Tracking boundary movement and exterior shape modelling in lung EIT imaging.

abstract：:EPR oximetry is a promising, relatively non-invasive method for monitoring the partial pressure of oxygen in tissue (PtO2) that has proved useful in following changes under various physiologic and pathophysiologic conditions. Optimal utilization of the method will be facilitated by systematic comparisons with other av...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： O'Hara JA,Khan N,Hou H,Wilmo CM,Demidenko E,Dunn JF,Swartz HM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of human eye pupil reactivity is a very valuable diagnostic method used mainly for evaluation of the condition of the autonomic nervous system and the visual system. The paper presents an experimental pupillometer built in the Institute of Physics of the Wroclaw University of Technology. The apparatus makes i...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Hachol A,Szczepanowska-Nowak W,Kasprzak H,Zawojska I,Dudzinski A,Kinasz R,Wygledowska-Promienska D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical impedance endotomography (EIE) is a modality of impedance imaging where the electrodes are located on an insulating core placed at the centre of the region of interest. The absence of a physical limit to the medium surrounding the probe enables the use of remote electrodes. The present study compares the fe...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Fournier-Desseux A,Jossinet J

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies demonstrate that it is possible to evaluate a heart graft rejection condition using a bioimpedance technique by means of an intracavitary catheter. We propose to use a less invasive technique consisting in the use of a transoesophageal catheter and two standard ECG electrodes on the thorax. The aim of...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Giovinazzo G,Ribas N,Cinca J,Rosell-Ferrer J

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are currently no objective means of quantifying chest wall vibrations during manual physiotherapy. The aims of the study were to (i) develop a method to quantify physiotherapy-applied forces and simultaneous changes in respiratory flow and pressure, (ii) assess the feasibility of using this method in ventilated ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Gregson RK,Stocks J,Petley GW,Shannon H,Warner JO,Jagannathan R,Main E

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we describe a beat-by-beat method for assessing the clinical utility of pulsatile waveforms, primarily recorded from cardiovascular blood volume or pressure changes, concentrating on the photoplethysmogram (PPG). Physiological blood flow is nonstationary, with pulses changing in height, width and morphol...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Li Q,Clifford GD

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common method of clinical measurement of arterial blood pressure is by means of the cuff sphygmomanometer. This instrument has provided fundamental quantitative information on arterial pressure in individual subjects and in populations and facilitated estimation of cardiovascular risk related to levels of blo...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Avolio AP,Butlin M,Walsh A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new algorithm for classifying ECG recording quality based on the detection of commonly observed ECG contaminants which often render the ECG unusable for diagnostic purposes was evaluated. Contaminants (baseline drift, flat line, QRS-artefact, spurious spikes, amplitude stepwise changes, noise) were detected on indiv...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Di Marco LY,Duan W,Bojarnejad M,Zheng D,King S,Murray A,Langley P

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spectral analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) is used for the assessment of cardiovascular autonomic control. In this study, a data-driven adaptive technique called empirical mode decomposition (EMD) and the associated Hilbert spectrum has been used to evaluate the effect of local anaesthesia on HRV parameters in ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Shafqat K,Pal SK,Kumari S,Kyriacou PA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health is one of the most important non-material assets and thus also has an enormous influence on material values, since treating and preventing diseases is expensive. The number one cause of death worldwide today originates in cardiovascular diseases. For these reasons the aim of understanding the functions and the ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Müller A,Kraemer JF,Penzel T,Bonnemeier H,Kurths J,Wessel N

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart rate variability (HRV) is often analysed using short-term studies. Our objective was to compare two of them in a group of diabetic patients (reduced HRV) and in a control group. From the same 10 min surface electrocardiogram (ECG) two recordings were obtained. In one of them the whole signal was acquired through...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Migliaro ER,Canetti R,Contreras P,Hakas M,Eirea G,Machado A

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to detect minute amounts of glucose in diluted urine, we applied the Raman spectroscopy method. To simulate abnormal diluted urine in a toilet bowl, we diluted normal urine ten-fold with water and added glucose up to 8 mg dl(-1). Data were collected using a low-resolution Raman spectrometer that was preproces...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Park C,Kim K,Choi J,Park K

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brown adipose tissue (BAT) plays a key role in adaptive thermogenesis in mammals, and it has recently been considered as an attractive therapeutic target for tackling human obesity by increasing energy expenditure. Thermal imaging using infrared thermography (IRT) has emerged as a potential safe, rapid and inexpensive...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： El Hadi H,Frascati A,Granzotto M,Silvestrin V,Ferlini E,Vettor R,Rossato M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A time-varying parametric spectrum estimation method for analysing non-stationary heart rate variability signals is presented. As a case study, the dynamics of heart rate variability during an orthostatic test is examined. In this method, the non-stationary signal is first modelled with a time-varying autoregressive m...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Tarvainen MP,Georgiadis SD,Ranta-Aho PO,Karjalainen PA

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A majority of geriatric patients experience difficulty in performing sit-to-stand (SiSt) transitions. A detailed assessment of SiSt ability is a prerequisite for successful rehabilitation. Body fixed sensors (BFSs) are increasingly used to assess functional performances. As to date there is no system which analyzes cl...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Schwenk M,Gogulla S,Englert S,Czempik A,Hauer K

