{"title":"Visualization of cardiac action potential wave propagation by fluorescent imaging","authors":"H.J. Zhang","doi":"10.1109/NEBC.2005.1431966","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2005.1431966","url":null,"abstract":"Although implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy is a well-established therapy for treating patients with sudden cardiac disease, ways to optimize this therapy has been basically empirical. Fluorescent optical mapping system offers ways to visualize the cardiac electric activity during electric shocking. Software applications were developed with Matlab/Labview to facilitate people with limited computer knowledge to analyze the cardiac action potential wave propagation data.","PeriodicalId":256365,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 31st Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, 2005.","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128348539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computer-based model of the cerebro-spinal fluid dynamics coupled to the cardiac cycle","authors":"B. Mantilla, J. Steffener, W. Hunter","doi":"10.1109/NEBC.2005.1432006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2005.1432006","url":null,"abstract":"Cerebro-Spinal Fluid (CSF) flow dynamics have not been fully explained in terms of the physical forces that interact to propel CSF through the different cavities of the brain and spine. A complex CSF flow pattern has been identified and documented by cine-MRI and related in time to cardiac cycle. A hypothesis based on the concept of cyclical brain-compliance variation dependent on the cardiac cycle as the mechanism driving CSF is presented. A computer-based model explaining the relation between the cardiac cycle and CSF flow is presented as well.","PeriodicalId":256365,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 31st Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, 2005.","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130652780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Detection of developmental changes in hippocampal EEG during REM sleep through ICA and eigen analysis","authors":"C.M. Lee, T. Ning","doi":"10.1109/NEBC.2005.1432009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2005.1432009","url":null,"abstract":"ICA and eigen analysis were used in this paper to develop quantitative measures to underscore changes in hippocampal EEGs at subfields CA1 and the dentate gyrus during REM sleep as animal matures. Rats of 15 and 90 days old age were used to compare developmental changes. It was observed that the ratio of eigen values from 15-day old rats are much larger than those of 90-day old rats. There are no noticeable differences when comparing potential crosstalk effects at CA1 and the dentate gyrus. Statistical comparisons were performed between these two age groups.","PeriodicalId":256365,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 31st Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, 2005.","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129921028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Freeform fabrication of bioactive tissue scaffolds","authors":"S. Khalil, J. Nam, W. Sun","doi":"10.1109/NEBC.2005.1431934","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2005.1431934","url":null,"abstract":"Biopolymeric scaffolds have been utilized in tissue engineering as a technique to confide the desired proliferation of seeded cells in vitro and in vivo into its architecturally porous three-dimensional structures. Novel freeform fabrication methods for tissue engineering polymeric scaffolds have been an interest because of its repeatability and capability of high accuracy in fabrication resolution at the macro and micro scales. A multinozzle biopolymer deposition system which is capable of extruding biopolymer solutions and living cells for bioactive fabrication of 3D tissue scaffolds is presented. The deposition process is biocompatible and occurs at room temperature and low pressures to reduce damage to cells. Sodium alginate aqueous solution is deposited into calcium chloride solution using three-dimensional dispensing (3DD) to form hydrogel structures. The flow rate, nozzle diameter, and nozzle velocity were studied and a model was developed to design 3D scaffolds with controlled strut diameters and pore sizes. In addition, cells were deposited through the system with alginate to form gel scaffold structures with encapsulated cells in a bioactive fabricated manor. Cell viability studies were conducted on the cell encapsulated scaffolds for validating the bioactive freeform fabrication process.","PeriodicalId":256365,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 31st Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, 2005.","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130133054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Designing a flowmeter for hydrocephalus patients","authors":"N. Lustig, S. Liu, G. Thomas","doi":"10.1109/NEBC.2005.1432015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2005.1432015","url":null,"abstract":"We built a small flowmeter system to measure low flow rates. The flowmeter indicated different flow rates by producing a voltage measure. The flowmeter is sensitive at low flow rates (below 1.8 ml/min) but there is a saturation point at higher flow rates (above 2 ml/min). This flowmeter could be used to develop a smart shunt for patients with hydrocephalus.","PeriodicalId":256365,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 31st Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, 2005.","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123905033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unit cell analysis and characterization of three-dimensional two-phase tissue scaffolds","authors":"C. Gomez, M. Demirci, W. Sun, A. Shokoufandeh","doi":"10.1109/NEBC.2005.1431975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2005.1431975","url":null,"abstract":"Three-dimensional (3D) porous tissue scaffolds are being engineered to promote cell attachment, cell proliferation and functioning heterogeneous tissue formation. A scaffold's structure and transport capabilities need to mimic cells' natural geometrical and