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Dr. Edmond Lou, P.Eng. Associate Professor Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering 11-371 Donadeo
Innovation Centre for Engineering 9211 - 116 Street NW Canada T6G
1H9 Telephone: +1 (780)
492-9254 E-mail: elou@ualberta.ca |
Research Interests
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Low
Power
Embedded Wireless Systems: Designing
low power wireless sensing network devices for both industrial and biomedical
applications.
· Biomedical
Instrumentation: Development of an ultrasound, camera, spatial sensors
and pressure control platform to assist orthotists and orthopedic surgeons to
deliver better treatment for children who have spinal deformities.
· Wireless
Implanted Sensor Platform: Development
of implantable wireless sensors for detecting loads applied by orthopedic
surgeons and bone healing process after surgery.
· MEMS
based energy harvesters: Development of high efficiency interface circuits
to supply energy to microsensors.
Awards
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The
Top 150 Excellent Physicians, Staff, Volunteers at the Glenrose
Rehabilitation Hospital, August 2017
·
The
2nd Best Conservative Treatment Paper award in SOSORT-IRSSD
combined meeting,
Banff, Canada May 25 – 28, 2016
·
The
finalist of paper competition in 37th
International Conference of the IEEE EMBC 2015, Aug 25 – 29,
2015
·
The
best research paper award in the SOSORT 2015 meeting May 7-9, 2015
·
The
John Sevastik best
research paper award in
the IRSSD 2014 Sapporo meeting June 29 – July 2, 2014
·
Nominated
on the President’s Excellence Award short list in Alberta Health
Services May 1, 2013
·
Nominated
on the President’s Excellence Award list in Alberta Health Services May
1, 2012
Affiliations
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Member - Institute
of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
·
Member - International
Research Society of Spinal Deformity (IRRSD)
·
Associate Fellow - Scoliosis
Research Society (SRS)
Undergraduate Courses
·
ECE
212 - Introduction to Microprocessors (W'17, W'18, W'19)
·
ECE 492 - Introduction to Microprocessors
(W'19)
Present Graduate Students,
Post-Doctoral Fellows and Research Associates
·
Andrew Chan
(Ph.D.), co-supervised with Dr. Eric Parent
·
Mahdieh
Khodaie (Ph.D.), co-supervised with Dr. Lawrence
Le
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Ahmed Badr
(Ph.D.), co-supervised with Dr. Tsui Ying
·
Kenwick
Ng (M.Sc.), co-supervised with Dr. Kajsa Duke
·
Alex Su (M.Sc.),
co-supervised with Dr. Eric Parent
·
Steffen Adria (M.Sc.)
Publications
Conference
Book
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13th International Conference on Conservative
Management of Spinal Deformities and First Joint Meeting of the International
Research Society on Spinal Deformities and the Society on Scoliosis Orthopaedic
and Rehabilitation Treatment – SOSORT-IRSSD 2016 meeting, 25-28 May 2016,
Banff, Canada. Scoliosis
and Spinal Disorders vol 12 supplement 1, 2017. Edited by Parent E and Lou E
Book
Chapter
·
Lou E, Hill DL, Raso VJ: Brace Treatment for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, The
Conservative Scoliosis Treatment 1st SOSORT Instructional Course
Lectures Book, Technology
and Informatics. Edited by Theodoros B. Grivas IOS Press Oxford, 135:
pp. 265-273, 2008.
·
Khodaei
M, Pacheco-Pereira C, Trac S, Chan A, Le LH, Lou E: Radiographic Methods to
Estimate Surgical Outcomes based on Spinal Flexibility Assessment in Patients
who have Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Systematic Review, The Spine Journal Jun 26. pii:
S1529-9430(18)30623-5. doi:
10.1016/j.spinee.2018.06.344. [Epub ahead of
print].
·
Westover L, Faulkner G,
Hodgetts W, Kamal F, Lou E, Raboud D: Longitudinal
Evaluation of Bone Anchored Hearing Aid Implant Stability Using the Advanced
System for Implant Stability Testing (ASIST), Journal
of Otology and Neurotology, doi:10.1097/MAO.0000000000001815,
39(6):e489-e495, 2018
.
·
Khodaei
M, Hill D, Zheng R, Le LH, Lou E: Intra- and Inter-Rater Reliability of Spinal
Flexibility Measurements using Ultrasonic (US) Images for Non-Surgical
Candidates with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A pilot study, European Spine March
2018. DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5546-8.
·
Zheng
R, Hill D, Hedden D, Mahood J, Moreau M, Southon
S, Lou E: Factors Influencing Spinal Curvature Measurements on Ultrasound
Images for Children with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, PLoS ONE doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0198792, 13(6):e0198792,
2018.
