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Engineering in Medicine and Biology

The IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology covers the development and application of engineering concepts and methods to biology, medicine and health sciences to provide effective solutions to biological, medical and healthcare problems.

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In an era where technology is expanding at a rapid rate and the needs for medical application of these technologies has never been greater, the intersection between engineering, medicine and biology is a critical place to be. The IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society is well-positioned to serve as a central gathering point for both of these major disciplines.

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Wireless, Mobile, and IoT Technologies for Next-Generation Healthcare Systems
Wireless, Mobile, and IoT Technologies for Next-Generation Healthcare Systems 698 649 IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB)

Wireless, Mobile, and IoT Technologies for Next-Generation Healthcare Systems

The healthcare industry is undergoing a profound transformation driven by an ageing population, the rising burden of chronic disease, and rapid technological advancement. Wireless communication and mobile computing have become…

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Engineering Digital Health at Scale: Cyber-Physical and Socio-Technical Perspectives From System Design to Implementation and Sustainable Deployment
Engineering Digital Health at Scale: Cyber-Physical and Socio-Technical Perspectives From System Design to Implementation and Sustainable Deployment 1536 1024 IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB)

Engineering Digital Health at Scale: Cyber-Physical and Socio-Technical Perspectives From System Design to Implementation and Sustainable Deployment

OJEMB Special Issue on “Engineering Digital Health at Scale: Cyber-Physical and Socio-Technical Perspectives From System Design to Implementation and Sustainable Deployment“ Rapid advances in digital health technologies are enabling complex…

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AI and computational modelling in cardiovascular disease
AI and computational modelling in cardiovascular disease 1124 857 IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB)

AI and computational modelling in cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death and disability in Europe, causing approximately 10,000 deaths every day and nearly 4 million deaths annually across the WHO European Region. It…

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Article Highlights

Shared and Individual Resting-State MEG Network Signatures of Tinnitus Revealed by Holistic Graph Learning
Shared and Individual Resting-State MEG Network Signatures of Tinnitus Revealed by Holistic Graph Learning 875 398 IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB)

Shared and Individual Resting-State MEG Network Signatures of Tinnitus Revealed by Holistic Graph Learning

Tinnitus, the perception of sound without an external source, affects many individuals, yet its impact on the brain’ functional connectome remains underexplored. Traditional functional connectivity (FC) methods, such as Pearson…

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Transcranial Temporal Interference Stimulation: A Brief Review of Architectures, Circuits, and Application Challenges
Transcranial Temporal Interference Stimulation: A Brief Review of Architectures, Circuits, and Application Challenges 615 435 IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB)

Transcranial Temporal Interference Stimulation: A Brief Review of Architectures, Circuits, and Application Challenges

Noninvasive neuromodulation methods are promising for treating neurological diseases, but generally have limited ability to selectively target deep brain structures such as the basal ganglia or hippocampus. Transcranial temporal Interference…

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An Intra-Body Power Transfer System via Localized Capacitive Coupling
An Intra-Body Power Transfer System via Localized Capacitive Coupling 770 770 IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB)

An Intra-Body Power Transfer System via Localized Capacitive Coupling

Intra-body power transfer (IBPT) is a promising approach for enabling batteryless wearable devices by using the human body as a conductive medium for power delivery. In this work, we introduce…

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Stain Consistency Learning: Handling Stain Variation for Automatic Digital Pathology Segmentation
Stain Consistency Learning: Handling Stain Variation for Automatic Digital Pathology Segmentation 610 400 IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB)

Stain Consistency Learning: Handling Stain Variation for Automatic Digital Pathology Segmentation

Stain variation poses a major challenge for automated digital pathology. Numerous techniques address this issue, yet show limited success, especially outside H&E stains and classification tasks. We propose Stain Consistency…

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Anatomy-Guided Radiology Report Generation with Pathology-Aware Regional Prompts
Anatomy-Guided Radiology Report Generation With Pathology-Aware Regional Prompts 1155 779 IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB)

Anatomy-Guided Radiology Report Generation With Pathology-Aware Regional Prompts

Goal: Radiology report generation holds significant potential to alleviate clinical workloads and streamline medical care. However, achieving high clinical accuracy remains challenging, as radiographs often feature intricate structures and subtle…

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Clinical Applications of Deep Learning for Glottal Area Segmentation and Glottal Area Waveform Feature Computation
Clinical Applications of Deep Learning for Glottal Area Segmentation and Glottal Area Waveform Feature Computation 1426 779 IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB)

Clinical Applications of Deep Learning for Glottal Area Segmentation and Glottal Area Waveform Feature Computation

Goal: Analysis of the glottal area during vocal fold vibration has gained increasing attention. However, traditional analysis requires manual, frame-by-frame glottal area annotation to compute the glottal area waveform, a…

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