Consistent biomechanical phenotyping of common carotid arteries from seven genetic, pharmacological, and surgical mouse models.

abstract：:Normal physiological mechanical forces cause constant tissue renewal in aortic valve leaflets (AVL) while altered mechanical forces incite changes in their structural and biological properties. The current study aims at characterizing the remodeling properties of AVL subjected to cyclic circumferential stretch in a st...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Balachandran K,Konduri S,Sucosky P,Jo H,Yoganathan AP

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：:Knowledge of strain-rate sensitivity of soft tissue viscoelastic and nonlinear elastic properties is important for accurate predictions of biomechanical behavior and for quantitative assessment of the effects of disease or surgical/pharmaceutical intervention. Soft tissues are known to exhibit mild rate sensitivity, b...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Doehring TC,Carew EO,Vesely I

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the effects of smooth muscle contraction and relaxation on the strain and stress distribution in the vascular wall, a mathematical model was proposed. The artery was assumed to be a thick-walled orthotropic tube made of nonlinear, incompressible elastic material. Considering that the contraction of smooth mus...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Rachev A,Hayashi K

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compare the influence of time-frequency methods on analysis of time-varying renal autoregulation properties. Particularly, we examine if detection probabilities are similar for amplitude and frequency modulation for a modulated simulation signal among five time-frequency approaches, and if time-varying changes in s...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Scully CG,Siu KL,Cupples WA,Braam B,Chon KH

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:This work presents a method to unequivocally detect urine sample tampering in cases where integrity of the sample needs to be verified prior to urinalysis. The technique involves the detection of distinct patterns of a triplex short tandem repeats system in DNA extracted from human urine. The analysis is realized with...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Pires NMM,Dong T,Yang Z,Santos SMB

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：:Cell migration paths of mammary epithelial cells (expressing different versions of the promigratory tyrosine kinase receptor Her2/Neu) were analyzed within a bimodal framework that is a generalization of the run-and-tumble description applicable to bacterial migration. The mammalian cell trajectories were segregated i...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Potdar AA,Lu J,Jeon J,Weaver AM,Cummings PT

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Point cathodal stimulation of cardiac tissue was shown previously to produce both a dog-bone shaped virtual cathode transverse to the muscle fibers and two longitudinal virtual anodes. We hypothesize that virtual anodes can cause a region of delayed activation, separating two regions of early activation caused by the ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Wu J,Roden DM,Wikswo JP Jr

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional histologic methods provide valuable information regarding the physical nature of damage in fatigue-loaded tendons, limited to thin, two-dimensional sections. We introduce an imaging method that characterizes tendon microstructure three-dimensionally and develop quantitative, spatial measures of damage for...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Fung DT,Sereysky JB,Basta-Pljakic J,Laudier DM,Huq R,Jepsen KJ,Schaffler MB,Flatow EL

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral nerve injuries present challenges to regeneration. Currently, the gold standard for nerve repair is an autograft that results in another region of the body suffering nerve damage. Previously, bioactive borate glass (BBG) has been studied in clinical trials to treat patients with non-healing wounds, and we h...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Gupta B,Papke JB,Mohammadkhah A,Day DE,Harkins AB

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromuscular impairment associated with cerebral palsy (CP) often leads to life-long walking deficits. Our goal was to evaluate the ability of a novel untethered wearable ankle exoskeleton to reduce the severity of gait pathology from CP. In this clinical feasibility study of five individuals with CP, we used instrum...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Lerner ZF,Harvey TA,Lawson JL

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a finite volume method for modeling electrical activation in a sample of cardiac tissue using the bidomain equations. Microstructural features to the level of cleavage planes between sheets of myocardial fibers in the tissue are explicitly represented. The key features of this implementation compa...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Trew M,Le Grice I,Smaill B,Pullan A

