Infrared Thermography—A Non-Invasive Method of Measuring Respiration Rate in Calves

A Non-Invasive Method for Measuring Contractility in Cardiocytes

We are developing a noninvasive procedure for measuring contractile responses of both adult and neonatal mammalian cardiocytes. This method can be employed to quantify pharmacological effects of drugs on myocytes. Methods for quantifying neonatal cell contraction reported in the literature have required the use of elaborate equipment such as a proximity detector or an atomic force microscope (t...

Introduction of Non-Invasive Measurement Method by Infrared Application

A non-invasive method for measuring preimplantation embryo physiology.

The physiology of the early embryo may be indicative of embryo vitality and therefore methods for non-invasively monitoring physiological parameters from embryos could improve preimplantation diagnoses. The self-referencing electrophysiological technique is capable of non-invasive measurement of the physiology of individual cells by monitoring the movement of ions and molecules between the cell...

A Non-invasive Real-Time Method for Measuring Variable Stiffness

The need for adaptability to the environment, energy conservation, and safety during physical interaction with humans of many advanced robotic applications has prompted the development of a number of Variable Stiffness Actuators (VSA). These have been implemented in a variety of ways, using different transduction technologies (electromechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, but also piezoelectric, act...

Catch a Breath: Non-invasive Respiration Rate Monitoring via Wireless Communication

Radio signals are sensitive to changes in the environment, which for example is reflected on the received signal strength (RSS) measurements of low-cost wireless devices. This information has been used effectively in the past years e.g. in device-free localization and tracking. Recent literature has also shown that the fading information of the wireless channel can be exploited to estimate the ...