This paper presents a technical framework to support the development and installation of system for content-based image retrieval in medical applications (IRMA). A strict separation of feature extraction, feature storage, feature comparison, and the user interfaces is suggested. This allows to reuse implemented components in different retrieval algorithms, which improves software quality, short...

A 2-site immunoradiometric assay (IRMA) was performed on the head and thorax of Anopheles culicifacies s.l. and An. pulcherrimus females, the 2 most common anopheline species in the District of Ghassreghand (Baluchistan, Iran), collected during the 2 peak malaria transmission seasons (May and September-October 1991). Positive IRMA results revealed the 2 species as potential vectors of malaria i...

Risk reduction behaviors are often voluntary and influenced by how at-risk an individual personally feels, known as risk perception. This paper examines perception changed from before six months after Hurricane Irma, a Category 3 storm that narrowly missed Sarasota County, FL. Both surveys asked about residents’ hurricane perceptions, evacuation behaviors, mitigation plans, attitudes self-effic...

Using mathematical analysis and computer simulation, we studied the effect of gamma scintillation counting error on two radioimmunoassays (RIAs) and an immunoradiometric assay (IRMA). To analyze the propagation of the counting errors into the estimation of analyte concentration, we empirically derived parameters for logit-log data-reduction models for assays of digoxin and triiodothyronine (RIA...

We evaluated the levels of CA 19-9 and CA 125 in the sera of healthy individuals, patients with non-neoplastic diseases known to produce elevated serum concentrations of CA 19-9 and CA 125, and patients with malignant tumours. The serum concentrations determined with an immunoradiometric assay (IRMA) and an immunoluminometric assay (ILMA) were compared. The accuracy was determined (as far as th...

A 2-site immunoradiometric assay (IRMA) has been done using Anopheles stephensi fed on Plasmodium vivax blood through parafilm to ascertain at what time in the sporogonic cycle circumsporozoite (CS) antigen can be detected, and to detect CS antigen in mosquitoes squashed on filter paper (FP) and cellulose acetate membrane (CAM). The CS antigen was detectable only in mature oocysts, a day prior ...

Methods There were examined 94 Ch aged 3-18 years with AD and duration of disease 1-15 years. Patients underwent the standard general clinical and immunological and allergy survey. The treatment consisted of 2 stages: traditional therapy (TT) for reducing disease complications, and IT. Patients were divided in 3 groups: I group (n=30) received stepped therapy with immune response-modulating age...