Impedances of thin and layered systems: cells with even or odd numbers of interfaces.

abstract：:A role for mechanical stimulation in the control of cell fate has been proposed and mechanical conditioning of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) is of interest in directing MSC behavior for tissue engineering applications. This study investigates strain-induced differentiation and proliferation of MSCs, and investigates t...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Kearney EM,Farrell E,Prendergast PJ,Campbell VA

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wall Shear Stress (WSS) topological skeleton, composed by fixed points and the manifolds linking them, reflects the presence of blood flow features associated to adverse vascular response. However, the influence of WSS topological skeleton on vascular pathophysiology is still underexplored. This study aimed to identif...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Morbiducci U,Mazzi V,Domanin M,De Nisco G,Vergara C,Steinman DA,Gallo D

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An algorithm to track a rat swimming in a Morris Water Maze has been developed. The system is automatically configured to any pool and relative suitable light conditions. It tracks the rat's position and head pose 10 times per second. The output data is displayed in a bitmap and also in a text file. The system was tes...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Hval ES,Barrett SF,Wilcox M,Bailey TA

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The geometric and hemodynamic characteristics of the left and right vertebral arteries (LVA, RVA) of six healthy volunteers were investigated for the supine (S) and the prone position (P) a common sleeping posture with head rotation. MRI images were used to reconstruct the subject specific three-dimensional solid mode...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Aristokleous N,Seimenis I,Georgiou GC,Nicolaides A,Anayiotos AS

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel apparatus for the multifaceted evaluation of artery function was developed. It measures endothelial and smooth muscle functions and the pressure-strain elastic modulus (E p). A rigid airtight chamber with an ultrasound probe was attached to the upper arm to manipulate the transmural pressure of the brachial ar...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Yaguchi T,Cong Y,Shimo K,Kurokawa T,Sugita S,Nagayama K,Masuda H,Matsumoto T

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Naphthalene is a toxicant with unusual species and tissue specificity that has been the subject of in vitro studies. We describe a preliminary physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model for naphthalene constructed solely from in vitro data for comparison to animal data without the use of adjustable parameters....

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Sweeney LM,Shuler ML,Quick DJ,Babish JG

更新日期：1996-03-01 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 unique resource constraints, urgency, and virulence of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has sparked immense innovation in the development of barrier devices to protect healthcare providers from infectious airborne particles generated by patients during airway management interventions. Of the existing devices,...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Maloney LM,Yang AH,Princi RA,Eichert AJ,Hébert DR,Kupec TV,Mertz AE,Vasyltsiv R,Vijaya Kumar TM,Walker GJ,Peralta EJ,Hoffman JL,Yin W,Page CR

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：: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：:We examine the influence of the added mass effect (fluid inertia) on mitral valve leaflet stress during isovolumetric phases. To study this effect, oscillating flow is applied to a flexible membrane at various frequencies to control inertia. Resulting membrane strain is calculated through a three-dimensional reconstru...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Bark DL Jr,Dasi LP

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a mathematical model for analyses of the elastic properties of the wall of the outer hair cell (OHC) in the inner ear. The model reflects the properties of the major components of the OHC wall: the subsurface cisternae, the cortical lattice, the plasma membrane, and the radial pillars. The wall is treated a...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Spector AA,Brownell WE,Popel AS

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gap junctions play a fundamental role in intercellular communication in cardiac tissue. Various types of heart disease including hypertrophy and ischemia are associated with alterations of the spatial arrangement of gap junctions. Previous studies applied two-dimensional optical and electron-microscopy to visualize ga...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Lackey DP,Carruth ED,Lasher RA,Boenisch J,Sachse FB,Hitchcock RW

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the fetal-to-neonatal transition, transvalvular pressures (TVPs) on the aortic and pulmonary valves change dramatically-but differently for each valve. We have examined changes in the molecular stability and crosslinking of collagen during this transition. Aortic and pulmonary valves were harvested from fetal a...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Aldous IG,Lee JM,Wells SM

