Published Articles

Health Informatics for Neonatal Intensive Care Units: An Analytical Modeling Perspective

Author(s)3: Hamzeh Khazaei, Nadja Mench-Bressan, Carolyn McGregor, James Edward Pugh
Health Informatics for Neonatal Intensive Care Units: An Analytical Modeling Perspective 780 507 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

The effective use of data within intensive care units (ICUs) has great potential to create new cloud-based health analytics solutions for disease prevention or earlier condition onset detection. The Artemis…

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Using Smartphone Sensors for Improving Energy Expenditure Estimation

Author(s)3: Amit Pande, Jindan Zhu, Aveek Das, Yunze Zeng, Prasant Mohapatra, Jay Han
Using Smartphone Sensors for Improving Energy Expenditure Estimation 780 242 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

Energy Expenditure (EE) estimation is an important factor in tracking personal activity and preventing chronic diseases such as obesity and diabetes. Accurate and real-time EE estimation utilizing small wearable sensors…

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Assessing the relative integrity of formed cardiac linear lesions by recording both focal monophasic action potentials and contact forces: a technical brief

Author(s)3: Paul Iaizzo, Mark Benscoter
Assessing the relative integrity of formed cardiac linear lesions by recording both focal monophasic action potentials and contact forces: a technical brief 780 434 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

The use of therapeutic ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation has become a mainstay in the treatment of this disease, yet often these individuals require multiple procedures. In other words,…

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Analyzing Systolic–Diastolic Interval Interaction Characteristics in Diabetic Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy Progression

Author(s)3: Mohammad Hasan Imam, Chandan K. Karmakar, Herbert F. Jelinek, Marimuthu Palaniswami, Ahsan H. Khandoker
Analyzing Systolic–Diastolic Interval Interaction Characteristics in Diabetic Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy Progression 780 582 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

This paper proposes an ECG based measure for analysing Cardiac autonomic Neuropathy (CAN) related alteration in the temporal synchronization of left ventricle function (i.e. Systolic-diastolic interval interaction (SDI)). The measure…

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An Ontology for Telemedicine Systems Resiliency to Technological Context Variations in Pervasive Healthcare

Author(s)3: Nekane Larburu, Richard Bults, Marten J. van Sinderen, Ing Widya, Hermie J. Hermens
An Ontology for Telemedicine Systems Resiliency to Technological Context Variations in Pervasive Healthcare 780 435 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

Part of the JTEHM BHI 2014 Special Issue. This paper presents an ontology for a quality of data (QoD) framework that enables the development of QoD-aware telemedicine systems in pervasive…

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neuroBi: A Highly Configurable Neurostimulator for a Retinal Prosthesis and Other Applications

Author(s)3: Kyle D. Slater, Nicholas C. Sinclair, Timothy S. Nelson, Peter J. Blamey, Hugh J. McDermott
neuroBi: A Highly Configurable Neurostimulator for a Retinal Prosthesis and Other Applications 780 435 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

This paper presents an innovative neurostimulator for use with a suprachoroidal retinal prosthesis. Clinical test results are described which show it to be effective in eliciting visual percepts in a…

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A Comparison of Ultrasound Intima-media Thickness Measurements of the Left and Right Common Carotid Artery

Author(s)3: Christos P. Loizou, Andrew Nicolaides, Efthyvoulos Kyriacou, Niki Georghiou, Maura Griffin, Constandinos S. Pattichis
A Comparison of Ultrasound Intima-media Thickness Measurements of the Left and Right Common Carotid Artery 500 513 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

The intima-media (IMT) thickness of the common carotid artery is an established indicator of cardiovascular disease, and the difference between the left and the right sides of the CCA IMT…

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Computer Vision Techniques for Transcatheter Intervention

Author(s)3: Feng Zhao, Xianghua Xie, Matthew Roach
Computer Vision Techniques for Transcatheter Intervention 780 275 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

This paper provides a comprehensive review for researchers of computer vision techniques and methodologies in transcatheter intervention. Minimally invasive transcatheter technologies have demonstrated substantial promise for the diagnosis and the…

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Technical validation of ARTSENS – An image free device for evaluation of vascular stiffness

Author(s)3: Jayaraj Joseph, Ravikumar Radhakrishnan, Shitanshu Kusmakar, Arya Sree Thrivikraman, Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam
Technical validation of ARTSENS – An image free device for evaluation of vascular stiffness 540 372 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

Vascular stiffness is an indicator of cardiovascular health, with carotid artery stiffness having established correlation to coronary heart disease and utility in cardiovascular diagnosis and screening. State of art equipment…

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