Infrared thermography for indirect assessment of activation of brown adipose tissue in lean and obese male subjects.

abstract：:The goal of the present study was to develop and evaluate a new method for the prediction of unexplained syncope occurrences. Diagnosis of syncope is currently based on the reproduction of symptoms in combination with hypotension and bradycardia induced by a 45 min 60-70 degrees head-upright tilt test (HUTT). The main...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Schang D,Feuilloy M,Plantier G,Fortrat JO,Nicolas P

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the clinical environment the reliable interpretation of EIT images depends on the quality of the data. In the electrically noisy hospital environment the system performance needs to be assessed for each clinical investigation. From the model of noise presented, a figure of merit for comparisons of system performanc...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Meeson S,Blott BH,Killingback AL

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myoelectrical pattern classification is a crucial part in multi-functional prosthesis control. This paper investigates a discriminant Fourier-derived cepstrum (DFC) and feature-level post-processing (FLPP) to discriminate hand and wrist motions using the surface electromyographic signal. The Fourier-derived cepstrum t...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Chen X,Zhu X,Zhang D

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a functional imaging technique in which cross-sectional images of structures are reconstructed based on boundary trans-impedance measurements. Continuous functional thorax monitoring using EIT has been extensively researched. Increasing the number of electrodes, number...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Shiraz A,Khodadad D,Nordebo S,Yerworth R,Frerichs I,van Kaam A,Kallio M,Papadouri T,Bayford R,Demosthenous A

更新日期：2019-04-03 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：: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：:Epidemiological studies have associated the negative effects of sedentary time and sedentary patterns on health indices. However, these studies have used methodologies that do not directly measure the sedentary state. Recent technological developments in the area of motion sensors have incorporated inclinometers, whic...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Dowd KP,Harrington DM,Bourke AK,Nelson J,Donnelly AE

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural gastric electrical stimulation (NGES) is a new method for invoking gastric contractions under microprocessor control. However, optimization of this technique using feedback mechanisms to minimize power consumption and maximize effectiveness has been lacking. The present pilot study proposes a prototype feedback...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Aelen P,Jurkov A,Aulanier A,Mintchev MP

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：:If electrical impedance tomography is to be used as a clinical tool, the image reconstruction algorithms must yield accurate images of impedance changes. One of the keys to producing an accurate reconstructed image is the inclusion of prior information regarding the physical geometry of the object. To achieve this, ma...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Bayford RH,Gibson A,Tizzard A,Tidswell T,Holder DS

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroneurograms (ENGs) from the vagus nerve (VN), the splanchnic nerve (SN) and the pancreatic nerve (PN) innervating the pancreas of a dog, were recorded with chronically implanted 33-electrode spiral cuffs (cuff) before and after the pancreas were stimulated with intravenously (i.v.) administered glucose. In the c...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Rozman J,Zorko B,Bunc M,Mikac U,Tegou E

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the cross-sectional images taken with the zoom-in micro-tomography technique, we measured trabecular thicknesses of femur bones in postmortem rats. Since the zoom-in micro-tomography technique is capable of high resolution imaging of a small local region inside a large subject, we were able to measure the trabec...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Cho MH,Chun IK,Lee SC,Cho MH,Lee SY

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unstable gait is a risk factor for falls. Wearable accelerometers enable remote monitoring of daily walking. Here, new methods for measuring stride-to-stride oscillations are validated against optical motion capture, normative data determined, and dependency on walking speed investigated. Walks by 13 young people (mea...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Brodie MA,Beijer TR,Canning CG,Lord SR

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The widening application of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) presents very strong requirements for external electrocardiogram (ECG) signal analysis. Highly accurate detection of shockable rhythms is required, aimed to approach the maximum of 100% sensitivity and specificity. In a previous study the performance...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Jekova I,Cansell A,Dotsinsky I

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and fatal disease characterized by excessive deposition of collagen and associated stiffening of lung tissue. While it is known that inflammation and dysfunction of fibroblasts are involved in disease development, it remains poorly understood how cells and ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Wellman TJ,Mondoñedo JR,Davis GS,Bates JHT,Suki B

更新日期：2018-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-invasive fetal heart rate is of great relevance in clinical practice to monitor fetal health state during pregnancy. To date, however, despite significant advances in the field of electrocardiography, the analysis of abdominal fetal ECG is considered a challenging problem for biomedical and signal processing commu...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Varanini M,Tartarisco G,Billeci L,Macerata A,Pioggia G,Balocchi R

