Lejla Gurbeta Pokvić

International Burch University, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Genetics and Bioengineering Department, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics and Biomedical Engineering,

THESIS TITLE: Determining and experimental validation of uncertainty and documenting traceability chain in measurements of temperature, humidity and sound in infant incubators

University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Master of Engineering Science in Electrical Engineering,

THESIS TITLE: Telemetry control for infant incubators

University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bachelor of Engineering Science in Electrical Engineering

Appointed laboratory for verification/inspection of medical devices with measuring function

• Applying/translating national regulatory requirements for inspection of medical devices into practice (post-market surveillance and vigilance system) with workable plans.
• Establishing and maintaining contact with national and regional regulatory authorities for establishment of an adequate working environment
• Disseminating relevant information to key stakeholders and contact to the clients.
• Implementation, assessment, monitoring and accreditation of quality management system according to international standards (ISO 17020 and ISO 9001) which includes organization and management of the technical part of the work process, resolving user complaints and management of non-compliant inspections, staff supervision.
• Conducting quality testing (product compliance) of medical devices according to ISO 17020 and IEC 60601 standards, as well as per national regulation
• Building capacity in the organisation using emails and face to face meetings.
• Internal and external education of employees and customers regarding regulatory requirements of medical device inspection.
• Assuring compliance and renewal of licence for medical devices with ionizing radiation as per regulatory framework in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• Establishing and maintaining the first digital database of used medical devices in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Representing the company in all the Regulatory Audit/Inspection visits, maintain all records for Audit/ Inspection visits as per Corporate Records Management and follow up all the required corrective actions through progress sheets.
• Checking/approving related promotional materials
• Project writing and project management;

International Burch University Sarajevo, Genetics and Bioengineering Department, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Teaching Courses at Undergraduate programs:

a.     General Physics I

b.     General Physics II

c.     Biomedical Instrumentation

d.     Biomedical Signals and Systems

e.     Biosensors

f.      Intelligent Systems

International Burch University Sarajevo, Genetics and Bioengineering Department, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Teaching Courses at Undergraduate programs:

a.     Biomedical Instrumentation

b.     Biomedical Signals and Systems

c.      Biosensors

d.     Intelligent Systems

e.     Calculus I and Calculus II

Bosnia and Herzegovina Medical and Biological Engineering Society (IFMBE and EAMBES country representative)

• Managing daily activities of the Society.
• Connection to local and international partners.
• Administrative work.
• Writing project proposals.

Organizing IEEE/IFMBE International Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering in Bosnia and Herzegovina (CMBEBIH).

Technical Faculty University of Bihać

• Teaching Courses at Undergraduate programs:

a.     Intelligent systems

b.     Artificial Intelligence

c.      Electrical Engineering I

d.     Electrical Engineering II

University of Warwick, School of Engineering, Applied Biomedical Signal Processing and Intelligent eHealth Lab

The focus of the lab is the translation of advanced biomedical signal processing, machine learning and eHealth to clinical settings aiming to face emerging problems of health and wellbeing, especially in later life.

▪ Fluke 6000/7000DP defibrillator analyzer

▪ Fluke ProSim8 ECG device and patient monitor analyzer

▪ Fluke INCU analyzer

▪ Ohmico UPM – therapeutical ultrasound analyzer

▪ Fluke VT305 respirators and anesthesia machine analyzer

▪ Fluke IDA5 – perfusor and infusomat analyzer

• Teaching Courses at Undergraduate programs:

a.     General Physics I

b.     General Physics II

c.     Biomedical Instrumentation

d.     Biomedical Signals and Systems

e.     Biosensors

f.      Intelligent Systems

• Teaching Courses at Undergraduate programs:

a.     Biomedical Instrumentation

b.     Biomedical Signals and Systems

c.     Biosensors

d.     Intelligent Systems

e.     Calculus I

f.      Calculus II

• Teaching Courses at Undergraduate programs:

a.     Intelligent systems

b.     Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems

c.      Electrical Engineering I

d.     Electrical Engineering II

1.     Badnjevic A., Skrbic R., Gurbeta Pokvic L., (Eds.) Proceedings of the International Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering, 16 ̶̶ 18 May 2019, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ISBN 978-3-030-17971-7, Springer, Singapore

2.     Badnjevic, Almir, Gurbeta Pokvić, Lejla (Eds.) Proceedings of the International Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering, CMBEBIH 2021, April 21 – 24, 2021, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ISBN 978-3-030-73909-6

