IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

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Novel Closed-Loop Control System of Dual Rotary Blood Pumps in Total Artificial Heart Based on the Circulatory Equilibrium Framework: A Proof-of-Concept In Vivo Study

Authors: Shohei Yokota, Kazunori Uemura, Takashi Unoki, Hiroki Matsushita, Midori Kakuuchi, Yuki Yoshida, Kazumasu Sasaki, Toru Kawada, Takuya Nishikawa, Yasuyuki Kataoka, Jon Peterson, Kenji Sunagawa, Joe Alexander, Keita Saku

Heart Sound Abnormality Detection From Multi-Institutional Collaboration: Introducing a Federated Learning Framework

Authors: Wanyong Qiu, Chen Quan, Lixian Zhu, Yongzi Yu, Zhihua Wang, Yu Ma, Mengkai Sun, Yi Chang, Kun Qian, Bin Hu, Yoshiharu Yamamoto, Bjrn W. Schuller

Parahydrogen-Induced 13C Hyperpolarizer Using a Flow Guide for Magnetic Field Cycling to Evoke 1H-13C Spin Order Transfer Toward Metabolic MRI

Authors: Koudai Sawami, Tatsuya Naganuma, Hana Yabe, Toshihiko Taki, Neil J. Stewart, Yoshiki Uchio, Norihiko Takeda, Noriyuki Hatae, Takuya Hashimoto, Hiroshi Hirata, Shingo Matsumoto

Cross-Correlation of Confocal Images for Excised Breast Tissues of Total Mastectomy

Authors: Hang Song, Shinsuke Sasada, Takayuki Kadoya, Koji Arihiro, Morihito Okada, Xia Xiao, Tomomi Ishikawa, Declan O'Loughlin, Jun-ichi Takada, Takamaro Kikkawa

Biomimetic Deep Learning Networks With Applications to Epileptic Spasms and Seizure Prediction

Authors: Christopher Lucasius, Vasily Grigorovsky, Hiroki Nariai, Aristea S. Galanopoulou, Jonathan Gursky, Solomon L. Mosh, Berj L. Bardakjian

Causal Connectivity Network Analysis of Ictal Electrocorticogram With Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Based on Dynamic Phase Transfer Entropy

Authors: Yao Miao, Hiroharu Suzuki, Hidenori Sugano, Tetsuya Ueda, Yasushi Iimura, Ryosuke Matsui, Toshihisa Tanaka

Auto-CA: Automated Cobb Angle Measurement Based on Vertebrae Detection for Assessment of Spinal Curvature Deformity

Authors: Wahyu Rahmaniar, Kenji Suzuki, Ting-Lan Lin

Modeling Complex EEG Data Distribution on the Riemannian Manifold Toward Outlier Detection and Multimodal Classification

Authors: Maria Sayu Yamamoto, Khadijeh Sadatnejad, Toshihisa Tanaka, Md. Rabiul Islam, Frdric Dehais, Yuichi Tanaka, Fabien Lotte

PreFlap: From Photoacoustic Tomography Images to Vascular Mapping Sheets for Improved Preoperative Flap Evaluation

Authors: Maria Chiara Munisso, Chang Liu, Goshiro Yamamoto, Tomoko Kosaka, Itaru Tsuge, Susumu Saito, Naoki Morimoto

Correntropy-Based Logistic Regression With Automatic Relevance Determination for Robust Sparse Brain Activity Decoding

Authors: Yuanhao Li, Badong Chen, Yuxi Shi, Natsue Yoshimura, Yasuharu Koike

Intracranial EEG Recordings of High-Frequency Activity From a Wireless Implantable BMI Device in Awake Nonhuman Primates

Authors: Tianfang Yan, Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Seiji Kameda, Takeru Kuratomi, Masashi Mihara, Makoto Maeda, Masayuki Hirata

Optimization of the Thin Waveguide for Double-Parabolic-Reflectors Ultrasonic Transducers (DPLUS) for Thermal Ablation

Authors: Kang Chen, Takasuke Irie, Takashi Iijima, Susumu Miyake, Takeshi Morita

Effective Connectivity Analysis and Classification of Action Observation From Different Perspectives: An fMRI Study

Authors: Sheng Ge, Jing He, Pan Lin, Ruimin Wang, Keiji Iramina, Yue Leng, Haixian Wang, Wenming Zheng, Chaoyong Xiao, Zonghong Li

A Novel Triple-Bladder Cuff Method for Blood Pressure Estimation Based on Pulse Wave Dynamics in Brachial Artery: Theoretical and Experimental Analyses

Authors: Kazunori Uemura, Takuya Nishikawa, Naotaka Hasebe, Shohei Yokota, Midori Kakuuchi, Keita Saku, Toru Kawada, Shohei Morodome, Masaki Furukoshi, Masaru Sugimachi

Towards Optimizing the Quality of Long-Term Physiological Signals Monitoring by Using Anhydrous Carbon Paste Electrode

Authors: Xin Wang, Qiong Tian, Mingxing Zhu, Yingying Wang, Boya Wang, Xiaobei Jing, Hiroshi Yokoi, Lin Li, Zhenzhen Liu, Weimin Huang, Shixiong Chen, Zhiyuan Liu, Guanglin Li

Efficient Bone Conduction Hearing Device With a Novel Piezoelectric Transducer Using Skin as an Electrode

Authors: Ichiro Furuta, Hideaki Ogita, Fukuichiro Iguchi, Takayuki Okano, Kohei Yamahara, Tatsuya Namatsu, Shuichi Kawata, Koichi Omori, Norio Yamamoto

Surgical Planning and Optimization of Patient-Specific Fontan Grafts With Uncertain Post-Operative Boundary Conditions and Anastomosis Displacement

Authors: Xiaolong Liu, Narutoshi Hibino, Yue-Hin Loke, Byeol Kim, Paige Mass, Mark D. Fuge, Laura Olivieri, Axel Krieger

Towards Image Guided Magnetic Resonance Elastography via Active Driver Positioning Robot

Authors: Waiman Meinhold, Efe Ozkaya, Derek Petti, Vaughn Rice, Emily Triolo, Fargol Rezayaraghi, Paul Kennedy, Lazar Fleysher, Ai-Ping Hu, Jun Ueda, Mehmet Kurt

Beat-to-Beat Estimation of Peripheral Arterial Stiffness From Local PWV for Quantitative Evaluation of Sympathetic Nervous System Activity

Authors: Ziqiang Xu, Toshiki Sakagawa, Akira Furui, Shumma Jomyo, Masanori Morita, Masamichi Ando, Toshio Tsuji

Feasibility of Concentric Electrodes in Contact Irreversible Electroporation for Superficial Lesion Treatment

Authors: Kosaku Kurata, Hirotaka Naito, Hiroshi Takamatsu

Online Adaptation Boosts SSVEP-Based BCI Performance

Authors: Chi Man Wong, Ze Wang, Masaki Nakanishi, Boyu Wang, Agostinho C. Rosa, C. L. Philip Chen, Tzyy-Ping Jung, Feng Wan

Observing Cell Assemblies From Spike Train Recordings Based on the Biological Basis of Synaptic Connectivity

Authors: Takahiro Asahina, Kenta Shimba, Kiyoshi Kotani, Yasuhiko Jimbo

The Translational and Regulatory Development of an Implantable Microdevice for Multiple Drug Sensitivity Measurements in Cancer Patients

Authors: Christine Dominas, Sharath Bhagavatula, Elizabeth H. Stover, Kyle Deans, Cecilia Larocca, Yolanda L. Colson, Pierpaolo Peruzzi, Adam S. Kibel, Nobuhiko Hata, Lillian L. Tsai, Yin P. Hung, Robert Packard, Oliver Jonas

Semi-Automatic Planning and Three-Dimensional Electrospinning of Patient-Specific Grafts for Fontan Surgery

Authors: Xiaolong Liu, Byeol Kim, Yue-Hin Loke, Paige Mass, Laura Olivieri, Narutoshi Hibino, Mark D. Fuge, Axel Krieger

Precise Temporal Control of Interferential Neural Stimulation via Phase Modulation

Authors: Yasuo Terasawa, Hiroyuki Tashiro, Tokio Ueno, Jun Ohta

Technical Validation of Multi-Section Robotic Bronchoscope With First Person View Control for Transbronchial Biopsies of Peripheral Lung

