1.Evaluation methods for the rehabilitation efficacy of bidirectional closed-loop motor imagery brain-computer interface active rehabilitation training systems.
He PAN ; Peng DING ; Fan WANG ; Tianwen LI ; Lei ZHAO ; Wenya NAN ; Anmin GONG ; Yunfa FU
Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2025;42(3):431-437
The bidirectional closed-loop motor imagery brain-computer interface (MI-BCI) is an emerging method for active rehabilitation training of motor dysfunction, extensively tested in both laboratory and clinical settings. However, no standardized method for evaluating its rehabilitation efficacy has been established, and relevant literature remains limited. To facilitate the clinical translation of bidirectional closed-loop MI-BCI, this article first introduced its fundamental principles, reviewed the rehabilitation training cycle and methods for evaluating rehabilitation efficacy, and summarized approaches for evaluating system usability, user satisfaction and usage. Finally, the challenges associated with evaluating the rehabilitation efficacy of bidirectional closed-loop MI-BCI were discussed, aiming to promote its broader adoption and standardization in clinical practice.
Brain-Computer Interfaces
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Humans
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Imagination/physiology*
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Imagery, Psychotherapy/methods*
2.Ethical considerations for artificial intelligence-enhanced brain-computer interface.
Yuyu CAO ; Yuhang XUE ; Hengyuan YANG ; Fan WANG ; Tianwen LI ; Lei ZHAO ; Yunfa FU
Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2025;42(5):1085-1091
Artificial intelligence-enhanced brain-computer interfaces (BCI) are expected to significantly improve the performance of traditional BCIs in multiple aspects, including usability, user experience, and user satisfaction, particularly in terms of intelligence. However, such AI-integrated or AI-based BCI systems may introduce new ethical issues. This paper first evaluated the potential of AI technology, especially deep learning, in enhancing the performance of BCI systems, including improving decoding accuracy, information transfer rate, real-time performance, and adaptability. Building on this, it was considered that AI-enhanced BCI systems might introduce new or more severe ethical issues compared to traditional BCI systems. These include the possibility of making users' intentions and behaviors more predictable and manipulable, as well as the increased likelihood of technological abuse. The discussion also addressed measures to mitigate the ethical risks associated with these issues. It is hoped that this paper will promote a deeper understanding and reflection on the ethical risks and corresponding regulations of AI-enhanced BCIs.
Brain-Computer Interfaces/ethics*
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Artificial Intelligence/ethics*
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Humans
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Deep Learning
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User-Computer Interface
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Electroencephalography
3.An emerging major: brain-computer interface major.
Hengyuan YANG ; Tianwen LI ; Lei ZHAO ; Xiaogang CHEN ; Jiahui PAN ; Yunfa FU
Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2024;41(6):1257-1264
Brain-computer interface (BCI) is a revolutionizing technology that disrupts traditional human-computer interaction by establishing direct communication and control between the brain and computer, bypassing the peripheral nervous and muscular systems. With the rapid advancement of BCI technology, growing application demands, and an increasing need for specialized BCI professionals, a new academic major-BCI major-has gradually emerged. However, few studies to date have discussed the interdisciplinary nature and training framework of this emerging major. To address this gap, this paper first introduced the application demands of BCI, including the demand for BCI technology in both medical and non-medical fields. The paper also described the interdisciplinary nature of the BCI major and the urgent need for specialized professionals in this field. Subsequently, a training program of the BCI major was presented, with careful consideration of the multidisciplinary nature of BCI research and development, along with recommendations for curriculum structure and credit distribution. Additionally, the facing challenges of the construction of the BCI major were analyzed, and suggested strategies for addressing these challenges were offered. Finally, the future of the BCI major was envisioned. It is hoped that this paper will provide valuable reference for the development and construction of the BCI major.
