AIMC Topic: Feasibility Studies

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Towards natural language question generation for the validation of ontologies and mappings.

Journal of biomedical semantics Aug 8, 2016
BACKGROUND: The increasing number of open-access ontologies and their key role in several applications such as decision-support systems highlight the importance of their validation. Human expertise is crucial for the validation of ontologies from a d...
Natural Language Processing Feasibility Studies Biological Ontologies
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Model-Free Machine Learning in Biomedicine: Feasibility Study in Type 1 Diabetes.

PloS one Jul 21, 2016
Although reinforcement learning (RL) is suitable for highly uncertain systems, the applicability of this class of algorithms to medical treatment may be limited by the patient variability which dictates individualised tuning for their usually multipl...
Cohort Studies Time Factors Child Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 Hyperglycemia Feasibility Studies Humans Machine Learning Algorithms Computer Simulation Adult Biomedical Research Adolescent Blood Glucose Insulin
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Use of "off-the-shelf" information extraction algorithms in clinical informatics: A feasibility study of MetaMap annotation of Italian medical notes.

Journal of biomedical informatics Jul 18, 2016
Information extraction from narrative clinical notes is useful for patient care, as well as for secondary use of medical data, for research or clinical purposes. Many studies focused on information extraction from English clinical texts, but less dea...
Unified Medical Language System Natural Language Processing Italy Feasibility Studies Information Storage and Retrieval Humans Algorithms
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Robotic ultrasound-guided SBRT of the prostate: feasibility with respect to plan quality.

International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery Jul 12, 2016
PURPOSE: Advances in radiation therapy delivery systems have enabled motion compensated SBRT of the prostate. A remaining challenge is the integration of fast, non-ionizing volumetric imaging. Recently, robotic ultrasound has been proposed as an intr...
Humans Male Ultrasonography Robotics Radiosurgery Radiotherapy, Image-Guided Prostatic Neoplasms Prostate Feasibility Studies Motion Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted
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Multispectral Fluorescence Imaging During Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Sentinel Node Biopsy: A First Step Towards a Fluorescence-based Anatomic Roadmap.

European urology Jun 23, 2016
BACKGROUND: During (robot-assisted) sentinel node (SN) biopsy procedures, intraoperative fluorescence imaging can be used to enhance radioguided SN excision. For this combined pre- and intraoperative SN identification was realized using the hybrid SN...
Male Middle Aged Pilot Projects Treatment Outcome Predictive Value of Tests Humans Aged Optical Imaging Technetium Prostatectomy Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Fluorescein Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon Laparoscopes Lymphography Equipment Design Robotics Feasibility Studies Prostatic Neoplasms Radiopharmaceuticals Fluorescent Dyes Indocyanine Green Laparoscopy Sentinel Lymph Node
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Evaluation of knowledge-based reconstruction for magnetic resonance volumetry of the right ventricle after arterial switch operation for dextro-transposition of the great arteries.

The international journal of cardiovascular imaging Jun 2, 2016
Right ventricular (RV) volume and function evaluation is essential in the follow-up of patients after arterial switch operation (ASO) for dextro-transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA). Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging using the Simpson's...
Knowledge Bases Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted Observer Variation Transposition of Great Vessels Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine Anatomic Landmarks Feasibility Studies Ventricular Dysfunction, Right Heart Ventricles Arterial Switch Operation Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular Ventricular Function, Right Retrospective Studies Female Reproducibility of Results Male Adolescent Time Factors Ontario Treatment Outcome Predictive Value of Tests Humans
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First-in-human robotic percutaneous coronary intervention for unprotected left main stenosis.

Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions May 18, 2016
The safety and feasibility of robotically-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for simple coronary lesions has been demonstrated. The CorPath robotic system (Corpath 200, Corindus, Waltham, MA) consists of a robotic arm mounted on the ca...
Coronary Stenosis Surgical Equipment Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping California Radiography, Interventional Therapy, Computer-Assisted Product Surveillance, Postmarketing Hemodynamics Treatment Outcome Robotics Coronary Angiography Equipment Design Registries Fluoroscopy Feasibility Studies Stents Heart-Assist Devices Aged Humans Aged, 80 and over Prospective Studies Adult Female Male Ventricular Function, Left
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Using a Hybrid Model to Forecast the Prevalence of Schistosomiasis in Humans.

International journal of environmental research and public health Mar 23, 2016
BACKGROUND: We previously proposed a hybrid model combining both the autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) and the nonlinear autoregressive neural network (NARNN) models in forecasting schistosomiasis. Our purpose in the current study was ...
Humans Neural Networks, Computer Forecasting Reproducibility of Results Prevalence Models, Theoretical Models, Statistical Feasibility Studies Nonlinear Dynamics Schistosomiasis
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Rehabilitative Soft Exoskeleton for Rodents.

IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Mar 18, 2016
Robotic exoskeletons provide programmable, consistent and controllable active therapeutic assistance to patients with neurological disorders. Here we introduce a prototype and preliminary experimental evaluation of a rehabilitative gait exoskeleton t...
Elastic Modulus Rats, Inbred Lew Equipment Failure Analysis Exoskeleton Device Gait Disorders, Neurologic Neurological Rehabilitation Robotics Equipment Design Artificial Limbs Feasibility Studies Sensitivity and Specificity Animals Pilot Projects Rats Treatment Outcome Female Reproducibility of Results
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Implementation of EMG- and Force-Based Control Interfaces in Active Elbow Supports for Men With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Feasibility Study.

IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Feb 18, 2016
While there is an extensive number of studies on the development and evaluation of electromyography (EMG)- and force-based control interfaces for assistive devices, no studies have focused on testing these control strategies for the specific case of ...
Biofeedback, Psychology Electromyography Humans Exoskeleton Device Feasibility Studies Young Adult Treatment Outcome Male Man-Machine Systems Stress, Mechanical Robotics Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne Elbow Joint Equipment Failure Analysis Equipment Design
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