15 Result(s)
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Detection of Kinetic Information in the Wrist Using High-Frequency Ultrasound
The motion of the wrist provides a direct information for assessing the carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). In this study, a 30 MHz high-frequency ultrasound (HFU) system was used to measure the displacement charact...
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Increased trans-endothelial cells permeability induced by oxidized lipoprotein(a) relates to reactive oxygen species generation and desmogleins expression
Aim: we aim at measurement enhanced effect of oxidized lipoprotien(a) [oxLp(a)] on permeability of monolayer endothelial cells and relationship with reactive oxygen spe-cies(ROS) generation and desmogleins(DSG...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Fatigue Loaded Intervertebral Disc Analysis for Low Back Pain Using Nonlinear Black-Box Model
This paper presents recent developments on effects of rest and fatigue loading on properties of healthy vertebra discs. A comparison of different approaches used in literature to study the properties of interv...
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Development of a High-Frequency Ultrasound System for High Speed Image Scanning
High-frequency image technique has been widely applied to medical diagnoses recently. As high voltage protection, high speed stage and trigger control circuitry are difficult to implement a high frequency ultr...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Development of Behavioral and Neuronal Activities of Animal Models with Kindling-induced and Spontaneous Temporal Lobe Seizures
Epilepsy, in terms of the sudden and recurrent malfunction of brain caused by abnormal discharge, is called “seizure”. Recently, experiments on animal models have successfully demonstrated the better understan...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Development of Seizure Monitoring and Control Systems for Epileptic Animal Models
The worldwide prevalence of epilepsy is approximately 1%, and 25% of epilepsy patients cannot be treated sufficiently by any available therapy. Recently, alternative techniques, such as vagus nerve stimulation...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Development and Testing of a Visuo-Haptic Surgical Training Simulator for Orthognathic Surgery
Visuo-haptic medical training simulator offered a safe, repeatable and cost-effective alternative to traditional surgeries in improving and assessing the surgeons’ skills. In this research, we developed a visu...
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A Modified Synthetic Aperture Focusing Technique Using Beam Characteristics of Transducer for Ultrasound Image Improvement
The synthetic aperture focusing technique (SAFT) has been proposed to improve the lateral resolution of ultrasound image outside the focal region of the transducer. Yet, SAFT would result in an unexpected arti...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Dark-Field Hyperspectral System for Monitoring the Nanoparticles Interaction with the Cells
Nanomaterials are commonly used in biomedical research, mostly in cancer diagnosis and therapy. In this study, we used dark-field hyperspectral systems to investigate nanomaterials for the biological interacti...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Movement Training and Assessment with 3D Virtual Reality for Parkinson’s Disease Patient
Balance problems such as inability to maintain stability and postural transition are common in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). In clinical, visual cues are used as rehabilitation program in improving p...
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Novel Bio-inspired Zwitterion Dopamine Molecule for Anti-biofouling and Photocleavable Properties
Use of synthetic biomaterials as blood-contacting devices typically accompanies considerable nonspecific adsorption of proteins, cells and bacteria. These may eventually induce adverse pathogenic problems in c...
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Development and Characterization of Magnetic Bioceramic Nanocrystals for Intracellular Hyperthermia
Hyperthermia for the treatment of resistant tumors has been reported with promising results. Repeated treatment times and applicable for many kinds of cancers are the potential benefits of hyperthermia. Of not...
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The Effect of Different Size of Slicing Spheres of Polyaxial Screw Head on Static Compression Mechanical Test
Background The pedicle screw fixation system is the gold standard treated method in clinical for the unstable disease. Generally, pedicle screw can be classified into two categories included monoaxial an...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Changes of the Head Control Ability in Patients with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
This study aims to compare the head control ability in terms of the cervicocephalic kinesthetic sensibility between the elderly with and without cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). Thirty CSM patients and t...
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Preparation and Properties of Interconnected NiS Nanoparticle Network with Amphiphilic Polymers
Low-dimensional functional nanocomposite with visible light activity is one of hot-spots fields in chemistry, physics and materials according to the demands of new energy and environmental fields. To simulate ...
