MIT Open Access Articles

Evolving Properties of Biological Materials Captured via Needle-Based Cavity Expansion Method

Varner, H. M.; Naghibzadeh, S. K.; Spaeth, K. C.; Klein, A.; Cohen, T. (Springer US, 2024-12-04)

Background The mechanical properties of biological tissues change over time and with disease progression. Quantifying these mechanical properties can thus be instrumental for medical diagnosis and for evaluation of tissue ...
SleepBoost: a multi-level tree-based ensemble model for automatic sleep stage classification

Zaman, Akib; Kumar, Shiu; Shatabda, Swakkhar; Dehzangi, Iman; Sharma, Alok (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2024-05-03)

Neurodegenerative diseases often exhibit a strong link with sleep disruption, highlighting the importance of effective sleep stage monitoring. In this light, automatic sleep stage classification (ASSC) plays a pivotal role, ...
Evaluating Combinations of Biological and Clinicopathologic Factors Linked to Poor Outcomes in Resected Colorectal Liver Metastasis: An External Validation Study

Sasaki, Kazunari; Wang, Jane; Kamphues, Carsten; Buettner, Stefan; Gagniere, Johan; e.a. (Springer International Publishing, 2024-10-08)

Background Recent studies have suggested that certain combinations of KRAS or BRAF biomarkers with clinical factors are associated with poor outcomes and may indicate that surgery could be “biologically” futile in otherwise ...