architectural environment and will need to consistently provide a flux throughout the scaffold to deliver materials for growth and waste removal. This paper presents our work on establishing a connectivity characterization of designed unit cell tissue structures for surface alignment between units to insure both geometric connectivity and mass and fluid transport within a heterogeneous tissue scaffold to meet both structural and biological requirements for cell growth and tissue growth. To capture this information, skeletal representations of the unit cell structures have been utilized for subsequent assembly processes.","PeriodicalId":256365,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 31st Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, 2005.","volume":"116 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124068742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A low noise full customized 32-channel CMOS biopotential sensor chip for extracellular neural signal recording","authors":"Xin Zhang, J. Daly, Y. Cao","doi":"10.1109/NEBC.2005.1432001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2005.1432001","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present the design and testing of a 32-channel full-customized CMOS biopotential sensor integrated circuit for sensing the propagation of action potentials in single nerve cell. The chip provides a satisfactory signal-to-noise ratio for neural signals with amplitudes in the range of 50-500 /spl mu/V and frequency spectrum in the range of 20-2000 Hz. The prototype IC was fabricated by MOSIS using AMI's 1.5 /spl mu/m, double poly, double level metal CMOS technology.","PeriodicalId":256365,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 31st Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, 2005.","volume":"12 9","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120863518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Polythiol-anchored DNA monolayers for biosensing applications","authors":"P. A. Johnson, R. Levicky","doi":"10.1109/NEBC.2005.1431994","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2005.1431994","url":null,"abstract":"Recent technological advances have seen the development of various platforms for detecting biomolecular interactions. An important aspect of the modification of solid supports with biological polymers is to anchor the molecule of interest permanently and in well-defined attachment geometry. Gold is the most common metal support for research applications but suffers from a lack of methods for producing robust biomolecular films that can withstand prolonged use, especially at elevated temperatures. This paper reports on the development of a novel attachment scheme for immobilizing biomolecules to metal supports. Poly(mercaptopropyl)methylsiloxane (PMPMS) films chemisorbed on gold provide thermally stable, nanometer-thin, thiol-rich anchor layers suitable for subsequent attachment of biomolecules. The exceptional stability of PMPMS-anchored single stranded DNA monolayers is anticipated to benefit applications in biomolecular diagnostics, as well as assist in fundamental investigations of biomacromolecules at interfaces. In an attempt to exploit PMPMS films in impedance-based biodiagnostics, initial studies have shown that immobilization of DNA to the PMPMS modified Au surfaces lowers the interfacial capacitance. Preliminary results on hybridization of target DNA to the probe modified surfaces show that impedance changes can be measured.","PeriodicalId":256365,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 31st Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, 2005.","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117343029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Micropipette motion detection by using optical fiber sensors","authors":"A. F. Ergenç, N. Olgaç","doi":"10.1109/NEBC.2005.1432018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2005.1432018","url":null,"abstract":"A novel noncontact sensing device is developed to detect the tip displacements of a glass pipette. The preliminary results are presented for the conceived technique.","PeriodicalId":256365,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 31st Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, 2005.","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114552451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of contractility in osteoblastic cells","authors":"E. M. McCusker, D. Chachra","doi":"10.1109/NEBC.2005.1431979","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2005.1431979","url":null,"abstract":"There currently exists evidence that bone cells can both apply and respond to mechanical changes to their underlying substrates. This investigation utilized an osteoblast-like cell line (MC3T3 cells) on a collagenous substrate to determine if contraction could be observed during a twenty-two hour incubation period. The contraction was measured using a cell-force monitor developed at MIT. This device uses the change in length of the matrix, measured as a voltage difference, to determine the contraction relative to a baseline. Two matrices were used, here referred to as matrices A and B. Four samples from each were used to obtain mean baseline voltages (A:0.1127/spl plusmn/0.0269 V, B:0.1057/spl plusmn/0.0050 V.) For the experimental cell-seeded runs, only one valid sample from matrix A was obtained with a maximum voltage of 0.1838 V, and two samples were averaged for matrix B to 0.1553/spl plusmn/0.0045 V. While the sample set is not large enough to make statistical comparisons, the mean contraction for the cell-seeded runs does appear to be significantly greater than the baseline values, indicating that MC3T3 cells are capable of short-term contraction. This work is continuing with characterization of the substrate to enable conversion of the measured voltage to applied force. Future work will include investigations into the mechanisms of this cellular contraction.","PeriodicalId":256365,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 31st Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, 2005.","volume":"246 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116054883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}