BACKGROUND: Pneumothorax can precipitate a life-threatening emergency due to lung collapse and respiratory or circulatory distress. Pneumothorax is typically detected on chest X-ray; however, treatment is reliant on timely review of radiographs. Sinc...
The benchmark method for the evaluation of breast cancers involves microscopic testing of a hematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-stained tissue biopsy. Resurgery is required in 20% to 30% of cases because of incomplete excision of malignant tissues. Therefore...
Classification systems such as ICD-10 for diagnoses or the Swiss Operation Classification System (CHOP) for procedure classification in the clinical treatment are essential for clinical management and information exchange. Traditionally, classificati...
BACKGROUND: Over the past decade, machine learning techniques have revolutionized how research and science are done, from designing new materials and predicting their properties to data mining and analysis to assisting drug discovery to advancing cyb...
Clinical physiology and functional imaging
Oct 3, 2018
BACKGROUND: 18F-FDG-PET/CT has become a standard for assessing treatment response in patients with lymphoma. A subjective interpretation of the scan based on the Deauville 5-point scale has been widely adopted. However, inter-observer variability due...
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: In the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC), an incremental benefit of achieving histologic healing beyond that of endoscopic mucosal healing has been suggested; persistent histologic inflammation increases the risk of exacerbati...
Omics : a journal of integrative biology
Sep 27, 2018
Industry 4.0 is an innovation framework launched initially at the 2011 Hanover Fair in Germany. It is premised on extreme digital connectivity to build smart factories and deliver extreme automation in science and society. Industry 4.0 has recently s...
The thyroid is one of the largest endocrine glands in the human body, which is involved in several body mechanisms like controlling protein synthesis and the body's sensitivity to other hormones and use of energy sources. Hence, it is of prime import...
This study aimed to identify and describe the fundamental characteristics of spoken dialogue systems, and their role in supporting human-robot interaction and enabling the communication between socially assistive robots and patients with dementia. Fi...
Obesity is increasingly prevalent and associated with increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an accurate method for determination of body fat volume and distribution. How...
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