This report presents the organisation of PBL (Project Based Learning)for a subject included in the IT engineering degree course. It is the result of 10 years of experience of the implantation and continuous improvement of the PBL class structure. The latest innovations include the experience of part-time monitoring with PBL groups using the OpenMeetings tool in Moodle 2.0, the adoption of activities that improve learning and interdependence such as the jigsaw classroom, the clear definition of deliverables that students should present along the semester and the assessment criteria, both on groups and individuals. As a result of this experience, we present PBL student enrolment indexes, student assessment surveys and lecturers’ opinions. We conclude with some topics for discussion about the PBL methodology

La metodologia ABP requiere un seguimiento presencial de la actividad grupal de los alumnos. Internet facilita reuniones no presenciales. En esta comunicacion se presenta una experiencia de seguimiento no presencial utilizando Open Meetings en Moodle 2.0, en una asignatura de Ingenieria Informatica. Tambien presentamos mejoras en la estructura ABP: definicion de entregables de evaluacion y criterios de evaluacion. Como resultados mostramos indices de matricula en ABP y encuestas de evaluacion.

La integración de la anatomía y la función del miocardio ventricular es fundamental para una completa comprensión de la fisiología cardiaca, lo que podría revelar conocimientos clave para futuros estudios experimentales y procedimientos clínicos. Se han propuesto varios modelos conceptuales de la organización de las fibras miocárdicas, pero la dificultad para automatizar y analizar objetivamente una estructura anatómica tan compleja ha impedido que se llegue a un acuerdo. El objetivo de nuestro estudio es analizar objetivamente la arquitectura de las fibras miocárdicas mediante métodos avanzados de procesamiento gráfico por computadora aplicados a imágenes de resonancia magnética por tensor de difusión. Se han realizado reconstrucciones tractográficas automatizadas de datos de imágenes de resonancia magnética por tensor de difusión sin segmentar de corazones provenientes de la base de datos pública de la Johns Hopkins University. Las reconstrucciones a máxima resolución se han construido con 200 semillas y se componen de perfiles calculados sobre el volumen de vectores propios primarios obtenidos del tensor de difusión. También aportamos una nueva técnica de visualización multiescalar para obtener tractografías simplificadas. Esta metodología permite mantener las principales propiedades geométricas de las fibras y descifrar las principales propiedades de la organización arquitectónica del miocardio. En el análisis de las tractografías de todo el espectro multiescalar, encontramos una correlación exacta en los detalles de bajo nivel, así como de la conceptualización abstracta de la disposición helicoidal continua de las fibras miocárdicas que conforman la arquitectura ventricular. El análisis objetivo de la arquitectura miocárdica mediante un método automatizado que incluye el miocardio completo y utiliza diferentes niveles de complejidad tridimensional revela una organización de las fibras en forma de estructura helicoidal continua que conforma ambos ventrículos. Estos datos concuerdan con el modelo de banda ventricular miocárdica descrita por F. Torrent-Guasp. Deeper understanding of the myocardial structure linking the morphology and function of the heart would unravel crucial knowledge for medical and surgical clinical procedures and studies. Several conceptual models of myocardial fiber organization have been proposed but the lack of an automatic and objective methodology prevented an agreement. We sought to deepen this knowledge through advanced computer graphical representations of the myocardial fiber architecture by diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging. We performed automatic tractography reconstruction of unsegmented diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging datasets of canine heart from the public database of the Johns Hopkins University. Full-scale tractographies have been built with 200 seeds and are composed by streamlines computed on the vector field of primary eigenvectors at the diffusion tensor volumes. We also introduced a novel multiscale visualization technique in order to obtain a simplified tractography. This methodology retains the main geometric features of the fiber tracts, making it easier to decipher the main properties of the architectural organization of the heart. Output analysis of our tractographic representations showed exact correlation with low-level details of myocardial architecture, but also with the more abstract conceptualization of a continuous helical ventricular myocardial fiber array. Objective analysis of myocardial architecture by an automated method, including the entire myocardium and using several 3-dimensional levels of complexity, reveals a continuous helical myocardial fiber arrangement of both right and left ventricles, supporting the anatomical model of the helical ventricular myocardial band described by F. Torrent-Guasp. Full English text available from: www.revespcardiol.org/en

