abstract：:Robotic-assisted needle steering can enhance the accuracy of needle-based interventions. Application of current needle steering techniques are restricted by the limited deflection curvature of needles. Here, a novel steerable needle with improved curvature is developed and used with an online motion planner to steer t...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Khadem M,Rossa C,Usmani N,Sloboda RS,Tavakoli M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a type of RNAs, which are responsible for monitoring the gene expression values. Recent research asserts that miRNAs form some clustering on chromosomes. The miRNAs belonging to a particular cluster are highly similar in terms of their activity and they are termed as "coregulated" miRNAs. The cu...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Saha S,Acharya S,K K,Miriyala S

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung disease that can be quantified using chest computed tomography scans. Recent studies have shown that COPD can be automatically diagnosed using weakly supervised learning of intensity and texture distributions. However, up till now such classifiers have only been e...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Cheplygina V,Pena IP,Pedersen JH,Lynch DA,Sorensen L,de Bruijne M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multi-modality data convey complementary information that can be used to improve the accuracy of prediction models in disease diagnosis. However, effectively integrating multi-modality data remains a challenging problem, especially when the data are incomplete. For instance, more than half of the subjects in the Alzhe...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Liu M,Gao Y,Yap PT,Shen D

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work proposes a new approach for the segmentation of the extensor tendon in ultrasound images of the second metacarpophalangeal joint (MCPJ). The MCPJ is known to be frequently involved in early stages of rheumatic diseases like rheumatoid arthritis. The early detection and follow up of these diseases is importan...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Martins N,Sultan S,Veiga D,Ferreira M,Teixeira F,Coimbra M,Martins N,Sultan S,Veiga D,Ferreira M,Teixeira F,Coimbra M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we propose a novel automatic computer-aided method to detect polyps for colonoscopy videos. To capture perceptually and semantically meaningful salient polyp regions, we first segment images into multilevel superpixels. Each level corresponds to different sizes of superpixels. Rather than adopting hand-...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Yuan Y,Li D,Meng MQ,Yixuan Yuan,Dengwang Li,Meng MQ

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:to provide a proof-of-concept tool for segmenting chronic wounds and transmitting the results as instructions and coordinates to a bioprinter robot and thus facilitate the treatment of chronic wounds. METHODS:several segmentation methods used for measuring wound geometry, including edge-detection and morphol...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Gholami P,Ahmadi-Pajouh MA,Abolftahi N,Hamarneh G,Kayvanrad M,Gholami P,Ahmadi-Pajouh MA,Abolftahi N,Hamarneh G,Kayvanrad M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, 2-D/3-D switchable displays have become the mainstream in 3-D display technologies, and people can now watch 3-D movies with a naked 2-D/3-D switchable display at home. However, some studies have indicated that people might encounter visual fatigue after enjoying a 3-D film in the theater. Although 2-D/3-D s...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Lin BS,Wu PJ,Chen CY

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the modality of choice as far as imaging diagnosis of pathologies in the pituitary gland is concerned. Furthermore, the advent of dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) has enhanced the capability of this modality in detecting minute benign but endocrinologically significant tumors called ...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Singh M,Verma A,Sharma N

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound imaging has become a prevalent examination method in prenatal diagnosis. Accurate acquisition of fetal facial standard plane (FFSP) is the most important precondition for subsequent diagnosis and measurement. In the past few years, considerable effort has been devoted to FFSP recognition using various hand-...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Yu Z,Tan EL,Ni D,Qin J,Chen S,Li S,Lei B,Wang T

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the passage of recent federal legislation, many medical institutions are now responsible for reaching target hospital readmission rates. Chronic diseases account for many hospital readmissions and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has been recently added to the list of diseases for which the United States gov...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Agarwal A,Baechle C,Behara R,Zhu X

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a micro-engineered biomimetic system to replicate key functions of living organs, organ-on-a-chip (OC) technology provides a high-throughput model for investigating complex cell interactions with both high temporal and spatial resolutions in biological studies. Typically, microscopy and high-speed video cameras are...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Song C,Wang A,Lin F,Asmani M,Zhao R,Jin Z,Xiao J,Xu W

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wearable health sensors are about to change our health system. While several technological improvements have been presented to enhance performance and energy-efficiency, battery runtime is still a critical concern for practical use of wearable biomedical sensor systems. The runtime limitation is directly related to th...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Tobola A,Leutheuser H,Pollak M,Spies P,Hofmann C,Weigand C,Eskofier BM,Fischer G