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis that transmission of arterial pressure to brain tissue oxygenation is low under conditions of arterial pressure instability. Two experimental models of hemodynamic instability were used in healthy human volunteers; (1) oscillatory lower body negative pressure (OLBNP) (N = 8; 5 male, 3 female),...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Rickards CA,Sprick JD,Colby HB,Kay VL,Tzeng YC

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) image reconstruction is an ill-posed problem requiring maximum measurement precision. Recent EIT systems claim 60 to 80 dB precision. Achieving higher values is hard in practice since measurements must be performed at relatively high frequency, on a living subject, while using com...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Hartinger AE,Gagnon H,Guardo R

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) has the potential to become a new tool for bedside monitoring of regional lung ventilation. The aim of our study was to assess the reproducibility of regional lung ventilation distribution determined by EIT during mechanical ventilation under identical ventilator settings. The exp...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Frerichs I,Schmitz G,Pulletz S,Schädler D,Zick G,Scholz J,Weiler N

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an adaptive algorithm for solving the inverse problem in electrical impedance tomography. To strike a balance between the accuracy of the reconstructed images and the computational efficiency of the forward and inverse solvers, we propose to combine an adaptive mesh refinement technique with the adaptive Ka...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Li T,Isaacson D,Newell JC,Saulnier GJ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastro-oesophageal pH measurements are routinely carried out to quantify and determine if levels of acid reflux are responsible for symptoms. Although considered the 'gold standard', evidence suggests that pH measurements do not correlate well with the degree of oesophagitis seen during endoscopy. In this study the cu...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Haylett KR,Vales P,Lee SH,McCloy RF

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of the concentrations of the common breath metabolites ammonia, acetone, isoprene, ethanol and acetaldehyde in the breath of five subjects over a period of 30 days has been carried out. Breath samples were taken and analysed in the early morning on arrival at the laboratory. The real time analyses of three con...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Diskin AM,Spanel P,Smith D

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are aimed at providing a new way of communication between the human brain and external devices. One of the major tasks associated with the BCI system is to improve classification performance of the motor imagery (MI) signal. Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals are widely used f...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Su J,Yang Z,Yan W,Sun W

更新日期：2020-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Characteristic impedance (Zc) is an important component in the theory of hemodynamics. It is a commonly used metric of proximal arterial stiffness and pulse wave velocity. Calculated using simultaneously measured dynamic pressure and flow data, estimates of characteristic impedance can be obtained using metho...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Qureshi MU,Colebank MJ,Schreier DA,Tabima DM,Haider MA,Chesler NC,Olufsen MS

更新日期：2018-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is a precise, widely used method for measuring bone mineral density (BMD), usually of the lumbar spine and femoral neck. Recent developments, such as a lower x-ray tube current and pixel by pixel analysis, enable smaller bones and thinner tissues volumes, as in the hand, to be me...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Steel SA,Swann P,Langley G,Langton CM

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermal sweating manikins are used to analyse the heat and mass transfer phenomena in the skin-clothing-environment system. However, the limiting factor of present thermal manikins is their inability to simulate adequately the human thermal behaviour, which has a significant effect on the clothing microenvironment. A ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Psikuta A,Richards M,Fiala D

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Manganese (Mn) is a neurotoxin. However, the impact of elevated, chronic Mn exposure is not well understood, partially due to the lack of a cumulative exposure biomarker. To address this gap, our group developed a compact in vivo neutron activation analysis (IVNAA) system to quantify Mn concentration in bone ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Liu Y,Rolle-McFarland D,Mostafaei F,Zhou Y,Li Y,Zheng W,Wells E,Nie LH

更新日期：2018-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical impedance spectroscopy has been developed as a potential method for the diagnosis of carcinoma in epithelial tissues. An understanding of the influence of structural changes in the tissue on the properties measured using this technique is essential for interpreting measured data and optimization of probe de...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Walker DC,Smallwood RH,Keshtar A,Wilkinson BA,Hamdy FC,Lee JA

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Advanced neuroimaging has proved to be pivotal in the management of acute ischemic stroke. The use of CT perfusion (CTP) core and penumbra parameters to predict the outcome in wake-up stroke (WUS) patients in everyday clinical scenarios has not yet been investigated. The aim of our study was to investigate th...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Ajčević M,Furlanis G,Stella AB,Cillotto T,Caruso P,Ridolfi M,Lugnan C,Miladinović A,Ukmar M,Cova MA,Accardo A,Manganotti P,Naccarato M

更新日期：2020-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Skinfold anthropometry is a widely practiced technique often with little appreciation of its limitations. The large residual error appearing in any regressions of body density versus sums of skinfolds is primarily due to biological causes, in particular the non-constancy of the ratio of subcutaneous to total body fat....

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Beddoe AH,Samat SB

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper represents a reconstruction algorithm using a direct sensitivity matrix (DSM) approach for fast 3D image reconstruction in electrical impedance imaging. The boundary element method (BEM) is used in the construction of this matrix. The first images of a conductivity perturbation inside a sphere are reconstru...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Morucci JP,Granié M,Lei M,Chabert M,Marsili PM

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00