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Personalized functional health and fall risk prediction using electronic health records and in-home sensor data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
residents were used to develop a composite functional health prediction model using Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), and Short Form 12...
Design and analysis of a frequency reconfigurable antenna for wireless communication at 5 GHz
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In this research, a frequency reconfigurable antenna was simulated and analyzed. The industry standard simulation suits (CST) was used in the design ...
Advances in medical infrared thermography
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
of using infrared thermography in diagnosing PAD. Thus, we conducted a study based on 12 patients recruited by vascular surgeons at the University of Missouri Hospital outpatient clinic. These patients were diagnosed with PAD and scheduled for intervention...
Advances in automated surgery skills evaluation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Training a surgeon to be skilled and competent to perform a given surgical procedure, is an important step in providing a high quality of care and reducing the risk of complications. Traditional surgical training is carried ...
Data-driven methods for analyzing ballistocardiograms in longitudinal cardiovascular monitoring
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the US; about 48% of American adults have one or more types of CVD. The importance of continuous monitoring of the older population, for early detection of ...
Impedance and plasmonic based MEMS sensors for chemical and biological applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The first project is implementing a biosensor for simultaneous detection of Salmonella serogroups. Foodborne pathogens cause millions of ...
Early detection of health changes in the elderly using in-home multi-sensor data streams
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The rapid aging of the population worldwide requires increased attention from health care providers and the entire society. For the elderly to live independently, many health issues related to old age, such as frailty and ...
Metasurface integrated uncooled silicon germanium oxide microbolometers for long wavelength infrared detection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
absorption to be engineered to achieve broadband or narrowband response. The measured voltage responsivity, detectivity, and thermal response time were 1.52x104 V/W, 2.5x107 cm Hz1/2/W and 2.01 m seconds to filtered blackbody IR between 2-14 [mu...
Advanced nanodielectric material development and scaling for use in compact ultra-high voltage capacitor prototypes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The dielectric material employed in this effort is a proprietary nanocomposite material, MU100. The material was initially developed to shrink high frequency, high voltage, dielectric loaded antennas; however, due to its ...
Antenna designs and imaging algorithm for radar-based microwave breast cancer detection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In this work, the design of ultra-wideband antennas and an algorithm for artifact removal and image reconstruction beamforming for microwave breast ...
Explainable pattern modelling and summarization in sensor equipped smart homes of elderly
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
In the next several decades, the proportion of the elderly population is expected to increase significantly. This has led to various efforts to help live them independently for longer periods of time. Smart homes equipped ...
Sub-optimal and robust downlink beamforming in wireless networks with imperfect channel state information
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
. Rigid beamforming is assured when the accurate channel state information (CSI) of the wireless system are acquired at the beamforming side. Because of some practical limitations in wireless systems such as feedback error, dynamic characteristics...
Localization in challenging environment using geometric and machine learning techniques
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The establishment of robust sensor network applications requires accurate and non complex positioning techniques using a full or partial set of observations. In a practical...
RF sensing and processing methods for noninvasive health monitoring
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
, major depression, and hyperactivity disorder, as well as substance abuse and those who are suicidal. The social issues in vulnerable populations include those living in abusive families, the homeless, etc. This dissertation concentrates on methods...
Temporal decision making using unsupervised learning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
With the explosion of ubiquitous continuous sensing, on-line streaming clustering continues to attract attention. The requirements are that the streaming clustering algorithm recognize and adapt clusters as the data evolves, ...
Investigation of the effects of body type on accelerometer based fall detection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Precision or personalized medicine follows the idea that analyzing a patient's genome can help stratify patients into treatment groups [1] ...
Investigation of the effects of body type on accelerometer based fall detection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Precision or personalized medicine follows the idea that analyzing a patient's genome can help stratify patients into treatment groups. Patients with cancer, for example, are split into groups based on the genetic make-up, ...
Spatio-temporal acquisition, reconstruction, and visualization of dynamic scenes for plant phenotyping
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Recent advances in robotic vision are permitting breakthrough solutions to various agriculture-related problems, including farming, field phenotyping, food security, etc. Among these technological advancements, autonomous ...
Asymptotically efficient estimators for geometric shape fitting and source localization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
be the optimum position to place the calibration emitter. When the optimum calibration source position may be of theoretical interest only, a practical suboptimum criterion is developed which yields a better calibration emitter position than the closest...
Deep learning based solutions to biomedical image analysis problems of the upper aerodigestive tract
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Clinical and scientific studies produce an abundance of image and video data. Clinical practice often relies on subjective, qualitative interpretation of image...