abstract：:Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) allows the assessment of stroke patients' cortical excitability and corticospinal tract integrity, which provide information regarding motor function recovery. However, the extraction of features from motor-evoked potentials (MEP) elicited by TMS, such as amplitude and latency, ...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Tecuapetla-Trejo JE,Cantillo-Negrete J,Carrillo-Mora P,Valdés-Cristerna R,Ortega-Robles E,Arias-Carrion O,Carino-Escobar RI

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, a method for apnea bradycardia detection in preterm infants is presented based on coupled hidden semi Markov model (CHSMM). CHSMM is a generalization of hidden Markov models (HMM) used for modeling mutual interactions among different observations of a stochastic process through using finite number of hi...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Montazeri Ghahjaverestan N,Shamsollahi MB,Ge D,Beuchée A,Hernández AI

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soleus muscle flap as coverage tissue is a possible surgical solution adopted to cover the wounds due to open fractures. Despite this procedure presents many clinical advantages, relatively poor information is available about the loss of functionality of triceps surae of the treated leg. In this study, a group of pati...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Ferracuti F,Fioretti S,Frontoni E,Iarlori S,Mengarelli A,Riccio M,Romeo L,Verdini F

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoplethysmography imaging (PPGI) for non-contact monitoring of preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a promising technology, as it could reduce medical adhesive-related skin injuries and associated complications. For practical implementations of PPGI, a region of interest has to be detected ...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Antink CH,Ferreira JCM,Paul M,Lyra S,Heimann K,Karthik S,Joseph J,Jayaraman K,Orlikowsky T,Sivaprakasam M,Leonhardt S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukaemia is a type of blood cancer which mainly occurs when bone marrow produces excess white blood cells in our body. This disease not only affects adult but also is a common cancer type among children. Treatment of leukaemia depends on its type and how far the disease has spread in the body. Leukaemia is classified...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Anwar S,Alam A

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood cell counting and classification ensures the evaluation and diagnosis of a number of diseases. The analysis of white blood cells (WBCs) permits us to detect the acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a type of blood cancer that causes fatality when untreated. At present, the morphological analysis of blood cell...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Das BK,Dutta HS

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computational modeling of the brain is crucial for the study of traumatic brain injury. An anatomically accurate model with refined details could provide the most accurate computational results. However, computational models with fine mesh details could take prolonged computation time that impedes the clinical transla...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Lai C,Chen Y,Wang T,Liu J,Wang Q,Du Y,Feng Y

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection and classification methods have a vital and important role in identifying brain diseases. Timely detection and classification of brain diseases enable an accurate identification and effective management of brain impairment. Brain disorders are commonly most spreadable diseases and the diagnosing process is t...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Haq EU,Huang J,Kang L,Haq HU,Zhan T

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study is to analyze the prognostic factors of acute leukemia and to construct a decision model based on a causal relationship between the factors of this disease to assist medical specialists. In medical decisions, to reach effective, quick, and reliable results, there is a need for a simple...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Jahangoshai Rezaee M,Sadatpour M,Ghanbari-Ghoushchi N,Fathi E,Alizadeh A

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical confidentiality is an essential duty in the medical profession. In this paper, we introduce a novel robust blind watermarking method for securing the medical report in a DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) imaging. The insertion of each bit is done in the subtraction of adjacent DC coefficie...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Boussif M,Aloui N,Cherif A

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we propose an integrated tooth segmentation and gingival tissue deformation simulation framework used to design and evaluate the orthodontic treatment plan especially with invisible aligners. Firstly, the bio-characteristics information of the digital impression is analyzed quantitatively and demonstrat...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Yuan T,Wang Y,Hou Z,Wang J

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper alignment of acetabular implantation is necessary for good patient outcomes and preventing complications or additional surgeries in total hip arthroplasty (THA). Rotation of the pelvis in lateral decubitus (LD) is typically not accounted for as surgeons use the surgery table as a reference plane to align implan...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Stadnyk M,Liu T,Arezodar FF,Westover L,Carvajal Alba JA,Masson E,Beaupre L,Jaremko JL,El-Rich M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An efficient and novel modeling approach is proposed in this paper for identifying proteins or genes involved in melanoma skin cancer. Two types of classifiers are modeled, based on the chemical structure and hydropathy property of amino acids. These classifiers are further implemented using NI LabVIEW-based hardware ...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Roy T,Bhattacharjee P

