BobFog's Curriculum

Roberto Fogliardi

Born in Ancona, Italy, in April, 4, 1966
Address: Ancona (Italy)
E-mail: bobfog@libero.it

Qualifications

Dr. Ing. Degree summa cum laude in electrical Engineering, received from the University of Ancona, Ancona, Italy, in July, 22, 1992. The Degree Thesis was entitled "Analysis of the descending arm of systemic arterial tree, performed using an hydraulic visco-elastic line, loaded on a complex impedance". The thesis (in Italian) is published on the site TesiOnLine.

Professional Diploma of Engineer, with full marks (140/140), in November 1992. Since this date, member n. 1647 of Ordine degli Ingegneri di Ancona.

Ph. D. Degree in Biomedical Engineering, received from the University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, in September, 24, 1996. The title of the Ph. D. Thesis was: "Models of the Aortic Input Impedance and Estimation of Arterial Compliance". The aim of the Ph. D. research was a critical analysis of methods for the evaluation of total arterial compliance, based on the estimation of parameters of models of various complexity. Particular attention was paid to models used in clinics. The research was developed in collaboration with the Dept. of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology, Washington State University, Pullman WA, and with the Cardiology Section, Dept. of Medicine, University of Chicago, Medical Centre, Chicago, IL.

Training Courses & Workshops

September, 28 - October, 2, 1992: "Filters, Microwaves and Integrated Circuits", organised by Siemens, Milano, Italy.
June, 24-26, 1993: "Numeric elaboration of biomedical signals", organised by Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica, CNR, Pisa, Italy.
September, 27-30 1993: "Biosystems and Complexity", organised by Gruppo Nazionale di Bioingegneria, CNR, Bressanone, Italy.
June, 27-30 1994: "Fluidodynamics in cardiovascular bioengineering", organised by CISM, Udine, Italy.
September, 26-29 1995: "Prostheses for communication", organised by Gruppo Nazionale di Bioingegneria, CNR, Bressanone, Italy.
Maj - October 1996 (60 hours): "Scheduling of Production", organised by Regione Marche, Sezione Formazione Professionale e Problemi del Lavoro, Angeli di Rosora (AN), Italy.
October, 22-24, 1996: "Labview 4.0 Programming - Basic Course", organised by National Instruments, Roma, Italy.
March, 19-21, 1998: "Management in Radiology, Current Trends and Future Priorities", organised by European Working Group on Management in Radiology, Strasburgo, France.
May, 19-20, 1999: "Connections for Windows NT", organised by Eeicon Technology Education Services , Bergamo, Italy.
April, 19, 2001; May, 16, 2001: MPEG4, internal course organised by Aethra, Ancona, Italy.
June, 18-19, 2001: Basic course on Microsoft SQL Server 2000, organised by Microsoft, Rome, Italy.
May, 14-16, 2002: IMTC Forum, organised by International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium, Geneve, Switzerland.
July, 16, 18, 2002 (8 hours): Network security, internal course organised by Aethra, Ancona, Italy.
August, 24,26,27, 2002 (15 hours): Advanced Communication Skills, organised by C.M.T. (Communication and Media Training), London, held in Aethra, Ancona, Italy.
March, 7-14, 2003: 7th Joint Video Team Meeting, ITU, Pattaya, Thailand.
Maj, 19-24, 2003: Best Practices of e-business in USA, organised by GEA, held in MIT, Boston, USA
Maj, 20,21, 2003: Defining eBusiness: Innovation, Productivity, and Market Leadership, MIT Center for eBusiness, Boston, USA.
Settembre, 22,23, 2003: ESA Telecom Applications Workshop 2003, organised by ESA, held in ESTEC center, Noordwijk, Nederland.

Languages

English: quite good knowledge.
German: scholastic knowledge (attended at secondary schools).

Professional Experiences

From January 1996 to May 1996 I have been working as consulting engineer of Summa s.r.l. ( Loccioni group ), in Angeli di Rosora (AN), Italy. The aim of the work consisted in applying a software package (Taylor II, © F&H), for Logistic and Data Process Reengineering.
From May, 6, 1996 to May, 30, 1997 I have been working for the AEA (Advanced Electronic Applications, Loccioni group), in Angeli di Rosora (AN), Italy, as flow process analyst and software programmer.
From June, 1, 1997 to April 2002 I have been in employ of Aethra, in Ancona, Italy, as software programmer, involved in telecommunication and video-communication projects. Since May 2002 I have been moved to the Aethra Strategic Planning group, working on the analysis of new technologies for prototypes' projects.

