In this work we investigate whether the innate visual recognition and learning capabilities of untrained humans can be used in conducting reliable microscopic analysis of biomedical samples toward diagnosis. For this purpose, we designed entertaining digital games that are interfaced with artificial learning and processing back-ends to demonstrate that in the case of binary medical diagnostics ...

the importance of nanotechnology in medical technologies, especially biomedical diagnostics, is indubitable. by taking advantages of nanomaterials, many medical diagnostics methods have been developed so far, including electrochemical nanobiosensors. they have been used for quantification of different clinical biomarkers for detecting, screening, or follow up a disease. micrornas (mirnas) are o...

The biuret method for total protein has been compared on the Boehringer Mannheim Diagnostics (BMD) Hitachi 717 Analyzer with a candidate reference method in efforts to standardize the BMD method. The methods were compared using 115 paired serum specimens collected during morning rounds at the Roger Williams Hospital. Results from the test method were compared to the reference method using a sta...

BACKGROUND Plasmodium vivax is the most widespread species of Plasmodium in humans and causing about 80 million clinical cases annually. This study was undertaken to detect P. vivax in asymptomatic treated vivax malaria patients to trace latent/sub-patent malaria infection. METHOD The venous blood of all detected cases with P. vivax in Bashagard, Minab and Roodan Districts in Hormozgan Provin...

This paper introduces a multi-compartment model for microscopic diffusion anisotropy imaging. The aim is to estimate microscopic features specific to the intra- and extra-neurite compartments in nervous tissue unconfounded by the effects of fibre crossings and orientation dispersion, which are ubiquitous in the brain. The proposed MRI method is based on the Spherical Mean Technique (SMT), which...

74 MRI Slice Segmentation and 3D Modelling of Temporomandibular Joint Measured by Microscopic Coil O. Smirg, O. Liberda, Z. Smekal, A.Sprlakova-Pukova 1 Department of Telecommunication, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, University of Technlogy, Purkynova 118, 612 00, Brno, Czech republic 2 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University a...

In this paper, we propose a novel, completely automated method for the segmentation of lymphatic cell nuclei represented in microscopic specimen images. Actually, segmenting cell nuclei is the first, necessary step for developing an automated application for the early diagnostics of lymphatic system tumors. The proposed method follows a two-step approach to, firstly, find the nuclei and, then, ...

Mirror erosion by high energy ion emission from extreme UV light sources is one of the main factors contributing to EUVL collector mirror reflectivity degradation. We are measuring ion energy distributions at the mirror distance from the plasma utilizing three different ion diagnostics for the case of tin-doped microscopic droplet laser plasmas. Typical ion energy distributions measured by an e...

Malaria is a tropical disease caused by protozoans of the Plasmodium genus. Delayed diagnosis and misdiagnosis are strongly associated with higher mortality. In recent years, a greater importance is attributed to Plasmodium knowlesi, a species found mainly in Southeast Asia. Routine parasitological diagnostics are associated with certain limitations and difficulties in unambiguous determination...

We present a lensfree digital microscopy platform implemented on a cell-phone. It operates based on digital in-line holography and provides a compact and light-weight alternative to conventional microscopes, such that the cell-phone is modified with an inexpensive attachment weighing only ~38 grams. This lensfree cell-phone microscope captures holographic images of the objects which are then ra...