Brain-Computer Interfaces/trends*
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Humans
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Electroencephalography
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User-Computer Interface
4.Clinical and pathological analysis of six cases of Meyerson nevi
Fengming CHEN ; Ling LIU ; Meng FU ; Lei WANG ; Tianwen GAO
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2022;55(1):47-50
Objective:To investigate clinical and histopathological features of Meyerson nevus.Methods:Clinical and histopathological data were collected from 6 patients with confirmed Meyerson nevi in Department of Dermatology, the Fourth Military Medical University from January 2015 to January 2019, and retrospectively analyzed.Results:Among the 6 patients, 3 were males and 3 were females, with a median age of 10.5 years (range, 7 months to 28 years). Skin lesions were located on the extremities of 3 cases, as well as on the trunk of 3 cases. Meyerson nevi arose from congenital pigmented nevi in 4 cases, as well as from acquired pigmented nevi in 2 cases. The duration of pigmented nevi varied from 7 months to 18 years. Four patients felt itching in the past 2 months, and 2 had no concomitant symptoms such as itching. Central pigmented nevi manifested as papules in 5 cases and a plaque in 1 case, which were brown or black in color, with regular shapes, uniform pigmentation and clear borders. Pigmented nevi were surrounded by a halo of erythema in 6 cases, and skin lesions were covered with scales or crusts in 4 cases. Histopathological examination of Meyerson nevi revealed characteristics of both pigmented nevus and eczema. Histopathologically, pigmented nevi manifested as junctional nevi or compound nevi, and eczema manifested as serous exudation, irregular epidermal hyperplasia, spongiosis and perivascular infiltration of lymphocytes in the superficial dermis.Conclusions:Meyerson nevus is rare, and mostly occurs on the trunk and extremities. When itching occurs or erythema appears around the pigmented nevus, the diagnosis of Meyerson nevus should be considered.
5.Analysis of 118 cases of clinically misdiagnosed cutaneous melanoma
Xiao ZHANG ; Meng FU ; Lei WANG ; Yu LIU ; Tianwen GAO ; Ling LIU
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2021;54(9):771-776
Objective:To investigate clinical features and preventive measures of misdiagnosed cutaneous melanoma, as well as causes of its misdiagnosis.Methods:Clinical data were collected from patients with pathologically confirmed cutaneous melanoma which was initially clinically misdiagnosed as other diseases in Department of Dermatology, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University from January 2005 to December 2019, and clinical manifestations and causes of its misdiagnosis were analyzed.Results:A total of 118 patients with clinically misdiagnosed cutaneous melanoma were collected, including 38 males and 80 females. The median age at misdiagnosis was 48 years, the median age at onset was 40.5 years, and the median disease duration was 54 months. The main skin lesions were black maculae and papules. The initial clinical diagnoses were pigmented nevi (53 cases, 44.92%) , nail matrix nevi (12 cases, 10.17%) , seborrheic keratosis (14 cases, 11.86%) , vascular tumors (10 cases, 8.47%) , squamous cell carcinoma (5 cases, 4.24%) , basal cell carcinoma (4 cases, 3.39%) and other diseases (20 cases, 16.95%) . As far as the ABCDE (asymmetry, border irregularity, color variegation, diameter > 6 mm, evolving) rule for melanoma was concerned, 78 (66.10%) , 64 (54.24%) , 57 (48.31%) , 66 (55.93%) and 39 (33.05%) cases conformed to hte A, B, C, D and E rules respectively, 14 conformed to the ABCDE rule, 13 conformed to the ABCD rule, and 13 did not conform to any of them. Among the 53 cases of melanoma in situ, 28 (52.83%) were misdiagnosed as pigmented nevi, 11 (20.75%) as nail matrix nevi; among the 66 cases of invasive melanoma, 25 (37.88%) were misdiagnosed as pigmented nevi, 9 (13.64%) as vascular tumors, and 5 (7.58%) as squamous cell carcinoma. The information of physicians of 67 misdiagnosed patients was available, and those of 42 out of the 67 patients had clincial experience of ≤ 5 years; among 27 misdiagnosed patients conforming to the ABCD or ABCDE rule, the information of physicians of 9 patients was available, and those of 7 out of the 9 patients had clinical experience of ≤ 5 years. Conclusion:Cutaneous melanoma has a variety of lesion patterns and is easily misdiagnosed, and physicians′ clinical experience and the ABCDE rule-based evaluation are important for diagnosis.