Works

Analysis and simulation of an automated procedure for labelling products and loading trucks, for Fileni, Jesi (AN), February - Maj, 1996. This work, developed using Taylor II, regarded a preliminary analysis of the automation of processes of weighing and loading alimentary products. Particular attention has been paid to the problem of loading and picking of warehouse and to the maximisation of busy time of weighing-machines. Results of this analysis are actually used for a concrete project of automation,
Automation of sugar-beet trucks unloading and sugar-beet sampling for laboratory, For Sadam, Jesi (AN) e Fermo (MC), June - August 1996. The work regarded a preliminary logistic analysis of the problem, followed by PC software development. In particular, I developed software, using Visual Basic, for managing data exchange between PC and PLC, PC and Tiris RF Readers, and various PC connected in LAN network. Further, I followed the installation and testing of software and hardware.
Data Elaboration for Electrical Safety Test. For C.E.SET, Asti, September - Becember 1996. I developed a software (using Visual Basic, Access and SQL) for statistical elaboration of data collected from testers. These testers execute electrical safety test on washing-machines electrical motors. Further, I worked in AEA on a software package for the detection of noisy motors, developed usig LabVIEW and based on Short Time Fourier Analysis and Fuzzy Logic. The results of this application are actually argument of an abstrac submitted to the congress Eufit '97.
Integration ot Telemedical Instruments: during my collaboration with Aethra, I developed an Electronic Medical Record (using Visual Basic, Access and SQL), integrated with a teleconsulting system, in collaboration with the Neuro Eye Diagnostics of Houston.
Telecardiology: From December 1998 to August 2000 I have been involved in an European project of Telecardiology (Teleregions SUN2), in collaboration with CEFRIEL and Regione Lombardia. The software is developed using Visual C++ and is based on a TCP/IP client/server system.
Telediagnosis of digital lines: since 1998, I've been involved in several projects regarding the automated diagnosis of ISDN lines and ISDN NT1+ and NT-IP. The aim of these project is the development of a system for the the end user NT1+ and NT-IP verification and remote management. One of these projects is performed in collaboration with CSELT. All projects are based on C++ software development. The main service providers involved until now have been Telecom Italia, Belgacom, Wind, and Telecom Denmark.
ADSL networks. From june 2001 to April 2002 I have contributed to the configuration and test of ADSL routers and modems, also developing ad-hoc software.
Mobile Telemedicine: Since September 2003 I am involved in the ESA project N.E.S.A. for the development of an integrated telemedicine system for mobile units.

Informatic knowledges

Operative Systems: Windows (3.11,95, 98, NT), MS DOS.
Programming Languages: Visual Basic (3,4,5) , Labview, Fortran, Pascal, C, C++ (Visual C 1.52-4-5-6), Assembler Z80.
Databases, Worksheets and Various Management Tools: Access, Excel, Project.
Software for controls and modelling: Matlab, Simnon, Adapt, Taylor II.

Scientific Curriculum

Congresses

July, 4-8, 1993: Biomechanics, XIV ISB Congress, Parigi, Francia.
September, 5-8 1993: 20th Computers in Cardiology, IEEE Computers Society, Londra, UK.
September, 24-28 1994: 21th Computers in Cardiology, IEEE Computers Society, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
April, 30 - May, 3, 1995: 3rd European Conference on Engineering and Medicine, E.S.E.M., Firenze.
September, 10-13, 1995: 22th Computers in Cardiology, IEEE Computers Society, Vienna, Austria.
October, 4-7, 1995: XII Congresso della Società Italiana dell'Ipertensione Arteriosa, Napoli, Italy.
September 8-11, 1997:EUFIT '97, 5th European Conference on Intelligent Techniques and soft computing, Aachen, Germany.
September 12, 1997: First International Data Engine User Meeting, Aachen, Germany.
June 8-10, 1998: EuroAmeritel '98. Developing Cooperation and Joint Business in Telematics for Health Care and Education and Training. Santiago, Cile.
June 19-20, 1998:4th European Congress on Telepathology. European Society of Pathology, Udine.
November, 28-29, 1998: Teleregions Conference. Tele-Applications for European Regions. Vienna, Austria..
November, 30 - December, 2, 1998: IST 98. Information Society Technology. Vienna, Austria.
November, 28 - December, 1, 1999: Telemed 99. 7th International Conference on Telemedicine and Telecare. London, UK.
September, 11-13, 2002: Krajowe Sympozjum Telekomunikacji (KST '2002) - Bydgoszcz, Polonia.
October, 20, 2003: ICT e Sanità, prospettive ed esigenze. INFORAV, Roma.