Introduction and objectives: Deeper understanding of the myocardial structure linking the morphology and function of the heart would unravel crucial knowledge for medical and surgical clinical procedures and studies. Several conceptual models of myocardial fiber organization have been proposed but the lack of an automatic and objective methodology prevented an agreement. We sought to deepen this knowledge through advanced computer graphical representations of the myocardial fiber architecture by diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging.Methods: We performed automatic tractography reconstruction of unsegmented diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging datasets of canine heart from the public database of the Johns Hopkins University. Full-scale tractographies have been built with 200 seeds and are composed by streamlines computed on the vector field of primary eigenvectors at the diffusion tensor volumes. We also introduced a novel multiscale visualization technique in order to obtain a simplified tractography. This methodology retains the main geometric features of the fiber tracts, making it easier to decipher the main properties of the architectural organization of the heart.Results: Output analysis of our tractographic representations showed exact correlation with low-level details of myocardial architecture, but also with the more abstract conceptualization of a continuous helical ventricular myocardial fiber array.Conclusions: Objective analysis of myocardial architecture by an automated method, including the entire myocardium and using several 3-dimensional levels of complexity, reveals a continuous helical myocardial fiber arrangement of both right and left ventricles, supporting the anatomical model of the helical ventricular myocardial band described by F. Torrent-Guasp. (C) 2013 Sociedad Espanola de Cardiologia. Published by Elsevier Espana, S. L. All rights reserved.

Presentamos nuestra experiencia en implantar la metodologia ABP en una asignatura de Ingenieria Informatica. En la asignatura, los alumnos desarrollan una aplicacion grafica en respuesta a un supuesto. El grupo realiza reuniones tutorizadas con profesor y no tutorizadas, enviando actas de cada reunion. Este curso 2012-13 se han implantado tutorias online y una sala de reuniones virtual para que los alumnos se reunan de forma no presencial, todo basado en la herramienta OpenMeetings dentro del gestor documental Moodle. Con este gestor realizamos tareas seguimiento de los grupos y encuestas a los alumnos de forma electronica. Tambien se explica la evaluacion en ABP con plantillas de evaluacion. Finalmente se muestra un ejemplo de proyecto, resultados de encuestas, con conclusiones y temas de discusion sobre ABP

Even using objective measures from DT-MRI no consensus about myocardial architecture has been achieved so far. Streamlining provides good reconstructions at low level of detail, but falls short to give global abstract interpretations. In this paper, we present a multi-resolution methodology that is able to produce simplified representations of cardiac architecture. Our approach produces a reduced set of tracts that are representative of the main geometric features of myocardial anatomical structure. Experiments show that fiber geometry is preserved along reductions, which validates the simplified model for interpretation of cardiac architecture.

3D facial mesh registration is a key step in 3D facial analisys. This process calculates a mapping between faces in order to put in correspondence each point of both faces. In this poster we introduce a new approach for 3D face registration based in geodesical distances and 2D non-rigid registration.

Deep understanding of myocardial structure of the heart would unravel crucial knowledge for clinical and medical procedures. The MIOCARDIA project is a multidisciplinary project in cooperation with the Computer Vision Center, l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i de Sant Pau, Clínica Creu Blanca and Barcelona Supercomputing Center. The ultimate goal of this project is defining a computational model of the myocardium. The model takes into account the deep interrelation between the anatomy and the mechanics of the heart. The paper explains the workflow of the MIOCARDIA project. It also introduces a multiresolution reconstruction technique based on DT-MRI streamlining for simplified global myocardial model generation. Our reconstructions can restore the most complex myocardial structures and provides evidences of a global helical organization.