Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing - Editor's Choice Articles
This index lists new and innovative original research articles specially chosen to be highlighted by the Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing Editor-in-Chief in cooperation with their Editorial Board. Each chosen article will be freely-accessible for 2 months after being chosen.
We thank the submitting authors of these articles for their contributions to the journal and to the advancement of the field at large.
Latest Research Highlights - February 2024
Dynamic modeling of photoacoustic sensor data to classify human blood samples (this opens in a new tab)
Argelia Pérez-Pacheco, Roberto G. Ramírez-Chavarría, Rosa M. Quispe-Siccha & Marco P. Colín-García
Original Article | 25 October 2023 | Pages: 389 - 403
Fetal heart rate spectral analysis in raw signals and PRSA-derived curve: normal and pathological fetuses discrimination (this opens in a new tab)
Giulio Steyde, Edoardo Spairani, Giovanni Magenes & Maria G. Signorini
Original Article | 27 October 2023 | Pages: 437 - 447
Reliable and fast automatic artifact rejection of Long-Term EEG recordings based on Isolation Forest (this opens in a new tab)
Wenlong Wang, Baojiang Li, Haiyan Wang, Xichao Wang, Yuxin Qin, Xingbin Shi & Shuxin Liu
Original Article | 09 November 2023 | Pages: 521 - 535
Evaluating sleep-stage classification: how age and early-late sleep affects classification performance (this opens in a new tab)
Eugenia Moris & Ignacio Larrabide
Review Article | 06 November 2023 | Pages: 343 - 355
3D reconstruction of bone CT scan images based on deformable convex hull (this opens in a new tab)
Tao Liu, Yonghua Lu, Jiajun Xu, Haozheng Yang & Jiahui Hu
Original Article | 10 November 2023 | Pages: 551 - 561
November 2023
Dynamical graph neural network with attention mechanism for epilepsy detection using single channel EEG (this opens in a new tab)
Yang Li, Yang Yang, Qinghe Zheng, Yunxia Liu, Hongjun Wang, Shangling Song & Penghui Zhao
Original Article | 07 October 2023 | Pages: 307 - 326
A survey on brain tumor image analysis (this opens in a new tab)
Kashfia Sailunaz, Sleiman Alhajj, Tansel Özyer, Jon Rokne & Reda Alhajj
Review Article | 13 September 2023 | Pages: 1 - 45
EEG-FMCNN: A fusion multi-branch 1D convolutional neural network for EEG-based motor imagery classification (this opens in a new tab)
Wenlong Wang, Baojiang Li, Haiyan Wang, Xichao Wang, Yuxin Qin, Xingbin Shi & Shuxin Liu
Original Article | 20 September 2023 | Pages: 107 - 120
Electric powered wheelchair control using user-independent classification methods based on surface electromyography signals (this opens in a new tab)
Hassam Iqbal, Jinchuan Zheng, Rifai Chai & Sivachandran Chandrasekaran
Original Article | 26 September 2023 | Pages: 167 - 182
December 2023
A multi-view assisted registration network for MRI registration pre- and post-therapy (this opens in a new tab)
Yanxia Liu, Xiaozhen Li, Rui Li, SiJuan Huang & Xin Yang
Original Article | Published: 14 December 2023 | pages 3181–3191
Estimation of lower limb joint moments based on the inverse dynamics approach: a comparison of machine learning algorithms for rapid estimation (this opens in a new tab)
Mohammed Mansour, Kasim Serbest, Mustafa Kutlu & Murat Cilli
Original Article | Published : 10 August 2023 | Pages: 3253 - 3276
Common hyper-entropy patterns identified in nicotine smoking, marijuana use, and alcohol use based on uni-drug dependence cohorts (this opens in a new tab)
Wenyu Jiang, Luhui Cai & Ze Wang