Publications

Articles

Burattini, R., R. Fogliardi, and K.B. Campbell. Lumped model of terminal aortic impedance in the dog. Ann. Biomed. Eng. 22 (4): 381-391, 1994.
Fogliardi, R., R. Burattini, S.G. Shroff, and K.B. Campbell. Fit to diastolic arterial pressure by third-order lumped model yields unreliable estimates of arterial compliance. Med. Eng. Phys., 18 (3): 225-233, 1996.
Burattini, R., R. Fogliardi, and R. Gobbi. Comments on: "Exponentially tapered T-tube model of systemic arterial system in dogs". Med. Eng. Phys.., 18 (4): 333-335, 1996.
Fogliardi, R., M. Di Donfrancesco, and R. Burattini. Comparison of linear and nonlinear formulations of the three-element windkessel model. Am. J. Physiol., 271 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 40): H2661 - H2668, 1996.
Fogliardi, R., R. Burattini, and K.B. Campbell. Identification and physiological relevance of an exponentially tapered tube-model of canine descending aortic circulation. Med. Eng. Phys., 19 (3): 201-211, 1997.
Fogliardi, R. Il teleconsulto in medicina. Telemed (Suppl. a Management e Telecomunicazioni), 10: 25-28, 1997.
Fogliardi, R, and G. Romiti. Un algoritmo Fuzzy per l'analisi del rumore nei motori a induzione.Automazione e Strumentazione, 11: 119-122, 1998.
Borghi G., E. Brenna, R. Fogliardi, E. Frumento, L. Luzzi, V. Montericcio. Sanità e reti telematiche: il caso della rete CARDNET in Lombardia. Progettare per la Sanità, 54: 56-65, 1999.
Fogliardi, R., E. Frumento, D. Rincon, M.A. Vinas, and M. Fregonara. Telecardiology: results and perspectives of an operative experience. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 6 (1): 162-164, 2000.

Abstracts

Fogliardi, R., R. Burattini, and K.B. Campbell. About the reliability of a third order lumped model for estimating arterial compliance. (Abstract) High Blood Press. 3 (Suppl. to N. 3): 24, 1994.
Fogliardi, R., and R. Burattini. Effect of wave reflection on estimates of arterial compliance obtained from exponential fit to diastolic pressure decay. (Abstract) High Blood Press. 4 (Suppl. to N. 3): 22, 1995
Di Donfrancesco, M., and R. Fogliardi. Detecting noisy electrical motors. (Abstract) Appl Eng, January 1998, pp. 128-129.
Fogliardi, R., M. Fregonara, R. Flaiani, E. Frumento, G. Valetto, and N. Dal Degan. An operative project of cardiological interactive on-line diagnosys. (Abstract) Adv. Clin Path. 2 (2): 185-186, 1998.

Proceedings

Burattini, R., R. Fogliardi, and K.B. Campbell. Pressure dependence of overall compliance of abdominal aortic circulation in dogs. Proc. of "Biomechanics", XIV ISB Congress, Paris, July 4-8, 1993, pp. 226-227.
Burattini, R., R. Fogliardi, L. Fioretti, and K.B. Campbell. On quantification of arterial compliance by a third order lumped model. Proc. of the 20th Computers in Cardiology, London, September 5-8, 1993, Los Alamitos CA, IEEE Computer Soc., pp. 787-789.
Burattini, R., R. Fogliardi, and K. B. Campbell. Effective reflecting sites and effective lengths in the arterial system. In: J. Vossoughi ed., Biomedical Engineering Recent Developments, Proc. of the 30th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, University of the District of Columbia, Washington D.C., April 16-17, 1994, pp. 390-393.
Fogliardi, R., R. Burattini, and K.B. Campbell. On evaluation of vasodilator-induced changes in arterial compliance by pressure pulse contour analysis. In: J. Vossoughi ed., Biomedical Engineering Recent Developments, Proc. of the 30th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, University of the District of Columbia, Washington D.C., April 16-17, 1994, pp. 394-397.
Fogliardi, R., A. Mancini, and R Burattini. Wave reflection affects estimation of arterial compliance by first-order lumped model. Proc. of the 21th Computers in Cardiology, Bethesda, September 25-28, 1994, Los Alamitos CA, IEEE Computer Soc., pp. 401-404.
Fogliardi, R., M. Di Donfrancesco and R. Burattini. Behaviour of Windkessel arterial model with pressure-dependent compliance. Proc. of the 3rd European Conference on Engineering and Medicine, Florence, Italy, April 30-May 3, 1995, p. 372.
Fogliardi, R., R. Burattini, and K.B. Campbell. Comparison between uniform and exponentially tapered tube models of the descending aortic circulation. Proc. of the 22th Computers in Cardiology, Vienna, September 10-13, 1995, Los Alamitos CA, IEEE Computer Soc., pp. 66-672.
Fogliardi, R., R. Burattini, K.B. Campbell. Indagine sull'affidabilità di un modello del terzo ordine per la stima della complianza arteriosa sistemica. Atti del XI Congresso della Società Italiana dell'Ipertensione Arteriosa, Pisa, 5-8 Ottobre, 1994, p. 119.
Fogliardi, R., R. Burattini. Effetto della riflessione d'onda sulle stime di complianza arteriosa ottenute dall'approssimazione esponenziale di una pressione diastolica. Atti del XII Congresso della Società Italiana dell'Ipertensione Arteriosa, Napoli, 4-7 Ottobre, 1995, p. 117.
Burattini, R., R. Fogliardi, K.B. Campbell. Unicità e significato fisiologico delle stime di complianza aortica ottenute dal modello a T asimmetrica. Atti del XII Congresso della Società Italiana dell'Ipertensione Arteriosa, Napoli, 4-7 Ottobre, 1995, p. 175.
Fogliardi, R. Fuzzy Identification of Noisy Electric Motors on the Production Line. Proc. of the 5th European Congress on Intelligent Techniques and Soft Computing, Aachen, Germany, September 8-12, 1997, pp 1755 - 1759.
Fogliardi, R., Fochem, M., and Wischnewski, P. Intelligent Data Analysis with DataEngine V.i for Quality Control of Electric Motors on the Production Line. Proc. of the 1st International DataEngine User Meeting, Aachen, Germany, September 12, 1997, pp. 23-28.
Fogliardi, R. Teleconsulting and medicine: technology for efficiency. Proceedings of Euroameritel '98, Santiago (Cile), June 8-10, 1998, p 130.
Fogliardi, R., and P. Totaro. Application CAROLIN - Cooperative Application for Remote OnLine Interactive diagnosi. Proc. of Teleregions Conference, Wien (Austria), November 28-29, 1998, published on Teleregions web page.
Totaro, P., R.Lorusso, D.Rocco, R.Moretti, R.Fogliardi, E.Frumento, M.Zogno. On Line Interactive Diagnosis in Cardiac Surgery: a Preliminary Experience. Proc of International Cardiovascular Surgery Simposium, Zurs am Arlberg (Austria), March, 6-13, 1999.
Rincon, D., E.Frumento, R.Fogliardi, M.A.Vinas. CARMEN/CAROLIN: description and results of an international experience of telemedicine. Proc of ISTEP 2000, Košice (Slovak Republic) , March 22-24, 2000, pp 225-230.
Rincón, D., López, P., Viñas M. Á., Frumento E., and Fogliardi, R. CARMEN: un proyecto internacional de telemedicina. Proc. Of Jitel Telemed, Barcelona (Spain), September, 19-21, 2001, pp 503-511.

