Review
Neurosciences
Jaya Dilip Badadhe, Hyeonhee Roh, Byung Chul Lee, Jae Hun Kim, Maesoon Im
Summary: Globally, there are over 2.2 billion visually impaired individuals, and ultrasound stimulation can serve as a non-invasive alternative approach to restore vision. Recent studies have demonstrated that ultrasound stimulation can successfully modulate retinal/brain neuronal activities without causing any damage to nerve cells. The superior penetration depth and high spatial resolution of focused ultrasound can open new avenues in neuromodulation research.
FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Proceedings Paper
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Daniel B. Rubin, Leigh R. Hochberg
Summary: Intracortical brain computer interfaces (iBCIs) have the potential to restore and maintain communication, mobility, and functional independence for people living with paralysis due to neurologic disease or injury. The BrainGate Neural Interface System utilizes implanted microelectrode arrays in motor cortex to acquire neural signals associated with intended movement, allowing users to control a computer or assistive device. Ongoing research aims to improve communication rates by decoding intended speech and optimize mobility using wearable robotic technology.
2023 11TH INTERNATIONAL WINTER CONFERENCE ON BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE, BCI
(2023)
Review
Neurosciences
Sein Kim, Hyeonhee Roh, Maesoon Im
Summary: This article discusses the importance of neural information for high-quality artificial vision, and introduces methods for calculating information transmission rates and modeling artificial retinal neural networks.
FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Stanisa Raspopovic, Giacomo Valle, Francesco Maria Petrini
Summary: Commercial prosthetic devices currently lack natural sensory feedback, leading to unphysiological movement and health issues for users. Restoring natural sensory feedback to amputees is a clinical need that has not been met. Various neurotechnological approaches have been proposed for developing optimal sensory feedback restoration devices for arm and leg amputees.
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Chuanqing Wang, Jie Yang, Mohamad Sawan
Summary: NeuroSEE is a neuromorphic energy-efficient processing framework that combines spike representation encoding and bio-inspired processing methods. It achieves energy-efficient visual information processing and outperforms existing frameworks in terms of prediction performance while reducing power consumption.
IEEE JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH INFORMATICS
(2022)
Article
Automation & Control Systems
Boxuan Zhong, Rafael Luiz da Silva, Michael Tran, He Huang, Edgar Lobaton
Summary: This article focuses on the system efficiency of real-time environmental context prediction for lower limb prostheses, proposing an uncertainty-aware frame selection strategy and a dynamic Bayesian gated recurrent unit network, while also exploring the tradeoff between computational complexity and environment prediction accuracy with additional sensing modalities. Experiments demonstrate that the proposed frame selection strategy can significantly reduce computations while maintaining high accuracy, with potential for multimodality fusion.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS MAN CYBERNETICS-SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Ophthalmology
Bardia Abbasi, Joseph F. Rizzo
Summary: The text reviews the technological and biological obstacles of implementing visual prosthetic devices, highlighting the significant technical challenges and gaps in neuroscience. It emphasizes that further optimization of prosthetic devices alone will not achieve markedly improved visual outcomes without significant advances in our understanding of neuroscience.
SEMINARS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Engineering, Biomedical
Chuanqing Wang, Chaoming Fang, Yong Zou, Jie Yang, Mohamad Sawan
Summary: This study reviews the processing models of retinal prostheses, including computer vision-related methods, biophysical models, and deep learning models. Then, it summarizes the computational frameworks abstracted from the normal retina through illustrating the structure and function of the normal and degenerated retina, as well as the vision rehabilitation mechanism of three representative retinal prostheses. Lastly, the bottleneck in existing algorithms is analyzed, and prospects for future directions to improve the restoration effect are proposed.
JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Analytical
Kevin Y. Y. Wu, Mina Mina, Jean-Yves Sahyoun, Ananda Kalevar, Simon D. D. Tran
Summary: A retinal prosthesis, or bionic eye, can restore partial vision in patients with retinal diseases. Recent breakthroughs in technology have led to the development of different types of implants that stimulate remaining cells in the retina to create visual sensation. This review explores the anatomy, physiology, pathology, and engineering aspects of retinal prostheses, compares them with alternative therapies, and highlights the potential and need for further research.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Elisabeth Pahncke, Sebastian Hahnel, Oliver Schierz, Michael Benno Schmidt, Anne Schmutzler, Angelika Rauch
Summary: The study observed the 2-year clinical performance of posterior tooth-supported multi-unit fixed dental prostheses fabricated from zirconia with monolithic occlusal surfaces. The success rate was 93.7%, and the survival rate was 100%. Some patients experienced biological and technical complications, but overall the results were satisfactory.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Article
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Almira Ada Diken Turksayar, Mustafa Borga Donmez, Emin Orkun Olcay, Munir Demirel, Esra Demir
Summary: The printing orientation has an effect on the fracture strength of 3-unit interim fixed dental prostheses, and specimens printed with 0 degrees and 30 degrees show similar fracture strength values with the milled specimens.
JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY
(2022)
Article
Automation & Control Systems
Boxuan Zhong, Rafael Luiz da Silva, Minhan Li, He Huang, Edgar Lobaton
Summary: This article introduces a vision-based context prediction framework using Bayesian neural networks to quantify uncertainty and compare different wearable camera positions. The framework is used for online decision-making and fusion, demonstrating a practical procedure to interpret and improve the performance of deep neural networks.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Christopher Hughes, Takashi Kozai
Summary: The study evaluated the effects of bio-inspired dynamic modulation of stimulation intensity and/or frequency on neural activity. The results showed that dynamic stimulation can induce distinct onset and offset responses, reduce neural activity depression, and decrease charge injection in brain-computer interfaces for sensory feedback.
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Chuanqing Wang, Chaoming Fang, Yong Zou, Jie Yang, Mohamad Sawan
Summary: In this paper, an energy-efficient dynamic scenes processing framework called SpikeSEE is proposed, which combines a spike representation encoding technique and a bio-inspired spiking recurrent neural network (SRNN) model to achieve intelligent processing and extreme low-power computation for retinal prostheses. Experimental results show that the proposed SRNN model outperforms the state-of-the-art processing framework for retinal prostheses, achieving a power reduction of 8 times compared to the CRNN processing-based framework.
Article
Surgery
Andrew H. Lee, Rui Han Liu, Lisa E. Ishii, Patrick J. Byrne, Shaun C. Desai, Masaru Ishii, Kofi Boahene
Summary: The study compared the morbidity and effectiveness of FFGF reanimation in senior and younger patients, showing that seniors had better functional outcomes in facial reanimation.
FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY & AESTHETIC MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Anesthesiology
Scott F. Lempka, Cameron C. McIntyre, Kevin L. Kilgore, Andre G. Machado
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Tina Vrabec, Niloy Bhadra, Jesse Wainright, Narendra Bhadra, Manfred Franke, Kevin Kilgore
MEDICAL & BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING & COMPUTING
(2016)
Article
Rehabilitation
Anne M. Bryden, Harry A. Hoyen, Michael. W. Keith, Melvin Mejia, Kevin L. Kilgore, Gregory A. Nemunaitis
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2016)
Article
Rehabilitation
William D. Memberg, Katharine H. Polasek, Ronald L. Hart, Anne M. Bryden, Kevin L. Kilgore, Gregory A. Nemunaitis, Harry A. Hoyen, Michael W. Keith, Robert F. Kirsch
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2014)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Manfred Franke, Tina Vrabec, Jesse Wainright, Niloy Bhadra, Narendra Bhadra, Kevin Kilgore
JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING
(2014)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Manfred Franke, Niloy Bhadra, Narendra Bhadra, Kevin Kilgore
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS
(2014)
Article
Rehabilitation
Jayme S. Knutson, John Chae, Ronald L. Hart, Michael W. Keith, Harry A. Hoyen, Mary Y. Harley, Terri Z. Hisel, Anne M. Bryden, Kevin L. KilgorePhd, Hunter Peckham
JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
(2012)
Review
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Kevin L. Kilgore, Niloy Bhadra
Article
Rehabilitation
Chester H. Ho, Ronald J. Triolo, Anastasia L. Elias, Kevin L. Kilgore, Anthony F. DiMarco, Kath Bogie, Albert H. Vette, Musa L. Audu, Rudi Kobetic, Sarah R. Chang, K. Ming Chan, Sean Dukelow, Dennis J. Bourbeau, Steven W. Brose, Kenneth J. Gustafson, Zelma H. T. Kiss, Vivian K. Mushahwar
PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA
(2014)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Thomas J. Foutz, D. Michael Ackermann, Kevin L. Kilgore, Cameron C. McIntyre
Article
Neurosciences
Emilie H. Lothet, Kevin L. Kilgore, Niloy Bhadra, Narendra Bhadra, Tina Vrabec, Yves T. Wang, E. Duco Jansen, Michael W. Jenkins, Hillel J. Chiel
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Andrew Goh, David Roberts, Jesse Wainright, Narendra Bhadra, Kevin Kilgore, Niloy Bhadra, Tina Vrabec
Summary: The application of direct current (DC) can produce rapid and reversible nerve conduction block, but prolonged charge injection may cause damage to nervous tissue. This study evaluates the surface stability of activated carbon and platinum black electrodes in vitro, providing insights for future development of HCM electrodes for in vivo nerve conduction block.
Proceedings Paper
Electrochemistry
T. Vrabec, J. Wainright, N. Bhadra, N. Bhadra, K. Kilgore
BIOENGINEERING BASED ON ELECTROCHEMISTRY
(2013)
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Biomedical
Tina L. Vrabec, Niloy Bhadra, Jesse S. Wainright, Narendra Bhadra, Kevin L. Kilgore
2013 6TH INTERNATIONAL IEEE/EMBS CONFERENCE ON NEURAL ENGINEERING (NER)
(2013)