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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment"”.
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Evaluation and Clinical Implications of Biomarkers of Electronic Cigarette Use
… is a nicotine metabolite excreted with urine and it is a common biomarker used to verify patient’s smoking status in clinical settings. However, cotinine is a biomarker that is selective for all nicotine-containing products and does not distinguish between tobacco cigarette smoking and …
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Visualizing medical data using direct volume rendering
… of the dataset. This paper provides an analysis and comparison of various rendering techniques in the context of visualizing medical data. In particular, two specific implementations of direct volume renderers are discussed. Finally, several images are displayed which show the results of applying …
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Electrode and Headgear Design for Accurate TDCS
… brain has been shown to modify brain function and treat various neurological diseases. Transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) has been an effective and life changing alternative treatment for a vast range of neurological conditions including depression, epilepsy, stroke rehabilitation, …
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Left ventricular boundary detection in digitized cardiac images
<p>Edge detecting techniques relative to application in a portion of Eastern Washington University's Heart Modeling System (HMS) are discussed. Filters, sharpeners, and transforms are discussed in more depth. Twelve operators, several with more than one mask, are tested to arrive at the optimal …
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Meeting Joint Commission Compliance by Improving the Chart Audit Process
<p>A hospice and home health care agency with an estimated 300 current patients looking to gain Joint Commission accreditation tasked its quality improvement department with identifying and improving deficiencies in the nursing documentation of patients’ charts. In order to do so, a redesign of …
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Commissioning An Anthropomorphic Spine and Lung Phantom For Remote Dose Verification of Institutions Participating In Rtog 0631
… RPC developed a new phantom to ensure comparable and consistent radiation administration in spinal radiosurgery clinical trials. This study assessed the phantom’s dosimetric and anatomic utility. The ‘spine phantom’ is a water filled thorax with anatomy encountered in spinal radiosurgery: target …
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Evaluation of a Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay to Simultaneously Detect Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus in Nasal Samples
… caused by <em>Streptococcus pneumoniae</em> and <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> is associated with nasal carriage of these bacteria. Use of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) in children altered nasal carriage rates and reduced infections due to <em>S. pneumonia. </em>Similar studies …
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Annexin A5-Conjugated Polymeric Micelles For Dual Spect and Optical Detection of Apoptosis
… is critical to homoeostasis, normal development, and physiology. Dysregulation of apoptosis can lead to the accumulation of unwanted cells, such as occurs in cancer, and the removal of needed cells or disorders of normal tissues, such as heart, neurodegenerative, and autoimmune diseases. …
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Evaluation of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (Imrt) Delivery Error Due to Imrt Treatment Plan Complexity and Improperly Matched Dosimetry Data
… common treatment modality used for treating head and neck (H&N) cancers, and the presence of many critical structures in this region requires accurate treatment delivery. The Radiological Physics Center (RPC) acts as both a remote and on-site quality assurance agency that credentials institutions …
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End Tidal Carbon Dioxide Monitoring in the Acute Post Extubation Period in the Pediatric Intensive Care Setting
… is a children’s hospital, Level 1 trauma center and cares for the most critically ill patients in the region ages 0 to 20 years old. Chart audits support the need for this project. In 2014 18% of extubations failed and were emergently reintubated within two hours. A survey was dispersed to staff …
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Root Surface Area Related to Anchorage in the Begg Technique
… of extracting teeth to ’’procure room for the others which are to be brought into the arch.” He further noted that, ”To extract an irregular tooth would answer but little purpose if no alteration could be made in the situation of the rest.”<sup>1</sup></p> <p>Extraction of selected teeth to …
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Clinical Impact of Couch to p and Rails On Imrt and Arc Therapy
… impact of the Varian Exact Couch on dose and volume coverage to targets and critical structures and tumor control probability (TCP) for 6-MV IMRT and Arc Therapy.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> Five clinical prostate patients were planned with both, 6-MV 8-field IMRT and 6-MV 2-field …
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Mapping the Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Sensorimotor Integration During the Perception and Performance of Wallowing
<p>Similar to other complex sequences of muscle activity, swallowing relies heavily upon ‘sensorimotor integration.’ It is well known that the premotor cortex and primary sensorimotor cortices provide critical sensorimotor contributions that help control the strength and timing of swallowing muscle …
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A Subject Specific Surface Electromyography Model For Estimating L4/L5 Compressive Loading
… a leading cause of activity limitation worldwide and results in 149 million lost work days annually in the United States. The total costs of LBP are estimated to be $100 to $200 billion annually. Specific causes of LBP account for less than 15% of LBP cases. Heavy loading of the lumbar spine and …
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Preosteoblast Behavior on a Synthetic Calcium Phosphate Scaffold Coated with Cell Derived Matrix
… synthetic bone grafts combined with cells and growth factors as a tissue engineered construct can provide benefits over the common autografts and allografts currently used. Calcium phosphate (CaP) materials offer high biocompatibility and chemical similarity to natural bone tissue. …
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Feasibility Study of Liquid-Based Cytology for Post-Treatment Surveillance of Patients with Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia
<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Colposcopy and tissue biopsy remain the gold standard for diagnosing vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN). Vulvar colposcopy is fairly nonspecific. As a result, many women undergo unwarranted painful biopsies. Vulvar cytology, which is relatively painless, …
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Revolutionizing Attention Training in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Pioneering Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence
… such as eye-tracking (ET), heart rate (HR), and electrodermal activity (EDA). A comprehensive comparative analysis was undertaken to evaluate the performance metrics of various machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) algorithms. The results showcased the robustness of gradient boosting …
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