IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics
Jul 2, 2024
Accurately delineating and categorizing individual hand bones in 3D ultrasound (US) is a promising technology for precise digital diagnostic analysis. However, this is a challenging task due to the inherent imaging limitations of the US and the insig...
BACKGROUND: Parkinson's Disease (PD) demands early diagnosis and frequent assessment of symptoms. In particular, analysing hand movements is pivotal to understand disease progression. Advancements in hand tracking using Deep Learning (DL) allow for t...
OBJECTIVES: To train, test and validate the performance of a convolutional neural network (CNN)-based approach for the automated assessment of bone erosions, osteitis and synovitis in hand MRI of patients with inflammatory arthritis.
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
Jun 12, 2024
BACKGROUND: In-home rehabilitation systems are a promising, potential alternative to conventional therapy for stroke survivors. Unfortunately, physiological differences between participants and sensor displacement in wearable sensors pose a significa...
Biomedizinische Technik. Biomedical engineering
Jun 4, 2024
OBJECTIVES: The primary objective of this research is to improve the average classification performance for specific movements in patients with cervical spinal cord injury (SCI).
Gesture recognition using electromyography (EMG) signals has prevailed recently in the field of human-computer interactions for controlling intelligent prosthetics. Currently, machine learning and deep learning are the two most commonly employed meth...
Neurorehabilitation and neural repair
May 29, 2024
BACKGROUND: Intensive task-oriented training has shown promise in enhancing distal motor function among patients with chronic stroke. A personalized electromyography (EMG)-driven soft robotic hand was developed to assist task-oriented object-manipula...
The advancement of motor augmentation and the broader domain of human-machine interaction rely on a seamless integration with users' physical and cognitive capabilities. These considerations may markedly fluctuate among individuals on the basis of th...
Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI
May 28, 2024
BACKGROUND: Challenges persist in achieving automatic and efficient inflammation quantification using dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.
INTRODUCTION: ChatGPT and its application in producing patient education materials for orthopedic hand disorders has not been extensively studied. This study evaluated the quality and readability of educational information pertaining to common hand s...