Anal fissure is one of the most common anorectal problems. Anal fissure is largely associated with high anal sphincter pressures and most treatment options are based on reducing anal pressures. Conservative management, using increased fiber and warm baths, results in healing of approximately half of all anal fissures. In fissures that fail conservative care, various pharmacologic and surgical o...

Abstract Soil preferential flow infiltrating rapidly through the rock–soil interface is an important hydrological process in karst rocky desertification area. However, how does water leakage near-surface fissures, especially those filled with soil, proceed? The role of at fissures on still puzzles us. goal this study was to reveal soil leaking fissures. Five typical types were selected area exp...

RATIONALE Interlobar fissure integrity has previously correlated with responsiveness to endobronchial lung volume reduction therapy in patients with advanced emphysema. OBJECTIVE This report summarises the effect of interlobar fissure integrity on responses to treatment with a novel endoscopic tissue sealant (AeriSeal emphysematous lung sealant (ELS)) that collapses hyperinflated lung. METH...

In this paper we present one method for segmenting the lungs and three methods to segment pulmonary lobes from thoracic CT images and their application to the LOLA11 challenge data. The lung segmentation procedure is fully automated and uses a sequence of morphological operations to refine an initial threshold-based segmentation of the pulmonary airspaces. Based on its results, lobe segmentatio...

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