Mathematical Methods in Scattering Theory And Biomedical Engineering: Proceedings of the Seventh International Workshop, Nymphaio, Greece, 8-11 September 2005

by Fotiadis, Dimitrios Ioannou

• ISBN13: 9789812568601
• ISBN10: 9812568603
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-01
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Summary

This volume comprises the papers presented at the 7th International Workshop on Scattering Theory and Biomedical Engineering, focusing on the hottest topics in scattering theory and biomedical technology. All the contributions are state-of-the-art and have been fully reviewed. The authors are recognized as being eminent both in their field and in the science community.

Table of Contents

A method to solve inverse scattering problems for electromagnetic fields in chiral media	p. 3
Electromagnetic scattering by a metallic spheroid	p. 11
A new linear sampling method for the electromagnetic imagining of buried objects	p. 19
The energy functionals for anisotropic scattering	p. 31
Nonlinear integral equations in inverse obstacle scattering	p. 39
3D wave scattering by acoustic screens and cracks embedded in acoustic and elastic media, making use of the traction boundary element method	p. 51
Point source electromagnetic excitation of a layered sphere	p. 63
Scattering by an infinite elliptic metallic cylinder	p. 71
Chaotic dynamics applied on time-prediction of earthquakes	p. 83
Homogenization in chiral elasticity	p. 94
Target identification of partially coated objects using electromagnetic waves	p. 104
Discretization - optimization methods for relaxed optimal control problems	p. 112
The factorization method for an acoustic wave guide	p. 120
General polarizability tensor for two spheres	p. 128
Spheroidal semiseparation in stokes flow revisited	p. 136
Shape control and damage identification of piezoelectric smart beams using finite element modelling and genetic optimization	p. 144
On generalized linear matrix difference systems	p. 159
Neural network classification of acoustic emission and drop signals	p. 171
A BEM solution of the Boussinesque problem in solids with microstructure	p. 179
Stochastic differential equations of Sobolev type in infinite dimensional Hilbert spaces	p. 191
A nonlocal formulation of the DBAR formalism and boundary value problems in two dimensions	p. 200
A fast numerical method for a simplified phase field model	p. 208
Multiple solutions for nonlinear hemivariational inequalities below the first eigenvalue	p. 216
Mode-I crack profile in materials with microstructural effects : a numerical solution	p. 225
Analytic inversion of matrices with 2k x 2k circulant blocks	p. 237
A numerical study on the propagation of transient elastic waves in axisymmetric vessels	p. 245
Biocomplexity of respiratory neural network during eupnea gasping and hypercapnia	p. 263
Tinnitus diagnosis and therapy method employing ultrasound dithering	p. 277
On the hidden electromagnetic activity of the brain	p. 297
Analysis of EEG images	p. 304
A decision tree based approach for the identification of ischaemic beats in ECG recordings	p. 312
Nonlinear models of artery dynamics	p. 320
Audiovisual speech recognition for training hearing impaired patients	p. 335
A detailed mathematical model of diffused brain edema early detection	p. 348
Nonlinear physiological systems identification : application to cerebral hemodynamics under orthostatic stress	p. 362
Detecting and localizing true brain interactions from EEG/MEG data	p. 370
An automatic microcalcification detection system utilizing mammographic enhancement techniques	p. 382
Feature extraction from interictal epileptic and non-epileptic pathological EEG events for diagnostic purposes using LVQ1 neural network	p. 390
Immune system - based clustering and classification algorithms	p. 399
Clustering and classification of electrophoresis strands for fungi fingerprinting	p. 407
Multidimensional cardiac models	p. 415
A framework for fuzzy expert system creation	p. 423
Mobile and electronic medical support and education for dyslexic students	p. 431
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