Pulsatile flow in tubes of elliptic cross sections.

abstract：:Collagen, the most commonly used extra-cellular matrix protein for tissue engineering applications, displays poor mechanical properties. Here, we report on the preparation and characterization of novel multi-component composite systems that incorporate a genetically engineered, biocompatible polymer (elastin-like poly...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Wheeler TS,Sbravati ND,Janorkar AV

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents a novel approach to modeling the electrocardiogram (ECG): the Gaussian pulse decomposition. Constituent waves of the ECG are decomposed into and represented by Gaussian pulses using an iterative algorithm: the chip away decomposition (ChAD) algorithm. At each iteration, a nonlinear minimization met...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Suppappola S,Sun Y,Chiaramida SA

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomaterial-based tissue engineering strategies hold great promise for osteochondral tissue repair. Yet significant challenges remain in joining highly dissimilar materials to achieve a biomimetic, mechanically robust design for repairing interfaces between soft tissue and bone. This study sought to improve interfacia...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Kinneberg KR,Nelson A,Stender ME,Aziz AH,Mozdzen LC,Harley BA,Bryant SJ,Ferguson VL

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal scapular movement is widely believed to be an important factor in clinical pathology of the shoulder joint complex. Validated non-invasive techniques for measuring scapular movement have been developed, but the effect of marker placement on accuracy is unknown. The objective of this study was to determine the...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Bourne DA,Choo AM,Regan WD,MacIntyre DL,Oxland TR

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep tissue injury (DTI) is a type of pressure ulcer in which tissue breakdown initiates at the bone-muscle interface under intact skin. Excessive deformation in the soft tissue, particularly around bony prominences, is believed to be one of the causes leading to the development of DTI. The main goal of this study was...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Solis LR,Liggins AB,Seres P,Uwiera RR,Poppe NR,Pehowich E,Thompson RB,Mushahwar VK

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we have developed an integrated microfluidic platform for actively patterning mammalian cells, where poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogels play two important roles as a non-fouling layer and a dielectric structure. The developed system has an embedded array of PEG microwells fabricated on a planar indiu...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Tsutsui H,Yu E,Marquina S,Valamehr B,Wong I,Wu H,Ho CM

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, advances in computing power and computational methods have made it possible to perform detailed simulations of the coronary artery stenting procedure and of related virtual tests of performance (including fatigue resistance, corrosion and haemodynamic disturbance). Simultaneously, there has been a gro...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Bressloff NW,Ragkousis G,Curzen N

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cable model is formulated to estimate the spatial distribution of intracellular electric potential and current, from the cement line to the lumen of an osteon, as the frequency of the loading and the conductance of the gap junction are altered. The model predicts that the characteristic diffusion time for the spread...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Zhang D,Cowin SC,Weinbaum S

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in working age individuals in the United States. Breakdown of the blood-retinal barrier is one of the earliest events in the progression of diabetic retinopathy. Ideally, therapeutic measures would be directed at this early stage, but there are few sensitive, quan...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Russ PK,Gaylord GM,Haselton FR

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We and others have shown that changing surface characteristics of the spacer implanted during the first Masquelet stage alters some aspects of membrane development. Previously we demonstrated that titanium (TI) spacers create membranes that are better barriers to movement of solutes > 70 kDa in size than polymethyl me...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Toth Z,Roi M,Evans E,Watson JT,Nicolaou D,McBride-Gagyi S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CM) provide a powerful platform for disease modeling and drug development in vitro. Traditionally, electrophysiological methods or fluorescent dyes (e.g. calcium) have been used in their functional characterization. Recently, video microscopy has enabled non-i...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Ahola A,Pölönen RP,Aalto-Setälä K,Hyttinen J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For an optimal guidance of the rehabilitation therapy of stroke patients in an in-home setting, objective, and patient-specific performance assessment of arm movements is needed. In this study, metrics of hand movement relative to the pelvis and the sternum were estimated in 13 stroke subjects using a full body ambula...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： van Meulen FB,Reenalda J,Buurke JH,Veltink PH

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disease and injury perturb the balance of processes associated with inflammation and tissue remodeling, resulting in positive feedback loops, exacerbation of disease and compromised tissue repair. Conversely, under homeostatic healthy conditions, these processes are tightly regulated through the expansion and/or recru...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Glowacki AJ,Gottardi R,Yoshizawa S,Cavalla F,Garlet GP,Sfeir C,Little SR

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studying human cancer from a biomechanical perspective may contribute to pathogenesis understanding which leads to the malignancy. In this study, biomechanics of suspended and adhered breast cancer cells were investigated via the micropipette aspiration method with special emphasis on comparing the cell stiffness and ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Metsiou DN,Siatis KE,Giannopoulou E,Papachristou DJ,Kalofonos HP,Koutras A,Athanassiou G

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nonintrusive method for the visualization of pulsatile flow velocity profiles is described. The method is based on the use of a photochromic dye that is added to the fluid being studied and a nitrogen laser which excites the dye producing a marker "line" whose movement can be photographed. A microcomputer is used as...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Poots K,Cobbold RS,Johnston KW,Appugliese R,Kassam M,Zuech PE,Hummel RL

