Ani Boneva

Institute of Information and Communication Technologies – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences · Communication Systems and Services

Laparoscopic surgery is very popular medical intervention for diagnoses and treatment of same abdominal diseases. The procedures are performed using long thin tools that are inserted through a trocar in the human body. The surgeon orients the instruments by laparoscopic images displayed on a monitor. Environment is uncertain (highly dynamic) with l...

Local radiotherapy is a good non-invasive treatment solution for this disease in both humans and domestic animals. A major challenge in telemedicine related to radiotherapy is the planning of the radiation dose in small animals where tubes are to be avoided. large dose accumulation effects. The article discusses the mechatronic device for local tum...

The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is about medical devices that collect process and transmit health information. IoMT devices can solve a wide range of medical problems, as their data help healthcare providers monitor key indicators in real-time, leading to accurate diagnosis and prevention or exacerbation of diseases. This makes it a perfect a...

Modern automation, digitalization, virtualization, and intelligent production impose new criteria and approaches to process management. The operation and performance of any system and device depend on how it is managed. The article describes Smart Manufacturing Integration of Heterogeneous Information Systems via OPC UA. The main goal is the develo...

Laparoscopic surgery is a very popular medical intervention for the diagnosis and treatment of some abdominal problems and diseases. Compared with open surgery, laparoscopic procedures reduce patient trauma and recovery time. Still, at the same time, the surgeon’s dexterity is reduced as a result of the operation specificity and instrument construc...

Tumor occurs when healthy cells change and begin to grow and multiply uncontrollably. Radiation therapy destroys the DNA of damaged cells so that they stop growing or the tumor disappears completely. Unlike other cancer treatments that affect the whole body, radiotherapy affects only the part of the body where the tumor is located, as some healthy...

The article examines an innovative solution related to ECG (DECG) monitoring of patients during minimally invasive surgery. The device is part of a developed robotic modular laparoscopic instrument (RMLI). The ultimate goal is to create a new type of laparoscopy tool to improve healthcare and patient care. In the working mode of (RMLI), ECG analysi...

This article is referred to an innovative wireless device for ECG patient monitoring during minimally invasive surgery. Our aim is to create new type of laparoscopy instruments to improve healthcare. The work presents a wireless device for ECG (DECG) as part of a robotic modular laparoscopic instrument (RMLI). Thus, the device allows ECG analysis a...

Minimally-Invasive Surgery (MIS) is modern technology for diagnostics and repaired of many surgical problems, ensuring excellent results and care for patients. In order to increase the applicability of MIS in surgical practice, the use of robots is beginning to improve operational efficiency. The scope of this work is to present the design of novel...

Ensuring information security is crucial for corporations with a complex, geographically distributed structure at many levels: large banks, multinational and state-owned companies. Often the corporate networks of such organizations are built with equipment from different generations and from different manufacturers, which significantly complica...

Simulation-based training is used in various fields. One of these fields is medical education. This study researches the use of Augmented Reality (AR) for laparoscopic surgeries and the settings for surgical training. AR adds an overlay of computer-generated content on a camera live image. AR helps medical staff to improve diagnostics and surgical...

The paper presents a solution for wireless sensor network development. The whole system consists of sensor nodes, module data concentrator and base station. Data concentrator (called in this paper Wireless Extended Sensor Module) is an intelligent central node with capabilities for low-distance wireless communication (with sensor nodes) and long ra...

Trends in medical technologies are novel techniques and methods for study of biological tissue and determination of the presence of an anomaly in the tissue structure. An attempt in this direction is based on augmented reality surgical systems and devices that allow doctors to visualize data from diagnostic and surgical procedures, and improve work...

In this article is presented a device for macro-and micro-stimulation in an analysis and control of biological properties of the tissue structure. In laparoscopic surgery, it is very important to provide adequate tool tissue force information to the surgeon. This information has to be received in real-time and synchronously with the control of the...

This article presents some of the methods used to control traffic in the operation of a corporate network. They are based on the capabilities provided to the developer by the software environment implemented on the basis of Tcl/Tk. The issues related to the creation and use of test (ECHO) servers, the exchange of encrypted secure information, the i...

Design principles of a novel Multifunctional Operation Station (MOS) using Augmented Reality (AR) technology (MOSAR) are proposed in this paper. AR-based design allows more ergonomic remote instrument control in real time in contrast to classical instrument-centered interfaces. Another advantage is its hierarchical software structure including mult...

The Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) in now days are facing the additional requirement to provide the functionality to collect, analyze and integrate the sensor data, i.e. to acts as intelligent sensor networks, in addition to the typical transmission and routing functions. The energy minimization at a fixed level performance is very important in wi...

