The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
Jul 1, 2018
BACKGROUND: Herpes zoster (HZ) is caused by varicella-zoster virus ( VZV ) reactivation. In the United States, Zoster vaccine (ZOSTAVAX) is indicated for HZ prevention in patients ≥50 years.
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2018
Electronic medical claims (EMC) database has been successfully used for predicting occurrences of stroke and a variety of other diseases. However, inadequate predictive performances have been observed in cases of rare occurrences due to both insuffic...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2018
For paralyzed people activities of daily living like eating or drinking are impossible without external assistance. Robotic assistance systems can give these people a part of their independence back. Especially if the operation with a joystick is not...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2018
Chronic insomnia can significantly impair an individual's quality of life leading to a high societal cost. Unfortunately, limited automated tools exist that can assist clinicians in the timely detection of insomnia. In this paper, we propose a two st...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2018
Alzheimer's disease (AD), a progressive brain disorder, is the most common neurodegenerative disease in older adults. There is a need for brain structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) biomarkers to help assess AD progression and intervention effe...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2018
An early diagnosis of prostate cancer (PC) is key for the successful treatment. Although invasive prostate biopsies can provide a definitive diagnosis, the number of biopsies should be reduced to avoid side effects and risks especially for the men wi...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2018
Motor fluctuations between "OFF" state (with no benefit from medication) and " ON" state (with optimum benefit from medication) are a major focus of clinical managements in individuals with mid-stage and advance Parkinson's disease (PD). In this work...
Annals of the American Thoracic Society
Jul 1, 2018
RATIONALE: Patients transferred from the intensive care unit to the wards who are later readmitted to the intensive care unit have increased length of stay, healthcare expenditure, and mortality compared with those who are never readmitted. Improving...
PURPOSE: To evaluate the accuracy of detecting glaucoma visual field defect severity using deep-learning (DL) classifier with an ultrawide-field scanning laser ophthalmoscope.
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