Publications (11)
Noninvasive Focused Ultrasound Spinal Cord Stimulation in Humans: A Computational Feasibility Study
Koharu Isomura, Wenwei Yu, Jose Gomez-Tames
Background: Trans-spinal FUS (tsFUS) has recently been shown promise in modulating spinal reflexes in rodents, opening new avenues for spinal cord interventions in motor control an…
Saliency Fusion in Eigenvector Space with Multi-Channel Pulse Coupled Neural Network
Nevrez Imamoglu, Zhixuan Wei, Huangjun Shi +7
Saliency computation has become a popular research field for many applications due to the useful information provided by saliency maps. For a saliency map, local relations around t…
Accurate decoding of materials using a finger mounted accelerometer
Kuniharu Sakurada, Gowrishankar Ganesh, Wenwei Yu +1
Sensory feedback is the fundamental driving force behind motor control and learning. However, the technology for low-cost and efficient sensory feedback remains a big challenge dur…
ezyMRI: How to build an MRI machine from scratch -- Experience from a four-day hackathon
Shaoying Huang, José Miguel AlgarÃn, Joseba Alonso +25
Nuclear magnetic resonance instruments are becoming available to the do-it-yourself community. The challenges encountered in the endeavor to build a magnetic resonance imaging inst…
Investigation of Inward-Outward Ring Permanent Magnet Array for Portable Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Ting-Ou Liang, MinXuan Xu, Wenwei Yu +1
Permanent magnet array (PMA) is a popular option to provide the main magnetic field in a dedicated portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system because it does not need power o…
Portable Low-cost MRI System based on Permanent Magnets/Magnet Arrays
Shao Ying Huang, Zhi Hua Ren, Sergei Obruchkov +3
Portable low-cost MRI systems have the potential to enable point-of-care and timely MRI diagnosis, and to make this imaging modality available to routine scans and to underdevelope…
Impact of Brain Anisotropy on Transcranial Temporal Interference Stimulation: Numerical Analysis Toward Reliable Montage Optimization
Kanata Yatsuda, Masaki Fukunaga, Wenwei Yu +1
Background & Aim: Transcranial temporal interference stimulation (TIS) is a novel transcranial electrical stimulation modality that enables focused targeting of deep brain structur…
Transcutaneous Interference Spinal Cord Stimulation: Leadfield-Based Pareto Optimization of Electrode Montages for Improved Focality
Mariko Teragiwa, Leonel E. Medina, Alonso Carvajal +3
Purpose: This study investigates the feasibility of transcutaneous interferential spinal cord stimulation (tISCS), a novel non-invasive neuromodulation method, using temporal inter…
Physics-Coupled Neural Network Magnetic Resonance Electrical Property Tomography (MREPT) for Conductivity Reconstruction
Adan Jafet Garcia Inda, Shao Ying Huang, Nevrez Ä°mamoÄlu +1
The electrical property (EP) of human tissues is a quantitative biomarker that facilitates early diagnosis of cancerous tissues. Magnetic resonance electrical properties tomography…
High-Q non-invasive Glucose Sensor using MicrostripLine Main Field and Split Ring Resonator
Brandon Kaiheng Tay, Saumitra Kapoor, Wenwei Yu +1
A high-Q sensor integrating microstrip line (MLIN) main field and split ring resonators is presented for non-invasive glucose sensing. The proposed sensor combines the field-focusi…
High-Performance Permanent Magnet Array Design by a Fast Genetic Algorithm (GA)-based Optimization for Low-Field Portable MRI
Ting-Ou Liang, Yan Hao Koh, Tie Qiu +3
A permanent magnet array (PMA) is a preferred source of magnetic field for body-part-dedicated low-field (<0.5 T) portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) because it has a small f…