The monitoring and microclimate controlling in urbanized areas become one of the research hotspots in the field of air quality, where the application of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) recently attracts more attention due to its features of self-adaption, resilience, and cost-effectiveness. Present microclimate monitoring and control systems achieve...

Laparoscopic surgery is very popular medical intervention for diagnoses and treatment of same abdominal diseases. The task of the surgeon is to gripping, moving, and cutting of tissues, organs and execute diagnosis. The main problem which is associated with this surgical procedure is the lack of tactile sense-it is due to the specifics of the opera...

The main target of everyone engineering work associated with minimally-invasive surgery is to provide adequate tool-tissue force information to the surgeons so that they can regain the sense of touch that has been lost through laparoscopic surgery. In this context the main objective of the work design novel family laparoscopic tools with better tec...

The parallel sensor data integration local processing in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) is one of the possible solutions to reduce the neighbor sensor node’s communication and to save energy. At the same time, the process of local sensor node integration needs an additional processor and energy resources. Therefore the development of a realistic a...

The article presents investigations in the area of the analysis of heterogeneous biological tissues using tools based on mechanical stimulations. Some known tissue mechanical models are presented along with one approach for specifying the tissue internal structure by measuring mechanical macro parameters of the research tools. The methodology of mi...

The article presents some methods and tools used for data processing of scientific data from direct contact of the researcher with them is impossible due to remoteness, unfavorable conditions for a person's life or technological limitations. For such objects it is typically that the researcher uses specialized intelligent electronic devices, contro...

Robotic technologies are advancing the field of minimally invasive surgery. The last decade, more than 1.5 million laparoscopic surgical procedures, including gynecologic, cardiac, urology, thoracic, and general surgery, have been performed worldwide by daVinchi (Intuitive Surgical Incorporation) [ 1], a market-leading surgical robot system. In con...

Abstract The main target of everyone engineering work associated with minimally-invasive surgery is to provide adequate tool-tissue force information to the surgeons so that they can regain the sense of touch that has been lost through laparoscopic surgery. In this context, the main objective of the work design novel family laparoscopic tools with...

The wireless "Integrated system for monitoring environmental parameters, managing microclimate, light-ing and energy - WMCS 100" is designed to monitor and control various parameters of technological objects (greenhouses, warehouses, dryers, refrigerators, clean rooms and others ) related the implementa-tion of production processes. Software of WMC...

A realization of wireless tools for control of mechatronic objects is presented in this article. They are based on the wireless stack uMAC and use wireless microcontrollers designed for NXP chips (JN5148 or JN5168). The control system includes two functional types of communication devices – Gateway and Controller. They are working as IEEE 802.15.4...

In the current work we describe the Langmuir Probe (LP) and its operation on board the International Space Station. This instrument is a part of the scientific complex “Ostonovka”. The main goal of the complex is to establish, on one hand how such big body as the International Space Station affects the ambient plasma and on the other how Space Weat...

The article presents a simple wireless networking stack (based on IEEE 802.15.4). This stack is the extension of the popular IEEE 802.15.4, and provides developers design capabilities of managing wireless networks, bypassing the complexity of software structures typical of other stacks. The structure of the stack meet the requirements of process-co...

The article presents the developed and implemented "System for monitoring and documentation of temperature and humidity in the manufacturing facilities of a company. PAL There are presented system architecture and special designed software.

In the article is presented the realization of "Wireless system for control of mechatronic objects". It is based on IEEE 802.15.4 and uses wireless microcontrollers, designed for chips of NXP (JN5139, JN5148 or JN5168). The control system includes two types of communication devices-"Coordinator" and "End Device". They are working as nodes in the wi...

Ne и ионов Ni в окрестности станции. Тем же прибором измеряется и потенциал корпуса относительно плазмы. Прибор расположен на около 1,5 м от поверхности станции на российском модуле «Звезда», который находится в самой удаленной точки, смотря по вектору скорости. Кроме того прибор экранируется от набегающего (по вектору скорости) потока плазмы модул...

The article presents hardware/software design of distributed control system network area using wireless microcontrollers. Platform (MPBIO) architecture has been described. New hardware modules and software conceptions are realised allowing the increasing of engineer solutions flexibility. A feature of software design is defining of new objects-exte...

The main purposes of experiment “Obstanovka” (“Environment” in Russian) consisting of several instruments are to measure a set of electromagnetic and plasma phenomena characterizing the space weather conditions, and to evaluate how such a big and highly energy consuming body as the International Space Station disturbs the surrounding plasma, and ho...

The advance of the new wireless communications provides additional opportunities for spaceborne experiments. It is now possible to have one basic instrument collecting information from several sensors without burdensome harnessing among them. Besides, the wireless connection among various elements inside the instrument allows the hardware upgrading...

