Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
May 16, 2019
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: We propose an automatic approach for fast vertebral body segmentation in three-dimensional magnetic resonance images of the whole spine. Previous works are limited to the lower thoracolumbar section and often take minutes to...
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
May 15, 2019
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Skin melanoma is one of the major health problems in many countries. Dermatologists usually diagnose melanoma by visual inspection of moles. Digital hair removal can provide a non-invasive way to remove hair and hair-like re...
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
May 13, 2019
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Patients with End- Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) have a unique cardiovascular risk. This study aims at predicting, with a certain precision, death and cardiovascular diseases in dialysis patients.
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
May 13, 2019
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Currently, the assessment of surgical skills relies primarily on the observations of expert surgeons. This may be time-consuming, non-scalable, inconsistent and subjective. Therefore, an automated system that can objectivel...
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
May 11, 2019
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an indispensable tool in diagnosing brain-tumor patients. Automated tumor segmentation is being widely researched to accelerate the MRI analysis and allow clinicians to precisely plan trea...
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
May 10, 2019
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: For diagnosis of arrhythmic heart problems, electrocardiogram (ECG) signals should be recorded and monitored. The long-term signal records obtained are analyzed by expert cardiologists. Devices such as the Holter monitor hav...
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
May 8, 2019
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Apnea is one of the most common conditions that causes sleep-disorder breathing. With growing number of patients worldwide, more and more patients suffer from complications of apnea. But most of them stay untreated due to th...
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
May 2, 2019
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Sleep is an important part of our life. That importance is highlighted by the multitude of health problems which result from sleep disorders. Detecting these sleep disorders requires an accurate interpretation of physiologic...
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
Apr 30, 2019
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The extraction of interactions between chemicals and proteins from biomedical literature is important for many biomedical tasks such as drug discovery and precision medicine. In the existing systems, the methods achieving co...
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