abstract：:Microwave ablation (MWA) by using coaxial antennas is a promising alternative for breast cancer treatment. A double short distance slot coaxial antenna as a newly optimized applicator for minimally invasive treatment of breast cancer is proposed. To validate and to analyze the feasibility of using this method in clini...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Ortega-Palacios R,Trujillo-Romero CJ,Cepeda Rubio MFJ,Vera A,Leija L,Reyes JL,Ramírez-Estudillo MC,Morales-Alvarez F,Vega-López MA

更新日期：2018-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A systematical evaluation work was performed on ten widely used and high-efficient QRS detection algorithms in this study, aiming at verifying their performances and usefulness in different application situations. Four experiments were carried on six internationally recognized databases. Firstly, in the test of high-q...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Liu F,Liu C,Jiang X,Zhang Z,Zhang Y,Li J,Wei S

更新日期：2018-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, tunable nonwoven mats based on poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) and type I collagen (Coll) were successfully produced by electrospinning. The PHB/Coll weight ratio (fixed at 100/0, 70/30, and 50/50, resp.) was found to control the morphological, thermal, mechanical, and degradation properties of the mats. I...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Salvatore L,Carofiglio VE,Stufano P,Bonfrate V,Calò E,Scarlino S,Nitti P,Centrone D,Cascione M,Leporatti S,Sannino A,Demitri C,Madaghiele M

更新日期：2018-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Measuring the physiological functions of the human body in a noncontact manner through walls is useful for healthcare, security, and surveillance. And radar technology can be used for this purpose. In this paper, a new method for detecting the human heartbeat using ultra wideband (UWB) impulse radar, which has advanta...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Cho HS,Park YJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review aims to compare existing robot-assisted ankle rehabilitation techniques in terms of robot design. Included studies mainly consist of selected papers in two published reviews involving a variety of robot-assisted ankle rehabilitation techniques. A free search was also made in Google Scholar and Scopus by us...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Miao Q,Zhang M,Wang C,Li H

更新日期：2018-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Apraxia of speech is a motor speech disorder in which messages from the brain to the mouth are disrupted, resulting in an inability for moving lips or tongue to the right place to pronounce sounds correctly. Current therapies for this condition involve a therapist that in one-on-one sessions conducts the exercises. Ou...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Castillo JC,Álvarez-Fernández D,Alonso-Martín F,Marques-Villarroya S,Salichs MA

更新日期：2018-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) is an effective video technology to diagnose gastrointestinal (GI) disease, such as bleeding. In order to avoid conventional tedious and risky manual review process of long duration WCE videos, automatic bleeding detection schemes are getting importance. In this paper, to investigate b...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Kundu AK,Fattah SA,Rizve MN

更新日期：2018-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Heart rate variability (HRV) provides information about the activity of the autonomic nervous system. Because of the small amount of data collected, the importance of HRV has not yet been proven in clinical practice. To collect population-level data, smartphone applications leveraging photoplethysmography (P...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Bánhalmi A,Borbás J,Fidrich M,Bilicki V,Gingl Z,Rudas L

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis of liver disease principally depends on physician's subjective knowledge. Automatic prediction of the disease is a critical real-world medical problem. This work presents an EHC-ERF-based intelligence-integrated model purposive to predict different types of liver disease including alcoholic liver damage, pri...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Singh A,Pandey B

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals are usually contaminated with various artifacts, such as signal associated with muscle activity, eye movement, and body motion, which have a noncerebral origin. The amplitude of such artifacts is larger than that of the electrical activity of the brain, so they mask the cortical sign...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Lin CT,Huang CS,Yang WY,Singh AK,Chuang CH,Wang YK

更新日期：2018-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Frame-based regularization method as one kind of sparsity representation method has been developed in recent years and has been proved to be an efficient method for CT image reconstruction. However, most of the developed CT image reconstruction methods are analysis-based frame methods. This paper proposes a novel fram...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Zhou W,Xiang H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The continuous technological advances in favor of mHealth represent a key factor in the improvement of medical emergency services. This systematic review presents the identification, study, and classification of the most up-to-date approaches surrounding the deployment of architectures for mHealth. Our review includes...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Gonzalez E,Peña R,Avila A,Vargas-Rosales C,Munoz-Rodriguez D

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To evaluate a new postprocessing framework that eliminates arterial vessel signal contributions in the quantification of normalized visible venous volume (NVVV, a ratio between venous and brain volume) in susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) exams in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). Materials and Meth...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Winchell AM,Song R,Loeffler RB,Wang WC,Hankins JS,Helton KJ,Hillenbrand CM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overweight and obesity increase risks of knee osteoarthritis, which is a major cause of disability. Severe knee osteoarthritis can be treated by knee arthroplasty. Total knee arthroplasty has been used in overweight and obese patients; however, clinical reports showed that the outcome of this group of patients was not...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Wang C,Guo Y,Shi J,Chen W

