conclusions the results of the present study revealed that patients are not highly satisfied with the communication skills of physicians and they were least satisfied only with the quality of examination processes by the physicians. in addition, patients with lower education showed lower satisfaction as well. thus, a higher quality and elaboration of examination, more patience and better commun...

background nowadays, the patients’ satisfaction is used as a criterion to measure the hospitals’ service quality. however, there are controversial results about the aspect of caring behaviors which mostly affects the patients’ satisfaction. objectives the current study aimed to assess the relationship between caring behaviors and patients’ satisfaction. patients and methods a descriptive correl...

this paper proposes a new method for parameter estimation of distorted single phase signals, through an improved demodulation-based phase tracking incorporated with a frequency adaptation mechanism. the simulation results demonstrate the superiority of the proposed method compared to the conventional sogi (second-order generalized integrator)-based approach, in spite of the dc-offset and harmon...

In Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation (RAR) the accurate estimation of the patient limb joint angles is critical for assessing therapy efficacy. In RAR, the use of classic motion capture systems (MOCAPs) (e.g., optical and electromagnetic) to estimate the Glenohumeral (GH) joint angles is hindered by the exoskeleton body, which causes occlusions and magnetic disturbances. Moreover, the exoskeleton p...

Pleural fluid levels of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and adenosine deaminase (ADA) have been found to be high in patients with tuberculosis (TB). The present study was carried out to compare the diagnostic utility of these two markers and to carry out a cost-effectiveness analysis of performing IFN-gamma estimation in comparison to ADA. A total of 52 patients with pleural effusion, 35 of which ...

Objective(s): The objectives of this work was to assess the benefits of the application of Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models in patients with different neuroendocrine tumours (NET) who were treatedwith Lu-177 DOTATATE. The model utilises clinical data on biodistribution of radiolabeled peptides (RLPs) obtained by whole body scintigraphy (WBS) of the patients.Methods: The blood...

Many respiratory motion compensation approaches in radiation therapy of thoracic and abdominal tumors are guided by external breathing signals. Patient-specific correspondence models based on planning 4D data are used to relate signal measurements to internal motion. The motion estimation accuracy of these models during a treatment fraction depends on the degree of inter-fraction motion variati...

Personalized cardiac models have become a crucial component of the clinical workflow, especially in the context of complex cardiovascular disorders, such as valvular heart disease. In this chapter we present a comprehensive framework for the patient-specific modeling of the valvular apparatus and heart chambers from multimodal cardiac images. An integrated model of the four heart valves and cha...

Inaccurate estimation of average dielectric properties can have a tangible impact on microwave radar-based breast images. Despite this, recent patient imaging studies have used a fixed estimate although this is known to vary from patient to patient. Parameter search algorithms are a promising technique for estimating the average dielectric properties from the reconstructed microwave images them...