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gait impairment in multiple sclerosis (MS) can result from muscle weakness, physical fatigue, lack of coordination, and other symptoms. Walking speed, as measured by a number of clinician-administered walking tests, is the primary measure of gait impairment used by clinical researchers, but inertial gait features from...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Dandu SR,Engelhard MM,Qureshi A,Gong J,Lach JC,Brandt-Pearce M,Goldman MD

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduction in balance is an indicator of fall risk, and therefore, an accurate and cost-effective balance assessment tool is essential for prescribing effective postural control strategies. This study established the validity of the Kinect v2 sensor in assessing center of mass (CoM) excursion and velocity during single...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Eltoukhy MA,Kuenze C,Oh J,Signorile JF

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a smartphone-only solution for the detection of atrial fibrillation (AFib), which utilizes the built-in accelerometer and gyroscope sensors [inertial measurement unit, (IMU)] in the detection. Depending on the patient's situation, it is possible to use the developed smartphone application either regularly o...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Lahdenoja O,Hurnanen T,Iftikhar Z,Nieminen S,Knuutila T,Saraste A,Kiviniemi T,Vasankari T,Airaksinen J,Pankaala M,Koivisto T

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Model-based Bayesian frameworks have a common problem in processing electrocardiogram (ECG) signals with sudden morphological changes. This situation often happens in the case of arrhythmias where ECGs do not obey the predefined state models. To solve this problem, in this paper, a model-based Bayesian denoising frame...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Hesar HD,Mohebbi M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the electromyogram (EMG)-torque relation for chronic stroke survivors using a novel EMG complexity representation. Ten stroke subjects performed a series of submaximal isometric elbow flexion tasks using their affected and contralateral arms, respectively, while a 20-channel linear electrode array ...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Zhang X,Wang D,Yu Z,Chen X,Li S,Zhou P

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Applications of genomic studies are spreading rapidly in many domains of science and technology such as healthcare, biomedical research, direct-to-consumer services, and legal and forensic. However, there are a number of obstacles that make it hard to access and process a big genomic database for these applications. F...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Ghasemi R,Al Aziz MM,Mohammed N,Dehkordi MH,Jiang X

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The computer-aided diagnosis for histopathological images has attracted considerable attention. Principal component analysis network (PCANet) is a novel deep learning algorithm for feature learning with the simple network architecture and parameters. In this study, a color pattern random binary hashing-based PCANet (C...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Shi J,Wu J,Li Y,Zhang Q,Ying S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrahospital transfers are a common but hazardous aspect of hospital care, with a large number of incidents posing a threat to patient safety. A growing body of work advocates the use of checklists for minimizing intrahospital transfer risk, but the majority of existing checklists are not guaranteed to be error-free ...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Manataki A,Fleuriot J,Papapanagiotou P

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensor systems can be deployed in the homes of older adults living alone for functional health assessments. Their information is very useful for health care specialists. The problem lies in developing person independent models while facing a large variability in behavior. We address this problem by, first, proposing a...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Robben S,Englebienne G,Krose B

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human decision making is a multidimensional construct, driven by a complex interplay between external factors, internal biases, and computational capacity constraints. Here, we propose a layered approach to experimental design in which multiple tasks-from simple to complex-with additional layers of complexity introduc...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Kyathanahally SP,Franco-Watkins A,Zhang X,Calhoun VD,Deshpande G

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we investigate the spectral efficiency of a communication link in a wireless body area network (WBAN) capable of harvesting energy from the environment. We consider two scenarios for the transmission which are single- and dual-hop and achieve the power management policy for each scenario. In the first s...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Mosavat-Jahromi H,Maham B,Tsiftsis TA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In ophthalmology, aligning images in indocyanine green and fluorescein angiograph sequences is important for the treatment of subretinal lesions. This paper introduces an algorithm that is tailored to align jointly in a common reference space all the images in an angiogram sequence containing both modalities. To overc...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Chia-Ling Tsai,Hung-Chuan Hsu,Xin-Chang Wu,Shih-Jen Chen,Wei-Yang Lin

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Core body temperature is a reliable marker for circadian rhythm. As characteristics of the circadian body temperature rhythm change during diverse health problems, such as sleep disorder and depression, body temperature monitoring is often used in clinical diagnosis and treatment. However, the use of current thermomet...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Sim SY,Joo KM,Kim HB,Jang S,Kim B,Hong S,Kim S,Park KS