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classification of cancerous genes from microarray data is an important research area in bioinformatics. Large amount of microarray data are available, but it is very costly to label them. This paper proposes an active learning model, a semi-supervised classification approach, to label the microarray data using which p...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： De R,Chakraborty A,Chatterjee A,Sarkar R

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conduct disorder (CD) is an important mental health problem in childhood and adolescence. There is presently a trend of revealing neural mechanisms using measures of brain networks. This study goes further by presenting a classification scheme to distinguish subjects with CD from typically developing healthy subjects ...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Zhang J,Liu Y,Luo R,Du Z,Lu F,Yuan Z,Zhou J,Li S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fast hybrid operator splitting (HOS) and stable uniformization (UNI) methods have been proposed to save computation cost and enhance stability for Markov chain model in cardiac cell simulations. Moreover, Chen-Chen-Luo's quadratic adaptive algorithm (CCL) combined with HOS or UNI was used to improve the tradeoff b...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Chen XJ,Luo CH,Chen MH

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nowadays, acoustic emission (AE) has its applications in various areas, including mechanical, civil, underwater acoustics, and biomedical engineering. It is a non-destructive evaluation (NDE) and a non-intrusive method to detect active damage mechanisms such as crack growth, delamination, and processes such as frictio...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Remya AR,Vishwash B,Lee C,Pai PS,Espinoza Oras AA,Ozevin D,Mathew MT

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cell-based research, the process of visually monitoring cells generates large image datasets that need to be evaluated for quantifiable information in order to track the effectiveness of treatments in vitro. With the traditional, end-point assay-based approach being error-prone, and existing computational approache...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Mbiki S,McClendon J,Alexander-Bryant A,Gilmore J

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, simulations of the induced currents in the brain produced by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) are used to elucidate the regions reached by stimuli. However, models commonly found in the literature are too general and neglect imperfections in the windings. Aiming to predict the stimulation sites in pa...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Mancino AV,Milano FE,Bertuzzi FM,Yampolsky CG,Ritacco LE,Risk MR

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computer-assisted human peripheral blood leukocyte image classification method based on Siamese network is proposed. Firstly, a Siamese network with two identical convolutional neural network (CNN) sub-networks and a logistic regression for leukocyte five classification is designed, which can learn not only distingu...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Wang Y,Cao Y

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility and performance of a stationary, non-focused dual-sectored tubular transurethral ultrasound applicator for thermal exposure of tissue regions adjacent to the urethra for treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) through acoustic and biothermal simulation...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Liu D,Adams M,Burdette EC,Diederich CJ

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study and applications of in vivo skin optics have been openly documented as early as the year 1954, or possibly earlier. To date, challenges in analyzing the complexities of this field remain, with wide scopes requiring more scrutiny. Recent advances in spectroscopic research and multivariate analytics allow a cl...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Poh AH,Adikan FRM,Moghavvemi M

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The understanding of cardiac arrhythmia under genetic mutations has grown in interest among researchers. Previous studies focused on the effect of the D172N mutation on electrophysiological behavior. In this study, we analyzed not only the electrophysiological activity but also the mechanical responses during normal s...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Heikhmakhtiar AK,Lee CH,Song KS,Lim KM

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sperm morphology, as an indicator of fertility, is a critical tool in semen analysis. In this study, a smartphone-based hybrid system that fully automates the sperm morphological analysis is introduced with the aim of eliminating unwanted human factors. Proposed hybrid system consists of two progressive steps: automat...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Ilhan HO,Sigirci IO,Serbes G,Aydin N

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a new, automatic, correlation-based method for measuring the duration of motor unit action potentials (MUAPs). The method seeks to replicate the way an expert elctromyographer uses his or her eyes, calculating the start and end of the MUAP waveform on the basis of the degree of similarity of non-excluded di...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Rodríguez Carreño I,Malanda A,Gila Useros L,Gurtubay IG,Navallas J,Rodríguez-Falces J

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic echinococcosis (HE) is a life-threatening liver disease caused by parasites that requires a precise diagnosis and proper treatments. To assess HE lesions accurately, we propose a novel automatic HE lesion segmentation and classification network that contains lesion region positioning (LRP) and lesion region se...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Xin S,Shi H,Jide A,Zhu M,Ma C,Liao H

