background: the number of malaria cases is declining worldwide; however, it remains as a serious health problem. diagnosing unusual cases is the most im­portant issue to manage the problem. this study designed to describe the number of falciparum and vivax malaria infected patients referred to malaria reference labora­tory in tehran university of medical science from 2000 to 2012. methods: a re...

This paper presents a method for wavelet processing of mammogram images in order to highlight pathological changes which are important for diagnosing breast cancer. The method was used at the image pre-processing stage in a CAD (Computer Aided Detection) system which is under development. The paper presents the preliminary detection results for pathological areas with and without the method und...

The aim of this paper is to point out the value of MRI in diagnostic assessment of cervical lymphadenopathies and associated oral cavity pathological conditions. We used a statistic retrospective method to evaluate the results obtained after MRI examinations of 64 patients diagnosed with oral cavity pathology and cervical lymphadenopathies. In all cases the MRI exams detected the presence of ce...

The complexity of electronic devices increases continually; that is why diagnosing actual circuits is more and more difficult. Different diagnosing methods exist. The aim of this paper is to present a new model-based diagnosis method that uses the Bayesian network to describe the system and to compute the probability of the most likely diagnoses. This method determines one of the most probable ...

BACKGROUND GPs play an important role in recognising the symptoms of dementia; however, little is known about how they perceive their actual and future role in diagnosing dementia. AIM To explore Dutch GPs' perceptions of their current position in diagnosing dementia, their reasons for referral to secondary care, and views on the future diagnostic role of GPs. DESIGN AND SETTING A qualitati...