Authors: Fumitaro Masaki, Franklin King, Takahisa Kato, Hisashi Tsukada, Yolonda L. Colson, Nobuhiko Hata

Microfabricated Device to Record Axonal Conduction Under Pharmacological Treatment for Functional Evaluation of Axon Ion Channel

Authors: Kenta Shimba, Kiyoshi Kotani, Yasuhiko Jimbo

Towards a Clinical Implementation of Measuring the Elastic Modulus of the Aorta From Cardiac Computed Tomography Images

Authors: Takashi Shirakawa, Toru Kuratani, Masao Yoshitatsu, Kazuo Shimamura, Shinya Fukui, Akira Kurata, Yasushi Koyama, Koichi Toda, Ikuo Fukuda, Yoshiki Sawa

Double-Parabolic-Reflectors Ultrasonic Transducer With Flexible Waveguide for Minimally Invasive Treatment

Authors: Kang Chen, Takasuke Irie, Takashi Iijima, Takeshi Morita

Design of an Intraoral Dipole Antenna for Dental Applications

Authors: Ali Caglar zen, Djaudat Idiyatullin, Gregor Adriany, Steve Jungst, Naoharu Kobayashi, Beth R. Groenke, Michael Bock, Michael Garwood, Donald R. Nixdorf

Unsupervised Classification of Atrial Electrograms for Electroanatomic Mapping of Human Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

Authors: Tiago P. Almeida, Diogo C. Soriano, Michela Mas, Flavia Ravelli, Arthur S. Bezerra, Xin Li, Gavin S. Chu, Joo Salinet, Peter J. Stafford, G. Andr Ng, Fernando S. Schlindwein, Takashi Yoneyama

Low-Frequency Impedance-Based Cell Discrimination Considering Ion Transport Model in Cell Suspension

Authors: Daisuke Kawashima, Songshi Li, Hiromichi Obara, Masahiro Takei

A Direct Drive Parallel Plane Piezoelectric Needle Positioning Robot for MRI Guided Intraspinal Injection

Authors: Waiman Meinhold, Daniel Enrique Martinez, John N. Oshinski, Ai-Ping Hu, Jun Ueda

Non-Gaussianity Detection of EEG Signals Based on a Multivariate Scale Mixture Model for Diagnosis of Epileptic Seizures

Authors: Akira Furui, Ryota Onishi, Akihito Takeuchi, Tomoyuki Akiyama, Toshio Tsuji

Deep Generative Model of Individual Variability in fMRI Images of Psychiatric Patients

Authors: Takashi Matsubara, Koki Kusano, Tetsuo Tashiro, Kenya Ukai, Kuniaki Uehara

Boundary Element Fast Multipole Method for Enhanced Modeling of Neurophysiological Recordings

Authors: Sergey N. Makarov, Matti S. Hmlinen, Yoshio Okada, Gregory M. Noetscher, Jyrki Ahveninen, Aapo Nummenmaa

Evaluation of Durability of Transparent Graphene Electrodes Fabricated on Different Flexible Substrates for Chronic In Vivo Experiments

Authors: David Ding, Yichen Lu, Ruoyu Zhao, Xin Liu, Chawina De-Eknamkul, Chi Ren, Armaghan Mehrsa, Takaki Komiyama, Duygu Kuzum

Novel Deep Learning Network Analysis of Electrical Stimulation Mapping-Driven Diffusion MRI Tractography to Improve Preoperative Evaluation of Pediatric Epilepsy

Authors: Min-Hee Lee, Nolan O'Hara, Masaki Sonoda, Naoto Kuroda, Csaba Juhsz, Eishi Asano, Ming Dong, Jeong-Won Jeong

Extraction of Nonlinear Synergies for Proportional and Simultaneous Estimation of Finger Kinematics

Authors: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, Jimson Ngeo, Tomohiro Shibata

Design and Development of a Novel Oral Care Simulator for the Training of Nurses

Authors: Buddhi Herath, G. H. S. Dewmin, Sutharsan Sukumaran, Y. W. R. Amarasinghe, Eranga De Silva, Atsushi Mitani, Dimuthu Wijethunge, W. H. Peshan Sampath

Improved Charge Pump Design and Ex Vivo Experimental Validation of CMOS 256-Pixel Photovoltaic-Powered Subretinal Prosthetic Chip

Authors: Po-Han Kuo, Oi-Ying Wong, Chi-Kuan Tzeng, Pu-Wei Wu, Chuan-Chin Chiao, Po-Hung Chen, Po-Chun Chen, Yueh-Chun Tsai, Fang-Liang Chu, Jun Ohta, Takashi Tokuda, Toshihiko Noda, Chung-Yu Wu

Dual Scan Mammoscope (DSM) - A New Portable Photoacoustic Breast Imaging System With Scanning in Craniocaudal Plane

Authors: Nikhila Nyayapathi, Rachel Lim, Huijuan Zhang, Wenhan Zheng, Yuehang Wang, Melinda Tiao, Kwang W. Oh, X. Cynthia Fan, Ermelinda Bonaccio, Kazuaki Takabe, Jun Xia

A Generic Approach to Lung Field Segmentation From Chest Radiographs Using Deep Space and Shape Learning

Authors: Awais Mansoor, Juan J. Cerrolaza, Geovanny F. Perez, Elijah Biggs, Kazunori Okada, Gustavo Nino, Marius George Linguraru

Facilitating Calibration in High-Speed BCI Spellers via Leveraging Cross-Device Shared Latent Responses

Authors: Masaki Nakanishi, Yu-Te Wang, Chun-Shu Wei, Kuan-Jung Chiang, Tzyy-Ping Jung

Real-Time Analysis of Animal Feeding Behavior With a Low-Calculation-Power CPU

Authors: Yuki Totani, Susumu Kotani, Kei Odai, Etsuro Ito, Manabu Sakakibara

A Modeling Approach for Investigating Opto-Mechanical Relationships in the Human Eye Lens

Authors: Kehao Wang, Demetrios T. Venetsanos, Masato Hoshino, Kentaro Uesugi, Naoto Yagi, Barbara K. Pierscionek

Wireless Hyperthermia Stent System for Restenosis Treatment and Testing With Swine Model

Authors: Ying Yi, Jiaxu Chen, Madeshwaran Selvaraj, York Hsiang, Kenichi Takahata

Continuum Robot With Follow-the-Leader Motion for Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy and Tumor Biopsy

Authors: Yuanqian Gao, Kiyoshi Takagi, Takahisa Kato, Naoyuki Shono, Nobuhiko Hata

Pose Estimation of Periacetabular Osteotomy Fragments With Intraoperative X-Ray Navigation

Authors: Robert B. Grupp, Rachel A. Hegeman, Ryan J. Murphy, Clayton P. Alexander, Yoshito Otake, Benjamin A. McArthur, Mehran Armand, Russell H. Taylor

Open Source Platform for Transperineal In-Bore MRI-Guided Targeted Prostate Biopsy

Authors: Christian Herz, Kemal Tuncali, Andriy Fedorov, Kyle MacNeil, Peter A. Behringer, Junichi Tokuda, Alireza Mehrtash, Parvin Mousavi, Ron Kikinis, Fiona M. Fennessy, Clare M. Tempany

Low-Voltage Irreversible Electroporation Using a Comb-Shaped Contact Electrode

Authors: Kosaku Kurata, Shuto Yoshimatsu, Hiroshi Takamatsu

Blind Source Separation on Non-Contact Heartbeat Detection by Non-Negative Matrix Factorization Algorithms

Authors: Chen Ye, Kentaroh Toyoda, Tomoaki Ohtsuki

Hearables: Automatic Overnight Sleep Monitoring With Standardized In-Ear EEG Sensor

Authors: Takashi Nakamura, Yousef D. Alqurashi, Mary J. Morrell, Danilo P. Mandic

Real-Time Visualization of an Acoustically Active Injection Catheter With Ultrasound Imaging: Algorithm and In Vivo Validation in a Swine Model

Authors: Viksit Kumar, Minako Katayama, Rachael Peavler, Azra Alizad, Marek Belohlavek, Mostafa Fatemi

A Multi-Layer Gaussian Process for Motor Symptom Estimation in People With Parkinson's Disease

