Research reporting significant cognitive improvement in patients with severe dementia following non-pharmacological interventions is scarce. Furthermore, few studies have focused o...

A coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) occurs when the wall of the coronary artery that surrounds and nourishes the heart becomes locally dilated. Coronary aneurysms are asymptomatic; ho...

Transcanal endoscopic ear surgery (TEES) is a minimally invasive approach for treating ear diseases. TEES requires simultaneous insertion of an endoscope and surgical instruments t...

Background: Ankle sprains are very common in badminton, and chronic ankle instability (CAI) often develops in players after these injuries. CAI badminton players (CAIBP) are more s...

Controlling cell orientation is of paramount importance in bioengineering processes. While several surface modification techniques have emerged to guide cell orientation, they ofte...

Kinesthetic illusion induced by visual stimulation (KINVIS) is a phenomenon in which a virtual kinesthetic perception is induced by watching virtual limb movements mimicking actual...

Purpose: In this study, we attempted to construct an improved anomaly detection system. In our previous study, we developed an anomaly detection system for the elderly. However, th...

The development of cellular structures has garnered significant interest in regenerative medicine for the restoration of lost tissues, organs, and blood vessels. Our research group...

The neural signals of a subject listening attentively to one of two simultaneously presented speech streams can be used to decode the auditory source that the subject is focusing o...

Near-infrared multispectral imaging (NIR-MSI) has attracted attention in the surgical field owing to its ability to penetrate tissues and analyze molecular vibrations with high spa...

Intercellular communication is mediated by fibrous structures known as tunneling nanotubes (TNTs). TNTs are present in diseased cells, including cancer cells, and facilitate the tr...

Phase-change nano-droplets (PCNDs) have been gaining attention for their potential applications in ultrasound-based therapeutic and diagnostic technologies. PCNDs transform from a ...

Regular stress checks and health confirmations by supervisors are standard practices in high-risk environments such as construction sites. Therefore, effective health management of...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia that increases the risk of cardiac diseases such as stroke; hence, its early detection is important. Although many studies ha...

An intravascular shunt (arteriovenous anastomosis) created during hemodialysis is a common site of stenosis. Early detection of stenosis is crucial for treatment; hence, shunt soun...

Predicting spatiotemporal neural activity could lead to early detection of seizures and better understanding of cognitive processes in the brain. Parallel reservoir computing, wher...

Urine-related information, such as voided volume and flow rate, is important for the diagnosis of dysuria. Uroflowmeters, which are used for obtaining urine information, measure ma...

We investigated a system identification method for modeling the standing posture without external perturbation. Assuming that postural sway during quiet standing is caused by inter...

Surgical cameras and endoscopes provide important imaging information about a patient's anatomy and pathology, but most of the data are limited to 2D textured representations of vi...

To realize real-time image registration between preoperative three-dimensional ultrasound images and an intraoperative two-dimensional (2D) ultrasound image, accurate image extract...