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Spatial Mutual Information as Similarity Measure for 3D Brain Image Registration

Spatial Mutual Information as Similarity Measure for 3D Brain Image Registration 540 362 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

Information theoretic-based similarity measures, in particular mutual information, are widely used for intermodal/intersubject 3D brain image registration. However, conventional mutual information does not take into account spatial dependency between adjacent…

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Accurate and Fully Automatic Hippocampus Segmentation Using Subject-specific 3D Optimal Local Maps into a Hybrid ActiveContour Model

Accurate and Fully Automatic Hippocampus Segmentation Using Subject-specific 3D Optimal Local Maps into a Hybrid ActiveContour Model 540 232 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

Assessing the structural integrity of the hippocampus (HC) is an essential step towards prevention, diagnosis and follow-up of various brain disorders due to the implication of the structural changes of…

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A Device for Local or Remote Monitoring of Hand Rehabilitation Sessions for Rheumatic Patients

A Device for Local or Remote Monitoring of Hand Rehabilitation Sessions for Rheumatic Patients 540 372 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

Current clinical practice suggests that recovering the hand functionality lost or reduced by injuries, interventions and chronic diseases requires, beyond pharmacological treatments, a kinesiotherapic intervention. This form of rehabilitation consists…

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Gastric Contraction Imaging System Using a Three-Dimensional Endoscope

Gastric Contraction Imaging System Using a Three-Dimensional Endoscope 540 527 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

This paper presents a gastric contraction imaging system for assessment of gastric motility using a three-dimensional endoscope. Gastrointestinal diseases are mainly based on morphological abnormalities. However, gastrointestinal symptoms are sometimes…

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Detection of Cardiac Quiescence from B-Mode Echocardiography using a Correlation-Based Frame-to-Frame Deviation Measure

Detection of Cardiac Quiescence from B-Mode Echocardiography using a Correlation-Based Frame-to-Frame Deviation Measure 150 150 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

Two novel methods for detecting cardiac quiescent phases from B-mode echocardiography using a correlation-based frame-to-frame deviation measure were developed. Accurate knowledge of cardiac quiescence is crucial to the performance of…

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icuARM – An ICU Clinical Decision Support System Using Association Rule Mining

icuARM – An ICU Clinical Decision Support System Using Association Rule Mining

icuARM – An ICU Clinical Decision Support System Using Association Rule Mining 540 295 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

The rapid development of biomedical monitoring technologies has enabled modern intensive care units (ICUs) to gather vast amounts of multimodal measurement data about their patients. However, processing large volumes of…

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This paper presents a state-of-art survey of eye tracking and head movement detection methods proposed in the literature.

Eye Tracking and Head Movement Detection: A State-of-Art Survey

Eye Tracking and Head Movement Detection: A State-of-Art Survey 540 272 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

This paper presents a state-of-art survey of eye tracking and head movement detection methods proposed in the literature. Eye-gaze detection and tracking have been an active research field in the…

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Novel Flurometric Tool to Assess Mitochondrial Redox State of Isolated Perfused Rat Lungs after Exposure to Hyperoxia

Novel Flurometric Tool to Assess Mitochondrial Redox State of Isolated Perfused Rat Lungs after Exposure to Hyperoxia 420 347 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

Recently we demonstrated the utility of optical fluorometry to detect a change in the redox status of mitochondrial autofluorescent coenzymes NADH (Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide) and FAD (oxidized form of Flavin…

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Rapid, Affordable, and Point-of-Care Water Monitoring Via a Microfluidic DNA Sensor and a Mobile Interface for Global Health

Rapid, Affordable, and Point-of-Care Water Monitoring Via a Microfluidic DNA Sensor and a Mobile Interface for Global Health 150 150 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

Contaminated water is a serious concern in many developing countries with severe health consequences particularly for children. Current methods for monitoring waterborne pathogens are often time consuming, expensive, and labor…

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