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Automated Classification of Airborne Pollen using Neural Networks.

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Pollen allergies are considered as a global epidemic nowadays, as they influence more than a quarter of the worldwide population, with this percentage expected to rapidly increase because of ongoing climate change. To date, alerts on high-risk allerg...

[Robot-assisted vs laparoscopic gastric bypass : First experiences with the DaVinci system in bariatric surgery].

Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen
Conventional laparoscopy is the gold standard in bariatric surgery. Internationally, robot-assisted surgery is gaining in importance. Up to now there are only few reports from Germany on the use of the system in bariatric surgery. Since January 2017 ...

Utilising Information of the Case Fee Catalogue to Enhance 30-Day Readmission Prediction in the German DRG System.

Studies in health technology and informatics
Unplanned hospital readmissions are a burden to the healthcare system and to the patients. To lower the readmission rates, machine learning approaches can be used to create predictive models, with the intention to provide actionable information for c...

Prediction of Readmissions in the German DRG System Based on §21 Datasets.

Studies in health technology and informatics
Hospital readmissions receive increasing interest, since they are burdensome for patients and costly for healthcare providers. For the calculation of reimbursement fees, in Germany there is the German-Diagnosis Related Groups (G-DRG) system. For ever...

Personalized Guideline-Based Treatment Recommendations Using Natural Language Processing Techniques.

Studies in health technology and informatics
Clinical guidelines and clinical pathways are accepted and proven instruments for quality assurance and process optimization. Today, electronic representation of clinical guidelines exists as unstructured text, but is not well-integrated with patient...

Development of a Knowledge Base for Enduser Consultation of AAL-Systems.

Studies in health technology and informatics
Manufacturer information, user experiences and product availability of assistive living technologies are usually not known to citizens or consultation centers. The different knowledge levels concerning the availability of technology shows the need fo...

Extraction of UMLS® Concepts Using Apache cTAKES™ for German Language.

Studies in health technology and informatics
Automatic information extraction of medical concepts and classification with semantic standards from medical reports is useful for standardization and for clinical research. This paper presents an approach for an UMLS concept extraction with a custom...