals on Antibacterial Performance and Cytocompatibility (abstract)
Predicting Desmoid Tumor Evolution under Active Surveillance: A Proof-of-Concept Radiomics-Based Machine Learning Study (abstract)
Influence of Bacterial Cellulose Origin and Silver Nanoparticle Nucleation Route on the Physicochemical and Biological Properties of Antimicrobial Biocomposites (abstract)
A Label-free Ultraviolet Photoacoustic Microscopy Enables Nuclear Imaging and Toxicity Assessment in Intact Brain Organoid (abstract)
Design and Development of a Microperfusion System for Cellular Bioreactor Applications (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mattia Dimitri
Toward Context-Aware Neuroengineering: EEG-Based Neurological Diagnostics for Sub-Saharan African Healthcare Systems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Bih Njimbong
Digital Signal Processing for Biomedical Calibration Applications: FPGA-Based Processing of ECG Signals Using VHDL for Biomedical Calibration Applications (abstract)
Cardiac chamber organoids derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mattia Dimitri
14:30-16:00 Session 7: Plenary session

Plenary session

Location: Aula Magna
14:30
Neural Pathway Similarity Analysis for Efficient Glycemic Event Prediction (abstract)
14:45
Toward a Patient-Specific Model of Protein-Bound Uremic Toxin Kinetics during Online Hemodiafiltration (abstract)
15:00
A digital twin-based evaluation of corrective insulin bolus algorithms in type 1 diabetes (abstract)
PRESENTER: Elisa Pellizzari
15:15
Development of a RAG-Powered Chatbot for Assistive Technologies Benchmarking (abstract)
PRESENTER: Aya Mahboub
15:30
Radiomics-based identification of subjects with cardiovascular diseases from retinal images (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ilaria Bottini
15:45
Multimodal Phenotyping of Sleep Apnea: Integrating SpO2 and HRV through Subject-Based Correlation Networks (abstract)
16:30-18:00 Session 8A: Topic 3-6

Parallel session

Location: Aula Magna
16:30
An event-based approach to estimate motor engagement during Robot-Assisted Gait Training via gaze-related features (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ornella Marino
16:45
Reverse Osmosis Membranes in Medical Applications: Focus on Water Purification for Hemodialysis (abstract)
17:00
HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) for biomedical and dentistry application (abstract)
17:15
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
Design of a Video System for Training Clinical Engineering Personnel (abstract)
17:45
Innovative Design of an Automated Ventilator for Emergency Respiratory Care (abstract)
16:30-18:00 Session 8B: MS Cardiomechanical monitoring techniques

Minisymposium

16:30
Applications of Forcecardiography sensors in cardiovascular and respiratory health monitoring (abstract)
PRESENTER: Paolo Bifulco
16:45
Applications of Heart Rate Variability Analysis from Mechanocardiographic Signals: A Narrative Review (abstract)
17:00
Morphic sensors for respiratory and cardiac ubiquitous monitoring (abstract)
PRESENTER: Gaetano Gargiulo
17:15
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

Location: Room B
16:30
Designing and validating AI pipelines for lung cancer screening: challenges and pitfalls (abstract)
PRESENTER: Stefano Diciotti
16:45
Towards Robust and Generalisable AI for Lung Cancer Screening (abstract)
17:00
Data and anatomy standardization in lung cancer screening: drawing from neuroimaging* (abstract)
17:15
Mitigating Label Noise and Concept Shift in LIDC-IDRI for Domain Generalisation in Lung Nodule Malignancy Classification (abstract)
16:30-18:00 Session 8D: MS AI Applications in Clinical Engineering

Minisymposium

Location: Room C
16:30
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications in Clinical Engineering (CE) Overview & Use Cases (abstract)
16:45
Future Trends in Clinical Engineering AI-based Applications
17:00
Beyond Clinical AI: Artificial Intelligence for Clinical Engineering, Healthcare Operations and Medical Device Management (abstract)
17:15
Roundtable: AI in Clinical Engineering
16:30-18:00 Session 8E: MS IUPESM From Concept to Impact

