Orthopedics

Co-Ex: A Torque-Controllable Lower Body Exoskeleton for Dependable Human-Robot Co-existence.

In this paper, we present our research study concerning the design and development of an exoskeleton...

A Model-Based Method for Minimizing Reflected Motor Inertia in Off-board Actuation Systems: Applications in Exoskeleton Design.

The research and development of wearable robotic devices has been accelerated by off-board control a...

Gravity Compensation of an Exoskeleton Joint Using Constant-Force Springs.

Stroke is one of the leading causes of impairment in the world. Many of those who have suffered a st...

Evaluation and Verification of A Novel Wrist Rehabilitation Robot employing Safety-related Mechanism.

In this paper, we propose a wrist rehabilitation robot employing a novel actuation mechanism compose...

Can Machine Learning Algorithms Predict Which Patients Will Achieve Minimally Clinically Important Differences From Total Joint Arthroplasty?

BACKGROUND: Identifying patients at risk of not achieving meaningful gains in long-term postsurgical...

Editor's Spotlight/Take 5: Can Machine Learning Algorithms Predict Which Patients Will Achieve Minimally Clinically Important Differences From Total Joint Arthroplasty?

Automatic Lumbar MRI Detection and Identification Based on Deep Learning.

The aim of this research is to automatically detect lumbar vertebras in MRI images with bounding box...

Applying Densely Connected Convolutional Neural Networks for Staging Osteoarthritis Severity from Plain Radiographs.

Osteoarthritis (OA) classification in the knee is most commonly done with radiographs using the 0-4 ...

Towards Accurate Segmentation of Retinal Vessels and the Optic Disc in Fundoscopic Images with Generative Adversarial Networks.

Automatic segmentation of the retinal vasculature and the optic disc is a crucial task for accurate ...

In natural interaction with embodied robots, we prefer it when they follow our gaze: a gaze-contingent mobile eyetracking study.

Initiating joint attention by leading someone's gaze is a rewarding experience which facilitates soc...

Does component placement affect short-term clinical outcome in robotic-arm assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty?

AIMS: The purpose of this multicentre observational study was to investigate the association between...

Automatic Vertebrae Localization and Identification by Combining Deep SSAE Contextual Features and Structured Regression Forest.

Automatic vertebrae localization and identification in medical computed tomography (CT) scans is of ...

Bone-Cancer Assessment and Destruction Pattern Analysis in Long-Bone X-ray Image.

Bone cancer originates from bone and rapidly spreads to the rest of the body affecting the patient. ...

Efficacy and safety of electroacupuncture in treatment of lumbar disc herniation: a protocol for a cohort study.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy of electroacupuncture (deep needling) and general orthopedics in ...

Deep Learning for Chondrocyte Identification in Automated Histological Analysis of Articular Cartilage.

BACKGROUND: Histology-based methods are commonly used in osteoarthritis (OA) research because they p...

High-Mobility Group Box 1 Expression in Mandibular Bone Cells of Experimental Periodontitis.

BACKGROUND: High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) was suggested to be associated with the pathogenesis o...

Carpal Bone Segmentation Using Fully Convolutional Neural Network.

BACKGROUND: Bone Age Assessment (BAA) refers to a clinical procedure that aims to identify a discrep...

Inferring material properties in robotic bone drilling processes.

PURPOSE: Recent innovations in robotics have enabled the development of automatic bone drilling tool...

Monitoring of the Achilles tendon healing process: can artificial intelligence be helpful?

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to verify improved, ensemble-based strategy for inferencing with ...

A hierarchically trained generative network for robust facial symmetrization.

Face symmetrization has extensive applications in both medical and academic fields, such as facial d...

Infographic: Robotics are guiding arthroplasties to less pain and faster recovery.