The correct placement of a retrograde nail for fixation in a combined ankle and subtalar arthrodesis especially in the presence of deformity be difficult.2–4 We have previously introduced a 2D imaging-based CAS guided drilling for nail placement.6,7 The 2D imaging-based CAS guided correction positioned the calcaneus in relation to the talus and/or the tibia.6,7 Due to difficulties in planning a...

Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology has become a viable target for the implementation of real time algorithms suitable to video image processing applications. The exclusive architecture of the FPGA has allowed the technology to be used in many applications encompassing all aspects of video image processing. In this paper, we propose a novel type of explicit image filterguided filter...

introduction: radio-guided parathyroid surgery along with other minimally invasive surgeries constitutes the main surgical treatment procedures for different kinds of hyperparathyroidism.  in this article we have reported our experience of radio-guided parathyroid surgery using tc-99m sestamibi. methods: ten patients with hyperparathyroidism included in our study. twenty mci of tc-99m sestamibi...

Speaking and writing are the productive skills of language and share similar components. In other words, writing and speaking are clearly related activities, but the modes of production are different. In addition, among a number of personality variables in predicting English language proficiency, extraversion/introversion has been extensively studied. This quasi-experimental study aims at explo...

Introduction and Objectives: Nulliparous women with unplanned pregnancy experience high levels of anxiety, which may adversely affect maternal-fetal attachment. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to determine the effect of guided imagery on maternal-fetal attachment in nulliparous women with unplanned pregnancy. Materials and Methods: In this clinical trial, 67 nulliparous women with unplanned ...

This paper proposes a new method for image enhancement by incorporating the concept of guided image filter and wavelet based edge detection. Guided image filter is a spatial domain filter performs the filtering by considering the content of the guidance image, which can be the input image itself or another different image. Guided image filter has no gradient distortion and better performance ne...

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This study was performed to achieve abortion in a short time and with minimum side effects in a bitch, as an alternative method for termination of unwanted pregnancy. The experimentation was performed on 10 privately owned crossbred pregnant bitches, in their late second trimester of pregnancy, having a variable number of fetuses (3 to 9). Fetal death was induced by transabdominal intracardiac ...