Minisymposium

Location: Room D
16:30
Forty Years of International Biomedical Engineering Projects: The Evolution of a Field Through Personal Experience (abstract)
16:45
EMITEL Project for Development of Medical Physics Encyclopaedia and Scientific Dictionary and its Collaboration with IFMBE (abstract)
PRESENTER: Slavik Tabakov
17:00
Publishing Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics: Navigating a Rapidly Moving Environment (abstract)
17:15
The role of Biomedical Engineering to achieve impact in health and wellbeing: perspectives from EAMBES (abstract)
17:30
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
Regulatory Frameworks for Medical Devices: European and Italian Perspectives (abstract)
16:52
European Approaches to HTA: Challenges, Solutions, and Transferable Lessons (abstract)
17:14
Decision-Making for Innovative Health Technologies: Key Features of a Subsidiary HTA System (abstract)
17:36
Value based procurement and adoption and monitoring of Health Technologies the HTA Users perspectives (abstract)
Tuesday, September 15th

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08:30-09:30 Session 9: Registration

Registration of participants

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

Parallel session

Location: Aula Magna
09:30
A View-Controllable CT-Based Pipeline for Generating Synthetic Echocardiographic Images with Aligned Anatomical Labels (abstract)
PRESENTER: Marco Perra
09:45
Antimicrobial Activity of Three Rationally Selected L-Series Synthetic Peptides Against Clinically Relevant Bacterial Strains (abstract)
10:00
AI-Assisted Triage in Screening Mammography: Multi-Center Validation of a Transformer-Based System for Workload Reduction at High Sensitivity (abstract)
10:15
PPARGC1A, FTO, and MC4R: integrating metabolic genetics with sport performance, training adaptation, and metabolic risk (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ana Lalović
10:30
Study of Nuclear Eccentricity and Gene Expression in MC3T3 During Osteogenic Commitment (abstract)
10:45
A Trasfer Learning approach for Localization of Molars and Dental Apices in Pediatric Panoramic Radiographs (abstract)
09:30-11:00 Session 10B: Topic 1

Parallel session

09:30
ECG-Based Non-Invasive Glycaemic Estimation in Type 1 Diabetes (abstract)
PRESENTER: Claudia Ferraro
09:45
Performance of Different Wearable Sensor Configurations in Sleep/Wake Classification with and without Apnoea Events (abstract)
PRESENTER: Claudia Ferraro
10:00
Education 4.0 in Vocational Biomedical Engineering: Integrating AI, VR, and 3D Printing to Strengthen Digital and Practical Competencies (abstract)
10:15
Quantitative Assessment of Skin Tone Bias in Photoplethysmographic Signal Processing and Feature Analysis (abstract)
PRESENTER: Estella Himona
10:30
Predicting Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Ovarian Cancer from CT Baseline Using Multi-Loss Deep Learning (abstract)
10:45
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

Location: Room B
09:30
A Wearable Closed-Loop EEG-Guided Mindfulness System for Chronic Tinnitus Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Study (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yuanqing Li
09:45
Pressure Distribution in Supine Postures: Full-Body and Region of Interest Analysis (abstract)
10:00
A Digital Calibration Management Framework for Medical Equipment in Low-Resource Healthcare Settings (abstract)
10:15
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
Digital and AI‑Enabled Screening Methods for Diabetic Neuropathy: a Systematic Review (abstract)
PRESENTER: Pedro Checa Rifa
10:45
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

Location: Room C
09:30
An Experimental MIMO Ultrasound Tomography Dataset for Benchmarking Imaging Algorithms (abstract)
09:45
Feasibility of a Mixed Reality Framework for Balance Assessment in Multiple Sclerosis (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alessia Finti
10:00
Beyond Overlap Metrics: A Multi-Domain Evaluation Framework for Hepatic Vascular Segmentation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Enrico Franzoi
10:15
Development and Evaluation of Alignment Fixtures for Precision Airflow Velocity Profiling in Biosafety Cabinets (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lok Him Tse
10:30
Design and development of a perfusion bioreactor for in-line and real-time measurement of metabolic patterns (abstract)
10:45
The Shift Toward Non-Planar Biofabrication (abstract)
PRESENTER: Pierpaolo Fucile
09:30-11:00 Session 10E: SS Evolving Medical AI

