{"title":"Development of biodegradable PLGA microspheres for use as ultrasound contrast agents","authors":"D. El-Sherif, M. Wheatley","doi":"10.1109/NEBC.2001.924712","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2001.924712","url":null,"abstract":"The authors have developed a method for producing hollow/porous poly (lactide co-glycolide) (PLGA) microcapsules with a mean size of 1 /spl mu/m by a modified double emulsion, solvent evaporation technique. Besides being biocompatible and biodegradable, these microspheres exhibit acoustic enhancements that make them useful as contrast agents for diagnostic imaging using ultrasound. Moreover, they are very stable and give a prolonged acoustic enhancement, as compared to other ultrasound contrast agents.","PeriodicalId":269364,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 27th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference (Cat. No.01CH37201)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132812735","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":"Building a mathematical model of the head-neck system; modeling and simulation of the 6-degree of freedom head movement","authors":"Y. Mitelman, J. Enderle","doi":"10.1109/NEBC.2001.924730","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2001.924730","url":null,"abstract":"The head carries most of the sensory systems that enable us to function effectively in our 3-dimensional environment. Without adequate head movement control, efficient special orientation and motor responses to visual and auditory stimuli could not be carried out. In order to fully understand and predict the head trajectory in the 3-dimensional space, three-dimensional and mathematical models of the head-neck system were developed. The mathematical model was used in the simulation process. This project is an effort to take a two-dimensional head rotation model of the head-neck system, which was described by many authors and researches in various forms, to three-dimensional movement.","PeriodicalId":269364,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 27th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference (Cat. No.01CH37201)","volume":"144 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133040649","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":"Shoulder joint mechanics during concentric and eccentric rehabilitative exercise","authors":"K. Norton, S. Kohles","doi":"10.1109/NEBC.2001.924737","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2001.924737","url":null,"abstract":"Previously, kinetic and kinematic data were collected during a shoulder exercise using an impulse-momentum exercise system. This device utilizes inertial loads created by a weighted shuttle (22.2 N) traveling on a rail system and assimilates repetitive concentric-acceleration and eccentric-deceleration throughout the exercise. In the current study, the objective was to quantify the shoulder joint mechanics resulting from this instrumented exercise system when used as a rehabilitative tool. Inverse dynamic relationships were used to quantify the forces and moments acting on the shoulder joint throughout the exercise. Work and power were also compared between shoulder function and shuttle motion.","PeriodicalId":269364,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 27th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference (Cat. No.01CH37201)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133163730","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":"Automatic finite element mesh generation from MRI scans for breast cancer investigations","authors":"Ziji Wu, J. M. Sullivan","doi":"10.1109/NEBC.2001.924719","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2001.924719","url":null,"abstract":"Reconstruction of human breast tissues from MRI or other medical imaging scans are critical for early stage breast cancer detection research. This paper describes an automatic system that takes a set of two-dimensional (2D) medical images and produces a high-quality, three-dimensional (3D) volumetric mesh suitable for finite element analysis, which is important to breast cancer detection research.","PeriodicalId":269364,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 27th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference (Cat. No.01CH37201)","volume":"329 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120840147","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":"The development of a prototype device for motorsensory activation studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging","authors":"B. Lawton, S. Lai","doi":"10.1109/NEBC.2001.924742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2001.924742","url":null,"abstract":"The complete system consists of a pair of PC-controlled pneumatically driven, MRI-compatible hand modules, an electropneumatic interface box, and a PC. The device provides experimenter-selectable, subject-independent, temporally accurate, robust stimulation to fingers and thumbs. The device should find applications in studying the motorsensory functions of patients whose motor skills are compromised, and in presurgical planning of patients with lesion(s) in the motor area. The device will also be useful in fMRI pulse sequence development by providing motorsensory stimulation repeatable across study sessions, subjects, and in MR pulse sequences under comparison.","PeriodicalId":269364,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 27th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference (Cat. No.01CH37201)","volume":"480-481 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116566005","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":"Novel image reconstruction algorithm for NIR diffusive tomography","authors":"N. Chen, Quing Zhu","doi":"10.1109/NEBC.2001.924711","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2001.924711","url":null,"abstract":"Diffusive light through human tissues has been used to investigate the functional status of the human body. Accumulated efforts have been made to bring this technique to a clinically acceptable stage. Here, the authors present a new reconstruction method for near infrared (NIR) diffusive tomography. Its usefulness is manifested by reconstructed images from both simulated and experimental data. The authors conclude that their new algorithm is efficient in translating measured diffusive photon density waves into high quality images of optical properties.","PeriodicalId":269364,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 27th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference (Cat. No.01CH37201)","volume":"337 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121117163","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":"Multi Remote appliance controller","authors":"K.M. Fludd, W. Pruehsner, J. Enderle","doi":"10.1109/NEBC.2001.924733","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2001.924733","url":null,"abstract":"The Multi Remote is a project that is made to ease the life of the user by taking away some of the daily tasks that burden them. The Multi Remote is a system that automates the blinds of a window and a coffee maker though voice activation and infrared via remote control.","PeriodicalId":269364,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 27th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference (Cat. No.01CH37201)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125231738","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":"Scattering of ultrasonic waves by penetrable inhomogeneities","authors":"V. Genis, I.L. Oboznenko","doi":"10.1109/NEBC.2001.924713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2001.924713","url":null,"abstract":"The main goal of this work is to present a theoretical basis of the scattering process on penetrable inhomogeneities and present results of numerical simulations. The method of integral equations for solving forward and inverse scattering problems is used and scattering diagrams are presented.","PeriodicalId":269364,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 27th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference (Cat. No.01CH37201)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129899748","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":"Investigation of upper body extremity biomechanics during the sports massage compression","authors":"S. London, J. Enderle, N. Warren, M. Cherniack","doi":"10.1109/NEBC.2001.924701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2001.924701","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this research is to investigate angle and force requirements on the upper extremities during the Sports Massage Compression in order to determine optimal table position standards. These standards may be used to reduce biomechanical stress to the body and individual joints and tissues. Real-time contact force, pressure, and angles are measured while subjects compress a surrogate limb at several different table heights.","PeriodicalId":269364,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 27th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference (Cat. No.01CH37201)","volume":"183 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126588812","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":"Feature-based, parametric modeling of striated muscle tissue viscoelastic optimization of the lateral rectus","authors":"G. A. Korentis, J. Enderle","doi":"10.1109/NEBC.2001.924728","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2001.924728","url":null,"abstract":"Describes the design and development of a parametric, feature-based solid model of the lateral rectus extraocular muscle. By supporting driven kinematic and force-based dynamic simulations in 3-D, the length-tension and force-velocity characteristics of the model can be optimized in relation to the viscoelastic properties associated with striated muscle tissue.","PeriodicalId":269364,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the IEEE 27th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference (Cat. No.01CH37201)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124573048","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}