ProQuest Subject Index - Biomedical engineering at DUKE UNIVERSITY

TOP >> DUKE UNIVERSITY >> Biomedical engineering

Browse Institutions

You are viewing titles for DUKE UNIVERSITY in the Biomedical engineering available through the UMI Dissertations & Thesis Gradwoorks site

Malignancy detection performance using excised breast tumor margin spectroscopic data and an optimal decision fusion based approach	Fluid dynamics of a centrifugal left ventricular assist device

Semi-Quantitative Metrics in Positron Emission Tomography	The Effect of Entrapped Laminin-111 in Three-dimensional Polyethylene Glycol Gels on the Behavior of Nucleus Pulposus Cells from the Intervertebral Disc

Microencapsulation of Octylcyanoacrylate for Applications as a Healing Agent in a Self-healing Bone Cement	"Smart" Behavior of Non-Canonical Elastin-Like Polypeptides

Simulated Cervical Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) Imaging	Optimization of Hidden Markov Model for Density Estimation in Breast Imaging

Multi-Slice Imaging Using a Time-Dependent Phase Constraint Through Hadamard Excitation with SENSE Reconstruction (M-PHENSE)	Modification of pH and Pressure in a Microfluidic Cell Culture Device

Continuous Protein Production and Release via Oscillatory Suicidal Lysis Circuits	Efficacy of ELP as an Intratumoral Depot for Radionuclide Therapy of PC-3 Prostate Cancer in an Orthotopic, Nude Mouse Model

Techniques for Quantitation of Left Ventricular Volume in Ultrasound Using 4DViz	Characterization of Blast-Induced Activation of Human Immune Cells

Diffusional properties of articular cartilage	An information-theoretic analysis of spike processing in a neuroprosthetic model

Multiphoton microscopy, fluorescence lifetime imaging and optical spectroscopy for the diagnosis of neoplasia	Stochastic simulations for the detection of objects in three dimensional volumes: Applications in medical imaging and ocean acoustics

Optimized decision fusion of heterogeneous data for breast cancer diagnosis	Abdominal acoustic radiation force impulse imaging

Spectral element method for forward and inverse problems in electrical impedance tomography (EIT) and thermoacoustic tomography (TAT)	Improving speech perception in cochlear implant patients: Techniques to expedite the identification of psychophysics-based performance limitations

Theoretical predictions and experimental measurements of the micromechanical environment of meniscus cells	beta1D integrin mediated mechanotransduction and myogenesis in skeletal myocytes

Developing a clinically viable angle-resolved low coherence interferometry optical biopsy system	Accuracy and patient dose in neutron stimulated emission computed tomography for diagnosis of iron overload: Simulations in GEANT4

An in vitro study of cellular cardiomyoplasty: Structural and functional interactions of non-cardiomyocytes and cardiomyocytes	A 4-dimensional atlas of the developing mouse using magnetic resonance microscopy

Development and design of a near-field high-energy gamma camera for use with Neutron Stimulated Emission Computed Tomography	Numerical methods for nonlinear wave propagation in ultrasound

Functional tissue engineering of cartilage using adipose-derived stem cells	In vitro and in vivo cytokine-associated immune response to biomaterials

Transport phenomena in anti-HIV microbicide delivery vehicles	Adipose stem cells improve the foreign body response

Fusion methods for detecting neural and pupil responses to task-relevant visual stimuli using computer pattern analysis	Modulation of endothelial cell adhesion to synthetic vascular grafts using biotinylated fibronectin in a dual ligand protein system

Development of Fourier domain optical coherence tomography for applications in developmental biology	High resolution x-ray microscopy using digital subtraction angiography for small animal functional imaging

Self-assembled DNA nanostructures: From structural material to biomedical nanodevices	Quantitative analysis of the myocardial functional microstructure

In-situ crosslinkable and self-assembling elastin-like polypeptide block copolymers for cartilage tissue repair	NUFFT and NUIFFT based reconstruction algorithms for non-Cartesian imaging on small animals

A study of diamond surfaces: Functionalization chemistry, assessment of fractional coverage and electrochemical detection of nitrogen-oxygen species	Dedicated computed tomography of the breast: Image processing and its impact on breast mass detectability

Effects of a genetic mutation in type IX collagen on morphology and metabolism in a murine model of intervertebral disc degeneration	Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) --- A novel imaging technology to improve early breast cancer detection: Implementation, comparison and optimization

Spectral Domain Phase Microscopy: A novel investigative tool for cellular dynamics	Real-time 3D ultrasound guidance of interventional devices

Characterization and enhancement of interstitial gene transport during electric field-mediated gene delivery to solid tumor	Artificial neural network modeling of crosslinked elastin-like polypeptide formulations parameters effects on physical properties and cellular interactions for cartilage tissue engineering

Characterization of cardiac electrical restitution and rhythm stability throughout the ventricular wall	Correlation Imaging for improved cancer detection

Multimodality functional imaging in the rodent lungs	Computer aided detection of masses in breast tomosynthesis imaging using information theory principles

Reduction, telemetry, and processing of neural data for a fully implantable data acquisition system	Design and evaluation of a transcutaneous energy transfer system

Superconducting radiofrequency probes for magnetic resonance microscopy, simulation and experiments	A study of extracting information from neuronal ensemble activity and sending information to the brain using microstimulation in two experimental models: Bipedal locomotion in rhesus macaques and instructed reaching movements in owl monkeys

Phase aberration correction for real-time 3D transcranial ultrasound imaging	Non-uniform interstitial loading in cardiac microstructure during impulse propagation

