Microfluidics for mammalian cell chemotaxis.

abstract：:Mitral valve regurgitation (MVR) is common in patients receiving left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support, however the haemodynamic effect of MVR is not entirely clear. This study evaluated the haemodynamic effect of MVR with LVAD support and the influence of inflow cannulation site and LVAD speed modulation. Lef...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Gregory SD,Stevens MC,Wu EL,Pauls JP,Kleinheyer M,Fraser JF

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optoelectronic plethysmography (OEP) is a noninvasive method for assessing lung volume variations and the contributions of different anatomical compartments of the chest wall (CW) through measurements of the motion of markers attached to the CW surface. The present study proposes a new method for analyzing the local C...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Solav D,Meric H,Rubin MB,Pradon D,Lofaso F,Wolf A

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of training on a person's ability to perceive, interpret and utilize information presented via the tactile sense were examined by using a dual-channel electrocutaneous tracking approach. The electrocutaneous code studied was linear pulse rate encoding of information. The stimulus had a pulse width of 200 m...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Szeto AY,Chung YM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simulations are useful to study the heart's ability to generate flow and the interaction between contractility and loading conditions. The left ventricular pressure-volume (PV) relation has been shown to be nonlinear, but it is unknown whether a linear model is accurate enough for simulations. Six models were fitted t...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Lankhaar JW,Rövekamp FA,Steendijk P,Faes TJ,Westerhof BE,Kind T,Vonk-Noordegraaf A,Westerhof N

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient homotypic adhesions between flowing leukocytes and those previously adherent on the vessel wall has been proposed to amplify the accumulation of leukocytes at sites of inflammation. While adhesion of leukocytes to the vessel wall (primary capture) is mediated primarily by P-selectin on the endothelium and P-...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Paschall CD,Lawrence MB

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of tissue hydration and fixed charge density on hydraulic permeability and creep behavior of cartilaginous tissues have been investigated using the triphasic theory and finite element methods. The empirical model for hydraulic permeability of uncharged gels and Mackie and Meares (1955) model for ion diffus...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Gu WY,Yao H

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of brain interface (BI) technology continues to attract researchers with a wide range of backgrounds and expertise. Though the BI community is committed to accurate and objective evaluation of methods, systems, and technology, the very diversity of the methods and terminology used in the field hinders ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Mason SG,Jackson MM,Birch GE

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was to explore the effects of BMP-2 gene modified canine bone marrow stromal cells (bMSCs) mediated by a nonviral PEI derivative (GenEscort™ II) in promoting bone formation in vitro and in vivo. Canine bMSCs were cultured and transfected with plasmids containing bone morphogenetic protein-2 gene (pBMP-2) or ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Lü K,Zeng D,Zhang Y,Xia L,Xu L,Kaplan DL,Jiang X,Zhang F

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of CO2 volume exhaled per breath (VCO2.br) can be determined during anesthesia by the multiplication and integration of tidal flow (V) and PCO2. During side-stream capnometry, PCO2 must be advanced in time by transport delay (TD), the time to suction gas through the sampling tube. During ventilation, T...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Breen PH,Serina ER

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normalized maximal ventricular power (nPWRmax) is an index of cardiac function which measures the innate blood pumping ability, or contractility, of the left ventricle (LV), and its noninvasive assessment could prove useful in a variety of patients. nPWRmax is defined as the maximum instantaneous product of LV pressur...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Setser RM,Sayre K,Flacke S,Chia J,Lunn K,Lorenz CH

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a method of measuring force response of a single living cell, attached to a substrate, in situ, by a functionalized microelectromechanical systems sensor that applies local deformation on the cell. The sensor is a single crystal silicon microcantilever beam with prescribed shape and geometry, and is coated ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Saif MT,Sager CR,Coyer S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed muscle-tendon models incorporating Hill-type structure and length-dependent coupling between activation and velocity. The models were evaluated in electrically stimulated cat soleus muscles. Dynamic model parameters were estimated by a nonlinear parameter estimation algorithm from input-output data obtain...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Shue GH,Crago PE

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nonlinear dynamic properties of action potential encoding were studied in mechanosensory neurons innervating the slits of a slit-sense organ in the tropical wandering spider, Cupiennius salei. The organ contains two types of neurons that are morphologically similar but have different dynamic properties. Type A neu...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： French AS,Sekizawa SI,Höger U,Torkkeli PH

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This work explores for the first time the effects of temperature increments on the development of high shear stresses between plaque and arterial wall due to their different dilatational properties. Data from the literature report febrile reactions prior to myocardial infarction in patients with normal coron...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Guinea GV,Atienza JM,Fantidis P,Rojo FJ,Ortega A,Torres M,Gonzalez P,Elices ML,Hayashi K,Elices M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral blood flow (CBF) increases as arterial oxygen content falls with hypoxic (low PO2), anemic (low hemoglobin) and carbon monoxide (CO) (high carboxyhemoglobin) hypoxia. Despite a higher arterial PO2, CO hypoxia provokes a greater increase in CBF than hypoxic hypoxia. We analyzed published data using a compartme...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Sharan M,Popel AS,Hudak ML,Koehler RC,Traystman RJ,Jones MD Jr

