Three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography has a long history with the first 3D-reconstruction of 2D images described in 1974 by Dekker et al. With their approach, the patient was scanned with a transducer attached to a mechanical arm that fed quadrant data to a computer mainframe. However, equipment such as this was impractical and images were unsuitable for clinical use. Over the subsequent deca...

Three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography has a long history with the first 3D-reconstruction of two-dimensional (2D) images in 1974. However, the equipment was impractical and images were unsuitable for clinical use. Over the subsequent decades, several researchers, primarily in biomedical engineering, worked on overcoming technical challenges to make the equipment smaller, yet capable of genera...

Recent studies indicate that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for several million people annually. New habits, practices and lifestyles have introduced newer ailments that the public health care system of a country has not always been able to cope up with. Of late, need for effective preventive cardiology has been advocated by several researchers[Pad’05]. An important compon...

Cerenkov luminescence imaging (CLI) is an emerging hybrid modality that utilizes the light emission from many commonly used medical isotopes. Cerenkov radiation (CR) is produced when charged particles travel through a dielectric medium faster than the speed of light in that medium. First described in detail nearly 100 years ago, CR has only recently applied for biomedical imaging purposes. The ...

Personal protective equipment (PPE) refers to clothing and equipment designed to protect individuals from chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive hazards. The materials used to provide this protection may exacerbate thermal strain by limiting heat and water vapor transfer. Any new PPE must therefore be evaluated to ensure that it poses no greater thermal strain than the curre...

Three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography has a long history with the first 3D-reconstruction of 2D images described in 1974 by Dekker et al. With their approach, the patient was scanned with a transducer attached to a mechanical arm that fed quadrant data to a computer mainframe. However, equipment such as this was impractical and images were unsuitable for clinical use. Over the subsequent deca...

As the advance of technology, the manufacturing process of materials has moved forward from the scale of micrometer to sub-micrometer and nanometer. Combining nanotechnology and traditional magnetic materials, nanoscale magnetic materials can be created for applications in biomedical examination and therapy as well as data recording to increase the storage space of a computer. The topic of usin...

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) wreaked havoc all across the world, claiming numerous casualties. Managing pandemic has resulted in production an unprecedented volume biomedical waste (BMW), form used personal protective equipment (PPE), diagnostic items, etc. It is a matter utmost urgency that this BMW treated, using newer and environmentally sustainable methods as compared...

Significant progress in characterization of nanoparticles and biomolecules was enabled by the development of advanced imaging equipment with extreme spatial-resolution and sensitivity. To perform some of these analyses outside of well-resourced laboratories, it is necessary to create robust and cost-effective alternatives to existing high-end laboratory-bound imaging and sensing equipment. Towa...

Breast cancer is one of the most frequent malignancies among women worldwide. Methods for screening and diagnosis allow health care professionals to provide personalized treatments that improve outcome survival. Scientists physicians are working side-by-side develop evidence-based guidelines equipment detect earlier. However, lack comprehensive interdisciplinary information understanding betwee...