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Conference Abstracts

Associação Portuguesa de Mecânica Teórica, Aplicada e Computacional

Co-Chairs: João Manuel R. S. Tavares (tavares@fe.up.pt) Renato M. Natal Jorge (rnatal@fe.up.pt)

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Organizing Committee Marco Parente, IDMEC - Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Pedro Martins, IDMEC - Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Jorge Belinha, IDMEC - Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Zhen Ma, INEGI - Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Supporting Organizations Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)

Universidade do Porto (UP)

IDMEC - Instituto de Engenharia - Polo FEUP

Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica e Gestão Industrial (INEGI)

Direção Regional do Turismo dos Açores

Governo Regional dos Açores (Programa Operacional dos Açores / Apoio do Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional - PROCONVERGÊNCIA)

Associação Portuguesa de Mecânica Teórica, Aplicada e Computacional (APMTAC)

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)

Taylor & Francis Group

Springer

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Scientific Committee Adelia Sequeira - Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Alexandre X. Falcão - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil

Ana Mafalda Reis - Universidade do Porto, Portugal

André Marçal - Universidade do Porto, Portugal

André Vital Saúde - Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brazil

Ansgar Koene - University of Birmingham, UK

Cathy Holt - Cardiff University, UK

Christos Constantinou - Stanford University, USA

Christos Grecos - University of West of Scotland, UK

Constantine Kotropoulos - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Daniela Iacoviello - Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy

Eduardo Borges Pires - Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Eduardo Soudah - International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Spain

Elsa Azevedo - Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Emmanuel Audenaert - Ghent University Hospital, Belgium

Eugenio Oñate - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

Fatima L. S. Nunes - Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Filipa Sousa - Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Fiorella Sgallari - University of Bologna, Italy

Francisco P.M. Oliveira - Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Gerhard A. Holzapfel - Graz University of Technology, Austria

Hemerson Pistori - Dom Bosco Catholic University, Brazil

Isabel N. Figueiredo - Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Jaime S. Cardoso - Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Javier Melenchón - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain

Jeffrey A. Weiss - University of Utah, USA

João Abrantes -Universidade Lusófona, Portugal

João Paulo Papa - Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil

João Santos Baptista - Universidade do Porto, Portugal

João Vilaça - Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, Portugal

Joaquim Mendes - Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Jorge Barbosa - Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Jorge Belinha - Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Jorge Miranda Dias - Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

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Jorge Salvador Marques - Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

José Augusto Ferreira - Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Laurent Cohen - Universite Paris Dauphine, France

Luís Alexandre Rocha - Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Luís Amaral - Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal

Luís Paulo Reis - Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Luísa Sousa - Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Lyuba Alboul - Sheffield Hallam University, UK

M. Emre Celebi - Louisiana State University in Shreveport, USA

Mahmoud El-Sakka - The University of Western Ontario, Canada

Manuel González-Hidalgo - Universidad de las Islas Baleares, Spain

Marc Thiriet - Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France

Maria Helena Moreira - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Mario Forjaz Secca - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Miguel Velhote Correia - Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Mislav Grgic - University of Zagreb, Croatia

Nguyen Dang Binh - Hue University, Vietnam

Nuno Rocha - Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal

Paola Lecca - University of Trento, Italy

Paolo Di Giamberardino - Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy

Petia Radeva - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Reneta Barneva - State University of New York at Fredonia, USA

Ricardo Simões - Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Roger Kamm - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Ronaldo Eugenio Gabriel - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Rui B. Ruben - Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Sabina Tangaro - Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy

Sanderson L. Gonzaga de Oliveira - Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brazil

Sandra M. Rua Ventura - Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal

Shuo Li - University of Western Ontario, Canada

Sophia Ananiadou - University of Manchester, UK

Susana Oliveira Branco - Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Portugal

Teresa Mascarenhas - Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Valentin Brimkov - State University of New York, USA

Xiongbiao Luo - Nagoya University, Japan

Xue-Cheng Tai - University of Bergen, Norway

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Yongjie (Jessica) Zhang - Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Zeyun Yu - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA

Zhen Ma - Universidade do Porto, Portugal

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Invited Lecturers: During ICCEBS 2013, three Invited Lectures were presented:

“THE BIOMECHANICS DETECTIVE & CLUES TO EXPENSIVE UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES” James A. Ashton-Miller - University of Michigan, USA

“EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL MICROSTRUCTURAL MODELLING OF VASCULAR TISSUES” Estefanía Peña Baquedano - Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain

“MODELLING FLOW INDUCED ATP/ADP CONCENTRATION TRANSPORT IN PATIENT-SPECIFIC ARTERIES” Perumal Nithiarasu - Swansea University, UK

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Acknowledgements

The conference co-chairs would like to take this opportunity to express gratitude for

the support given by “Governo Regional dos Açores” thought “Programa Operacional

dos Açores / Apoio do Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional –

PROCONVERGÊNCIA”, and thank to all sponsors, to all members of the Scientific

Committee, to all Invited Lecturers and to all Authors for submitting and sharing

their knowledge.

João Manuel R. S. Tavares Renato M. Natal Jorge

(Conference co-chairs)

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Abstracts

1. Prediction of carotid hemodynamic descriptors based on ultrasound data and a neural network model Catarina F. Castro, Carlos C. António, Luísa C. Sousa (abstract)

2. Statistical and physical micro-feature-based segmentation of cortical bone

images using artificial intelligence Ilige S. Hage, Ramsey F. Hamade (abstract)

3. Structural design of glasses for Tissue Engineering

MHV Fernandes, Patrícia Lito, J M Oliveira, J Knowles (abstract)

4. Ultra-Fast Image Reconstruction of Tomosynthesis Mammography Using GPU

Dooman Arefan, Alireza Talebpour (abstract)

5. A collocation meshless method with radial basis functions for modeling

functionally graded dental implants Carla M. C. Roque (abstract)

6. Mechanical tests on a mammary implant in its implantable states and ruptured

resist Nilza Ramiao, Pedro Martins, António A. Fernandes, Maria da Luz Barroso, Diana Costa Santos (abstract)

7. Preoperative Planning Environment for Robot Assisted Neurosurgical

Procedures Petar Curkovic, Bojan Jerbic, Darko Chudy, Tomislav Stipančić (abstract)

8. Biomechanical study of cervical spine

Tatiana Teixeira, Luísa Costa Sousa, Renato Natal, Marco Parente, João Maia Gonçalves, Rolando Freitas (abstract)

9. Effects of a Pelvic Floor Muscle Training in Nulliparous Athletes with Urinary

Incontinence: Biomechanical Models Protocol Sousa M, Azevedo R, Da Roza T, Viana R, Viana S, Festas C, Mascarenhas T, Natal Jorge R (abstract)

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10. Facial stress points of an oronasal interface for Noninvasive ventilation: Experimental model and comparison with previous results Souto,L., Correia,R., Drummond,M., Gabriel,J., Jorge,R.N. (abstract)

11. Numerical simulation of the vestibular system: from biomechanics to

rehabilitation Carla Santos, Fernanda Gentil, Marco Parente, Carolina Garbe, Renato Natal Jorge (abstract)

12. Development of a Mobility Detection System for AAL

Daniel Pina, Renato Natal Jorge, Joaquim G. Mendes, António A. Fernandes (abstract)

13. New Breast Segmentation Techniques for CAD system based Texture

Information Khamsa Djaroudib, Abdelmadjid Zidani, Abdelmalik Taleb Ahmed (abstract)

14. Parallelization in GPGPU of an image smoothing method based on a

variational model Carlos A. S. J. Gulo, Henrique F. de Arruda, Antonio C. Sementille, Alex F. de Araujo, João Manuel R. S. Tavares (abstract)

15. Mechanical Properties of the Male Urethra

Pedro S. Martins, Renato M. Natal-Jorge, Mário J. Gomes, Rui S. Versos, A. Santos (abstract)

16. Surface functionalization of Si-Ca-P-Mg glass-ceramic: a bioac-tivity study

E.J.C. Davim, A.M.R. Senos, M.H.V. Fernandes (abstract)

17. Segmentation and 3D Reconstruction of Animal Tissues in Histological Images

Liliana Azevedo, Augusto M. R. Faustino, João Manuel R. S. Tavares (abstract)

18. Biomechanical study of the cochlea through the finite element method

Carolina Garbe, Fernanda Gentil, Carla Santos, Marco Parente, Renato Natal Jorge (abstract)

19. A Survey on Human Motion Analysis and Simulation Tools

João Ferreira Nunes, Pedro Miguel Moreira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares (abstract)

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20. Pre-ischemic region extraction in rat heart photos

