International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group
Jan 1, 2020
PURPOSE: High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a potential noninvasive thermal ablation method for the treatment of peripheral artery disease. Dual-mode ultrasound arrays (DMUA) offer the possibility of simultaneous imaging and treatment. In th...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) combines the superiorities of both optical imaging and ultrasound imaging, which provides rich optical absorption contrast with 3D spatial information by applying reconstruction algorithms. Classical reconstruction algo...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2018
Sleep posture has been shown to be important in monitoring health conditions such as congestive heart failure (CHF), sleep apnea, pressure ulcers, and even blood pressure abnormalities. In this paper, we investigate the use of four hydraulic bed tran...
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Mar 1, 2017
Total removal of the larynx may be required to treat laryngeal cancer: speech is lost. This article shows that it may be possible to restore speech by sensing movement of the remaining speech articulators and use machine learning algorithms to derive...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Aug 1, 2016
A multiple instance learning (MIL) method, extended Function of Multiple Instances (eFUMI), is applied to ballistocardiogram (BCG) signals produced by a hydraulic bed sensor. The goal of this approach is to learn a personalized heartbeat "concept" fo...
Studies in health technology and informatics
Jan 1, 2015
Home monitoring of chronically ill or elderly patient can reduce frequent hospitalisations and hence provide improved quality of care at a reduced cost to the community, therefore reducing the burden on the healthcare system. Activity recognition of ...
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Jan 1, 2015
A concern for applications of machine learning techniques to bioacoustics is whether or not classifiers learn the categories for which they were trained. Unfortunately, information such as characteristics of specific recording equipment or noise envi...