Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
The classification of human hand gestures has gained widespread recognition as a natural and powerful way to interact intuitively and efficiently with computers. Specifically, this approach has facilitated the development of a number of important app...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
The auditory P300-based BCI was improved by changing stimuli. However, the current method needed time for recording training data. The time can be saved by the subject-to-subject transfer learning. However, the suitable classifier for the learning re...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
This paper addresses breast mass segmentation from high-resolution mammograms. To cope with strong class imbalance, huge diversity of size, shape, texture and contour as well as limited receptive field, mass segmentation is achieved through a multi-s...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
Traditional image segmentation algorithms operate by iteratively working over an image, as if refining a segmentation until a stopping criterion is met. Deep learning has replaced traditional approaches, achieving state-of-the-art performance in many...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
In this work, fully automatic binary segmentation of GBMs (glioblastoma multiforme) in 2D magnetic resonance images is presented using a convolutional neural network trained exclusively on synthetic data. The precise segmentation of brain tumors is o...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
Placental assessment through routine obstetrical ultrasound is often limited to documenting its location and ruling out placenta previa. However, many obstetrical complications originate from abnormal focal or global placental development. Technical ...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
The number of lower limb amputations in Japan has recently been increasing. Lower limb amputation is classified based on the amputated part,and its two main types are below-knee (28.4%) and above-knee (58.8%). Especially for patients with above-knee ...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
Delineation of alveolar bone aids the diagnosis and treatment of periodontal diseases. In current practice, conventional 2D radiography and 3D cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) imaging are used as the non-invasive approaches to image and delineate...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
Segmentation of ultrasound images is an essential task in both diagnosis and image-guided interventions given the ease-of-use and low cost of this imaging modality. As manual segmentation is tedious and time consuming, a growing body of research has ...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
Despite all the recent developments of using the surface electromyography (sEMG) as a control signal, reliable classifications still remain an arduous task due to overlapping classes and classification ripples. In this paper, we present a straightfor...