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Online healthcare forums (OHFs) have become increasingly popular for patients to share their health-related experiences. The healthcare-related texts posted in OHFs could help doctors and patients better understand specific diseases and the situations of other patients. To extract the meaning of a post, a commonly use...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Gao J,Liu N,Lawley M,Hu X

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous EEG-based brain-computer interface (BCI) systems that are being developed focus on novel feature extraction algorithms, classification methods and combining existing approaches to create hybrid BCIs. Several recent studies demonstrated various advantages of hybrid BCI systems in terms of an improved accuracy ...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Ko LW,Ranga SSK,Komarov O,Chen CC

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a model of murine ventricular cardiac tissue in vitro, we have studied the inotropic effects of electromagnetic stimulation (frequency, 75 Hz), isoproterenol administration (10 μM), and their combination. In particular, we have performed an image processing analysis to evaluate the kinematics and the dynamics of be...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Fassina L,Cornacchione M,Pellegrini M,Mognaschi ME,Gimmelli R,Isidori AM,Lenzi A,Magenes G,Naro F

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prosthetic component of dental implant is attached on the abutment which is connected to the fixture with an abutment screw. The abutment screw fracture is not frequent; however, the retrieval of the fractured screw is not easy, and it poses complications. A retrieval kit was developed which utilizes screw removal...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Sim BK,Kim B,Kim MJ,Jeong GH,Ju KW,Shin YJ,Kim MY,Lee JH

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cataract is one of the leading causes of blindness in the world's population. A method to evaluate blurriness for cataract diagnosis in retinal images with vitreous opacity is proposed in this paper. Three types of features are extracted, which include pixel number of visible structures, mean contrast between vessels ...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Xiong L,Li H,Xu L

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While walking with fast speed aims to promote health and fitness of individuals, the potential risk on lower limb joint loading across walking speed is still unknown. In order to determine the joint contact force loading associated with different walking speeds, fifteen young male and fifteen female participants perfo...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Wang X,Ma Y,Hou BY,Lam WK

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In tongue diagnosis, colour information of tongue body has kept valuable information regarding the state of disease and its correlation with the internal organs. Qualitatively, practitioners may have difficulty in their judgement due to the instable lighting condition and naked eye's ability to capture the exact colou...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Kamarudin ND,Ooi CY,Kawanabe T,Odaguchi H,Kobayashi F

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fall prevention is an important issue particularly for the elderly. This paper proposes a camera-based line-laser obstacle detection system to prevent falls in the indoor environment. When obstacles are detected, the system will emit alarm messages to catch the attention of the user. Because the elderly spend a lot of...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Lin TH,Yang CY,Shih WP

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a leading cause of dementia, which causes serious health and socioeconomic problems. A progressive neurodegenerative disorder, Alzheimer's causes the structural change in the brain, thereby affecting behavior, cognition, emotions, and memory. Numerous multivariate analysis algorithms have b...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Alam S,Kwon GR,Kim JI,Park CS

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porous oligolactide-hydroxyapatite composite scaffolds were obtained by stereolithographic fabrication. Gentamicin was then coated on the scaffolds afterwards, to achieve antimicrobial delivery ability to treat bone infection. The scaffolds examined by stereomicroscope, SEM, and μCT-scan showed a well-ordered pore str...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Channasanon S,Udomkusonsri P,Chantaweroad S,Tesavibul P,Tanodekaew S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Finite-element method was used to evaluate biomechanics stability of extraforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (ELIF) under different internal fixation. METHODS:The L3-L5 level finite-element model was established to simulate decompression and internal fixation at L4-L5 segment. The intact finite model was trea...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Yang M,Sun G,Guo S,Zeng C,Yan M,Han Y,Xia D,Zhang J,Li X,Xiang Y,Pan J,Li L,Tan J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Automatic segmentation of particular heart parts plays an important role in recognition tasks, which is utilized for diagnosis and treatment. One particularly important application is segmentation of epicardial fat (surrounds the heart), which is shown by various studies to indicate risk level for developing various c...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Zlokolica V,Krstanović L,Velicki L,Popović B,Janev M,Obradović R,Ralević NM,Jovanov L,Babin D

