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DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF REAL-TIME SINGLE AND DUAL-WAVELENGTH DCS SYSTEMS TO STUDY SKELETAL MUSCLE BLOOD PERFUSION AND OXYGEN METABOLISM
The aim of this study was to utilize Diffused Correlation Spectroscopy (DCS) to design and develop real-time single and dual wavelength systems and assess the physiological impacts of exercises on blood perfusion. The study ... -
LIGHT REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY FOR THE DETECTION OF POSITIVE SURGICAL MARGIN OF PROSTATE CANCER
During a radical prostatectomy in the operating room, there exists a certain degree of risks of a surgical positive margin of prostate cancer. Positive surgical margins are defined as cancer that has spread beyond the ... -
A Comparative Biomechanical Investigation of Porcine Neonatal and Adult Left Ventricular Tissues
(2023-05-22)A current trend in cardiac muscle regeneration and repair is to recreate the biophysical and biomechanical environment of the neonatal hearts, which has been shown to promote cardiac regeneration. This translational need ... -
Physiological Analyses of Broadband Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Electrophysiological Measurements in vivo for Biomedical Applications
(2023-05-08)My thesis concerns analysis of data from optical and electrophysiological measurement tools for calculate potential biomarkers in three biomedical applications: (1) the gastrointestinal immaturity of infants of different ... -
EFFECTS OF AGING ON MOUSE ROTATOR CUFF TENDON BIOMECHANICS
(2021-12-21)Rotator cuff tendon injuries and tear are caused by overuse, falling, or other accidents, and are often associated with old age. The severe injuries and tear can be debilitating and require nonsurgical treatment for partial ... -
Examination Of The Effects of Confined Migration on Androgen Resistant Prostate Cancer And Potential Treatment Option for Drug Resistant PC3 Cells with Calcitriol
(2020-05-04)When localized to the prostate, prostate cancer (PCa) has a near 100% 5-year survival rate, however, when prostate cancer metastasizes the survival rate drastically drops to around 30%. The low death rate of primary PCa ... -
STUDY OF UPREGULATION OF DRUG RESISTANCE IN H460 LUNG CANCER CELLS VIA MICROCHANNEL DEVICE
(2020-05-14)Metastasis is the main reason of high mortality rates in cancer patients. Treating these patients becomes difficult once the cancer has metastasized, especially due to their drug resistance. Drug resistance is a common ... -
PHOTOBIOMODULATION OF NEURAL STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION USING INFRARED (810 NM) LASER STIMULATION
(2021-05-07)The standardized clinical use of photobiomodulation (PBM) across many applications has been obstructed due to the lack of understanding in how each of the parameters affect the end results. Although the optimal parameters ... -
PHOTOMODULATORY EFFECTS ON INSULIN SECRETING BETA CELLS
(2021-05-06)Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by increased blood glucose levels and affects more than 8% of people worldwide (Rutter et. al, 2015). Typically, diabetes is divided into two large subcategories: ... -
EXPLORING IMAGING TECHNOLOGY IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PEDIATRIC MEDICALLY REFRACTORY EPILEPSY WITH INTRACRANIAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND POST-SURGICAL EVALUATIONS
(2021-05-03)Abstract Exploring Imaging Technology in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Medically Refractory Epilepsy with Intracranial Electroencephalography and Post-Surgical Evaluations Nasheha Baset, MS The University ... -
PREPARATION OF DUAL FLUORESCENCE AGENTS-LOADED NANOPARTICLE AND ITS IN VITRO AND IN VIVO APPLICATION
(2018-12-07)There’re many existing imaging tools that composed of different imaging moieties to improve both resolution and sensitivity, however there’s not yet any imaging method that could be effectively utilized in both in vitro ... -
Fabrication and In Vitro Characterization of an Implant for the Detection of Metastatic Cancer Cells
(2018-08-03)Greater than 90% of cancer related deaths are due to metastasis (Hayes & Wicha, 2011). Since current conventional techniques detect the disease by the time that it has become systemic, our lab has developed a hydrogel based ... -
Quantification of Nocturnal Blood Pressure Oscillations in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients
(2020-06-05)An approach to quantifying and analysis of nocturnal blood pressure (BP) variations that are elicited by sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is presented. A sample-by-sample aggregation of the dynamic BP variations during ... -
FABRICATION AND EXAMINATION OF MAGNETIC BACTERIAL CELLULOSE AS A MATERIAL FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
(2020-06-08)Bacterial cellulose (BC) is one of the most abundant biopolymers in nature. Several attributes such as facilitative modification, high pore size/porosity, able to mass produce as well as biocompatibility renders BC a ... -
T-CELL MEMBRANE CAMOUFLAGED NANOPARTICLES FOR TREATMENT OF MELANOMA
(2017-05-30)Melanoma is one of the most aggressive skin cancers. The American Cancer Society reports that every hour, one person dies from melanoma. While there are a number of treatments currently available for melanoma (e.g. surgery, ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF CANCER TRAP FOR CAPTURING CANCER CELLS THAT METASTASIZE IN THE PERITONEAL CAVITY: A PRELIMINARY STUDY
(2017-05-25)Our laboratory has recently developed an implantable device - cancer trap that can recruit and trap circulating cancer cells inside the bloodstream. Since several types of cancer cells can metastasize inside the peritoneal ... -
UNDERSTANDING SCALP EEG IN RESPONSE TO NEWSVENDOR DECISION-MAKING AND FEEDBACK
(2019-05-22)Neuroeconomics is an emerging field integrating economic theories with neuroscience to enhance the understanding on how humans make decisions under different cost-effective conditions. Understanding the brain network ... -
An Enhancement of Light Reflectance Spectroscopy as A Modality for the Detection of Positive Surgical Margins in Radical Prostatectomy
(2018-08-29)Light Reflectance Spectroscopy (LRS) is an imaging method that has shown increasingly promising evidence in its ability to detect various forms of cancer tissues. Our previous studies have illustrated the LRS modality’s ... -
Investigation of 1064-nm laser fluence within tissue phantoms and its in vivo effects on human brain networks
(2018-05-22)For the past few decades there has been an increasing interest in the usage of near infrared (NIR) laser in the medical optics field. This is due to a number of studies conducted on different animal models utilizing NIR ... -
Change of Brain Network Connectivity among different Human Vigilance States investigated by EEG
(2017-09-11)Understanding the brain network connectivity associated with human vigilance states, to investigate the basic neural processes that underlie complex higher-order cognitive operations and functional domains, has become an ...