IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine

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Assessment of residual radioactivity by a comprehensive wireless, wearable device in thyroid cancer patients undergoing radionuclide therapy and comparison with the results of a home device: a feasibility study
R. Gallachio, D. Scapicchio, A. Nardelli, T. Pellegrino, M. Prisco, P. Mainenti, C. Sirignano, P. Pedicini, G. Storto
Objective: To investigate the feasibility of using a wireless wearable device (WD) in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) patients undergoing radionuclide therapy with I-131 (RAI) and protected hospitalization, this study compared the measurements of residual radioactivity obtained with those registered by... Read more
Posted on 3 DEC 2020
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Can mHealth Technology Help Mitigate the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Catherine P. Adans-Dester, Stacy Bamberg, Francesco Bertacchi, Brian Caulfield, Kara Chappie, Danilo Demarchi, M. Kelley Erb, Juan Estrada, Eric Fabara, Michael Freni, E. Karl Friedl, Roozbeh Ghaffari, Geoffrey Gill, Mark S. Greenberg, Reed W. Hoyt, Emil Jovanov, Christoph Kanzler, Dina Katabi, Meredith Kernan, Colleen Kigin, Sunghoon Ivan Lee, Steffen Leonhardt, Nigel Hamilton Lovell, Jose Mantilla, Thomas H. McCoy, Nell Meosky Luo, Glenn A. Miller, John Moore, Derek O'Keeffe, Jeffrey Palmer, Federico Parisi, Shyamal Patel, Ming Jack Po, Benito L. Pugliese, Thomas Quatieri, Tauhidur Rahman, Nathan Ramasarma, John A. Rogers, Guillermo U. Ruiz-Esparza, Stefano Sapienza, Gregory Schiurring, Lee Schwamm, Hadi Shafiee, Sara Kelly Silacci, Nathaniel M. Sims, Tanya Talkar, William J. Tharion, James A. Toombs, Christopher Uschnig, Gloria Vergara, Paul Wacnik, May D. Wang, James Welch, Lina Williamson, Ross Zafonte, Adrian Zai, Yuan-Ting Zhang, Guillermo J. Tearney, Rushdy Ahmad, David R. Walt, Paolo Bonato
Goal: The aim of the study herein reported was to review mobile health (mHealth) technologies and explore their use to monitor and mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A Task Force was assembled by recruiting individuals with expertise... Read more
Posted on 17 AUG 2020
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Stable Responsive EMG Sequence Prediction and Adaptive Reinforcement with Temporal Convolutional Networks
Joseph L. Betthauser, John T. Krall, Shain G. Bannowsky, Gyorgy Levay, Rahul R. Kaliki, Matthew S. Fifer, Nitish V. Thakor
Movement prediction from EMG can be performed by compressing a short window of EMG into a feature-encoding that is meaningful for classification— an approach that can cause erratic prediction behavior. Temporal convolutional networks (TCN) leverage temporal information from EMG to achieve superior predictions for 3 simultaneous degrees-of-freedom that are more accurate and stable, have a very low response delay, and allow for novel types of interactive training. Addressing EMG decoding as a sequential prediction problem requires a new set of considerations that will lead to enhancements in the reliability, responsiveness, and movement complexity available from prosthesis control systems... Read more
Posted on 29 MAY 2020
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Reduced Rank Least Squares for Real-Time Short Term Estimation of Mean Arterial Blood Pressure in Septic Patients Receiving Norepinephrine
Yi Tang, Samuel Brown, Jeff Sorensen, Joel B. Harley
    Abstract Norepinephrine (NE), an endogenous catecholamine, is a mainstay treatment for septic shock, which is a life-threatening manifestation of severe infection. NE counteracts the loss in blood pressure associated with septic shock. However, an NE infusion that is too low fails... Read more
Posted on 18 JUN 2019
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Wearable Devices for Precision Medicine and Health State Monitoring
In cheol Jeong, David Bychkov, Peter C. Searson
   A key requirement for precision medicine is the ability to define clinically-relevant subgroups that enable improved patient management as well as the elucidation of disease mechanisms. The ability to define subgroups requires measurements with high information content and with a... Read more
Posted on 1 MAY 2019
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Fracture Healing Monitoring by Impact Tests: Single Case Study of a Fractured Tibia with External Fixator
Lorenza Mattei, Francesca Di Puccio, Stefano Marchetti
   Abstract: The correct evaluation of the healing process is important to define proper times of fixator dynamization and removal, avoiding refractures. Unfortunately, a quantitative healing assessment is not yet available in clinical practice. The aim of the paper is to prove... Read more
Posted on 27 MAR 2019
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Unobtrusive Detection of Simulated Orthostatic Hypotension and Supine Hypertension using Ballistocardiogram and Electrocardiogram of Healthy Adults
Isaac S. Chang, Narges Armanfard, Abdul Qadir Javaid, Jennifer Boger, Alex Mihailidis
Effective management of neurogenic orthostatic hypotension and supine hypertension (SH-OH) due autonomic failure requires a frequent and timely adjustment of medication throughout the day to maintain the blood pressure (BP) within the normal range, i.e., an accurate depiction of BP... Read more
Posted on 10 OCT 2018
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Healthcare Event and Activity Logging
Carlos Torres, Jeffrey C. Fried, B. S. Manjunath
   Part of the Special Issue on Advanced Internet of Things in Personalized Healthcare Systems: Validation, Analysis and Utilization The health of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) can change frequently and inexplicably. Crucial events and activities responsible for these changes... Read more
Posted on 19 SEP 2018
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Design and Study of a Smart Cup for Monitoring the Arm and Hand Activity of Stroke Patients
Si Mon Kueh, Tom J. Kazmierski
  This paper presents a new platform to monitor the arm and hand activity of stroke patients during rehabilitation exercises in the hospital and at home during their daily living activities. The platform provides relevant data to the therapist in order... Read more
Posted on 10 SEP 2018
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Screening for Cognitive Impairment by Model Assisted Cerebral Blood Flow Estimation
Toni Lassila, Luigi Yuri Di Marco, Micaela Mitolo, Vicenzo Iaia, Giorgio Levedianos, Annalena Venneri, Alejandro F. Frangi
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive and debilitating neurodegenerative disease; one in ten people aged 65 and older have it. As there is no cure for Alzheimer’s disease, early diagnosis is crucial so that mitigating treatments can be initiated as soon... Read more
Posted on 19 JUN 2018