Biomedical and Bioengineering Innovation

The Virtual Human Project

Author(s)3: IEEE Pulse
The Virtual Human Project 618 371 IEEE Pulse

What if there were a way to optimize cancer treatments, design safer and more efficient noninvasive brain and spinal cord treatments and assess the hazards of implanted medical devices without…

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Cardiac Pacemakers

Author(s)3: Max Valentinuzzi
Cardiac Pacemakers 150 150 IEEE Pulse

Ma nun me lassà, Nun darme stu turmiento. Damme un pacemaker … Famme campà! The Gulf of Naples and its surrounding area have served as a beautiful, historic, and romantic…

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The Quantified Patient Checks In

The Quantified Patient Checks In

Author(s)3: Sarah Campbell
The Quantified Patient Checks In 618 371 IEEE Pulse

Larry Smarr Like eight-year-olds who can’t let go of a good joke, Larry Smarr’s nurses and doctors kept coming to him with the same question: “Have you passed gas yet?”…

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A Data-Rich Longitudinal Wellness Study for the Digital Age

A Data-Rich Longitudinal Wellness Study for the Digital Age

Author(s)3: Gustavo Glusman
A Data-Rich Longitudinal Wellness Study for the Digital Age 618 371 IEEE Pulse

We live in an age of plentiful information, collected continuously by pervasive gadgetry, distributed through digital and social networks, and mined deeply by ever-more- powerful analytics systems. And yet, one of…

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Rise of the Nanorobots

Rise of the Nanorobots

Author(s)3: Stanislav Tsitkov, Henry Hess
Rise of the Nanorobots 618 371 IEEE Pulse

In 1988, a Scientific American article by A.K. Dewdney [1] on the work of nanotechnologist K. Eric Drexler spurred public interest in the nascent field of nanotechnology and its potential…

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The Virtual Human Project

The Visible Human Project

Author(s)3: Michael J. Ackerman
The Visible Human Project 618 371 IEEE Pulse

Atlases of anatomy have long been a mainstay for visualizing and identifying features of the human body [1]. Many are constructed of idealized illustrations rendered so that structures are presented as…

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The Virtual Human Project

Of Fields and Phantoms

Author(s)3: Ze'ev Bomzon, Cornelia Wenger
Of Fields and Phantoms 618 371 IEEE Pulse

Cancer represents a compilation of diseases characterized by rapidly dividing, invasive cells. Worldwide data indicate that over 14 million new cancers were diagnosed in 2012, with a projected increase of…

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The Virtual Human Project

Virtual Humans for Implantable Device Safety Assessment in MRI

Author(s)3: James E. Brown, Rui Qiang, Paul J. Stadnik, Larry J. Stotts, Jeffrey A. Von Arx
Virtual Humans for Implantable Device Safety Assessment in MRI 618 371 IEEE Pulse

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the preferred modality for soft tissue imaging because of its nonionizing radiation and lack of contrast agent. Due to interactions between the MR system and…

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The Virtual Human Project

ITK-SNAP

Author(s)3: Paul A. Yushkevich, Guido Gerig
ITK-SNAP 618 371 IEEE Pulse

Imaging is a crucial tool in medicine and biomedical research. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computational tomography (CT), proton emission tomography (PET), and ultrasound are routinely used not only to diagnose…

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