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  1. Pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX) is a systemic disease involving the accumulation of pathological material deposits in the tissues of the anterior segment of the eye. The problem of modern ophthalmology is a q...

    Authors: Robert Koprowski, Zygmunt Wróbel, Anna Nowinska and Edward Wylegala
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:74
  2. Recently, the recognition of different facial gestures using facial neuromuscular activities has been proposed for human machine interfacing applications. Facial electromyograms (EMGs) analysis is a complicate...

    Authors: Mahyar Hamedi, Sh-Hussain Salleh, Mehdi Astaraki and Alias Mohd Noor
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:73
  3. Techniques for the skeletal attachment of amputation-prostheses have been developed over recent decades. This type of attachment has only been performed on a small number of patients. It poses various potentia...

    Authors: Bastian Welke, Christof Hurschler, Marie Föller, Michael Schwarze and Tilman Calliess
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:70
  4. Computer technology enables realistic simulation of cardiovascular physiology. The increasing number of clinical surgical and medical treatment options imposes a need for better understanding of patient-specif...

    Authors: Michael Broomé, Elira Maksuti, Anna Bjällmark, Björn Frenckner and Birgitta Janerot-Sjöberg
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:69
  5. The analysis of polyacrylamide gels is currently carried out manually or automatically. In the automatic method, there are limitations related to the acceptable degree of distortion of lane and band continuity...

    Authors: Robert Koprowski, Zygmunt Wróbel, Anna Korzyńska, Karolina Chwiałkowska and Mirosław Kwaśniewski
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:68
  6. Since falls are a major public health problem among older people, the number of systems aimed at detecting them has increased dramatically over recent years. This work presents an extensive literature review o...

    Authors: Raul Igual, Carlos Medrano and Inmaculada Plaza
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:66
  7. Aortic dissection is a severe pathological condition in which blood penetrates between layers of the aortic wall and creates a duplicate channel – the false lumen. This considerable change on the aortic morpho...

    Authors: Duanduan Chen, Matthias Müller-Eschner, Hendrik von Tengg-Kobligk, David Barber, Dittmar Böckler, Rod Hose and Yiannis Ventikos
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:65
  8. ECG (Electrocardiogram) measurements in home health care demands new sensor solutions. In this study, six different configurations of screen printed conductive ink electrodes have been evaluated with respect to e...

    Authors: Linda Rattfält, Fredrik Björefors, David Nilsson, Xin Wang, Petronella Norberg and Per Ask
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:64
  9. Nondegradable steel-and titanium-based implants are commonly used in orthopedic surgery. Although they provide maximal stability, they are also associated with interference on imaging modalities, may induce st...

    Authors: Henning Windhagen, Kerstin Radtke, Andreas Weizbauer, Julia Diekmann, Yvonne Noll, Ulrike Kreimeyer, Robert Schavan, Christina Stukenborg-Colsman and Hazibullah Waizy
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:62

    The Correction to this article has been published in BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2020 19:86

  10. Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) delivers pressure in proportion to diaphragm electrical activity (Eadi). However, each patient responds differently to NAVA levels. This study aims to examine the match...

    Authors: Yeong Shiong Chiew, J Geoffrey Chase, Bernard Lambermont, Jean Roeseler, Christopher Pretty, Emilie Bialais, Thierry Sottiaux and Thomas Desaive
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:61
  11. The paper presents the methodology and the algorithm developed to analyze sonar images focused on fish detection in small water bodies and measurement of their parameters: volume, depth and the GPS location. T...

    Authors: Robert Koprowski, Zygmunt Wróbel, Agnieszka Kleszcz, Sławomir Wilczyński, Andrzej Woźnica, Bartosz Łozowski, Maciej Pilarczyk, Jerzy Karczewski and Paweł Migula
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:60
  12. The neuronal electron microscopy images segmentation is the basic and key step to efficiently build the 3D brain structure and connectivity for a better understanding of central neural system. However, due to ...

    Authors: Shuangling Wang, Guibao Cao, Benzheng Wei, Yilong Yin, Gongping Yang and Chunming Li
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:59
  13. Patellofemoral complications are one of the main problems after Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA). Retropatellar pressure distribution after TKA can contribute to these symptoms. Therefore we evaluated retropatell...

    Authors: Arnd Steinbrück, Christian Schröder, Matthias Woiczinski, Andreas Fottner, Peter E Müller and Volkmar Jansson
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:58
  14. Model-based methods can be used to characterise patient-specific condition and response to mechanical ventilation (MV) during treatment for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Conventional metrics of r...

