The Biomedical Engineering Faculty Research and Publications Series is comprised of books and articles published by Marquette University's biomedical engineering faculty.

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Submissions from 2015

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In vivo Detection of Hyperoxia-induced Pulmonary Endothelial Cell Death Using 99mTc-Duramycin, Said H. Audi, Elizabeth R. Jacobs, Ming Zhao, David L. Roerig, Steven T. Haworth, and Anne V. Clough

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Guest Editorial: The 2014 Capstone Design Conference, Steven Beyerlein, Jay R. Goldberg, Susannah Howe, Scott Palo, Renee Rogge, and R. Keith Stanfill

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Computational Replication of the Patient-Specific Stenting Procedure for Coronary Artery Bifurcations: From OCT and CT Imaging to Structural and Hemodynamics Analyses, Claudio Chiastra, Wei Wu, Benjamin Dickerhoff, Ali Aleiou, Gabriele Dubini, Hiromasa Otake, Francesco Migliavacca, and John F. LaDisa Jr.

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Perception of Lower Extremity Loads in Stroke Survivors, Virginia W. Chu, T. George Hornby, and Brian D. Schmit

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Reply to “Perception of Lower Extremity Loading in Stroke”, Virginia W. Chu, T. George Hornby, and Brian D. Schmit

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Effect of Tendon Vibration on Hemiparetic Arm Stability in Unstable Workspaces, Megan O. Conrad, Bani Gadhoke, Robert A. Scheidt, and Brian D. Schmit

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Quantifying Cross-scatter Contamination in Biplane Fluoroscopy Motion Analysis Systems, Janelle A. Cross, Ben McHenry, and Taly Gilat-Schmidt

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Impaired Hyperemic Response to Exercise Post Stroke, Matthew J. Durand, Spencer A. Murphy, Kathleen K. Schaefer, Sandra K. Hunter, Brian D. Schmit, David D. Gutterman, and Allison Hyngstrom

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Finite Element Assessment of Pediatric Femoral Response to Loading During Ambulation: Normal vs. Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) Bone, Jessica M. Fritz, Carolyne Albert, Nicole M. Grosland, Peter A. Smith, and Gerald F. Harris

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Validation of a Finite Element Model of the Humerus for Fracture Risk Assessment During Assisted Ambulation, Jessica M. Fritz, Prateek Grover, Nicole M. Grosland, Carolyne Albert, Linda M. McGrady, Mei Wang, and Gerald F. Harris

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Technical Note: Phantom study to evaluate the dose and image quality effects of a computed tomography Organ-based Tube Current Modulation Technique, Diksha Gandhi, Dominic J. Crotty, Grant M. Stevens, and Taly Gilat Schmidt

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Opportunities to Identify Unmet Needs Outside of the Operating Room, Jay R. Goldberg

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Virtual Capstone Design Teams: Preparing for Global Innovation (Journal article), Jay R. Goldberg and Susannah Howe

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Subject-Specific Multiscale Modeling to Investigate Effects of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Brian Daniel Goodwin and Christopher R. Butson PhD

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Increased Lower Limb Spasticity but Not Strength or Function Following a Single-Dose Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor in Chronic Stroke, Krishnaj Gourab, Brian D. Schmit, and T. George Hornby

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Critical Changes in Cortical Neuronal Interactions in Anesthetized and Awake Rats, Anthony G. Hudetz, Jeannette A. Vizuete, Siveshigan Pillay, and Kristina M. Ropella

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Kinematic Foot Types in Youth with Equinovarus Secondary to Hemiplegia, Joseph Krzak, Daniel M. Corcos, Diane L. Damiano, Adam Graf, Donald Hedeker, Peter A. Smith, and Gerald F. Harris

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Stroke-related Effects on Maximal Dynamic Hip Flexor Fatigability and Functional Implications, Henry Kuhnen, Megan M. Rybar, Tanya Onushko, Ryan E. Doyel, Sandra K. Hunter, Brian D. Schmit, and Allison Hyngstrom

