Fiber-optic biosensors have garnered significant attention and witnessed rapid development in recent years owing to their remarkable attributes such as high sensitivity, immunity to electromagnetic interference, and real-time monitoring. They have em...
Analytical methods : advancing methods and applications
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In the fight against oral cancer, innovative methods like Raman spectroscopy and deep learning have become powerful tools, particularly in integral tasks encompassing tumor staging, lymph node staging, and histological grading. These aspects are esse...
Optical fiber sensors are extensively employed for their unique merits, such as small size, being lightweight, and having strong robustness to electronic interference. The above-mentioned sensors apply to more applications, especially the detection a...
SIGNIFICANCE: Endoscopic screening for esophageal cancer (EC) may enable early cancer diagnosis and treatment. While optical microendoscopic technology has shown promise in improving specificity, the limited field of view () significantly reduces the...
The rapid and sensitive indicator of inflammation in the human body is C-Reactive Protein (CRP). Determination of CRP level is important in medical diagnostics because, depending on that factor, it may indicate, e.g., the occurrence of inflammation o...
Gastric and esophageal cancers, the predominant forms of upper gastrointestinal malignancies, contribute significantly to global cancer mortality. Routine detection methods, including medical imaging, endoscopic examination, and pathological biopsy, ...
Cervical cancer can be detected at an early stage through the changes occurring in biochemical and morphological properties of epithelium layer. Fluorescence spectroscopy has the ability to identify these subtle changes non-invasively and in real tim...
Small-scale continuum robots hold promise for interventional diagnosis and treatment, yet existing models struggle to achieve small size, precise steering, and visualized functional treatment simultaneously, termed an "impossible trinity". This study...
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
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This study presents a novel wearable solution integrating Polymer Optical Fiber (POF) sensors into a knee sleeve to monitor knee flexion/extension (F/E) patterns during walking. POF sensors offer advantages such as flexibility, light weight, and robu...
A McKibben artificial muscle is a soft actuator driven by air pressure, characterized by its flexibility, lightweight design, and high power-to-weight ratio. We have developed a smart artificial muscle that is capable of sensing its motion. To enable...