Special session

Location: Room D
09:30
Augmented Clinical Intelligence: Human-Centered AI Supporting and Enhancing Medical Practice (abstract)
09:45
Deep Learning in Medical Imaging: From Detection to Clinical Integration (abstract)
10:00
AI-Based Diagnostic Algorithms: Clinical Applications in Dermatology (abstract)
10:15
Generative AI in Healthcare: Clinical Reporting, Decision Support, and Knowledge Sharing (abstract)
10:45
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

Location: Room E
09:30
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
Who Owns SaMD? Bridging Regulatory Guidance and Hospital Clinical Engineering Practice (abstract)
10:00
Falling Behind by Design: CESOP, Committee Cycles, and the Pace of Digital Health Innovation (abstract)
10:15
Panel discussion
11:30-12:00 Session 11: Keynote 3

Keynote - Prof. Maria Chiara Carrozza

Location: Aula Magna
12:00-13:30 Session 12A: Topic 3-6

Parallel session

Location: Aula Magna
12:00
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
Pull Procurement and Institutional Networking Among Teaching Hospitals to Restore MRI Functionality in Ghana (abstract)
12:30
Additive Manufacturing of Biocompatible Oculopalpebral Prostheses: A Workflow for Personalized Design Approach to Reduce Clinical Time (abstract)
12:45
Design of a Patient-Specific Mandibular Graft for Reconstruction Planning Using Medical Image Processing (abstract)
13:00
Health Technology Assessment as a Bridge Between Biomedical Engineering and Public Health Policy (abstract)
12:00-13:30 Session 12B: Topic 5

Parallel session

12:00
Dual-Crosslinked Pectin-Based Hydrogels via Thiol–Ene Michael Addition and Photopolymerization for Tunable Cell–Material Interactions (abstract)
12:15
Multifunctional Magnetofluorescent Carbon Dots for Magnetic Hyperthermia in Breast Cancer Models (abstract)
PRESENTER: Wen-Tyng Li
12:30
Computational Design, Mechanical Homogenization, and Additive Manufacturing of a Porous Scaffold for Trabecular Bone Regeneration (abstract)
12:45
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

Location: Room B
12:00
Harmonising Biomedical Engineering Education in the Age of AI: Is a Common European Framework Still Realistic? (abstract)
12:15
Biomedical Engineering Education at UL-FE: From Curriculum Harmonization to the Age of Artificial Intelligence (abstract)
12:30
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

Location: Room D
12:00
The Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of West Attica in Greece (abstract)
12:15
Challenges and opportunities for future clinical engineers: skills needed to best manage innovation (abstract)
12:30
Learning Across Borders in Biomedical Engineering (abstract)
12:00-13:30 Session 12E: SS Next-Generation Neural Interfaces, Motor Control and Neurorehabilitation

Special session

Location: Room C
12:00
Invasive and Non-Invasive Neural Interfaces for Limb Prostheses (abstract)
12:15
Multimodal Assessment of Postural Control in Parkinson’s Disease Using BioVRSea: Insights from CoP and Muscle Activation Patterns (abstract)
12:30
A Closed-Loop Model-Based Control Framework for Human Gait Simulation in Parkinson’s Disease (abstract)
PRESENTER: Luisa Erzingher
12:45
Optical neural stimulation for sensory feedback (abstract)
13:00
What Works Now, What Comes Next: Electrical Stimulation and Beyond-Electrical Neuromodulation (abstract)
12:00-13:30 Session 12F: SS HPC - driven molecular modelling and enzyme dynamics in precision and translational

Special session

Location: Room E
12:00
High-Performance Computing as an Enabler of AI-Powered Medical Imaging: Lessons Learned from Prenatal Neurodevelopmental Assessment (abstract)
PRESENTER: Adna Softić
12:15
Analytical and Functional Testing Methodologies for Enzymes: Kinetics, Stability Profiling, and Structure–Function Analysis (abstract)
12:30
In Silico Approaches to Enzyme Characterization: Structural Modeling, Catalytic Site Prediction, and Functional Simulation (abstract)
12:45
From Environmental Exposure to Precision Medicine: AI and Multi-Omics Approaches in Neurodegenerative Diseases (abstract)
PRESENTER: Adna Softić
13:00
Enzyme Cofactors and Catalytic Regulation: Chemical Structure, Activation Mechanisms, and Molecular Modulation (abstract)
13:15
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

