In a new Hill-type two-mode model of skeletal muscle, a stretch-evoked force enhancement mode is introduced in addition to a sliding filament mode on the descending limb of the iso...

The most common cancer among women is breast cancer. The survival prognosis and rate of breast cancer differ considerably according to the stage of cancer. Treatment is more effici...

Accurate and trouble-free blood collection reduces the physical and mental risk of patients. Visualization of expert venipuncture techniques is important when conducting blood coll...

Information technology has been applied to health management. In our laboratory, we have developed and produced prototypes of new sensors, and attempted to monitor various health p...

Lumbar loading causes increased intervertebral pressure and is an important factor in low back pain. However, it is difficult to quantitatively judge the actions that affect lumbar...

Segmentation of computed tomography (CT) images has provided promising methods of constructing precise 3-dimensional heart models. However, the process is labor intensive, because ...

In this study, we attempted to develop a wireless real-time continuous observation device for penile tumescence and/or stiffness for verification of nocturnal penile tumescence (NP...

Being overweight is one of several causes of balance impairment, and it increases the risk of falls. Balance assessments help diagnose this impairment. The outcomes from these asse...

Subjective, objective, assessment, and plan (SOAP) notes are widely used by physicians to document clinical reasoning in assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients. SOAP notes ar...

Medial gastrocnemius muscle stiffness was estimated using a system identification technique. The medial gastrocnemius muscle was electrically stimulated using surface Ag-AgCl elect...

Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is currently a major cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD). To cure VF, electrical defibrillation is the only therapy. However, strong energy is require...

Chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia increase the medical costs for middle-aged and elderly people, thus requiring preventive intervention. Monitorin...

To develop medical devices, collaborations are necessary between universities and hospitals that have technological problems and companies with the appropriate technological facili...

The number of people requiring care in Japan has increased with the increase in number of people aged 65 or more. Thus, the production of disposable diapers for the elderly is also...

Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in Japanese women. To address the low spatial resolution challenges associated with mammography and ultrasonography, we focu...

Neuroscientists usually investigate stimulus selectivity by using a stimulus set and identifying the stimulus that evokes the largest electrophysiological responses averaged over a...

We previously reported the development of a new hybrid medical material comprising bio-based materials with high biocompatibility and artificial materials with characteristics of e...

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the main cause of retinal damage due to fluid leakage from blood vessels. Automated diagnostic systems assist the ophthalmologists practice manual lesi...

Color information is an important tool for diagnosing melanoma. In this study, we used a hyperspectral imager (HSI), which can measure color information in detail, to develop an au...

EEG source imaging aims to reconstruct the neural activities of the brain accountable for the recorded scalp potentials. This procedure requires solving two problems, namely, forwa...