carbon nanotubes (cnts) are high aspect ratio allotropes of carbon. because of their unique physical and chemical characteristics, they are nominated for a vast variety of applications in the biomedical field. their very low solubility is the only problem of them which is solved by different methods of functionalization. after discoveries in the last few years of the capacity of cnts to penetra...

Atomic magnetometers (AM)—also known as optical magnetometers—were introduced inthe late 1950’s. In the past 15 years AM R&D; has received a new boost owing to theimplementation of laser light for the AM operation. AM currently represent the mostsensitive magnetometers and typically allow the detection of magnetic field changes inthe one-digit femto-Tesla range (to note that ...

DEVELOPMENT OF AN fMRI COMPATIBLE LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE SYSTEM by Pratap Singh Kunwar The lower body negative pressure (LBNP) system provides a controlled, measured orthostatic stress to the cardiovascular system, which can be used with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine to study cardiovascular and cerebrovascular responses to graded LBNP. In the past, even though functional MRI ...

Image processing is an important quantitative technique for neuroscience researchers, but difficult for those who lack experience in the field. In this paper we present a web-based platform that allows an expert to create a brain image processing pipeline, enabling execution of that pipeline even by those biomedical researchers with limited image processing knowledge. These tools are implemente...

Persistent differences among Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) obtained with different MRI scanners or different pulse sequences is currently a major challenge worldwide, where large scale clinical trials, cross-sectional studies, or longitudinal studies are being conducted [1,2]. Routine analysis of thousands of brain and spinal cord MRI images is being conducted worldwide which were taken with...

W. J. Mulder, G. J. Strijkers, C. de Mello Donegá, R. J. Brandwijk, P. T. Chin, R. Koole, K. Castermans, G. Storm, A. W. Griffioen, K. Nicolay Biomedical NMR, Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands, Condensed Matter and Interfaces, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, Department of Pathology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands, Molecu...

Intermolecular Multiple Quantum Coherences Enable Accurate Thermal Imaging of Red Bone Marrow During Thermal Therapy of Bone Metastases by Ryan M Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Warren S. Warren, Supervisor ___________________________ Mark W. Dewhirst ___________________________ G. Allan Johnson ______...

In many biomedical imaging applications, video sequences are captured with low resolution and low contrast challenging conditions in which to detect, segment, or track features. When image deformations have just a few underlying causes, such as continuously captured cardiac MRI without breath-holds or gating, the captured images lie on a lowdimensional, non-linear manifold. The manifold structu...

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been advocated as promising nanocarriers in the biomedical field. Their high surface area and needle-like shape make these systems especially attractive for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Biocompatibility, cell internalization, biodistribution, and pharmacokinetic profile have all been reported to be length dependent. In this study, further insights are go...

Image segmentation play a vital role in numerous biomedical imaging applications. Some of them are computer-integrated surgery, study of anatomical structure and quantification of tissue volumes. When compared to all other medical imaging techniques, the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has received much attention because of its advantages. The MRI analysis involves a huge amount of data and he...