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Audio, Transactions of the IRE Professional Group on (142 Suppl 3) 2011
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and Overview. The provision of mandibular anesthesia traditionally has relied on nerve block anesthetic techniques such as the Halsted, the Gow-Gates and the Akinosi-Vazirani methods. The authors present two alternative techniques to provide local anesthesia in mandibular teeth: the...
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PMID: 21881057
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We evaluated the clinical efficacy of neurofeedback (NF) training in children with ADHD and investigated the mechanisms underlying a successful training. We used an attention skills training, coupled with the training setting and demands made upon participants, as the control condition. At the behav...
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PMID: 21128217
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We provide the rationale, design, and preliminary data from 3 ongoing clinical trials of mobile interventions developed for bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. Project 1 used a personal digital assistant to prompt engagement in personalized self-management behaviors based on real-time data. Project 2...
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PMID: 20921861
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This pilot study aimed to explore the clinical outcomes and therapeutic relationship for clients of an adult mental health service using Beating the Blues, a computerised cognitive behaviour therapy (CCBT) package. Sixteen participants completed the programme and reported a significant reduction in...
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PMID: 20485996
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This study offers data about the efficacy of "Talk to Me," an Internet-based telepsychology program for the treatment of fear of public speaking that includes the most active components in cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) for social phobia (exposure and cognitive therapies). One hundred twenty-seven...
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PMID: 20712499
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Infertility has been associated with stigma and negative psychosocial functioning. However, only a small proportion of this population actually receives care. Fertility patients predominantly use the Internet for information gathering, social support, and assistance with decision-making; yet, availa...
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PMID: 20127127
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We tested the effects of this training in PSP patients. Eight PSP patients were included into an uncontrolled 6-week intervention trial. The focus of the training was the improvement of posture and dynamic balance by using audio-biofeedback. The device was well accepted. No adverse events occurred....
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PMID: 20814797
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In the presence of a (central) auditory processing disorder [(C)APD] central hearing processes are disturbed, leading to impaired speech perception in noise. Poor acoustics in educational institutions exacerbates the problem. In children affected by (C)APD this can result in impaired development of...
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PMID: 20517588
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Chronic pain is relatively common in children and adolescents. Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has been shown to be effective for treating pain in this age group. This paper aims to review the literature on the use of computerized cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) with children and adolescents...
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PMID: 20412143
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In this study, the use of virtual reality did not increase motivation toward psychotherapy. At the end of the second part of therapy, all participants were comparably efficient in facing a live tarantula. These results bear important clinical implications concerning how to use virtual reality with c...
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PMID: 20441721
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We conclude that small targets should be treated by dedicated systems, larger volumes (> 0.5-1 cc) can also be treated using conventional treatment systems equipped with a MLC....
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PMID: 20441238
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Simulator exercises are used at Midwestern University to augment academic and laboratory training toward consolidating particular skills, increasing situation awareness, and preparing the student for practice within the team environment of an operating room. This paper describes an enhanced cardiopu...
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PMID: 20648900
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Although serious accidents during extracorporeal circulation are infrequent, potential adverse events with both equipment and operation do still occur and require immediate and well-coordinated responses. Hence, perfusionists need to be well trained in both standard and emergency procedures, and thi...
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PMID: 20648899
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Perceptual and Motor Skills (110)3 Pt 1 2010
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Research confirms the long-standing clinical observation that patients with dysarthria exhibit variability in speech rate. Thus, modifying speech rate has been documented as one of the best treatment options for these patients. In this tutorial, several published rate control interventions for dysar...
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PMID: 20681347
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Providing environmental information is an effective intervention strategy for increasing physical activity behaviors among older adults, especially among certain "at-risk" subgroups such as lower educated, overweight, or insufficiently active participants. Moderation analysis was perceived as a prom...
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PMID: 20182833
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This study investigated the effectiveness of a 20-week Simulated Developmental Horse-Riding Program (SDHRP) by using an innovative exercise equipment (Joba) on the motor proficiency and sensory integrative functions in 60 children with autism (age: 6 years, 5 months to 8 years, 9 months). In the fir...
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PMID: 20440023
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Surgical Endoscopy (24)4 2010
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The proposed automatic matching scheme with marker selection interface was particularly effective where the markers were partly lost or incorrectly identified....
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PMID: 19779940
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Archives de Pédiatrie (17)4 2010
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The process of weaning from mechanical ventilation (WMV) is the same in children as in adults. In the pediatric literature, weaning failure rate ranges from 1.4 to 34%. So far, no indices of weaning success have been demonstrated to be sufficiently accurate. The criteria for assessing readiness to w...
