BACKGROUND: Little data are available to assess the learning curve for robot-assisted surgery on choledochal cysts. The aim of this current study is to investigate the characteristics of the learning curve for robot-assisted choledochal cyst excision...
Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI
Jun 15, 2020
BACKGROUND: Arterial spin labeling (ASL) is a useful tool for measuring cerebral blood flow (CBF). However, due to the low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the technique, multiple repetitions are required, which results in prolonged scan times and incr...
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Jun 14, 2020
BACKGROUND: This study assessed the incidence and impact of acute kidney injury (AKI) on renal prognosis in patients who underwent robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RARP).
Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology
Jun 14, 2020
BACKGROUND: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) improves heart failure outcomes but has significant nonresponse rates, highlighting limitations in ECG selection criteria: QRS duration (QRSd) ≥150 ms and subjective labeling of left bundle branch b...
Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology
Jun 14, 2020
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is an effective treatment strategy for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), but many experience AF recurrence and require repeat ablation procedures. The goal of this study was to develop and evaluate a m...
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine
Jun 12, 2020
Total metabolic tumor volume (TMTV), calculated from F-FDG PET/CT baseline studies, is a prognostic factor in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) whose measurement requires the segmentation of all malignant foci throughout the body. No consensus cu...
BACKGROUND: The role of retrospective analysis has been evolved greatly in cancer research. We undertook this meta-analysis to evaluate the diagnostic value of Neural networks (NNs) in Fine needle aspiration cytological (FNAC) image of cancer.
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Jun 12, 2020
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Risk prediction of overall survival (OS) is crucial for gastric cancer (GC) patients to assess the treatment programs and may guide personalized medicine. A novel deep learning (DL) model was proposed to predict the risk for O...
BACKGROUND: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) contributes to adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes. In recent decades, extensive research has been devoted to the early prediction of GDM by various methods. Machine learning methods are flexible predi...
BACKGROUND: Retzius-sparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RS-RARP) has been shown to improve continence. However, questions remain regarding feasibility and generalizability of technique and outcomes.
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