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to investigate the possible origin of some cutaneously recorded higher frequency electrogastrographic signals. Computer modeling of gastric electrical uncoupling was performed using previously described conoidal dipole model. Cutaneous electrogastrograms were simulated after uncoupling was in...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Mintchev MP,Bowes KL

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro and in vivo studies were conducted on omega-3 fatty acid-derived biomaterials to determine their utility as an implantable material for adhesion prevention following soft tissue hernia repair and as a means to allow for the local delivery of antimicrobial or antibiofilm agents. Naturally derived biomaterials ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Faucher KM,Artzi N,Beck M,Beckerman R,Moodie G,Albergo T,Conroy S,Dale A,Corbeil S,Martakos P,Edelman ER

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three animal models were evaluated in this study involving head impacts of the rat, including the Marmarou drop-weight and two momentum-exchange techniques. In series 1, 36 Wistar rats were hit on the side of the free-moving head using Marmarou's 450 g impact mass at 4.4, 5.4, and 6.3 m/s. Head acceleration was measur...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Viano DC,Hamberger A,Bolouri H,Säljö A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adherence of a biological graft to the wound surface is the most important factor influencing the ultimate success of graft viability. A machine has been developed to test the adherence of biological graft materials to a substrate such as a wound surface. The peeling mode, which yields reproducible quantitative measur...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Dong C,Mead E,Skalak R,Fung YC,Debes JC,Zapata-Sirvent RL,Andree C,Greenleaf G,Cooper M,Hansbrough JF

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous gradients exist at osteochondral interfaces, which may be engineered by applying spatially patterned gradients of biological cues. In the present study, a protein-loaded microsphere-based scaffold fabrication strategy was applied to achieve spatially and temporally controlled delivery of bioactive signals i...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Dormer NH,Singh M,Wang L,Berkland CJ,Detamore MS

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Icariin (Ic) has been demonstrated as a potent osteoinductive compound for bone tissue engineering. However, toxic side effects of the drug and poor biocompatibility of drug delivery systems (DDSs) still limit its application for bone repair in the clinic. To overcome these disadvantages and utilize the osteoinductivi...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Li M,Zhang C,Zhong Y,Zhao J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a model for the Compound Action Currents (CACs) and Compound Action Potentials (CAPs) produced by a peripheral nerve bundle in vitro. The Single Fiber Action Currents (SFACs) and the extracellular Single Fiber Action Potentials (SFAPs) are calculated using a generalized volume conduction model. Frequency-d...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Wijesinghe RS,Gielen FL,Wikswo JP Jr

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we reported that tethering and rolling of neutrophils in shear flow over a substrate of E-selectin signals activation of beta 2-integrins and firm adhesion via an intracellular signaling pathway involving phosphorylation of p38 MAP kinase. In the current study the objective was to examine the molecular mecha...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Hentzen E,McDonough D,McIntire L,Smith CW,Goldsmith HL,Simon SI

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood flow simulations are making their way into the clinic, and much attention is given to estimation of fractional flow reserve in coronary arteries. Intracardiac blood flow simulations also show promising results, and here the flow field is expected to depend on the pulmonary venous (PV) flow rates. In the absence ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Lantz J,Gupta V,Henriksson L,Karlsson M,Persson A,Carlhäll CJ,Ebbers T

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of the instantaneous pressure-volume relationship of the left ventricle is fundamental to the study of ventricular mechanics. In order to effectively investigate this relationship, it is necessary to vary and control the time course of ventricular volume change in a variety of prescribed manners. In the pa...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Sunagawa K,Lim KO,Burkhoff D,Sagawa K

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to develop a unique device for applying well-characterized cyclic, strain to cells growing on implant alloys. The device is based on the four-point bending principle and utilizes an electric motor, belt, and cam system to cyclically deflect a commercially pure titanium plate with cell c...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Winter LC,Gilbert JA,Elder SH,Bumgardner JD

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An understanding of the mechanical deformation behavior of the liver under high strain rate loading conditions could aid in the development of vehicle safety measures to reduce the occurrence of blunt liver injury. The purpose of this study was to develop a constitutive model of the stress-strain behavior of the human...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Sparks JL,Dupaix RB

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrospinning was used in innovative electrospinning rigs to obtain tubular and flat fibrous structures with controlled fiber orientation with the aim to be used as scaffolds for biomedical applications, more specifically in the tissue engineering of vascular and orthopedic grafts. Gelatine and hydroxyapatite (HA)-g...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Salifu AA,Nury BD,Lekakou C

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous head injury models exist that vary in mesh density by orders of magnitude. A careful study of the mesh convergence behavior is necessary, especially in terms of strain most relevant to brain injury. To this end, as well as to investigate the effect of element integration scheme on simulated strains, we re-mes...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Zhao W,Ji S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-range dependency has been found in most rhythmic motor signals. The origin of this property is unknown and largely debated. There is a controversy on the influence of voluntary control induced by requiring a pre-determined pace such as asking subjects to step to a metronome. We studied the cycle duration variabil...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Warlop TB,Bollens B,Crevecoeur F,Detrembleur C,Lejeune TM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00