Degree Theses

Lauro Fioretti. Evaluation of global arterial compliance, using peripheral measurements of pressure. Tutors: Prof. R. Burattini and Eng. R. Fogliardi, A.A: 1992-93.
Andrea Bigi. Comparison between models of carotid arterial impedance. Tutors: Prof. R. Burattini, Ing. R. Fogliardi, A.A. 1992-93.
Annalisa Paola Mancini. Models of systemic arterial impedance for clinical evaluations of compliance. Tutors: Prof. R. Burattini, Eng. R. Fogliardi, A.A. 1993-94.
Pasquale Avvantaggiato. Approximation of Compliance vs. Pressure curves. Tutors: Prof. R. Burattini, Ing. R. Fogliardi, A.A. 1993-94.
Massimo Manzi. Auto-recursive methods for evaluation of arterial compliance. Tutors: Prof. R. Burattini, Eng. R. Fogliardi, A.A. 1993-94.
Rita Gobbi. Analysis of input impedance of descending aortic circulation, using a tapered elastic line with complex load. Tutors: Prof. R. Burattini, Eng. R. Fogliardi, A.A. 1993-94.
Marco Di Donfrancesco. Three-elements windkessel model and compliance vs. pressure relationship. Tutors: R. Burattini, Eng. R. Fogliardi, A.A: 1993-94.
Ahmed Akel Dawoud Sawafta. Comparison between partially distributed models of descending aortic circulation.. Tutors: Prof. R. Burattini, Eng. R. Fogliardi, A.A: 1993-94.
Paolo Pagnanelli. Components of hydraulic power in windkessel model applied to global systemic circulation. Tutors: Prof. R. Burattini, Eng. R. Fogliardi, A.A: 1994-95.
Mariolino De Cecco. Realisation of an hydraulic model for analysis of the interaction between left ventricle and systemic arterial system. Tutors: Prof. R. Burattini, Prof. N. Paone, Eng. R. Fogliardi, A.A: 1994-95.
Marco Raparo. Preliminary analysis of a left ventricle simulator, connected with systemic arterial system. Tutors: Prof. R. Burattini, Eng. R. Fogliardi, A.A: 1994-95.
Massimo Meloni. T-tube model of systemic arterial system: parameter estimation in relation to available measurements of pressure and flow. Tutors: Prof. R. Burattini, Eng. R. Fogliardi, A.A: 1994-95.
Alberto Binci. Simulation of short-term regulation of systemic arterial pressure. Tutors: Prof. R. Burattini, Eng. R. Fogliardi, A.A: 1994-95.

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