Authors: Muriel Lang, Franz Michael Josef Pfister, Jakob Frhner, Kian Abedinpour, Daniel Pichler, Urban Fietzek, Terry Taewoong Um, Dana Kulic, Satoshi Endo, Sandra Hirche

A Palm-Sized Cryoprobe System With a Built-In Thermocouple and Its Application in an Animal Model of Epilepsy

Authors: Tatsuji Tokiwa, Lev Zimin, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Takao Inoue, Hiroshi Kajigaya, Sadahiro Nomura, Michiyasu Suzuki, Takeshi Yamakawa

Implantable Multi-Modality Probe for Subdural Simultaneous Measurement of Electrophysiology, Hemodynamics, and Temperature Distribution

Authors: Toshitaka Yamakawa, Takao Inoue, Masatsugu Niwayama, Fumiaki Oka, Hirochika Imoto, Sadahiro Nomura, Michiyasu Suzuki

A Scale Mixture-Based Stochastic Model of Surface EMG Signals With Variable Variances

Authors: Akira Furui, Hideaki Hayashi, Toshio Tsuji

Deep Neural Generative Model of Functional MRI Images for Psychiatric Disorder Diagnosis

Authors: Takashi Matsubara, Tetsuo Tashiro, Kuniaki Uehara

Numerical Study of Enhancement of Positive Dielectrophoresis Particle Trapping in Electrode-Multilayered Microfluidic Device

Authors: Norikazu Sato, Jiafeng Yao, Daisuke Kawashima, Masahiro Takei

Impedance-Based Gaussian Processes for Modeling Human Motor Behavior in Physical and Non-Physical Interaction

Authors: Jose Ramon Medina, Hendrik Brner, Satoshi Endo, Sandra Hirche

Long-Term Developmental Process of the Human Cortex Revealed In Vitro by Axon-Targeted Recording Using a Microtunnel-Augmented Microelectrode Array

Authors: Kenta Shimba, Koji Sakai, Shoko Iida, Kiyoshi Kotani, Yasuhiko Jimbo

Using Brain Activation to Evaluate Arrangements Aiding Hand-Eye Coordination in Surgical Robot Systems

Authors: Satoshi Miura, Kazuya Kawamura, Yo Kobayashi, Masakatsu G. Fujie

Variations of Intracellular Ca2+ Mobilization Initiated by Nanosecond and Microsecond Electrical Pulses in HeLa Cells

Authors: Nobuaki Ohnishi, Yusuke Fujiwara, Taichi Kamezaki, Sunao Katsuki

Detectability of Breast Tumors in Excised Breast Tissues of Total Mastectomy by IR-UWB-Radar-Based Breast Cancer Detector

Authors: Hang Song, Shinsuke Sasada, Norio Masumoto, Takayuki Kadoya, Noriyuki Shiroma, Makoto Orita, Koji Arihiro, Morihito Okada, Takamaro Kikkawa

Millimeter-Wave Adaptive Glucose Concentration Estimation With Complex-Valued Neural Networks

Authors: Shizhen Hu, Seko Nagae, Akira Hirose

Eco-Friendly Highly Sensitive Transducers Based on a New KNN-NTK-FM Lead-Free Piezoelectric Ceramic for High-Frequency Biomedical Ultrasonic Imaging Applications

Authors: Ruimin Chen, Laiming Jiang, Tianfu Zhang, Takayuki Matsuok, Masato Yamazaki, Xuejun Qian, Gengxi Lu, Ahmad Safari, Jianguo Zhu, K. Kirk Shung, Teng Ma, Qifa Zhou

Heart Rate Variability-Based Driver Drowsiness Detection and Its Validation With EEG

Authors: Koichi Fujiwara, Erika Abe, Keisuke Kamata, Chikao Nakayama, Yoko Suzuki, Toshitaka Yamakawa, Toshihiro Hiraoka, Manabu Kano, Yukiyoshi Sumi, Fumi Masuda, Masahiro Matsuo, Hiroshi Kadotani

A Stochastic Gradient Approach for Robust Heartbeat Detection With Doppler Radar Using Time-Window-Variation Technique

Authors: Chen Ye, Kentaroh Toyoda, Tomoaki Ohtsuki

Endoscopic System Based on Intraoral Camera and Image Processing

Authors: Masataka Fujimoto, Masahiro Okuda, Shinji Yoshii, Satoshi Ikezawa, Toshitsugu Ueda, Herve Tassery, Frdric J. G. Cuisinier, Chiaki Kitamura

A Novel Minimally Occlusive Cuff Method Utilizing Ultrasound Vascular Imaging for Stress-Free Blood Pressure Measurement: A-Proof-of-Concept Study

Authors: Kazunori Uemura, Toru Kawada, Masaru Sugimachi

Cardiac Propagation Pattern Mapping With Vector Field for Helping Tachyarrhythmias Diagnosis With Clinical Tridimensional Electro-Anatomical Mapping Tools

Authors: Corentin Dallet, Caroline H. Roney, Ruairidh Martin, Takeshi Kitamura, Stphane Puyo, Josselin Duchateau, Carole Dumas-Pomier, Gwladys Ravon, Laura Bear, Nicolas Derval, Frdric Sacher, Edward J. Vigmond, Michel Hassaguerre, Mlze Hocini, Rmi Dubois

Numerical Study of Particle-Fluid Flow Under AC Electrokinetics in Electrode-Multilayered Microfluidic Device

Authors: Norikazu Sato, Jiafeng Yao, Michiko Sugawara, Masahiro Takei

Cell Patterning Method on a Clinically Ubiquitous Culture Dish Using Acoustic Pressure Generated From Resonance Vibration of a Disk-Shaped Ultrasonic Transducer

Authors: Chikahiro Imashiro, Yuta Kurashina, Taiki Kuribara, Makoto Hirano, Kiichiro Totani, Kenjiro Takemura

ECG-Based Concentration Recognition With Multi-Task Regression

Authors: Hirotaka Kaji, Hisashi Iizuka, Masashi Sugiyama

Wavelet p-Leader Non Gaussian Multiscale Expansions for Heart Rate Variability Analysis in Congestive Heart Failure Patients

Authors: Herwig Wendt, Patrice Abry, Ken Kiyono, Junichiro Hayano, Eiichi Watanabe, Yoshiharu Yamamoto

Using Machine Learning and a Combination of Respiratory Flow, Laryngeal Motion, and Swallowing Sounds to Classify Safe and Unsafe Swallowing

Authors: Katsufumi Inoue, Michifumi Yoshioka, Naomi Yagi, Shinsuke Nagami, Yoshitaka Oku

Mortality Prediction in Severe Congestive Heart Failure Patients With Multifractal Point-Process Modeling of Heartbeat Dynamics

Authors: Gaetano Valenza, Herwig Wendt, Ken Kiyono, Junichiro Hayano, Eiichi Watanabe, Yoshiharu Yamamoto, Patrice Abry, Riccardo Barbieri

Asynchronous Brain-Computer Interfacing Based on Mixed-Coded Visual Stimuli

Authors: Kaori Suefusa and Toshihisa Tanaka

Micromagnetic Stimulation of the Mouse Auditory Cortex In Vivo Using an Implantable Solenoid System

Authors: Shunsuke Minusa, Hisayuki Osanai, Takashi Tateno

A 750-MHz Electronically Tunable Resonator Using Microstrip Line Couplers for Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Imaging of a Mouse Tumor-Bearing Leg

Authors: Tatsuya Amida, Ririko Nakaoka, Denis A. Komarov, Kumiko Yamamoto, Osamu Inanami, Shingo Matsumoto, Hiroshi Hirata

Orbit Segmentation by Surface Reconstruction With Automatic Sliced Vertex Screening

Authors: Tai-Chiu Hsung, John Lo, Mei-Man Chong, Tazuko K. Goto, Lim-Kwong Cheung

PARHELIA: Particle Filter-Based Heart Rate Estimation From Photoplethysmographic Signals During Physical Exercise

Authors: Yuya Fujita, Masayuki Hiromoto, Takashi Sato

Enhancing Detection of SSVEPs for a High-Speed Brain Speller Using Task-Related Component Analysis

Authors: Masaki Nakanishi, Yijun Wang, Xiaogang Chen, Yu-Te Wang, Xiaorong Gao, Tzyy-Ping Jung