·
Zheng
R, Hill D, Hedden D, Mahood J, Moreau M, Southon
S, Lou E: Assessment of Curve progression on Children with idiopathic
scoliosis using Ultrasound Imaging method, European Spine, doi: 10.1007/s00586-017-5457-0,
Jan 10 2018.
·
Yang
Y, Li H, Zhang L, Lou E, He C, Wong MS. Whether Orthotic Management and Exercise are Equally Effective to the
Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis in
Mainland China? A Randomized Controlled Trial Study. Spine,
doi:10.1097/BRS.0000000000002412, 43(9):e494-e503,
2018.
·
Chan
A, Parent E, San C, Narvacan K, Lou E:
Intraoperative Image Guidance and Navigation in Adolescent Idiopathic
Scoliosis Posterior surgery: A systematic Review on Screw-Related
Complications and Breach rates, The
Spine Journal, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2017.04.001,
17(9), 1215-1229, 2017.
·
Chan A, Aguillon
J, D Hill, Lou E: Precision and Accuracy of
Consumer-Grade Motion Tracking System for Pedicle Screw Placement in Pediatric
Spinal Fusion Surgery, Journal
of Medical Engineering and Physics, doi:
10.1016/j.medengphy.2017.05.003, 46:33-43, 2017.
·
Lou E, Hill D, Donauer
A, Tilburn M, Hedden D, Moreau M: Results of
Ultrasound-Assisted Brace Casting for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis,
Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders, 12:23; doi.org/10.1186/s13013-017-0130-2, 2017.
·
Zheng R, Hill D, Hedden D, Moreau
M, Lawrence H Le, Raso J, Lou E: Assessment of Curve Flexibility
on Scoliotic
Surgical Candidates using Ultrasound Imaging Method, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 43(5):934-942. doi:
10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.01.017. Epub 2017 Mar
6.
·
Lou E, Hill D, Tilburn
M, Donauer A, Southon
S, Hedden D, Moreau M: Using Curve Flexibility to Predict In brace correction
for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS): A Pilot Study, Canadian
Journal of Surgery, 60(3) p. S90, 2017.
·
Lou E, Hill D, Tilburn
M, Donauer A, Southon
S, Hedden D, Moreau M: Using Ultrasonography to Assist Brace Casting for
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, Canadian
Journal of Surgery, 60(3) p. S90, 2017.
·
Schreiber S, Moez
EK, Hedden D, Hill, D, Moreau M, Lou E, Watkins E, Southon
SC, Parent E: Schroth
Physiotherapeutic Scoliosis-specific Exercises Added to the Standard of Care
Lead to Better Cobb Angle Outcomes in Adolescents with Idiopathic Scoliosis -
an Assessor and Statistician Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS
ONE http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168764,
2016.
·
Lou E, Zheng R, Hill D, Moreau M,
Hedden D, Southon S: Can Ultrasound Detect Curve
Progression of Scoliosis Without Ionizing Radiation? Canadian
Journal of Surgery, 59(3 suppl 2) p. S42-S43, 2016.
·
Nguyen
KC, Le HL, Kaopatur RN, Zheng R, Lou E, Major P:
High-Resolution Ultrasonic Imaging of Dento
Periodontal Tissues Using a Multi-Element Phased Array System, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, doi: 10.1007/s10439-016-1634-2; 44(10): 2874-2886, 2016.
·
Wang
Q, Li M, Lam TP, Chu W, Cheng J, Lou E, Wong MS: Validity Study of Vertebral
Rotation Measurement Using Three-dimensional Ultrasound in Adolescent
Idiopathic Scoliosis, Ultrasound
in Medicine and Biology, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2016.02.011,
421(7):1473-1481, 2016.
·
Chen W, Lou E, Le LH: Reliability
of the axial vertebral rotation measurements of adolescent idiopathic
scoliosis using the center of lamina method on ultrasound images: in-vitro and
in-vivo study, Journal of
European Spine, doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4492-6, 25(10):3265-3273, 2016.
·
Zheng R, Young M, Hill D, Le HL,
Moreau M, Mahood
JK, Hedden D, Southon S, Lou E: Improvement on the
Accuracy and Reliability of Ultrasound Coronal Curvature Measurement on AIS
with the Aid of Previous
Radiographs,
Spine,
doi:10.1097/BRS.0000000000001244, 41(5) 404-411, 2016.
·
Lou E, Moreau M, Mahood
JK, Hedden DM, Hill D, Raso JV: How Quantity and
Quality of Brace Wear Affect the Brace Treatment Outcomes for AIS Patients, Journal
of
European Spine, doi:10.1007/s00586-015-4233-22015,
25(2) 495-499, 2016.
·
Wang Q, Li M, Lou E, Wong MS: Reliability
and Validity Study of Clinical Ultrasound Imaging on Lateral Curvature of
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, PLOS
ONE, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0135264,
10(8):e0135264, 2015.