Book Chapters

2.     Granulo E, Becar L, Gurbeta L, Badnjevic A., „Telemetry System for Diagnosis of Asthma and Chronical Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)”, Internet of Things Technologies for HealthCare. Mobyen Uddid Ahmed, Shahina Begum, Wasim Raad. Springer International Publishing, 2016, pp. 113-118, DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-51234-1_18

1. Gurbeta L., Izetbegović S., Badnjević-Čengić A., (2018) Inspection and Testing of Infant Incubators. In: Badnjević A., Cifrek M., Magjarević R., Džemić Z. (eds) Inspection of Medical Devices. Series in Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Singapore
2. Almir Badnjević, Lejla Gurbeta Pokvić, Medical devices: Utilization and Service, In Clinical Engineering Handbook 2nd Edition, editor: Ernesto Iadanza, Elsevier 2020; ISBN: 9780128134672
3. Lejla Gurbeta Pokvic, Lemana Spahic, Almir Badnjevic, Chapter 23: Implementation of Industry 4.0 in Transformation of Medical Device Maintenance Systems (pages 512-532), Handbook of Research on Integrating Industry 4.0 in Business and Manufacturing, IGI Global, 2020.
4. Badnjević A., Gurbeta Pokvić L., Spahić L. (2020) Chapter 72 – Anesthesia. In: Iadanza E. Clinical Engineering Handbook (Second Edition), Pages 478-483, Academic Press, Elsevier.
5. Badnjević A., Gurbeta Pokvić L., Spahić L. (2020) Chapter 73 – Cardiovascular techniques and technology. In: Iadanza E. Clinical Engineering Handbook (Second Edition), Pages 484-490, Academic Press, Elsevier.
6. Badnjević A., Gurbeta Pokvić L., Spahić L. (2020) Chapter 74 – Inspection of medical devices. In: Iadanza E. Clinical Engineering Handbook (Second Edition), Pages 491-497, Academic Press, Elsevier.
7. Badnjević A., Gurbeta Pokvić L. (2020) Chapter 75 – Hospital beds. In: Iadanza E. Clinical Engineering Handbook (Second Edition), Pages 498-502, Academic Press, Elsevier.
8. Badnjević A., Gurbeta Pokvić L. (2020) Chapter 76 – Intensive care unit. In: Iadanza E. Clinical Engineering Handbook (Second Edition), Pages 503-508, Academic Press, Elsevier.
9. Badnjević A., Gurbeta Pokvić L. (2020) Chapter 77 – Imaging. In: Iadanza E. Clinical Engineering Handbook (Second Edition), Pages 509-513, Academic Press, Elsevier.
10. Badnjević A., Gurbeta Pokvić L., Spahić L. (2020) Chapter 78 – Pediatric and neonate incubators. In: Iadanza E. Clinical Engineering Handbook (Second Edition), Pages 514-519, Academic Press, Elsevier.
11. Badnjević A., Gurbeta Pokvić L. (2020) Chapter 79 – Medical devices maintenance. In: Iadanza E. Clinical Engineering Handbook (Second Edition), Pages 520-526, Academic Press, Elsevier.

1. Badnjevic A, Gurbeta L, Boskovic D, Dzemic Z. „Measurement in medicine – Past, present, future“, Folia Medica Facultatis Medicinae Universitatis Saraeviensis Journal (2015) 50(1): 43-46

2.     Mustoo S., Gurbeta L., (2015) Turning the Challenge into Opportunity – A Strategic Framework for the Biomedical Engineering Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina Folia Med. Fac. Med. Univ. Saraeviensis; 50(1): 18-22

3.     Badnjevic – Cengic A, Kovacevic P, Dragic S, Momcicevic D, Badnjevic A, Gurbeta L, Hasanefendic B. „Serum nitric oxide levels in patients with acute myocardial infarction with ST elevation (STEMI)“, Respiron Journal (2015) Vol 5, No 1-2

4.     Gurbeta L, Badnjević A., „Inspection process of medical devices in healthcare institutions: software solution,“ Health Technol. (2017) Volume 7, Issue 1, pp 109–117,  doi:10.1007/s12553-016-0154-2

