Snakes, shapes, and gradient vector flow
Snakes, or active contours, are used extensively in computer vision and image processing applications, particularly to locate object boundaries. Problems associated with initial...
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Recurrent Fusion of <i>TMPRSS2</i> and ETS Transcription Factor Genes in Prostate Cancer
Recurrent chromosomal rearrangements have not been well characterized in common carcinomas. We used a bioinformatics approach to discover candidate oncogenic chromosomal aberrat...
The diagnosis and management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Practice Guideline by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American College of Gastroenterology, and the American Gastroenterological Association
These recommendations are based on the following: (1) a formal review and analysis of the recently published world literature on the topic [Medline search up to June 2011]; (2) ...
Comorbidity and its impact on 1590 patients with COVID-19 in China: a nationwide analysis
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak is evolving rapidly worldwide. Objective To evaluate the risk of serious adverse outcomes in patients with COVID-19 b...
Distance-IoU Loss: Faster and Better Learning for Bounding Box Regression
Bounding box regression is the crucial step in object detection. In existing methods, while ℓn-norm loss is widely adopted for bounding box regression, it is not tailored to the...
Haemodynamic definitions and updated clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension
Since the 1st World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension (WSPH) in 1973, pulmonary hypertension (PH) has been arbitrarily defined as mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) ≥25 m...
Ovarian cancer statistics, 2018
Abstract In 2018, there will be approximately 22,240 new cases of ovarian cancer diagnosed and 14,070 ovarian cancer deaths in the United States. Herein, the American Cancer Soc...
Features of 20 133 UK patients in hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: prospective observational cohort study
Abstract Objective To characterise the clinical features of patients admitted to hospital with coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) in the United Kingdom during the growth phase ...
Standardization of Spirometry 2019 Update. An Official American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society Technical Statement
<b>Background:</b> Spirometry is the most common pulmonary function test. It is widely used in the assessment of lung function to provide objective information used in the diagn...
Colorectal cancer statistics, 2023
Abstract Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of cancer death in the United States. Every 3 years, the American Cancer Society provides an update of CRC stati...
High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution
<p>Although health outcomes have improved in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the past several decades, a new reality is at hand. Changing health needs, g...