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Systems: Applications, Challenges, and Future Directions (abstract)
Standardized Lung Cancer Detection framework for the Medical Open Network for AI (abstract)
ESTABLISHMENT OF ROBOTIC AND AI CALIBRATION CENTRE IN LOW RESOURCE SET UP (abstract)
AnnoStar: An Open-Source Web-Based Tool for Expert Annotation of Autofluorescence Patterns in Stargardt Disease (abstract)
Hidden Costs of Inefficient Health Technology Management in LMIC Hospitals: A Quantitative Analysis from a Kenyan Tertiary Facility (abstract)
FHIR API Based IoMT Data Security (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yi-Hsuan Cheng
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)
USING REAL-TIME DEVICE MONITORING, TO IMPROVE SERVICE DELIVERY, CASE STUDY, PUMWANI MATERNITY HOSPITAL (abstract)
Expert Evaluation of a Biomedical Smart Mirror for Unobtrusive Home-Based Health Monitoring of Older Adults (abstract)
HEALTHCARE TECHNOLGY MANAGEMENT (HTM) IN KENYA, CASE STUDY: PUMWANI MATERNITY HOSPITAL (abstract)
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

Location: Aula Magna
14:30
Advancing Cardiovascular Pharmacogenomics in Europe: Structure and Strategic Vision of the CardioPharmaGENET COST Action Network (abstract)
PRESENTER: Adna Ašić
14:45
On the Evaluation of Biomedical Text Simplification Datasets: A Benchmarking Study (abstract)
15:00
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
Temporal Dynamics of Physiological Responses to Phasic Pain in Healthy Controls and Their Impact on Machine Learning-Based Pain Quantification (abstract)
15:30
HPC-Enabled Molecular Simulations of Lysozyme Interactions with Cellular Receptors (abstract)
15:45
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

14:30
Copper-Doped Carbon Quantum Dots Derived from Vitis vinifera and Vaccinium spp.: A Nanobioactive Platform with Antibacterial Potential for Biomedical Applications (abstract)
14:45
Optical fiber–enabled drug delivery for precision oncology: from spatiotemporal control to feedback-enabled systems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Anna Aliberti
15:00
Pharmacoeconomic Analysis of NOAC Therapy in the Prevention of Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ajna Hujić
15:15
Biomimetic hyaluronic acid-based scaffolds for tissue engineering applications (abstract)
15:30
Resting HRV Signatures of Psychological Burden: Time-of-Day Modulation across Anxiety, Stress, and Distress (abstract)
14:30-16:00 Session 14C: Topic 4

Parallel session

Location: Room B
14:30
A Patient-Specific Flow-Enabled Ultrasound Phantom for Femoral Vascular Access Training (abstract)
PRESENTER: Marina Carbone
14:45
Microwave Medical Imaging for Colorectal Cancer Detection: Electromagnetic Simulations and Tissue-Mimicking Material Fabrication (abstract)
15:00
A Novel Iterative Image Reconstruction Method for Low-dose CT based on Artificial Neural Networks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Roberta Diana
15:15
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

Location: Room C
14:30
Strengthening Regulatory Pathways for Medical Device Clinical Investigations in Africa: A Policy-oriented Review (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sunday Nighty
14:45
Biomedical Engineering Education and Training in Ghana: A Systems Approach Integrating Equipment-Based Learning, Adaptive Digital Platforms, and International Partnerships (abstract)
15:00
IMPROVING NEONATAL CARE THROUGH REAL-TIME DEVICE MONITORING, CASE STUDY, PUMWANI MATERNITY HOSPITAL (abstract)
15:15
From Prototypes to Patients and Prosperity: Bridging Africa’s Innovation–Commercialization–Health Gap through African Biomedical Engineering Consortium (abstract)
PRESENTER: Daniel Atwine
15:30
Diapetics Technology for Diabetic Foot Care: A Translational Framework Integrating Fuzzy Logic and Personalized Insole Design (abstract)
14:30-16:00 Session 14E: SS EAMBES Special Session on recognition of Biomedical Engineers in European hospitals and health institutions

