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This book contains the full papers presented at ICCEBS 2013 - the 1st International Conference on Computational and Experimental Biomedical Sciences, which was organized in Azores, in October 2013.

The included papers present and discuss new trends in those fields, using several methods and techniques, including active shape models, constitutive models, isogeometric elements, genetic algorithms, level sets, material models, neural networks, optimization and the finite element method, in order to address more efficiently different and timely applications involving biofluids, computer simulation, computational biomechanics, image based diagnosis, image processing and analysis, image segmentation, image registration, scaffolds, simulation and surgical planning.

The main audience for this book consists of researchers, Ph.D students and graduate students with multidisciplinary interests related to the areas of artificial intelligence, bioengineering, biology, biomechanics, computational fluid dynamics, computational mechanics, computational vision, histology, human motion, imagiology, applied mathematics, medical image, medicine, orthopaedics, rehabilitation, speech production and tissue engineering.

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Preface.- Structural shear stress evaluation of triple periodic minimal surfaces, by H.A. Almeida, P.J. Bártolo.- On the numerical microstructural modeling of vascular tissues, by Estefania Pe¤a.- What exists in the scientific literature about biomechanical models in pelvic floor? - A systematic review, by Renato Andrade, Rui Viana, Sara Viana, Thuane da Roza, Teresa Mascarenhas, Renato Natal Jorge.- The impairment of female pelvic ligaments and its relation to pelvic floor dysfunction: biomechanical analysis, by Sofia BrandÆo, Marco Parente, Ana Rita Silva, Thuane Da Roza, Teresa Mascarenhas, Isabel Ramos, Renato Natal Jorge.- Pelvic floor muscles behavior in practitioners of high and low impact sports, by Thuane Da Roza, Sofia BrandÆo, Teresa Mascarenhas, José Alberto Duarte, Renato Natal Jorge.- Effects of a pelvic floor muscle training in nulliparous athletes with urinary incontinence: biomechanical models protocol, by M Sousa, R Viana, S Viana, T Da Roza, R Azevedo, M Araújo, C Festas, T Mascarenhas, R Natal Jorge.- Biomechanical study of the cervical spine, by Tatiana Teixeira, Luísa Costa Sousa, Renato Natal Jorge, Marco Parente, JoÆo Maia Gon‡alves, Rolando Freitas.- Injury simulation of anterior cruciate ligament using isogeometric analysis, by J.P.S. Ferreira, M.P.L. Parente, R.M. Natal Jorge.- Influence of flexing load position on the loading of cruciate ligaments at the knee - A graphics-based analysis, by A. Imran.- Modelling and simulation in orthopedic biomechanics - applications and limitations, by A. Imran.- One-dimensional modelling of the coronary circulation. Application to noninvasive quantification of fractional flow reserve (FFR), by Etienne Boileau, Perumal Nithiarasu.- Prediction of carotid hemodynamic descriptors based on ultrasound data and a neural network model, by Catarina F. Castro, Carlos Concei‡Æo António, Luísa Costa Sousa.- Computer image registration techniques applied to nuclear medicine image, by Raquel S. Alves, JoÆo Manuel R.S. Tavares.- Segmentation and 3D Reconstruction of Animal Tissues in Histological Images, by Liliana Azevedo, Augusto M. R. Faustino, JoÆo Manuel R. S. Tavares.- Ischemic region segmentation in rat heart photos using DRLSE algorithm, by Regina C. Coelho, Salety F. Baracho, Vinícius V. de Melo, Carlos Marcelo G. de Godoy.- Pectoral and breast segmentation technique based on texture information, by Khamsa Djaroudib, Pascal Lorenz, Abdelmalik Taleb Ahmed, Abdelmadjid Zidani.- Statistical and physical micro-feature-based segmentation of cortical bone images using artificial intelligence, by Ilige S. Hage, Ramsey F. Hamade.- Human motion segmentation using active shape models, by Maria JoÆo M. Vasconcelos, JoÆo Manuel R. S. Tavares.- 3D Vocal tract reconstruction using magnetic resonance imaging data to study fricative consonant production, by Sandra R. Ventura, Diamantino R. Freitas, Isabel M. Ramos, JoÆo Manuel R. S. Tavares.

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