    Authors: Erwin J van Drunen, Yeong Shiong Chiew, J Geoffrey Chase, Geoffrey M Shaw, Bernard Lambermont, Nathalie Janssen, Nor Salwa Damanhuri and Thomas Desaive
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:57
  15. For two decades, EEG-based Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) systems have been widely studied in research labs. Now, researchers want to consider out-of-the-lab applications and make this technology available to ...

    Authors: Matthieu Duvinage, Thierry Castermans, Mathieu Petieau, Thomas Hoellinger, Guy Cheron and Thierry Dutoit
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:56
  16. When developing tissue engineered solutions for existing clinical problems, cell seeding strategies should be optimized for desired cell distribution within matrices. The purpose of this investigation was to c...

    Authors: Mario Vitacolonna, Djeda Belharazem, Peter Hohenberger and Eric D Roessner
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:55
  17. One of the main factors affecting propagation of electrical waves and contraction in ventricles of the heart is anisotropy of cardiac tissue. Anisotropy is determined by orientation of myocardial fibres. Deter...

    Authors: Sergey F Pravdin, Vitaly I Berdyshev, Alexander V Panfilov, Leonid B Katsnelson, Olga Solovyova and Vladimir S Markhasin
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:54
  18. Diagnosis of intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia via conventional endoscopy is characterized by low interobserver agreement and poor correlation with histopathologic findings. Chromoendoscopy significantly enh...

    Authors: Philip W Mewes, Stefan Foertsch, Aleksandar Lj Juloski, Elli Angelopoulou, Stefan K Goelder, Dirk Guldi, Joachim Hornegger and Helmut Messmann
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:52
  19. Efficacy and safety of various treatments using fractional laser or radiofrequency depend, to a large extent, on precise movement of equipment head across the patient’s skin. In addition, they both depend on u...

    Authors: Robert Koprowski, Slawomir Wilczyński, Arkadiusz Samojedny, Zygmunt Wróbel and Anna Deda
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:51
  20. To compare traditional plaster casts, digital models and 3D printed copies of dental plaster casts based on various criteria. To determine whether 3D printed copies obtained using open source system RepRap can...

    Authors: Magdalena Kasparova, Lucie Grafova, Petr Dvorak, Tatjana Dostalova, Ales Prochazka, Hana Eliasova, Josef Prusa and Soroush Kakawand
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:49
  21. Clinical diagnosis and therapy for the lumbar disc herniation requires accurate vertebra segmentation. The complex anatomical structure and the degenerative deformations of the vertebrae makes its segmentation...

    Authors: Juying Huang, Fengzeng Jian, Hao Wu and Haiyun Li
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:48
  22. Robot-assisted needle steering facilitates the percutaneous renal access (PRA) for their accuracy and consistency over manual operation. However, inaccurate image-robot correspondence and uncertainties in robo...

    Authors: Dongwen Zhang, Zhicheng Li, Ken Chen, Jing Xiong, Xuping Zhang and Lei Wang
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:47
  23. Brain computer interface (BCI) is an emerging technology for paralyzed patients to communicate with external environments. Among current BCIs, the steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP)-based BCI has dra...

    Authors: Chia-Lung Yeh, Po-Lei Lee, Wei-Ming Chen, Chun-Yen Chang, Yu-Te Wu and Gong-Yau Lan
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:46
  24. Zirconia materials are known for their optimal aesthetics, but they are brittle, and concerns remain about whether their mechanical properties are sufficient for withstanding the forces exerted in the oral cav...

    Authors: Chiung-Fang Wang, Heng-Li Huang, Dan-Jae Lin, Yen-Wen Shen, Lih-Jyh Fuh and Jui-Ting Hsu
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:45
  25. Identifying the emotional state is helpful in applications involving patients with autism and other intellectual disabilities; computer-based training, human computer interaction etc. Electrocardiogram (ECG) s...

    Authors: Jerritta Selvaraj, Murugappan Murugappan, Khairunizam Wan and Sazali Yaacob
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:44
  26. A large number of incommensurable metrics are currently used to report the performance of brain-computer interfaces (BCI) used for augmentative and alterative communication (AAC). The lack of standard metrics ...

    Authors: David E Thompson, Stefanie Blain-Moraes and Jane E Huggins
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:43
  27. The second-order, infinite impulse response notch filter is widely used to remove electrical power line noise in electrocardiograms (ECGs). However this filtering process often introduces spurious ringing arti...