Special session

Location: Room D
14:30
BME and MP as health care professions in Czechia and current state in Slovakia (abstract)
14:45
Biomedical Engineers as Healthcare Engineers: The Need for New Roles for Engineers in the Spanish National Health System (abstract)
15:00
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

Location: Room E
14:30
ICT and Open Data in health care (abstract)
14:45
Overcoming Data Scarcity with Generative AI (abstract)
15:00
Cybersecurity in Healthcare (abstract)
PRESENTER: Chien-Ding Lee
16:30-18:00 Session 15: Plenary session

Plenary session

Location: Aula Magna
16:30
A Multi-Backbone Pipeline Combining Biomedical Foundation Models and CNNs for Explainable Triage of Cutaneous Ulcers (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alessio Luschi
16:45
Predictive value of EEG features for machine learning–based prediction of functional outcome after thrombectomy in LVO stroke (abstract)
PRESENTER: Katerina Iscra
17:00
Enhancing Hypoglycemia Prediction in Type 1 Diabetes via mWGAN-GP-based Augmentation of Pre-Exercise CGM Data (abstract)
17:15
DINO by Paperbox: A Serious-Gaming Platform for Early Screening of Learning Difficulties in Children (abstract)
17:30
A Practical Handheld Photoacoustic Microscopy System for In Vivo Microvascular Imaging (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mingyu Ha
17:45
IMU-heart: Nocturnal cardiac monitoring with wearable inertial sensors (abstract)
Wednesday, September 16th

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08:30-09:30 Session 16: Registration

Registration of participants

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

Parallel session

Location: Aula Magna
09:30
A Generative XAI Driven Mobile App for Improved Skin Cancer Diagnostics (abstract)
09:45
Deep Learning-Based Binary Classification of Knee Cartilage Damage Using Anteroposterior Knee Radiographs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Hung-Wen Chiu
10:00
MediScene: A Semantic Risk Detection System for Safer Drug Prescription Using Structured and Unstructured Medical Data (abstract)
PRESENTER: Semet Gülen
10:15
PPG-Based Cuffless Blood Pressure Estimation Using an Artificial Neural Network on the MIMIC (abstract)
10:30
Multi-Label Medical Concept Recognition using Asymmetric Loss-Driven EfficientNet: Analyzing the Detection of Rare Concepts Under Long-Tailed Imbalance (abstract)
09:30-11:00 Session 17B: Topic 1

Parallel session

09:30
Development of a Dynamic RPI to prioritize medical equipment replacement (abstract)
PRESENTER: Valeria Piccone
09:45
A Gemini Flash Thinking Protocol for Interpretable Feature Assessment in Synthetic Alzheimer’s Disease Data (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ankica Babic
10:00
Probabilistic SVM for Knee Osteoarthritis Classification (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ida Maruotto
10:15
Short-Lead Routine Discordance Detection in PIR-Based Smart Homes Using Transformer Occupancy Prediction (abstract)
10:30
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

Location: Room C
09:30
Entropy-based differentiation of IGHV subtypes of chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients' DNA (abstract)
09:45
Mental Fatigue Preserves the Balance Between Alpha-Band EEG Connectivity and Small-Worldness in Resting-State EEG (abstract)
PRESENTER: Maie Bachmann
10:00
Entropy Measures for Heart Rate Variability (abstract)
10:15
A Hybrid Fuzzy-Logic Framework for Interpretable Prediction of TMS-EEG Responses from Pre-Stimulus Neural Dynamics (abstract)
PRESENTER: Camillo Porcaro
10:30
Effect of EEG Reference Montage on Higuchi’s Fractal Dimension Estimates for Discriminating Depression (abstract)
09:30-11:00 Session 17D: Topic 7

Parallel session

Location: Room B
09:30
Covert visuospatial attention is associated with frequency- specific power and connectivity modulation (abstract)
09:45
Automated Detection of Auditory Brainstem Response: Evaluation of New and Literature Indices Using Simulated Data (abstract)
10:00
Signal quality assessment of photoplethysmography (PPG) under varying skin pigmentation and wavelength conditions using an in vitro vascular finger phantom (abstract)
10:15
Multilayer Vascular Wrist Phantom for In Vitro Optical Evaluation of Wearable Sensors (abstract)
10:30
Markov-Based Random Walk Analysis of Task-Related MEG Brain Networks (abstract)
10:45
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