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Gene Expression in Experimental Aortic Coarctation and Repair: Candidate Genes for Therapeutic Intervention?, John F. LaDisa Jr., Serdar Bozdag, Jessica Olson, Ramani Ramchandran, Judy R. Kersten, and Thomas J. Eddinger

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Differential Effects of Buffer pH On Ca2+-Induced ROS Emission with Inhibited Mitochondrial Complexes I and III, Daniel P. Lindsay, Amadou K. S. Camara, David F. Stowe, Mohammed Aldakkak, and Ryan Lubbe

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Sagittal Subtalar and Talocrural Joint Assessment With Weight-Bearing Fluoroscopy During Barefoot Ambulation, Ben McHenry, Emily L. Exten, Jason Long, Brian Law, Richard Marks, and Gerald F. Harris

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Impaired Regulation Post-stroke of Motor Unit Firing Behavior during Volitional Relaxation of Knee Extensor Torque Assessed Using High Density Surface EMG Decomposition, Spencer A. Murphy, Reivian Berrios, P. Andrew Nelson, Francesco Negro, Dario Farina, Brian D. Schmit, and Allison Hyngstrom

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The Effect of Antagonist Muscle Sensory Input on Force Regulation, Tanya Onushko, Brian D. Schmit, and Allison Hyngstrom

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Fellow Eye Changes in Patients with Nonischemic Central Retinal Vein Occlusion: Assessment of Perfused Foveal Microvascular Density and Identification of Nonperfused Capillaries, Alexander Pinhas, Michael Dubow, Nishit Shah, Eric Cheang, Chun L. Liu, Moataz Razeen, Alexander Gan, Rishard Weitz, Yusufu N. Sulai, Toco Y.P. Chui, Alfredo Dubra, and Richard B. Rosen

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A Novel fMRI Paradigm Suggests that Pedaling-related Brain Activation is Altered after Stroke, Nutta-on Promjunyakul, Brian D. Schmit, and Sheila M. Schindler-Ivens

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Immersive Visualization for Enhanced Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis, David Quam, Timothy J. Gundert, Laura M. Ellwein, Christopher E. Larkee, Paul Hayden, Raymond Q. Migrino, Hiromasa Otake, and John F. LaDisa

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A Portable, Low-Cost Wheelchair Ergometer Design Based on a Mathematical Model of Pediatric Wheelchair Dynamics, Jacob R. Rammer, Susan A. Riedel, and Gerald F. Harris

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Stretch‐Induced Increase in Cardiac Contractility Is Independent of Myocyte Ca2+ While Block of Stretch Channels by Streptomycin Improves Contractility After Ischemic Stunning, Samhita S. Rhodes, Amadou KS Camara, Mohammed Aldakkak, James S. Heisner, and David F. Stowe

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Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Based Computational Fluid Dynamics/Fluid-Structure Interaction Pilot Study to Detect Early Vascular Changes in Pediatric Patients with Type 1 Diabetes, Margaret M. Samyn, Ronak Jashwant Dholakia, Hongfeng Wang, Jennifer Co-Vu, Ke Yan, Michael E. Widlansky, John F. LaDisa Jr., Pippa Simpson, and Ramin Alemzadeh

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The Effects of Extending the Spectral Information Acquired by a Photon-counting Detector for Spectral CT, Taly Gilat Schmidt, Kevin C. Zimmerman, and Emil Y. Sidky

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Effect of Imperceptible Vibratory Noise Applied to Wrist Skin On Fingertip Touch Evoked Potentials – An EEG Study, Na Jin Seo, Kishor Lakshminarayanan, Leonardo Bonilha, Abigail W. Lauer, and Brian D. Schmit

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Recent Developments in Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Joseph L. Shaker, Carolyne Albert, Jessica M. Fritz, and Gerald F. Harris

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Detection of acute nervous system injury with advanced diffusion-weighted MRI: a simulation and sensitivity analysis, Nathan P. Skinner, Shekar N. Kurpad, Brian Schmit, and Matthew D. Budde

