Our military veterans who served overseas in the middle east often come home with scars both seen and unseen. For some vets, unfortunately, these scars can take the form of lung damage sustained due to sandstorms, burn pits, and other high toxicity situations apparent in wartime in a symptom known as War Lung Injury (WLI). North Carolinian researchers from Duke University and the Durham VA Med Center utilized pulmonary transducers developed for the MRI to measure lung capacity during normal use. Read more: Utilization of of Iraq-Afghanistan War Lung Injury (
In the interest of advancing new medical treatments, a study was taken on a novel means to image human diaphragms called Tissue Doppler Imaging. The study measured the effectiveness of this new imaging system by comparing diaphragm action with healthy and ill patients in a subject group. A magnetic resonance compatible pneumatograph from BIOPAC helped record Pdi during the experiment. Read the full study: Tissue Doppler Imaging of the Diaphragm in Healthy Subjects and Critically Ill Patients (Eleni Soilemezi, Savvoula Savvidou, Panagiota Sotiriou, Dimitrios Smyrniotis, Matthew Tsagourias, Dimitrios Matamis)
Magnetic Resonance Imagers are a diagnostician’s best tool to view transdermal functions in the human body. To the extreme benefit of scientists everywhere, MRIs have become slightly cheaper as technology improves, and they are put to use in novel means to help us understand more about how the human body works. Here, cerebral hemodynamics (blood flow in the brain) were measured with an MRI in a study of Alzheimer’s Disease, and particularly how several indicators of flow compared between patients with the disease. A BIOPAC MP-Series Data Acquisition unit connected to a wireless BioNomadix Pulse Transducer recorded photoplethysmyography during the study. Read the full study from Emory University: Modeling Cerebral Hemodynamics Using BOLD Magnetic Resonance Imaging and its Application in Mild Cognitive Impairment ( , ,
The Dual Wireless Respiration and ECG BioNomadix Transmitter is optimized for respiration and electrocardiogram data; record one or both signals with the Smart Center, Logger, or a matched Receiver. RSP (CH A)–measure abdominal or thoracic expansion and contraction while breathing ECG (CH B)–record electrical activity generated by the heart The high signal to noise ratio and […]
View AllBIOPAC provides software and hardware that allows engineers to study the body. Here are a few notable studies using BIOPAC equipment for Biomedical Engineering research. Rehabilitating the Rehab Industry Could physical therapy be done from the comforts of your own home? If possible, this would open the door for more people with all sorts of ailments to […]
BIOPAC’s comprehensive Introductory ECG Guide addresses fundamental to advanced concerns to optimize electrocardiography data recording and analysis. Topics include: ECG Complex; Electrical and Mechanical Sequence of a Heartbeat; Systole and Diastole; Configurations for Lead I, Lead II, Lead III, 6-lead ECG, 12-lead ECG, precordial leads; Ventricular Late Potentials (VLPs); ECG Measurement Tools; Automated Analysis Routines for extracting, […]
Read All