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Respiratory motion tracking of the thoracoabdominal surface based on defect-aware point cloud registration
The performance of conventional lung puncture surgery is a complex undertaking due to the surgeon’s reliance on visual assessment of respiratory...
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An integrated fluid–structure interaction and thrombosis model for type B aortic dissection
False lumen thrombosis (FLT) in type B aortic dissection has been associated with the progression of dissection and treatment outcome. Existing...
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Design and Implementation of Low-Cost Respiratory Rate Measurement Device
A vital sign of the human body is respiration rate defined by the number of breaths a person takes per minute. In Bangladesh, respiratory diseases...
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Design of a Surgical Stapler for Laparoscopic Colectomy
In this article, a flexible surgical stapler mechanism is designed to serve as a basis for laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery in which conventional...
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Sleep Monitoring in Adults Using Wearables and Unobtrusive Technology
Sleep is a complex physiological process that plays a fundamental role in maintaining homeostasis and overall health. It has an internal structure...
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Electromyographic activity of the sternocleidomastoid muscle in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia
ObjectiveTo analyze and compare the activity of the sternocleidomastoid muscle in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia, preterm infants...
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Biomanufacturing in Japan: frontier research from 2018 to 2023
Biomanufacturing (BM) is a multidisciplinary area incorporating the characteristics of living organisms and engineering principles to create valuable...
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Evaluation of Coherence Between ECG and PPG Derived Parameters on Heart Rate Variability and Respiration in Healthy Volunteers With/Without Controlled Breathing
IntroductionPhotoplethysmography (PPG) is used as a surrogate of electrocardiograms (ECG) for heart rate variability (HRV) analysis or respiratory...
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Major Threats Within the Space Environment
Spaceflight presents hazards and risks to crew health, performance, and safety. The hazards of spaceflight involve the space (natural) environment,...
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Instantaneous phase difference analysis between thoracic and abdominal movement signals based on complementary ensemble empirical mode decomposition
BackgroundThoracoabdominal asynchrony is often adopted to discriminate respiratory diseases in clinics. Conventionally, Lissajous figure analysis is...
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Localized Comparison of Sleep Stage Scoring Between PSG and Wearable Devices
Wearable devices have been recently proposed as an alternative to the gold standard—polysomnography system (PSG)—in several particular circumstances....
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Introduction
This chapter presents the background and purpose of the computational anatomy research field from medical (needs) and technical (seeds) perspectives....
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Effects of wall condition on flow distributions in arterial modeling: comparison of rigid, dynamic, and compliant walls
Blood flow distributions were evaluated using various computational strategies. Three commonly used wall conditions in arterial modeling were...
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Kinematic Analysis of an Innovative Medical Parallel Robot Using Study Parameters
The paper investigates the kinematic analysis of an innovative 5-DOF parallel medical robot used for brachytherapy. Robotic assisted brachytherapy...
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State of the Art of Modelling and Simulation of the Physiological Systems
This chapter reviews the physiology of the cardiovascular system in order to understand its main mechanisms and parameters, which are of interest in...
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Application of 3D Scanner for Estimation of Chest Movement in Scoliotic Patients
Severe spine deformities cause restrictive respiratory insufficiency due to asymmetry of the chest wall and restriction of corresponding breathing...
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2D and 3D Photogrammetric Models for Respiratory Analysis in Adolescents
The aim of this study was to test the correlation between a two dimensional (2D) and three dimensional (3D) biomechanical photogrammetric model, with...
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Reducing the airflow waveform distortions from breathing style and body position with improved calibration of respiratory effort belts
BackgroundRespiratory effort belt measurement is a widely used method to monitor respiration. Signal waveforms of respiratory volume and flow may...
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Assincronia Toracoabdominal em Portadores de Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica: Associações com as Alterações Mecânicas Inspiratórias e Expiratórias
Although thoracoabdominal asincrony (TAA) is an important issue in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), there are no studies...
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Aplicação de Dois Métodos de Calibração da Plestimografia Respiratória por Indutância em Duas Posturas Diferentes
The purpose of this study was to assess two methods of calibration of Respiratory Inductive Plethysmography (RIP), isovolume (ISOCAL) and qualitative...