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PMID: 20219332
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We propose a novel research agenda and a potential treatment strategy, based on observations that both acute and chronic exposure to cannabis are associated with dose-related cognitive impairments, most consistently in attention, working memory, verbal learning, and memory functions. These impairmen...
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PMID: 20384422
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We explore the concepts and design challenges for electronic platforms that precipitate weight loss....
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PMID: 20214426
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We present the first attempt to apply bioprinting technologies in the perspective of computer-assisted medical interventions. A workstation dedicated to high-throughput biological laser printing has been designed. Nano-hydroxyapatite (n-HA) was printed in the mouse calvaria defect model in vivo. Cri...
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PMID: 20811116
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The use of thumb poke in connection with a trackball allowed the children with multiple disabilities and minimal motor skills to increase their level of response and stimulation control....
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PMID: 20078908
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Medical Physics (37)3 2010
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A nonlinear system reconstruction can theoretically provide timely system reconstruction when designing a real-time image-guided adaptive control for multisource heating for hyperthermia. This clinical need motivates an analysis of the essential mathematical characteristics and constraints of such an...
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PMID: 20384234
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Medical Physics (37)3 2010
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This paper investigates overall theoretical requirements for reducing the times required for the iterative learning of a real-time image-guided adaptive control routine for multiple-source heat applicators, as used in hyperthermia and thermal ablative therapy for cancer.
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PMID: 20384266
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European Radiology (20)3 2010
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We investigated whether patients suffering from tinnitus can (1) learn to voluntarily reduce activation of the auditory system by rtfMRI neurofeedback and whether (2) successful learning improves tinnitus symptoms.
Six participants with chronic tinnitus were included. First, location...
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PMID: 19760238
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This commentary reviews the development of image-guided focused ultrasound treatments since the publication of the above paper. The impact of the research presented in the paper on the development of the current image-guided noninvasive surgery and treatments will also be discussed.
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PMID: 20100047
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A commercial diagnostic ultrasound scanner (Octoson) was modified for performing hyperthermia treatments. The temperature elevations were induced in tissues by four large, focused ultrasonic transducers whose common focal zone was scanned along a computer controlled path as determined from B-scan im...
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PMID: 20100046
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Proportional assist ventilation with load-adjustable gain factors and neurally adjusted ventilatory assist are innovative modes of mechanical ventilation delivering a level of assistance proportional to the patient's effort, thus improving patient-ventilator synchrony and potentially representing a...
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PMID: 19956072
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The purpose of this study was to examine the comparative efficacy of cognitive rehabilitation as an intervention for substance misuse. Patients with substance use disorders entering long-term residential care (N = 160) were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: (a) standard treatment plus comp...
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PMID: 20158298
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The authors conclude that technology-assisted interventions hold promise in expanding access to treatment for substance use disorders especially for women and parents. Further, the characteristics of the relationship with a coach or helper may be critical to engagement in technology-supported interv...
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PMID: 20529338
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The sensitivity of the VR-ATM was 100% for cash withdrawals and 83.3% for money transfers, and the specificity was 83% and 75%, respectively. For cash withdrawals, the average reaction time of the VR group was significantly shorter than that of the CAI group (p = 0.021). We found no significant diff...
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PMID: 20429955
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The experiments provide detailed information about the stability and robustness of the adaptive controller of robot assistance that could be quite relevant for the design of future large scale controlled clinical trials. Moreover, the study suggests that including continuous movement in the repertoi...
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PMID: 20230610
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Nine production rules were established and standardized by Drools and Arden Syntax. The developed software autonomously controls training sessions on a bicycle ergometer on the basis of vital signs data. Thus it offers a new way for the rehabilitation of COPD patients. CONCLUSION: Evaluation with ni...
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PMID: 20011809
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The features and accessible artifacts that can be composed with OmniSCOPE have provided therapists with the possibility to enhance their therapy procedures and to reach a wider audience of patients even while out of the office. Additionally, the data gathering options that can be included within the...
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PMID: 20011806
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With this study we show that online assistive feedback for PD patients is possible. We present and discuss the patients' and physiotherapists' perspectives on wearability and performance of the wearable assistant as well as their gait performance when using the assistant and point out the next resea...
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PMID: 20011807
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We abstracted three main themes from the data. The caregivers of 17 families: 1) feared trying healthier food alternatives because of possibly wasting the food; 2) planned meals only when they had enough time, space, and financial security; and 3) defined produce as luxury items and often could only...
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PMID: 20011808
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SAAD digest (26) 2010
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We analyzed the paradata in a randomized controlled trial of alternative versions of an online intervention designed to promote consumption of fruit and vegetables.
Volunteers were randomized to 1 of 3 study arms involving several online sessions. We created 2 indirect measures of breadth and depth...
