MRI-guided surgical ablation has been used as a novel technique to achieve minimally invasive glioma resection. In this surgery, low-power thermal energy is supplied via a laser pr...

In this paper, we describe a robotic ultrasound (US) probe scanning system for reducing the manual tasks of US technicians and assisting in interventional procedures. The system co...

Traditional Chinese medicine considers the nutritive Qi?which is transported and regulated by the meridian system?to be the major source of energy for the human body. Modern medici...

We evaluated the performance of our automated computerized scheme for determining the likelihood of malignancy of pulmonary nodules on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) an...

Recently, the number of elderly people who take medicines daily has been increasing due to the aging population. Because elderly persons tend to experience cognitive deterioration,...

We have established a technique for quantification of collagen and bone minerals using synchrotron radiation (SR) CT and second harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy. This technique...

Event-related potentials (ERPs)—in particular, the P300 component—have come under increasing scrutiny as a means of clarifying brain functions, as they are considered to reflect hi...

A heart model that can be expressed mathematically in a computer is desirable. Heart modeling applications can be classified into four areas : clinical, research, educational, and ...

The number of elderly individuals in need of care is increasing with the growing elderly population in Japan, resulting in the increased production of disposable diapers. Several w...

In this study we investigated the cerebral correlation of computer-and paper-based neuropsychological tests commonly used as measures of frontal lobe function. Functional magnetic ...

Immature neovessels in tumors lead to the formation of heterogeneous hypoxic areas within tumors. Such hypoxic conditions not only reduce the effectiveness of radiation treatment b...

The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator is an effective therapeutic device for preventing death from life-threatening arrhythmias such as ventricular tachycardia and ventricular...

Specialized languages used for describing computational models in the field of systems biology and physiology, such as Systems Biology Markup Language (SBML), CellML, and Physiolog...

To date, no method is available to quantify jerk at a local point of the human joint along a direction that depends on the 3D curvature of the articular surface. This paper propose...

When magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are used as a contrast agent for magnetic particle imaging (MPI), they are rapidly excreted during systemic circulation by the reticuloendothelia...

This paper provides a 3D ultrasound navigation system with a blood vessel network (BVN) reconstruction algorithm for microbubble delivery therapy, which manipulates microbubbles in...

Bubble liposomes (BLs), which are gas-encapsulated liposomes several hundred nanometers in diameter, are expected to be developed as a novel tool for gene and drug delivery using u...

Knowing the mechanical characteristics of organs during surgery ensures effective diagnosis and treatment. A surgeon's hand can sense the characteristics of organs in open abdomina...

Spatio-temporal reconstruction methods for positron emission tomography estimate the tissue time-activity curves that are required for functional imaging. Since the time-related ch...

The objective of this study was to examine the validity of estimating cell number using the water-soluble tetrazolium salts-8 (WST-8) assay for normal cells. The changes in mitocho...