Two methods for calculating the responses of photoreceptors to moving objects.

abstract：:Femoral neck fractures are a relevant clinical and social problem. The aim of this study was to improve the prediction of patients at-risk of femoral neck fracture with respect to the current densitometric-based methods. In particular, finite element models were used to assess the prediction accuracy obtained by combi...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Testi D,Viceconti M,Cappello A,Gnudi S

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fractal time series analysis methods are commonly used for analyzing center of pressure (COP) signals with the goal of revealing the underlying neuromuscular processes for upright stance control. The use of fractal methods is often coupled with the assumption that the COP is an instance of fractional Gaussian noise (f...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Kuznetsov N,Bonnette S,Gao J,Riley MA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continued progress in the field of Brain Interface (BI) research has encouraged the rapid expansion of the BI community over the last two decades. As the number of BI researchers and organizations steadily increases, newer and more advanced technologies are constantly produced, evaluated, and reported. Though the BI c...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Jackson MM,Mason SG,Birch GE

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient homotypic adhesions between flowing leukocytes and those previously adherent on the vessel wall has been proposed to amplify the accumulation of leukocytes at sites of inflammation. While adhesion of leukocytes to the vessel wall (primary capture) is mediated primarily by P-selectin on the endothelium and P-...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Paschall CD,Lawrence MB

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upon nerve injury, the body creates an environment consisting of permissive and non-permissive cues that instruct the function of cells involved in nerve repair. Among other roles, the developing extracellular matrix (ECM) acts as an underlying substrate to guide the union of neurites extending from the proximal stump...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Man AJ,Leach JK,Bannerman P

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For treatment of complex congenital heart disease, computer simulation using a three-dimensional heart model may help to improve outcomes by enabling detailed preoperative evaluations. However, no highly integrated model that accurately reproduces a patient's pathophysiology, which is required for this simulation has ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Kariya T,Washio T,Okada JI,Nakagawa M,Watanabe M,Kadooka Y,Sano S,Nagai R,Sugiura S,Hisada T

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Radiation therapy (RT) is one method to treat this disease. A common side effect of RT for lung cancer is radiation-induced lung damage (RILD) which leads to loss of lung function. RILD often compounds pre-existing smoking-related regional lung function impairment. It...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Dong Y,Kumar H,Tawhai M,Veiga C,Szmul A,Landau D,McClelland J,Lao L,Burrowes KS

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a rising issue especially in the United States that can lead to heart problems, type II diabetes, and respiratory problems. Since the 1970s, obesity rates in the United States have more than doubled in adults and children. Recent evidence suggests that exposure to certain chemicals, termed "obesogens," in u...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Wang RY,Abbott RD,Zieba A,Borowsky FE,Kaplan DL

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A role for mechanical stimulation in the control of cell fate has been proposed and mechanical conditioning of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) is of interest in directing MSC behavior for tissue engineering applications. This study investigates strain-induced differentiation and proliferation of MSCs, and investigates t...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Kearney EM,Farrell E,Prendergast PJ,Campbell VA

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deformational loading represents a primary component of the chondrocyte physical environment in vivo. This review summarizes our experience with physiologic deformational loading of chondrocyte-seeded agarose hydrogels to promote development of cartilage constructs having mechanical properties matching that of the par...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Hung CT,Mauck RL,Wang CC,Lima EG,Ateshian GA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely recognized that the bacteria sequestered in a biofilm on a medical implant are much more resistant to antibiotics than their planktonic counterparts. Recent studies have shown that application of antibiotic along with low power ultrasound significantly increases the killing of planktonic bacteria by the a...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Qian Z,Sagers RD,Pitt WG

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one 3.5-month-old female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to three groups: BTX group, in which each rat received a single intramuscular injection of 2 U of Clostridium botulinum toxin (BTX) in the quadriceps femoris muscle of the right hind limb; BTX + SR group, in which each rat received a BTX inject...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Sheng ZF,Ma YL,Tong D,Fang DY,Liang QC,Liu LH,Zhang J,Liao EY

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The planar fibrous connective tissues of the body are composed of a dense extracellular network of collagen and elastin fibers embedded in a ground matrix, and thus can be thought of as biocomposites. Thus, the quantification of fiber architecture is an important step in developing an understanding of the mechanics of...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Sacks MS,Smith DB,Hiester ED

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defibrillation efficacy testing is a common procedure at defibrillator implantation, with the objective to ensure that each patient receives a system with adequate shock efficacy. In this study, defibrillation shock efficacy as a function of shock energy was modeled by a dose response relationship. The frequency distr...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Smits K,Virag N

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kiani et al. (Kiani, M. F., A. R. Pries, L. L. Hsu, I. H. Sarelius, and G. R. Cokelet, Am. J. Physics. 266: H1822-H1828, 1994) suggested that blood velocity, hematocrit, and nodal pressures can oscillate spontaneously in large microvascular networks in the absence of biological control. This paper presents a model of ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Carr RT,Lacoin M

