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  1. The extraction of brain tissue from magnetic resonance head images, is an important image processing step for the analyses of neuroimage data. The authors have developed an automated and simple brain extractio...

    Authors: Haiyan Zhang, Jiafeng Liu, Zixin Zhu and Haiyun Li
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:81
  2. A comment on G. Litscher: Infrared thermography fails to visualize stimulation-induced meridian-like structures. Biomed. Eng. OnLine 2005, 4:38 (15 June 2005), with a response by the author.

    Authors: Rixin Chen, Zhimai Lv and Gerhard Litscher
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:80
  3. Dominant frequency (DF) analysis of videocapsule endoscopy images is a new method to detect small intestinal periodicities that may result from mechanical rhythms such as peristalsis. Longer periodicity is rel...

    Authors: Edward J Ciaccio, Christina A Tennyson, Govind Bhagat, Suzanne K Lewis and Peter HR Green
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:78
  4. The detection of T-wave end points on electrocardiogram (ECG) is a basic procedure for ECG processing and analysis. Several methods have been proposed and tested, featuring high accuracy and percentages of cor...

    Authors: Carlos R Vázquez-Seisdedos, João Evangelista Neto, Enrique J Marañón Reyes, Aldebaro Klautau and Roberto C Limão de Oliveira
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:77
  5. The pathophysiology responsible for the significant outcome disparities between men and women with cardiac disease is largely unknown. Further investigation into basic cardiac physiological differences between...

    Authors: Jennifer S Lawton, Brian P Cupps, Andrew K Knutsen, Ningning Ma, Beckah D Brady, Lina M Reynolds and Michael K Pasque
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:76
  6. Recent studies indicate that the blue-yellow colour discrimination is impaired in ADHD individuals. However, the relationship between colour and performance has not been investigated. This paper describes the ...

    Authors: Alessandro P Silva and Annie F Frère
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:74
  7. Coronary angiography is an important tool in diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases. However, it is the administration is relatively stressful and emotionally traumatic for the subjects. The aim of this study is...

    Authors: Şükrü Okkesim, Sadık Kara, Mehmet G Kaya and Musa H Asyali
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:71
  8. Elastic taping applied on the triceps surae has been commonly used to improve the performance of lower extremities. However, little objective evidence has been documented. The purpose of this study was to inve...

    Authors: Chen-Yu Huang, Tsung-Hsun Hsieh, Szu-Ching Lu and Fong-Chin Su
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:70
  9. Radiological scoring methods such as colon transit time (CTT) have been widely used for the assessment of bowel motility. However, these radiograph-based methods need cumbersome radiological instruments and th...

    Authors: Keo-Sik Kim, Jeong-Hwan Seo and Chul-Gyu Song
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:69
  10. The area of the hospital automation has been the subject of much research, addressing relevant issues which can be automated, such as: management and control (electronic medical records, scheduling appointment...

    Authors: Cicília RM Leite, Gláucia RA Sizilio, Adrião DD Neto, Ricardo AM Valentim and Ana MG Guerreiro
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:68
  11. We studied the worst-case radiated radiofrequency (RF) susceptibility of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) based on the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) requirements of a current standard for cardiac...

    Authors: Ken Umberger and Howard I Bassen
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:66
  12. The optimal level of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is still widely debated in treating acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients. Current methods of selecting PEEP only provide a range of v...

    Authors: Ashwath Sundaresan, J Geoffrey Chase, Geoffrey M Shaw, Yeong Shiong Chiew and Thomas Desaive
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:64
  13. The use of human saphenous vein grafts (HSVGs) as a bypass conduit is a standard procedure in the treatment of coronary artery disease while their early occlusion remains a major problem.

    Authors: Sara Dummler, Stefan Eichhorn, Christian Tesche, Ulrich Schreiber, Bernhard Voss, Marcus-André Deutsch, Hans Hauner, Harald Lahm, Rüdiger Lange and Markus Krane
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:62
  14. Mechanical stresses are known to play important roles in atherosclerotic plaque initiation, progression and rupture. It has been well-accepted that atherosclerosis initiation and early progression correlate ne...

    Authors: Chun Yang, Gador Canton, Chun Yuan, Marina Ferguson, Thomas S Hatsukami and Dalin Tang
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:61
  15. Dynamic three-dimensional (3D) deformation of the pelvic bones is a crucial factor in the successful design and longevity of complex orthopaedic oncological implants. The current solutions are often not very p...

    Authors: Beat Göpfert, Zdzislaw Krol, Marie Freslier and Andreas H Krieg
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:60
  16. Drusen are common features in the ageing macula associated with exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD). They are visible in retinal images and their quantitative analysis is important in the follow ...

    Authors: André D Mora, Pedro M Vieira, Ayyakkannu Manivannan and José M Fonseca
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:59
  17. The use of artificial endoprostheses has become a routine procedure for knee and hip joints while ankle arthritis has traditionally been treated by means of arthrodesis. Due to its advantages, the implantation...

    Authors: Anas Bouguecha, Nelly Weigel, Bernd-Arno Behrens, Christina Stukenborg-Colsman and Hazibullah Waizy
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:58
  18. Rotational osteotomy is frequently indicated to correct excessive femoral anteversion in cerebral palsy patients. Angled blade plate is the standard fixation device used when performed in the proximal femur, b...