A Method for Collecting Single Cell Suspensions Using an Ultrasonic Pump

Authors: Misa Nakao, Yuta Kurashina, Chikahiro Imashiro, Kenjiro Takemura

A Variance Distribution Model of Surface EMG Signals Based on Inverse Gamma Distribution

Authors: Hideaki Hayashi, Akira Furui, Yuichi Kurita, Toshio Tsuji

Neurogenesis Enhances Response Specificity to Spatial Pattern Stimulation in Hippocampal Cultures

Authors: Yukimi Tanaka, Takuya Isomura, Kenta Shimba, Kiyoshi Kotani, Yasuhiko Jimbo

Automated Planning With Multivariate Shape Descriptors for Fibular Transfer in Mandibular Reconstruction

Authors: Megumi Nakao, Shimpei Aso, Yuichiro Imai, Nobuhiro Ueda, Toshihide Hatanaka, Mao Shiba, Tadaaki Kirita, Tetsuya Matsuda

Shape Sensing Techniques for Continuum Robots in Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Survey

Authors: Chaoyang Shi, Xiongbiao Luo, Peng Qi, Tianliang Li, Shuang Song, Zoran Najdovski, Toshio Fukuda, Hongliang Ren

Local Transverse-Slice-Based Level-Set Method for Segmentation of 3-D High-Frequency Ultrasonic Backscatter From Dissected Human Lymph Nodes

Authors: Thanh Minh Bui, Alain Coron, Jonathan Mamou, Emi Saegusa-Beecroft, Tadashi Yamaguchi, Eugene Yanagihara, Junji Machi, S. Lori Bridal, Ernest J. Feleppa

Continuous Blood Viscosity Monitoring System for Cardiopulmonary Bypass Applications

Authors: Shigeyuki Okahara, Zu Soh, Satoshi Miyamoto, Hidenobu Takahashi, Shinya Takahashi, Taijiro Sueda, Toshio Tsuji

Advanced Volume-Compensation Method for Indirect Finger Arterial Pressure Determination: Comparison with Brachial Sphygmomanometry

Authors: Kenta Matsumura, Takehiro Yamakoshi, Peter Rolfe, Ken-ichi Yamakoshi

Drowsiness Detection by Bayesian-Copula Discriminant Classifier Based on EEG Signals During Daytime Short Nap

Authors: Dong Qian, Bei Wang, Xiangyun Qing, Tao Zhang, Yu Zhang, Xingyu Wang, Masatoshi Nakamura

Efficient Subculture Process for Adherent Cells by Selective Collection Using Cultivation Substrate Vibration

Authors: Yuta Kurashina, Kenjiro Takemura, James R. Friend, Shogo Miyata, Jun Komotori

Hierarchical Maximum Likelihood Clustering Approach

Authors: Alok Sharma, Keith A. Boroevich, Daichi Shigemizu, Yoichiro Kamatani, Michiaki Kubo, Tatsuhiko Tsunoda

Directed Transfer Function: Unified Asymptotic Theory and Some of Its Implications

Authors: Luiz A. Baccal, Daniel Y. Takahashi, Koichi Sameshima

Detection Algorithm of Phase Singularity Using Phase Variance Analysis for Epicardial Optical Mapping Data

Authors: Naoki Tomii, Masatoshi Yamazaki, Tatsuhiko Arafune, Haruo Honjo, Nitaro Shibata, Ichiro Sakuma

Wearable ECG Based on Impulse-Radio-Type Human Body Communication

Authors: Jianqing Wang, Takuya Fujiwara, Taku Kato, Daisuke Anzai

Less Invasive and Inotrope-Reduction Approach to Automated Closed-Loop Control of Hemodynamics in Decompensated Heart Failure

Authors: Kazunori Uemura, Toru Kawada, Can Zheng, Masaru Sugimachi

Monitoring of Postoperative Bone Healing Using Smart Trauma-Fixation Device With Integrated Self-Powered Piezo-Floating-Gate Sensors

Authors: Wassim Borchani, Kenji Aono, Nizar Lajnef, Shantanu Chakrabartty

Epileptic Seizure Prediction Based on Multivariate Statistical Process Control of Heart Rate Variability Features

Authors: Koichi Fujiwara, Miho Miyajima, Toshitaka Yamakawa, Erika Abe, Yoko Suzuki, Yuriko Sawada, Manabu Kano, Taketoshi Maehara, Katsuya Ohta, Taeko Sasai-Sakuma, Tetsuo Sasano, Masato Matsuura, Eisuke Matsushima

Multiple Vital-Sign-Based Infection Screening Outperforms Thermography Independent of the Classification Algorithm

Authors: Yu Yao, Guanghao Sun, Takemi Matsui, Yukiya Hakozaki, Stefan van Waasen, Michael Schiek

Feature-Based Correlation and Topological Similarity for Interbeat Interval Estimation Using Ultrawideband Radar

Authors: Takuya Sakamoto, Ryohei Imasaka, Hirofumi Taki, Toru Sato, Mototaka Yoshioka, Kenichi Inoue, Takeshi Fukuda, Hiroyuki Sakai

Study of Estimation Method for Unsteady Inflow Velocity in Two-Dimensional Ultrasonic-Measurement-Integrated Blood Flow Simulation

Authors: Hiroko Kadowaki, Toshiyuki Hayase, Kenichi Funamoto, Nobuyuki Taniguchi

Computational Study Toward Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Using Coaxial Circular Coils

Authors: Mai Lu and Shoogo Ueno

Cup Implant Planning Based on 2-D/3-D Radiographic Pelvis Reconstruction - First Clinical Results

Authors: Steffen Schumann, Yoshinobu Sato, Yuki Nakanishi, Futoshi Yokota, Masaki Takao, Nobuhiko Sugano, Guoyan Zheng

Automated Assembly of Vascular-Like Microtube With Repetitive Single-Step Contact Manipulation

Authors: Huaping Wang, Qiang Huang, Qing Shi, Tao Yue, Shaoqi Chen, Masahiro Nakajima, Masaru Takeuchi, Toshio Fukuda

The Palm-Sized Cryoprobe System Based on Refrigerant Expansion and Boiling and Its Application to an Animal Model of Epilepsy

Authors: Tatsuji Tokiwa, Lev Zimin, Satoru Ishizuka, Takao Inoue, Masami Fujii, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Hiroshi Kajigaya, Yuji Owada, Michiyasu Suzuki, Takeshi Yamakawa

An Inflection Point Method for the Determination of Pulmonary Transit Time From Contrast Echocardiography

Authors: Steven M. Boronyak, Ken Monahan, Evan L. Brittain, W. David Merryman

Direct Gaze Estimation Based on Nonlinearity of EOG

Authors: Hiroyuki Manabe, Masaaki Fukumoto, Tohru Yagi

Patient-Specific Cortical Electrodes for Sulcal and Gyral Implantation

Authors: Shayne Morris, Masayuki Hirata, Hisato Sugata, Tetsu Goto, Kojiro Matsushita, Takufumi Yanagisawa, Youichi Saitoh, Haruhiko Kishima, Toshiki Yoshimine

A Novel EOG/EEG Hybrid Human-Machine Interface Adopting Eye Movements and ERPs: Application to Robot Control

Authors: Jiaxin Ma, Yu Zhang, Andrzej Cichocki, Fumitoshi Matsuno

An Anatomically Detailed Arterial Network Model for One-Dimensional Computational Hemodynamics

Authors: Pablo J. Blanco, Sansuke M. Watanabe, Marco Aurelio R. F. Passos, Pedro A. Lemos, Ral A. Feijo

Electronic Cleansing in Fecal-Tagging Dual-Energy CT Colonography Based on Material Decomposition and Virtual Colon Tagging

Authors: Wenli Cai, June-Goo Lee, Da Zhang, Se Hyung Kim, Michael E. Zalis, Hiroyuki Yoshida

Active Data Selection for Motor Imagery EEG Classification

Authors: Naoki Tomida, Toshihisa Tanaka, Shunsuke Ono, Masao Yamagishi, Hiroshi Higashi

Four-Class Classification of Skin Lesions With Task Decomposition Strategy

Authors: Kouhei Shimizu, Hitoshi Iyatomi, M. Emre Celebi, Kerri-Ann Norton, Masaru Tanaka