Original Article | Published: 18 September 2023 | Pages: 3159 - 3166
Automated diagnosis of EEG abnormalities with different classification techniques (this opens in a new tab)
Essam Abdellatef, Heba M. Emara, Mohamed R. Shoaib, Fatma E. Ibrahim, Mohamed Elwekeil, Walid El-Shafai, Taha E. Taha, Adel S. El-Fishawy, El-Sayed M. El-Rabaie, Ibrahim M. Eldokany & Fathi E. Abd El-Samie
Original Article | Published: 06 September 2023 | Pages: 3363 - 3385
November 2023
Autism spectrum disorder diagnosis based on deep unrolling-based spatial constraint representation (this opens in a new tab)
Dajiang Lei, Tao Zhang, Yue Wu, Weisheng Li & Xinwei Li
Original Article | Published: 24 July 2023 | Pages: 2829 - 2842
Unlocking the Potential of Zebrafish Research with Artificial Intelligence: Advancements in Tracking, Processing, and Visualization (this opens in a new tab)
Yi-Ling Fan, Fang-Rong Hsu, Yuhling Wang & Lun-De Liao
Review Article | Published: 09 August 2023 | Pages: 2797 - 2814
Classification of benign and malignant parotid tumors based on CT images combined with stack generalization mode (this opens in a new tab)l
NaZiLa HaLiMaiMaiTi, Yue Hong, Min Li, Hongtao Li, Yunling Wang, Chen Chen, Xiaoyi Lv & Cheng Chen
Original Article | Published: 01 September 2023 | Pages: 3123 - 3135
Hardware deployment of deep learning model for classification of breast carcinoma from digital mammogram images (this opens in a new tab)
Kayalvizhi R, Heartlin Maria H, Malarvizhi S, Revathi Venkatraman & Shantanu Patil
Original Article | Published: 26 July 2023 | Pages: 2843 - 2857
October 2023
A biomarker discovery of acute myocardial infarction using feature selection and machine learning (this opens in a new tab)
Aizatul Shafiqah Mohd Faizal, Wei Yin Hon, T. Malathi Thevarajah, Sook Mei Khor & Siow-Wee Chang
Original Article | Published: 18 May 2023 | Pages 2527–2541
Non-contact high precision pulse-rate monitoring system for moving subjects in different motion states (this opens in a new tab)
Qing Zhang, Xingsen Lin, Yuxin Zhang, Qian Liu & Fuhong Cai
Original Article | Published: 21 July 2023 | Pages 2769–2783
Super-resolution of 2D ultrasound images and videos (this opens in a new tab)
Simone Cammarasana, Paolo Nicolardi & Giuseppe Patanè
Original Article | Published: 17 May 2023 | Pages 2511–2526
A transfer learning approach on MRI-based radiomics signature for overall survival prediction of low-grade and high-grade gliomas (this opens in a new tab)
Viet Huan Le, Tran Nguyen Tuan Minh, Quang Hien Kha & Nguyen Quoc Khanh Le
Original Article | Published: 11 July 2023 | Pages 2699–2712
September 2023
Contrastive self-supervised learning for diabetic retinopathy early detection (this opens in a new tab)
Jihong Ouyang, Dong Mao, Zeqi Guo, Siguang Liu, Dong Xu & Wenting Wang
Original Article | Published: 29 April 2023 | Pages 2441–2452
Portable deep-learning decoder for motor imaginary EEG signals based on a novel compact convolutional neural network incorporating spatial-attention mechanism (this opens in a new tab)
Zhanxiong Wu, Xudong Tang, Jinhui Wu, Jiye Huang, Jian Shen & Hui Hong
Original Article | Published: 25 April 2023 | Pages 2391–2404
Characterization of noise in long-term ECG monitoring with machine learning based on clinical criteria (this opens in a new tab)
Roberto Holgado-Cuadrado, Carmen Plaza-Seco, Lisandro Lovisolo & Manuel Blanco-Velasco
Original Article | Published: 03 April 2023 | Pages 2227–2240
Ensemble classifier fostered detection of arrhythmia using ECG data (this opens in a new tab)