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Evaluation of Pediatric Manual Wheelchair Mobility Using Advanced Biomechanical Methods, Brooke A. Slavens, Alyssa J. Schnorenberg, Christine M. Aurit, Adam Graf, Joseph J. Krzak, Kathryn Reiners, Lawrence C. Vogel, and Gerald F. Harris

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Biomechanics of Pediatric Manual Wheelchair Mobility, Brooke A. Slavens, Alyssa J. Schnorenberg, Christine M. Aurit, Sergey Tarima, Lawrence C. Vogel, and Gerald F. Harris

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Retinal Architecture in ​RGS9- and ​R9AP-Associated Retinal Dysfunction (Bradyopsia), Rupert W. Strauss, Adam M. Dubis, Robert F. Cooper, Rola Ba-Abbad, Anthony T. Moore, Andrew R. Webster, Alfredo Dubra, Joseph Carroll, and Michel Michaelides

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Temporal Evolution of Both Premotor and Motor Cortical Tuning Properties Reflect Changes in Limb Biomechanics, Aaron J. Suminski, Philip Mardoum, Timothy P. Lillicrap, and Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos

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Large-scale Spatiotemporal Spike Patterning Consistent with Wave Propagation in Motor Cortex, Kazutaka Takahashi, Sanggyun Kim, Todd P. Coleman, Kevin A. Brown, Aaron J. Suminski, Matthew D. Best, and Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos

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Tactile Proprioceptive Input in Robotic Rehabilitation after Stroke, Emmanouil Tzorakoleftherakis, Maria C. Bengston, Ferdinando A. Mussa-Ivaldi, Robert A. Scheidt, and Todd D. Murphey

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Clinical Correlates of High Cervical Fractional Anisotropy in Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, Aditya Vedantam, Gerald Eckardt, Marjorie C. Wang, Brian D. Schmit, and Shekar N. Kurpad

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Alagebrium Inhibits Neointimal Hyperplasia and Restores Distributions of Wall Shear Stress by Reducing Downstream Vascular Resistance in Obese and Diabetic Rats, Hongfeng Wang, Dorothee Weihrauch, Judy R. Kersten, Jeffrey M. Toth, Anthony G. Passerini, Anita Rajamani, Sonja Schrepfer, and John F. LaDisa Jr.

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The Feasibility of Imaging Myocardial Ischemic/Reperfusion Injury Using 99mTc-labeled Duramycin in a Porcine Model, Lei Wang, Feng Wang, Wei Fang, Steven E. Johnson, Said H. Audi, Michael Zimmer, Thomas A. Holly, Daniel C. Lee, Bao Zhu, Haibo Zhu, and Ming Zhao

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Using Swing Resistance and Assistance to Improve Gait Symmetry in Individuals Post-Stroke, Sheng-Che Yen, Brian D. Schmit, and Ming Wu

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Diffusion Imaging in the Rat Cervical Spinal Cord, Elizabeth Zakszewski, Brian D. Schmit, Shekar N. Kurpad, and Matthew D. Budde

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Thermodynamically-Constrained Computational Model of Lung Mitochondrial Bioenergetics, Xiao Zhang, Ranjan K. Dash, Anne V. Clough, Elizabeth R. Jacobs, and Said H. Audi

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Experimental Comparison of Empirical Material Decomposition Methods for Spectral CT, Kevin C. Zimmerman and Taly Gilat Schmidt

Submissions from 2014

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Isoflurane Modulates Cardiac Mitochondrial Bioenergetics by Selectively Attenuating Respiratory Complexes, Bhawana Agarwal, Ranjan K. Dash, David F. Stowe, Zeljko J. Bosnjak, and Amadou K.S. Camara

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Bone Material Properties in Osteogenesis Imperfecta: A Matter of Quantity Over Quality, Carolyne Albert, John Jameson, Gerald F. Harris, and Peter Smith

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Reduced Diaphyseal Strength Associated with High Intracortical Vascular Porosity within Long Bones of Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Carolyne Albert, John Jameson, Peter Smith, and Gerald F. Harris

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The Arm Motion (AMD) Detection Test, Maria C. Bengston, Leigh A. Mrotek, Tina M. Stoeckmann, Claude Ghez, and Robert A. Scheidt

