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A Framework for Efficient N-Way Interaction Testing in Case/Control Studies With Categorical Data 150 150 IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB)

A Framework for Efficient N-Way Interaction Testing in Case/Control Studies With Categorical Data
Author(s)3: Aristos Aristodimou, Athos Antoniades, Efthimios Dardiotis, Eleni M. Loizidou, George M. Spyrou, Christina Votsi, Kyproula Christodoulou, Marios Pantzaris, Nikolaos Grigoriadis, Georgios M. Hadjigeorgiou, Theodoros Kyriakides, Constantinos S. Pattichis

Most common diseases are influenced by multiple gene interactions and interactions with the environment. Performing an exhaustive search to identify such interactions is computationally expensive and needs to address the…

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Stand-Up, Squat, Lunge, and Walk With a Robotic Knee and Ankle Prosthesis Under Shared Neural Control 150 150 IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB)

Stand-Up, Squat, Lunge, and Walk With a Robotic Knee and Ankle Prosthesis Under Shared Neural Control
Author(s)3: Grace R. Hunt, Sarah Hood, Tommaso Lenzi

Emerging robotic knee and ankle prostheses present an opportunity to restore the biomechanical function of missing biological legs, which is not possible with conventional passive prostheses. However, challenges in coordinating…

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Cgmquantify: Python and R Software Packages for Comprehensive Analysis of Interstitial Glucose and Glycemic Variability from Continuous Glucose Monitor Data 150 150 IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB)

Cgmquantify: Python and R Software Packages for Comprehensive Analysis of Interstitial Glucose and Glycemic Variability from Continuous Glucose Monitor Data
Author(s)3: Brinnae Bent, Maria Henriquez, Jessilyn P. Dunn

Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is commonly used in Type 1 diabetes management by clinicians and patients and in diabetes research to understand how factors of longitudinal glucose and glucose variability…

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Semi-Automated Graphical System for Calculating Pulmonary Vascular Impedances in a Clinical Setting 150 150 IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB)

Semi-Automated Graphical System for Calculating Pulmonary Vascular Impedances in a Clinical Setting
Author(s)3: Timothy Bachman, Kang Kim, Marc Simon

Computer graphic on right illustrates the steps necessary to analyze PVZ using the CompositePVZ © software. This includes measuring pulmonary artery (PA) diameter, tracing of PA pressure waveforms, pulsed-wave Doppler…

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Local Alignment of DNA Sequence Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning 150 150 IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB)

Local Alignment of DNA Sequence Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning
Author(s)3: Yong-Joon Song, Dong-Ho Cho

Goal: Over the decades, there have been improvements in the sequence alignment algorithm, with significant advances in various aspects such as complexity and accuracy. However, human-defined algorithms have an explicit…

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Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography and Transient Optical Coherence Elastography: Side-by-Side Comparison of Repeatability and Accuracy 150 150 IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB)

Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography and Transient Optical Coherence Elastography: Side-by-Side Comparison of Repeatability and Accuracy
Author(s)3: Justin R Rippy, Manmohan Singh, Salavat Aglyamov, Kirill V. Larin

Objective: We compare the repeatability and accuracy of ultrasound shear wave elastography (USE) and transient optical coherence elastography (OCE). Methods: Elastic wave speed in gelatin phantoms and chicken breast was…

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Analyzing Self-Efficacy and Summary Feedback in Automated Social Skills Training 150 150 IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB)

Analyzing Self-Efficacy and Summary Feedback in Automated Social Skills Training
Author(s)3: Hiroki Tanaka, Hidemi Iwasaka, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Kosuke Okazaki, Satoshi Nakamura

Goal: Although automated social skills training has been proposed to enhance human social skills, the following two aspects have not been adequately explored: what types of feedback are effective from…

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Privacy-Preserving Deep Speaker Separation for Smartphone-Based Passive Speech Assessment 150 150 IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB)

Privacy-Preserving Deep Speaker Separation for Smartphone-Based Passive Speech Assessment
Author(s)3: Apiwat Ditthapron, Emmanuel O Agu, Adam C Lammert

Goal: Smartphones can be used to passively assess and monitor patients’ speech impairments caused by ailments such as Parkinson’s disease, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and neurodegenerative…

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Deep Learning Classification of Systemic Sclerosis Skin using the MobileNetV2 Model 150 150 IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB)

Deep Learning Classification of Systemic Sclerosis Skin using the MobileNetV2 Model
Author(s)3: Metin Akay, Yong Du, Cheryl L Sershen, Minghua Wu, Ting Y Chen, Shervin Assassi, Chandra Mohan, Yasemin M. Akay

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune, systemic disease with prominent fibrosis of skin and internal organs. Early diagnosis of the disease is crucial for designing effective therapy and management…

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