Injectable CMC/PEI gel as an in vivo scaffold for demineralized bone matrix.

abstract：:Reoperation of aldehyde tanned bioprotheses due to calcific degeneration remains their major drawback. Based on experiments studying mechanisms and factors that influence the time phase, extent and progression of calcification and evaluating the efficiency of anticalcification treatments and the effects of surface see...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Dahm M,Rühe J,Berchthold B,Prüfer D,Prucker O,Chang BJ,Wallrath A,Oelert H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To build a patient specific respiratory motion model with a low dose, a novel method was proposed that uses a limited number of 3D lung CT volumes with an external respiratory signal. 4D lung CT volumes were acquired for patients with in vitro labeling on the upper abdominal surface. Meanwhile, 3D coordinates of in vi...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Cui X,Gao X,Xia W,Liu Y,Liang Z

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metal patch test is often used in clinical settings when metal-induced contact dermatitis is suspected. However, the transdermal permeation behavior of metal ions from the patch test remains unclear. Current patch tests using high concentrations of metal salt solutions have some side effects, e.g. acute skin reactions...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Sugiyama T,Uo M,Wada T,Hongo T,Omagari D,Komiyama K,Oikawa M,Kusama M,Mori Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The selection of best material pair in the hip prosthetics design for improved performance and life relies on the estimation of hip joint contact stresses and contact pressure distribution during various dynamic loading cycles: Climbing Upstairs, Climbing downstairs and Knee bending. The maximum Von Mises stress, cont...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Kalayarasan M,Shankar S,Manikandan M,Adithan K

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this second part of the series of reviews, attention focuses on analytical and numerical methods that have been used to estimate the magnitude of the contact stress in: models of articular joints; models of total joint replacements, without and with the associated joint; or models of simple physical systems that ar...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Lewis G

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retearing mechanism after transosseous equivalent (TOE) rotator cuff repair has not been fully clarified yet. OBJECTIVE:The purposes of this study were to compare the stress distribution pattern in the tendon stump between knotted and knotless TOE repair and to investigate the role of suture tension applied...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Sano H,Tokunaga M,Noguchi M,Inawashiro T,Irie T,Abe H,Yokobori AT

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gait analysis, such as portable gait rhythmogram (PGR), provides objective information that helps in the quantitative evaluation of human locomotion. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability of PGR in post-stroke patients. METHODS:Two raters (A and B) examined 48 post-stroke patien...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Miyata R,Matsumoto S,Miura S,Kawamura K,Uema T,Miyara K,Niibo A,Hoei T,Ogura T,Shimodozono M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A crucial role during the implementation of volume visualization is to identify the optimal transfer function, since the vital information and structure can be highlighted and revealed. The boundary of the volume is shared by respective portion of the two materials formed out of it, which causes undesirable thickening...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Yang F,Zhang L,Lu W,Zuo W,Wang K,Zhang H,Li Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The finite element (FE) method has been widely used to investigate the mechanism of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), because it is technically difficult to quantify the responses of the brain tissues to the impact in experiments. One of technical challenges to build a FE model of a human head is the modeling of the ce...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Wu JZ,Pan CS,Wimer BM,Rosen CL

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, design optimization of a tooth implant-supported fixed prosthesis was investigated theoretically. A three-dimensional finite element analysis was utilized to simulate the stress distribution and deformation, with an emphasis on the material selection for various parts of the prosthesis. This mandibular ...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Dargahi J,Najarian S,Talebi M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A size-based blood cell sorting model with a micro-fence structure is proposed in the frame of immersed boundary and lattice Boltzmann method (IB-LBM). The fluid dynamics is obtained by solving the discrete lattice Boltzmann equation, and the cells motion and deformation are handled by the immersed boundary method. A ...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Wei Q,Xu YQ,Tian FB,Gao TX,Tang XY,Zu WH

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hip stem design based upon X-ray films requires sufficient information in order to customize for the patient. If the errors are resulted from rotating angles, more X-ray films may carry out the solution. The present study aimed to realize the improvement of multiple X-ray films for hip stem design. Eight X-ray fil...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Wei HW,Chung MY,Huang VW,Cheng CK

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental results on the platelet adhesion, and CHO cell adhesion and growth onto nonionic surfactant which is composed of a long alkyl chain (n = 12-18) as the hydrophobic part, and a polyethyleneoxide (PEO) segment (n = 10-23) as the hydrophilic part coated and air-plasma treated PSf surfaces are presented in ter...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Khang G,Jeong BJ,Lee HB,Park JB

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, clinicians face choices of restoration including amalgams (mercury-based, gallium-based alloys, or mercury-free silver-based substitutes), composite resins, ceramics, and gold alloy. In order to choose an appropriate restorative material, many parameters are involved; they include preparation time requireme...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Miyazaki M,Oshida Y,Xirouchaki L

