by NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new tool shows promise in helping primary care physicians identify adults with undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to research published in JAMA. More than 15 million Americans have been diagnosed with COPD, a leading cause of death in the United States, and experts predict...
by RMIT University Pre-processing of a thermal image collected from a participant: (a) raw image; (b) normalized image; (c) background mask; and (d) masked image or extracted wound bed. Credit: Scientific Reports (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-20835-y A thermal-imaging tool to screen for chronic wounds could enable nurses to identify these hard-to-heal sores during the first assessment at a...
by Jim Dryden, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Distribution of p-WERCAP scores across the two youth cohorts. Figures depict the prevalences of different p-WERCAP score ranges. Cohort 1 participants completed WERCAP screens with 3-month and lifetime symptom timeframes (A). Cohort 2 participants completed WERCAP Screens with 3-month and 12-month symptom timeframes (B)....
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by University of South Australia Figure 1. Sites of arterial diameter measurement in cerebral angiography images. White lines perpendicular to the long axes of vessels show the measurement sites and white arrows depict the components of cerebral basal arterial network (CBAN). (A) Axial image showing the sites of measurement; (B) coronal image showing the sites of...
WILEY Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging of the prostate (mpMRIp) is a promising tool for diagnosing prostate cancer, and prior to its availability, detection relied on clinical exams and prostate specific antigen screening. In a study published in BJU International, investigators found that the availability of mpMRIp in Australia since 2012 has correlated with significantly reduced numbers of...