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much effort is expended in developing biomimetic scaffolds that provide the micro-architecture of native tissue with appropriate cellular niches. Such scaffolds are often seeded with progenitor cells to generate engineered replacements for diseased or damaged tissues. An alternative approach relies on biology, rather ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Evans CH

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodegradable implants have demonstrated clinical success in simple applications (e.g., absorbable sutures) and have shown great potential in many other areas of interventional medicine, such as localized drug delivery, engineered tissue scaffolding, and structural implants. For endovascular stenting and musculoskelet...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Soares JS,Moore JE Jr

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate assessment of blood platelet function is essential in understanding thrombus formation which plays a central role in cardiovascular disease. Parallel plate flow chambers have been widely used as they allow for platelet adhesion on a collagen surface at physiologically relevant fluid mechanical forces. Standar...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Sarvepalli DP,Schmidtke DW,Nollert MU

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gas transfer through hollow fiber membranes (HFMs) can be increased via fiber oscillation. Prior work, however, does not directly translate to present-day, full-scale artificial lungs. This in vitro study characterized the effects of HFM oscillations on oxygenation and hemolysis for a pediatric-sized HFM bundle. Effec...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Orizondo RA,Gino G,Sultzbach G,Madhani SP,Frankowski BJ,Federspiel WJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to successfully use a model for parameter identification, it must be carefully analyzed. Current analysis methods, however, are ad hoc and provide only partial information. We extended these methods through the application of stacked dimensions, a scientific visualization method. The end result of our extensi...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Bosan S,Harris TR

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide range of length and time scales are relevant to pharmacology, especially in drug development, drug design and drug delivery. Therefore, multiscale computational modeling and simulation methods and paradigms that advance the linkage of phenomena occurring at these multiple scales have become increasingly importa...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Clancy CE,An G,Cannon WR,Liu Y,May EE,Ortoleva P,Popel AS,Sluka JP,Su J,Vicini P,Zhou X,Eckmann DM

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic irradiation is commonly used in the treatment of malignant brain tumors and has the potential to cause severe injury to normal tissues adjacent to a lesion. Computed tomography (CT) can be used not only to visualize tissue damage but to monitor the development of a lesion using advanced quantitative CT tec...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Russell LB,Fike JR,Cann CE,Süsskind C

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electromechanical reshaping (EMR) of cartilage provides an alternative to the classic surgical techniques of modifying the shape of facial cartilages. The original embodiment of EMR required surface electrodes to be in direct contact with the entire cartilage region being reshaped. This study evaluates the feasibility...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Manuel CT,Foulad A,Protsenko DE,Sepehr A,Wong BJ

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 12 dogs anesthetised with alpha-chloralose and urethane, and beta-adrenergic blocked with propranolol, the cervical vagi were stimulated for 60 seconds with supramaximal constant current pulses at frequencies between 2.0 and 10 Hz. The time course of the recovery of the cardiac period response, after cessation of v...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Celler BG,Lovell NH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biologically active heart valves (tissue engineered and recellularized tissue-derived heart valves) have the potential to offer enhanced function when compared to current replacement value therapies since they can possibly remodel, and grow to meet the needs of the patient, and not require chronic medication. However,...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Hildebrand DK,Wu ZJ,Mayer JE Jr,Sacks MS

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some investigators have attempted to estimate the Reynolds shear stress on the basis of a single component of velocity. The purpose of this investigation is to determine the validity of such estimates in a complex flow field, such as occurs in the cardiovascular system in the region of the aortic valve. Turbulent velo...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Walburn FJ,Sabbah HN,Stein PD

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In uniaxial tensile testing, load preconditioning is used to generate repeatable load/elongation curves and set a "reference state" for subsequent tensile tests. We have observed however, that for porcine aortic valve (PAV) tissues, preconditioning does not lead to repeatable stress relaxation curves. We thus investig...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Carew EO,Garg A,Barber JE,Vesely I

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease of large and medium sized arteriole walls that is precipitated by elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in the blood. However, the mechanisms that lead to the initiation of atherosclerosis are not fully understood. In this study, endothelial cells (ECs)...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Wei D,Chen Y,Tang C,Huang H,Liu L,Wang Z,Li R,Wang G

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mild traumatic brain injury in sports has become a significant public health concern which has not only received the general public's attention through multiple news media stories involving athletic concussions, but has also resulted in local, state, and national legislative efforts to improve recognition and manageme...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Doolan AW,Day DD,Maerlender AC,Goforth M,Gunnar Brolinson P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite cellular environments having dynamic characteristics, many laboratories utilized static polyacrylamide hydrogels to study the ECM-cell relationship. To attain a more in vivo like environment, we have developed a dynamic, DNA-crosslinked hydrogel (DNA gel). Through the controlled delivery of DNA, we can tempora...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Previtera ML,Trout KL,Verma D,Chippada U,Schloss RS,Langrana NA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00