    Authors: Rodrigo G Pagnano, Rodrigo Okubo and Jose B Volpon
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:57
  19. Female breast cancer is the major cause of death by cancer in western countries. Efforts in Computer Vision have been made in order to improve the diagnostic accuracy by radiologists. Some methods of lesion di...

    Authors: Daniel D Costa, Lúcio F Campos and Allan K Barros
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:55
  20. The notion of the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) as a comparator evaluating the error signal between its rostral neural structures (RNS) and the cardiovascular receptor afferents into it has been recently pr...

    Authors: B Silvano Zanutto, Bruno Cernuschi Frías and Max E Valentinuzzi
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:54
  21. Previous research shows that the flow dynamics in the left ventricle (LV) reveal important information about cardiac health. This information can be used in early diagnosis of patients with potential heart pro...

    Authors: Wee-Beng Tay, Yu-Heng Tseng, Liang-Yu Lin and Wen-Yih Tseng
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:52
  22. Guidewire (GW) size and stenosis dimensions are the two major factors affecting the translesional pressure drop. Studying the combined effect of these parameters on the mean pressure drop (Δp) across the stenosis...

    Authors: Ehsan Rajabi-Jaghargh, Kranthi K Kolli, Lloyd H Back and Rupak K Banerjee
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:51
  23. Through this paper, we present the initial steps for the creation of an integrated platform for the provision of a series of eHealth tools and services to both citizens and travelers in isolated areas of theso...

    Authors: Stavroula G Mougiakakou, Efthyvoulos Kyriacou, Kostas Perakis, Homer Papadopoulos, Aggelos Androulidakis, Georgios Konnis, Riccardo Tranfaglia, Leandro Pecchia, Umberto Bracale, Constantinos Pattichis and Dimitrios Koutsouris
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:49
  24. There have been many studies that utilize the bio-impedance measurement method to analyze the movements of the upper and lower limbs. A fixed electrical current flows into the limbs through four standard dispo...

    Authors: Byung Woo Lee, Chungkeun Lee, Jinkwon Kim and Myoungho Lee
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:48
  25. The use of minimally invasive ablative techniques in the management of patients with low grade and localized prostate tumours could represent a treatment option between active surveillance and radical therapy....

    Authors: Mohamad-Feras Marqa, Pierre Colin, Pierre Nevoux, Serge R Mordon and Nacim Betrouni
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:45
  26. Finite element simulation has been used in last years for analysing the biomechanical performance of post-core restorations in endodontics, but results of these simulations have been interpreted in most of the...

    Authors: Antonio Pérez-González, José L Iserte-Vilar and Carmen González-Lluch
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:44

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Surgery 2023 23:238

  27. Authors: Erika G Meraz, Homer Nazeran, Carlos D Ramos, Pat Nava, Bill Diong, Michael D Goldman and Christine A Goldman
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:43

    The original article was published in BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:21

  28. Although cardiac auscultation remains important to detect abnormal sounds and murmurs indicative of cardiac pathology, the application of electronic methods remains seldom used in everyday clinical practice. I...

    Authors: Reza Ramezani Sarbandi, John D Doyle, Mahdi Navidbakhsh, Kamran Hassani and Hassan Torabiyan
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:42
  29. There has been a growing interest in objective assessment of speech in dysphonic patients for the classification of the type and severity of voice pathologies using automatic speech recognition (ASR). The aim ...

    Authors: Ghulam Muhammad, Tamer A Mesallam, Khalid H Malki, Mohamed Farahat, Mansour Alsulaiman and Manal Bukhari
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:41
  30. Derivative based a-priori structural identifiability analyses of mathematical models can offer valuable insight into the identifiability of model parameters. However, these analyses are only capable of a binar...

    Authors: Paul D Docherty, J Geoffrey Chase, Thomas F Lotz and Thomas Desaive
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:39
  31. Glaucoma is the second-leading cause of blindness worldwide and early diagnosis is essential to its treatment. Current clinical methods based on multifocal electroretinography (mfERG) essentially involve measu...

    Authors: Juan M Miguel-Jiménez, Sergio Ortega, Luciano Boquete, José M Rodríguez-Ascariz and Román Blanco
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:37
  32. Cardiac output (CO) is an important determinant of the hemodynamic state in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). We tested the hypothesis that CO can be estimated from the right ventricular (RV) press...

    Authors: Mustafa Karamanoglu, Tom Bennett, Marcus Ståhlberg, Vincent Splett, Barbro Kjellström, Cecilia Linde and Frieder Braunschweig
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:36
  33. Representation of independent biophysical sources using Fourier analysis can be inefficient because the basis is sinusoidal and general. When complex fractionated atrial electrograms (CFAE) are acquired during...

    Authors: Edward J Ciaccio, Angelo B Biviano, William Whang, James Coromilas and Hasan Garan
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:35
  34. Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is a new minimally invasive technique to kill undesirable tissue in a non-thermal manner. In order to maximize the benefits from an IRE procedure, the pulse parameters and el...

    Authors: Paulo A Garcia, John H Rossmeisl Jr, Robert E Neal II, Thomas L Ellis and Rafael V Davalos
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:34
  35. Magnesium alloys as biodegradable implant materials received much interest in recent years. It is known that products of implant degradation can induce several types of immune response. Hence, the aim of this ...

    Authors: Alexandr Bondarenko, Marion Hewicker-Trautwein, Nina Erdmann, Nina Angrisani, Janin Reifenrath and Andrea Meyer-Lindenberg
    Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2011 10:32