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Determination of Variable Stiffness of a Human Elbow for Human-Robot Interaction, Michael Boyarsky, Megan Heenan, Scott A. Beardsley, and Philip A. Voglewede

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Electroencephalogram Coherence in Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorders: Decreased Interhemispheric Connectivity in Autism, Audrey Meyer Carson, Nicole M.G. Salowitz, Robert A. Scheidt, Bridget K. Dolan, and Amy V. Van Hecke

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Comparison of Adaptive Optics Scanning Light Ophthalmoscopic Fluorescein Angiography and Offset Pinhole Imaging, Toco Y.P. Chui, Michael Dubow, Alexander Pinhas, Nishit Shah, Alexander Gan, Rishard Weitz, Yusufu N. Sulai, Alfredo Dubra, and Richard B. Rosen

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Classification of Human Retinal Microaneurysms Using Adaptive Optics Scanning Light Ophthalmoscope Fluorescein Angiography, Michael Dubow, Alexander Pinhas, Nishit Shah, Robert F. Cooper, Alexander Gan, Ronald C. Gentile, Vernon Hendrix, Yusufu N. Sulai, Joseph Carroll, Toco Y.P. Chui, Joseph B. Walsh, Rishard Weitz, Alfredo Dubra, and Richard B. Rosen

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Within-socket Myoelectric Prediction of Continuous Ankle Kinematics for Control of a Powered Transtibial Prosthesis, Samuel Farmer, M. Barbara Silver-Thorn, Philip A. Voglewede, and Scott A. Beardsley

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Entrepreneurship in Capstone Design: Has the Pendulum Swung Too Far?, Jay R. Goldberg

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Faculty Internships for Capstone Design Instructors: Maintaining an Up-to-Date Capstone Design Course, Jay R. Goldberg

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Benefits of Industry Involvement in Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Courses, Jay R. Goldberg, Vikram Cariapa, George Corliss, and Kate Kaiser

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Virtual Capstone Design Teams: Preparing for Global Innovation (Conference proceeding), Jay R. Goldberg and Susannah Howe

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Looking for Your Next Disruptive Technology? Try Student Competitions, Jay R. Goldberg and Phil Weilerstein

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Characterization of a Human Powered Nebulizer Compressor for Resource Poor Settings, Christopher J. Hallberg, Mary Therese Lysaught, Christopher E. Zmudka, William K. Kopesky, and Lars E. Olson

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Developing an At-Home System for Evaluating Manual Wheelchair Propulsion and Directing Rehabilitative Training to Optimize Biomechanical Efficiency, Gerald F. Harris

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Age-related differentiation of sensorimotor control strategies during pursuit and compensatory tracking, Megan L. Heenan, Robert A. Scheidt, and Scott A. Beardsley

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Intention Tremor and Deficits of Sensory Feedback Control in Multiple Sclerosis: a Pilot Study, Megan Heenan, Robert A. Scheidt, Douglas Woo, and Scott A. Beardsley

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A Modular Low-clearance Wrist Orthosis for Improving Wrist Motion in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Devon Holley, Michelle Johnson, Gerald F. Harris, and Scott A. Beardsley

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Orthopedics, Miriam Hwang, Ubong I. Udoekwere, and Gerald F. Harris

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Replication of Known Dental Characteristics in Porcine Skin: Emerging Technologies for the Imaging Specialist, L. Thomas Johnson, Thomas W. Radmer, Dean C. Jeutter, Gary L. Stafford, Joseph Thulin, Thomas Wirtz, George Corliss, Kwang Woo Ahn, Alexis Visotky, and Ronald L. Groffy

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Early-term and Mid-term Histologic Events During Single-level Posterolateral Intertransverse Process Fusion With rhBMP-2/Collagen Carrier and a Ceramic Bulking Agent In a Nonhuman Primate Model: Implications for Bone Graft Preparation, Safdar N. Khan, Jeffrey M. Toth, Kavita Gupta, Steven D. Glassman, and Munish C. Gupta

