Intelligent multichannel stimulator for the study of cardiac arrhythmias.

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

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：:Deformational loading represents a primary component of the chondrocyte physical environment in vivo. This review summarizes our experience with physiologic deformational loading of chondrocyte-seeded agarose hydrogels to promote development of cartilage constructs having mechanical properties matching that of the par...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Hung CT,Mauck RL,Wang CC,Lima EG,Ateshian GA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thorax injuries mainly due to rib fractures have been associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality in motor vehicle crashes. Thoracic biomechanics has been studied extensively, but there are no robust biomechanical response targets for ribs that consider age, sex, body size, and vulnerability factors. The obj...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Kang YS,Kwon HJ,Stammen J,Moorhouse K,Agnew AM

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mathematical model has been developed to investigate previously obtained experimental findings relating to the activation of factor X by surface-bound tissue factor--factor VIIa (TF:VIIa) in a tubular flow reactor. In those experiments, factor X was perfused through a microcapillary tube over a range of flow (shear)...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Gir S,Slack SM,Turitto VT

更新日期：1996-05-01 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 objective of this study was to develop a unique device for applying well-characterized cyclic, strain to cells growing on implant alloys. The device is based on the four-point bending principle and utilizes an electric motor, belt, and cam system to cyclically deflect a commercially pure titanium plate with cell c...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Winter LC,Gilbert JA,Elder SH,Bumgardner JD

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell migration is a fundamental process that is crucial to a variety of physiological events. While traditional approaches have focused on two-dimensional (2D) systems, recent efforts have shifted to studying migration in three-dimensional (3D) matrices. A major distinction that has emerged is the increased importance...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Harjanto D,Zaman MH

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the interaction of high frequency jet ventilation with cardiovascular pressures and flows. Results in dogs show that the amplitude of all intrathoracic pressures and flows fluctuate with a frequency equal to the difference between the heart rate and ventilator rate. The magnitude of this amplitude vari...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Mitzner W,Gioia F,Weinmann GG,Robotham JL,Ehrlich W

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a method for quantifying the complexity of activation patterns observed during ventricular fibrillation (VF) that is based on our previously reported methodology for decomposing epicardial mapping data into a set of isolated wavefronts. One-half second datasets are acquired from a 21 x 24 array of un...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Rogers JM,Usui M,KenKnight BH,Ideker RE,Smith WM

更新日期：1997-09-01 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

abstract：:Quantitative analysis of breast morphometry is critical to breast plastic surgery. Recently, three-dimensional (3D) photography has emerged as a strong new alternative for breast morphometry analysis in comparison to other existing techniques. 3D photography enables the capture of the entire breast surface topology vi...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Chen D,Chittajallu DR,Passalis G,Kakadiaris IA

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this paper is to review the theoretical basis and clinical application of electrical impedance plethysmography in the noninvasive evaluation of peripheral arterial and venous disease. Theoretical, experimental and clinical studies have not demonstrated a direct relationship between electrical impedanc...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Zuech PE,Cobbold RS,Johnston KW,Kassam M

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to measure the transmural pressure-cross sectional area relation of micro tubes (240 microns diameter) and to compare the measured perfusion pressure-flow relation with the pressure-flow relation calculated from the experimental pressure-cross sectional area relation. The microtubes are ma...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Sipkema P,Westerhof N

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:Although medical specialties have recognized the importance of using ultrasonic imaging, dentistry is only beginning to discover its benefit. This has particularly been important in the field of periodontics which studies infections in the gum and bone tissues that surround the teeth. This study investigates the feasi...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Mahmoud AM,Ngan P,Crout R,Mukdadi OM

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：:The design and operating characteristics of the first self-contained in-the-ear device to deliver altered auditory feedback is described for applications with those who stutter. The device incorporates a microdigital signal processor core that reproduces the high fidelity of unaided listening and auditory self-monitor...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Stuart A,Xia S,Jiang Y,Jiang T,Kalinowski J,Rastatter MP

更新日期：2003-02-01 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：:Collagen is known to be a viscoelastic material and therefore is an important source of time dependent behavior in soft tissue. Though there are material models for soft tissue that rely on properties and structure of constituent collagen fibers, such models generally utilize only the elastic properties of collagen, a...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Bischoff JE

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a new method for guiding catheter ablation procedures to abolish sites of origin of arrhythmias. This method models both cardiac electrical activity and current pulses delivered from the tip of the ablation catheter with a single equivalent moving dipole (SEMD). The SEMD parameters are obtained from analysi...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Armoundas AA,Feldman AB,Mukkamala R,Cohen RJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A python computer package is developed to segment and analyze scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. The method requires only a portion of an SEM image to be labeled and used for training. The algorithm is then able to detect the pore characteristics for other SEM images ac...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Rouhollahi A,Ilegbusi O,Foroosh H

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is known that long cortical bone structurally alter their area moment of inertia with age related bone loss maintaining their bending strength, the incidence of fragility fractures associated with cortical thinning still prevails. We hypothesize that cortical thinning with aging increases the local bucklin...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Lee T,Choi JB,Schafer BW,Segars WP,Eckstein F,Kuhn V,Beck TJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue engineering strategies have utilized a wide spectrum of synthetic and naturally-derived scaffold materials. Synthetic scaffolds are better defined and offer the ability to precisely and reproducibly control their properties, while naturally-derived scaffolds typically have inherent biological and structural pro...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Allen AB,Priddy LB,Li MT,Guldberg RE

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Smart" drug delivery systems should be selective and effective to ensure drug administration at the right time, at the right dosage, and anywhere in the body. Among the several administration routes and delivery systems that have been proposed, one of the most effective and promising is based on microfabricated parti...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Decuzzi P,Lee S,Decuzzi M,Ferrari M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Correct development of neuronal tracts requires the coordination of multiple permissive and inhibitory signals. By generating an in vitro microenvironment using soft lithography and microfluidic techniques, multiple guidance cues can be presented in a spatially defined way. Here we evaluated how neurites of dorsal roo...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Li GN,Liu J,Hoffman-Kim D

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：: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：: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：:The cerebral blood flow (CBF) response to changes in perfusion pressure mediated through decreases in arterial pressure, increases in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure and increases in jugular venous pressure was studied in anesthetized dogs. A preparation was developed in which each of the three relevant pressures c...

journal_title：Annals of biomedical engineering

authors： Wagner EM,Traystman RJ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00