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:The left atrium (LA) plays an important role in the maintenance of hemodynamic and electrical stability of the heart. One of the conditions altering the atrial mechanical function is atrial fibrillation (AF), leading to an increased thromboembolic risk due to impaired mechanical function. Preserving the regions of the...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Kuklik P,Molaee P,Podziemski P,Ganesan AN,Brooks AG,Worthley SG,Sanders P

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment and diagnosis of lower limb peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) is important since it can lead progressively to disabling claudication, ischaemic rest pain and gangrene. Historically, the first assessment has been palpation of the peripheral pulse since it can become damped, delayed and diminis...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Allen J,Oates CP,Lees TA,Murray A

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard electrocardiogram (ECG) is the most common non-invasive way to study atrial fibrillation (AF). In this respect, previous works have shown that the surface lead V(1) reflects mainly the dominant atrial frequency (DAF) of the right atrium (RA), which has been widely used to study AF. In a similar way, AF or...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Alcaraz R,Hornero F,Rieta JJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accelerometer wear location may influence physical activity estimates. This study investigates this relationship through the examination of activity patterns throughout the day. Participants from the aging research evaluating accelerometry (AREA) study (n men  =  37, n women  =  47, mean age (SD)  =  78.9 (5.5) years)...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Shiroma EJ,Schepps MA,Harezlak J,Chen KY,Matthews CE,Koster A,Caserotti P,Glynn NW,Harris TB

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method was developed for simultaneously measuring plasma resistance, cell interior resistance and cell membrane capacitance of blood. A three-element circuit model for simulating the impedance of blood was evaluated by comparing measured and calculated impedance frequency curves and was found feasible. The values of...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Zhao TX,Jacobson B,Ribbe T

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The ventilators involved in non-invasive mechanical ventilation commonly provide ventilator support via a facemask. The interface of the mask with a patient promotes air leaks that cause errors in the feedback information provided by a pneumatic sensor and hence patient-ventilator asynchrony with multiple neg...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Ivanović MD,Petrovic J,Savić A,Gligorić G,Miletić M,Vukčević M,Bojović B,Hadžievski L,Allsop T,Webb DJ

更新日期：2018-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Accurate bladder size estimation is an important clinical parameter that assists physicians, enabling them to provide better treatment for patients who are suffering from urinary incontinence. Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a non-invasive medical imaging method that estimates organ boundaries assumi...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Konki SK,Khambampati AK,Sharma SK,Kim KY

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Plethysmographic measurement of airway resistance (R(aw)) has been determined by single-point analysis, usually at 50% of maximum inspiratory flow (MIF). Computer-assisted (best fit) analysis, however, allows R(aw) to be calculated by applying a regression line to any portion of the plethysmograph pressure-flow loop. ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Thomas M,Greenough A,Blowes R,Rafferty GF,Calvert S,Marlow N,Peacock JL,Milner AD

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gamma fit facilitates smoothing and extrapolation of distorted tracer-dilution curves in blood flow studies. Theoretically based empirical estimators were developed as simple alternatives to direct regression approaches from simulated gamma distributions with a wide range of shape asymmetry. Key curve features of pe...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Lopatatzidis A,Millard RK

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring the brain state in anaesthesia is crucial for clinical doctors. In this study, we propose a novel nonlinear method, the permutation Lempel-Ziv complexity (PLZC) index, which describes the complexity in the electroencephalographic (EEG) signal to quantify the effect of GABAergic anaesthetics on brain activit...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Bai Y,Liang Z,Li X,Voss LJ,Sleigh JW

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Observational studies suggest that obesity might have a Mendelian origin, but it is not clear if gene expression patterns observed in obese subjects are secondary to genetic traits or not. APPROACH:Here we test a transcriptomic signature of obesity previously identified by our group on a large cohort of twin...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Font-Clos F,Zapperi S,La Porta CAM

更新日期：2018-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A nonlinear model predictive controller has been developed to maintain normoglycemia in subjects with type 1 diabetes during fasting conditions such as during overnight fast. The controller employs a compartment model, which represents the glucoregulatory system and includes submodels representing absorption of subcut...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Hovorka R,Canonico V,Chassin LJ,Haueter U,Massi-Benedetti M,Orsini Federici M,Pieber TR,Schaller HC,Schaupp L,Vering T,Wilinska ME

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A finite difference model of the human thorax with 113,400 control volumes (nodes) based on ECG gated MRI images was used to evaluate the Sheffield DAS-01P EIT system. Sixteen simulated electrode positions equally spaced around the thorax model at approximately the fourth intercostals space level were selected. Pairs ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Patterson RP,Zhang J

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00