OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the image quality of low iodine concentration, dual-energy CT (DECT) combined with a deep learning-based noise reduction technique for pediatric abdominal CT, compared with standard iodine concentration single-energy polychrom...
PURPOSE: Optic pathway gliomas (OPG) are low-grade pilocytic astrocytomas accounting for 3-5% of pediatric intracranial tumors. Accurate and quantitative follow-up of OPG using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is crucial for therapeutic decision maki...
BMC medical informatics and decision making
Oct 8, 2020
BACKGROUND: There is an increasing interest in clinical prediction tools that can achieve high prediction accuracy and provide explanations of the factors leading to increased risk of adverse outcomes. However, approaches to explaining complex machin...
To develop a new functional magnetic resonance image (fMRI) network inference method, BrainNET, that utilizes an efficient machine learning algorithm to quantify contributions of various regions of interests (ROIs) in the brain to a specific ROI. B...
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Oct 7, 2020
PURPOSE: To assess the feasibility of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-only treatment planning for photon and proton radiotherapy in children with abdominal tumours.
The number of patients affected by chronic diseases with special vaccination needs is burgeoning. In this scenario, predictive markers of immunogenicity, as well as signatures of immune responses are typically missing even though it would especially ...
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Oct 4, 2020
BACKGROUND: Recently, task-autonomous image-guided robotic cochlear implantation has been successfully completed in patients. However, no data exist on patients' perspective of this new technology. The aim of this study was to evaluate the acceptance...
Journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology
Oct 2, 2020
Assessment and management of children with growth failure has improved greatly over recent years. However, there remains a strong potential for further improvements by using novel digital techniques. A panel of experts discussed developments in digit...
BACKGROUND: Manual auscultation to detect abnormal breath sounds has poor inter-observer reliability. Digital stethoscopes with artificial intelligence (AI) could improve reliable detection of these sounds. We aimed to independently test the abilitie...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Sep 28, 2020
PURPOSE: Bone age assessment is not only an important means of assessing maturity of adolescents, but also plays an indispensable role in the fields of orthodontics, kinematics, pediatrics, forensic science, etc. Most studies, however, do not take in...
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