M. Ramkumar, Manjunathan Alagarsamy, A. Balakumar & S. Pradeep
Original Article | Published: 05 May 2023 | Pages 2453–2466
August 2023
Transformer-based temporal sequence learners for arrhythmia classification (this opens in a new tab)
Ann Varghese, Suraj Kamal & James Kurian
Original Article | Published: 06 June 2023 | Pages: 1993 - 2000
The correlation between upper body grip strength and resting-state EEG network (this opens in a new tab)
Xiabing Zhang, Bin Lu, Chunli Chen, Lei Yang, Wanjun Chen, Dezhong Yao, Jingming Hou, Jing Qiu, Fali Li & Peng Xu
Original Article | Published: 20 June 2023 | Pages: 2139 - 2148
Automatic Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomographic Scoring in patients with acute ischemic stroke using diffusion-weighted imaging (this opens in a new tab)
Yan Wu, Rong Sun, Yuanzhong Xie & Shengdong Nie
Original Article | Published: 22 June 2023 | Pages: 2149 - 2157
A membership-function–based broad learning system for human–robot interaction force estimation under drawing task (this opens in a new tab)
Biwei Tang, Ruiqing Li, Jing Luo, Muye Pang & Kui Xiang
Original Article | Published: 03 June 2023 | Pages: 1975 - 1992
July 2023
Predicting heart failure in-hospital mortality by integrating longitudinal and category data in electronic health record (this opens in a new tab)s
Meikun Ma, Xiaoyan Hao, Jumin Zhao, Shijie Luo, Yi Liu & Dengao Li
Original Article | Published: 24 March 2023 | Pages : 1857–1873
An optimal internal model proportional integral controller to improve pressure tracking profile of artificial ventilator (this opens in a new tab)
Debasis Acharya & Dushmanta Kumar Das
Original Article | Published: 15 March 2023 | Pages : 1807–1820
Continuous estimation of multi-DOF movement from sEMG based on non-negative matrix factorization and L2 regulation (this opens in a new tab)
Ming Meng, Guangqian Zhou, Yuliang Ma & Xugang Xi
Original Article | Published: 28 February 2023 | Pages :1675–1686
Examining impact forces during posterior spinal fusion to implement in a novel physics-driven virtual reality surgical simulator (this opens in a new tab)
Sneha Patel, Jean Ouellet & Mark Driscoll
Original Article | Published: 23 March 2023 | Pages : 1837–1843
June 2023
Colorectal cancer lymph node metastasis prediction with weakly supervised transformer-based multi-instance learning (this opens in a new tab)
Luxin Tan, Huan Li, Jinze Yu, Haoyi Zhou, Zhi Wang, Zhiyong Niu, Jianxin Li & Zhongwu Li
Original Article | Open Access | Published: 27 February 2023| Pages: 1565 – 1580
Cardiorespiratory coupling in mechanically ventilated patients studied via synchrogram analysis (this opens in a new tab)
Davide Ottolina, Beatrice Cairo, Tommaso Fossali, Claudio Mazzucco, Antonio Castelli, Roberto Rech, Emanuele Catena, Alberto Porta & Riccardo Colombo
Original Article | Published: 26 January 2023| Pages: 1329 – 1341
Design and evaluation of vascular interventional robot system for complex coronary artery lesions (this opens in a new tab)
Haoyang Yu, Hongbo Wang, Jiangyuan Chang, Wenjie Liu, Fuhao Wang & Jianye Niu
Original Article | Published: 27 January 2023 | Pages: 1365–1380
Customizable tubular model for n-furcating blood vessels and its application to 3D reconstruction of the cerebrovascular system (this opens in a new tab)
Michal Chlebiej, Anna Zurada, Jerzy Gielecki, Mikolaj A. Pawlak & Maciej Szkulmowski
Original Article | Open Access | Published: 26 January 2023 | Pages: 1343–1361
May 2023
Automated multi-beat tissue Doppler echocardiography analysis using deep neural networks (this opens in a new tab)
