Normalizing Flow-Based Distribution Estimation of Pharmacokinetic Parameters in Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging

In modern medical diagnostics and clinical research, Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DCE-MRI) technology provides significant information regarding tissue pathophysiology. By fitting a Tracer-Kinetic (TK) model, pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters can be extracted from time-series MRI signals. However, these estimated PK parameter...

A Siamese-Transport Domain Adaptation Framework for 3D MRI Classification of Gliomas and Alzheimer’s Diseases

Classification of 3D MRI Gliomas and Alzheimer’s Disease Based on the Siamese-Transport Domain Adaptation Framework Background In computer-aided diagnosis, 3D magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) screening plays a vital role in the early diagnosis of various brain diseases, effectively preventing the deterioration of the condition. Glioma is a common m...

DeepSleepNet: A Model for Automatic Sleep Stage Scoring Based on Raw Single-Channel EEG

DeepSleepNet: An Automatic Sleep Stage Scoring Model Based on Single-Channel EEG Background Introduction Sleep has a significant impact on human health, and monitoring sleep quality is crucial in medical research and practice. Typically, sleep experts score sleep stages by analyzing various physiological signals such as electroencephalogram (EEG), ...

Immersive Virtual Reality for the Cognitive Rehabilitation of Stroke Survivors

Immersive Virtual Reality for the Cognitive Rehabilitation of Stroke Survivors

In recent years, Virtual Reality (VR) technology has become increasingly common, with related hardware becoming more affordable. For example, current head-mounted displays (HMDs) on the market not only offer high-resolution displays but also feature precise head and handheld controller tracking. Initially, these technologies were mostly used in the...

Vision Transformers, Ensemble Model, and Transfer Learning Leveraging Explainable AI for Brain Tumor Detection and Classification

In recent years, due to the high incidence and lethality of brain tumors, rapid and accurate detection and classification of brain tumors have become particularly important. Brain tumors include both malignant and non-malignant types, and their abnormal growth can cause long-term damage to the brain. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a commonly u...

Multi-view Spatial-Temporal Graph Convolutional Networks with Domain Generalization for Sleep Stage Classification

Sleep stage classification is crucial for sleep quality assessment and disease diagnosis. However, existing classification methods still face numerous challenges in handling the spatial and temporal features of time-varying multi-channel brain signals, coping with individual differences in biological signals, and model interpretability. Traditional...

Multi-task Heterogeneous Ensemble Learning-based Cross-subject EEG Classification in Stroke Patients

Multi-task Heterogeneous Ensemble Learning-based Cross-subject EEG Classification in Stroke Patients

Background Introduction Motor Imagery (MI) refers to performing activities through imagination without actual muscle movement. This paradigm is widely used in Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) to decode brain activities into control commands for external devices. Specifically, Electroencephalography (EEG) is widely used in BCI due to its relative affo...

Evaluating the Predictive Value of Glioma Growth Models for Low-Grade Glioma after Tumor Resection

Research Review on the Predictive Value of Low-Grade Glioma Postoperative Growth Models Introduction Glioma is an aggressive brain tumor whose cells rapidly diffuse within the brain. Understanding and predicting the pattern and speed of this diffusion can help optimize treatment plans. Glioma growth models based on diffusion-proliferation have show...

A Temporal Dependency Learning CNN with Attention Mechanism for MI-EEG Decoding

MI-EEG Decoding Using a Temporal Dependency Learning Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) Based on Attention Mechanism Research Background and Problem Description Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) systems provide a new way of communicating with computers by real-time translation of brain signals. In recent years, BCI technology has played an important r...

Physics-Informed Deep Learning for Musculoskeletal Modeling: Predicting Muscle Forces and Joint Kinematics from Surface EMG

Musculoskeletal models have been widely used in biomechanical analysis because they can estimate motion variables that are difficult to measure directly in living organisms, such as muscle forces and joint moments. Traditional physics-driven computational musculoskeletal models can explain the dynamic interactions between neural inputs to muscles, ...