1. Badnjevic A, Gurbeta L, Jimenez E.R., Iadanza E. „Testing of mechanical ventilators and infant incubators in healthcare institutions“ Technology and Health Care (2017) vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 237-250
2. Gurbeta, L., Dzemic, Z., Bego, T., Sejdic, E., Badnjevic, A. „Testing of Anesthesia Machines and Defibrillators in Healthcare Institutions“,  J Med Syst (2017) 41: 133. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-017-0783-7
3. Hodzic J, Gurbeta L, Omanovic-Miklicanin E, Badnjevic A. „Overview of Next-generation Sequencing Platforms Used in Published Draft Plant Genomes in Light of Genotypization of Immortelle Plant (Helichrysium Arenarium)“, MED ARCH. (2017) 71(4): 288-292, doi: 10.5455/medarh.2017.71.288-292
4. Catic A., Gurbeta L., Kurtovic-Kozaric A., Mehmedbasic S., Badnjevic A. “Application of Neural Networks for classification of Patau, Edwards, Down, Turner and Klinefelter Syndrome based on first trimester maternal serum screening data, ultrasonographic findings and patient demographics”, BMC Medical Genomics (2018) 11:19, DOI: 10.1186/s12920-018-0333-2

9.     Gurbeta L., Maksimovic M, Omanovic-Miklicanin E., Badnjevic A., Sejdic E., A telehealth system for automated diagnosis of asthma and chronical obstructive pulmonary disease. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2018

10.  A Badnjevic, L Gurbeta, E Custovic. An Expert Diagnostic System to Automatically Identify Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Clinical Settings, Scientific Reports, (2018) In-press

11.  Layla Abdel-Ilah, Selma Zukic, Elma Veljovic, Almir Badnjevic, Lejla Gurbeta, Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship and Artificial Neural Networks in Design of Benzimidazoles as Antiproliferative Agents. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences (Res. J. Pharm., Biol. Chem. Sci.), 2019

12.  Almir Badnjevića, Lejla Gurbeta Pokvić, Mehrija Hasičić, Lejla Bandić, Zerina Mašetić, Živorad Kovačević, Jasmin Kevrić, Leandro Pecchia, Evidence-based clinical engineering: Machine learning algorithms for prediction of defibrillator performance, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control Volume 54, September 2019, 101629

13.  Živorad Kovačević, Lejla Gurbeta Pokvić, Lemana Spahić, Almir Badnjević; PREDICTION OF MEDICAL DEVICE PERFORMANCE USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES: Infant incubator case study Health and Technology. Health and Technology

14.  Rijad Sarić, Dejan Jokić, Nejra Beganović, Lejla Gurbeta Pokvić, Almir Badnjević, FPGA-based real-time epileptic seizure classification using Artificial Neural Network, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, Volume 62, 2020, 102106, ISSN 1746-8094, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2020.102106.

15.  Badnjević, A., Pokvić, L.G., Džemić, Z. et al. Risks of emergency use authorizations for medical products during outbreak situations: a COVID-19 case study. BioMed Eng OnLine 19, 75 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12938-020-00820-0

16.  Badnjević, A., Avdihodžić, H. i Gurbeta Pokvić, L. (2021). ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MEDICAL DEVICES: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. Psychiatria Danubina, 33 (suppl 3), 101-106.

2.     Gurbeta L, Badnjevic A, Pinjo N, Ljumic F, „ Software Package for Tracking Status of Inspection Dates and Reports of Medical Devices in Healthcare Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina“, XXV International Conference on Information, Communication and Automation Technologies (IEEE ICAT), pp:1-5, 29-31 October 2015., Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

3.     Gurbeta L, Badnjevic A, Sejdinovic D, Alic B, Abd El-Ilah L, Zunic E, „Software Solution for Tracking Inspection Processes of Medical Devices from Legal Metrology System“, XIV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing (MEDICON), 31. March – 02. April 2016., Paphos, Cyprus.

4.     Badnjevic A, Gurbeta L, Cifrek M, Marjanovic D, „Diagnostic of Asthma Using Fuzzy Rules Implemented in Accordance with International Guidelines and Physicians Experience“, IEEE 39th International convention on information and communication technology, electronics and microelectronics (MIPRO), 30. May to 03. June 2016. Opatija, Croatia

5.     Badnjevic A, Gurbeta L, Cifrek M, Marjanovic D, „Classification of Asthma Using Artificial Neural Network“, IEEE 39th International convention on information and communication technology, electronics and microelectronics (MIPRO), 30. May to 03. June 2016. Opatija, Croatia

6.     Badnjevic A, Gurbeta L, „Development and Perspectives of Biomedical Engineering in South East European Countries“, IEEE 39th International convention on information and communication technology, electronics and microelectronics (MIPRO), 30. May to 03. June 2016. Opatija, Croatia