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multidirectional pin-on-plate reciprocating machine was used to compare the wear performance of UHMWPE sliding against cast cobalt chrome (CoCr) plates that were either untreated or coated with Amorphous Diamond Like Carbon (ADLC). The test conditions were based on a 1/5 scale model representative of in vivo motion ...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Jones VC,Barton DC,Auger DD,Hardaker C,Stone MH,Fisher J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroencephalograph (EEG) signals feature extraction and processing is one of the most difficult and important part in the brain-computer interface (BCI) research field. EEG signals are generally unstable, complex and have low signal-noise ratio, which is difficult to be analyzed and processed. To solve this problem...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Wei Y,Jun Y,Lin S,Hong L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A robust method for inducing bone-formation without an autograft has not been established. Currently, both platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) have been widely investigated for their clinical use in such cases. However, their synergistic effect is still controversial and previously shown di...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Yoshida K,Sumita Y,Marukawa E,Harashima M,Asahina I

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to evaluate whether the accumulation model developed by Zarfl et al. (2008) could be used to predict the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of a group of antibacterial fluoroquinolones (FQs) for Escherichia coli (E. coli). Our model, which is based on the "Fick-Nernst-Planck" equatio...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Zhang W,Wang C,Tam KY

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stenting has been proposed as an effective treatment to restore blood flow in obstructed arteries by plaques. Although several modified designs for stents have been suggested, most designs have the risk of disturbing blood flow. OBJECTIVE:The main objective is to propose a stent design to attain a uniform l...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Beigzadeh B,Mirmohammadi SA,Ayatollahi MR

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Robotized endoscope holder in laparoscopic surgeries allows surgeons to control the endoscope without the assistants' intervention. In this paper, a new method is proposed for the automatic 3D-tracking of laparoscopic instruments in real-time to provide more convenient interactions between surgeons and the robotized e...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Zhao Z

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arrhythmia diagnosis is very significant to ensure human health. In this paper, a new model is developed for arrhythmia diagnosis. A salient feature of the algorithm is a synergistic combination of statistical and fuzzy set-based techniques. It is distribution-free and is realized in an unsupervised mode. Arrhythmia d...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Li F,Zheng D,Zhao T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thrust of the present work is the demonstration of the feasibility of using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection and quantification of a monoclonal antibody human serum. The antibodies used, 7E3 and D3GP3, have been proposed as platelet receptor blockers, being directed specifically again...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Lewis G

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DMPC and DSPC liposomes were prepared via thin film hydration method followed by sonication. Propranolol solution was incorporated into liposomes at hydration stage. TEM images showed the sizes of DSPC and DMPC were around 88 and 137 nm, respectively. The highest encapsulation ratio of propranolol was approximately 70...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Teong B,Kuo SM,Chen CH,Chen YK,Cheng ZJ,Huang HH

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to design a statistical segmentation technique to allow extraction of grey matter, white matter and cerebral spinal fluid volumes from diffusion tensor imaging. Four channel maps of the DTI are used as the input features, which provide more information for brain tissue segmentation compared wi...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Wen Y,He L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The periodontal ligament (PDL), which maintains homeostasis in the periodontium, is a group of specialized connective tissue fibers attached to both the cementum and alveolar bone. Regeneration of periodontium with PDL cells has been investigated, and the chemical and molecular structures of scaffolds contro...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Fujita K,Nozaki K,Horiuchi N,Yamashita K,Miura H,Nagai A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Introduction of a new generation of artificial ligaments for ACL reconstruction, the Ligament Augmentation and Reconstruction System (LARS), gives promising clinical results [1]. The current literature supports the use of LARS from short to medium term. To go even further to improve the biocompatibility of t...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Lessim S,Migonney V,Thoreux P,Lutomski D,Changotade S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gabexate mesilate is a non-peptide protease inhibitor, developed in Japan, which is used in the treatment of acute pancreatitis and disseminated intravascular coagulation. This compound is readily hydrolyzed as it has ester bonds in its structure. It is now out of patent in Japan and there are many generic versions on...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Sakurai M,Abe H,Okamura N,Inoue Y,Akiyoshi T,Matsuyama K,Uchida T,Otsuka M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alginate hydrogels have been used widely in tissue engineering for cell encapsulation for several reasons: low toxicity, the ability to gel under gentle condition and compatibility with cells. In this study, we determined the effect of different concentrations of alginate on encapsulation of 3T3 fibroblast cells at tw...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Bohari SP,Hukins DW,Grover LM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work evaluated the effects of UV irradiation, plasma radiation, steam and 70% ethanol treatments on the sterilization and integrity of auto-crosslinked hyaluronic acid (HA-ACP) scaffolds structured in microparticles and sponges aiming in vivo applications for regenerative medicine of bone tissue. The integrity of...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Shimojo AA,de Souza Brissac IC,Pina LM,Lambert CS,Santana MH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sino-atrial node cells (SANCs) play a significant role in rhythmic firing. To investigate their role in arrhythmia and interactions with the atrium, computer simulations based on cellular dynamic mathematical models are generally used. However, the large-scale computation usually makes research difficult, given the li...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Zhang H,Xiao Z,Lin SF

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00