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Quantification of Local Hemodynamic Alterations Caused by Virtual Implantation of Three Commercially Available Stents for the Treatment of Aortic Coarctation, Sung Kwon, Jeffrey A. Feinstein, Ronak Jashwant Dholakia, and John F. LaDisa

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A Lensing Effect of Inner Retinal Cysts on Images of the Photoreceptor Mosaic, Christopher S. Langlo, John A. Flatter, Alfredo Dubra, William J. Wirostko, and Joseph Carroll

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The Reliability of Parafoveal Cone Density Measurements, Benjamin S. Liu, Sergey Tarima, Alexis D. Visotcky, Alex Pechauer, Robert F. Cooper, Leah Landsem, Melissa A. Wilk, Pooja Godara, Vikram Makhijani, Yusufu N. Sulai, Najia Syed, Galen Yasumura, Anupam K. Garg, Mark E. Pennesi, Brandon J. Lujan, Alfredo Dubra, Jacque L. Duncan, and Joseph Carroll

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Plantar Pressure Analysis During Rehabilitative Exercise, Richard Marks, Benjamin Beran, Jason T. Long, Karl Canseco, Salih Scott Grice, Aniko Szabo, Yanzhi Wang, and Gerald F. Harris

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Evaluation of Upper Extremity Movement Characteristics during Standardized Pediatric Functional Assessment with a Kinect®-based Markerless Motion Analysis System, Jacob R. Rammer, Joseph J. Krzak, Susan A. Riedel, and Gerald F. Harris

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Learning Redundant Motor Tasks With and Without Overlapping Dimensions: Facilitation and Interference Effects, Rajiv Ranganathan, Jon A. Wieser, Kristine M. Mosier, Ferdinando A. Mussa-Ivaldi, and Robert A. Scheidt

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Improving the Processing and Analysis Workflow of Adaptive Optics Retinal Imaging, Benjamin Sajdak, Robert F. Cooper, Kathleen Bazan, Brian P. Higgins, Drew H. Scoles, Melissa A. Wilk, Alfredo Dubra, and Joseph Carroll

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Simultaneous Robotic Manipulation and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Feasibility in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Nicole Marie Gregor Salowitz, Bridget K. Dolan, Rheanna Remmel, Amy V. Van Hecke, Kristine M. Mosier, Lucia S. Simo, and Robert A. Scheidt

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Simultaneous Robotic Manipulation and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Feasibility in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Nicole M.G. Salowitz, Bridget Dolan, Rheanna Remmel, Amy V. Van Hecke, Kristine M. Mosier, Lucia Simo, and Robert A. Scheidt

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Upper Extremity Biomechanics of Children with Spinal Cord Injury during Wheelchair Mobility, Alyssa J. Schnorenberg, Brooke A. Slavens, Adam Graf, Joseph J. Krzak, Lawrence C. Vogel, and Gerald F. Harris

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Biomechanical Model for Evaluation of Pediatric Upper Extremity Joint Dynamics During Wheelchair Mobility, Alyssa J. Schnorenberg, Brooke A. Slavens, Mei Wang, Lawrence Vogel, Peter Smith, and Gerald F. Harris

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Microscopic Inner Retinal Hyper-reflective Phenotypes in Retinal and Neurologic Disease, Drew Scoles, Brian P. Higgins, Robert F. Cooper, Adam M. Dubis, Phyllis Summerfelt, David V. Weinberg, Judy E. Kim, Kimberly E. Stepien, Joseph Carroll, and Alfredo Dubra

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In vivo Imaging of Human Cone Photoreceptor Inner Segments, Drew Scoles, Yusufu N. Sulai, Christopher S. Langlo, Gerald A. Fishman, Christine A. Curcio, Joseph Carroll, and Alfredo Dubra

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A North American Consortium on Rehabilitation Engineering and Technology for the Individual, Barbara Silver-Thorn, Jessica Lothman, and Terence Miller

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A Robotic Test of Proprioception within the Hemiparetic Arm Post-stroke, Lucia Simo, Lior Botzer, Claude Ghez, and Robert A. Scheidt