7.     Aljovic A, Badnjevic A, Gurbeta L, „Artificial Neural Networks in the Discrimination of Alzheimer’s  disease Using Biomarkers Data“, IEEE 5th Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing (MECO), 12 – 16 June 2016, Bar, Montenegro

8.     Alic B, Sejdinovic D, Gurbeta L, Badnjevic A, „Classification of Stress Recognition using Artificial Neural Network“, IEEE 5th Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing (MECO), 12 – 16 June 2016, Bar, Montenegro

9.     Halilovic S, Avdihodžić H, Gurbeta L, (2016) Micro cell culture analog Apparatus (µCCA) output prediction using Artificial Neural Network, 5th Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing (IEEE MECO 2016), Bar, Montenegro;

10.  Granulo E, Becar L, Gurbeta L, Badnjevic A, “Telemetry system for diagnosis of Asthma and Chronical Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)”, The 3rd EAI International Conference on IoT Technologies for HealthCare, 18-19 October 2016, Vasteras, Sweden

11.  Gurbeta L, Badnjevic A, Dzemic Z, Jimenez E.R, Jakupovic A, “Testing of therapeutic ultrasound in healthcare institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, 2nd EAI International Conference on Future Access Enablers of Ubiquitous and Intelligent  Infrastructures, 24-25 October 2016, Belgrade, Serbia

12.  Veljovic E, Spirtovic – Halilovic S, Muratovic S, Osmanovic A, Badnjevic A, et.al., “Artificial Neural Network and Docking Study in Design and Synthesis of Xanthenes as Antimicrobial Agents”, CMBEBIH 2017. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 62. pp 617-626, Springer, Singapore. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-4166-2_93

13.  Alic B, Gurbeta L, Badnjevic A, et.al., “Classification of Metabolic Syndrome patients using implemented Expert System”, CMBEBIH 2017. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 62. pp 601-607, Springer, Singapore. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-4166-2_91

14.  Badnjevic A, Gurbeta L, Cifrek M, Pecchia L., “Pre-classification process symptom questionnaire based on fuzzy logic for pulmonary function test cost reduction”, CMBEBIH 2017. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 62. pp 608-616, Springer, Singapore. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-4166-2_92

15.  Sejdinovic D, Gurbeta L, Badnjevic A, Malenica M, Dujic T, Causevic A, Bego T, Divovic L, “Classification of prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes using Artificial Neural Network”, CMBEBIH 2017. IFMBE  Proceedings, vol 62. pp 685-689, Springer, Singapore. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-4166-2_103

16.  Gurbeta L., Alic B., Dzemic Z., Badnjevic A. (2017) Testing of infusion pumps in healthcare institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In: Eskola H., Väisänen O., Viik J., Hyttinen J. (eds) EMBEC & NBC 2017. EMBEC 2017, NBC 2017. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 65. Springer, Singapore

17.  Gurbeta L., Alic B., Dzemic Z., Badnjevic A. (2017) Testing of dialysis machines in healthcare institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In: Eskola H., Väisänen O., Viik J., Hyttinen J. (eds) EMBEC & NBC 2017. EMBEC 2017, NBC 2017. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 65. Springer, Singapore

18.  L. Gurbeta, D. Vukovic, Z. Dzemic, A. Badnjevic, Legal metrology procedures for increasing safety and
performance characteristics with cost benefits analysis: Case study dialysis machines, IUPESM – The World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering in Prague, June 3—8, 2018

19.  L. Gurbeta, Z. Dzemic, A. Badnjevic, Establishing traceability chain of infusion and perfusor pumps using legal metrology procedures in Bosnia and Herzegovina, IUPESM – The World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering in Prague, June 3—8, 2018

20.  B. Alić, L. Gurbeta, A. Osmanovic and A. Badnjević, “Machine learning techniques for classification of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases,” 2017 6th Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing (MECO), Bar, Montenegro, 2017, pp. 1-4. doi: 10.1109/MECO.2017.7977152

21.  Kurta. E, Kovacevic Z., A. Osmanovic Gurbeta L., Badnjevic A., Electromagnetic Compatibility of Medical Devices: Effects in everyday healthcare environment. 7th Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing MECO’2018, Budva, Montenegro

22.  Halilovic A, Merdan E, Kovacevic Z, Gurbeta Pokvić L. Review of biosensors for environmental field monitoring. .8th Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing MECO’2019, Budva, Montenegro

