Vortex ring formation in the left ventricle of the heart: analysis by 4D flow MRI and Lagrangian coherent structures.

abstract：:Electrospinning was used in innovative electrospinning rigs to obtain tubular and flat fibrous structures with controlled fiber orientation with the aim to be used as scaffolds for biomedical applications, more specifically in the tissue engineering of vascular and orthopedic grafts. Gelatine and hydroxyapatite (HA)-g...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Salifu AA,Nury BD,Lekakou C

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal means of electrically stimulating a skeletal muscle to contract around a fluid-filled pouch (i.e., a skeletal muscle ventricle [SMV]) has not been determined. A SMV was made from the latissimus dorsi muscle in five dogs and the rectus abdominis muscle in five dogs, and each SMV was electrically stimulated ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Badylak SF,Wessale JE,Geddes LA,Janas W

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of wave propagation phenomena, namely global reflection coefficient (gamma G[omega]) and pulse wave velocity (Cph), are studied in a model of the coupled left ventricle/arterial system. The left ventricle consists of a time-varying elastance, while the arterial system is modeled as a single, uniform, elast...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Berger DS,Li JK,Noordergraaf A

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents an in vitro temperature mapping study of bovine cardiac tissue during radiofrequency ablation. The objectives were to: (i) develop a technique for measuring the spatial and temporal temperature distribution in the tissue and in the blood during ablation, and (ii) use the temperature measurements to...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Jain MK,Wolf PD

更新日期：2000-09-01 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：:An endovascular technique using a stent has been developed and successfully applied in the treatment of wide neck aneurysms. A stent can facilitate thrombosis in the aneurysm pouch while maintaining biocompatible passage of the parent artery. Insertion of the stent changes the flow characteristics inside the aneurysm ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Rhee K,Han MH,Cha SH

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of increasingly complex integrated cellular systems will be a major challenge for the next decade and beyond, as we apply the knowledge gained from the sub-disciplines of regenerative medicine, synthetic biology, micro-fabrication and nanotechnology, systems biology, and developmental biology. In this pros...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Kamm RD,Bashir R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that neutrophils take much longer to traverse the pulmonary capillary bed than erythrocytes, and this is likely due to differences in the structure and rheology of the cells. In this study, we simulate the transit of a neutrophil in a capillary using a Newtonian drop model and a viscoelastic drop mode...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Zhou C,Yue P,Feng JJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The second equation in the section "Definition of Objective Functions and Constraints" was corrected to fix a mismatch between the PDF and HTML versions of the article. ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Lv C,Wang S,Shi C

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a method for the localized statistical discrimination of class populations based on the Karhunen-Loève and Fukunaga-Koontz transforms. These transforms provide features that model the variance of a sample distribution. The spatial series of a 196 channel epicardial electrogram recording from an arrythmogeni...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Ciaccio EJ,Dunn SM,Akay M,Wit AL,Coromilas J,Costeas CA

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid screening of biomarkers, with high specificity and accuracy, is critical for many point-of-care diagnostics. Microfluidics, the use of microscale channels to manipulate small liquid samples and carry reactions in parallel, offers tremendous opportunities to address fundamental questions in biology and provide a ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Ng E,Chen K,Hang A,Syed A,Zhang JX

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disease and injury perturb the balance of processes associated with inflammation and tissue remodeling, resulting in positive feedback loops, exacerbation of disease and compromised tissue repair. Conversely, under homeostatic healthy conditions, these processes are tightly regulated through the expansion and/or recru...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Glowacki AJ,Gottardi R,Yoshizawa S,Cavalla F,Garlet GP,Sfeir C,Little SR

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The linear homeomorphic muscle model proposed by Enderle and coworkers for the rectus eye muscle is fitted to reflect the dynamics of muscles in the head-neck complex, specifically in muscles involved in gaze shifts. This parameterization of the model for different muscles in the neck region will serve to drive a 3D d...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Sierra DA,Enderle JD

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neutrophil has developed into one of the most efficient vertebrate motile cells. It migrates through tissues, where it encounters multiple chemoattractant signals with complex spatial and temporal characteristics. The directional movement of the neutrophil is signaled by the binding of chemoattractants and chemoki...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Zhelev DV,Alteraifi A