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Submovements During Reaching Movements after Stroke, Lucia S. Simo, Davide Piovesan, Jozsef Laczko, Claude Ghez, and Robert A. Scheidt

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Long-term Results of Comprehensive Clubfoot Release Versus the Ponseti Method: Which Is Better?, Peter A. Smith, Ken N. Kuo, Adam Graf, Joseph Krzak, Ann Flanagan, Sahar Hassani, Angela Caudill, Frederick Dietz, Jose Morcuende, and Gerald F. Harris

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Non-common Path Aberration Correction in an Adaptive Optics Scanning Ophthalmoscope, Yusufu N. Sulai and Alfredo Dubra

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Feedback Regulation of Limb Position Characterized Using fMRI, Aaron J. Suminski and Robert A. Scheidt

Feedback Regulation of Limb Position Characterized Using FMRI, Aaron J. Suminski and Robert A. Scheidt

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Impedance Control and Internal Model Formation When Reaching in a Randomly Varying Dynamical Environment, C. D. Takahashi, Robert A. Scheidt, and D. J. Reikensmeyer

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Determination of Optimal Counter-Mass Location in Active Prostheses for Transfemoral Amputees to Replicate Sound Limb Swing, Michael Telwak, Philip A. Voglewede, and M. Barbara Silver-Thorn

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Development of a Hybrid Foot Model Using an Able-Bodied Population for Prospective Application in Parkinsonian Gait, Nancy Thesing, Salih Scott Grice, Karl Canseco, and Gerald F. Harris

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Effects of Optimal Tactile Feedback in Balancing Tasks: A Pilot Study, Emmanouil Tzorakoleftherakis, Ferdinando A. Mussa-Ivaldi, Robert A. Scheidt, and Todd D. Murphey

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Effect of Lowest Instrumented Vertebra on Trunk Mobility in Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Undergoing a Posterior Spinal Fusion, Ubong I. Udoekwere, Joseph Krzak, Adam Graf, Sahar Hassani, Sergey Tarima, Mary Riordan, Peter F. Sturm, Kim W. Hammerberg, Purnendu Gupta, Alireza K. Anissipour, and Gerald F. Harris

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Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Spinal Cord: Insights From Animal and Human Studies, Aditya Vedantam, Michael B. Jirjis, Brian D. Schmit, Marjorie C. Wang, John L. Ulmer, and Shekar N. Kurpad

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Which Design and Biomaterial Factors Affect Clinical Wear Performance of Total Disc Replacements? A Systematic Review, Sai Y. Veruva, Marla J. Steinbeck, Jeffrey M. Toth, Dominik D. Alexander, and Steven M. Kurtz

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Sensory Electrical Stimulation Improves Foot Placement during Targeted Stepping Post-Stroke, Eric R. Walker, Allison Hyngstrom, and Brian D. Schmit

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Relationship Between Foveal Cone Specialization and Pit Morphology in Albinism, Melissa A. Wilk, John T. McAllister, Robert F. Cooper, Adam M. Dubis, Teresa N. Patitucci, Phyllis Summerfelt, Jennifer L. Anderson, Deborah M. Costakos, Thomas B. Connor Jr., William J. Wirostko, Pei-Wen Chiang, Alfredo Dubra, Christine A. Curcio, Murray H. Briliant, C. Gail Summers, Joseph Carroll, and Jennifer L. Anderson

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Robotic Resistance/Assistance Training Improves Locomotor Function in Individuals Poststroke: A Randomized Controlled Study, Ming Wu, Jill M. Landry, Janis Kim, Brian D. Schmit, Sheng-Che Yen, and Jillian MacDonald

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Reversible Blockade of Complex I or Inhibition of PKCβ Reduces Activation and Mitochondria Translocation of p66Shc to Preserve Cardiac Function after Ischemia, Meiying Yang, David F. Stowe, Kenechukwu B. Udoh, James S. Heisner, and Amadou K.S. Camara

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Emerging Optical Techniques for Detection of Oral, Cervical and Anal Cancer in Low-Resource Settings, Bing Yu, Daron G. Ferris, Yang Liu, and Vivek K. Nagarajan