Location: Room D
09:30
An Inspectable Vision-Language and Convolutional Ensemble for Facial Pigmented Lesion Diagnosis (abstract)
09:40
A Two-Stage Transfer Learning Framework for Dermoscopic Classification of Facial Pigmented Lesions (abstract)
09:50
Clinically Informed Probability-Level Stacking Ensemble for Seven-Class Pigmented Lesion Classification Using Non-Standardized Clinical Images (abstract)
PRESENTER: Shi-Yi Wu
10:00
Facial Pigmented Lesion Classification with SwiGLU-Enhanced Swin Transformer V2 (abstract)
PRESENTER: Maryam Al Rubaye
10:10
Attentive Convolutional Neural Network Ensemble for Automated Facial Pigmented Lesion Classification (abstract)
10:20
A Multimodal Pipeline with Metadata Gating and LLM-Assisted Hyperparameter Tuning for Facial Lesion Diagnosis (abstract)
PRESENTER: Volkan Mazlum
10:30
Two-Stage Ensemble and Metadata Fusion Framework for Skin Lesion Classification (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mert Mestçi
10:40
Multi-Source Transfer Learning for Facial Pigmented Lesion Classification in Data-Limited Latin American Dermatology Contexts (abstract)
PRESENTER: Cristina Aldana
10:50
Multiclass Diagnosis of Facial Pigmented Lesions Using Dermatology Pretrained Foundation Models (abstract)
11:00
ConvNeXtV2 Ensemble with Domain-Specific Fine-Tuning for Multi-Class Skin Lesion Classification (abstract)
11:30-12:00 Session 18: Keynote 4

Keynote / Prof. Jari Hyttinen

Location: Aula Magna
12:00-13:30 Session 19: Plenary session

Plenary session

Location: Aula Magna
12:00
A Radar-Based Framework for the Automated Detection and Monitoring of OSAS (abstract)
PRESENTER: Federica Sicilia
12:15
To evaluate the SNR and uniformity of 5.0T MRI (abstract)
PRESENTER: Chengchen Chu
12:30
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
Towards Markerless Mixed Reality (MR) for TAVI: A Proof of Concept in 3D Quantification and Feature Extraction (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alessia Finti
13:00
Effect of 3D-printed holder wall thickness on X-ray attenuation and micro-CT image quality of paraffin-embedded core samples (abstract)
13:15
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

An Automated, AI-Driven Safety Alert Cross-Referencing and Workflow Triage Engine for Distributed Healthcare Asset Networks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yuk Yin Li
Optimisation of Medical Device Lifecycle Management Through a Digitalised, Data-driven Clinical Engineering Framework (abstract)
Mechanochromic tactile interface for handwriting and drawing analysis (abstract)
PRESENTER: Federico Carpi
Precision Mental Health Analytics: Scalable Brain-Based Models for Population Insights (abstract)
Wearable pneumatic tactile displays for softness rendering in virtual abdominal palpation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Federico Carpi
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
A Machine Learning Framework for the Early Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Computational Gene-Pair Signature Analysis (abstract)
PRESENTER: Priyanka Sarkar
Development and Preliminary Validation of a Personalized Intraoral Device for Bite-Force Measurement (abstract)
PRESENTER: Miłosz Chrzan
Sustainable Medical Oxygen Ecosystems and Green Hospital Technologies: Transforming Last-Mile Healthcare Delivery in East Africa (abstract)
Quality Assurance of Radiology Equipment as a Prerequisite for AI-Driven Diagnostics in Low and Middle Income Countries: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (abstract)
Nonlinear Trimodal Regression Analysis-Based Imaging Biomarkers for Early Prediction of Chronic Disease Onset (abstract)
PRESENTER: Michela Russo
Sealed Rare-Gas System for Cold Atmospheric Plasma and Electromagnetic Energy Delivery (abstract)
14:30-16:00 Session 21A: SS Designing Future Ready BME Programs