This paper investigates which type of digital communication would permit telemetric multi-neuron population recordings in flying birds. We first outline the challenges that multi-neuron recordings put forward, the most important of which are small weight/size and large transmission band. Given these requirements, we propose that data should be tran...

The paper presents a hierarchal distributed system for collection and management of the information. The lowest level for information collection from different sensors is realized using special designed microprocessor controller - OCTOPORT_BT. It is supporting several communication interfaces, including Bluetooth. This solution allows remote access...

Magnetic clouds, characterized by high magnetic field magnitude, low proton temperature and plasma beta, and a smooth rotation in the magnetic field direction, cause strong geomagnetic disturbances. In the present paper we study the impact of magnetic clouds on the middle atmosphere and geomagnetic disturbances. We find that the effects of magnetic...

The paper presents some investigations in the area of wireless communication andwireless protocols applications. This work is connected with joint research projectbetween Central Laboratory of Mechatronics and University of Trieste – “Developmentof telemetry system for single cell recording in the avian hippocampus”. This projectconsists of three s...

The paper presents possibility for program languages (for AutoCAD) application in design on manipulation systems (MS) for robots. There are presented approaches for creating drawing objects, obtaining the information from objects and drawings, interaction with outsides files, etc. There are described a methods for structural synthesis on MS using V...

The information system for data reading and management of energy consumption is an important tool for building of accounting and control systems. Using electronic energy meters increases the reliability and accuracy of user accounted data. HHU reading of the electronic energy meters and PC processing with present software package represent a base f...

A software package for resource management and billing which is based on distributed database over Tcp/Ip network is described in the paper. Prepayment technology of resource management with smart cards utilization is described. A comparison is made between centralized vs. distributed approaches in billing system building. A practical realization o...

The paper presets an approach for character recognition of old Bulgarian text documens. There are described transformations on input image, recognition algorithm and criteria for recognition decision.

The paper presets an approach for character recognition of old Bulgarian text documens. There are described transformations on input image, recognition algorithm and criteria for recognition decision.

The article describes modular distributed traffic barrier control system. The system incorporates a number of control centers. Each of centers maintains one, two or more barriers, including specific sensor set, microprocessor controller and remote radio-link transmission. The microprocessor controller has ability for connection to XT/AT IBM PC, usi...

The article describes modular distributed traffic barrier control system. The system in corporates a number of control centers. Each of centers maintains one, two or more barriers, including specific sensor set, microprocessor controller and remote radio-link transmission. The microprocessor controller has ability for connection to XT/AT IBM PC, us...

The article describes modular distributed traffic barrier control system. The system incorporates a number of control centers. Each of centers maintains one, two or more barriers, including specific sensor set, microprocessor controller and remote radio-link transmission. The microprocessor controller has ability for connection to XT/AT IBM PC, usi...

The paper presents model of industrial controller having posibility of the clasical Programing Controller, with added elements of the Fuzzy logic. The clasical solution of the control language is extended toward processing of fuzzy nature events, acording to the rules and membership functions, defined from the user [1]. The common data base and syn...

The velocity control of DC motors at low speeds is very important in the field of assembly and precision measuring mechatronic systems. The oscillations caused by the friction between the commutator brushes and the rotor are especially predominant at very low speeds. They produce an unstable robot work at the position zone. In this paper we present...

This paper describes one application of the script language Tcl/Tk for building of OMRON'S RS485 interface networking API (Application Program Interface). In the article are considered several topics: OMRON'S RS485 interface specification, networks realization using this interface,Omron application commands set, building of API as TCL/TK extension...

The paper presents a solution for health care system by using programmable smart cards. The card's type is BasicCard, produced from ZeitControl GmbH and reading device - Cyber Mouse - from same production. There are presented how BasicCard working and hardware and software architecture description of the health care information system.

An intelligent instrument -- Cylindrical Langmuir Probe -- has been devised for the International Space Station The main goal of the project is the investigation of the interaction of a super-big body with the surrounding plasma To this end the electromagnetic and plasma parameters will be measured in the vicinity of the station The communication b...

The paper presents a computer system integrated with laboratory aeration module and a possibility for real time accounting of information characteristics of the aeration process with respect to dissolved oxygen quantity in wastewater aera-tion. The main goal of this investigation is to give a possibility for better and detailed research of the aera...

The article describes modular distributed traffic barrier control system. The system incorporates a number of control centers. Each of centers maintains one, two or more barriers, including specific sensor set, microprocessor controller and remote radio-link transmission. The microprocessor controller has ability for connection to XT/AT IBM PC, usi...