6.Clinicopathological features of 10 cases of congenital melanocytic nevi complicated by proliferative nodules
Fengming CHEN ; Hanmei KANG ; Tianwen GAO ; Meng FU ; Lei WANG ; Ling LIU
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2021;54(9):785-789
Objective:To investigate clinical and histopathological features of congenital melanocytic nevi (CMN) complicated by proliferative nodules (PN) .Methods:Ten patients with clinically and pathologically confirmed CMN complicated by PN were collected from Department of Dermatology, the Fourth Military Medical University from 2015 to 2019, and their clinical and pathological data were analyzed retrospectively.Results:The 10 patients were aged from 2 to 45 years, with an average age of 15 years. Nine patients developed PN in infancy, and 1 in adulthood. The skin lesions were located on the extremities in 4 cases, on the head and face in 3 cases, and on the trunk in 2 cases, and the trunk and extremities were both involved in 1 case. Skin lesions clinically manifested as 1 or more nodules arising in black patches or plaques. Six patients presented with multiple PN, 4 with solitary PN, with the diameter of a single nodule being 0.2-1.5 cm, and only 1 case presented with ulcers. Histopathological examination showed mature melanocytes in the PN, with few mitotic figures, no obvious cytological atypia, and no necrosis. Immunohistochemical study showed that nevus cells diffusely expressed Melan-A, but did not express or partially expressed HMB45, and the Ki67 proliferation index was below 5%.Conclusion:CMN complicated by PN can occur on the extremities, head, face, and trunk, clinically manifesting as solitary or multiple nodules on pre-existing CMN; histopathologically, mature melanocytes can be observed in PN, immunohistochemical staining for HMB45 and Ki67 can facilitate the diagnosis, and its prognosis needs long-term follow-up.
7.Clinical and pathological analysis of 320 cases of Spitzoid tumors
Fang LIU ; Jiangchao WANG ; Yu LIU ; Lei WANG ; Meng FU ; Tianwen GAO ; Ling LIU
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2021;54(1):33-41
Objective:To analyze clinical and pathological features of 320 cases of Spitzoid tumors.Methods:Clinical and pathological data were collected from 320 patients with Spitzoid tumors in Department of Dermatology, Xijing Hospital from January 2005 to January 2020, and retrospectively analyzed.Results:The 320 patients included 141 males and 179 females, aged 0 - 65 (12.5 ± 11.7) years, and their course of disease ranged from 1 month to 30 years. Among them, there were 307 patients with Spitz nevi, 8 with atypical Spitz tumors and 5 with Spitzoid melanoma. Most skin lesions were solitary, and occurred on the head, face, trunk and limbs, with clear boundaries. Among the 307 patients with Spitz nevi, the skin lesions were mainly black (132 cases, 43.0%) and red (108 cases, 35.1%) in color, most of which were uniformly pigmented (262 cases, 85.3%) with smooth surfaces (272 cases, 88.6%) . There were several special clinical subtypes of Spitz nevi, including Spitz nevus arising in a nevus spilus (11 cases, 3.6%) , agminated Spitz nevus (11 cases, 3.6%) , disseminated Spitz nevus (6 cases, 2.0%) , nodular Spitz nevus (7 cases, 2.3%) and keloid-like Spitz nevus (1 case, 0.3%) . Characteristic histopathological manifestations of Spitz nevi included pagetoid spread of epidermal nevus cells (123 cases, 40.1%) , Kamino