A study of load cycling in a NiTi shape memory alloy with pseudoelastic behaviour used in dental prosthetic fixators.

abstract：:Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) and intraocular neovascular diseases have been treated clinically by anti-VEGF antibody drug bevacizumab. However, the use of bevacizumab in the treatment of retinal neovascular diseases has been limited due to the short half-life and frequent injections. In this research, novel...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Hu CC,Chaw JR,Chen CF,Liu HW

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present review surveys studies on physical-chemical properties and biological response of living tissues to NiTi (Nitinol) carried out recently, aiming at an understanding of the place of this material among the implant alloys in use. Advantages of shape memory and superelasticity are analyzed in respect to functi...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Shabalovskaya SA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A robust method for inducing bone-formation without an autograft has not been established. Currently, both platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) have been widely investigated for their clinical use in such cases. However, their synergistic effect is still controversial and previously shown di...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Yoshida K,Sumita Y,Marukawa E,Harashima M,Asahina I

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) mathematically forms a large-scale optimization problem. The development of an IMRT plan is computationally expensive resulting in time-consuming, inefficient, and difficult to develop high-quality IMRT plans. By combining prior knowledge with proposed novel measures derive...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Zhou Z,Chen Y,Yu Z,Wang D,Zhao C,Xu J,Song W,Li B,Shen J,Zhu X

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscular rigidity and atrophy caused by long-term underactivity usually lead to foot drop, strephenopodia, foot extorsion or some other complications for the lower limb movement disorders or lower limb surgery sufferers. The ankle-foot orthosis can help patients conduct the right ankle motion mode training, inhibit sp...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Zhang C,Zhu Y,Fan J,Zhao J,Yu H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To build a patient specific respiratory motion model with a low dose, a novel method was proposed that uses a limited number of 3D lung CT volumes with an external respiratory signal. 4D lung CT volumes were acquired for patients with in vitro labeling on the upper abdominal surface. Meanwhile, 3D coordinates of in vi...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Cui X,Gao X,Xia W,Liu Y,Liang Z

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper presents an application of the FSI technique to determine hemodynamics in the abdominal aorta (AA). To establish boundary conditions for the FSI study, MR anatomical data and 4D MRI velocity-mapping data (in three blood flow velocity directions and time) were collected to acquire realistic geometry of the AA...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Zbicinski I,Veshkina N,Stefańczyk L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Robotized endoscope holder in laparoscopic surgeries allows surgeons to control the endoscope without the assistants' intervention. In this paper, a new method is proposed for the automatic 3D-tracking of laparoscopic instruments in real-time to provide more convenient interactions between surgeons and the robotized e...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Zhao Z

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some computer applications for cell characterization in medicine and biology, such as analysis of surface structure of cell wall-deficient EVC (El Tor Vibrio of Cholera), operate with cell samples taken from very small areas of interest. In order to perform texture characterization in such an application, only a few t...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Li S,Hu K,Cai N,Su W,Xiong H,Lou Z,Lin T,Hu Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant progress has been achieved in the field of pH-sensitive drug delivery system in recent years. For layer-by-layer self-assembly nanocarriers, various pH values can induce the change of permeability and structural stability of the outer polyelectrolyte multi-layers, resulting in the release of the loaded dru...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Zhang HY,Sun YF,Sun YL,Zhou M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances of fundamental research on the in vitro generation of red blood cells (RBCs) from hematopoietic stem cells in the laboratory open new possibilities of the utilization of cultured RBCs in transfusion medicine. We study the economic challenge of the setup and development of the mass industrial production...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Mercier Ythier J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thrust of the present work is the demonstration of the feasibility of using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection and quantification of a monoclonal antibody human serum. The antibodies used, 7E3 and D3GP3, have been proposed as platelet receptor blockers, being directed specifically again...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Lewis G

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, clinicians face choices of restoration including amalgams (mercury-based, gallium-based alloys, or mercury-free silver-based substitutes), composite resins, ceramics, and gold alloy. In order to choose an appropriate restorative material, many parameters are involved; they include preparation time requireme...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Miyazaki M,Oshida Y,Xirouchaki L

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to determine the optimal starting material for the development of an acellular osteochondral graft. Osteochondral tissues from three different species were characterised; pig (6 months), cow (18 months) and two ages of sheep (8-12 months and >4 year old). Tissues from the acetabulum and femoral head o...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Fermor HL,McLure SW,Taylor SD,Russell SL,Williams S,Fisher J,Ingham E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the influence of Zn on the formation of hydroxyapatite (HA), zinc-containing glass 58S4Z was prepared by substitution of CaO with 4 wt% ZnO in 58S bioactive glass, and Zn-containing simulated body fluid (ZnSBF) was prepared as soaking fluid. During the soaking, all samples could induce the deposition of HA...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Du RL,Chang J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical activity plays a tremendous role in determining bone mechanical behavior, which is superimposed to gravidity. OBJECTIVE:Compare the geometric and material responses of the rat femur to a high intensity treadmill running training of a relatively short duration, as assessed by 3-point mechanical test...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Bozzini C,Viscor G,Kristjánsson JCR,Picasso E,Champin G,Alippi RM,Bozzini CE