Special session

Location: Room B
14:30
Rewriting the Curriculum: What Digital Health Demands from Biomedical Engineering Education (abstract)
14:45
Transforming BME Education: Challenges, New Approaches, and Emerging Technologies (abstract)
15:00
Experiential Learning Models in Future Biomedical Engineering Curricula: Bridging Academia, Industry, and Healthcare Systems (abstract)
15:15
The rapid expansion of biomedical engineering education in Europe and its implications for curricula harmonization (abstract)
15:30
Next-Gen Biomedical Engineers: Navigating AI, Sustainability, and Regulation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Davide Piaggio
14:30-16:00 Session 21B: Topic 7

Parallel session

Location: Aula Magna
14:30
Towards Objective Screening of Motion Sickness: A Preliminary Study on Head-COP Kinematics in VR (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alessia Finti
14:45
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
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
Dynamic Analysis of Normal and Abnormal Phono Cardiogram Signals for Detecting Heart Condition with Auto Segmentation and Alignment (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ahmed Ali
15:30
Dominant Versus Non-Dominant Lower-Limb Force-Time Behavior During the Countermovement Jump in Elite Judo Athletes: Discrete and Continuous Analyses (abstract)
14:30-16:00 Session 21C: SS Frontiers in Neuroimaging

Special session

Location: Room C
14:30
Proof of Concept: Multilevel Linguistic Assessment and fMRI-Based Analysis of Brain Regions Involved in Language Learning in University-Level Students (abstract)
14:45
Timing Matters: Prenatal Heavy Metal Exposure and Childhood Brain Development (abstract)
15:00
Reproducibility vs. Representativeness: The Trade-off in MRI AI Algorithm Development (abstract)
15:15
Magne&c resonance quan&fiable metabolites in spinal cord injury recovery (abstract)
14:30-15:00 Session 21D: MedTechLabel: A Universal Digital Labelling Framework for MDs and IVDs

INBIT Workshop

Location: Room E
14:30
MedTechLabel: A Universal Digital Labelling Framework for Medical Devices and In Vitro Diagnostics (abstract)
PRESENTER: Aris Dermitzakis
16:30-18:00 Session 22A: Topic 1

Parallel session

Location: Aula Magna
16:30
Eye-tracking-based personalized text-presentation support for children with reading difficulties (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ivan Vajs
16:45
From Neuroanatomical Atlas to Finite Element Mesh: A Modular Pipeline for Rat Brain Implant Digital Twins (abstract)
17:00
Alignment in Gamified Cognitive Assessment (abstract)
17:15
Continuous Ordinal Representation of Neural Irritation in IONM via Geometric Modeling (abstract)
PRESENTER: Cameron Riviere
17:30
Differentiating Cognitive Workload Requests by Combined Behavioural Performance and HRV Metrics (abstract)
17:45
M/EEG Task Classification by Means of Brain Dynamic Analysis (abstract)
16:30-18:00 Session 22B: Topic 3-6

Parallel session

16:30
Analysis of Glare Level: Design and Realization of Glaremeter Device (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jan Havlik
16:45
Architecting a Future-Ready Clinical Engineering Workforce (abstract)
PRESENTER: Arif Subhan
17:00
Cost-Effectiveness and Budget Impact Analysis of Introducing Rotavirus Vaccination for Infants in Bosnia and Herzegovina (abstract)
PRESENTER: Amila Karalić
17:15
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

Location: Room C
16:30
Biomedical Engineering in the Age of AI: Reflections on the Transformation of Key Competencies and Educational Challenges (abstract)
16:45
Curriculum priorities for translational biomedical engineering: A researcher’s perspective. (abstract)
PRESENTER: Anna Stecka
17:00
Analysis of Wearable Sensor Placement Impact on Human Activity Time Series Data (abstract)
17:15
Beyond Borders: Impact of Erasmus Mundus on Biomedical Engineering (abstract)
17:30
The Evolution of Biomedical Engineers into AI Augmented Professionals for the Future Workforce (abstract)
17:45
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)
18:00
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

Location: Room D
16:30
Clinical Validation of AI-Supported Shared Decision-Making in Breast Cancer" (abstract)
16:45
Uncovering True Engagement in AI-based interventions: A Mixture Model for Active vs. Unattended Sessions (abstract)
PRESENTER: Marilia Antunes
17:25
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