bodies at the dermo-epidermal junction (74 cases, 24.1%) , horizontal band-like distribution of nevus cells (177 cases, 57.8) , wedge-shaped distribution of nevus cells (118 cases, 38.4%) , fissures around nevus cell nests (177 cases, 57.8%) , physiological mitotic figures (117 cases, 38.1%) , and fine nuclear chromatin (307 cases, 100%) . According to the special histopathological manifestations, Spitz nevi were divided into pigmented epithelioid Spitz nevus (9 cases, 2.9%) , desmoplastic Spitz nevus (13 cases, 4.2%) , hemangiomatous Spitz nevus (8 cases, 2.6%) , verrucous Spitz nevus (12 cases, 3.9%) , mucoid Spitz nevus (10 cases, 3.3%) , halo-like Spitz nevus (4 cases, 1.3%) , etc. Among the 8 cases of atypical Spitz tumors, 4 skin lesions were black, 7 were uniformly pigmented, and 3 had rough surfaces; the characteristic pathological manifestations included mild to moderate atypia of cells, mitotic figures (2 - 6 cells/mm 2 in 7 cases) , and coarse nuclear chromatin (5 cases) . Among the 5 cases of Spitzoid melanoma, 3 had red skin lesions, 4 were non-uniformly pigmented, and 3 had rough surfaces; the characteristic pathological manifestations included pagetoid spread of melanocytes (3 cases) , non-polar infiltrating growth of immature tumor cells, pathological mitotic figures (3 cases, > 6 cells/mm 2) , coarse nuclear chromatin and obviously stained nuclear membrane. Conclusions:Spitzoid tumors are characterized by unique clinical and histopathological features. There are various clinical and pathological subtypes of Spitz nevi, and atypical Spitz tumors have clinical and pathological characteristics of both Spitz nevi and melanoma.
8.Observation of nab-paclitaxel as first-line treatment in 40 elderly patients with ad-vanced lung squamous carcinoma
Jianguang LIN ; Tianwen XU ; Deqiang FU ; Aiyue ZHAO ; Yijun DAI ; Jinzhi LAI ; Yangbin DAI
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2018;45(8):394-397
Objective:To evaluate the clinical efficacy,toxicity,and prognostic factors of nab-paclitaxel as first-line treatment for elderly patients with advanced lung squamous carcinoma.Methods:This was a prospective study.Forty patients enrolled in the Second Affili-ated Hospital of Fujian Medical University were treated with nab-paclitaxel(260 mg/m2,ivggt d1),and a period of three weeks was considered as one session.The effects were evaluated after two cycles.Results:All 40 patients were followed up and appraised.Two patients achieved complete remission,13 achieved partial remission,13 achieved stable disease,and 12 achieved progressive disease. The objective response rate was 37.5% and the disease control rate was 70.0%.The progression-free survival(PFS),median overall sur-vival,and 1-year survival rate was 6.3 months,12.6 months,and 62.5%,respectively.The main hematologic toxicities were neutrope-nia and anemia,and the main non-hematologic adverse events were fatigue,constipation,nausea,vomiting,muscle aches,and hear-ing loss.Most patients could tolerate these toxic reactions.Moreover,Cox multivariate regression analysis showed that the neoplasm stage,Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status,response rate,and PFS were independent factors for the survival rate (P<0.05),while age was not related to patient prognosis(P>0.05).Conclusions:Nab-paclitaxel as single drug and first-line therapy for elderly patients with advanced lung squamous carcinoma is effective and safe.