Analysis of Low-Dimensional Radio-Frequency Impedance-Based Cardio-Synchronous Waveforms for Biometric Authentication

Authors: Shreyas Venugopalan, Marios Savvides, Marc O. Griofa, Ken Cohen

Patient-Specific Coronary Stenoses Can Be Modeled Using a Combination of OCT and Flow Velocities to Accurately Predict Hyperemic Pressure Gradients

Authors: C. A. Kousera, Sukhjinder Nijjer, Ryo Torii, R. Petraco, S. Sen, N. Foin, Alun D. Hughes, Darrel P. Francis, X. Yun Xu, Justin E. Davies

Design and Evaluation of a 1.1-GHz Surface Coil Resonator for Electron Paramagnetic Resonance-Based Tooth Dosimetry

Authors: Hirotaka Sugawara, Hiroshi Hirata, Sergey Petryakov, Piotr Lesniewski, Benjamin B. Williams, Ann Barry Flood, Harold M. Swartz

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy as a Novel Proximity Sensor for Atraumatic Cochlear Implant Insertion

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A system for MEA-based multisite stimulation

Authors: Yasuhiko Jimbo, Nahoko Kasai, Keiichi Torimitsu, Takashi Tateno, Hugh P. C. Robinson

Modeling and measurement of flow effects on tracheal sounds

Authors: V. Paul Harper, Hans Pasterkamp, Hiroshi Kiyokawa, George R. Wodicka

A resampling approach to estimate the stability of one-dimensional or multidimensional independent components

Authors: Frank C. Meinecke, Andreas Ziehe, Motoaki Kawanabe, Klaus-Robert Mller

Performance of an MEG adaptive-beamformer technique in the presence of correlated neural activities: effects on signal intensity and time-course estimates

Authors: Kensuke Sekihara, Srikantan S. Nagarajan, David Poeppel, Alec Marantz

Intrabody three-dimensional position sensor for an ultrasound endoscope

Authors: Shinichi Tamura, Masatsugu Hirano, Xin Chen, Yoshinobu Sato, Yoshifumi Narumi, Masatoshi Hori, Satoru Takahashi, Hironobu Nakamura

A floating-point digital receiver for MRI

Authors: John C. Hoenninger III, Lawrence E. Crooks, Mitsuaki Arakawa

Two-dimensional mapping of impedance magnetocardiograms

Authors: Akihiko Kandori, Tsuyoshi Miyashita, Daisuke Suzuki, Koichi Yokosawa, Keiji Tsukada

Heart rate indication using musical data

Authors: Kiyoko Yokoyama, Jun-ichiroh Ushida, Yasue Sugiura, Mikako Mizuno, Yasufumi Mizuno, Kazuyuki Takata

Magnetic resonance diffractive imaging

Authors: Satoshi Ito, Akiyoshi Ono, Yoshifumi Yamada

A novel ferromagnetic thermo-stent for plaque stabilization that self-regulates the temperature

Authors: Takemi Matsui, Kouji Matsumura, Kousuke Hagisawa, Masayuki Ishihara, Toshiaki Ishizuka, Minoru Suzuki, Akira Kurita, Makoto Kikuchi

Effects of stochastic sodium channels on extracellular excitation of myelinated nerve fibers

Authors: Hiroyuki Mino and Warren M. Grill Jr.

Use of the ventricular propagated excitation model in the magnetocardiographic inverse problem for reconstruction of electrophysiological properties

Authors: Shigeharu Ohyu, Yoshiwo Okamoto, Shinya Kuriki

A quantitative evaluation of the magnetic field generated by a CA3 pyramidal cell at EPSP and action potential stages

Authors: Seiichi Sakatani and Akira Hirose

A dynamic action potential model analysis of shock-induced aftereffects in ventricular muscle by reversible breakdown of cell membrane

Authors: Katsuhiro Ohuchi, Yasuhiro Fukui, Ichiro Sakuma, Nitaro Shibata, Haruo Honjo, Itsuo Kodama

Parametric modeling of somatosensory evoked potentials using discrete cosine transform

Authors: Ou Bai, Masatoshi Nakamura, Takashi Nagamine, Hiroshi Shibasaki

Analysis of monophasic and biphasic electrical stimulation of nerve

Authors: Jay T. Rubinstein, Charles A. Miller, Hiroyuki Mino, Paul J. Abbas

Dosimetry in models of child and adult for low-frequency electric field

Authors: Akimasa Hirata, Krzysztof Caputa, Trevor W. Dawson, Maria A. Stuchly

Heart instantaneous frequency (HIF): an alternative approach to extract heart rate variability

Authors: Allan Kardec Barros and Noboru Ohnishi

Detection of nerve action potentials under low signal-to-noise ratio condition

Authors: Hironori Nakatani, Takashi Watanabe, Nozomu Hoshimiya

An implantable power supply with an optically rechargeable lithium battery

Authors: Kazuya Goto, Tetsuya Nakagawa, Osamu Nakamura, Satoshi Kawata

Artifact-resistant power-efficient design of finger-ring plethysmographic sensors

Authors: Sokwoo Rhee, Boo-Ho Yang, Haruhiko Asada

Reconstructing spatio-temporal activities of neural sources using an MEG vector beamformer technique

Authors: Kensuke Sekihara, Srikantan S. Nagarajan, David Poeppel, Alec Marantz, Yasushi Miyashita

A probabilistic solution to the MEG inverse problem via MCMC methods: the reversible jump and parallel tempering algorithms

Authors: Cdric Bertrand, Masao Ohmi, Ryoji Suzuki, Hisashi Kado

Determining the temperature distribution of a model vessel wall under pulsed laser irradiation: an experimental attempt to measure fibrous cap thickness and detect temperature elevation in atherosclerotic lesions

Authors: Takemi Matsui, Tsunenori Arai, Shunichi Sato, Minoru Suzuki, Toshiaki Ishizuka, Makoto Kikuchi, Akira Kurita

The effects of interpulse interval on stochastic properties of electrical stimulation: models and measurements

Authors: Akihiro Joseph Matsuoka, Jay T. Rubinstein, Paul J. Abbas, Charles A. Miller

Estimation of radiative heat transfer using a geometric human model

Authors: Naoto Kakuta, Shintaro Yokoyama, Mitsuyoshi Nakamura, Kunihiko Mabuchi

Development of a magnetic sensing device for tooth displacement under orthodontic forces

Authors: Noriaki Yoshida, Yoshiyuki Koga, Akihide Saimoto, Takakazu Ishimatsu, Yoshiaki Yamada, Kazuhide Kobayashi

Analysis and comparison of reflex times and electromyogram of cervical muscles under impact loading using surface and fine-wire electrodes

Authors: Adam Wittek, Koshiro Ono, Janusz Kajzer, Roland rtengren, Satoshi Inami

Footprint-based personal recognition

Authors: Kazuki Nakajima, Yoshiki Mizukami, Kanya Tanaka, Toshiyo Tamura

Nonlinear Markov process amplitude EEG model for nonlinear coupling interaction of spontaneous EEG

Authors: Ou Bai, Masatoshi Nakamura, Akio Ikeda, Hiroshi Shibasaki

In vitro simultaneous measurement of refractive index and thickness of biological tissue by the low coherence interferometry

Authors: Masato Ohmi, Yasuhito Ohnishi, Koji Yoden, Masamitsu Haruna

A clinically oriented video-based system for quantification of eyelid movements

Authors: Shinji Miyazaki, Akimasa Ishida, Atsushi Komatsuzaki

Extraction of event-related signals from multichannel bioelectrical measurements

Authors: Allan Kardec Barros, Ricardo Vigrio, Veikko Jousmki, Noboru Ohnishi

Image restoration in chirp-pulse microwave CT (CP-MCT)

Authors: Mario Bertero, Michio Miyakawa, Patrizia Boccacci, Franco Conte, Kentaroh Orikasa, Masatoshi Furutani

Special topic section on advances in statistical signal processing for medicine

Authors: Jos C. Prncipe, Sergio Cerutti, Shun-ichi Amari

Estimating neural sources from each time-frequency component of magnetoencephalographic data

Authors: Kensuke Sekihara, Srikantan S. Nagarajan, David Poeppel, Satoru Miyauchi, Norio Fujimaki, Hideaki Koizumi, Yasushi Miyashita

