Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Jan 1, 2025
BACKGROUND: The identification of infection in diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) is challenging due to variability within classes, visual similarity between classes, reduced contrast with healthy skin, and presence of artifacts. Existing studies focus on v...
Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Jan 1, 2025
BACKGROUND: Machine learning offers diverse options for effectively managing blood glucose levels in diabetes patients. Selecting the right ML algorithm is critical given the array of available choices. Integrating data from IoT devices presents prom...
Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Jan 1, 2025
BACKGROUND: A daily activity routine is vital for overall health and well-being, supporting physical and mental fitness. Consistent physical activity is linked to a multitude of benefits for the body, mind, and emotions, playing a key role in raising...
Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Jan 1, 2025
BACKGROUND: In radiography procedures, radiographers' suboptimal positioning and exposure parameter settings may necessitate image retakes, subjecting patients to unnecessary ionizing radiation exposure. Reducing retakes is crucial to minimize patien...
Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Jan 1, 2025
BACKGROUND: Liver cancer poses a significant health challenge due to its high incidence rates and complexities in detection and treatment. Accurate segmentation of liver tumors using medical imaging plays a crucial role in early diagnosis and treatme...
Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Jan 1, 2025
BACKGROUND: The anal sphincter complex comprises the anal sphincter and the U-shaped deep and superficial puborectalis muscle. As an important supporting structure of the posterior pelvic floor, together with its surrounding tissues and muscles, the ...
Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Jan 1, 2025
BACKGROUND: Deep learning has demonstrated superior performance over traditional methods for the estimation of heart rates in controlled contexts. However, in less controlled scenarios this performance seems to vary based on the training dataset and ...
Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Jan 1, 2025
BACKGROUND: Brain variations are responsible for developmental impairments, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD). EEG signals efficiently detect neurological conditions by revealing crucial information about brain function abnormalities.
Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Jan 1, 2024
Pneumonia is a dangerous disease that kills millions of children and elderly patients worldwide every year. The detection of pneumonia from a chest x-ray is perpetrated by expert radiologists. The chest x-ray is cheaper and is most often used to diag...
Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Jan 1, 2024
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary nodule, one of the most common clinical phenomena, is an irregular circular lesion with a diameter of ⩽ 3 cm in the lungs, which can be classified as benign or malignant. Differentiating benign and malignant pulmonary nodules ha...