{"627265":{"#nid":"627265","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Defense by Daniel Whittingslow","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDaniel Whittingslow\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiomedical Engineering PhD\u0026nbsp;Thesis\u0026nbsp;Defense\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Tuesday, October 22\u003Csup\u003End\u003C\/sup\u003E, 2019\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E11:00am - 1:00pm\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003ERoom 114, CODA Building, Tech Square, Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAddress:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E756 W Peachtree St NW, Atlanta, GA 30308\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvisor:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOmer T. Inan, PhD\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee Members:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERob Butera, PhD\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYoung-Hui Chang, PhD\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShelly Abramowicz, DMD, MPH, FACS\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESampath Prahalad, MD\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Anatomy of a Joint Sound \u0026ndash; Using Joint Acoustic Emissions to Diagnose and Grade Musculoskeletal Disease and Injury\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKnee injuries and chronic disorders, such as arthritis, affect millions of Americans. Currently, diagnosis of these conditions relies primarily on imaging studies and physical examination by a health care professional. After diagnosis, there are few quantitative technologies available to provide feedback to patients regarding rehabilitation or efficacy of treatments. To address this need, I have developed a device capable of recording and analyzing a joint\u0026rsquo;s acoustic emissions (AEs). In this work, I developed a human cadaver model of acute knee injury and found a consistent and repeatable variation of the observed AE patterns. This study helped us better understand the underlying anatomical contributors to these AE patterns. I then translated this technology into a clinical study and performed cross-sectional and longitudinal recordings of two groups of patients: a pediatric cohort with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), and an adult cohort with acute, traumatic injuries. With those patients recorded, I computed features based on their low-level acoustic emission signals. Machine learning algorithms fused those feature sets into an easily interpretable joint health metric for use in clinical diagnosis and decision making.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Anatomy of a Joint Sound \u2013 Using Joint Acoustic Emissions to Diagnose and Grade Musculoskeletal Disease and Injury"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2019-10-07 17:39:37","changed_gmt":"2019-10-07 17:39:37","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2019-10-22T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2019-10-22T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2019-10-22T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2019-10-22 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2019-10-22 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2019-10-22 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100811","name":"Phd Defense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}