Finally, a Practical Approach to Value-Based Medicine

Finally, a Practical Approach to Value-Based Medicine.

A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO REAL-TIME DYNAMIC BACKGROUND GENERATION BASED ON A TEMPORAL MEDIAN FILTER

In many computer vision applications, segmenting and extraction of moving objects in video sequences is an essential task. Background subtraction, by which each input image is subtracted from the reference image, has often been used for this purpose. In this paper, we offer a novel background-subtraction technique for real-time dynamic background generation using color images that are taken fro...

Evidence-based medicine and ethics: a practical approach.

The clinical decision is supposed to be based on evidence. In fact, what counts as evidence is far from being established. Some definition of "proof" is needed to distinguish between scientific medicine and charlatanism. My thesis is that unfortunately a clear-cut boundary between evidence and lack of evidence cannot be found, for several reasons that I summarise in the paper. Evidence in medic...

SYMPOSIUM ON EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE Evidence-based medicine and ethics: a practical approach

The clinical decision is supposed to be based on evidence. In fact, what counts as evidence is far from being established. Some definition of ‘‘proof’’ is needed to distinguish between scientific medicine and charlatanism. My thesis is that unfortunately a clear-cut boundary between evidence and lack of evidence cannot be found, for several reasons that I summarise in the paper. Evidence in med...

A Practical Approach to Network-Based Processing

The usage of general-purpose processors externally attached to routers to virtually play the role of active co-processors seems a safe and cost-effective approach to add active network capabilities to existing routers. This paper reviews this router-assistant way of making active nodes, addresses the benefits and limitations of this technique, and describes a new platform based on it using an e...