Recently, an expert system was developed to provide feedback to examiners with the aim of improving reliability of marker-based gait analysis. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effectiveness of this novel feedback tool in improving...
The concurrent usage of actigraphy and heart rate variability (HRV) for sleep efficiency quantification is still matter of investigation. This study compared chest (CACT) and wrist (WACT) actigraphy (actigraphs positioned on chest and wrist, respecti...
Journal of medical engineering & technology
Aug 8, 2017
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) causes blindness in the working age for people with diabetes in most countries. The increasing number of people with diabetes worldwide suggests that DR will continue to be major contributors to vision loss. Early detection ...
Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association
Aug 4, 2017
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Trials of restorative therapies after stroke and clinical rehabilitation require relevant and objective efficacy end points; real-world upper extremity (UE) functional use is an attractive candidate. We present a novel, inexpe...
International journal of medical informatics
Aug 4, 2017
INTRODUCTION: Starting in 2008, specific health checkups and health guidance to prevent non-communicable diseases have been provided in Japan, which has the highest proportion of elderly citizens in the world. The attendance rate for health guidance ...
This paper presents a novel approach for evaluating LBP in various settings. The proposed system uses cost-effective inertial sensors, in conjunction with pattern recognition techniques, for identifying sensitive classifiers towards discriminate iden...
Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association
Aug 3, 2017
INTRODUCTION: This article describes an enhanced telepresence robot named ROBIN, part of a telecare system derived from the GIRAFFPLUS project for supporting and monitoring older adults at home. ROBIN is integrated in a sensor-rich environment that a...
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Aug 3, 2017
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate the development of an artificial neural network (ANN) method for predicting the survival likelihood of pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients. The ANN predictive model should produce results with a 90% sensitivity.
Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
Aug 2, 2017
OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to investigate the association between ocular blood flow measured using laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG) and radial arterial pressure during aortic arch surgery.
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