Pregnancy

Detection of fetal kicks using body-worn accelerometers during pregnancy: Trade-offs between sensors number and positioning.

Monitoring fetal wellbeing is key in modern obstetrics. While fetal movement is routinely used as a proxy to fetal wellbeing, accurate, noninvasive, long-term monitoring of fetal movement is challenging. A few accelerometer-based systems have been developed in the past few years, to tackle common issues in ultrasound measurement and enable remote, self-administrated monitoring of fetal movement du...

Quantitative ultrasound assessment of breast tumor response to chemotherapy using a multi-parameter approach.

PURPOSE: This study demonstrated the ability of quantitative ultrasound (QUS) parameters in providing an early prediction of tumor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in patients with locally advanced breast cancer (LABC).

Dosimetric and delivery efficiency investigation for treating hepatic lesions with a MLC-equipped robotic radiosurgery-radiotherapy combined system.

PURPOSE: The CyberKnife M6 (CK-M6) Series introduced a multileaf collimator (MLC) for extending its capability from stereotactic radiosurgery/stereota...

Robot-Assisted Abdominal Cerclage During Pregnancy.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Cervical insufficiency is a difficult condition to diagnose and can lead to preterm birth, miscarriage, or perinatal infant...

Robo-Psychophysics: Extracting Behaviorally Relevant Features from the Output of Sensors on a Prosthetic Finger.

Efforts are underway to restore sensorimotor function in amputees and tetraplegic patients using anthropomorphic robotic hands. For this approach to b...

Classification of Human Pregnane X Receptor (hPXR) Activators and Non-Activators by Machine Learning Techniques: A Multifaceted Approach.

The Human Pregnane X Receptor (hPXR) is a regulator of drug metabolising enzymes (DME) and efflux transporters (ET). The prediction of hPXR activators...

[Diagnosis Values of Back Propagation Neural Network Integrating Age, Transrectal Ultrasound Characteristics and Serum PSA for Prostate Cancer].

OBJECTIVE: To explore the diagnosis value of back propagation (BP) neural network integrating age, transrectal ultrasound characteristics and serum pr...

GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS SEEMS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH INFLAMMATION.

The aim of this study was to investigate whether gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with inflammation by comparing serum levels of huma...

Proposal for a Simple and Efficient Monthly Quality Management Program Assessing the Consistency of Robotic Image-Guided Small Animal Radiation Systems.

Modern pre-clinical radiation therapy (RT) research requires high precision and accurate dosimetry to facilitate the translation of research findings ...

An Artificial Immune System-Based Support Vector Machine Approach for Classifying Ultrasound Breast Tumor Images.

A rapid and highly accurate diagnostic tool for distinguishing benign tumors from malignant ones is required owing to the high incidence of breast can...

Effect of Maternal Factors and Fetomaternal Glucose Homeostasis on Birth Weight and Postnatal Growth.

OBJECTIVE: It is important to identify the possible risk factors for the occurrence of large for gestational age (LGA) in newborns and to determine th...

SVM-Based CAC System for B-Mode Kidney Ultrasound Images.

The present study proposes a computer-aided classification (CAC) system for three kidney classes, viz. normal, medical renal disease (MRD) and cyst us...

Quantitative analysis of breast echotexture patterns in automated breast ultrasound images.

PURPOSE: Breast tissue composition is considered to be associated with breast cancer risk. This study aimed to develop a computer-aided classification...

A new automated quantification algorithm for the detection and evaluation of focal liver lesions with contrast-enhanced ultrasound.

PURPOSE: Detect and classify focal liver lesions (FLLs) from contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) imaging by means of an automated quantification algor...

Fetal thymus volume estimation by virtual organ computer-aided analysis in normal pregnancies.

OBJECTIVES: The thymus has a pyramidal shape, which is best shown in coronal planes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential of virtual or...

A self-powered kinesin-microtubule system for smart cargo delivery.

A smart self-powered cargo delivery system that is composed of creatine phosphate kinase (CPK) microspheres, kinesins and microtubules is demonstrated...

Planning, execution and monitoring of physical rehabilitation therapies with a robotic architecture.

Traditional methods of rehabilitation require continuous attention of therapists during the therapy sessions. This is a hard and expensive task in ter...

Classification of focal liver lesions on ultrasound images by extracting hybrid textural features and using an artificial neural network.

This paper focuses on the improvement of the diagnostic accuracy of focal liver lesions by quantifying the key features of cysts, hemangiomas, and mal...

Management of Endometrial Cancer: A Review.

Endometrial cancer is the most common malignancy of the female genital tract in developed countries and second to cervical cancer in India. Endometria...

Hand-eye calibration of a robot--UltraSound probe system without any 3D localizers.

3D UltraSound (US) probes are used in clinical applications for their ease of use and ability to obtain intra-operative volumes. In surgical navigatio...