Inferring brain states from EEG signals allows for the management of sleep disorders and brain diseases by providing an insight into the electrophysiological state of the brain. We explore the use of topic modeling – which ...

Digital microfluidic biochips (DMFBs) are revolutionizing many biochemical analysis procedures, e.g., high-throughput DNA sequencing and point-of-care clinical diagnosis. However, today's DMFBs suffer from several limitations: ...

Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) is a simple, yet powerful technique that has the potential to offer practical, non-invasive, and cost effective information for op- tical diagnostics and therapeutics guidance. Any ...

This thesis demonstrates a new way to achieve sparse biological sample detection, which uses magnetic bead manipulation on a digital microfluidic device. Sparse sample detection was made possible through two steps: sparse ...

This dissertation is about the first substantial restoration of human sense using a medical intervention. In particular, the development of the modern cochlear implant (CI) is described, with a focus on sound processors ...

It is essential that breast cancer be detected at its earliest stages for better prognosis. Advanced imaging techniques and systems are constantly under development and study to improve the screening and detection of breast ...

<bold>Background</bold> The diagnosis of sepsis is challenging because the infection can be caused by more than 50 species of pathogens that might exist in the bloodstream in very low concentrations, e.g., less ...

In Pulmonary diseases, such as chronic obstructed pulmonary diseases (COPD), fibrosis, and asthma, are responsible for substantial health and financial burden in the world. In 2016, COPD claimed more than 3 million lives, ...

Digital microfluidics as implemented in electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWD) technology has been widely used as a platform for miniaturizing the biomedical or biochemical laboratory on a chip in recent years. DNA pyrosequencing, ...

Patient outcomes for colon and esophageal cancers depend on early detection and surveillance of the progression of dysplasia (abnormal cellular growth indicative of pre-cancer) and malignancy (cancer) in the epithelium of ...