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  1. To determine how the mechanical property and micro structure affect tissue regeneration and angiogenesis, three types of scaffolds were studied. Acellular dermal matrices (ADM), produced from human skin by rem...

    Authors: Chuangang You, Xingang Wang, Yurong Zheng and Chunmao Han
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:125
  2. Abdominal organs segmentation of magnetic resonance (MR) images is an important but challenging task in medical image processing. Especially for abdominal tissues or organs, such as liver and kidney, MR imagin...

    Authors: Qing Luo, Wenjian Qin, Tiexiang Wen, Jia Gu, Nikolas Gaio, Shifu Chen, Ling Li and Yaoqin Xie
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:124
  3. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) refers to the application of extracorporeal blood circulation with oxygenation as a resuscitation tool. The objective of this study is to observe the frequen...

    Authors: Jung Chan Lee, Gil Joon Suh and Hee Chan Kim
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:123
  4. The aim of this study was to propose a method to estimate the maximum pressure in the left ventricle (MPLV) for a healthy subject, based on cardiac outputs measured by echo-Doppler (non-invasive) and catheteri...

    Authors: Hamidreza Ghasemi Bahraseman, Kamran Hassani, Arezoo khosravi, Mahdi Navidbakhsh, Daniel M Espino, Davood Kazemi-Saleh and Naser Fatourayee
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:122
  5. Rapid restoration of vessel patency after acute myocardial infarction is key to reducing myocardial muscle death and increases survival rates. Standard therapies include thrombolysis and direct PTCA. Alternati...

    Authors: Marcin Marzencki, Behrad Kajbafzadeh, Farzad Khosrow-khavar, Kouhyar Tavakolian, Maxim Soleimani-Nouri, Jaap Hamburger, Bozena Kaminska and Carlo Menon
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:121
  6. Vascular hemodynamics is central to the regulation of neuro-metabolism and plays important roles in peripheral nerves diseases and their prevention. However, at present there are only a few techniques capable ...

    Authors: Lun-De Liao, Josue Orellana, Yu-Hang Liu, Yan-Ren Lin, Ashwati Vipin, Nitish V Thakor, Kaiquan Shen and Einar Wilder-Smith
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:120
  7. Research has tremendously contributed to the developments in both practical and fundamental aspects of limb prosthetics. These advancements are reflected in scientific articles, particularly in the most cited ...

    Authors: Arezoo Eshraghi, Noor Azuan Abu Osman, Hossein Gholizadeh, Sadeeq Ali and Babak Shadgan
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:119
  8. This article is a review of the book “Advanced Materials for Joint Implants” edited and written by Giuseppe Pezzotti. This book (hardcover) was published by Pan Stanford Publishing Pte Ltd. in 2013. The book d...

    Authors: Solomon P Samuel and Minn H Saing
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:118
  9. This paper describes a method for automatic analysis of the choroid in OCT images of the eye fundus in ophthalmology. The problem of vascular lesions occurs e.g. in a large population of patients having diabet...

    Authors: Robert Koprowski, Slawomir Teper, Zygmunt Wróbel and Edward Wylegala
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:117
  10. Total hip replacement (THR) is considered to be the most effective treatment option for advanced osteoarthritis of the hip in large breed dogs. However, a proportion of post-THR patients suffer prosthesis disl...

    Authors: Ching-Ho Wu, Cheng-Chung Lin, Tung-Wu Lu, Sheng-Mao Hou, Chih-Chung Hu and Lih-Seng Yeh
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:116
  11. This study compared the adequacy of dental cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) and micro computed tomography (micro-CT) in evaluating the structural parameters of trabecular bones.

    Authors: Jung-Ting Ho, Jay Wu, Heng-Li Huang, Michael YC Chen, Lih-Jyh Fuh and Jui-Ting Hsu
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:115
  12. Breast density is a significant breast cancer risk factor measured from mammograms. The most appropriate method for measuring breast density for risk applications is still under investigation. Calibration stan...

    Authors: Erin EE Fowler, Beibei Lu and John J Heine
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:114
  13. Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is an emerging imaging modality which produces three-dimensional radiographic images of breast. DBT reconstructs tomographic images from a limited view angle, thus data acqui...

    Authors: Metin Ertas, Isa Yildirim, Mustafa Kamasak and Aydin Akan
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:112
  14. A novel hand biometric authentication method based on measurements of the user’s stationary hand gesture of hand sign language is proposed. The measurement of hand gestures could be sequentially acquired by a ...

    Authors: Simon Fong, Yan Zhuang, Iztok Fister and Iztok Fister Jr
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:111
  15. Large amounts of electro-oculographic (EOG) data, recorded during electroencephalographic (EEG) measurements, go underutilized. We present an automatic, auto-calibrating algorithm that allows efficient analysi...

    Authors: Kati Pettersson, Sharman Jagadeesan, Kristian Lukander, Andreas Henelius, Edward Hæggström and Kiti Müller
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:110
  16. Electroencephalography (EEG) is best suited for long-term monitoring of brain functions in patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC). Mathematical tools are needed to facilitate efficient interpretation o...

