abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Automated segmentation with high accuracy and speed is a prerequisite for FEA-based quantitative assessment with a large population. However, hip joint segmentation has remained challenging due to a narrow articular cartilage and thin cortical bone with a marked interindividual variance. To ove...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Kim JJ,Nam J,Jang IG

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:A new expert system is proposed to discriminate healthy people from people with Parkinson's Disease (PD) in early stages by using Diadochokinesis tests. METHODS:The system is based on temporal and spectral features extracted from the Voice Onset Time (VOT) segments of /ka/ syllables, whose bou...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Montaña D,Campos-Roca Y,Pérez CJ

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:In this note we propose a nonlinear programming approach for simultaneous fitting of quantile regression models for two or more quantiles. The approach is straightforward, flexible and practical. We apply this approach to a dataset of lactic acid values from a screening dataset in childhood mal...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Hutson AD

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The understanding of the bonds and the relationships between the respiratory signals, i.e. the airflow, the mouth pressure, the relative temperature and the relative humidity during breathing may provide the improvement on the measurement methods of respiratory mechanics and sensor designs or ...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Saatci E

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Postoperative delirium is a common complication after major surgery among the elderly. Despite its potentially serious consequences, the complication often goes undetected and undiagnosed. In order to provide diagnosis support one could potentially exploit the information hidden in free text documents from e...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Mikalsen KØ,Soguero-Ruiz C,Jensen K,Hindberg K,Gran M,Revhaug A,Lindsetmo RO,Skrøvseth SO,Godtliebsen F,Jenssen R

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Low-dose X-ray fluoroscopy has continually evolved to reduce radiation risk to patients during clinical diagnosis and surgery. However, the reduction in dose exposure causes quality degradation of the acquired images. In general, an X-ray device has a time-average pre-processor to remove the ge...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Lee MS,Park CH,Kang MG

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Analysis of glomeruli geometry is important in histopathological evaluation of renal microscopic images. Due to the shape and size disparity of even glomeruli of same kidney, automatic detection of these renal objects is not an easy task. Although manual measurements are time consuming and at t...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Najafian S,Beigzadeh B,Riahi M,Khadir Chamazkoti F,Pouramir M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Social Network Analysis is an attractive approach to model and analyze complex networks. In recent years, several bioinformatics related networks have been modeled and analyzed thoroughly using social network analysis. The objective of this study is to build a social network analysis based cla...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Üçer S,Koçak Y,Ozyer T,Alhajj R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The anatomical structure detection in retinal images is an open problem. However, most of the works in the related literature are oriented to the detection of each structure individually or assume the previous detection of a structure which is used as a reference. The objective of this paper is...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Molina-Casado JM,Carmona EJ,García-Feijoó J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:In spite of the existence of a multitude of techniques that allow the estimation of stress from physiological indexes, its fine-grained assessment is still a challenge for biomedical engineering. The short-term assessment of stress condition overcomes the limits to stress characterization with...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Pereira T,Almeida PR,Cunha JPS,Aguiar A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Accurate segmentation of optic disc and cup from monocular color fundus images plays a significant role in the screening and diagnosis of glaucoma. Though optic cup is characterized by the drop in depth from the disc boundary, most existing methods segment the two structures separately and rely...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Chakravarty A,Sivaswamy J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:T-wave alternans (TWA) is a fluctuation of the ST-T complex occurring on an every-other-beat basis of the surface electrocardiogram (ECG). It has been shown to be an informative risk stratifier for sudden cardiac death, though the lack of gold standard to benchmark detection methods has promote...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Blanco-Velasco M,Goya-Esteban R,Cruz-Roldán F,García-Alberola A,Rojo-Álvarez JL

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synchronous averaging over time locked single-trial of event-related potential (ERP) is known as the simplest scheme to extract P300 component. This method assumes the P300 features are invariant through the time while they are affected by factors like brain fatigue and habitation. In this study, a new scheme is propo...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Sabeti M,Boostani R

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This paper presents a Radial Basis Functions Neural Network (RBFNN) based detection system, for automatic identification of Cerebral Vascular Accidents (CVA) through analysis of Computed Tomographic (CT) images. METHODS:For the design of a neural network classifier, a Multi Objective Genetic Algorithm (MOGA)...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Hajimani E,Ruano MG,Ruano AE