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With a massive influx of multimodality data, the role of data analytics in health informatics has grown rapidly in the last decade. This has also prompted increasing interests in the generation of analytical, data driven models based on machine learning in health informatics. Deep learning, a technique with its founda...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Ravi D,Wong C,Deligianni F,Berthelot M,Andreu-Perez J,Lo B,Yang GZ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In heart-beat-based security, a security key is derived from the time difference between consecutive heart beats (the inter-pulse interval, IPI), which may, subsequently, be used to enable secure communication. While heart-beat-based security holds promise in mobile health (mHealth) applications, there currently exist...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Seepers RM,Strydis C,Sourdis I,De Zeeuw CI

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We proposed and tested a method to estimate sleep period time (SPT) using electrodermal activity (EDA) signals. Eight healthy subjects and six obstructive sleep apnea patients participated in the experiments. Each subject's EDA signals were measured at the middle and ring fingers of the dominant hand during polysomnog...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Hwang SH,Seo S,Yoon HN,Jung DW,Baek HJ,Cho J,Choi JW,Lee YJ,Jeong DU,Park KS

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Although polypectomy at early stage reduces CRC incidence, 90% of the polyps are small and diminutive, where removal of them poses risks to patients that may outweigh the benefits. Correctly detecting and predicting polyp type during colonoscopy al...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Zhang R,Zheng Y,Mak TW,Yu R,Wong SH,Lau JY,Poon CC

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we propose an automated method to reconstruct the three-dimensional (3-D) needle shape during needle insertion procedures using only 2-D transverse ultrasound (US) images. Using a set of transverse US images, image processing and random sample consensus are used to locate the needle within each image an...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Waine M,Rossa C,Sloboda R,Usmani N,Tavakoli M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synchronization and registration of dynamic computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance images (MRI) of the heart is required to perform a combined analysis of their complementary information. We propose a novel method that synchronizes and registers intrapatient dynamic CT and cine-MRI short axis view (SAX). ...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Betancur J,Simon A,Langella B,Leclercq C,Hernandez A,Garreau M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present our efforts toward enabling a wearable sensor system that allows for the correlation of individual environmental exposures with physiologic and subsequent adverse health responses. This system will permit a better understanding of the impact of increased ozone levels and other pollutants on chronic asthma c...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Dieffenderfer J,Goodell H,Mills S,McKnight M,Yao S,Lin F,Beppler E,Bent B,Lee B,Misra V,Zhu Y,Oralkan O,Strohmaier J,Muth J,Peden D,Bozkurt A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycan structures account for up to 35% of the mass of cardiac sodium ( Nav ) channels. To question whether and how reduced sialylation affects Nav activity and cardiac electrical signaling, we conducted a series of in vitro experiments on ventricular apex myocytes under two different glycosylation conditions, reduced...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Du D,Yang H,Ednie AR,Bennett ES

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the analysis of histopathological images, both holistic (e.g., architecture features) and local appearance features demonstrate excellent performance, while their accuracy may vary dramatically when providing different inputs. This motivates us to investigate how to fuse results from these features to enhance the a...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Zhang X,Dou H,Ju T,Xu J,Zhang S

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recorded electroencephalography (EEG) signals are usually contaminated by electrooculography (EOG) artifacts. In this paper, by using independent component analysis (ICA) and multivariate empirical mode decomposition (MEMD), the ICA-based MEMD method was proposed to remove EOG artifacts (EOAs) from multichannel EE...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Wang G,Teng C,Li K,Zhang Z,Yan X

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a wireless on-lens intraocular pressure monitoring system, comprising a capacitance-to-digital converter and a wirelessly powered radio-frequency identification (RFID)-compatible communication system, for sensor control and data communication. The capacitive sensor was embedded on a soft contact le...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Chiou JC,Hsu SH,Liao YT,Huang YC,Yeh GT,Kuei CK,Dai KS

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental illness has a deep impact on individuals, families, and by extension, society as a whole. Social networks allow individuals with mental disorders to communicate with others sufferers via online communities, providing an invaluable resource for studies on textual signs of psychological health problems. Mental di...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Saha B,Nguyen T,Phung D,Venkatesh S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bipolar Disorder (BD) is characterized by an alternation of mood states from depression to (hypo)mania. Mixed states, i.e., a combination of depression and mania symptoms at the same time, can also be present. The diagnosis of this disorder in the current clinical practice is based only on subjective interviews and qu...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Valenza G,Nardelli M,Lanata' A,Gentili C,Bertschy G,Kosel M,Scilingo EP

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autonomous poststroke rehabilitation systems which can be deployed outside hospital with no or reduced supervision have attracted increasing amount of research attentions due to the high expenditure associated with the current inpatient stroke rehabilitation systems. To realize an autonomous systems, a reliable patien...

journal_title：IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics

authors： Zhang Z,Liparulo L,Panella M,Gu X,Fang Q

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00