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    Histone H1.0 couples cellular mechanical behaviors to chromatin structure

    Tuning of genome structure and function is accomplished by chromatin-binding proteins, which determine the transcriptome and phenotype of the cell. Here we investigate how communication between extracellular s...

    Shuaishuai Hu, Douglas J. Chapski, Natalie D. Gehred in Nature Cardiovascular Research (2024)

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    Extended reality for biomedicine

    Extended reality (XR) refers to an umbrella of methods that allows users to be immersed in a 3D or a 4D (spatial + temporal) virtual environment to various extents, including virtual reality (VR), augmented re...

    Jie Yuan, Sohail S. Hassan, Jiaojiao Wu, Casey R. Koger in Nature Reviews Methods Primers (2023)

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    Low Wall Shear Stress Is Associated with Saphenous Vein Graft Stenosis in Patients with Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

    Biomechanical forces may play a key role in saphenous vein graft (SVG) disease after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Computed tomography angiography (CTA) of 430 post-CABG patients were evaluated ...

    Muhammad Owais Khan, Justin S. Tran, Han Zhu in Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Re… (2021)

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    Simulating Developmental Cardiac Morphology in Virtual Reality Using a Deformable Image Registration Approach

    While virtual reality (VR) has potential in enhancing cardiovascular diagnosis and treatment, prerequisite labor-intensive image segmentation remains an obstacle for seamlessly simulating 4-dimensional (4-D, 3...

    Arash Abiri, Yichen Ding, Parinaz Abiri in Annals of Biomedical Engineering (2018)

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    Light-Sheet Imaging to Elucidate Cardiovascular Injury and Repair

    Real-time 3-dimensional (3-D) imaging of cardiovascular injury and regeneration remains challenging. We introduced a multi-scale imaging strategy that uses light-sheet illumination to enable applications of ca...

    Yichen Ding, Juhyun Lee, Jeffrey J. Hsu, Chih-Chiang Chang in Current Cardiology Reports (2018)

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    Automated Segmentation of Light-Sheet Fluorescent Imaging to Characterize Experimental Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiac Injury and Repair

    This study sought to develop an automated segmentation approach based on histogram analysis of raw axial images acquired by light-sheet fluorescent imaging (LSFI) to establish rapid reconstruction of the 3-D z...

    René R. Sevag Packard, Kyung In Baek, Tyler Beebe, Nelson Jen in Scientific Reports (2017)

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    Inductively powered wireless pacing via a miniature pacemaker and remote stimulation control system

    Pacemakers have existed for decades as a means to restore cardiac electrical rhythms. However, lead-related complications have remained a clinical challenge. While market-released leadless devices have address...

    Parinaz Abiri, Ahmad Abiri, René R. Sevag Packard, Yichen Ding in Scientific Reports (2017)

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    Two-Point Stretchable Electrode Array for Endoluminal Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Measurements of Lipid-Laden Atherosclerotic Plaques

    Four-point electrode systems are commonly used for electric impedance measurements of biomaterials and tissues. We introduce a 2-point system to reduce electrode polarization for heterogeneous measurements of ...

    René R. Sevag Packard, **ao**ao Zhang, Yuan Luo in Annals of Biomedical Engineering (2016)

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    Cardiac Light-Sheet Fluorescent Microscopy for Multi-Scale and Rapid Imaging of Architecture and Function

    Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy (LSFM) enables multi-dimensional and multi-scale imaging via illuminating specimens with a separate thin sheet of laser. It allows rapid plane illumination for reduced photo...

    Peng Fei, Juhyun Lee, René R. Sevag Packard in Scientific Reports (2016)