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Exploratory Study Of Gold Nanoshell As A Therapeutic Thermal Ablation Agent For Cancer Treatment Using Laboratory And Animal Tissue Phantoms
(Biomedical Engineering, 2010-03-03)Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer in the United States and the second leading cause of male death from cancer. Surgical removal of the prostate is associated with high risks of surgical complications and ... -
EXPLORING IMAGING TECHNOLOGY IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PEDIATRIC MEDICALLY REFRACTORY EPILEPSY WITH INTRACRANIAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND POST-SURGICAL EVALUATIONS
(2021-05-03)Abstract Exploring Imaging Technology in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Medically Refractory Epilepsy with Intracranial Electroencephalography and Post-Surgical Evaluations Nasheha Baset, MS The University ... -
FABRICATION AND EXAMINATION OF MAGNETIC BACTERIAL CELLULOSE AS A MATERIAL FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
(2020-06-08)Bacterial cellulose (BC) is one of the most abundant biopolymers in nature. Several attributes such as facilitative modification, high pore size/porosity, able to mass produce as well as biocompatibility renders BC a ... -
Fabrication and In Vitro Characterization of an Implant for the Detection of Metastatic Cancer Cells
(2018-08-03)Greater than 90% of cancer related deaths are due to metastasis (Hayes & Wicha, 2011). Since current conventional techniques detect the disease by the time that it has become systemic, our lab has developed a hydrogel based ... -
Fabrication And Mechanical Characterization Of A Two-ply Cross Fiber Stent And Fibers Comprising Blends Of Poly(L-lactic Acid)
(Biomedical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Recent studies indicate that stabilization of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques is critical for minimizing acute coronary syndromes. In this regard a new biodegradable stent design, the Two-ply cross fiber stent, has been ... -
Fabrication Of Small Diameter Vascular Graft Using Stacked Collagen Films
(Biomedical Engineering, 2013-03-20)Collagen I have been widely used in the field of vascular tissue engineering. They are characterized better for their interaction at the cellular level but are often limited as vascular graft due to their weak mechanical ... -
Feasibility Study Of An Ultra Fast Gated Camera To Image Biliary Tree Embedded In Adipose Tissue Using Laboratory Phantoms And Monte Carlo Simulations
(Biomedical Engineering, 2009-09-16)Every year, approximately 500,000 cholecystectomies are performed in US. As biliary tree structures are embedded in adipose tissue, they cannot be visualized directly by the surgeon, which causes inadvertent injuries to ... -
Fiber Based Non-linear Excitation Fluorescence Microscopy
(Biomedical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Non-linear excitation fluorescence microscopy is a high resolution, non-invasive biological imaging technique capable of imaging both in vitro and in vivo at the depths of several hundred microns. The goal of the thesis ... -
Flow Rate Measurement Of In Situ Perfusion Through The Aqueous Humor Outflow Network
(Biomedical Engineering, 2007-08-23)A system was developed to measure the instantaneous perfusate flow rate through the aqueous humor outflow network of a human eye, while under constant pressure. The system monitors real-time weight changes of a perfusate ... -
Foreign Body Reactions To Neural Implants In The Brain
(Biomedical Engineering, 2008-04-22)Neural implants have been used and studied for many decades. They are applied to record neural signals or to locally deliver drugs. Unfortunately, foreign body reaction and accompanied glial scar formation often lead to ... -
A Functional Analysis Of The Mechanically And Metabolically Sensitive Components Of The Skeletal Muscle Exercise Pressor Reflex In Hypertension
(Biomedical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Background - In hypertension, physical activity creates a risk for adverse cardiac events by causing exaggerated increases in mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR). One physiological mechanism responsible for ... -
Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy For The Assessment Of Motor Cortex Plasticity In Pediatric Subjects Affected By Cerebral Palsy
(Biomedical Engineering, 2009-09-16)Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is widely used to monitor hemodynamic changes occurring in the cerebral cortex as a result of neuronal activation. One of the current challenges in this field is that ... -
Functional Studies of the Human Telomerase Holoenzyme
(2016-09-13)Telomeres are the DNA structures that cap the ends of linear chromosomes. In humans, telomeres are composed of the hexameric repeats TTAGGG. The reverse transcriptase, telomerase maintains the telomeres by adding the TTAGGG ... -
Functionalized Nanoparticles For The Selective Killing Of Cancer Cells
(Biomedical Engineering, 2007-09-17)The use of nanoparticles for cancer imaging and drug delivery has produced some success in improving the efficacy and safety of cancer chemotherapy. It is generally believed that the efficiency of nanoparticle-based cancer ... -
Gas Permeation Through Nanoporous Polycarbonate Track- Etched Membranes: Pulsed Plasma Polymerization Of Thin Coatings To Modulate Gas Permeability
(Biomedical Engineering, 2007-09-17)Polycarbonate track-etched membranes (PCTE) of 50nm and 100nm pore size, precoated with Poly Vinyl Pyrrolidone (PVP), were surface treated with either Vinyl Acetic acid (VAA) or Perfluorohexane (C6F14) using a low duty ... -
A GLM/ICA Analysis Using Motion Tracking And Electromyography Differentiates Between Brain Activation Due To Intended And Unintended Motions In fNIRS Images Acquired During A Finger Tapping Task Performed By Children With Cerebral Palsy
(Biomedical Engineering, 2014-07-14)Functional neurological imaging has been shown to be valuable in evaluating brain plasticity in children with cerebral palsy (CP). In recent studies it has been demonstrated that functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) ... -
Hemodynamic Responses to Thermal Stimulation in the Prefrontal Cortex of the Brain measured by FNIRS
Although FMRI has marked its importance in the neurological research by understanding the brain activities, FNIRS has also set a new standard in the brain imaging study research with non-invasive and easy to use technology. ... -
High Precision Spatial And Temporal Control Of Neural Circuitry Using Semi-automated, Multiwavelength Nanopatterning System
(Biomedical Engineering, 2009-09-16)The ideal way to manipulate neurons would be to reversibly activate and inactivate neuronal firing and thus enable a bi-directional control. Many attempts have been made in the past to have such a tool. The traditional ... -
High Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) System For Integration With A Multimodal Optical Imaging Workstation
(Biomedical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Development and construction of a high resolution Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) system is described. OCT is one of the modalities in an integrated multimode optical imaging workstation built around an inverted ... -
High-resolution imaging in a deep turbid medium based on an ultrasound-switchable fluorescence technique
(American Institute of Physics (AIP)Department of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2012)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The spatial resolution of fluorescence imaging techniques in deep optically turbid media such as tissues is limited by photon diffusion. To break the diffusion ...