Biomedical Engineering Theses and Dissertations

Theses and Dissertations for the Biomedical Engineering department.

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Description:: The goal of this thesis was to use non-invasive quantifiable MR parameters of volume, signal intensity and T2* relaxation time to predict the biomechanical or …
Year:: 2015
Contributor:: Biercevicz, Alison M (creator); Fleming, Braden (Director); Crisco, Joseph (Reader); Darling, Eric (Reader); Deoni, Sean (Reader); Thornton, Gail (Reader); Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Orthopaedics; MRI; Ligament mechanics; T2* relaxometry; Linear Regression Modeling; Reconstruction; Injury; Orthopedics; Anterior cruciate ligament; Knee; Magnetic resonance imaging; Surgery; Biomechanics
Language:: English
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Description:: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are among the most common knee injuries, often resulting in long rehabilitation periods with an increased risk of reinjury and …
Year:: 2026
Contributor:: Barnes, Dominique Alexis (creator); Fleming, Braden (Advisor); Crisco, Joseph (Reader); Kimia, Benjamin (Reader); Beveridge, Jillian (Reader); Kiapour, Ata (Reader); Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Magnetic resonance imaging; Anterior cruciate ligament; Orthopedics; biomarkers; Knee; Reinjury; Knee Joint Biomechanics; Quantitative magnetic resonance; qMRI; ACL; Meniscus; PTOA
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Biomedical Engineering; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) disruption is a common injury, particularly in the young and active patient. ACL reconstruction surgery is the current standard of care, …
Year:: 2022
Contributor:: Flannery, Sean (creator); Beveridge, Jillian (Reader); Crisco, Joseph (Reader); Kimia, Benjamin (Reader); Walsh, Edward (Reader); Fleming, Braden (Advisor); Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Machine Learning; Magnetic resonance imaging; Anterior cruciate ligament; Orthopedics; Artificial intelligence; Deep Learning
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Biomedical Engineering; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Abstract of Defining the Laws’ Texture Signature of Magnetic Resonance CISS and T2* Sequenced Images of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament, by David Edgar, ScM, Brown …
Year:: 2021
Contributor:: Edgar, David (creator); Fleming, Braden (Advisor); Toussaint, Kimani (Reader); Jayasuriya, Chathuraka (Reader); Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Magnetic resonance imaging; Anterior cruciate ligament; Collagen; Texture mapping; Second harmonic generation
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Description:: Labeling live cells for gene and protein expression is critical to a myriad of research and clinical functions. These include diagnostic imaging, enrichment of heterogeneous …
Year:: 2021
Contributor:: Dempsey, Megan (creator); Darling, Eric (Advisor); Dawson, Michelle (Reader); Shukla, Anita (Reader); Tripathi, Anubhav (Reader); Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Mesenchymal stem cells; Magnetic resonance imaging; Atomic force microscopy; Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; adipose derived stem cells; mechanophenotype; Regenerative medicine; Cell Sorting; live-cell labeling; cellular heterogeneity
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Description:: Menisci are essential for long-term knee joint function. Injuries to the menisci are common. Meniscal tears are often treated with arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (PM), a …
Year:: 2010
Contributor:: Bowers, Megan E. (creator); Fleming, Braden (Director); Crisco, Joseph (Reader); Tung, Glenn (Reader); Kimia, Benjamin (Reader); Murray, Martha (Reader); Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: imaging; quantitative MRI; Meniscectomy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Knee; Osteoarthritis
Language:: English
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Biomedical Engineering; Theses and Dissertations

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