·
Lueke J,
Badr A, Lou E, Moussa W A: Microfabrication and
Integration of a Sol-Gel PZT Folded Spring Energy Harvester, Sensor 15(6), 12218-12241; doi:10.3390/s150612218, 2015.
·
Zheng
R, Le
LH, Sacchi M, Lou E: Imaging Internal
Structure of Long Bones Using Wave Scattering Theory, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, doi:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2015.06.016,
41(11), 2955-2965, 2015.
·
Chalmers E, Westover L, Donauer
A, Zhao VH, Parent E, Moreau M, Mahood JK, Hedden
D, Lou E: Predicting success or failure of brace treatment for adolescents
with idiopathic scoliosis, Journal of Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, doi:10.1007/s11517-015-1306-7,
53, 1001-1009, 2015.
·
Lou E, Chan A, Donauer
A, Tilburn M, Hill D: Ultrasound Assisted Brace
Casting for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis,
IRSSD Best
Research Paper 2014, Scoliosis
and Spinal Disorders, 10:13, doi:10.1186/s13013-015-0037-8,
April 2015.
·
Schreiber S, Parent EC, Moez EM,
Hedden DM, Moreau MJ, Hill D, Lou E, Watkins E, Southon
S: The effect of Schroth exercises added to the
standard care on the quality of life and muscle endurance in adolescents with
idiopathic scoliosis-an assessor and statician
blinded randomized controlled trial: “SOSORT 2015 Award Winner”, Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders,10:24,
doi:10.1186/s13013-015-0045-5, September 2015.
·
Young M, Hill D, Zheng R, Lou E: Reliability
and Accuracy of Ultrasound Measurements With and
Without the Aid of Previous Radiographs in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, Journal of European Spine,
doi:10.1007/s00586-015-3855-8, 24(7),
1427-1433, 2015.
·
Chalmers E, Zhao VH, Hill DL, Lou
E: An Advanced Compliance Monitor for Patients Undergoing Brace Treatment for
Idiopathic Scoliosis, Journal of Medical Engineering and Physics, doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2014.12.010, 37(2), 203-209, 2015.
·
Zheng R, Chan A, Chen W, Hill D,
Le LH, Moreau M, Mahood
JK, Hedden D, Southon S, Lou E: Intra- and
Inter-rater Reliability of coronal curvature measurement for AIS using
ultrasonic imaging method, Journal of Spine Deformity,
doi:10.1016/j.jspd.2014.08.008,
3(2), 151-158, 2015.
·
Chalmers E, Pedrycz
W, Lou E: Human Experts’ and a fuzzy models predictions of outcomes of
scoliosis treatment: A comparative analysis, IEEE Transactions on
Biomedical Engineering, doi:10.1109/TBME.2014.2377594, 62(3), 1001-1007,
2015.
·
Chalmers E, Hill D, Zhao V, Lou E:
Prescriptive analytics applied to brace treatment for AIS: a pilot
demonstration, Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders, 10 (Suppl 2):S13,
doi:10.1186/1748-7161-10-S2-S13, 2015.
·
Vo Q, Lou E, Le LH: Measurement of
Vertebral Rotation Using A Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Image, Scoliosis
and Spinal Disorders, 10(Suppl 2):S7,
doi:10.1186/1748-7161-10-S2-S7, 2015.
·
Morrison D, Chan A, Hill D, Parent
EC, Lou E: Correlation between Cobb Angle,
Spinous Process Angle (SPA) and Apical Vertebrae Rotation (AVR) on
Posteroanterior Radiographs in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS), Journal of European Spine,
doi:10.1007/s00586-014-3684-1, 24(12), 306-312, 2015.
·
Nguyen D, Vo Q, Le LH, Lou E:
Validation of 3D Surface Reconstruction of Vertebrae and Spinal Column Using
3D Ultrasound Data – A pilot study, Journal of
Medical Engineering and Physics,
doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2014.11.007,
37(2): 239-244, 2015.
·
Schreiber S, Parent EC, Hedden DM, Moreau MJ, Hill D, Lou E:
Effect of Schroth exercises on curve
characteristics and clinical outcomes in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis:
protocol for a multicentre randomized controlled
trial, Journal
of Physiotherapy,
doi:10.1016/j.jphys.2014.08.005, 60(4):234, 2014.
·
Benfield D, Yue S, Lou E, Moussa
WA: Design and Calibration of a Six-Axis MEMS Sensor Array for Use in
Scoliosis Correction Surgery, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, doi:10.1088/0960-1317/24/8/085008,
24(8), 2014.
·
Chalmers E, Parent EC, Mizianty
M, Yuan Y, Lou E: Toward maximum-predictive-value classification, Journal
of Pattern Recognition, doi:10.1016/j.patcog.2014.06.013, 47(12): 3949-3958,
2014.