更新日期：2002-03-01 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：:Parameters of physiological models are commonly associated in an input-output experiment with a specific pattern of the system response. This association is often made on an intuitive basis by traditional sensitivity analysis, i.e., by inspecting the variations of model output trajectories with respect to parameter va...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Thomaseth K,Cobelli C

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：:The left-right asymmetry in the potential amplitude on the scalp was studied in poststroke patients by using flash visual evoked potential (VEP) and a numerical two-dimensional model of the head. The left-right asymmetry of the VEP was measured in three patients after thrombosis, in one after hemorrhage, and in one he...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Abboud S,Bar L,Rosenfeld M,Ring H,Glass I

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bending stiffness of passive-dynamic ankle-foot orthoses (PD-AFOs) is a functional characteristic thought to restore lost ankle function due to weakened plantar flexors. However, lower extremity impairment profiles of patients are seldom limited to plantar flexion weakness, and PD-AFO characteristics often influence g...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Arch ES,Stanhope SJ

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:A recent analytical solution of the three-dimensional Stokes flow through a bumpy tube predicts that for a given bump area, there exists an optimal circumferential wavenumber which minimizes flow resistance. This study uses measurements of microvessel endothelial cell morphology to test whether this prediction holds i...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Sumagin R,Brown CW 3rd,Sarelius IH,King MR

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents a multi-scale computational model describing the transport of water vapor and heat within the human conducting airways and its interaction with cellular fluid transport kinetics. This tight coupling between the cell and the evaporative flux allows the periciliary liquid (PCL) depth to be investig...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Warren NJ,Crampin EJ,Tawhai MH

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：:Electrical potentials in mechanically loaded bone have been implicated as signals in the bone remodeling cycle. Recently, interest has grown in exploiting this phenomenon to develop electrically active ceramics for implantation in hard tissue which may induce improved biological responses. Both polarized hydroxyapatit...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Baxter FR,Bowen CR,Turner IG,Dent AC

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to establish in vitro bench-tests of left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAo) devices regarding tug force, radial force and sealing capacity. Two LAAo devices, namely the WATCHMAN™ and the Occlutech®, of three different sizes underwent testing in novel dedicated in vitro setups. Radial force wa...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Menne MF,Schrickel JW,Nickenig G,Al-Kassou B,Nelles D,Schmitz-Rode T,Steinseifer U,Sedaghat A

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The statistical distribution of von Mises stress in the trabeculae of human vertebral cancellous bone was estimated using large-scale finite element models. The goal was to test the hypothesis that average trabecular von Mises stress is correlated to the maximum trabecular level von Mises stress. The hypothesis was pr...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Fyhrie DP,Hoshaw SJ,Hamid MS,Hou FJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The responses of photoreceptor cells to moving stimuli are crucial to understanding motion detection in visual systems. However, these responses are not well characterized quantitatively because they result from a combination of spatial optical behavior in the lens systems with temporal behavior in the phototransducti...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Korenberg MJ,Juusola M,French AS

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To better understand the relationship between kinetic processes of contraction and the dynamic features of an isometric twitch, studies were conducted using a mathematical model that included: (1) kinetics of cross bridge (XB) cycling; (2) kinetics of thin filament regulatory processes; (3) serial and feedback interac...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Campbell KB,Razumova MV,Kirkpatrick RD,Slinker BK

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local hemodynamics are an important factor in atherosclerosis, from the development of early lesions, to the assessment of stroke risk, to determining the ultimate fate of a mature plaque. Until recently, our understanding of arterial fluid dynamics and their relationship to atherosclerosis was limited by the use of i...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Steinman DA

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elastin is an essential component of arteries which provides structural integrity and instructs smooth muscle cells to adopt a quiescent state. Despite interaction of endothelial cells with elastin in the internal elastic lamina, the potential for exploiting this interaction therapeutically has not been explored in de...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Wilson BD,Gibson CC,Sorensen LK,Guilhermier MY,Clinger M,Kelley LL,Shiu YT,Li DY

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00