Mechanical analysis of atherosclerotic plaques based on optical coherence tomography.

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 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：:In uniaxial tensile testing, load preconditioning is used to generate repeatable load/elongation curves and set a "reference state" for subsequent tensile tests. We have observed however, that for porcine aortic valve (PAV) tissues, preconditioning does not lead to repeatable stress relaxation curves. We thus investig...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Carew EO,Garg A,Barber JE,Vesely I

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：:Extraction of the cardiac surfaces of interest from multi-detector computed tomographic (MDCT) data is a pre-requisite step for cardiac analysis, as well as for image guidance procedures. Most of the existing methods need manual corrections, which is time-consuming. We present a fully automatic segmentation technique ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Antunes S,Esposito A,Palmisano A,Colantoni C,Cerutti S,Rizzo G

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Articular cartilage is an avascular connective tissue responsible for bearing loads. Cell signaling plays a central role in cartilage homeostasis and tissue engineering by directing chondrocytes to synthesize/degrade the extracellular matrix or promote inflammatory responses. The aim of this paper was to investigate a...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Neidlin M,Korcari A,Macheras G,Alexopoulos LG

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanomedicine (a division of nanotechnology) is an interdisciplinary research field incorporating biology, chemistry, engineering and medicine with the intention to improve disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Specifically, there have been great strides made in using nanomedicine to enhance the functions of ce...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Chun YW,Webster TJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet thrombosis under arterial conditions remains a large clinical problem. Previous in vitro experiments have concentrated on early adherence without thrombotic occlusion. We have developed a controllable hemodynamic system that creates intravascular thrombosis to occlusion. Lightly heparinized (3.5 USP units/mL)...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Para A,Bark D,Lin A,Ku D

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscles can be injured by their own contractions. Such contraction-induced injury, often accompanied by delayed onset of muscle soreness, is a leading cause of the loss of mobility in the rapidly increasing population of elderly people. Unlike other types of muscle injuries which hurt almost exclusively those...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Givli S

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:Linear autoregressive (AR) model-based heart rate (HR) spectral analysis has been widely used to study HR dynamics. Owing to system and measurement noise, the parameters of an AR model have intrinsic statistical uncertainty. In this study, we evaluate how this AR parameter uncertainty can translate to uncertainty in H...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Christini DJ,Kulkarni A,Rao S,Stutman ER,Bennett FM,Hausdorff JM,Oriol N,Lutchen KR

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular diseases are an increasing health issue, and common alloplastic, allogenic or autologous vascular grafts show frequent complications. The aim of this study is to develop an acellular, xenogenic bypass-graft from a bovine carotid artery (BAC) using detergent-based protocols. We compared decellularization with ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Daugs A,Hutzler B,Meinke M,Schmitz C,Lehmann N,Markhoff A,Bloch O

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gas bubble motion in a blood vessel causes temporal and spatial gradients of shear stress at the cell surface lining the vessel wall as the bubble approaches the cell, moves over it and passes it by. Rapid reversals occur in the sign of the shear stress imparted to the cell surface during this motion. These may result...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Swaminathan TN,Ayyaswamy PS,Eckmann DM

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been considerable debate on the relative importance of biochemical stimuli and mechanical deformation in neutrophil adhesion in lung capillaries, a process observed following bacterial infection in the body. In contrast to venules, where the vessel diameter is larger than the leukocyte diameter (6-9 microm) ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Pai A,Sundd P,Tees DF

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis and classification of esophageal motility records were investigated using signal processing and fuzzy-set pattern recognition techniques. A set of parameters has been extracted from the raw records and has previously been used as characterizing features. Improvements to these procedures were obtained by extra...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Abou-Chadi FE,Ezzat FA,Sif el-Din AA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) failure has been linked to graft hemodynamics, in particular wall shear stress. This study characterizes the morphology, geometry and wall shear stress patterns in human CABGs. The intimal thickness (IT) in 49 human saphenous vein CABGs was measured by digital light microscopy. The ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Leask RL,Butany J,Johnston KW,Ethier CR,Ojha M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mathematical model is presented that estimates joint kinematics and kinetics using measured external resultant loads and readily available parameters. The musculo-skeletal system was represented by a planar three degrees of freedom open kinematic chain. Information extraction was limited to the flexion-extension fun...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Mazzà C,Cappozzo A

