Effect of surface roughness on the initial response of MC3T3-E1 cells cultured on polished titanium alloy.

abstract：:The 5(and 6)-carboxyfluorescein diacetate (C-FDA) is used for a rapid and continuous counting of living cells. Nonfluorescent C-FDA is converted into fluorescent 5(and 6)-carboxyfluorescein (C-F) by the reaction with esterase, which is an enzyme of living cells. The conversion makes it possible to count the number of ...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Sugata K,Ohnishi T,Matsumoto K

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Longitudinal stent compression (LSC) is a new failure mode not previously observed in coronary stents. This phenomenon occurs when the physician tries to cross the deployed stent with other devices. While this phenomenon has been observed with a number of stent designs, it seems more common with the Element stent. A c...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Hsiao HM,Yeh CT,Chiu YH,Wang C,Chen CP

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:The debris generated by the progressive wear of total joint replacement (TJR) devices is considered a primary cause of osteolysis, bone resorption, and premature failure of artificial hips and knees. The vast majority of this debris originates from the UHMWPE articulating surfaces caused by tribological interaction wi...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Davidson JA,Poggie RA,Mishra AK

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a common tool in regenerative medicine. The nanoscale extracellular vesicles (nEVs) secreted by these cells were recently brought up to light thanks to their therapeutic potential. In this study, we assessed the in vitro behaviour of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) exp...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Dostert G,Willemin AS,Jouan-Hureaux V,Louis H,Hupont S,Gillet P,Menu P,Decot V,Moby V,Velot É

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxyapatite is widely utilized as a component in dental hygiene agents. The ability to adsorb and remove dental plaque adhering to tooth surfaces is recognized as an important property of hydroxyapatite particles. In this study, the adsorptive ability of hydroxyapatite was evaluated based on its adsorptive amount a...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Niwa M,Li W,Sato T,Daisaku T,Aoki H,Aoki H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(propylene fumarate-co-ethylene glycol) random (PPF-1) and block (PPF-2) copolymer oligomers were prepared. Comparing the setting characteristics of PPF-1 and PPF-2 with comonomer n-vinyl pyrrolidone (n-VP) and swelling characteristics of cured PPF-1 and PPF-2, lower setting temperature and setting time was observ...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Jayabalan M,Thomas V,Sreelatha PK

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:Polylactic acid (PLA)/styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene (SEBS) composites were prepared by melt blending. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and wide angle X-ray diffraction (WXRD) were used to characterize PLA and PLA/SEBS composites in terms of their melting behavior and crystallization. Curves from thermal gra...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Tsou CH,Kao BJ,Yang MC,Suen MC,Lee YH,Chen JC,Yao WH,Lin SM,Tsou CY,Huang SH,De Guzman M,Hung WS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Milkvetch root as a medicine has been used for more over 2000 years in China, can strengthen immune function, protect liver, promote urination, resist aging and stress, reduce blood pressure and extensively resist bacterium. This study explored the effects of milkvetch root on the immune function of patients with a de...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Jiang D,Wang X,Su Q,Jiang S,Yuan F,Zhang C,Gong F,Dong Q,Shi J,Chen B

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:To address the lack of 3D space information in the digital radiography of a patient femur, a pose estimation method based on 2D-3D rigid registration is proposed in this study. The method uses two digital radiography images to realize the preoperative 3D visualization of a fractured femur. Compared with the pure Digit...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Zhang X,Zhu Y,Li C,Zhao J,Li G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a wet method, we have synthesized octacalcium phosphate carbonate, in which HPO42- in octacalcium phosphate is replaced with CO32-. The physical, crystal, and chemical properties of this new material were compared to octacalcium phosphate, Ca-deficient hydroxyapatite, and Ca-deficient carbonate apatite using X-r...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Shen D,Horiuchi N,Nozaki S,Miyashin M,Yamashita K,Nagai A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanical behavior of three styrenic thermoplastic block copolymer elastomers with applied surgical sutures was studied by uniaxial tensile testing. The materials exhibited oriented cylindrical microstructure. Distinct macroscopic deformation mechanisms have been observed upon stretching of samples with vertical ...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Stasiak J,Nair S,Moggridge GD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dry emulsion containing curcumin (DE-CUR) was prepared for oral delivery of poorly water-soluble curcumin, and its oral bioavailability and antiasthmatic efficacy was evaluated. After comparison of the solubility of curcumin in various oils, Plurol® Oleique CC497 was selected to be the oil phase due to its higher solu...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Jang DJ,Kim ST,Oh E,Lee K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint is a critical component for normal walking. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of restricting the flexion-extension motion of the first MTP joint on human walking gait. Ten male participants were recruited to perform walking trials under barefoot (BF) and the f...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Zhang J,Si Y,Zhang Y,Liu Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some computer applications for cell characterization in medicine and biology, such as analysis of surface structure of cell wall-deficient EVC (El Tor Vibrio of Cholera), operate with cell samples taken from very small areas of interest. In order to perform texture characterization in such an application, only a few t...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Li S,Hu K,Cai N,Su W,Xiong H,Lou Z,Lin T,Hu Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous constitutive models describing the mechanical properties of tendons have been proposed during the past few decades. However, few were widely used owing to the lack of implementation in the general finite element (FE) software, and very few systematic studies have been done on selecting the most appropriate pa...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Tang CY,Ng GY,Wang ZW,Tsui CP,Zhang G

