Ze She, Fan Yang, Siyuan Zhang, Liang Yang, Xin Wang
{"title":"A novel intramedullary nail design of intertrochanteric fracture fixation improved by proximal femoral nail antirotation.","authors":"Ze She, Fan Yang, Siyuan Zhang, Liang Yang, Xin Wang","doi":"10.1080/10255842.2023.2286917","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10255842.2023.2286917","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A proper and reliable fracture fixation is important for fracture healing. The proximal femoral intramedullary nail (IN), such as proximal femoral nail anti-rotation (PFNA) or Gamma nail, is widely used for intertrochanteric fracture fixation. However, it still suffers considerable stress concentrations, especially at the junction between the nail and the blade or lag screw. In this study, we propose a novel intramedullary nail design to enhance the intramedullary nail integrity by introducing a bolt screw to form a stable triangular structure composed of the nail, the lag screw, and the bolt screw (PFTN, Proximal femoral triangle nail). Systematic finite element numerical simulations were carried out to compare the biomechanical performances of PFTN and PFNA under both static and dynamic loads during the postures of ascending and descending stairs. The simulation results highlight the advantages of the proposed PFTN design with lower stresses, less stress concentration, and higher structure stability.</p>","PeriodicalId":50640,"journal":{"name":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":"292-302"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138441604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dynamic properties of deterministic and stochastic SIIIRS models with multiple viruses and saturation incidences.","authors":"Xiaoyu Li, Zhiming Li, Shuzhen Ding","doi":"10.1080/10255842.2023.2286213","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10255842.2023.2286213","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The classical compartment model is often used to study the spread of an epidemic with one virus. However, there are few types of research on epidemic models with multiple viruses. The article aims to propose two new deterministic and stochastic SIIIRS models with multiple viruses and saturation incidences. We obtain asymptotic properties of disease-free and several endemic equilibria for the deterministic model. In the stochastic case, we prove the existence and uniqueness of positive global solutions. The extinction and persistence of diseases are obtained under different threshold conditions. We analyze the existence of stationary distribution through a suitable Lyapunov function. The results indicate that the extinction or persistence of the two viruses is closely related to the intensity of white noise interference. Specifically, considerable white noise is beneficial for the extinction of diseases, while slight one can lead to long-term epidemics of diseases. Finally, numerical simulations illustrate our theoretical results and the effect of essential parameters.</p>","PeriodicalId":50640,"journal":{"name":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":"265-291"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138452997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of a three-dimensional muscle-driven lower limb model developed using an improved CFD-FE method.","authors":"Luming Feng, Qinglin Duan, Rongwu Lai, Wenhang Liu, Xiaoshuang Song, Yongtao Lyu","doi":"10.1080/10255842.2023.2286921","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10255842.2023.2286921","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Analysis of the musculoskeletal movements (gait analysis) is needed in many scenarios. The <i>in vivo</i> method has some difficulties. For example, recruiting human subjects for the gait analysis is challenging due to many issues. In addition, when plenty of subjects are required, the follow-up experiments take a long period and the dropout of subjects always occurs. An efficient and reliable <i>in silico</i> simulation platform for gait analysis has been desired for a long time. Therefore, a technique using three-dimensional (3D) muscle modeling to drive the 3D musculoskeletal model was developed and the application of the technique in the simulation of lower limb movements was demonstrated. A finite element model of the lower limb with anatomically high fidelity was developed from the MRI data, where the main muscles, the bones, the subcutaneous tissues, and the skin were reconstructed. To simulate the active behavior of 3D muscles, an active, fiber-reinforced hyperelastic muscle model was developed using the user-defined material (VUMAT) model. Two typical movements, that is, hip abduction and knee lifting, were simulated by activating the responsible muscles. The results show that it is reasonable to use the improved CFD-FE method proposed in the present study to simulate the active contraction of the muscle, and it is feasible to simulate the movements by activating the relevant muscles. The results from the present technique closely match the physiological scenario and thus the technique developed has a great potential to be used in the <i>in silico</i> human simulation platform for many purposes.</p>","PeriodicalId":50640,"journal":{"name":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":"314-325"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138452996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emimal M, W Jino Hans, Inbamalar T M, N Mahiban Lindsay
