The rhythm of vocalizing a written language depends on a merge process that combines meaningless linguistic units into a meaningful lexical unit, word, or Bunsetsu in Japanese. How...

To prevent aspiration pneumonia, a system for non-invasive and quantitative evaluation of the swallowing function is required. Therefore, we have previously proposed a method of us...

Hiesho is the condition of having a cold sensation in one's hands or feet. This is a well-known health problem for young Asian females. However, the definition of Hiesho is still c...

An arteriovenous (AV) fistula is commonly constructed in patients who need dialysis treatment. Daily monitoring of the AV fistula is crucially important to maintain its correct fun...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) causes visual acuity (VA) loss in people aged ≥ 50 years. Common treatments include intravitreal injection of anti-vascular endothelial growt...

Many sensors have been developed to measure physiological information in the toilet for healthcare management and disease prevention. These sensors require personal identification ...

Deep learning is widely used in the development of automatic diagnosis systems for melanoma. However, there are some parameters called hyperparameters which should be set arbitrari...

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) has advanced dramatically in the past 50 years, since the first neuromagnetic recording in 1968. Recent MEGs have both high spatial resolution of a few...

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...