Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Dec 14, 2020
Microscopic evaluation of resected tissue plays a central role in the surgical management of cancer. Because optical microscopes have a limited depth-of-field (DOF), resected tissue is either frozen or preserved with chemical fixatives, sliced into t...
Soft robots can outperform traditional rigid robots in terms of structural compliance, enhanced safety, and efficient locomotion. However, it is still a grand challenge to design and efficiently manufacture soft robots with multimodal locomotion capa...
In order to improve the reliability, safety and whole digestive applicability of the gastrointestinal microrobot (GMR), a novel inchworm-like GMR is proposed in this paper. The expanding mechanism of the robot adopts an overlapping expanding arm stru...
This study investigated protein degradation and quality changes during the processing of dry-cured ham, and then established the multiple quality prediction model based on protein degradation. From the raw material to the curing period, proteolysis i...
PURPOSE: To develop a convolutional neural network (CNN) that can directly estimate material density distribution from multi-energy computed tomography (CT) images without performing conventional material decomposition.
BACKGROUND: Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle injection (EBUS-TBNI) is a novel technique for treating peribronchial targets. The aim of this study was to evaluate preliminary feasibility of thrombolysis of pulmonary emboli via EBU...
Bone drilling is known as one of the most sensitive milling processes in biomedical engineering field. Fracture behavior of this cortical bone during drilling has attracted the attention of many researchers; however, there are still impending concern...
Inconsistent therapeutic efficacy of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in regenerative medicine has been documented in many clinical trials. Precise prediction on the therapeutic outcome of a MSC therapy based on the patient's conditions would provide va...
This study presents the combination of Raman spectroscopy with machine learning algorithms as a prospective diagnostic tool capable of detecting and monitoring relevant variations of pH and lactate as recognized biomarkers of several pathologies. The...
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Sep 25, 2020
BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted pedicle screw insertion has gained popularity in the spinal surgery field. Due to high cost, these spinal robots are not extensively applied in clinical surgeries. Developing an effective robot system with low cost and high...