Bayesian analysis and computational methods for dynamic modeling	Development of a Fourier domain low coherence interferometry optical system for applications in early cancer detection

Analysis and design of electrodes for deep brain stimulation	An in vitro model of the brain tissue reaction to chronically implanted recording electrodes reveals essential roles for serum and bFGF in glial scarring

Optimization of image guided radiation therapy using limited angle projections	PSTD method for Thermoacoustic Tomography (TAT) and related experimental investigation

Functional Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography imaging	Umbilical cord blood derived endothelial progenitor cells: Isolation, characterization, and adhesion potential in vitro and in vivo

Mechanical and tribological study of a stimulus responsive hydrogel, pNIPAAm, and a mucinous glycoprotein, lubricin	The role of collagen VI in the structure and properties of the knee joint

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of myocardial performance	Controlled microwave heating of inhomogeneous materials in medical and space applications

Estimation of arterial wall strain using intravascular ultrasound images	4-dimensional magnetic resonance microscopy of the in vivo murine heart

Performance evaluation and design improvement of electromagnetic shock wave lithotripters	Imaging and characterizing human prostates using acoustic radiation force

Evidence for an unfolded border collision bifurcation in paced cardiac tissue	Micromechanics of the pericellular matrix and cells in the intervertebral disc: Three-dimensional finite element modeling based on in situ morphology

Geometric distortion correction for diffusion tensor imaging	Evaluation of elastin-like polypeptide to sustain perineural drug delivery and development of a depot-forming tumor necrosis factor antagonist for the treatment of lumbar radiculopathy

Delivering electrical and mechanical stimuli through bioactive fibers for stem cell tissue engineering	Control of bladder function by electrical stimulation of pudendal afferents

Active staining for in vivo magnetic resonance microscopy of the mouse brain	Label-free biodetection with individual plasmonic nanoparticles

The effect of structural microheterogeneity on the initiation and propagation of ectopic activity in cardiac tissue	Development of MR thermometry strategies for hyperthermia of extremity and breast tumors

Non-linear adaptive Bayesian filtering for brain machine interfaces	Computational molecular engineering nucleic acid binding proteins and enzymes

Development of an integrated SPECT-CmT dedicated breast imaging system incorporating novel data acquisition and patient bed designs	Acoustic radiation force impulse-driven shear wave velocimetry in cardiac tissue

Advanced fibrous scaffold engineering for controlled delivery and regenerative medicine applications	On-board single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) for biological target localization

Development of coherence-gated and resolution-multiplexed optical imaging systems	The roles of realistic cardiac structure in conduction and conduction block: Studies of novel micropatterned cardiac cell cultures

Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy characterization for extraction of tissue physiological parameters	The adaptive response of endothelial cells to shear stress alteration

Molecular imaging and sensing using plasmonic nanoparticles	Development of plasmonics-active nanoconstructs for targeting, tracking, and delivery in single cells

Metabolic exogenous contrast agents for use in breast cancer detection and therapy monitoring	Exploiting Optical Contrasts for Cervical Precancer Diagnosis via Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy

Cartilage Lubrication and Joint Protection by the Glycoprotein PRG4 Studied on the Microscale	Evaluation of a Dedicated SPECT-CT Mammotomography System for Quantitative Hybrid Breast Imaging

Tissue Engineering of a Differentiated Skeletal Muscle Construct with Controllable Structure and Function	Pediatric Head and Neck Dynamic Response: A Computational Study

Computer model of mechanisms underlying dynamic electrocardiographic T-wave changes	Ultrasound Catheter Transducers for Intracranial Brain Imaging and Therapy

Electrical Coupling Between Cardiomyocytes and Unexcitable Cells: The Effect of Cardiac Fibroblasts and Genetically Engineered HEK-293 Cells on Cardiac Action Potential Shape and Propagation	Brain-Machine-Brain Interface

Investigating Functional Breast Image Quality and Quantification with a Dedicated SPECT-CT System	Use of Human Blood-Derived Endothelial Progenitor Cells to Improve the Performance of Vascular Grafts

Assessment of Mechanical and Hemodynamic Vascular Properties using Radiation-Force Driven Methods	Chronic Myocardial Infarct Visualization Using 3D Ultrasound

The Search for New/Unknown Signals	Low Voltage DNA Sequencing Platform Utilizing Picofluidic Electrowetting Devices

Studies of the Human Head from Neonate to Adult: An Inertial, Geometrical and Structural Analysis with Comparisons to the ATD Head	Quantitative Breast Tomosynthesis Imaging: From Phantoms to Patients

Mechanisms of Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease: Evidence from Experimental and Computational Studies	Strategies for Temporal and Spectral Imaging with X-ray Computed Tomography

Improved Endocardial Border Definition with Short-lag Spatial Coherence (SLSC) Imaging	Adaptable Design Improvements for Electromagnetic Shock Wave Lithotripters and Techniques for Controlling Cavitation

Development of Extended-Depth Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography for Applications in Ophthalmic Imaging of the Anterior and Posterior Eye	Development of a Wide Field Diffuse Reflectance Spectral Imaging System for Breast Tumor Margin Assessment

Exploring Optical Contrast in Ex-Vivo Breast Tissue Using Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy and Tissue Morphology	Transthoracic Cardiac Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging

Towards the Clinical Implementation of Online Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer	Low-Dose Imaging of Liver Diseases Through Neutron Stimulated Emission Computed Tomography: Simulations in GEANT4

On-chip Labeling via Surface Initiated Enzymatic Polymerization (SIEP) for Nucleic Acids Hybridization Detection