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microstructural characterization of cardiac tissue and its remodeling in disease is a crucial step in many basic research projects. We present a comprehensive approach for three-dimensional characterization of cardiac tissue at the submicrometer scale. We developed a compression-free mounting method as well as labelin...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Seidel T,Edelmann JC,Sachse FB

更新日期：2016-05-01 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：: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：:Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, has emerged over the past 3 decades as a disruptive technology for rapid prototyping and manufacturing. Vat polymerization, powder bed fusion, material extrusion, and binder jetting are distinct technologies of additive manufacturing, which have been used in a wide va...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Trombetta R,Inzana JA,Schwarz EM,Kates SL,Awad HA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-dimensional sheet model was used to study the dynamics of reentry around a zone of functional block. The sheet is a set of parallel, continuous, and uniform cables, transversely interconnected by a brick-wall arrangement of fixed resistors. In accord with experimental observations on cardiac tissue, longitudinal...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Leon LJ,Roberge FA,Vinet A

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Finite element analysis is a powerful tool for investigating the biomechanics of atherosclerosis and has thereby provided an improved understanding of acute myocardial infarction. Structural analysis of arterial walls is traditionally performed using geometry contours derived from histology. In this paper we demonstra...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Chau AH,Chan RC,Shishkov M,MacNeill B,Iftimia N,Tearney GJ,Kamm RD,Bouma BE,Kaazempur-Mofrad MR

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in fetal magnetocardiographic (fMCG) signals are indicators for fetal body movement. We propose a novel approach to reliably extract fetal body movements based on the field strength of the fMCG signal independent of its frequency. After attenuating the maternal MCG, we use a Hilbert transform approach to ident...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Govindan RB,Vairavan S,Ulusar UD,Wilson JD,McKelvey SS,Preissl H,Eswaran H

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are recent reports of hybrid tissue-fabric materials with good performance-high biocompatibility and high mechanical strength. In this study, we demonstrate the capability of a hybrid material as a long-term filter for blood proteins. Polyester fabrics were implanted into rats to fabricate hybrid tissue-fabric m...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Inoue Y,Yokota T,Sekitani T,Kaneko A,Woo T,Kobayashi S,Shibuya T,Tanaka M,Kosukegawa H,Saito I,Isoyama T,Abe Y,Yambe T,Someya T,Sekino M

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents two related methods for registering an image of an anatomical object with data from sensors arranged on the object. One method is described with reference to a test case involving a rectangular electrode plaque disposed on a heart surface, which is imaged with MRI. Data from the electrodes is fused...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Hopenfeld B,Ashikaga H,McVeigh ER

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A vaccine that induces broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) would be instrumental in controlling the disease. The membrane proximal external region (MPER) peptide is an appealing antigen candidate since it is conserved and is the target of several human bnAbs, such as ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Shao S,Huang WC,Lin C,Hicar MD,LaBranche CC,Montefiori DC,Lovell JF

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a high incidence of low back pain (LBP) associated with occupations requiring sustained and/or repetitive lumbar flexion (SLF and RLF, respectively), which cause creep of the viscoelastic tissues. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of creep on lumbar biomechanics and facet joint capsule (FJ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Little JS,Khalsa PS

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High mechanical stress in atherosclerotic plaques at vulnerable sites, called critical stress, contributes to plaque rupture. The site of minimum fibrous cap (FC) thickness (FC(MIN)) and plaque shoulder are well-documented vulnerable sites. The inherent weakness of the FC material at the thinnest point increases the s...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Teng Z,Sadat U,Li Z,Huang X,Zhu C,Young VE,Graves MJ,Gillard JH

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical properties of the cardiac tissue play an important role in normal heart function. The goal of this study was to determine the passive mechanical properties of all heart chambers through a paired comparison study in an ovine model. Ovine heart was used due its physiological and anatomical similarities to hum...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Javani S,Gordon M,Azadani AN

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular calcium oscillation caused by receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand has been demonstrated to promote the differentiation of osteoclasts. Osteoclasts are recruited on the surface of trabeculae, and are exposed to fluid flow caused by the deformation of the bone matrix. However, the roles of ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Li P,Hu M,Sun S,Zhang Y,Gao Y,Long M,Huo B,Zhang D

更新日期：2012-09-01 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