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
The creation of unique control methods for a hand prosthesis is still a problem that has to be addressed. The best choice of a human-machine interface (HMI) that should be used to enable natural control is still a challenge. Surface electromyography ...
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
A relevant problem in medicine is the standardization of the diagnosis associated with a clinical case. Although diagnosis formulation is an intrinsically subjective and uncertain process, its standardization may take benefit from digital solutions a...
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
Transfer learning (TL) has been proven to be a good strategy for solving domain-specific problems in many deep learning (DL) applications. Typically, in TL, a pre-trained DL model is used as a feature extractor and the extracted features are then fed...
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
Ultrasound guided nerve blocks are increasingly being used in perioperative care as a means of safely delivering analgesia. Unfortunately, identifying nerves in ultrasound images presents a challenging task for novice anesthesiologists. Drawing from ...
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
This work leverages a custom implementation of a deep neural network-based object detection algorithm to detect people and a set of assistive devices relevant to clinical environments. The object detections form the basis for the quantification of di...
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
The integration of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) with Machine Learning (ML) models has become imperative in examining patient outcomes due to the vast amounts of clinical data they provide. However, critical information regarding social and behavi...
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
Neuromuscular injuries can impair hand function and profoundly impacting the quality of life. This has motivated the development of advanced assistive robotic hands. However, the current neural decoder systems are limited in their ability to provide ...
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
Electroceutical approaches for the treatment of neurological disorders, such as stroke, can take advantage of neuromorphic engineering, to develop devices able to achieve a seamless interaction with the neural system. This paper illustrates the devel...
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
The brain's response to visual stimuli of different colors might be used in a brain-computer interface (BCI) paradigm, for letting a user control their surroundings by looking at specific colors. Allowing the user to control certain elements in its e...
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
Revascularization of chronic total occlusions (CTO) is currently one of the most complex procedures in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), requiring the use of specific devices and a high level of experience to obtain good results. Once the cli...