OBJECTIVE: Preterm birth remains the predominant cause of perinatal mortality throughout the United States and the world, with well-documented racial and socioeconomic disparities. To develop and validate a predictive algorithm for all-cause preterm ...
Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
Dec 1, 2023
OBJECTIVES: High-resolution manometry (HRM) and esophagography are used for achalasia diagnosis; however, achalasia phenotypes combining esophageal motility and morphology are unknown. Moreover, predicting treatment outcomes of peroral endoscopic myo...
Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery
Nov 30, 2023
PURPOSE: The robotic platform is widely implemented; however, evidence evaluating outcomes of robotic ventral hernia repair is still lacking. The aim of the study was to evaluate the short-term outcomes after open and robot-assisted repair of primary...
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the generalization performance of deep learning segmentation models on a large cohort intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) image dataset over the lumen and external elastic membrane (EEM), and to assess...
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine
Nov 20, 2023
OBJECTIVES: The biomarker N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) has predictive value for identifying individuals at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, it is not widely used for screening in the general population, potenti...
European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
Nov 14, 2023
OBJECTIVE: Robot-assisted technology has been gradually applied to pedicle screw placement in spinal surgery. This study was designed to detailedly evaluate the learning curve of junior surgeons in robot-assisted spine surgery.
Fluid overload, while common in the ICU and associated with serious sequelae, is hard to predict and may be influenced by ICU medication use. Machine learning (ML) approaches may offer advantages over traditional regression techniques to predict it. ...
International journal of surgery (London, England)
Nov 1, 2023
We were highly interested in the article entitled 'Clinical evaluation of the first semi-active total knee arthroplasty assisting robot made in China: a retrospective propensity score-matched cohort study' by Yang et al. The authors aim to conduct th...
OBJECTIVES: To develop a deep learning (DL) for detection of brain metastasis (BM) that incorporates both gradient- and turbo spin-echo contrast-enhanced MRI (dual-enhanced DL) and evaluate it in a clinical cohort in comparison with human readers and...