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PMID: 21087922
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Computerized potassium control, integrated with the nurse-centered GRIP program for glucose regulation, is effective and reduces the prevalence of hypo- and hyperkalemia in the ICU compared with physician-driven potassium regulation....
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PMID: 20100342
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Peer responses to new users were rapid, indicating that online social support networks may be particularly beneficial to smokers requiring more immediate assistance with their cessation attempt. This function may be especially advantageous for relapse prevention. Accessing this kind of rapid in-pers...
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PMID: 20719739
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Ventilation management is the ongoing process of adjusting ventilator support according to patients' needs. The present article is a review of the published work on the modeling of respiration physiology or the ventilation management process for supporting the critical task of ventilation. The focus...
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PMID: 20932237
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Obesity is becoming increasingly common, with at least 400 million obese adults worldwide and the World Health Organization (WHO) projecting that this statistic will reach 700 million in another five years. Ironically, despite the fact that a majority of adults in developed nations are overweight or...
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PMID: 20176518
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I included seven participants who were to carry out one of two previously targeted activities (i.e., either coffee preparation or table setting). Study II included four participants who were to carry out two new activities (i.e., preparation of a fruit salad and of a vegetable salad). The effects of...
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PMID: 20696547
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Echocardiography (27)1 2010
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To compare three different methods for obtaining interventricular-(VV) interval optimization.
A total of 30 patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) were enrolled. All the patients underwent VV-interval optimization performed with three different ec...
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PMID: 19725848
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Recent research presents Augmented Reality Exposure Therapy (ARET) for treatment of phobia of cockroaches as a potentially effective technique. However, to the authors' knowledge no studies have been published concerning the Human-Computer-Interaction issues of such a system. The aim of this paper i...
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PMID: 20543285
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The efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy for panic disorder and agoraphobia (PDA) has been widely demonstrated. The exposure technique is the main component of these programs; interoceptive exposure also plays an important role. The virtual reality (VR) program for treating PDA developed by Bote...
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PMID: 20543274
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This study investigated whether VR presence influences how effectively VR distraction reduces pain intensity during a cold-pressor experience. Thirty-seven healthy students underwent a cold pressor task while interacting with a VR distraction world. After the VR cold-pressor experience, each subject...
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PMID: 20543289
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We plan to analyze brain activity during the exposure to a virtual environment related to phobias. Our first goal is to study the possibility of activating brain areas related to phobias, specifically phobias to small animals (spiders and cockroaches), using virtual reality as stimulus, while the pa...
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PMID: 20543297
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We have designed a low-cost, virtual-reality based system. Our system, Virtual Wiihab, records performance and behavioral measurements, allows for activity customization, and uses auditory, visual, and haptic elements to provide extrinsic feedback and motivation to patients....
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PMID: 20543303
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The paper presents the background, main achievements and components of rehabilitation robotics in a simple way, using non-technical terms. The introductory part looks at the development of robotic approaches in the rehabilitation of neurological patients and outlines the principles of robotic device...
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PMID: 20407204
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Computer-based cognitive stimulation and evaluation applications will become widely used among the elderly. Therefore, these applications should be adapted for universal accessibility and usability....
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PMID: 20096968
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We use the methodology to predict the visual acuity in the presence of defocus of a population of cataract patients implanted with diffractive multifocal intraocular lenses. For the prediction, we used a set of physiological eye models that include chromatic and higher order aberrations. We found th...
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PMID: 20799776
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NeuroRehabilitation (27)2 2010
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To determine the relationship of objective and subjective outcome measures of Vision Restoration Training (VRT) for visual field recovery in partially blind patients. This is of interest because the patient's subjective improvement cannot be inferred from objective changes in visual field charts.
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PMID: 20871147
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To examine the effects of a computer-assisted, interactive tailored patient assessment (ITPA) tool in oncology practice on: documented patient care, symptom distress, and patients' need for symptom management support during treatment and rehabilitation.
For this repeated measures clinical trial at a...
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PMID: 20595307
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The clinical and cost-effectiveness of a computer-aided cognitive behavioural therapy (CCBT) programme, Beating the Blues, is indicated by a number of studies, but relatively little is known about its acceptability for patients with depression, anxiety, or both. This study investigated the acceptabi...
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PMID: 19306147
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This article reviews the Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) in the treatment of opioid dependence. It covers the use of CRA with both methadone maintenance patients and patients withdrawing from opioids. The data reviewed in the use of CRA in combination with methadone maintenance shows improvem...
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PMID: 20235445
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This paper presents an efficient computer control technique for regulation of anesthesia in humans. The anesthetic used is propofol and the objective is to control the degree of hypnosis of the patient. The paper describes the basic hardware/software setup of the system and the closed-loop methodolo...
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PMID: 19408139
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