Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2023
Surgical robots have contributed greatly to the development of minimally invasive surgery. However, these robots suffer from issues such as the looseness of wires acting as the robot's drive mechanism, and high maintenance cost. The objective of this...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2023
In Human-Robot Collaboration setting a robot may be controlled by a user directly or through a Brain-Computer Interface that detects user intention, and it may act as an autonomous agent. As such interaction increases in complexity, conflicts become ...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2023
Depression is a common mental disorder that negatively affects physical health and personal, social and occupational functioning. Currently, accurate and objective diagnosis of depression remains challenging, and electroencephalography (EEG) provides...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2023
Exosuits are a relatively new trend in wearable robotics to answer the flaws of their exoskeleton counterparts, but they remain impractical as the lack of rigidity in their frames makes the integration of crucial components into a single unit a chall...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2023
Many small bionic crawling robots have been invented for search and rescue missions in narrow spaces. However, their locomotion capability is far from that of insects of the same size. Transforming a cockroach into a bio-bot has been a hot topic in t...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2023
Chronic hypoxia is known to be a major cause of neurite length retraction followed be degeneration. Specifically, laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM) based-contrast imaging is used for monitoring neuronal morphology under hypoxic condition. Alt...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2023
Sleep patterns vary widely between individuals. We explore methods for identifying populations exhibiting similar sleep patterns in an automated fashion using polysomnography data. Our novel approach applies unsupervised machine learning algorithms t...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2023
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a medical imaging modality that allows us to probe deeper sub-structures of skin. The state-of-the-art wound care prediction and monitoring methods are based on visual evaluation and focus on surface information....
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2023
With the demand for sophisticated techniques to easily prevent the deflection of needles, robotic CT (computed tomography)-guided puncture with an ultrafine needle is being investigated. Quantification of deflection is essential for accurate puncture...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2023
Robotic devices can be used in upper limb rehabilitation in order to help the total or partial functional recovery. Robots can perform repetitive activities for a long period of time, which may be beneficial for rehabilitation processes. In this cont...