Regina C. Coelho, Salety F. Baracho, Vinícius V. de Melo, Carlos Marcelo G. de Godoy (abstract)

21. Fast Electrocardiogram Analysis for R wave identification Using Multi-Layer

Perceptron Neural Network Fernanda L. Vedovello, Vinícius V. de Melo, Carlos M. G. de Godoy, Regina C. Coelho (abstract)

22. Bone remodelling due to single dental implant insertion: a multiscale

numerical study A.S. Ferreira, J. Belinha, L.M.J.S. Dinis, R.M. Natal Jorge (abstract)

23. Trabecular bone architecture prediction on the maxillary using meshless

methods S.F. Moreira, J. Belinha, L.M.J.S. Dinis, R.M. Natal Jorge (abstract)

24. Bone tissue remodelling due to the insertion of a femoral orthopaedic

implant H.M.S. Duarte, J. Belinha, L.M.J.S. Dinis, R.M. Natal Jorge (abstract)

25. An implant osteointegration study using a meshless method approach

J. Belinha, L.M.J.S. Dinis, R.M. Natal Jorge (abstract)

26. Current Trends of Segmentation Algorithms for Skin Lesions

Zhen Ma, João Manuel R. S. Tavares (abstract)

27. Structural Shear Stress Evaluation of Triple Periodic Minimal Surfaces

Henrique A. Almeida, Paulo J. Bártolo (abstract)

28. Alignment of Plantar Pressure Image Sequences

Pedro N. S. Gomes, Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares (abstract)

29. Building of a Representative Plantar Pressure Image Sequence

Pedro N. S. Gomes, Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares (abstract)

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30. 3D Vocal tract reconstruction using magnetic resonance imaging data to study fricative consonants production Sandra R. Ventura, Diamantino R. Freitas, Isabel M. Ramos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares (abstract)

31. Pelvic floor muscles behavior in practitioners of high and low impact sports

Thuane Da Roza, Sofia Brandão, Teresa Mascarenhas, José Alberto Duarte, Renato Natal Jorge (abstract)

32. Contributions of the Biomechanics in Urinary Incontinence associated with multiple sclerosis - preliminary study Viana R., Viana, S., Da Roza, T., Natal, R. (abstract)

33. Relationship between ground reaction forces during walking and physical

activity in post-menopausal women João Fonseca, Ronaldo Gabriel, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Florbela Aragão, Adriana Leite, José Aurélio Faria, Maria Helena Moreira (abstract)

34. Injury simulation of anterior cruciate ligament using isogeometric analysis

J. P. S. Ferreira, M.P.L. Parente, R.M. Natal Jorge, A.A. Fernandes (abstract)

35. Computational orthopedic mechanics – applications and limitations

A. Imran (abstract)

36. Influence of flexing load position on the load-ing of the cruciate ligaments at

the knee A. Imran (abstract)

37. What exists in the scientific literature about biomechanical models in pelvic

floor? – A systematic review Renato Andrade, Rui Viana, Sara Viana, Thuane da Roza, Renato Natal Jorge (abstract)

38. Automated approach for the segmentation of the incus and malleus middle

ear bones in 3D CT images Francisco P. M. Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares (abstract)

39. Automated approach for the segmentation of the incus and malleus middle

ear bones in 3D CT images S. Brandão, A. R. Gomes da Silva, M.P.L. Parente, T. Da Roza, T. Mascarenhas, I. Ramos, P.A.L.S. Martins, R.M. Natal Jorge (abstract)

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40. Computational tools for signal processing of human gait André M. Carvalho, Andreia S. P. Sousa, João Manuel R. S Tavares (abstract)

41. Human Motion Segmentation using Active Shape Models

Maria João M. Vasconcelos, João Manuel R. S. Tavares (abstract)

42. A selective filter to smooth ultrasound images

Alex F. de Araujo, Christos E. Constantinou, João Manuel R. S. Tavares (abstract)

43. Applications of computer image registration techniques on nuclear medicine

images Raquel S. Alves, João Manuel R. S. Tavares (abstract)

44. Variants of the Marching Cubes algorithm

Sanderson L. Gonzaga de Oliveira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares (abstract)

45. Aberrant crypt foci segmentation using computational vision

Luís Filipe Ribeiro, João Manuel R. S. Tavares (abstract)