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the significance of hydroxyapatite based microporous composite (HA/mica composite) surfaces and a macroporous synthetic hydroxyapatite, rat marrow cell culture, which shows osteogenic differentiation, was carried out on six different culture substrata (two control culture dishes, two identical ...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Nordström E,Ohgushi H,Yoshikawa T,Yokobori AT Jr,Yokobori T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Age is the most important risk factor for primary osteoarthritis (OA). Members of the TGF-β superfamily play a crucial role in chondrocyte differentiation and maintenance of healthy articular cartilage. OBJECTIVE:We have investigated whether age-related changes in TGF-β superfamily signaling components play...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： van der Kraan PM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The values of the propagation coefficient measured on a silicon rubber tube in the frequency range 1-15 Hz were compared, using four different equations. The first formula is based on three simultaneous pressure measurements performed at equidistant points; the remaining three equations are original, and make use of o...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Ursino M,Artioli E

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Understanding the biomechanical properties of hernia meshes is essential in facilitating their selection. The aim of this study was to evaluate the mechanical compatibility of hernia meshes and human abdominal fascia and assess their applicability in hernia repair. METHODS:Uniaxial tensile tests were perform...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Doneva M,Pashkouleva D

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents the single channel speech enhancement system using subband Kalman filtering by estimating optimal Autoregressive (AR) coefficients and variance for speech and noise, using Weighted Linear Prediction (WLP) and Noise Weighting Function (NWF). The system is applied for normal and Oesophageal speech si...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Ishaq R,García Zapirain B

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An alternative non-vascular extracellular material was obtained by decellularisation of porcine urinary bladder and examined for its potential as scaffold for vascular tissue engineering. Analysis using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Laser Scanning Microscopy (LSCM) showed a poro...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Piterina AV,Callanan A,Davis L,Meaney C,Walsh M,McGloughlin TM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, biocompatibility of 17-4 PH stainless steel foam for biomedical implant applications was investigated. 17-4 PH stainless steel foams having porosities in the range of 40-82% with an average pore size of around 600 μm were produced by space holder-sintering technique. Sintered foams were precipitation ha...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Mutlu I,Oktay E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two different types of colloidal lipid particles are presented and compared as innovative carrier systems. Size distribution and storage stability of formulations produced by hot high pressure homogenisation in lab and medium scale production were investigated by laser diffractometry (LD) and photon correlation spectr...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Saupe A,Wissing SA,Lenk A,Schmidt C,Müller RH

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Level set method has been widely used in medical image analysis, but it has difficulties when being used in the segmentation of left ventricular (LV) boundaries on echocardiography images because the boundaries are not very distinguish, and the signal-to-noise ratio of echocardiography images is not very high. In this...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Zhang Y,Gao Y,Li H,Teng Y,Kang Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of carbonate in reducing the crystal size of precipitated hydroxyapatite by approximately an order of magnitude has not been used previously in the preparation of gel monoliths for the fabrication of carbonate hydroxyapatite ceramics. The aim of this study was to devise a method whereby gel monoliths of car...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Barralet JE,Best SM,Bonfield W

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The method of formation of bioactive calcium-phosphate coating on medical titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V (3.5-5.3% V; 5.3-6.8% Al; balance -Ti) by plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) has been developed. Evaluation of osteogenerating properties of the coating at fractures of the shaft of the femur on Wistar line laboratory r...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Gnedenkov SV,Sinebryukhov SL,Puz AV,Egorkin VS,Kostiv RE

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) mathematically forms a large-scale optimization problem. The development of an IMRT plan is computationally expensive resulting in time-consuming, inefficient, and difficult to develop high-quality IMRT plans. By combining prior knowledge with proposed novel measures derive...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Zhou Z,Chen Y,Yu Z,Wang D,Zhao C,Xu J,Song W,Li B,Shen J,Zhu X

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00