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents a computer-aided detection system for capsule endoscopy (CE) images using contourlet-based color textural features to recognize tumors in the digestive tract. As tumor exhibits rich information in color texture, a novel color texture feature based on contourlet transform is proposed to describe c...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Li B,Meng MQ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical ventilation is a life-support therapy for intensive care patients suffering from respiratory failure. To reduce the current rate of ventilator-induced lung injury requires ventilator settings that are patient-, time-, and disease-specific. A common lung protective strategy is to optimise the level of positi...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Morton SE,Knopp JL,Chase JG,Möller K,Docherty P,Shaw GM,Tawhai M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle mechanics have been studied in vitro in cylindrical segments of dog carotid artery, human internal mammary artery, and human saphenous vein. Such cylindrical preparations maintain normal vessel geometry and also permit correlation of mechanical phenomena with transmural pressure. These studies s...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Dobrin PB

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concussion tolerance and head impact exposure are highly variable among football players. Recent findings highlight that head impact data analyses need to be performed at the subject level. In this paper, we describe a method of characterizing concussion risk between individuals using a new survival analysis technique...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Rowson S,Campolettano ET,Duma SM,Stemper B,Shah A,Harezlak J,Riggen L,Mihalik JP,Brooks A,Cameron KL,Svoboda SJ,Houston MN,McAllister T,Broglio S,McCrea M

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a multifrequency energy transmission scheme for annular phased arrays in deep-body hyperthermia. The problem of frequency dependent resonance effects reported in hyperthermia phantom calibration studies, leading to skewed energy deposition patterns and unwanted energy maxima (hot spots), is addressed by com...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Jacobsen S,Melandsø F

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) is a potent angiogenic growth factor involved in the development of diseases such as cancer, atherosclerosis, and heart and limb ischemia, as well as normal wound healing and tissue development. Despite being one of the most heavily studied angiogenic growth factors, the binding ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Filion RJ,Popel AS

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagen, the most commonly used extra-cellular matrix protein for tissue engineering applications, displays poor mechanical properties. Here, we report on the preparation and characterization of novel multi-component composite systems that incorporate a genetically engineered, biocompatible polymer (elastin-like poly...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Wheeler TS,Sbravati ND,Janorkar AV

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of arterial coculture conditions on the transport properties of several in vitro endothelial cell (EC)-smooth muscle cell (SMC)-porous filter constructs in which SMC were grown to confluence first and then EC were inoculated. This order of culturing simulates the env...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Mathura RA,Russell-Puleri S,Cancel LM,Tarbell JM

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organ models are used for planning and simulation of operations, developing new surgical instruments, and training purposes. There is a substantial demand for in vitro organ phantoms, especially in urological surgery. Animal models and existing simulator systems poorly mimic the detailed morphology and the physical pr...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Adams F,Qiu T,Mark A,Fritz B,Kramer L,Schlager D,Wetterauer U,Miernik A,Fischer P

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The strength between the cortical screw and bone following an orthopaedic implant surgery is an important determinant for the success of osteosynthesis. An excessive axial cutting force during drilling produces microcracks in the bone surface, resulting in reduced strength between the screw and bone, resulting in loos...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Singh RP,Gupta V,Pandey PM,Mridha AR

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigate the potential of prosthetic heart valves to generate abnormal flow and stress patterns, which can contribute to platelet activation and lysis according to blood damage accumulation mechanisms. High-resolution velocity measurements of the unsteady flow field, obtained with a standard particle image veloc...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Bellofiore A,Quinlan NJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Instrumentation systems for breath-to-breath analysis of respiratory gas exchange have been faulted by phase lags between various flow and composition signals and by difficulties in gathering and processing large amounts of data. The system described here represents an attempt to overcome these problems. Phase delays ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Sodal IE,Swanson GD,Micco AJ,Sprague F,Ellis DG

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：:Hemodynamic forces are known to be able to induce an inflammatory phenotype in endothelial cells (ECs). The EC glycocalyx (GCX) is a dynamic structure which is regulated in response to different stimuli and hypothesized as an important contributor to the mechanotransduction of wall shear stresses (WSS). In this work, ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Cooper S,McDonald K,Burkat D,Leask RL

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have demonstrated the ability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to provide anatomically realistic boundary conditions for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of arterial hemodynamics. To date, however, little is known about the overall reproducibility of such image-based CFD techniques. Tow...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Thomas JB,Milner JS,Rutt BK,Steinman DA

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00