Self-contained in-the-ear device to deliver altered auditory feedback: applications for stuttering.

abstract：:Baseball players swung very light and very heavy bats through our instrument and the speed of the bat was recorded. These data were used to make mathematical models for each person. Then these models were coupled with equations of physics for bat-ball collisions to compute the Ideal Bat Weight for each individual. How...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Bahill AT,Freitas MM

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computational modeling and simulation has become more common in design and development of bioprosthetic heart valves. To have a reliable computational model, considering accurate mechanical properties of biological soft tissue is one of the most important steps. The goal of this study was to present a non-invasive mat...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Abbasi M,Barakat MS,Dvir D,Azadani AN

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest that vortex ring formation during left ventricular (LV) rapid filling is an optimized mechanism for blood transport, and that the volume of the vortex ring is an important measure. However, due to lack of quantitative methods, the volume of the vortex ring has not previously been studied. Lagran...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Töger J,Kanski M,Carlsson M,Kovács SJ,Söderlind G,Arheden H,Heiberg E

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the development of experimental platforms to quantify the regeneration of injured central nervous system (CNS) neurons by combining engineering technologies and primary neuronal cultures. Although the regeneration of CNS neurons is an important area of research, there are no currently available methods to ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Kim HJ,Park JW,Byun JH,Vahidi B,Rhee SW,Jeon NL

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the many models of peripheral nerve in the literature, essentially all have relied on experimentally derived values for the anisotropic resistivity of the nerve bundle interstitial space. This paper is a comprehensive mathematical analysis of the most referenced experiment for the longitudinal and radial resistivit...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Altman KW,Plonsey R

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:The false vocal folds are believed to be components of the acoustic filter that is responsible for shaping the voice. However, the effects of false vocal folds on the vocal fold vibration and the glottal aerodynamic during phonation remain unclear. This effect has implications for computational modeling of phonation a...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Zheng X,Bielamowicz S,Luo H,Mittal R

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Further understanding of the mechanical deformation and tear behavior of kidney during suturing helps to enhance surgical task execution that requires fine suture manipulation. This paper aims to develop a model to describe the relationship between the tensile force acting on suture line and the resulted kidney deform...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Yu D,Qing Y,Jianxun Z,Jun D

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While considerable efforts have been expended to develop snore-driven markers for detecting obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), there is little emphasis on the relationship between the human upper airway (UA) dimensions and the attributes of snores. This paper aims to investigate the acoustical and perceptual impacts of ch...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Ng AK,Koh TS,Baey E,Puvanendran K

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:User preferences need to be taken into account in order to be able to design devices that will gain acceptance both in a clinical and home setting. Sensor systems become redundant if patients or clinicians do not want to work with them. The aim of this systematic review was to determine both patients' and clinicians' ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Bergmann JH,McGregor AH

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glaucoma is a common optic neuropathy characterized by retinal ganglion cell death. Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), a key risk factor for glaucoma, leads to significant biomechanical deformation of optic nerve head (ONH) cells and tissues. ONH astrocytes respond to this deformation by transforming to a reactive, ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Mulvihill JJE,Raykin J,Snider EJ,Schildmeyer LA,Zaman I,Platt MO,Kelly DJ,Ethier CR

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gas transfer through hollow fiber membranes (HFMs) can be increased via fiber oscillation. Prior work, however, does not directly translate to present-day, full-scale artificial lungs. This in vitro study characterized the effects of HFM oscillations on oxygenation and hemolysis for a pediatric-sized HFM bundle. Effec...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Orizondo RA,Gino G,Sultzbach G,Madhani SP,Frankowski BJ,Federspiel WJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) micromechanical structures can be made by selectively etching an underlying sacrificial oxide layer. Advantages of this micromachining technique are its simplicity and compatibility with conventional integrated-circuit processing. Compressive internal stress in poly-Si films constrain...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Howe RT

更新日期：1986-01-01 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

abstract：:Experimental studies have shown that cardiac fibroblasts are electrically inexcitable, but can contribute to electrophysiology of myocardium in various manners. The aim of this computational study was to give insights in the electrophysiological role of fibroblasts and their interaction with myocytes. We developed a m...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Sachse FB,Moreno AP,Abildskov JA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in fluorescence confocal endomicroscopy have allowed real-time identification of residual tumour cells on the walls of the cavity left by breast conserving surgery. However, it is difficult to systematically survey the surgical site because of the small imaging field-of-view of these probes, compounded...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Zuo S,Hughes M,Yang GZ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular (LV) diastolic filling is limited by the constraining effects exerted by the pericardium (PE) and the lung/chest wall. The aim of the present study was to assess the validity of various estimates of external cardiac constraint, compared to pericardial surface pressure (Ppe) measured lateral to the LV ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Kingma I,Smiseth OA,Frais MA,Smith ER,Tyberg JV

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate identification of contracting muscles can help us to understand the muscle function in both physiological and pathological conditions. Conventional electromyography (EMG) have limited access to deep muscles, crosstalk, or instability in the recordings. Accordingly, a novel framework was developed to detect co...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Zheng Y,Shin H,Kamper DG,Hu X

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical stimulation was applied in combination with cyclic mechanical strain to engineered vascular constructs made of isolated smooth muscle cells in a three-dimensional (3D) collagen type 1 matrix. Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) were added exogenously to the ...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Stegemann JP,Nerem RM

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：:Dendritic cells (DCs) are crucial components of the immune response, strategically positioned as immune sentinels. Complex trafficking and accurate positioning of DCs are indispensable for both immunity and tolerance. This is particularly evident for their therapeutic application where an unmet clinical need exists fo...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Silva Z,Konstantopoulos K,Videira PA

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：: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：:In this paper, we aim to establish a new mathematical model that relates pulse wave velocity (PWV) to blood pressure (BP) for continuous and noninvasive BP measurement. For the first time, we derive an ordinary differential equation (ODE) expressing the fundamental relation between BP, elastic modulus G and PWV. The g...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Chen Y,Wen C,Tao G,Bi M,Li G

更新日期：2009-11-01 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：:While viscoelastic responses of isolated trunk soft tissues have been characterized in earlier studies, the effects of external loading and flexion rate on these responses in the intact human trunk are largely unknown. Two experiments were conducted to measure trunk viscoelastic behaviors, one involving prolonged flex...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Toosizadeh N,Nussbaum MA

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：:The planar fibrous connective tissues of the body are composed of a dense extracellular network of collagen and elastin fibers embedded in a ground matrix, and thus can be thought of as biocomposites. Thus, the quantification of fiber architecture is an important step in developing an understanding of the mechanics of...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Sacks MS,Smith DB,Hiester ED

更新日期：1997-07-01 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：:Congenital heart disease is the leading cause of infant death in the United States with over 36,000 newborns affected each year. Despite this growing problem there are few mechanical circulatory support devices designed specifically for pediatric and neonate patients. Previous research has been done investigating pedi...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Good BC,Deutsch S,Manning KB

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00