Recent advances in smart epidural spinal needles

M Althobaiti, S Ali, NG Hariri, K Hameed, Y Alagl… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lumbar puncture is a minimally invasive procedure that utilizes a spinal needle to puncture
the lumbar epidural space to take a sample from the cerebrospinal fluid or inject drugs for …

Artificial intelligence in obstetric anaesthesiology–the future of patient care?

AYH Kong, N Liu, HS Tan, ATH Sia, BL Sng - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in obstetric anaesthesiology shows great potential in
enhancing our practice and delivery of care. In this narrative review, we summarise the …

Optical coherence tomography for multicellular tumor spheroid category recognition and drug screening classification via multi-spatial-superficial-parameter and …

F Yan, B Mutembei, T Valerio, G Gunay… - Biomedical Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an ideal imaging technique for noninvasive and
longitudinal monitoring of multicellular tumor spheroids (MCTS). However, the internal …

Dimension‐based quantification of aging‐associated cerebral microvasculature determined by optical coherence tomography and two‐photon microscopy

F Yan, ZA Alhajeri, A Nyul‐Toth, C Wang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cerebral microvascular health is a key biomarker for the study of natural aging and
associated neurological diseases. Our aim is to quantify aging‐associated change of …

Enhancing epidural needle guidance using a polarization‐sensitive optical coherence tomography probe with convolutional neural networks

C Wang, Y Liu, P Calle, X Li, R Liu… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Epidural anesthesia helps manage pain during different surgeries. Nonetheless, the precise
placement of the epidural needle remains a challenge. In this study, we developed a probe …

Design and assessment of a bimanual haptic epidural needle insertion simulator

N Davidor, Y Binyamin, TH Kosovsky… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The case experience of anesthesiologists is one of the leading causes of accidental dural
punctures and failed epidurals-the most common complications of epidural analgesia used …

Needle guidance with Doppler-tracked polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography

DJ Harper, Y Kim, A Gómez-Ramírez… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Significance Optical coherence tomography (OCT) can be integrated into needle probes to
provide real-time navigational guidance. However, unscanned implementations, which are …

Development of a Smart Spinal Epidural Needle Based on Load Cell Sensors

M Althobaiti, Y Alagl, NA Alzahrani, S Alzahrani… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we have developed a high-accuracy and low-cost smart epidural needle
system. It is based on force puncture sensing and guidance mechanism that enhances …

Percutaneous Nephrostomy Guidance by a Convolutional Neural Network Based Endoscopic Optical Coherence Tomography System

C Wang, P Calle, F Yan, Q Zhang, K Fung, C Pan… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) is a commonly used procedure for kidney surgeries.
However, difficulties persist in precisely locating the PCN needle tip during its insertion into …

Automatic renal carcinoma biopsy guidance using forward-viewing endoscopic optical coherence tomography and deep learning

C Wang, H Cui, Q Zhang, P Calle, Y Yan… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Percutaneous renal biopsy is commonly used for kidney cancer diagnosis. However, the
biopsy procedure remains challenging in sampling accuracy. Here we introduce a forward …