Pregnancy

Determination of the Transplacental Transfer of Paclitaxel and Antipyrine by High Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Photodiode Array Detector.

placental perfusion experiments are important in understanding the quantity and mechanisms of xenobiotic transport to the fetus during pregnancy. Our study demonstrates that paclitaxel and antipyrine concentrations in placental perfusion medium containing physiological concentrations of human serum albumin during pregnancy (30 mg/mL) can be quantified by RP-HPLC and UV detection. A liquid-liquid ...

Case Control Study to Compare Serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Level in Women with Recurrent Pregnancy Loss (RPL) Compared to Women with Term Pregnancy.

INTRODUCTION: Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is defined as three or more spontaneous pregnancy losses before the 20th week of gestation or fetal weight of < 500 gm from the last menstrual period. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is essential for implantation, development of embryo and placental angiogenesis. Women with low VEGF level are believed to be at higher risk of RPL.

Fully-automated alignment of 3D fetal brain ultrasound to a canonical reference space using multi-task learning.

Methods for aligning 3D fetal neurosonography images must be robust to (i) intensity variations, (ii) anatomical and age-specific differences within t...

A Capsule-Type Microrobot with Pick-and-Drop Motion for Targeted Drug and Cell Delivery.

A capsule-type microrobot exhibits "pick-and-drop" (P&D) motion to hold a particle within a confined volume and transports it via a corkscrewing motio...

Maternal exposure to ambient PM during pregnancy increases the risk of congenital heart defects: Evidence from machine learning models.

Previous research suggested an association between maternal exposure to ambient air pollutants and risk of congenital heart defects (CHDs), though the...

Kidney Detection in 3-D Ultrasound Imagery via Shape-to-Volume Registration Based on Spatially Aligned Neural Network.

This paper introduces a computer-aided kidney shape detection method suitable for volumetric (3D) ultrasound images. Using shape and texture priors, t...

Application of Neural Networks for classification of Patau, Edwards, Down, Turner and Klinefelter Syndrome based on first trimester maternal serum screening data, ultrasonographic findings and patient demographics.

BACKGROUND: The usage of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) for genome-enabled classifications and establishing genome-phenotype correlations have been...

Optimized multi-level elongated quinary patterns for the assessment of thyroid nodules in ultrasound images.

Ultrasound imaging is one of the most common visualizing tools used by radiologists to identify the location of thyroid nodules. However, visual asses...

Classification of breast cancer in ultrasound imaging using a generic deep learning analysis software: a pilot study.

OBJECTIVE: To train a generic deep learning software (DLS) to classify breast cancer on ultrasound images and to compare its performance to human read...

A Doubly Stochastic Change Point Detection Algorithm for Noisy Biological Signals.

Experimentally and clinically collected time series data are often contaminated with significant confounding noise, creating short, noisy time series....

Automated diagnosis of focal liver lesions using bidirectional empirical mode decomposition features.

Liver is the heaviest internal organ of the human body and performs many vital functions. Prolonged cirrhosis and fatty liver disease may lead to the ...

Endothelial cell leptin receptors, leptin and interleukin-8 in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia: An in-vitro study.

OBJECTIVE: Increased leptin hormone and leptin receptor may enhance the generation of proinflammatory cytokines by endothelial cells and lead to endot...

Computer-aided system for diagnosing thyroid nodules on ultrasound: A comparison with radiologist-based clinical assessments.

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic efficiency of a thyroid ultrasound computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system with that...

Key Clinical Factors Predicting Adipokine and Oxidative Stress Marker Concentrations among Normal, Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women Using Artificial Neural Networks.

Maternal obesity has been related to adverse neonatal outcomes and fetal programming. Oxidative stress and adipokines are potential biomarkers in such...

Effect of Intrauterine Infusion of L. on Oxidative Stress and Pregnancy Rate in Infertile Cows.

INTRODUCTION: The effect of intrauterine administration of L. (MC) extract on oxidative changes and pregnancy rate in infertile cows was investigated...

Stroke Volume Recruitability during the Third Trimester of Pregnancy.

OBJECTIVE: It is unknown whether the heart operates in the ascending or flat portion of the Starling curve during normal pregnancy. Pregnant women do ...

Ultrasound Characterization of Bone Demineralization Using a Support Vector Machine.

We propose an ultrasound-guided remote measurement technique, utilizing an acoustic radiation force beam as our excitation source and a receiving hydr...

Pregnancy rate in water buffalo following fixed-time artificial insemination using new or used intravaginal devices with two progesterone concentrations.

This study evaluated the pregnancy rate (PR) after timed artificial insemination (TAI) in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) during both non-breeding and...

"Hypothyroidism screening during first trimester of pregnancy".

BACKGROUND: Subclinical hypothyroidism is defined as an elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone level with a normal thyroxin level without signs or sympt...

Hygroscopic dilators vs balloon catheter ripening of the cervix for induction of labor in nulliparous women at term: Retrospective study.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy and safety of hygroscopic dilators and balloon catheters for ripening of the cervix in induction of labor.