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Optical Coherence Tomography Of Oral Mucosa
(Biomedical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Oral cancer causes 120000* deaths annually around the world and 280000* new cases are diagnosed every year. Technology has developed and the death rate of oral cancer has improved over the last few decades; hence to improve ... -
Optimization Of Hydrogel System For Complex Wound Healing
(Biomedical Engineering, 2011-10-11)Various conventional therapies and preventive measures have been developed and used for treating complex wounds; however, patients with complex wounds still develop wound infection and consist of delayed wound healing. ... -
Optimization Of Methods For In-vitro Expansion And Cryopreservation Of Mammalian Stem Cells
(Biomedical Engineering, 2007-08-23)The recent advances in the field of Tissue Engineering have given rise to the need for a tremendous quantity of cells. The search for and use of an appropriate multipotent or pluripotent stem cells in tissue engineering ... -
Optimization Of Reconstruction Parameters In Brain Activation Studies
(Biomedical Engineering, 2009-09-16)Diffuse Optical Imaging (DOI) is being extensively used in brain activation studies for the quantification of hemodynamic changes in the cerebral cortex. Many investigators have utilized the commercially available CW5 DOI ... -
Organic Biocompatible Nanolayered Polymerization Of Solid-state Devices
(Biomedical Engineering, 2011-10-11)Nanotechnology plays a major role in today's society due to its convergence of nanoscale which is the level of atoms and molecules as a part of miniaturization trend. The interference between biomedical and nanotechnology ... -
Parametric And Non-parametric Analysis Of Carotid Sinus Baroreflex System Using Electrically Induced Muscle Contraction
(Biomedical Engineering, 2007-08-23)The arterial pressure is an important physiological parameter which if not maintained at desired level may lead to fatal disorders or in worst situations even death. The physiological feedback control mechanism in order ... -
Performance Of Wavelet Denoising And Automatic Detection Of Action Potentials On Simulated And Real Electrneurographic Recordings
(Biomedical Engineering, 2013-07-22)About 1 in 200 people living in the U.S have had an amputation at some stage in their lives. Development of neurally controlled artificial limb prosthesis with the ability to finely control motor activity continues to prove ... -
Phenotypic Differences In The Behavior Of Immortalized Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells In Three Dimensional Culture Systems
(Biomedical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells (HBECS) immortalized with viral oncoproteins E6/E7, are potentially malignant due to numerous chromosomal aberrations. Recently a model system was established in which HBECS were immortalized ... -
PHOTOBIOMODULATION OF NEURAL STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION USING INFRARED (810 NM) LASER STIMULATION
(2021-05-07)The standardized clinical use of photobiomodulation (PBM) across many applications has been obstructed due to the lack of understanding in how each of the parameters affect the end results. Although the optimal parameters ... -
PHOTOMODULATORY EFFECTS ON INSULIN SECRETING BETA CELLS
(2021-05-06)Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by increased blood glucose levels and affects more than 8% of people worldwide (Rutter et. al, 2015). Typically, diabetes is divided into two large subcategories: ... -
Photosynthetically Active Protoplasts For Power Scavenging, Absorbance And Optical Density Analysis
(Biomedical Engineering, 2011-07-14)Plants and photosynthetic bacteria hold protein molecular complexes that can efficiently harvest photons. This paper presents fundamental studies to harness photochemical activities by converting photonic energy into ... -
Physiological Analyses of Broadband Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Electrophysiological Measurements in vivo for Biomedical Applications
(2023-05-08)My thesis concerns analysis of data from optical and electrophysiological measurement tools for calculate potential biomarkers in three biomedical applications: (1) the gastrointestinal immaturity of infants of different ... -
Post-operative Renal Function Analysis Using Visible DlP® Hyperspectral Imaging System
(Biomedical Engineering, 2011-03-03)Surgical and clinical settings in medical hospitals strive to keep up with technological innovations in order to improve the current healthcare scenario. Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) is a novel technology that addresses ... -
PREPARATION OF DUAL FLUORESCENCE AGENTS-LOADED NANOPARTICLE AND ITS IN VITRO AND IN VIVO APPLICATION
(2018-12-07)There’re many existing imaging tools that composed of different imaging moieties to improve both resolution and sensitivity, however there’s not yet any imaging method that could be effectively utilized in both in vitro ... -
Quantification And Comparisons Of Motion Metrics For Finger Tapping Performed By Children With Cerebral Palsy Before And After Therapy With Two Motion Tracking Camera Systems
(Biomedical Engineering, 2014-03-10)The quantification of any improvements in the use of a paretic arm after children with cerebral palsy (CP) undergo rehabilitation is currently done by occupational therapists who administer a series of manual ability tests ... -
Quantification of Nocturnal Blood Pressure Oscillations in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients
(2020-06-05)An approach to quantifying and analysis of nocturnal blood pressure (BP) variations that are elicited by sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is presented. A sample-by-sample aggregation of the dynamic BP variations during ... -
Quantitative Variation Of Blood Pressure Dynamics During Sleep Apnea
(Biomedical Engineering, 2010-11-01)Sleep Apnea is one of the major sleep disorders characterized by complete cessation or decline in breathing for about 10s or more during sleep, thereby adversely affecting the quality of sleep. Studies show that about 6 % ... -
Recombinant Expression, Purification And Kinetic Characterization Of F₄₂₀-cofactor Dependent Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase From Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(Biomedical Engineering, 2013-07-22)The FGD (F₄₂₀-dependent Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase) enzyme is an F₄₂₀ Cofactor (7,8-didemethyl-8-hydroxy-5-deazariboflavin) dependent enzyme found in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis ... -
Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interfacing Of Sensory Modalities
Peripheral neural interfaces (PNI) has proved potential to record motor commands for the control of these prosthetic limbs, together with stimulation of specific sensory axons, so as to transmit specific sensory sub-modalities. ... -
Regenerative Peripheral Neurointerfacing Of Upper Extremity Prostheses
(Biomedical Engineering, 2008-09-17)Current robotic prosthetic devices provide limited functionality to the user as they rely on gross myogenic control and lack critical sensory feedback needed for fine movement control. Interfacing the nervous system with ...