{"title":"Multi-scale EMG classification with spatial-temporal attention for prosthetic hands.","authors":"Emimal M, W Jino Hans, Inbamalar T M, N Mahiban Lindsay","doi":"10.1080/10255842.2023.2287419","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10255842.2023.2287419","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A classification framework for hand gestures using Electromyography (EMG) signals in prosthetic hands is presented. Leveraging the multi-scale characteristics and temporal nature of EMG signals, a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) is used to extract multi-scale features and classify them with spatial-temporal attention. A multi-scale coarse-grained layer introduced into the input of one-dimensional CNN (1D-CNN) facilitates multi-scale feature extraction. The multi-scale features are fed into the attention layer and subsequently given to the fully connected layer to perform classification. The proposed model achieves classification accuracies of 93.4%, 92.8%, 91.3%, and 94.1% for Ninapro DB1, DB2, DB5, and DB7 respectively, thereby enhancing the confidence of prosthetic hand users.</p>","PeriodicalId":50640,"journal":{"name":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":"337-352"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138464140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identifying the cancer-associated fibroblast signature to predict the prognosis and immunotherapy response in patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma.","authors":"Yinhui Zhu, Yingqun Zhu, Sirui Chen, Qian Cai","doi":"10.1080/10255842.2023.2287418","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10255842.2023.2287418","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are an important component of the tumor microenvironment that contribute toward the development of tumors. This study aimed to establish a new algorithm based on CAF scores to predict the prognosis and immunotherapy response in patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC). The RNA-seq data of LUSC patients were obtained from two databases and merged after removing inter-batch differences. The CAF-related data for each sample were obtained through three different algorithms. Consistency cluster analysis was performed to obtain different CAF clusters, which were analyzed to identify differentially expressed genes. These were subjected to uniform cluster analysis to obtain different gene clusters. The Boruta algorithm was used to calculate the CAF score. Three CAF clusters and two gene clusters were obtained, all of which differed in their patient prognoses and the content of infiltrating immune cells. Patients with high CAF scores exhibited worse overall survival, higher expression of biomarkers related to immune checkpoints and immune activity, and lower tumor mutation burden. The CAF score could also predict the immunotherapy response of patients. This study suggests that the CAF score can accurately predict the prognosis and immunotherapy response of LUSC patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":50640,"journal":{"name":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":"326-336"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138446832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Discovering effect of intuitionistic fuzzy transformation in multi-layer perceptron for heart disease prediction: a study.","authors":"Chandan Pan, Tamalika Chaira, Ajoy Kumar Ray","doi":"10.1080/10255842.2023.2284095","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10255842.2023.2284095","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the one of the most fatal diseases in the world we have seen in last two decades. For heart disease detection, imprecision in clinical parameters may occur due to error in taking readings or in measuring devices or environmental conditions etc. Hence, introducing fuzzy set theory in feature engineering may give better results as it deals with uncertainty. But in fuzzy set theory, only one uncertainty is considered, which is membership degree or degree of belongingness. Intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS) considers two uncertainties - membership degree and non-membership degree and so IFS may provide efficient results. To reduce the risk of heart disease, an advanced deep learning algorithm will play a significant role in heart disease prediction that will help physicians to diagnose early. In this paper, we have established a transformation of patient features using i) intuitionistic fuzzy parameters, where Sugeno-type fuzzy complement is used and ii) fuzzy parameters, where gamma membership function is used. These transformed attributes are applied on Deep Learning prediction algorithm as Multi-layer Perceptron (MLP). The novelty of the paper lies from feature transformation to deep learning. It is observed that intuitionistic fuzzy transformation approach, keeping model parameters intact, significantly outperforms non-fuzzy method and gammy fuzzy Transformation, which is reflected in evaluation mechanisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":50640,"journal":{"name":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":"197-211"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138446831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dhanasekaran S, Silambarasan D, Vivek Karthick P, Sudhakar K
{"title":"Enhancing pancreatic cancer classification through dynamic weighted ensemble: a game theory approach.","authors":"Dhanasekaran S, Silambarasan D, Vivek Karthick P, Sudhakar K","doi":"10.1080/10255842.2023.2281277","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10255842.2023.2281277","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The significant research carried out on medical healthcare networks is giving computing innovations lots of space to produce the most recent innovations. Pancreatic cancer, which ranks among of the most common tumors that are thought to be fatal and unsuspected since it is positioned in the region of the abdomen beyond the stomach and can't be adequately treated once diagnosed. In radiological imaging, such as MRI and CT, computer-aided diagnosis (CAD), quantitative evaluations, and automated pancreatic cancer classification approaches are routinely provided. This study provides a dynamic weighted ensemble framework for pancreatic cancer classification inspired by game theory. Grey Level Co-occurrence Matrix (GLCM) is utilized for feature extraction, together with Gaussian kernel-based fuzzy rough sets theory (GKFRST) for feature reduction and the Random Forest (RF) classifier for categorization. The ResNet50 and VGG16 are used in the transfer learning (TL) paradigm. The combination of the outcomes from the TL paradigm and the RF classifier paradigm is suggested using an innovative ensemble classifier that relies on the game theory method. When compared with the current models, the ensemble technique considerably increases the pancreatic cancer classification accuracy and yields exceptional performance. The study improves the categorization of pancreatic cancer by using game theory, a mathematical paradigm that simulates strategic interactions. Because game theory has been not frequently used in the discipline of cancer categorization, this research is distinctive in its methodology.