    Authors: Urszula Malinowska, Camille Chatelle, Marie-Aurélie Bruno, Quentin Noirhomme, Steven Laureys and Piotr J Durka
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:109
  17. Aqueous humor flows regularly from posterior chamber to anterior chamber, and this flow much involves intraocular pressure, the eye tissue nutrition and metabolism.

    Authors: Hongyu Yang, Hongfang Song, Xi Mei, Lin Li, Xineng Fu, Mindi Zhang and Zhicheng Liu
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:108
  18. Ultrasound imaging of the heart is a commonly used clinical tool to assess cardiac function. The basis for this analysis is the quantification of cardiac blood flow and myocardial velocities. These are typical...

    Authors: Christer Grönlund, Kenji Claesson, Jan D’hooge, Michael Y Henein and Per Lindqvist
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:107
  19. Monitoring retinal oxygenation is of primary importance in detecting the presence of some common eye diseases. To improve the estimation of oxygen tension in retinal vessels, regularized least-squares (RLS) me...

    Authors: Gokhan Gunay and Isa Yildirim
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:106
  20. Increasing evidence suggests that mechanisms governing advanced plaque progression may be different from those for early progression and require further investigation. Serial MRI data and 3D fluid–structure in...

    Authors: Dalin Tang, Chun Yang, Gador Canton, Zheyang Wu, Thomas Hatsukami and Chun Yuan
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:105

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  21. To apply advanced methods of communication, sensing, and instrumentation technologies to make a system that can help patients suffering from hemispatial neglect caused by higher cortical function disorder.

    Authors: Abbas Orand, Sayaka Okamoto, Yutaka Tomita, Hiroyuki Miyasaka, Genichi Tanino and Shigeru Sonoda
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:104
  22. Shape memory polymer (SMP) foams are being investigated as an alternative aneurysm treatment method to embolic coils. The goal of both techniques is the reduction of blood flow into the aneurysm and the subseq...

    Authors: Andrea D Muschenborn, Jason M Ortega, Jason M Szafron, David J Szafron and Duncan J Maitland
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:103
  23. Fetal spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a prenatal routine for proper assessment of fetus development, especially when suspected spinal malformations occur while ultrasound fails to provide details. L...

    Authors: Shaode Yu, Rui Zhang, Shibin Wu, Jiani Hu and Yaoqin Xie
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:102
  24. Motion characteristics of CoP (Centre of Pressure, the point of application of the resultant ground reaction force acting on the plate) are useful for foot type characteristics detection. To date, only few stu...

    Authors: Zhanyong Mei, Guoru Zhao, Kamen Ivanov, Yanwei Guo, Qingsong Zhu, Yongjin Zhou and Lei Wang
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:101
  25. When ascending to the high altitude, people living in low altitude areas will suffer from acute mountain sickness. The aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that whether an oxygen concentration membrane ...

    Authors: Guanghao Shen, Xiaoming Wu, Chi Tang, Yili Yan, Juan Liu, Wei Guo, Da Jing, Tao Lei, Yue Tian, Kangning Xie, Erping Luo and Jianbao Zhang
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:100
  26. Alveolar ridge resorption, as a significant problem in implant and restorative dentistry, has long been considered as an inevitable outcome following tooth extraction. Recently, adrenomedullin (ADM) is reporte...

    Authors: Lin Wang, Ling Zheng, Chunyan Li, Shujun Dong, Lan A and Yanmin Zhou
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:99
  27. Muscle fiber orientation (MFO) is an important parameter related to musculoskeletal functions. The traditional manual method for MFO estimation in sonograms was labor-intensive. The automatic methods proposed ...

    Authors: Shan Ling, Bin Chen, Yongjin Zhou, Wan-Zhang Yang, Yu-Qian Zhao, Lei Wang and Yong-Ping Zheng
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:98
  28. Respiratory effort belt measurement is a widely used method to monitor respiration. Signal waveforms of respiratory volume and flow may indicate pathological signs of several diseases and, thus, it would be hi...

    Authors: Tiina M Seppänen, Olli-Pekka Alho and Tapio Seppänen
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:97
  29. Knowing the orientation of the head is important in many fields, including medicine. Many methods and measuring systems exist, but usually they use different markers or sensors attached to the subject’s head f...

    Authors: Urban Pavlovčič, Janez Diaci, Janez Možina and Matija Jezeršek
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:96
  30. The replacement of hard tissues demands biocompatible and sometimes bioactive materials with properties similar to those of bone. Nano-composites made of biocompatible polymers and bioactive inorganic nano par...

    Authors: Othman Y Alothman, Fahad N Almajhdi and H Fouad
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:95
  31. The repair surgery of congenital heart disease (CHD) associated with the right ventricular (RV)-pulmonary artery (PA) pathophysiology often left patients with critical post-operative lesions, leading to regurg...

