AIMC Topic: Pilot Projects

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Using telepresence for social connection: views of older people with dementia, families, and health professionals from a mixed methods pilot study.

Aging & mental health
To explore the acceptability of telepresence robots in dementia care from the perspectives of people with dementia, family carers, and health professionals/trainees, and investigate the utility of a social presence assessment tool, the Modified-Temp...

A machine-learning approach to volitional control of a closed-loop deep brain stimulation system.

Journal of neural engineering
OBJECTIVE: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a well-established treatment for essential tremor, but may not be an optimal therapy, as it is always on, regardless of symptoms. A closed-loop (CL) DBS, which uses a biosignal to determine when stimulation ...

Multi-sequence myocardium segmentation with cross-constrained shape and neural network-based initialization.

Computerized medical imaging and graphics : the official journal of the Computerized Medical Imaging Society
For myocardial infarction (MI) patients, delayed enhancement (DE) and T2-weighted cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) can play significant roles in diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic strategy evaluation. However, the non-rigid registrat...

Machine learning to predict lung nodule biopsy method using CT image features: A pilot study.

Computerized medical imaging and graphics : the official journal of the Computerized Medical Imaging Society
Computed tomography (CT)-based screening on lung cancer mortality is poised to make lung nodule management a growing public health problem. Biopsy and pathologic analysis of suspicious nodules is necessary to ensure accurate diagnosis and appropriate...

Intravenous Fluid for the Treatment of Emergency Department Patients With Migraine Headache: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Annals of emergency medicine
STUDY OBJECTIVE: The objective of this pilot study is to assess the feasibility and necessity of performing a large-scale trial to measure the effect of intravenous fluid therapy on migraine headache pain.

Feasibility and Acceptability of Mobile Phone-Based Auto-Personalized Physical Activity Recommendations for Chronic Pain Self-Management: Pilot Study on Adults.

Journal of medical Internet research
BACKGROUND: Chronic pain is a globally prevalent condition. It is closely linked with psychological well-being, and it is often concomitant with anxiety, negative affect, and in some cases even depressive disorders. In the case of musculoskeletal chr...

Effect of combined vitamin D administration plus dietary intervention on oxidative stress markers in patients with metabolic syndrome: A pilot randomized study.

Clinical nutrition ESPEN
BACKGROUND: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) patients can have low 25-hydroxyvitamin D 25(OH)VitD levels, which may be associated with increased oxidative stress. There is little data on the effect of 25(OH)VitD administration plus dietary intervention on o...

Evaluation of robot-assisted MRI-guided prostate biopsy: needle path analysis during clinical trials.

Physics in medicine and biology
While the interaction between a needle and the surrounding tissue is known to cause a significant targeting error in prostate biopsy leading to false-negative results, few studies have demonstrated how it impacts in the actual procedure. We performed...

Detecting drug-resistant tuberculosis in chest radiographs.

International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
PURPOSE: Tuberculosis is a major global health threat claiming millions of lives each year. While the total number of tuberculosis cases has been decreasing over the last years, the rise of drug-resistant tuberculosis has reduced the chance of contro...

A wearable hip-assist robot reduces the cardiopulmonary metabolic energy expenditure during stair ascent in elderly adults: a pilot cross-sectional study.

BMC geriatrics
BACKGROUND: Stair ascent is one of the most important and challenging activities of daily living to maintain mobility and independence in elderly adults. Recently, various types of wearable walking assist robots have been developed to improve gait fu...