Detection of characteristic waves of sleep EEG by neural network analysis

Authors: Takamasa Shimada, Tsuyoshi Shiina, Yoichi Saito

A viscoelastic model of phagosome motion within cells based on cytomagnetometric measurements

Authors: Iku Nemoto and Winfried Moeller

Extraction of fluorescent dot traces from a scanning laser ophthalmoscope image sequence by spatio-temporal image analysis: Gabor filter and radon transform filtering

Authors: Shuzo Yamamoto, Yoshikazu Nakajima, Shinichi Tamura, Yoshinobu Sato, Seiyo Harino

Cortical atrophy in Alzheimer's disease unmasks electrically silent sulci and lowers EEG dipolarity

Authors: Junko Hara, William Rodman Shankle, Toshimitsu Musha

Principal component elimination method for the improvement of S/N in evoked neuromagnetic field measurements

Authors: Tetsuo Kobayashi and Shinya Kuriki

Study of the cause of the temperature rise at the muscle-bone interface during ultrasound hyperthermia

Authors: Mamiko Fujii, Katsuyuki Sakamoto, Yasunaga Toda, Akira Negishi, Hiroshi Kanai

A computer-aided approach to the structural analysis and modification of a large circulatory system model

Author: Tadashi Kitamura

MEG spatio-temporal analysis using a covariance matrix calculated from nonaveraged multiple-epoch data

Authors: Kensuke Sekihara, David Poeppel, Alec Marantz, Hideaki Koizumi, Yasushi Miyashita

Proposal of a new method for narrowing and moving the stimulated region of cochlear implants: animal experiment and numerical analysis

Authors: Shigeki Miyoshi, Shunji Shimizu, Jun'ichi Matsushima, Tohru Ifukube

A hybrid inverse approach applied to the design of lumped-element RF coils

Authors: Hiroyuki Fujita, Labros S. Petropoulos, Michael A. Morich, Shmaryu M. Shvartsmen, Robert W. Brown

Multineuronal spike classification based on multisite electrode recording, whole-waveform analysis, and hierarchical clustering

Authors: Hidekazu Kaneko, Shinya S. Suzuki, Jiro Okada, Motoyuki Akamatsu

Visualization of epileptogenic phenomena using cross-correlation analysis: localization of epileptic foci and propagation of epileptiform discharges

Authors: Yuko Mizuno-Matsumoto, Kozo Okazaki, Amami Kato, Toshiki Yoshimine, Yoshinobu Sato, Shinichi Tamura, Toru Hayakawa

Approximating dipoles from human EEG activity: the effect of dipole source configuration on dipolarity using single dipole models

Authors: Junko Hara, Toshimitsu Musha, William Rodman Shankle

Real-time discrimination of ventricular tachyarrhythmia with Fourier-transform neural network

Authors: Kei-ichiro Minami, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takeshi Toyoshima

Characterization of signals and noise rejection with bipolar longitudinal intrafascicular electrodes

Authors: Kenichi Yoshida and Richard B. Stein

Real-time 3-D model-based navigation system for endoscopic paranasal sinus surgery

Authors: Juli Yamashita, Yasushi Yamauchi, Masaaki Mochimaru, Yukio Fukui, Kazunori Yokoyama

A wavelet transform-based ECG compression method guaranteeing desired signal quality

Authors: Jie Chen and Shuichi Itoh

Strengthening of synchronized activity by tetanic stimulation in cortical cultures: application of planar electrode arrays

Authors: Yasuhiko Jimbo, Hugh P. C. Robinson, Akio Kawana

A muscular fatigue index based on the relationships between superimposed M wave and preceding background activity

Authors: Tohru Kiryu, Mari Morishiata, Hiroshi Yamada, Morihiko Okada

Effects of blood perfusion rate on the optimization of RF-capacitive hyperthermia

Authors: Satoru Fujita, Motohisa Tamazawa, Kagayaki Kuroda

The accuracy of localizing equivalent dipoles and the spatio-temporal correlations of background EEG

Authors: Toshimasa Yamazaki, Bob W. van Dijk, Henk Spekreijse

An image analyzing system using an artificial neural network for evaluating the parenchymal echo pattern of cirrhotic liver and chronic hepatitis

Authors: Hiroyuki Fukuda, Masaaki Ebara, Akira Kobayashi, Nobuyuki Sugiura, Masaharu Yoshikawa, Hiromitsu Saisho, Fukuo Kondo, Shinya Yoshino, Takashi Yahagi

A model analysis of aftereffects of high-intensity DC stimulation on action potential of ventricular muscle

Authors: Ichiro Sakuma, Tadashi Haraguchi, Katsuhiro Ohuchi, Yasuhiro Fukui, Itsuo Kodama, Junji Toyama, Nitaro Shibata, Saichi Hosoda

MEG covariance difference analysis: a method to extract target source activities by using task and control measurements

Authors: Kensuke Sekihara, David Poeppel, Alec Marantz, Colin Phillips, Hideaki Koizumi, Yasushi Miyashita

Estimation of conduction velocity distribution by regularized-least-squares method

Authors: Y. X. Tu, Andreas Wernsdorfer, Satoshi Honda, Yutaka Tomita

MSE behaviour of biomedical event-related filters [impedance cardiography application]

Authors: Allan Kardec Barros and Noboru Ohnishi

A method of ultrasonic 3-D computed velocimetry

Authors: Yukiko Ogura, Kageyoshi Katakura, Motoyoshi Okujima

Noise covariance incorporated MEG-MUSIC algorithm: a method for multiple-dipole estimation tolerant of the influence of background brain activity

Authors: Kensuke Sekihara, David Poeppel, Alec Marantz, Hideaki Koizumi, Yasushi Miyashita

Localization of brain electrical activity via linearly constrained minimum variance spatial filtering

Authors: Barry D. Van Veen, Wim van Drongelen, Moshe Yuchtman, Akifumi Suzuki

Multivariate analysis of muscular fatigue during bicycle ergometer exercise

Authors: Tohru Kiryu, Kazuyoshi Takahashi, Kentarou Ogawa

A robust reconstruction of sparse biomagnetic sources

Authors: Kentaro Matsuura and Yoichi Okabe

Long-term unrestrained measurement of stride length and walking velocity utilizing a piezoelectric gyroscope

Author: Shinji Miyazaki

Suboptimal dual adaptive control for blood pressure management

Authors: Andr Laurindo Maitelli and Takashi Yoneyama

Analysis of the posture control system under fixed and sway-referenced support conditions

Authors: Akimasa Ishida, Shoji Imai, Yutaka Fukuoka

Spectral distortion properties of the integral pulse frequency modulation model

Authors: Mitsuyuki Nakao, Masashi Norimatsu, Yoshinari Mizutani, Mitsuaki Yamamoto

Automatic extraction and measurement of leukocyte motion in microvessels using spatiotemporal image analysis

Authors: Yoshinobu Sato, Jian Chen, Reza A. Zoroofi, Noboru Harada, Shinichi Tamura, Takeshi Shiga

An inverse method to optimize heating conditions in RF-capacitive hyperthermia

Authors: Norio Tsuda, Kagayaki Kuroda, Yutaka Suzuki

Sizing emboli in blood using pulse Doppler ultrasound. II. Effects of beam refraction

Authors: Mark A. Moehring, James A. Ritcey, Akira Ishimaru

Parametric signal restoration using artificial neural networks

Authors: Andrzej Materka and Shizuo Mizushina

Generalized Wiener estimation of three-dimensional current distribution from biomagnetic measurements

Authors: Kensuke Sekihara and Bernhard Scholz

Closed-loop control of ankle position using muscle afferent feedback with functional neuromuscular stimulation

Authors: Ken Yoshida and Ken Horch

A less invasive Emax estimation method for weaning from cardiac assistance

Authors: Shin-ichi Nitta, Makoto Yoshizawa, Tomoyuki Yambe, Motonao Tanaka, Hiroshi Takeda

Blood pressure control during surgical operations

Authors: Eiko Furutani, Mituhiko Araki, Tadahiro Sakamoto, Shunzo Maetani

Modeling of micturition characteristics based on prostatic stiffness modulation induced using hormones and adrenergic antagonists