Elisabeth S. Lane, Jevgeni Jevsikov, Matthew J. Shun-shin, Niti Dhutia, Nasser Matoorian, Graham D. Cole, Darrel P. Francis & Massoud Zolgharni
Review Article | Published: 11 January 2023 | Pages: 911 - 926
Automated analysis of finger blood pressure recordings provides insight in determinants of baroreflex sensitivity and heart rate variability—the HELIUS study (this opens in a new tab)
D. Collard, B. E. Westerhof, J. M. Karemaker, W. J. Stok, P. G. Postema, C. T. P. Krediet, L. Vogt & B. J. H. van den Born
Original Article | Open Access | Published: 23 January 2023 | Pages: 1183 - 1191
Quantification of body ownership awareness induced by the visual movement illusion of the lower limbs: a study of electroencephalogram and surface electromyography (this opens in a new tab)
Jing Li, Junhong Wang, Ting Wang, Wanzeng Kong & Xugang Xi
Review Article | Published: 20 January 2023 | Pages: 951 - 965
COVID-19’s influence on cardiac function: a machine learning perspective on ECG analysis (this opens in a new tab)
Juliana Carneiro Gomes, Maíra Araújo de Santana, Aras Ismael Masood, Clarisse Lins de Lima & Wellington Pinheiro dos Santos
Original Article | Published: 20 January 2023 | Pages: 1057 - 1081
March 2023
Differential diagnosis of prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia based on DCE-MRI using bi-directional CLSTM deep learning and radiomics (this opens in a new tab)
Yang Zhang, Weikang Li, Zhao Zhang, Yingnan Xue, Yan-Lin Liu, Ke Nie, Min-Ying Su & Qiong Ye
Original Article | Published: 04 January 2023 | Pages: 757–771
Study on the blood flow characteristics of venous needle retention with different super-hydrophobic surface structures (this opens in a new tab)
Zhun Yu, Lei Liu, Yongzhi Deng, Xiaowen Zhang & Chao Yu
Original Article | Published: 11 January 2023 | Pages: 867–874
Analyzing global features of magnetic resonance images in widespread neurodegenerative diseases: new hope to understand brain mechanism and robust neurodegenerative disease diagnosis (this opens in a new tab)
Farnaz Garehdaghi & Yashar Sarbaz
Original Article | Published: 04 January 2023 | Pages: 773–784
Flexible ureteroscope capable of acute-angled and balanced omnidirectional bending based on soft and flexible porous tube and crossed control wiring (this opens in a new tab)
Atsushi Yamada & Tohru Tani
Original Article | Published: 06 January 2023 | Pages: 799–809
February 2023
Atrial fibrillation episode patterns as predictor of clinical outcome of catheter ablation (this opens in a new tab)
Javier Saiz-Vivó, Valentina D A Corino, Alba Martín-Yebra , Luca T Mainardi,
Robert Hatala, Leif Sörnmo
Original Article | Published: 21 November 2022 | Pages: 317 – 327
Home-care nursing controlled mobile robot with vital signal monitoring (this opens in a new tab)
Caridad Mireles, Misael Sanchez, David Cruz-Ortiz, Iván Salgado & Isaac Chairez
Original Article | Published: 29 November 2022 | Pages: 399 - 420
TwinEDA: a sustainable deep-learning approach for limb-position estimation in preterm infants’ depth images (this opens in a new tab)
Lucia Migliorelli, Alessandro Cacciatore, Valeria Ottaviani, Daniele Berardini,
Raffaele L. Dellaca’, Emanuele Frontoni & Sara Moccia
Original Article | Published: 28 November 2022 | Pages: 387 - 397
Deep learning-based system for automatic prediction of triple-negative breast cancer from ultrasound images (this opens in a new tab)
Alexandre Boulenger, Yanwen Luo, Chenhui Zhang, Chenyang Zhao, Yuanjing Gao,
Mengsu Xiao, Qingli Zhu & Jie Tang
