Journal of imaging informatics in medicine
Mar 6, 2024
This study aimed to investigate the effects of intravenous injection of iodine contrast agent on the tracheal diameter and lung volume. In this retrospective study, a total of 221 patients (71.1 ± 12.4 years, 174 males) who underwent vascular dynamic...
PURPOSE: To investigate the relationship between effective lens position (ELP) and patient characteristics, and to further develop a new intraocular lens (IOL) calculation formula for cataract patients with previous pars plana vitrectomy (PPV).
BACKGROUND: Endoscopic full-thickness gastric resection (EFTGR) with regional lymph node dissection (LND) has been used for early gastric cancer (EGC) exceeding the indications for endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). The extent of the dissected l...
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
Mar 4, 2024
PURPOSE: Predicting recurrence following stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for non-small cell lung cancer provides important information for the feasibility of the individualized radiotherapy and allows to select the appropriate treatment strateg...
BACKGROUND: As the disabled population ages and the demand for care increases, Socially, the need for care robots is emerging but, perceptions of care robots among care recipients is unknown.
Hyponatremia leads to severe central nervous system disorders and requires immediate treatment in some cases. However, a rapid increase in serum sodium (s-Na) concentration could cause osmotic demyelination syndrome. To achieve a safety hyponatremia ...
Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging
Mar 2, 2024
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We aimed to predict the functional outcome of acute ischemic stroke patients with anterior circulation large vessel occlusions (LVOs), irrespective of how they were treated or the severity of the stroke at admission, by only u...
BACKGROUND: There exist few maximal oxygen uptake (VO) non-exercise-based prediction equations, fewer using machine learning (ML), and none specifically for older adults. Since direct measurement of VO is infeasible in large epidemiologic cohort stud...
BACKGROUND: The choroid plexus functions as the blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barrier, plays an important role in CSF production and circulation, and has gained increased attention in light of the recent elucidation of CSF circulation dysfunction i...