PURPOSE The scleral search coil is widely regarded as the gold standard measurement technique for eye movements. The effect of wearing scleral search coils on human vision has not been systematically studied. However, there are anecdotal reports of degraded visual acuity, mild eye irritation, and an increase rise in intraocular pressure (IOP). The current study was conducted to investigate the ...

The use of surface coils in MR imaging allows for the possibility of obtaining images with increased signal-to-noise ratio and increased spatial resolution [1]. To obtain the maximum signal, the coil should be placed close to the region to be imaged. For rigid coils , a close fit may be difficult to obtain routinely and can lead to patient discomfort. We describe a technique for constructing fl...

INFLUENCE OF FLUORIDE AND STRESS ON THE ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF NICKEL-TITANIUM COILS Ashley Barnes Marquette University, 2015 The aim of this study was to examine the effects of fluoride and stress on the electrochemical properties of nickel-titanium coils. Forty Dentsply GAC NiTi coils were divided into four groups of ten and individually tested. Twenty coils were placed in a solution o...

I have read with great attention the article written by Chaloupka et al (1) in the August 1996 issue of AJNR. They treated two patients with nonretrievable coils. Although they did not have any complication, I wonder whether it is reasonable to offer a treatment that bears substantial risk of having one coil migrate into the parent vessel without the option of retrieving the coil, or only with ...

PURPOSE Axium™ coils were developed to improve the durability of coil-embolized cerebral aneurysms by increasing packing density. The purpose of this prospective multicenter registry was to evaluate the safety and durability of Axium™ coils. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred twenty-six patients with 135 aneurysms of ≤ 15 mm in size underwent coil embolization using bare platinum coils, with A...

BACKGROUND Effects of electromagnetic fields on healing have been investigated for centuries. Substantial data indicate that exposure to electromagnetic field can lead to enhanced healing in both soft and hard tissues. Helmholtz coils are devices that generate pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF). Objective : In this work, a pair of Helmholtz coils for enhancing the healing process in periodont...

Coiled coils are α-helical interactions found in many natural proteins. Various sequence-based coiled-coil predictors are available, but key issues remain: oligomeric state and protein-protein interface prediction and extension to all genomes. We present SpiriCoil (http://supfam.org/SUPERFAMILY/spiricoil), which is based on a novel approach to the coiled-coil prediction problem for coiled coils...

A conductive direct-write process of multilayered coils for micro electromagnetic generators is proposed. This novel approach of using silver ink to form the conductive structures largely reduces the fabrication complexity, and it provides a faster alternative to the conventional semiconductor methods. Multi-layered coils with insulation were accurately layered on a micro-machined cantilevered ...

A new design has been explored for a superconductingcoil-based compact cyclotron, which has many practical benefits over conventional superconducting cyclotrons. The iron yoke and poles in conventional superconducting cyclotrons have been avoided in this design. The azimuthally varying field is generated by superconducting sector-coils. The superconducting sector-coils and the circular main-coi...

The critical issues of the poloidal systems for the ARIES-ST design have been presented in this paper. Because of the large plasma current and the need of highly shaped plasmas, the poloidal field (PF) coils should be located inside the toroidal field in order to reduce their current. Even then, the divertor coils carry large currents. The ARIES-ST PF coils are superconducting using the interna...