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Design and Implementation of Brain Surgery Bipolar Electrocautery Simulator Using Haptic Technology
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Deep active contours using locally controlled distance vector flow
Active contours model (ACM) has been extensively used in computer vision and image processing. In recent studies, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been combined with ACM replacing the user in the proc...
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Extended non-stationary chimera-like region in a network of non-identical coupled Van der Pol’s oscillators
Chimera states are peculiar spatiotemporal patterns of coupled oscillators composed of coherent and incoherent groups. In this paper, we study a network of non-identical coupled Van der Pol’s oscillators and i...
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This study outlines the first investigation of application of machine learning to distinguish “skilled” and “novice” psychomotor performance during a virtual reality (VR) brain tumor resection task. Tumor rese...
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Brain activity during time to contact estimation: an EEG study
Understanding the neural mechanisms associated with time to contact (TTC) estimation is an intriguing but challenging task. Despite the importance of TTC estimation in our everyday life, few studies have been ...
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Synchronization patterns in a blinking multilayer neuronal network
Synchronization is one of the most prominent collective behaviors in neuroscience which can be associated with information processing and many pathological patterns of the brain. Since multilayer networks hav...
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Chimera in a network of memristor-based Hopfield neural network
Memristors have shown great potential to yield novel features in various domains. Therefore, memristor-based systems are being studied in widespread applications. In this paper, a newly proposed hyperbolic-ty...
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Traveling patterns in a network of memristor-based oscillators with extreme multistability
The study of collective behaviors in the networks of memristive systems has achieved negligible attention. In this paper, a ring network of memristive based Wien-bridge oscillators is investigated. The Wien-b...
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Open AccessDrift-diffusion explains response variability and capacity for tracking objects
Being able to track objects that surround us is key for planning actions in dynamic environments. However, rigorous cognitive models for tracking of one or more objects are currently lacking. In this study, we...
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Neurosurgical virtual reality simulation metrics to assess psychomotor skills during brain tumor resection
Virtual reality simulator technology together with novel metrics could advance our understanding of expert neurosurgical performance and modify and improve resident training and assessment. This pilot study...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Evaluation of a Technique to Estimate the Compliance of Atherosclerotic Intima
We report evaluation of a technique that may be applied to estimate the compliance of atherosclerotic intima. This estimation can help in identification of the type of plaque. It can also be applied in our fin...