</p>","PeriodicalId":50640,"journal":{"name":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":"145-169"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138048413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hanaa S Ali, Asmaa I Ismail, El-Sayed M El-Rabaie, Fathi E Abd El-Samie
{"title":"Diagonal loading common spatial patterns with Pearson correlation coefficient based feature selection for efficient motor imagery classification.","authors":"Hanaa S Ali, Asmaa I Ismail, El-Sayed M El-Rabaie, Fathi E Abd El-Samie","doi":"10.1080/10255842.2025.2457122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2025.2457122","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The conversion of a person's intentions into device commands through the use of brain-computer interface (BCI) is a feasible communication method for individuals with nervous system disorders. While common spatial pattern (CSP) is commonly used for feature extraction in BCIs, it has limitations. It is known for its susceptibility to noise and tendency to overfit. Moreover, high-dimensional, and irrelevant features can make it harder for a classifier to learn effectively. To address these challenges, exploring potential solutions is crucial. This paper introduces Regularized CSP with diagonal loading (DL-CSP) and Pearson correlation coefficient (PCC) based feature selection to extract the most discriminative motor imagery EEG (MI-EEG) features. Three classifiers in an ensemble are considered; bidirectional long short-term memory (Bi-LSTM), K-nearest neighbors (KNN) and naïve Bayes (NB). Decision level fusion through majority voting is exploited to leverage diverse perspectives and increase the overall system robustness. Experiments have been implemented using three publicly available datasets for MI classification; BCI competition IV-IIA (data-1), BCI Competition III-IVa (data-2), and a stroke patients' dataset (data-3). The accuracy achieved, according to the results, is 86.96% for data-1, 91.70% for data-2, and 85.75% for data-3. These percentages outperform the accuracy achieved by any state-of-the-art techniques.</p>","PeriodicalId":50640,"journal":{"name":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143069369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Non-Newtonian lacuno-canalicular fluid flow in bone altered by mechanical loading and magnetic field.","authors":"Rakesh Kumar, Suja Laxmikant Vajire, Abhishek Kumar Tiwari, Dharmendra Tripathi","doi":"10.1080/10255842.2025.2453924","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10255842.2025.2453924","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As humans age, they experience deformity and a decrease in their bone strength, such brittleness in the bones ultimately lead to bone fracture. Magnetic field exposure combined with physical exercise may be useful in mitigating age-related bone loss by improving the canalicular fluid motion within the bone's lacuno-canalicular system (LCS). Nevertheless, an adequate amount of fluid induced shear stress is necessary for the bone mechano-transduction and solute transport in the case of brittle bone diseases. The underlying mechanisms of how magnetic fields, in combination to mechanical loading, affects the canalicular fluid motion still need to be explored. Accordingly, this study aims to develop a computer model to investigate the role of magnetic fields on loading-induced canalicular fluid flow in a curvy lacunar canalicular space with irregular osteocyte cell processes and walls. Moreover, this study considers canalicular fluid as non-Newtonian fluid, i.e., Jeffery fluid. In addition, a machine learning model was further employed for the estimation of parameters which significantly influence the canalicular fluid flow in response to loading and magnetic field. The results show that static magnetic field modulates the loading-induced canalicular fluid flow. Additionally, present study accelerates the fluid induced wall shear stress in case of osteoporosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":50640,"journal":{"name":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143069382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A comparative analysis of CNNs and LSTMs for ECG-based diagnosis of arrythmia and congestive heart failure.","authors":"Nitish Katal, Hitendra Garg, Bhisham Sharma","doi":"10.1080/10255842.2025.2456487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2025.2456487","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cardiac arrhythmias are major global health concern and their early detection is critical for diagnosis. This study comprehensively evaluates the effectiveness of CNNs and LSTMs for the classification of cardiac arrhythmias, considering three PhysioNet datasets. ECG records are segmented to accommodate around ∼10s of ECG data. Followed by transformation to scalograms using DWT for training VGG-16; and WTS for feature extraction and dimensionality reduction for training LSTM network. VGG-16 achieved 96.44% test accuracy while LSTM achieved 92%. Results also highlight the effectiveness of VGG-16 for short-duration ECG analysis, while LSTM excels in long-term monitoring on edge devices for personalized healthcare.</p>","PeriodicalId":50640,"journal":{"name":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":"1-29"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143069364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}