    Authors: Xiaolin Zhou and Yuanting Zhang
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:42
  28. This paper presents the problem of automatic measurement of the iridocorneal angle in tomographic images of the anterior segment of the eye. It includes the results of the comparison of well-known methods for ...

    Authors: Robert Koprowski, Zygmunt Wróbel, Sławomir Wilczyński, Anna Nowińska and Edward Wylęgała
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:40
  29. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is a standard imaging modality for identification of plaque formation in the coronary and peripheral arteries. Volumetric three-dimensional (3D) IVUS visualization provides a po...

    Authors: Yonghoon Rim, David D McPherson and Hyunggun Kim
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:39
  30. Optical imaging techniques reflect different biochemical processes in the brain, which is closely related with neural activity. Scientists and clinicians employ a variety of optical imaging technologies to vis...

    Authors: Lun-De Liao, Vassiliy Tsytsarev, Ignacio Delgado-Martínez, Meng-Lin Li, Reha Erzurumlu, Ashwati Vipin, Josue Orellana, Yan-Ren Lin, Hsin-Yi Lai, You-Yin Chen and Nitish V Thakor
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:38
  31. Atherosclerotic plaque is subjected to a repetitive deformation due to arterial pulsatility during each cardiac cycle and damage may be accumulated over a time period causing fibrous cap (FC) fatigue, which ma...

    Authors: Yuan Huang, Zhongzhao Teng, Umar Sadat, Jing He, Martin J Graves and Jonathan H Gillard
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:36
  32. When studying and designing an artificial bone in vitro with similar features and functionality of natural bone by tissue engineering technology, the culturing environment, especially the mechanical environmen...

    Authors: Wan Zong ming, Li Jian yu, Li Rui xin, Li Hao, Guo Yong, Liu Lu, Zhang Xin chang and Zhang Xi zheng
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:35
  33. Stroke is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality. Its recovery and treatment depends on close clinical monitoring by a clinician especially during the first few hours after the onset of stroke. Pat...

    Authors: Jayavardhana Gubbi, Aravinda S Rao, Kun Fang, Bernard Yan and Marimuthu Palaniswami
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:33
  34. Model-based Roentgen Stereophotogrammetric Analysis (MBRSA) allows the accurate in vivo measurement of the relative motion between an implant and the surrounding bone (migration), using pose-estimation algorithms...

    Authors: Frank Seehaus, Judith Emmerich, Bart L Kaptein, Henning Windhagen and Christof Hurschler
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:32
  35. The extraction of brain tissue from cerebral MRI volume is an important pre-procedure for neuroimage analyses. The authors have developed an accurate and robust brain extraction method using a hybrid level set...

    Authors: Shaofeng Jiang, Weirui Zhang, Yu Wang and Zhen Chen
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:31
  36. A clear understanding of the blood vessels in the eye is helpful in the diagnosis and treatment of ophthalmic diseases, such as glaucoma. Conventional techniques such as micro-CT imaging and histology are not ...

    Authors: Lu Zhang, Xiuqing Qian, Kunya Zhang, Qianqian Cui, Qiuyun Zhao and Zhicheng Liu
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:30
  37. The purpose of this study was to show the effects of the tracheal gas insufflation (TGI) technique on gas exchange using helium-oxygen mixtures during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV). We hypothes...

    Authors: Atsushi Baba, Tomohiko Nakamura, Tetsuya Aikawa and Kenichi Koike
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:29
  38. In our previous study, we successfully developed 3-D scaffolds prepared from silk fibroin (SF), silk fibroin/collagen (SF/C) and silk fibroin/gelatin (SF/G) using a freeze drying technique. The blended constru...

    Authors: Pratthana Chomchalao, Sutatip Pongcharoen, Manote Sutheerawattananonda and Waree Tiyaboonchai
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:28
  39. The high variations of background luminance, low contrast and excessively enhanced contrast of hand bone radiograph often impede the bone age assessment rating system in evaluating the degree of epiphyseal pla...

    Authors: Hum Yan Chai, Tan Tian Swee, Gan Hong Seng and Lai Khin Wee
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:27
  40. This article is a review of the book “Introduction to BioMEMS” by Albert Folch which is published by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. It will review the contents of the book and discuss it suitability as tex...

    Authors: Joel A Kubby
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013 12:25