Background: To make the best use of written information in education pamphlets, suitability criteria developed for instructional materials. Moreover, client satisfaction with the quality of written materials provided in hospitals for patients needs to be taken into account. Aim: Therefore, the present study aimed to assess the suitability of patient education pamphlets and patient satisfaction...

a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t We propose a fully automated parameter estimation framework for performing patient-specific hemodynamic computations in arterial models. To determine the personalized values of the windkessel models, which are used as part of the geometrical multiscale circulation model, a parameter estimation problem is formulated. Clinical measurements of pressure and/or ...

Introduction: Tissue heating and local Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) is a major problem for high field MRI, particularly when using multiple transmit channels. In the framework of Electric Properties Tomography (EPT), the local SAR is estimated based on a B1 map [1]. Recently, first preliminary low resolution in vivo SAR images were obtained [2]. In this study, B1-based local SAR is determined...

[1] Schaller et al., MICCAI 2009 [2] Singh et al., MICCAI 2014 [3] Johnson et al., Med. Phys. 2011 [4] Edwards et al., Image Vis Comput. 1998 [5] Krizhevsky et al. Adv Neural Inf Process Syst 2012 Comparison of Default Patient Surface Model Estimation Methods Xia Zhong1, Norbert Strobel3, Markus Kowarschik3, Rebecca Fahrig3, Andreas Maier1,2 1 Pattern Recognition Lab, Department of Computer Sci...

Although the use of computed tomography (CT) in medical diagnosis delivers relatively higher radiation doses to patients than other radiological procedures, lack of optimized protocols could be an additional source of increased dose in developing countries. The aim of this study was to determine the magnitude of radiation doses received by selected radiosensitive organs of patients from CT exam...

Cardiovascular decision-making support experiences increasing research interest of scientists. Ongoing collaborations between clinicians and computer scientists are looking at the application of data mining techniques to the area of individual patient diagnosis, based on clinical records. An investigation of a Bayesian network learnt according to a generated decision tree with cardiovascular da...

Millions of women are screened each year using mammography and/or tomosynthesis in order to detect breast cancer at an early stage. Although the radiation doses used are relatively low [1], the breast is one of the most radiation-sensitive organs so constant vigilance is necessary to ensure that the radiation dose is as low as reasonably achievable (the ALARA principle). Despite this vigilance ...

Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation (RAR) is relevant for treating patients affected by nervous system injuries (e.g., stroke and spinal cord injury). The accurate estimation of the joint angles of the patient limbs in RAR is critical to assess the patient improvement. The economical prevalent method to estimate the patient posture in Exoskeleton-based RAR is to approximate the limb joint angles with...

there are several problems associated with the use of indwelling urethra catheters, including urinary tract infections and mechanical problems. infections have been well researched but mechanical problems associated with blockage, leakage of urine and general discomfort have been less investigated. although education of patients and carers on the use of catheters has been recommended, in practi...

trauma is a leading cause of death and disability especially amongst young people. road traffic crash–related death, injury, and chronic disability continue to be a major worldwide burden to drivers, pedestrians and users of mass transit, especially in low- and middle-income countries(lmic). projections predict worsening of this burden, and while motorization of lmic increases exponentially, a ...