Journal of Engineering and Science in Medical Diagnostics and Therapy: Recent submissions
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Design of a Robotic Rehabilitation System for Mild Cognitive Impairment Based on Computer Vision
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This paper develops a robotic cognitive rehabilitation therapy (CRT) system to assist patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in block design test (BDT) rehabilitation training. This system bridges the treatment gap ... -
Monitoring Human Body Joint Rotations Based on Wearable Magnetic Strap Modules and the Jacobian Matrix of Magnetic Fields
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This work presents the development of a novel methodology in monitoring human body joint rotations based on magnetic tracking (localization). This project leverages the development of an experimental platform that can be ... -
A User-Driven Design Framework for Coupled-Serial-Chain Mechanism Synthesis for Assisting Sit-to-Stand Motion
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This paper presents a novel coupled-serial-chain (CSC) mechanism based multifunctional rehabilitation robot to assist the patients with lower-limb disability in their sit-to-stand (STS) movement. The CSC mechanism is ... -
Machine Learning-Driven Individualized Gait Rehabilitation: Classification, Prediction, and Mechanism Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This paper presents a machine learning-based approach toward designing individually targeted rehabilitation devices. This approach consists of a classification model for early detection of a disease, regression, and ... -
A User Motion Data Acquisition and Processing Method for the Design of Rehabilitation Robot With Few Degrees-of-Freedom
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Mechanism with few degrees-of-freedom is an economical solution for rehabilitation robots because it does not need a complicated structure and control system. To provide motion data to design the robot with few degrees-of-freedom, ... -
Developing an Optimized Low-Cost Transtibial Energy Storage and Release Prosthetic Foot Using Three-Dimensional Printing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This paper presents the results of an investigative study on the development of an affordable and functional prosthetic foot for below knee amputees. A prototype was successfully manufactured using three-dimensional (3D) ... -
Pneumatic Resistance Control of an Upper Limb Active Rehabilitation System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This paper proposes a pneumatic upper limb rehabilitation robot (PULRR) which is designed for bilateral upper limb active rehabilitation of the patients after stroke. The PULRR provides an active resistance rehabilitation ... -
Brain Computer Interface Classifiers for Semi-Autonomous Wheelchair Using Fuzzy Logic Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)A brain–computer interface (BCI)-based controller bridges the gap between smart wheelchairs and physically impaired persons with severe conditions. This paper presents the design of a hybrid BCI controller with six classifiers ... -
Design of a Metered-Dose Inhaler Actuated by Shape Memory Alloy
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The global prevalence of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is on the order of hundreds of millions of individuals. The most common treatment approach is to take a self-administered inhaled medication. ... -
Designing Protective Mechanical Ventilation for the Injured Lung: Opportunities for the Engineer
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Finite Element Analysis of Human Tibia Modeled as a Functionally Graded Material
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Human tibia, the second largest bone in human body, is made of complex biological material having inhomogeneity and anisotropy in such a manner that makes it a functionally graded material. While analyses of human tibia ... -
A Novel Finite Element Model to Assess the Effect of Solid Stress Inside Tumors on Elastographic Normal Strains and Fluid Pressure
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Ultrasound elastography is a noninvasive imaging modality used to assess the mechanical behavior of tissues, including cancers. Analytical and finite element (FE) models are useful and effective tools to understand the ... -
Feasibility and Acute Safety Study of Radiofrequency Energy Delivery to the Vena Caval Wall Via an Inferior Vena Cava Filter in Swine
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Retrievable inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are self-expanding metallic devices implanted in the IVC to prevent migration of thrombi from the deep veins of the legs and pelvis to the lungs. The risk of complications from ... -
Numerical Simulations of Freezing Process by Embedding a Cryo-Probe Into Water and Biological Tissue
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Numerical simulations by finite volume method were performed to investigate the freezing process and growing up of ice ball by embedding a cryo-probe either into a glass tank full of water or biological tissues with and ... -
Change in Shear Modulus of Healthy Lower Leg Muscles After Treadmill Running: Toward a Noninvasive Diagnosis of Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS) is an exercise-induced condition, in which high pressure develops in one or several lower leg compartments, resulting in pain, numbness, and temporary muscle paresis. Diagnosis ... -
Contact of Rough Surfaces in Ankle Implants Under Combined Normal and Twist Loading
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The medical application of implant replacements to remedy the pain in joints has necessitated a comprehensive study of wear due to contact of implant surfaces. Excessive wear can lead to toxicity and other implant associated ... -
A NOVEL MICROLASER BASED PLASMONIC-POLYMER HYBRID RESONATOR FOR MULTIPLEXED BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonators exhibit a high quality factor Q and a small mode volume; they usually exhibit high resolution when used as sensors. The light trapped inside a polymeric micro-cavity travels through ... -
A Three-Dimensional-Printed Patient-Specific Phantom for External Beam Radiation Therapy of Prostate Cancer
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)This paper presents the design evolution, fabrication, and testing of a novel patient and organ-specific, three-dimensional (3D)-printed phantom for external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) of prostate cancer. In contrast ... -
Bridging Organ- and Cellular-Level Behavior in Ex Vivo Experimental Platforms Using Populations of Models of Cardiac Electrophysiology
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The inability to discern between pathology and physiological variability is a key issue in cardiac electrophysiology since this prevents the use of minimally invasive acquisitions to predict early pathological behavior. ... -
Validation of an Experimental Setup to Reliably Simulate Flow Through Nonvalved Glaucoma Drainage Devices
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Treatment of vision-threating elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) for severe glaucoma may require implantation of a glaucoma drainage device (GDD) to shunt aqueous humor (AH) from the anterior chamber of the eye and lower ...