·
Tran T, Le LH, Sacchi M,
Nguyen VH, Lou E: Multichannel
filtering and reconstruction of ultrasonic guided wave fields using time
intercept-slowness transform, The Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America, doi:10.1121/1.4881929,
136(1), 2014.
·
Hill S, Franco-Sepulveda E, Komeili
A, Trovato A, Parent E, Hill D, Lou E. Adeeb
S: Assessing asymmetry using reflection and rotoinversion
in biomedical engineering applications, Journal
of Engineering in Medicine,
doi:10.1177/0954411914531115, 228(5):523-529, 2014.
·
Nguyen
KC, Le LH, Tran T, Lou E: Excitation of Ultrasonic
Lamb Waves Using a Phased Array System with two Array Probes: Phantom and In
vitro Bone Studies, Ultrasonics
Special Issue, 54(5):1178-1185,
2014.
·
Chan A, Morrison D, Hill D, Parent
E, Lou E: Intra- and Inter-Observer Reliability of the Cobb Angle and
Vertebral Rotation Angle and Spinous Process Angle for Adolescent Idiopathic
Scoliosis, Journal of Spine Deformity, 2:168-175, 2014.
·
Evans K, Lou E, Woloschuk
C, Hill D, Li M, Wong MS: Quantitative Measurement of Hip Protector Use and
Compliance Objective Measure, Journal
of Medical & Biological
Engineering & Computing, 52(1): 9-15, 2014.
·
Chalmers
E, Le J, Watt J, Andersen J, Dulia S, Lou E.: Inertial
Sensing Algorithms for Long Term foot Angle Monitoring for assessment of
Idiopathic toe-walking, Gait
and posture, 39:485-489,
2014.
·
Chen W, Lou E, Zhang P, Le
L.H: Reliability of assessing the
coronal curvature of scoliosis by using the center of lamina method on
ultrasound images, Journal of Children’s Orthoapedic,
7:521-529, 2013.
·
Evans K, Lou E, Faulkner G:
Optimization of a Low Cost Force Sensor for Spinal Orthosis Applications, IEEE
Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, 62(12):3243-3250, 2013.
·
Li HJ,
Le LH, Sacchi M, Lou E: Ultrasound Imaging of Long Bone Fractures and Healing with
Split-Step Fourier Imaging Method, Ultrasound in Medicine and
Biology, 39(8):
1482-1490, 2013.
·
Chan A, Lou E, Hill D: Review of
Current Technologies and Methods Supplementing Brace Treatment in Adolescent
Idiopathic Scoliosis, Journal
of Children’s Orthopaedic, 7(4):309-316,
2013.
·
Chen W, Le LH, Lou E: Ultrasonic
Imaging of Spinal Vertebrae, Open
Journal of Acoustics, doi:10.4236/oja.2012.23011, 2, 95-103, 2012.
·
Benfield D, Moussa WA, Lou E: A
Packaging Solution Utilizing Adhesive-Filled TSVs and Flip-Chip Methods, Journal
of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 22(6), 065009 (9pp),
doi:10.1088/0960-1317/22/6/065009, 2012.
·
Lou E, Hill DL, Raso
JV, Donauer A, Moreau MJ, Mahood
JK, Hedden DM: Smart Brace versus Standard Rigid Brace for the Treatment of
Scoliosis: A pilot study. In Research into Spinal
Deformities 8
Series Studies in Health Technology and Informatics.
IOS Press Oxford, 176: 338-341, 2012.
·
Lou E, Hill DL, Raso
JV, Donauer A, Moreau MJ, Mahood
JK, Hedden DM: Brace Wear Characteristics during the first 6 months for the
treatment of scoliosis. In Research into Spinal
Deformities 8
Series Studies in Health Technology and Informatics.
IOS Press Oxford, 176: 346-349, 2012.
·
Parent EC, Zhang PQ, Hill DL,
Moreau MJ, Hedden DM, Lou E: Sensitivity-to-change of full torso surface
topography measurements in adolescents with idiopathic Scoliosis and a main
thoracic curve. In
Research into Spinal Deformities 8
Series Studies in Health Technology and Informatics.
IOS Press Oxford, 176: 484, 2012.
·
Chalmers E, Lou E, Hill D, Zhao
V, Wong MS: Development of a Pressure Control System for Brace Treatment for
Scoliosis, IEEE
Transaction Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering,
20(4): 557-563, 2012.
·
Chan A, Lou E, Hill D, Faulkner
G: Design and validation of transducers to measure interface force
distribution in a spinal orthosis, Journal of Medical and Engineering Physics, 34(9), 1310-1316,
2012.
·
Lou E, Lam G, Hill D, Wong MS:
Development of a Smart Garment to reduce Kyphosis during daily Living, Journal of Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing,
20(11): 1147-1154, 2012.
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