International journal of molecular sciences
Dec 20, 2023
Accurate staging of bladder cancer assists in identifying optimal treatment (e.g., transurethral resection vs. radical cystectomy vs. bladder preservation). However, currently, about one-third of patients are over-staged and one-third are under-stage...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Nov 23, 2023
Artificial muscles, providing safe and close interaction between humans and machines, are essential in soft robotics. However, their insufficient deformation, output force, or configurability usually limits their applications. Herein, this work prese...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Nov 12, 2023
This work presents the fabrication and characterization of a triple-layered biomimetic muscle constituted by polypyrrole (PPy)-dodecylbenzenesulfonate (DBS)/adhesive tape/PPy-DBS demonstrating simultaneous sensing and actuation capabilities. The musc...
Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology
Nov 3, 2023
OBJECTIVE: To develop an artificial neural network (ANN) for classification of motor unit action potential (MUAP) duration in real-word, unselected and uncleaned needle electromyography (n-EMG) recordings.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Oct 27, 2023
This paper proposes a portable wireless transmission system for the multi-channel acquisition of surface electromyography (EMG) signals. Because EMG signals have great application value in psychotherapy and human-computer interaction, this system is ...
Science advances
Sep 20, 2023
Artificial muscles are promising in soft exoskeletons, locomotion robots, and operation machines. However, their performance in contraction ratio, output force, and dynamic response is often imbalanced and limited by materials, structures, or actuati...
Tropical animal health and production
Sep 19, 2023
This study aimed to predict Blackbelly sheep carcass tissue composition using ultrasound measurements and machine learning models. The models evaluated were decision trees, random forests, support vector machines, and multi-layer perceptrons and were...
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Aug 15, 2023
Deep learning (DL) shows notable success in biomedical studies. However, most DL algorithms work as black boxes, exclude biomedical experts, and need extensive data. This is especially problematic for fundamental research in the laboratory, where oft...
Biology open
Aug 10, 2023
Currently, in the field of interdisciplinary work in biology, there has been a significant push by the soft robotic community to understand the motion and maneuverability of hydrostats. This Review seeks to expand the muscular hydrostat hypothesis to...
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
Jul 13, 2023
PURPOSE: The manual segmentation of organ structures in radiation oncology treatment planning is a time-consuming and highly skilled task, particularly when treating rare tumors like sacral chordomas. This study evaluates the performance of automated...