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory rate (RR) is an important vital sign which can be difficult to measure accurately and unobtrusively in routine clinical practice. Pulse transit time (PTT), on the other hand, is unobtrusive to collect from electrocardiogram (ECG) and photoplethysmogram (PPG) signals. Using PTT is a novel method to estimate...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Ding X,Yan BP,Karlen W,Zhang YT,Tsang HK

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loop-mediated isothermal amplification or LAMP has been identified to be an efficient technology for point-of-care diagnostics. Paper-based LAMP technique has tremendous potential in replacing the existing tube-based technology as the manufacturing cost of a paper-based device is comparatively lower and easy-to-use. L...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Das D,Panigrahi PK

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) emerges as an effective clinical device providing life-saving support to heart patients. The design of blood pump of an LVAD involves incredible accuracy and thorough understanding of hemodynamics to mimic the functionality of a healthy ventricle. This work studies hemodynamics a...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Kannojiya V,Das AK,Das PK

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taking advantage of motion sensing technology, a quantitative assessment method for lower limbs motor function of cerebral palsy (CP) based on the gross motor function measurement (GMFM)-24 scale was explored in this study. According to the motion analysis on GMFM-24 scale, we translated the assessment problem of GMFM...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Chen X,Wu Q,Tang L,Cao S,Zhang X,Chen X

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis proteins are related to many diseases. Obtaining the subcellular localization information of apoptosis proteins is helpful to understand the mechanism of diseases and to develop new drugs. At present, the researchers mainly focus on the primary protein sequences, so there is still room for improvement in the...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Ruan X,Zhou D,Nie R,Hou R,Cao Z

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was the analysis of the mechanical behaviour of a partially porous lumbar custom-made cage by means of a subject-specific finite element analysis (FEA). The cage, made of Ti6Al4V ELI alloy, was produced via electron beam melting (EBM) process and surgically implanted in a female subject, 50 years...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Epasto G,Distefano F,Mineo R,Guglielmino E

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI), one solves the inverse problem of electrocardiography (ECG) to reconstruct equivalent cardiac sources based on the body surface potential measurements and a mathematical model of the torso. Due to attenuation and spatial smoothing within the torso, this inverse problem is ill-po...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Erenler T,Serinagaoglu Dogrusoz Y

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is of great importance to effectively process and interpret surface electromyogram (sEMG) signals to actuate a robotic and prosthetic exoskeleton hand needed by hand amputees. In this paper, we have proposed a cepstrum analysis-based method for classification of basic hand movement sEMG signals. Cepstral analysis t...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Yavuz E,Eyupoglu C

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a new method for breast X-ray image adaptive enhancement that combines nonsubsampled contourlet transform (NSCT) with the whale optimization algorithm (WOA). First, the mammography X-ray image was processed by histogram equalization to ensure global image contrast. The processed image was then decomposed in...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Zhang CJ,Nie HH

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Divided attention is defined as focusing on different tasks at once, and this is described as one of the biggest problems of today's society. Default examinations for understanding attention are questionnaires or physiological signals, like evoked potentials and electroencephalography. Physiological records were obtai...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Batbat T,Güven A,Dolu N

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral arterial occlusive disease is a serious cardiovascular disorder. The arterial occlusion leads to turbulent flow and arterial sound generation on the inner vessel wall. Stenosis-induced vibro-acoustic waves propagate through the surrounding soft tissues and reach the skin surface. In this study, the feasibil...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Salman HE,Yazicioglu Y

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fraction of repolarization variability independent of RR interval variability is of clinical interest. It has been linked to direct autonomic nervous system (ANS) regulation of the ventricles in healthy subjects and seems to reflect the instability of the ventricular repolarization process in heart disease. In thi...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： El-Hamad F,Javorka M,Czippelova B,Krohova J,Turianikova Z,Porta A,Baumert M

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to its capabilities in analysing injury risk, the ability to analyse an athlete's ground reaction force and joint moments is of high interest in sports biomechanics. However, using force plates for the kinetic measurements influences the athlete's performance. Therefore, this study aims to use a feed-forward neura...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Mundt M,David S,Koeppe A,Bamer F,Markert B,Potthast W

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scapholunate ligament stabilizes the scaphoid and lunate of the proximal row in the wrist which allows for proper force transmission with the radius and ulna. Damage to this structure degenerates into arthritis and disability. Controversy exists over the best technique to restore function and reduce pain. A three-...

journal_title：Medical & biological engineering & computing

authors： Wayne JS,Tremols EJ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00