    Authors: Namheon Lee, Michael D Taylor, Kan N Hor and Rupak K Banerjee
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:93
  32. Pneumatic tourniquets are medical devices that occlude blood flow to distal part of extremities and are commonly used in upper limb surgeries to provide a dry, clean and bloodless field. To decrease pressure-r...

    Authors: Hong-yun Liu, Jun-yan Guo, Zheng-bo Zhang, Kai-yuan Li and Wei-dong Wang
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:92
  33. The myocardium exhibits heterogeneous nature due to scarring after Myocardial Infarction (MI). In Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) imaging, Late Gadolinium (LG) contrast agent enhances the intensity of scarred...

    Authors: Lasya Priya Kotu, Kjersti Engan, Karl Skretting, Frode Måløy, Stein Ørn, Leik Woie and Trygve Eftestøl
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:91
  34. Cervical auscultation (CA) is an affordable, non-invasive technique used to observe sounds occurring during swallowing. CA involves swallowing characterization via stethoscopes or microphones, while accelerome...

    Authors: Iva Jestrović, Joshua M Dudik, Bo Luan, James L Coyle and Ervin Sejdić
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:90
  35. This article is a review of the book “Biomedical Signal and Image Processing” by Kayvan Najarian and Robert Splinter, which is published by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. It will evaluate the contents of t...

    Authors: Edward J Ciaccio
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:88
  36. Poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG) has attracted broad interest for tissue engineering applications. The aim of this study was to synthesize 4-arm -PEG-20kDa with the terminal group of diacrylate (4-arm-PEG-DA) and ...

    Authors: Jianliang Zhou, Shidong Hu, Jingli Ding, Jianjun Xu, Jiawei Shi and Nianguo Dong
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:87
  37. In a previous study (Vaghefi et al. 2012) we described a 3D computer model that used finite element modeling to capture the structure and function of the ocular lens. This model accurately predicted the steady...

    Authors: Ehsan Vaghefi, Nancy Liu and Paul J Donaldson
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:85
  38. Ceramic materials are used in a growing proportion of hip joint prostheses due to their wear resistance and biocompatibility properties. However, ceramics have not been applied successfully in total knee joint...

    Authors: Anke Turger, Jens Köhler, Berend Denkena, Tomas A Correa, Christoph Becher and Christof Hurschler
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:84
  39. Most hemiplegic patients have difficulties in their balance and posture control while walking because of the asymmetrical posture and the abnormal body balance. The assessment of rehabilitation of hemiplegic g...

    Authors: Yanwei Guo, Guoru Zhao, Qianqian Liu, Zhanyong Mei, Kamen Ivanov and Lei Wang
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:83
  40. Magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography (MREIT) has been introduced as a non-invasive method for visualizing the internal conductivity and/or current density of an electrically conductive object by ...

    Authors: Munish Chauhan, Woo Chul Jeong, Hyung Joong Kim, Oh In Kwon and Eung Je Woo
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:82
  41. Good anatomical compatibility is an important aspect in the development of cardiovascular implants. This work analyzes the interaction of the pump unit of an electrically driven pulsatile Total Artificial Hear...

    Authors: Andreas Johann Fritschi, Marco Laumen, Sotirios Spiliopoulos, Thomas Finocchiaro, Christina Egger, Thomas Schmitz-Rode, Gero Tenderich, Reiner Koerfer and Ulrich Steinseifer
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:81
  42. Electrosurgery units are widely employed in modern surgery. Advances in technology have enhanced the safety of these devices, nevertheless, accidental burns are still regularly reported. This study focuses on ...

    Authors: Paolo Bifulco, Rita Massa, Mario Cesarelli, Maria Romano, Antonio Fratini, Gaetano D Gargiulo and Alistair L McEwan
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:80
  43. The convectional strain-based algorithm has been widely utilized in clinical practice. It can only provide the information of relative information of tissue stiffness. However, the exact information of tissue ...

    Authors: Minhua Lu, Heye Zhang, Jun Wang, Jinwei Yuan, Zhenghui Hu and Huafeng Liu
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:79
  44. Atherosclerosis causes millions of deaths, annually yielding billions in expenses round the world. Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography (IVOCT) is a medical imaging modality, which displays high resoluti...

    Authors: Matheus Cardoso Moraes, Diego Armando Cardona Cardenas and Sérgio Shiguemi Furuie
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:78
  45. Brain computer interfaces (BCI) is one of the most popular branches in biomedical engineering. It aims at constructing a communication between the disabled persons and the auxiliary equipments in order to impr...

    Authors: Peiyang Li, Peng Xu, Rui Zhang, Lanjin Guo and Dezhong Yao
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:77
  46. In recent years, X-ray phase-contrast imaging techniques have been extensively studied to visualize weakly absorbing objects. One of the most popular methods for phase-contrast imaging is in-line phase-contras...

    Authors: Liting Wang, Xueli Li, Mingshu Wu, Lu Zhang and Shuqian Luo
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:75