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Vertebroplasty is a minimally invasive surgical procedure used to treat vertebral fractures, which conventionally involves injecting polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement into the fractured vertebra. A common risk associated with…
Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) is a non-contrast magnetic resonance imaging diffusion-based scan that uses a multitude of b-values to measure various speeds of molecular perfusion and diffusion, sidestepping inaccuracy of arterial…
The low elastic modulus of soft materials, combined with geometric nonlinearity and rate dependence, presents significant challenges in the characterization of their mechanical response. We introduce a novel method for measuring the…
This work presents an approach for automating the discretization and approximation procedures in constructing digital representations of composites from Micro-CT images featuring intricate microstructures. The proposed method is guided by…
We present an initial examination of a novel approach to accurately position a patient during head and neck intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). Position-based visual-servoing of a radio-transparent soft robot is used to control the…
Implicit neural representation (INR) methods for video compression have recently achieved visual quality and compression ratios that are competitive with traditional pipelines. However, due to the need for per-sample network training, the…
Objectives: Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is a noninvasive technique for assessing the viscoelastic properties of soft biological tissues in vivo, with potential relevance for pediatric tumor evaluation. This study aimed to evaluate…