Authors: Sadao Omata and Christos E. Constantinou

Selective minimum-norm solution of the biomagnetic inverse problem

Authors: Kanta Matsuura and Yoichi Okabe

Comparative simulation of excitation and body surface electrocardiogram with isotropic and anisotropic computer heart models

Authors: Daming Wei, Osamu Okazaki, Kenichi Harumi, Eishi Harasawa, Hidehiro Hosaka

Filtering noncorrelated noise in impedance cardiography

Authors: Allan Kardec Barros, Makoto Yoshizawa, Yoshifumi Yasuda

Average-intensity reconstruction and Wiener reconstruction of bioelectric current distribution based on its estimated covariance matrix

Authors: Kensuke Sekihara and Bernhard Scholz

Estimation of shear modulus distribution in soft tissue from strain distribution

Authors: Chikayoshi Sumi, Akifumi Suzuki, Kiyoshi Nakayama

Effects of strong pulsed magnetic fields on the cardiac activity of an open chest dog

Authors: Masuhiro Yamaguchi, Tomio Andoh, Tsuneaki Goto, Akhito Hosono, Tadashi Kawakami, Fukuichiro Okumura, Toshifumi Takenaka, Isao Yamamoto

Multiple current dipole estimation using simulated annealing

Authors: Hideaki Haneishi, Nagaaki Ohyama, Kensuke Sekihara, Toshio Honda

AR modeling of myoelectric interference signals during a ramp contraction

Authors: Tohru Kiryu, Carlo J. De Luca, Yoshiaki Saitoh

A neurosynaptic model of state-dependent EEG wave generation in the subcortico-cortical system

Author: Kenji Itoh

Ferromagnetic high-permeability alloy alone can provide sufficient low-frequency and eddy-current shieldings for biomagnetic measurements

Authors: Yoshio C. Okada, Bharat Shah, Jin-Chu Huang

Telemedicine using mobile satellite communication

Authors: Hajime Murakami, Koichi Shimizu, Katsuyuki Yamamoto, Tomohisa Mikami, Nozomu Hoshimiya, Kimio Kondo

A CMOS integrated circuit for multichannel multiple-subject biotelemetry using bidirectional optical transmissions [weightlessness in space effects application]

Authors: Shoji Kawahito, Susumu Ueda, Maloto Ishida, Tetsuro Nakamura, Shiro Usui, Shunji Nagaoka

On-line determination of pulmonary blood flow using respiratory inert gas analysis

Authors: Kezheng Gan, Isao Nishi, Ian Chin, Arthur S. Slutsky

A new method for measuring small local vibrations in the heart using ultrasound

Authors: Hiroshi Kanai, Hiroaki Satoh, Kouichi Hirose, Noriyoshi Chubachi

A robust controller for insulin pumps based on H-infinity theory

Authors: Karl Heinz Kienitz and Takashi Yoneyama

A parametric modeling of ionic channel current fluctuations using third-order statistics and its application to estimation of the kinetic parameters of single ionic channels

Author: Hiroyuki Mino

Relationship between dipole parameter estimation errors and measurement conditions in magnetoencephalography

Authors: Yukiko Ogura and Kensuke Sekihara

Simultaneous measurement of intracellular calcium and electrical activity from patterned neural networks in culture

Authors: Yasuhiko Jimbo, Hugh P. C. Robinson, Akio Kawana

Monitoring of electrocardiograms in bed without utilizing body surface electrodes

Author: Masa Ishijima

Compressing data volume of left ventricular cineangiograms

Authors: Kazuo Toraichi, Takahiko Horiuchi, Rudolf E. Kalman, Yasuhiro Ohtaki, Humihiko Nagasaki

Selective stimulation of peripheral nerve fibers using dual intrafascicular electrodes

Authors: Ken Yoshida and Ken Horch

Control strategies for arterial blood pressure regulation

Authors: Satoru Isaka and Anthony V. Sebald

A method of analyzing nonstationary ionic channel current fluctuations in the presence of an additive measurement noise

Author: Hiroyuki Mino

Real-time cardiac output estimation of the circulatory system under left ventricular assistance

Authors: Makoto Yoshizawa, Hiroshi Takeda, Makoto Miura, Tomoyuki Yambe, Yoshiaki Katahira, Shin-ichi Nitta

Waveform estimation from noisy signals with variable signal delay using bispectrum averaging

Author: Masahiko Nakamura

An RF concentrating method using inductive aperture-type applicators

Authors: Yasuhiko Fujita, Hirokazu Kato, Tetsuya Ishida

Correction for apparent prolongation of mean transit time resulting from response time in a thermodilution system

Authors: Takashi Segawa, Michio Arakawa, Kenjiro Kambara, Hidetaka Miyazaki, Fumio Ando, Tomoo Kawada

A time domain approach for the fluctuation analysis of heart rate related to instantaneous lung volume

Authors: Kazuo Yana, J. Philip Saul, Ronald D. Berger, Michael H. Perrott, Richard J. Cohen

Ambulatory oxygen uptake measurement system

Authors: Toshiyo Tamura, Kazuhiko Sato, Tatsuo Togawa

Clinical application of an active electrode using an operational amplifier

Authors: Suzushi Nishimura, Yutaka Tomita, Toshio Horiuchi

A multimicroelectrode system composed of independent glass micropipettes with an eccentric tip structure for simultaneous intracellular recording

Authors: Masahisa Saburi, Masahiro Yamada, Yukifumi Shigematsu

Maximum-likelihood estimation of current-dipole parameters for data obtained using multichannel magnetometer

Authors: Kensuke Sekihara, Yukiko Ogura, Masao Hotta

Investigation on parametric analysis of dynamic EMG signals by a muscle-structured simulation model

Authors: Tohru Kiryu, Yoshiaki Saitoh, Kiyoshi Ishioka

An automatic control algorithm for the optimal driving of the ventricular-assist device

Authors: Makoto Yoshizawa, Hiroshi Takeda, Takeshi Watanabe, Makoto Miura, Tomoyuki Yambe, Yoshiaki Katahira, Shin-ichi Nitta

A muscle fatigue index based on the relationship between preceding background activity, and myotatic reflex response (MRR)

Authors: Tohru Kiryu, Yoshiaki Saitoh, Kiyoshi Ishioka

Development of a new geometrical form of micropipette: electrical characteristics and an application as a potassium ion selective electrode

Authors: Paulo Jos Abatti and Toyosaka Moriizumi

448-Detector optical recording system: development and application to Aplysia gill-withdrawal reflex

Authors: Michio Nakashima, Satoshi Yamada, Satoru Shiono, Mitsuo Maeda, Fumihide Satoh

New noninvasive transcutaneous approach to blood glucose monitoring: successful glucose monitoring on human 75 g OGTT with novel sampling chamber

Authors: Shinsuke Kayashima, Tsunenori Arai, Makoto Kikuchi, Noriharu Sato, Naokazu Nagata, Osamu Takatani, Narushi Ito, Jun Kimura, Toshihide Kuriyama, Aiko Kaneyoshi

Measurement of human red blood cell deformability using a single micropore on a thin Si3N4 film

Authors: Eiji Ogura, Paulo Jos Abatti, Toyosaka Moriizumi

The use of modified constellation graph method for computer-aided classification of congenital heart diseases

Authors: Tomio Sekiya, Akira Watanabe, Masao Saito

Perceived locus and intensity of electrocutaneous stimulation

Authors: Atsuki Higashiyama and Gary B. Rollman

Control of specific absorption rate distribution using capacitive electrodes and inductive aperture-type applicators: implications for radiofrequency hyperthermia

Authors: Hirokazu Kato, Jeffrey W. Hand, Michael V. Prior, Masahiko Furukawa, Osamu Yamamoto, Tetsuya Ishida

A blind mobility aid modeled after echolocation of bats

Authors: Tohru Ifukube, Tadayuki Sasaki, Chen Peng

Nonlinear interpolation of mandibular kinesiographic signals by applying sensitivity method to a GMDH correction model

Authors: Motoyasu Nagata, Kenji Takada, Mamoru Sakuda

Measurements of dental cast profile and three-dimensional tooth movement during orthodontic treatment

Authors: Katsuyuki Yamamoto, Syunsuke Hayashi, Hirofumi Nishikawa, Shinji Nakamura, Tomohisa Mikami

Deterioration of average evoked potential waveform due to asynchronous averaging and its compensation