9.Efficacy of surgery and rituximab in primary gastric diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Haiwen HUANG ; Yibin JIANG ; Tianwen FU ; Ting XU ; Xiaochen CHEN ; Zhengming JIN ; Depei WU
Chinese Journal of Hematology 2016;37(7):602-606
Objective To evaluate the outcome of surgical resection and rituximab for treatment of primary gastric diffuse large B cell lymphoma (PGDLBCL).Methods Data of 83 patients with primary gastric diffuse large B cell lymphoma were reviewed retrospectively.40 patients received surgical resection followed by chemotherapy,and the other 43 patients chemotherapy alone.The two groups were further divided into four sub-groups according to chemotherapy regimens (CHOP or R-CHOP).Overall survival (OS) and progression free survival (PFS) as two prognostic indexes were analyzed.Results The median age of these 83 cases at diagnosis was 52 years (range,20-76 years) with a male-to-female ratio of 43 to 40.And the follow-up duration ranged from 4-59 months (mean 36 months).The 5-year PFS for the patients received surgery and chemotherapy was 66.7%.PFS for the patients received chemotherapy alone was 82.6%.And 5-year OS for these two groups was 68.4% and 85.9%,respectively.OS and PFS of chemotherapy alone group were better than the other one without statistically significance.In the combined group,the 5-year OS were 73.6% for patients received R-CHOP and 64.2% for patients received CHOP;the 5-year-PFS were 71.2% and 62.5%,respectively.Meanwhile,the 5-year OS for patients received R-CHOP and CHOP were 85.7% and 83.5%;the 5-year-PFS were 83.4% and 81.8%,respectively.The OS and PFS did not differ significantly (P>0.05) between two chemotherapy regimens.According to the Lugano stage,those who received chemotherapy alone for the patients with advanced stage (Ⅱ 2,Ⅱ E or Ⅳ) had better OS compared with received surgery and chemotherapy.A significant difference was found between the two groups (P<0.05).However for the patients with early stage (Ⅰ or Ⅱ 2),there was no statistically significance between the two groups (P>0.05).Univariate analysis showed that age,ECOG,Lugano stage,level of LDH and IPI score (P<0.05) were factors of survival in patients with PGDLBCL.And multivariate analysis showed that IPI score was an independent prognostic factor for OS.Conclusion The survival of the patients received combined surgery and chemotherapy was not superior to those received chemotherapy alone.There was no statistically significance between two different regimens for prognosis of PGDLBCL.Because of poor quality of life caused by surgery,surgery shouldn't now been recommended for the patients with PGDLBCL without operative indication.Rituximab had no positive influence on OS and PFS in most patients with PGDLBCL,but this result should be confirmed by further large sample and multi-center study.
10.Clinical efficacy of patient-controlled intravenous analgesia for intractable cancer pain
Jianguang LIN ; Tianwen XU ; Fangwei XIE ; Deqiang FU ; Yijun DAI ; Aiyue ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2015;(12):586-589
Objective:To compare the clinical efficacy of oxycodone hydrochloride controlled-release tablets (OHCT) and pa-tient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) in the treatment of intractable cancer pain. Methods:Retrospective analysis was conduct-ed to evaluate the intractable cancer pain of 89 elderly patients who were admitted to the medical oncology departments of The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University and the Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command between September 2012 and March 2014. Among the 89 patients, 47 were treated with OHCT, and 42 received PCIA. The total dosage ranged from 60 mg/d to 400 mg/d PO q12h for patients in the OHCT group, whereas abackground dose+patient-controlled dosemode was adopted for patients in the PCIA group. The therapeutic efficacy, presence of adverse reactions, cost of treatment, and degree of patient satisfaction were compared between the two groups. Results:The average dosages of analgesics in the two groups were almost the same (P>0.05). Visual analogue scale (VAS) values and daily average VAS values were both lower in the PCIA group than in the OHCT group at 24 h after analgesia (P<0.05). The incidence of adverse reactions, such as nausea and vomiting, was also lower in the PCIA group than in the OHCT group (P<0.05). The cost of treatment and degree of patient satisfaction were the same in both groups (P>0.05). Conclusion:Pa-tients who received PCIA attained better analgesia and exhibited less adverse reactions than those who received OHCT whereas the treatment cost and patient satisfaction did not differ in both groups.

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