We performed vascular waveform analysis of flap-feeding vessels using color Doppler ultrasonography and evaluated the blood flow in the flaps prior to surgery. Vascular waveform analysis was performed in 19 patients. The analyzed parameters included the vascular diameter, flow volume, flow velocity, resistance index, pulsatility index, and acceleration time. The arterial waveform was classified...

Experimental electrophysiological assessment of evoked responses from regenerating nerves is challenging due to the typical complex response of events dispersed over various latencies and poor signal-to-noise ratio. Our objective was to automate the detection of compound action potential events and derive their latencies and magnitudes using a simple cross-correlation template comparison approa...

PURPOSE To determine the diagnostic utility of waveform analysis of compound muscle action potentials (CMAP) for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). METHODS A total of 131 hands in 71 patients diagnosed with CTS (grouped according to severity) and 80 hands in 44 normal subjects were evaluated using nerve conduction test through the carpal tunnel combined with waveform analysis of CMAP. RESULTS Co...

An analysis of the uncertainty in measuring the root-mean-square, rms or Rq, value of a periodic waveform which results from the use of a finite record length is presented. Even though the results of the analysis are somewhat as expected, i.e., that the uncertainty is inversely proportional to the number of periods in the record, the explicit relationship between the magnitude of the uncertaint...

materials and methods in a double blind randomized trial study, 100 patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery were randomized to using heparinized (n = 50) or non-heparinized (normal) saline flush (n = 50) to maintain patency of arterial catheter after operation. indwelling arterial catheters were checked daily for acceptable arterial waveform for three days as primary outcome measures. resu...

Waveform patterns of P, ST and T vector functions of Frank-lead rest and exercise vectorcardiograms (VCG) of 375 ostensibly normal males, aged 50-70 years, were evaluated by waveform vector analysis (WVA). This procedure suitably quantified waveform information, providing a stable reduced data base comprising mean vector (MV), gradient vector (GV), convex vector (CV), sigmoid vector (SV), and q...

We present and study a homographic best approximation problem, which arises in the analysis of waveform relaxation algorithms with optimized transmission conditions. Its solution characterizes in each class of transmission conditions the one with the best performance of the associated waveform relaxation algorithm. We present the particular class of first order transmission conditions in detail...

This paper presents a high quality Enhanced Waveform Interpolative (EWI) speech coder at 2.8 kbps. The system incorporates novel features such as: dual-predictive analysis-bysynthesis (AbS) quantization of the slowly-evolving waveform (SEW), efficient parametrization of the rapidly-evolving waveform (REW) magnitude, and AbS vector quantization (VQ) of the REW parameter. Subjective tests indicat...

introduction: high frequency alternating currents is a safe, reversible and selective method for nerve conduction block that has been under study during the last decade as a treatment for the diseases involving abnormal neural impulses. however, reducing the stimulus amplitude, and the undesired onset response, as well as optimizing the stimulus parameters for more effective block is still unde...

This paper proposes a ramp dual-pulse actuation-voltage waveform that reduces actuation-voltage shift in capacitive microelectromechanical system (MEMS) switches. The proposed waveform as well as two reported waveforms (dual pulse, and novel dual-pulse) are analyzed using equivalent-circuit and equation models. Based on the analysis outcome, the paper provides a clear understanding of trapped c...