Authors: Masatoshi Nakamura, Shigeto Nishida, Hiroshi Shibasaki

Describing head shape with surface harmonic expansions

Authors: Christopher Purcell, Takunori Mashiko, Kazumi Odaka, Keiichi Ueno

On-line pressure estimation for a left heart assist device

Authors: Tadashi Kitamura and David R. Gross

An application of magnet and magnetic sensor: measurement system for tooth movement

Authors: Yoshiaki Yamada, Noriaki Yoshida, Kazuhide Kobayashi, Kiyotaka Yamauchi

Three-dimensional quantitative coronary angiography

Authors: Tsuneo Saito, Motohide Misaki, Kunio Shirato, Tamotsu Takishima

A method for real-time processing to study recovery functions of evoked potentials

Authors: Masatoshi Nakamura, Hiroshi Shibasaki, Shigeto Nishida, Ryuji Neshige

Left atrial pressure controller design for an artificial heart

Author: Tadashi Kitamura

Development of an implantable motor-driven assist pump system

Authors: Yoyhinodi Mitamura, Eiji Okamoto, Atsushi Hirano, Tomohisa Mikami

New tetrapolar circuit method using magnetic field for measurement of local impedance change in biological substances

Authors: Tadashi Takemae, Yuhio Kosugi, Haruo Saito, Jun Ikebe, Shinchi Okubo, Minoru Hongo

Discrimination of synthetic vowels by using tactile vocoder and a comparison to that of an eight-channel cochlear implant

Author: Tohru Ifukube

A parametric modeling of membrane current fluctuations with its application to the estimation of the kinetic properties of single ionic channels

Authors: Hiroyuki Mino and Kazuo Yana

A method for recovering physiological components from dynamic radionuclide images using the maximum entropy principle: a numerical investigation

Authors: Masahiko Nakamura, Yutaka Suzuki, Shin Kobayashi

Orderly stimulation of skeletal muscle motor units with tripolar nerve cuff electrode

Authors: Richard V. Baratta, Masayoshi Ichie, Sung Kwan Hwang, Moshe Solomonow

Functional neuromuscular stimulation system using an implantable hydroxyapatite connector and a microprocessor-based portable stimulator

Authors: Kenzo Akazawa, Masaaki Makikawa, Jiro Kawamura, Hideki Aoki

Development of percutaneous intramuscular electrode for multichannel FES system

Authors: Yasunobu Handa, Nozomu Hoshimiya, Yasutaka Iguchi, Takashi Oda

A multichannel FES system for the restoration of motor functions in high spinal cord injury patients: a respiration-controlled system for multijoint upper extremity

Authors: Nozomu Hoshimiya, Akira Naito, Michihiro Yajima, Yasunobu Handa

Estimation of the energy of cytoplasmic movements by magnetometry: effects of temperature and intracellular concentration of ATP

Authors: Iku Nemoto, Kazuhito Ogura, Hideki Toyotama

Knowledge representation and compilation for symptom-disease-test relationships

Authors: Masahiko Okada and Mihoko Okada

High resolution NMR spectroscopy using a recursive algorithm

Authors: Kiyoshi Nishiyama and Tsutomu Mita

Separation of fine crackles from vesicular sounds by a nonlinear digital filter

Authors: Mariko Ono, Karakawa Arakawa, Masashi Mori, Tsuneaki Sugimoto, Hiroshi Harashima

Vector analysis of three-dimensional evoked potentials: eccentric dipoles

Authors: John C. Witt, Vernon L. Towle, Richard Munson, Takayuki Ohira, Jean-Paul Spire

Telemetry of human electrocardiograms in aerial and aquatic environments

Authors: Noboru Utsuyama, Hisao Yamaguchi, Shigeru Obara, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Seiichi Fukuta, Jun Nakahira, Shingo Tanabe, Eizo Bando, Hiroshi Miyamoto

Topographical map of innervation zones within single motor units measured with a grid surface electrode

Authors: Tadashi Masuda and Tsugutake Sadoyama

Possible determinants of pulse-wave velocity in vivo

Author: Masahiko Okada

On the relations between the excitation fronts propagating in the heart and the equivalent dipoles

Authors: Yoshiwo Okamoto, Masanori Aoki, Toshimitsu Musha, Ken-Ichi Harumi

Microcomputer-based image processing system for measuring sarcomere motion of single cardiac cells

Authors: Toshio Sato, Toshifumi Watanabe, Haruo Honjo, Yoshihide Naito, Itsuo Kodama, Junji Toyama

Visualization of electric fields around a biological body

Authors: Koichi Shimizu, Hideto Endo, Goro Matsumoto

A new collision method for the detection of axonal hazard

Authors: Yukio Kosugi, Naonori Yanagawa, Jun Ikebe

An insulated dipole applicator for intracavitary hyperthermia

Authors: Shira L. Broschat, Chung-Kwang Chou, Kenneth H. Luk, Arthur W. Guy, Akira Ishimaru

A miniature hybrid reflection type optical sensor for measurement of hemoglobin content and oxygen saturation of whole blood

Authors: Setsuo Takatini, Hiroyuki Noda, Hisateru Takano, Tetsuzo Akutsu

Measurement of low-resistance points on the skin by dry roller electrodes

Authors: Tatsuma Yamamoto, Yoshitake Yamamoto, Kiyotaka Yasuhara, Yuzo Yamaguchi, W. Yasumo, Akiharu Yoshida

An articulated neurosurgical navigation system using MRI and CT images

Authors: Yukio Kosugi, Eiju Watanabe, Junichi Goto, Takashi Watanabe, Satonobu Yoshimoto, Kintomo Takakura, Jun Ikebe

Microcomputer-aided insulin dose determination in intensified conventional insulin therapy

Authors: Takehide Shimauchi, Nobuo Kugai, Naokazu Nagata, Osamu Takatani

A Simulation Study of Intracranial Pressure Increment Using an Electrical Circuit Model of Cerebral Circulation

Authors: Tadashi Takemae, Yukio Kosugi, Jun Ikebe, Yoriyoshi Kumagai, Kiyoshi Matsuyama, Haruo Saito

A Speech Processor with Lateral Inhibition for an Eight Channel Cochlear Implant and its Evaluation

Authors: Tohru Ifukube and Robert L. White

Current Distributions Produced Inside and Outside the Cochlea from a Scala Tympani Electrode Array

Authors: Tohru Ifukube and Robert L. White

Laser Doppler Technique for Absolute Measurement of Blood Speed in Retinal Vessels

Authors: Gilbert T. Feke, Douglas G. Goger, Hiroshi Tagawa, Francois C. Delori

The EMG-Force Model of Electrically Stimulated Muscle: Dependence on Control Strategy and Predominant Fiber Composition

Authors: Moshe Solomonow, Richard V. Baratta, Bing-He Zhou, Hiromu Shoji, Robert D. D'Ambrosia

The Effects of Distant Cardiac Electrical Events on Local Activation in Unipolar Epicardial Electrograms

Authors: Susan M. Blanchard, Ralph J. Damiano Jr., Tetsuo Asano, William M. Smith, Raymond E. Ideker, James E. Lowe

Three-Dimensional Simulation of the Ventricular Depolarization and Repolarization Processes and Body Surface Potentials: Nornal Heart and Bundle Branch Block

Authors: Masanori Aoki, Yoshiwo Okamoto, Toshimitsu Musha, Ken-Ichi Harumi

Electric Dipole Tracing in the Brain by Means of the Boundary Element Method and Its Accuracy

Authors: Bin He, Toshimitsu Musha, Yoshiwo Okamoto, Saburo Homma, Yoshio Nakajima, Toshio Sato

Spectral Broadening in Ultrasonic Doppler Flowmeters Due to Unsteady Flow

Authors: Sho Kikkawa, Takami Yamaguchi, Kazuo Tanishita, Motoaki Sugawara

A Left Ventricular Function Analyzer and Its Application

Authors: Kazuo Toraichi, Kazuki Katagishi, Ryoichi Mori

Detection and Analysis of Cranial Bruit

Authors: Yukio Kosugi, Jun Ikebe, Shoji Hara, Kintomo Takakura

Maximum Likelihood Identification of a Posture Control System

Authors: Akimasa Ishida and Shinji Miyazaki