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ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Type-1 Diabetes (T1D) affects around 1.6 million (CDC). Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) accounts for almost 56-74% of T1D-induced mortality. During the past decade, DKA-admission rates have incr…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Adaptive Multi Sigmoid Contrast Enhancement (AMSCE) is a novel algorithm that may improve the analysis of computed tomography (CT) scans. Contrast enhancement compensates for human or machin…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Insulin pumps on the market today are expensive and are computationally limited in calculating and providing accurate dose regimens for type 1 diabetics. In this work, four academic discipli…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
The medical field is becoming increasingly reliant on medical imaging for diagnostic procedures. Although traditional high-field MRI scanners produce high-quality images at high SNR, they ar…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Statistically, the number of patients with chronic ankle disease due to ankle sprains are continuously increasing, but the rehabilitation environment is not being improved. Existing CPM mach…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Whitewater sports result in 50 deaths and thousands of head injuries every year, and the currently available helmets are insufficient. The objective of this study was to create an optimized…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Prescription opioid addiction is a national health crisis. Today, patients or physicians don't have a way of diagnosing if a relief painkiller causes addiction. Current approaches for diagno…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Acute, chronic, and surgical wounds affect millions of people with unmet critical needs. There is no effective way to stop traumatic wound bleeding and suturing involves a risk of infection.…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering First Award
Cancer and cranial diseases are the second leading cause of death worldwide. Early diagnosis and well-guided medical care as well as accurate analysis are essential to improve patient life e…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
The myoprosthesis developed in this research is a novel prototype to enable complete biomimetic performance in a bionic hand, accurately implementing gesture extraction and a soft polyarticu…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
The present research focuses on three applications of electromagnetic forces in medicine: improving blood circulation, developing faster ways to transport medicaments, and reducing blood vis…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Melanoma is the most common of all skin cancers, and Malignant Melanoma (MM) has the greatest mortality rate and highest potential of dissemination. MM can be cured if detected early but lef…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Limited hand movement caused by paralysis can significantly decrease quality of life for stroke patients. Wearable robotic hand orthoses are able to provide everyday assistance and rehabilit…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Purpose Asthma is a disorder that causes the trachea to shorten. During asthma attacks, it causes breathing difficulties, coughing, and even death. Asthma attacks are normally triggered by s…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Pluronic F-127 (PF-127) is a thermoreversible hydrogel and a promising candidate for drug delivery. It has a unique property that allows it to turn from liquid to gel as the temperature incr…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Heat exhaustion is the leading cause of death in student- athletes. This project proposes the idea of creating a system to remotely monitor individual student-athletes' temperature to preven…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
If a patient has fever, you would have to stick a thermometer in their mouth. This method is really bad especially for infants, imagine waking up in the middle of the every 30 minutes to che…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Electrocardiograms (ECGs) are the fundamental tool to diagnose the leading cause of death globally–cardiovascular disease. Cardiac signals inputted into computerized algorithms can exploit E…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Our research deals with the development of a biped mechanical device, capable of reproducing an artificial movement of human gait with pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs), for locomotion of…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Bio-signals are widely used in healthcare assessment and treatment. However, clinicians must exert immense effort and hold extensive expertise for their analysis, leading to a heavy workload…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Our BLUETECH project is the most satisfying for the eyes. It is a visual protector designed to protect us from short-wavelength light rays and debris affecting the quality of vision. Its rol…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Soft contact lenses are prostheses using by millions of people to correct of visual disorders, changing eye color, or in the treatment of corneal diseases. Poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Patients with progressive motor neuron diseases like ALS that impair motor function and speech become dependent on caregivers. My device, a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI), detects electrical…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Over the past several decades, excessive antibiotic use has led to the rapid development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The decreasing effectiveness of antibiotics in managing chronic wou…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Lower limb amputations affect about 28.9 million people worldwide, influencing normal human functions, we are developing a conscious brain mind-controlled Cybonthitic cyborg bionic-leg to pr…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Diabetes mellitus is the ninth leading cause of death worldwide, affecting millions worldwide and likely more due to inefficient testing, and is growing worse every year. The system presente…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
PURPOSE: Demyelination is a biological process that can cause serious motor, coordination and balance disturbances. This project aims to introduce the use of equivalent electric circuits int…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Human error is inevitable and has consequences. In the medical field, medical malpractice accounts for almost 251,000 deaths per year. The purpose is to solve the ongoing problem by building…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
During Phase 1 (2020-2021), a 3D printed ventilator was created with a modular design that could use multiple power sources to mitigate the shortage of ventilators during the COVID-19 pandem…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects over 16 million people, and is a leading cause of mortality in the United States. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) and oxygen therapy are co…