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adipose tissue engineering has been studied as an alternative to current options for breast reconstruction, such as lipofilling, flap reconstruction, and silicone implants. Previously, we demonstrated that a poly(L-lactic acid) mesh containing a collagen sponge, containing neither cells nor growth factors, c...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Kambe Y,Ogino S,Yamanaka H,Morimoto N,Yamaoka T

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dry emulsion containing curcumin (DE-CUR) was prepared for oral delivery of poorly water-soluble curcumin, and its oral bioavailability and antiasthmatic efficacy was evaluated. After comparison of the solubility of curcumin in various oils, Plurol® Oleique CC497 was selected to be the oil phase due to its higher solu...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Jang DJ,Kim ST,Oh E,Lee K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cuff electrodes have been widely used chronically in different clinical applications. Advancements have been made in selective stimulation by using multi-contact cuff electrodes. Steering anodic current is a strategy to increase selectivity by reshaping and localizing electric fields. There are two configura...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Taghipour-Farshi H,Frounchi J,Ahmadiasl N,Shahabi P,Salekzamani Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To address the lack of 3D space information in the digital radiography of a patient femur, a pose estimation method based on 2D-3D rigid registration is proposed in this study. The method uses two digital radiography images to realize the preoperative 3D visualization of a fractured femur. Compared with the pure Digit...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Zhang X,Zhu Y,Li C,Zhao J,Li G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A crucial role during the implementation of volume visualization is to identify the optimal transfer function, since the vital information and structure can be highlighted and revealed. The boundary of the volume is shared by respective portion of the two materials formed out of it, which causes undesirable thickening...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Yang F,Zhang L,Lu W,Zuo W,Wang K,Zhang H,Li Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shape memory alloys (SMA) are being increasingly used in various industrial applications as actuators, connectors, or damping materials. In the medical field, superelastic devices such as eyeglass frames, stents or guide catheters have come to market in the recent years. The design of SMA devices has usually been base...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Trochu F,Brailovski V,Meunier MA,Terriault P,Qian YY

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Chondrocytes hypertrophy is a physiological process observed in endochondral ossification during development until adolescence in human. It can also be observed during pathophysiological conditions such as osteoarthritis. Hypertrophic chondrocytes synthesise collagen X and express matrix metalloproteinase 13...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Filip A,Bianchi A,Mainard D,Lacolley P,Magdalou J,Mercier N

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aqueous poly(vinyl alcohol) solutions were frozen at -20 degrees C for 6-12 h, and subsequently thawed for 1-2 h. The above mentioned process repeated for 1-3 times. After the specimen was dehydrated in vacuum, a kind of artificial articular cartilage--PVA-hydrogel--was developed. The micromorphology of PVA-hydrogel h...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Gu ZQ,Xiao JM,Zhang XH

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to find a standard substance for use as a reference in the cytotoxicity assay of biomaterials, as an alternative to animal experiments in recent years. Eight kinds of rubber were made in a plate shape to keep their surface area at 1 cm2 against 10 ml of extract volume. They were ...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Oshima H,Nakamura M

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response syndrome with high mortality, which results from severe infection and can lead to secondary organ dysfunction. It is one of the most common cause of death in intensive care unit. Clinical reports have shown that sepsis was often accompanied by thyroid dysfunction, which is ca...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Luo B,Yu Z,Li Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since adhesive technology was introduced into dental field, metal-based restoration has been gradually replaced by metal-free restoration. Using the adhesive technology, minimum invasive technique has been possible in daily clinical practice as well as esthetic tooth-colored restorations have become very popular all o...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Nagano F,Selimovic D,Noda M,Ikeda T,Tanaka T,Miyamoto Y,Koshiro K,Sano H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The method used in this paper is developed to estimate the degree of viscoelasticity of the blood vessel wall in a noninvasive mechanical method. In this proposed method, we can obtain an output waveform connected with mechanical behavior of blood vessels by using Ultrasonic Doppler Effect Sensory (UDES). Characterizi...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Yoshinari H,Yokobori AT Jr,Ohkuma T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the significance of hydroxyapatite based microporous composite (HA/mica composite) surfaces and a macroporous synthetic hydroxyapatite, rat marrow cell culture, which shows osteogenic differentiation, was carried out on six different culture substrata (two control culture dishes, two identical ...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Nordström E,Ohgushi H,Yoshikawa T,Yokobori AT Jr,Yokobori T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to design a statistical segmentation technique to allow extraction of grey matter, white matter and cerebral spinal fluid volumes from diffusion tensor imaging. Four channel maps of the DTI are used as the input features, which provide more information for brain tissue segmentation compared wi...

journal_title：Bio-medical materials and engineering

authors： Wen Y,He L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00