Medical Education

ChainMail based neural dynamics modeling of soft tissue deformation for surgical simulation.

BACKGROUND: Realistic and real-time modeling and simulation of soft tissue deformation is a fundamental research issue in the field of surgical simulation.

Augmented-reality integrated robotics in neurosurgery: are we there yet?

Surgical robots have captured the interest-if not the widespread acceptance-of spinal neurosurgeons. But successful innovation, scientific or commercial, requires the majority to adopt a new practice. "Faster, better, cheaper" products should in theory conquer the market, but often fail. The psychology of change is complex, and the "follow the leader" mentality, common in the field today, lends li...

Computer-Assisted Decision Support for Student Admissions Based on Their Predicted Academic Performance.

To develop predictive computational models forecasting the academic performance of students in the didactic-rich portion of a doctor of pharmacy (Pha...

Physical Scaffolding Accelerates the Evolution of Robot Behavior.

In some evolutionary robotics experiments, evolved robots are transferred from simulation to reality, while sensor/motor data flows back from reality ...

30 Years of Robotic Surgery.

The idea of reproducing himself with the use of a mechanical robot structure has been in man's imagination in the last 3000 years. However, the use of...

[Thalamocortical Neural Mass Model Simulation and Study Based on Field Programmable Gate Array].

Using the computer to imitate the neural oscillations of the brain is of great significance for the analysis of brain functions.Thalamocortical neural...

Day-to-day variability in hybrid, passive brain-computer interfaces: comparing two studies assessing cognitive workload.

As hybrid, passive brain-computer interface systems become more advanced, it is important to grow our understanding of how to produce generalizable pa...

Mastering the game of Go with deep neural networks and tree search.

The game of Go has long been viewed as the most challenging of classic games for artificial intelligence owing to its enormous search space and the di...

American Psychiatric Nurses Association-Transitions in Practice Certificate Program: Bridging the Knowledge Gap in Caring for Psychiatric Patients Within the General Nursing Workforce.

The purpose of this article is to publicize an important new Web-based educational program. Recognizing the growing gap in psychiatric-mental health k...

Science beyond fiction. A revolution of knowledge transfer in research, education, and practice is on the horizon.

"Digitality" (as opposed to "digitalization"--the conversion from the analog domain to the digital domain) will open up a whole new world that does no...

[Simulation-based robot-assisted surgical training].

Since the first use of robotic surgical system in 2000, the robot-assisted technology has gained wide popularity throughout the world. Robot-assisted ...

[Hardware Implementation of Numerical Simulation Function of Hodgkin-Huxley Model Neurons Action Potential Based on Field Programmable Gate Array].

Neuron is the basic unit of the biological neural system. The Hodgkin-Huxley (HH) model is one of the most realistic neuron models on the electrophysi...

Towards a standardised training curriculum for robotic surgery.

Health Informatics: Developing a Masters Programme in Rwanda based on the IMIA Educational Recommendations and the IMIA Knowledge Base.

Since 2011, the Regional e-Health Center of Excellence in Rwanda (REHCE) has run an MSc in Health Informatics programme (MSc HI). A programme review w...

A bio-inspired force control for cyclic manipulation of prosthetic hands.

The human hand is considered as the highest example of dexterous system capable of interacting with different objects and adapting its manipulation ab...