Physiology & Biomedical Engineering
Laboratory for Sensory and Physiologic Signal Processing
Faculty: Ted Clancy
Recent and ongoing work includes:
- Applied signal processing and stochastic estimation to improve methods for estimating the amplitude of electromyographic signals
- Analysis of muscle patterns during walking for gait re-training of patients with stroke and traumatic brain injury
- Decomposition of surface electromyographic signals
- Relating the surface electromyogram to mechanical torque and impedance about the elbow
Signal Processing and Information Networking Laboratory
Faculty: Rick Brown
Recent and ongoing work includes:
- Evaluation and extension of models of speech intelligibility in noise
- Improvements in coding and enhancement of speech and audio signals
RF-Electronics and Medical Imaging/Analyses Laboratory
Faculty: Reinhold Ludwig
Recent and ongoing work includes:
- Development of special purpose coils for functional magnetic imaging in high-field scanners of 4.7-9.4 Tesla field strength based on 3-D numerical modeling
Ultrasound Research Laboratory
Faculty: Peder Pedersen
Recent and ongoing work includes:
- Development of improved inverse methods for ultrasound
- Development of an improved ultrasound method for identifying atherosclerotic plaque types