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:For cancer detection from microscopic biopsy images, image segmentation step used for segmentation of cells and nuclei play an important role. Accuracy of segmentation approach dominate the final results. Also the microscopic biopsy images have intrinsic Poisson noise and if it is present in th...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Kumar R,Srivastava S,Srivastava R

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:We aim to develop a reference system utilizing computed tomography to calculate changes in tumor volume of lung cancer patients after chemotherapy to assist physicians in clinical treatment and evaluation. METHODS:Image processing techniques were used to analyze the computed tomography of lung...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Kuo CJ,Ke BH,Wu NY,Kuo J,Hsu HH

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:We describe and illustrate use of DISTING, a novel web application for computing alternative structurally identifiable linear compartmental models that are input-output indistinguishable from a postulated linear compartmental model. Several computer packages are available for analysing the str...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Davidson NR,Godfrey KR,Alquaddoomi F,Nola D,DiStefano JJ 3rd

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Automatic osteosarcoma tumor segmentation on computed tomography (CT) images is a challenging problem, as tumors have large spatial and structural variabilities. In this study, an automatic tumor segmentation method, which was based on a fully convolutional networks with multiple supervised sid...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Huang L,Xia W,Zhang B,Qiu B,Gao X

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The primary objective of present analysis is to model the peristalsis of copper-water based nanoliquid in the presence of first order velocity and thermal slip conditions in a curved channel. Mixed convection, viscous dissipation and heat generation/absorption are also accounted. METHOD:Mathem...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Hayat T,Farooq S,Alsaedi A

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Early-phase virtual screening of candidate drug molecules plays a key role in pharmaceutical industry from data mining and machine learning to prevent adverse effects of the drugs. Computational classification methods can distinguish approved drugs from withdrawn ones. We focused on 6 data set...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Onay A,Onay M,Abul O

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Coronary heart disease (CHD) is an important public health problem globally. Algorithms incorporating the assessment of clinical biomarkers together with several established traditional risk factors can help clinicians to predict CHD and support clinical decision making with respect to interventions...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Tayefi M,Tajfard M,Saffar S,Hanachi P,Amirabadizadeh AR,Esmaeily H,Taghipour A,Ferns GA,Moohebati M,Ghayour-Mobarhan M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Standardization of the carotid IMT requires a reference marker in ultrasound scans. It has been shown previously that manual reference marker and manually created carotid segments are used for measuring IMT in these segments. Manual methods are tedious, time consuming, subjective, and prone to...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Ikeda N,Dey N,Sharma A,Gupta A,Bose S,Acharjee S,Shafique S,Cuadrado-Godia E,Araki T,Saba L,Laird JR,Nicolaides A,Suri JS

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Researchers have developed effective methods to index free-text clinical notes into structured database, in which negation detection is a critical but challenging step. In Chinese clinical records, negation detection is particularly challenging because it may depend on upstream Chinese informa...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Kang T,Zhang S,Xu N,Wen D,Zhang X,Lei J

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Anxiety is one of the major influences on the dropout of relapse and treatment of substance abuse treatment. Chemically dependent individuals need (CDI) to be aware of their emotional state in situations of risk during their treatment. Many patients do not agree with the diagnosis of the therap...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Silva MLD,Frère AF,Oliveira HJQ,Martucci Neto H,Scardovelli TA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to examine the reliability of the clinical use of the self-built decision support system, diagnosis-supported attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (DS-ADHD), in an effort to develop the DS-ADHD system, by probing into the development of indicating patterns of p...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Chu KC,Huang YS,Tseng CF,Huang HJ,Wang CH,Tai HY

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ankle sprain is the most common sports-related injury, and approximately 80% of patients studied suffered recurrent sprains. These repeated ankle injuries could cause chronic ankle instability, a decrease in sports performance, and a decrease in postural control ability. At the present time, smartphones have...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Chiu YL,Tsai YJ,Lin CH,Hou YR,Sung WH

