This paper presents an open, multi-vendor, multi-field strength magnetic resonance (MR) T1-weighted volumetric brain imaging dataset, named Calgary-Campinas-359 (CC-359). The dataset is composed of images of older healthy adults (29-80 years) acquire...
BACKGROUND: For some patients with dysphagia who have airway aspiration, it is not possible to drink water as a thin liquid, as they need their water to be thickened.
Recently, an expert system was developed to provide feedback to examiners with the aim of improving reliability of marker-based gait analysis. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effectiveness of this novel feedback tool in improving...
Journal of medical engineering & technology
Aug 8, 2017
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) causes blindness in the working age for people with diabetes in most countries. The increasing number of people with diabetes worldwide suggests that DR will continue to be major contributors to vision loss. Early detection ...
Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association
Aug 4, 2017
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Trials of restorative therapies after stroke and clinical rehabilitation require relevant and objective efficacy end points; real-world upper extremity (UE) functional use is an attractive candidate. We present a novel, inexpe...
International journal of medical informatics
Aug 4, 2017
INTRODUCTION: Starting in 2008, specific health checkups and health guidance to prevent non-communicable diseases have been provided in Japan, which has the highest proportion of elderly citizens in the world. The attendance rate for health guidance ...
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Aug 3, 2017
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate the development of an artificial neural network (ANN) method for predicting the survival likelihood of pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients. The ANN predictive model should produce results with a 90% sensitivity.
Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
Aug 2, 2017
OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to investigate the association between ocular blood flow measured using laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG) and radial arterial pressure during aortic arch surgery.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
Aug 2, 2017
OBJECTIVES: To test the effects of individual, nonfacilitated sessions with PARO (version 9), when compared against a look-alike plush toy and usual care, on the emotional and behavioral symptoms of dementia for people living in long-term care facili...
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