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that energy substrate metabolism forms the link between gene expression and contractile function of the heart. This hypothesis draws on three seemingly unconnected observations, made in 1941 by three different investigators. The first gave rise to the concept of the dynamic nature of body cons...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Taegtmeyer H

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left-right (LR) asymmetry is a biologically conserved property in living organisms that can be observed in the asymmetrical arrangement of organs and tissues and in tissue morphogenesis, such as the directional looping of the gastrointestinal tract and heart. The expression of LR asymmetry in embryonic tissues can be ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Raymond MJ Jr,Ray P,Kaur G,Singh AV,Wan LQ

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microfluidic devices aim at miniaturizing, automating, and lowering the cost of chemical and biological sample manipulation and detection, hence creating new opportunities for lab-on-a-chip platforms. Recently, optofluidic devices have also emerged where optics is used to enhance the functionality and the performance ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Bishara W,Isikman SO,Ozcan A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncomplicated acute type B aortic dissections are usually treated medically, but they can become acutely complicated by rapid expansion, rupture and malperfusion syndromes and in the longer term by chronic dilatation and aortic aneurysm formation. The objective of this study is to use computational fluid dynamics reco...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Cheng Z,Wood NB,Gibbs RG,Xu XY

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A limitation of current tissue engineering vascular graft technology is the provision of an expandable, autologous cell source. By harnessing the multipotency of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), it is hoped that functional vascular cells can be produced. To date, a range of 2D and 3D environments have been investigated f...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： O'Cearbhaill ED,Murphy M,Barry F,McHugh PE,Barron V

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:A lumped parameter compartmental model for the nonsteady flow of the cerebrovascular fluid is constructed. The model assumes constant resistances that relate fluid flux to pressure gradients, and compliances between compartments that relate fluid accumulation to rate of pressure changes. Resistances are evaluated by u...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Sorek S,Bear J,Karni Z

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A progressive reduction in muscle fiber conduction velocity is typically observed during fatiguing muscle contraction. Although the exact causes of the conduction velocity decrease have not yet been fully established, increasing evidence suggests that changes in extracellular potassium concentration may be largely res...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Fortune E,Lowery MM

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early intervention programs aim at improving cognitive and motor outcomes of preterm infants. Intensive custom-tailored training activities are usually accompanied by assessment procedures, which have shortcomings, such as subjectivity, complex setups, and need for structured environments. A novel sensorized system, c...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Rihar A,Sgandurra G,Beani E,Cecchi F,Pašič J,Cioni G,Dario P,Mihelj M,Munih M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bending stiffness of a phospholipid bilayer (Kc) was measured by forming thin bilayer cylinders (tethers) from giant phospholipid vesicles. Based on the balance of forces, the tether force was expected to be proportional to the square root of the membrane tension, with a constant of proportionality containing Kc. ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Heinrich V,Waugh RE

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic irradiation is commonly used in the treatment of malignant brain tumors and has the potential to cause severe injury to normal tissues adjacent to a lesion. Computed tomography (CT) can be used not only to visualize tissue damage but to monitor the development of a lesion using advanced quantitative CT tec...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Russell LB,Fike JR,Cann CE,Süsskind C

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying the associations between head impact biomechanics and clinical recovery may inform better head impact monitoring procedures and identify athletes who may benefit from early treatments aimed to enhance recovery. The purpose of this study was to test whether head injury biomechanics are associated with clini...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Mihalik JP,Chandran A,Powell JR,Roby PR,Guskiewicz KM,Stemper BD,Shah AS,Rowson S,Duma S,Harezlak J,Riggen L,Broglio SP,McAllister TW,McCrea M,CARE Consortium Investigators.

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We develop a mathematical model of nanoparticles depositing onto and penetrating into a biofilm grown in a parallel-plate flow cell. We carry out deposition experiments in a flow cell to support the modeling. The modeling and the experiments are motivated by the potential use of polymer nanoparticles as part of a trea...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Miller JK,Neubig R,Clemons CB,Kreider KL,Wilber JP,Young GW,Ditto AJ,Yun YH,Milsted A,Badawy HT,Panzner MJ,Youngs WJ,Cannon CL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00