Rehabilitation robotics aims to promote activity-dependent reorganization of the nervous system. However, people with paralysis cannot generate sufficient activity during robot-assisted rehabilitation and, consequently, do not benefit from these ther...
Spinal cord segmentation is clinically relevant and is notably used to compute spinal cord cross-sectional area (CSA) for the diagnosis and monitoring of cord compression or neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis. While several semi an...
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease affecting motor neurons. Although genes causing familial cases have been identified, those of sporadic ALS, which occupies the majority of patients, are still elusive. In this s...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Jan 8, 2025
Accurate assessment of spinal cord vasculature is important for the urgent diagnosis of injury and subsequent treatment. Ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM) offers super-resolution imaging of microvasculature by localizing and tracking individua...
Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987)
Oct 22, 2024
BACKGROUND: Low-keV virtual monoenergetic images (VMIs) of dual-energy computed tomography (CT) enhances iodine contrast for detecting small arteries like the Adamkiewicz artery (AKA), but image noise can be problematic. Deep-learning image reconstru...
Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis
Aug 26, 2024
The pathological cascade of spinal cord injury (SCI) is highly intricate. The onset of neuroinflammation can exacerbate the extent of damage. Pyroptosis is a form of inflammation-linked programmed cell death (PCD), the inhibition of pyroptosis can pa...
. Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a well-established treatment for managing certain chronic pain conditions. More recently, it has also garnered attention as a means of modulating neural activity to restore lost autonomic or sensory-motor function. ...
Excitotoxicity represents the primary cause of neuronal death following spinal cord injury (SCI). While autophagy plays a critical and intricate role in SCI, the specific mechanism underlying the relationship between excitotoxicity and autophagy in S...
Quadruped animals are capable of seamless transitions between different gaits. While energy efficiency appears to be one of the reasons for changing gaits, other determinant factors likely play a role too, including terrain properties. In this articl...
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Jan 25, 2024
PURPOSE: To evaluate the 3D U-Net model for automatic segmentation and measurement of cervical spine structures using magnetic resonance (MR) images of healthy adults.
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