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Currently Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is one of the most prevalent diseases, and also can lead to death, disability and economic loss in patients who suffer from cardiovascular disease. Diagnostic procedures of this disease by medical teams are typically invasive, although they do not satisfy...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Davari Dolatabadi A,Khadem SEZ,Asl BM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture (SILAC) is a practical and powerful approach for quantitative proteomic analysis. A key advantage of SILAC is the ability to simultaneously detect the isotopically labeled peptides in a single instrument run and so guarantee relative quanti...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Kim S,Carruthers N,Lee J,Chinni S,Stemmer P

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the overall effect of particulate matter (PM) on cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been previously documented, the effect of different PM sizes (PM10, PM2.5-10 and PM2.5) has not been well studied. This study estimates the effect of different PM sizes on the incidence of CVD in Taipei, Taiwan. METHO...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Yang HC,Chang SH,Lu R,Liou DM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in physiological signals due to task evoked cognitive load have been reported extensively. However, pupil size based approaches for estimating cognitive load on a moment-to-moment basis are not as well understood as estimating cognitive load on a task-to-task basis, despite the appeal these approaches have for...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Wong HK,Epps J

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:With ongoing interest in CNT nanofluids and materials in biotechnology, energy and environment, microelectronics, composite materials etc., the current investigation is carried out to analyze the effects of variable viscosity and thermal conductivity of CNT nanofluids flow driven by cilia indu...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Akbar NS,Kazmi N,Tripathi D,Mir NA

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The large intra-patient variability in type 1 diabetic patients dramatically reduces the ability to achieve adequate blood glucose control. A novel methodology to identify different blood glucose dynamics profiles will allow therapies to be more accurate and tailored according to patient's conditions and to ...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Contreras I,Quirós C,Giménez M,Conget I,Vehi J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Identification of fundus images during transmission and storage in database for tele-ophthalmology applications is an important issue in modern era. The proposed work presents a novel accurate method for generation of unique identification code for identification of fundus images for tele-ophth...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Singh A,Dutta MK,Sharma DK

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound (US) imaging is one of the most popular techniques used in clinical diagnosis, mainly due to lack of adverse effects on patients and the simplicity of US equipment. However, the characteristics of the medium cause US imaging to imprecisely reconstruct examined tissues. The artifacts are the results of wave ...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Szostek K,Piórkowski A

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:A crucial factor for proper electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation is the correct electrode placement in standard 12-lead ECG and extended 16-lead ECG for accurate diagnosis of acute myocardial infarctions. In the context of optimal patient care, we present and evaluate a new method for automat...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Jekova I,Krasteva V,Leber R,Schmid R,Twerenbold R,Müller C,Reichlin T,Abächerli R

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies of the human brain are appearing in increasing numbers, providing interesting information about this complex system. Unique information about healthy and diseased brains is inferred using many types of experiments and analyses. In order to ob...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Gajdoš M,Mikl M,Mareček R

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:For more than 20 years, Higuchi's fractal dimension (HFD), as a nonlinear method, has occupied an important place in the analysis of biological signals. The use of HFD has evolved from EEG and single neuron activity analysis to the most recent application in automated assessments of different c...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Kesić S,Spasić SZ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic retinopathy is one of the major causes of blindness in the world. Early diagnosis of this disease is vital to the prevention of visual loss. The analysis of retinal lesions such as exudates, microaneurysms and hemorrhages is a prerequisite to detect diabetic disorders such as diabetic retinopathy and macular ...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Imani E,Pourreza HR

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:False positive alerts in patient-safety-related clinical decision support systems (CDSS) are defined as alerts which incorrectly prompt when no-risk patients are encountered. It is an unfavorable condition which may potentially mislead physicians. The aim is to investigate physician responses toward false po...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Tsai CY,Wang SH,Hsu MH,Li YC

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:In oral and maxillofacial surgery, conventional radiographic cephalometry is one of the standard auxiliary tools for diagnosis and surgical planning. While contemporary computer-assisted cephalometric systems and methodologies support cephalometric analysis, they tend neither to be practical no...

journal_title：Computer methods and programs in biomedicine

authors： Medellín-Castillo HI,Govea-Valladares EH,Pérez-Guerrero CN,Gil-Valladares J,Lim T,Ritchie JM

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00