IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
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IEEE Trans Biomed Eng · Sep 2020
Anticipating Postoperative Delirium During Burst Suppression Using Electroencephalography.
This study develops an electro-encephalography-based method for predicting postoperative delirium early during cardiac surgeries involving deep hypothermia circulatory arrest (DHCA), potentially providing an opportunity to intervene and minimize poor surgical outcome. DHCA is a surgical technique used during cardiac surgeries to facilitate repairs. Deep hypothermia is induced and supplemented by perfusion techniques to protect the brain during circulatory arrest, but concern for cerebral injury still remains. ⋯ The developed methodology anticipates incidences of postoperative delirium during rewarming, which potentially provides an opportunity to intervene and avert it.
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IEEE Trans Biomed Eng · Jul 2020
Apprenticeship Learning for a Predictive State Representation of Anesthesia.
In this paper, we present an original decision support algorithm to assist the anesthesiologists delivery of drugs to maintain the optimal Depth of Anesthesia (DoA). ⋯ The proposed novel approach could be of great help for clinicians by improving the fine tuning of the DoA. Furthermore, the possibility to predict the evolutions of the variables would help preventing side effects such as low blood pressure. A tool that could autonomously help the anesthesiologist would thus improve safety-level in the surgical room.
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Neuromodulation is a fundamental method for obtaining basic information about neuronal circuits for use in treatments for neurological and psychiatric disorders. Ultrasound stimulation has become a promising approach for noninvasively inducing neuromodulation in animals and humans. However, the previous investigations were subject to substantial limitations, due to most of them involving anesthetized and fixed small-animal models. ⋯ The device was able to induce action potentials recorded in situ and evoke head-turning behaviors by stimulating the primary somatosensory cortex barrel field of the mouse. These findings indicate that the proposed method can be used to induce noninvasive neuromodulation in freely moving mice. This novel method could potentially lead to the application of ultrasonic neuromodulation in more-extensive neuroscience investigations.
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IEEE Trans Biomed Eng · Jan 2019
Registration Accuracy of Patient-Specific, Three-Dimensional-Printed Prostate Molds for Correlating Pathology With Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
This investigation was performed to evaluate the registration accuracy between magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and pathology using three-dimensional (3-D) printed molds. ⋯ The accuracy of 3-D-printed molds was characterized, quantifying their utility for facilitating MRI-pathology registration.
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IEEE Trans Biomed Eng · Dec 2018
Electroencephalogram Based Detection of Deep Sedation in ICU Patients Using Atomic Decomposition.
This study was performed to evaluate how well states of deep sedation in ICU patients can be detected from the frontal electroencephalogram (EEG) using features based on the method of atomic decomposition (AD). ⋯ With further refinement and external validation, the proposed system may be able to assist clinical staff with continuous surveillance of sedation levels in mechanically ventilated critically ill ICU patients.