23.  Mustafić L.D. et al. (2020) Diagnosis of Severe Aortic Stenosis Using Implemented Expert System. In: Badnjevic A., Škrbić R., Gurbeta Pokvić L. (eds) CMBEBIH 2019. CMBEBIH 2019. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 73. Springer, Cham

24.  Mrkulić F., Gurbeta L., Omanović-Mikličanin E., Bego T., Hasanefendić B., Badnjević A. (2020) Correlation of Leukemia Genes Overexpression and Point Mutations in Different Tissues. In: Badnjevic A., Škrbić R., Gurbeta Pokvić L. (eds) CMBEBIH 2019. CMBEBIH 2019. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 73. Springer, Cham

25.  Gurbeta L., Badnjević A., Kurta E. (2020) eVerlab: Software Tool for Medical Device Safety and Performance Inspection Management. In: Badnjevic A., Škrbić R., Gurbeta Pokvić L. (eds) CMBEBIH 2019. CMBEBIH 2019. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 73. Springer, Cham

26.  Lemana Spahić, Emina Kurta, Sabahudin Ćordić, Merjem Bećirović, Lejla Gurbeta Pokvic, Zivorad Kovacevic, Sebija Izetbegovic, Almir Badnjevic, (2020) Machine Learning Techniques for Performance Prediction of Medical Devices: Infant Incubators. In: Badnjevic A., Škrbić R., Gurbeta Pokvić L. (eds) CMBEBIH 2019. CMBEBIH 2019. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 73. Springer, Cham

27.  Faris Hrvat, Lemana Spahić, Lejla Gurbeta Pokvić and Almir Badnjević. Artificial Intelligence for prediction of medical device performance: Infusion and perfusor pumps case study. 9th Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing MECO’2020.

28.  Almina Šećkanović, Marijana Šehovac, Lemana Spahić, Irma Ramić, Nuraiym Mamatnazarova, Mirsad Kacila, Almir Badnjević and Lejla Gurbeta. Review of Artificial Intelligence Application in Cardiology. 9th Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing MECO’2020.

29.  Faris Hrvat, Selma Cifric, Amina Aleta, Amra Dzuho, Leja Gurbeta Pokvic, Almir Badnjevic. ISO/IEC 15189 Implementation in Microbiology Laboratory – General Concepts. 2020 IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON METROLOGY FOR INDUSTRY 4.0 & IoT.

30.  Srđan Lučić, Lejla Gurbeta, Ervina Bečić, Almir Badnjević. Health sector pricing and financing models: challenges and pharmacoeconomic trends in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Badnjevic, Gurbeta Pokvić (Eds.) Proceedings of the International Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering, CMBEBIH 2021, April 21 – 24, 2021, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ISBN 978-3-030-73909-6

31.  Muhamed Karajic, Edin Begic, Emina Hrvat, Lejla Gurbeta Pokvić. Application of Artificial Intelligence tools in classification and diagnosis of heart disease: general review. Badnjevic, Gurbeta Pokvić (Eds.) Proceedings of the International Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering, CMBEBIH 2021, April 21 – 24, 2021, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ISBN 978-3-030-73909-6

32.  Amar Deumić, Emina Imamovic, Lejla Gurbeta Pokvić, Almir Badnjevic. Performance inspection of patient monitors according to the legal metrology framework: Bosnia and Herzegovina case study. Badnjevic, Gurbeta Pokvić (Eds.) Proceedings of the International Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering, CMBEBIH 2021, April 21 – 24, 2021, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ISBN 978-3-030-73909-6

33.  Lejla Gurbeta Pokvić, Amar Deumić, Budimir Lutovac and Almir Badnjević. Possibility of Managing Medical device Post-market Surveillance using Artificial Intelligence and Standardized Methodology. IEEE  Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing (MECO), 2021 Budva

1. Huskic V, Vardo A, Begic E, Hrvat E, Gurbeta L, Dzubur M, Badnjevic A, Dajic A,
   Kadic A., „Localization and 2D imaging of ST elevation myocardial infarction using software differentiation”, 1st Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering in Bosnia and Herzegovina (CMBEBIH 2015), 13 – 15 March 2015., Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2. Gurbela L, Badnjevic A., „Medical Devices in Legal Metrology Framework“, WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices, 09 – 12 May 2017., Geneva, Switzerland

• Artificial Intelligence
• Medical Devices
• Testing and verification

• Quality systems
• Regulations and standards
• Metrology