Volume 9, 2020

The journal’s articles are listed here in date order, with the most recently published article appearing first.

Deep Learning Model to Predict Postoperative Visual Acuity from Preoperative Multimedia Ophthalmic Data
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...
Ryo Otsuki, Osamu Sugiyama, Yuki Mori, Masahiro Miyake, Shusuke Hiragi, Goshiro Yamamoto, Luciano Santos, Yuta Nakanishi, Yoshikatsu Hosoda, Hiroshi Tamura, Shigemi Matsumoto, Akitaka Tsujikawa, Tomohiro Kuroda
Vol. 9 (2020) p.241-248
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Spatially Controllable Region Growing for Segmenting Heart Chambers
Segmentation of computed tomography (CT) images has provided promising methods of constructing precise 3-dimensional heart models. However, the process is labor intensive, because ...
Takashi Ijiri, Shogo Tsuruoka, Hiryu Kamoshita, Akira Hirabayashi, Shin Inada, Isao Shiraishi, Ken-ichi Kurosaki, Kazuo Nakazawa
Vol. 9 (2020) p.172-180
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Mechanism of Electrical Defibrillation: Current Status and Future Perspective
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...
Nitaro Shibata, Shin Inada, Kazuo Nakazawa, Naoki Tomii, Masatoshi Yamazaki, Hiroshi Seno, Haruo Honjo, Ichiro Sakuma
Vol. 9 (2020) p.125-137
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Development of Capacitive Sensor for Diaper Absorption Volume
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...
Shujiro Konno, Juhyon Kim, Kazuki Nakajima
Vol. 9 (2020) p.106-111
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Dynamics of Stimulus Selectivity in Inferotemporal Neurons
Neuroscientists usually investigate stimulus selectivity by using a stimulus set and identifying the stimulus that evokes the largest electrophysiological responses averaged over a...
Lulin Dai, Jun-ya Okamura, Gang Wang
Vol. 9 (2020) p.93-99
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