AIMC Topic: Asymptomatic Diseases

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Identifying β-thalassemia carriers using a data mining approach: The case of the Gaza Strip, Palestine.

Artificial intelligence in medicine
Thalassemia is considered one of the most common genetic blood disorders that has received excessive attention in the medical research fields worldwide. Under this context, one of the greatest challenges for healthcare professionals is to correctly d...

Serum Cardiac Troponin T Levels in Asymptomatic Elderly Nursing Home Residents.

The American journal of medicine
BACKGROUND: The definition of myocardial infarction relies on elevated troponin levels. However, elevated levels of high sensitive cardiac troponin (hs-cTnT) assays have been reported in elderly patients without acute myocardial infarction. We sought...

Quantitative assessment of colorectal morphology: Implications for robotic colonoscopy.

Medical engineering & physics
This paper presents a method of characterizing the distribution of colorectal morphometrics. It uses three-dimensional region growing and topological thinning algorithms to determine and visualize the luminal volume and centreline of the colon, respe...

Postural visual dependence in asymptomatic type 2 diabetic patients without peripheral neuropathy during a postural challenging task.

Journal of diabetes and its complications
UNLABELLED: Increasing evidence indicates that diabetes may negatively affect vestibular function, and postural control more so under postural challenging conditions. Healthy and diabetic subjects were compared on visual control of posture during a p...

Machine Learning Improves Cardiovascular Risk Definition for Young, Asymptomatic Individuals.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
BACKGROUND: Clinical practice guidelines recommend assessment of subclinical atherosclerosis using imaging techniques in individuals with intermediate atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk according to standard risk prediction tools.