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is associated with high mortality rates. Risk of rupture is multi-factorial involving AAA geometric configuration, vessel tortuosity, and the presence of intraluminal pathology. Fluid structure interaction (FSI) simulations were conducted in patient based computed tomography ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Xenos M,Labropoulos N,Rambhia S,Alemu Y,Einav S,Tassiopoulos A,Sakalihasan N,Bluestein D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to its unique non-invasive microstructure probing capabilities, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) constitutes a valuable tool in the study of fiber orientation in skeletal muscles. By implementing a DTI sequence with judiciously chosen directional encoding to quantify in vivo the microarchitectural properties in the ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Karampinos DC,King KF,Sutton BP,Georgiadis JG

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major tissue engineering challenge is the creation of multilaminate scaffolds with layer-specific mechanical properties representative of native tissues, such as heart valve leaflets, blood vessels, and cartilage. For this purpose, poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) hydrogels are attractive materials due to th...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Tseng H,Cuchiara ML,Durst CA,Cuchiara MP,Lin CJ,West JL,Grande-Allen KJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent developments in computational modeling of cochlear implantation are promising to study in silico the performance of the implant before surgery. However, creating a complete computational model of the patient's anatomy while including an external device geometry remains challenging. To address such a challenge, ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Mangado N,Ceresa M,Duchateau N,Kjer HM,Vera S,Dejea Velardo H,Mistrik P,Paulsen RR,Fagertun J,Noailly J,Piella G,González Ballester MÁ

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：: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：:Blunt carotid artery injuries occur in 0.3% of blunt injured patients and may lead to devastating neurological consequences. However, arterial mechanics leading to internal layer subfailure have not been quantified. Twenty-two human carotid artery segments and 18 porcine thoracic aorta segments were opened to expose t...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Stemper BD,Yoganandan N,Sinson GP,Gennarelli TA,Stineman MR,Pintar FA

更新日期：2007-02-01 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 goal of the Human Research Program at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is to analyze and mitigate the risk of occupant injury due to dynamic loads. Experimental tests of human subjects and biofidelic anthropomorphic test devices provide valuable kinematic and kinetic data related to injury risk e...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Gaewsky JP,Jones DA,Ye X,Koya B,McNamara KP,Gayzik FS,Weaver AA,Putnam JB,Somers JT,Stitzel JD

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method of investigating head acceleration and intracranial dynamics from stick impacts in girls' and women's lacrosse was developed using headform impact experiments and a finite element head model. Assessing the likelihood of head injury due to stick-head impacts is of interest in girls' and women's lacrosse due to...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Morse JD,Franck JA,Wilcox BJ,Crisco JJ,Franck C

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is aimed at refining our understanding of the role of vortex formation at mitral mechanical heart valve (MHV) closure and its association with the high intensity transient signals (HITS) seen in echocardiographic studies with MHV recipients. Previously reported numerical results described a twofold process ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Rambod E,Beizai M,Sahn DJ,Gharib M

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：:Pressure ulcer risk assessment might be optimized by incorporating the soft tissue reaction to mechanical loading in the currently used risk assessment scales. Cytokines, like IL-1alpha, IL-1RA, IL-8, and TNF-alpha, might be used to determine this tissue reaction, since they are released after 24 h of mechanical loadi...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Cornelissen LH,Bronneberg D,Bader DL,Baaijens FP,Oomens CW

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymeric heart valves have the potential to reduce thrombogenic complications associated with current mechanical valves and overcome fatigue-related problems experienced by bioprosthetic valves. In this paper we characterize the in vitro velocity and Reynolds Shear Stress (RSS) fields inside and downstream of three d...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Leo HL,Dasi LP,Carberry J,Simon HA,Yoganathan AP

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opportunities to provide clinical immersion experiences to bioengineering undergraduate students have expanded over the last several years. These programs allow students to observe the clinical environment in order to better understand workflow processes, the context in which medical equipment is used, and identify un...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Kotche M,Felder AE,Wilkens K,Stirling S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microscopic steps and crevices are inevitable features within prosthetic blood-contacting devices. This study aimed to elucidate the thrombogenicity of the associated microscopic flow features by studying the transport of fluorescent platelet-sized particles in a suspension of red blood cells (RBCs) flowing through a ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Zhao R,Marhefka JN,Shu F,Hund SJ,Kameneva MV,Antaki JF

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00