Location: Room B
16:30
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

Location: Room E
16:30
A study on reliability and service life evaluation in service MRI equipment across multiple centers in China (abstract)
16:45
Artificial intelligence for sustainable management of medical equipment lifecycle (abstract)
17:00
Improving Medical Equipment Maintenance and Replacement through Aging Studies (abstract)
17:15
From Maintenance Data to Replacement Decisions: A Data-Driven Framework for Aging-Aware Medical Equipment Prioritization (abstract)
Thursday, September 17th

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08:30-09:00 Session 23: Registration

Registration of participants

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

Plenary session

Location: Aula Magna
09:30
Static and Motion-Adaptive Temporal Propagation for Vessel Segmentation in Thermal Infrared Videos (abstract)
09:45
Listening Effort Under Active Noise Cancellation: A Pupillometry Study (abstract)
10:00
Identification of biological age from clinical pediatric EEG (abstract)
10:15
Granger-Connectivity Based Identification of Epileptogenic Zones: A Graph-Theoretical Approach to EEG Analysis (abstract)
PRESENTER: Giulia Piermaria
10:30
Prototyping Agentic Post-Market Surveillance via ISO 13485 Digital Twins (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ali Salman
10:45
Breast Tumour Imaging via Tomographic Microwave and Ultrasound Sensing: a Preliminary Numerical Study (abstract)
11:30-13:00 Session 25A: Topic 1

Parrallel session

Location: Aula Magna
11:30
Intelligent Quality Assessment of Magnetocardiography Time-Series Signals Based on Deep Learning (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tong Jing
11:45
Multiscale Statistical Process Control of RR Interval Dynamics for Explainable Pre-Onset Characterization of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (abstract)
12:00
Deep Learning-based Model of Embryo Formation from Multi-Plane Time-Lapse Oocyte Images (abstract)
12:15
Physics-Informed Neural Networks for the Identification of Digital Twins in Type 1 Diabetes: A Proof-of-Concept Study (abstract)
12:30
Optimizing EEG preprocessing for Deep Learning-based Interictal Epileptiform Discharge detection (abstract)
12:45
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

11:30
Deep Learning-Based Coronary Artery Segmentation for the Comparison of CCTA Reconstruction Methods (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ruben Piperno
11:45
Benchmarking Automatic Question Generation from Clinical Practice Guidelines for Education: a Case Study for Low Back Pain Management (abstract)
PRESENTER: Agnese Bonfigli
12:00
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
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

Location: Room B
11:30
Investigating extracranial circulation and skin pigmentation effects on cerebral photoplethysmography using a perfused head phantom (abstract)
11:45
Silent Hypoxia in COVID-19: A Systematic Literature Review of Current Evidence and Research Gaps (abstract)
PRESENTER: Amra Džuho
12:00
Wearable Sensor-Based Evaluation of Jump Characteristics in Unilateral Standing Long Jumps (abstract)
12:15
A simple waveform-based method for automatic detection of patient-ventilator asynchrony in non-invasive ventilation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Emelia Sewell
12:30
Monte Carlo simulation of oedema detection in neonates using near infrared spectroscopy with skin hydration acting as a confounding factor (abstract)
12:45
Differential Effects of Gait Rehabilitation Exercises on Cortical Haemodynamics in Multiple Sclerosis (abstract)
11:30-13:00 Session 25D: SS Responsible AI in Healthcare

Special session

Location: Room C
11:30
Pointwise Reliability in ML Regression: A Comparison of Density, Local Fit and Knowlegde-Based Methods (abstract)
PRESENTER: Zhan Zhao
11:45
Pointwise Reliability Assessment for Continuous Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Estimation (abstract)
PRESENTER: João Loureiro
12:00
Density-Based Reliability Estimation for Medical AI with Gaussian Mixture Models in Centralized and Federated Settings (abstract)
PRESENTER: Junjian Yan
12:15
Physiological Nonconformity Score for Uncertainty Quantification in Cuffless Blood Pressure Estimation (abstract)
PRESENTER: João Loureiro
12:30
Pointwise Reliability Assessment in the Prediction of Emotional States (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lorena Petrella
13:00-13:30 Closing ceremony

Closing ceremony

Location: Aula Magna