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The healthcare industry has generated large amounts of data, and analyzing these has emerged as an important problem in recent years. The MapReduce programming model has been successfully used for big data analytics. However, data skew invariably occurs in big data analytics and seriously affects efficiency. To overco...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Gao Y,Zhou Y,Zhou B,Shi L,Zhang J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemiplegic rehabilitation state diagnosing performed by therapists can be biased due to their subjective experience, which may deteriorate the rehabilitation effect. In order to improve this situation, a quantitative evaluation is proposed. Though many motion analysis systems are available, they are too complicate...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Sun T,Li H,Liu Q,Duan L,Li M,Wang C,Liu Q,Li W,Shang W,Wu Z,Wang Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We establish a novel mathematical model to describe and analyze pH levels in the vicinity of poly(N-vinylcaprolactam-co-acetoacetoxyethyl methacrylate-co-N-vinylimidazole) (VCL/AAEM/VIm) microgel-functionalized polymers during biodegradation. Biodegradable polymers, especially aliphatic polyesters (polylactide/polygly...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Bürgermeister L,Hermann M,Fehér K,Molano Lopez C,Pich A,Hannen J,Vogt F,Schulz W

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For hospitals' admission management, the ability to predict length of stay (LOS) as early as in the preadmission stage might be helpful to monitor the quality of inpatient care. This study is to develop artificial neural network (ANN) models to predict LOS for inpatients with one of the three primary diagnoses: corona...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Tsai PF,Chen PC,Chen YY,Song HY,Lin HM,Lin FM,Huang QP

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic rhinitis is a major chronic respiratory disease and an immunoneuronal disorder. We aimed at providing further knowledge on the function of the neural system in nasal allergic reaction. Here, a method to assess simultaneously the nasal airflow resistance and the underlying function of autonomic nervous system ...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Seppänen TM,Alho OP,Seppänen T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of a novel system to reliably estimate the normalized central blood pressure (CBPN) from the radial photoplethysmogram (PPG) is investigated. Right-wrist radial blood pressure and left-wrist PPG were simultaneously recorded in five different days. An industry-standard applanation tonometer was employed...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Zahedi E,Sohani V,Ali MA,Chellappan K,Beng GK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the service industry, scheduling medical procedures causes difficulties for both patients and management. Factors such as fluctuations in customer demand and service time affect the appointment scheduling systems' performance in terms of, for example, patients' waiting time, idle time of resources, and total cost/p...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Chenl PS,Robielos RA,Palaña PK,Valencia PL,Chen GY

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specimen handling is a critical patient safety issue. Problematic handling process, such as misidentification (of patients, surgical site, and specimen counts), specimen loss, or improper specimen preparation can lead to serious patient harms and lawsuits. Value stream map (VSM) is a tool used to find out non-value-ad...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Hung SH,Wang PC,Lin HC,Chen HY,Su CT

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper employed the clinical Polysomnographic (PSG) data, mainly including all-night Electroencephalogram (EEG), Electrooculogram (EOG) and Electromyogram (EMG) signals of subjects, and adopted the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) clinical staging manual as standards to realize automatic sleep staging. Au...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Zhang Y,Zhang X,Liu W,Luo Y,Yu E,Zou K,Liu X

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrode configuration is an important issue in the continuous measurement of respiration using impedance pneumography (IP). The robust configuration is usually confirmed by comparing the amplitude of the IP signals acquired with different electrode configurations, while the relative change in waveform and the effect...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Wang HB,Yen CW,Liang JT,Wang Q,Liu GZ,Song R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper investigates the measurement of fat-free mass (FFM) by bioimpedance using foot-to-foot impedancemeters (FFI) with plantar electrodes measuring the foot-to-foot resistance R34 and hand-to-foot medical impedancemeters. FFM measurements were compared with corresponding data using Dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Jaffrin MY,Bousbiat S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The power of exercise-induced T-wave alternans (TWA) to predict the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias was evaluated in 67 patients with an implanted cardiac defibrillator (ICD). During the 4-year follow-up, electrocardiographic (ECG) tracings were recorded in a bicycle ergometer test with increasing workload rangi...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Burattini L,Man S,Sweene CA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a minimally invasive interstitial fluid extraction technology (MIET) to monitor postprandial glucose area under the curve (AUC) without blood sampling, we evaluated the accuracy of glucose AUC measured by MIET and compared with that by blood sampling after food intake. METHODS:Interstitial fluid g...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Kuranuki S,Sato T,Okada S,Hosoya S,Seko A,Sugihara K,Nakamura T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer, the most common type of cancer among women in the western world, affects approximately one out of every eight women over their lifetime. In recognition of the high invasiveness of surgical excision and severe side effects of chemical and radiation therapies, increasing efforts are made to seek minimally...

journal_title：Journal of healthcare engineering

authors： Yang Y,Wang H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00