Orthopedics

[Study on the center-driven multiple degrees of freedom upper limb rehabilitation training robot].

With the aging of the society, the number of stroke patients has been increasing year by year. Compared with the traditional rehabilitation therapy, the application of upper limb rehabilitation robot has higher efficiency and better rehabilitation effect, and has become an important development direction in the field of rehabilitation. In view of the current development status and the deficiency o...

Examining the Ability of Artificial Neural Networks Machine Learning Models to Accurately Predict Complications Following Posterior Lumbar Spine Fusion.

STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional database study.

The New Possibilities from "Big Data" to Overlooked Associations Between Diabetes, Biochemical Parameters, Glucose Control, and Osteoporosis.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To review current practices and technologies within the scope of "Big Data" that can further our understanding of diabetes mellitus...

Influence of the amount of body weight support on lower limb joints' kinematics during treadmill walking at different gait speeds: Reference data on healthy adults to define trajectories for robot assistance.

Several robotic devices have been developed for the rehabilitation of treadmill walking in patients with movement disorders due to injuries or disease...

Machine Learning Based Automatic Neovascularization Detection on Optic Disc Region.

In this paper, the automatic detection of neovascularization in the optic disc region (NVD) for color fundus retinal image is presented. NV is the ind...

Effect of the Synchronization-Based Control of a Wearable Robot Having a Non-Exoskeletal Structure on the Hemiplegic Gait of Stroke Patients.

We have been developing the robotic wear curara as both a welfare device and rehabilitation robot that assists the elderly and disabled. curara is aim...

Robotic Spine Exoskeleton (RoSE): Characterizing the 3-D Stiffness of the Human Torso in the Treatment of Spine Deformity.

Spine deformity is typically treated with a brace that fits around the torso and hips to correct the abnormal curve of the spine. While bracing has be...

Cross-Modality Image Synthesis via Weakly Coupled and Geometry Co-Regularized Joint Dictionary Learning.

Multi-modality medical imaging is increasingly used for comprehensive assessment of complex diseases in either diagnostic examinations or as part of m...

Using Natural Language Processing of Free-Text Radiology Reports to Identify Type 1 Modic Endplate Changes.

Electronic medical record (EMR) systems provide easy access to radiology reports and offer great potential to support quality improvement efforts and ...

Robotic rehabilitation training with a newly developed upper limb single-joint Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL-SJ) for elbow flexor reconstruction after brachial plexus injury: A report of two cases.

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of using the upper limb single-joint Hybrid Assistive Limb (upper limb HAL-SJ) during elbow ...

Robot-Assisted Body-Weight-Supported Treadmill Training in Gait Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis Patients: A Pilot Study.

This study deals with the use of a robot-assisted body-weight-supported treadmill training in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with gait dysfunction. ...

A wearable resistive robot facilitates locomotor adaptations during gait.

BACKGROUND: Robotic-resisted treadmill walking is a form of task-specific training that has been used to improve gait function in individuals with neu...

Comparative effects of robotic-assisted gait training combined with conventional physical therapy on paretic hip joint stiffness and kinematics between subacute and chronic hemiparetic stroke.

BACKGROUND: Robotic-assisted gait training (RAGT) has been proposed as a novel, promising intervention paradigm to improve gait function in subacute o...

Improving Layman Readability of Clinical Narratives with Unsupervised Synonym Replacement.

We report on the development and evaluation of a prototype tool aimed to assist laymen/patients in understanding the content of clinical narratives. T...

Femur segmentation in DXA imaging using a machine learning decision tree.

BACKGROUND: Accurate measurement of bone mineral density (BMD) in dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is essential for proper diagnosis of osteopor...

CAMISS Concept and Its Clinical Application.

This chapter intends to provide an overview of computer-assisted minimally invasive spine surgery (CAMISS) and its clinical application. Since minimal...

Muscle Segmentation for Orthopedic Interventions.

Skeletal muscle segmentation techniques can help orthopedic interventions in various scenes. In this chapter, we describe two methods of skeletal musc...

Intelligent Control for Human-Robot Cooperation in Orthopedics Surgery.

Cooperation between surgeon and robot is one of the key technologies that limit the robot to be widely used in orthopedic clinics. In this study, the ...

Potential Risk of Intelligent Technologies in Clinical Orthopedics.

Nowadays, the intelligent technologies are getting more and more attention, and the surgical robot is one of the most typical representatives. Orthope...

Automatic Annotation Tool to Support Supervised Machine Learning for Scaphoid Fracture Detection.

The aim of this work is to develop and validate an automatic annotation tool for the detection and bone localization of scaphoid fractures in radiolog...