Original Article | Published: 21 December 2022 | Pages: 567 - 578
January 2023
Subject-independent EEG emotion recognition with hybrid spatio-temporal GRU-Conv architecture (this opens in a new tab)
Guixun Xu，Wenhui Guo，Yanjiang Wang
Original Article | Published: 02 November 2022 | Pages: 61 – 73
Monitoring of intracerebral hemorrhage with a linear microwave imaging algorithm (this opens in a new tab)
İsmail Dilman, Egemen Bilgin, Mehmet Nuri Akıncı, Sema Coşğun, Semih Doğu, Mehmet Çayören & İbrahim Akduman
Original Article | Published: 29 October 2022 | Pages: 33 – 43
Dynamic PET images denoising using spectral graph wavelet transform (this opens in a new tab)
Liqun Yi, Yuxia Sheng, Li Chai & Jingxin Zhang
Original Article | Published: 03 November 2022 | Pages: 97 – 107
Evaluation (this opens in a new tab) of computational fluid dynamics models for predicting pediatric upper airway airflow characteristics (this opens in a new tab)
Yicheng Chen, Xin Feng, Xieqi Shi, Weihua Cai, Biao Li & Yijun Zhao
Original Article | Published: 11 November 2022 | Pages: 259 – 270
December 2022
MLRD-Net: 3D multiscale local cross-channel residual denoising network for MRI-based brain tumor segmentation (this opens in a new tab)
Xue Chen, Yanjun Peng, Yanfei Guo, Jindong Sun, Dapeng Li & Jianming Cui
Original Article | Open Access | Published: 03 October 2022 | Pages: 3377 - 3395
Impact of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on the directed connectivity of autism EEG signals: a pilot study (this opens in a new tab)
Jiannan Kang, Xiaoli Li, Manuel F. Casanova, Estate M. Sokhadze & Xinling Geng
Original Article | Published: October 25 2022 | Pages: 3655 - 3664
Nanotechnology and quantum science enabled advances in neurological medical applications: diagnostics and treatments (this opens in a new tab)
Sadia Batool, Hafezeh Nabipour, Seeram Ramakrishna & Masoud Mozafari
Review Article | Published: 17 08 October 2022 | Pages: 3341 - 3356
Neural-Symbolic Ensemble Learning for early-stage prediction of critical state of Covid-19 patients (this opens in a new tab)
Arnaud Nguembang Fadja, Michele Fraccaroli, Alice Bizzarri, Giulia Mazzuchelli & Evelina Lamma
Original Article | Published: 06 October 2022 | Pages: 3461 - 3474
November 2022
Atrial fibrosis identification with unipolar electrogram eigenvalue distribution analysis in multi-electrode arrays (this opens in a new tab)
Jennifer Riccio, Alejandro Alcaine, Sara Rocher, Laura Martinez-Mateu, Javier Saiz, Eric Invers-Rubio, Maria S. Guillem, Juan Pablo Martínez & Pablo Laguna
Original Article | Open Access | Published: 13 September 2022 | Pages: 3091 - 3112
Correlation between conduction velocity and frequency analysis in patients with atrial fibrillation using high-density charge mapping (this opens in a new tab)
Lam Dang, Nathan Angel, Min Zhu, Jean-Marc Vesin & Christoph Scharf
Original Article | Published: 06 September 2022 | Pages: 3081 - 3090
Depression diagnosis using machine intelligence based on spatiospectrotemporal analysis of multi-channel EEG (this opens in a new tab)
Amir Nassibi, Christos Papavassiliou & S. Farokh Atashzar
Original Article | Published: 17 September 2022 | Pages: 3187 - 3202
A deep learning approach to median nerve evaluation in ultrasound images of carpal tunnel inlet (this opens in a new tab)
Mariachiara Di Cosmo, Maria Chiara Fiorentino, Francesca Pia Villani, Emanuele Frontoni, Gianluca Smerilli, Emilio Filippucci & Sara Moccia
Original Article | Open Access | Published: 24 September 2022 | Pages: 3255 - 3264