Address: 1Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Center for Excellence in Surgical Outcomes, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3094, Durham, NC 27710, USA, 2Anesthesiology – Ambulatory Services, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3094 Med Ctr Durham, NC 27710, USA, 3Anesthesiology – Ambulatory Services Box 3094 Med Ctr Durham, NC 27710, USA, 4Hospital e Maternidade Angelina Caron, Rodovia do Caqui...

In spite of the enormous progress of Western medicine during the past century there has not be a concomitant rise in the public's satisfaction with the medical profession. Much of the discontent relates to problems in physician-patient communication. The multiple advantages of good communication have been clearly demonstrated by numerous careful studies. While the past few decades have witnesse...

In this paper a new UWB textile slot antenna has been designed with high precision. This work aimed to makecloser steps towards real wearability by investigating the possibilities of designing wearable UWB antenna wheretextile materials are used for the substrate as well as the conducting parts of the designed antenna. The antenna iscomposed of three textile layers: the top and bottom are condu...

The amount of medical image data produced in clinical and research settings is rapidly growing resulting in vast amount of data to analyze. Automatic and reliable quantitative analysis tools, including segmentation, allow to analyze brain development and to understand specific patterns of many neurological diseases. This field has recently experienced many advances with successful techniques ba...