Computer-Aided Diagnostic Tool for Lung Diseases

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lulu Wang ◽  
Ahmed Al-Jumaily ◽  
Andrew Kilding
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Tool ◽  
Lung Diseases ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Airway Narrowing ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
Computer Aided ◽  
Exercise Induced ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Bronchial Provocation

Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) and Exercise-induced asthma (EIA) are used synonymously to describe acute lung airway narrowing occurring during and/or after exercise. Tools usually used by health practitioners to assess the severity of EIB or EIA symptoms include bronchodilator tests and various bronchial provocation procedures including spirometer and eucapnic voluntary hyperpnoea (EVH) challenge system, there is no tool that is able to monitor the severity of acute lung airway narrowing. This study aims to design a graphical user interface (GUI) to monitor the severity of acute lung airway narrowing using MATLAB software. The GUI will present the measurement data into a simple and user-friendly program consisting of patient information, EVH test analysis and detection of EIA and EIB. Success of this project widens the usage of EVH challenge in medical areas and the GUI may serve as a new clinical computer-aided diagnostic tool to help healthcare professionals non-invasively monitor the severity of asthma, EIA and EIB.

Computer-Controlled Eucapnic Voluntary Hyperpnea Challenge Method

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Al-Jumaily ◽  
Lulu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Human Subjects ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Forced Expiratory Volume ◽  
Female Participant ◽  
Graphic User Interface ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Airway Narrowing ◽  
Target Values ◽  
Computer Controlled ◽  
Exercise Induced

Eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea (EVH) challenge is a well-established and sensitive method of determining the degree of bronchoconstriction at hospitals and clinics. This paper presents the development of a computer-controlled system for assessing exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) in humans including a computer graphic user interface (GUI) to control a low-pressure demand valve for better efficiency. GUI is designed to monitor the severity of acute lung airway narrowing using a matlab software and to present the measurement data into a simple user-friendly program consisting of patient information, EVH test analysis, and detection of exercise-induced asthma (EIA) and EIB. The proposed system is assessed using human subjects. Typical outputs from this system showed that for a female participant, a 20.25% and a 15.61% decrease from baseline in her forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEVl) after 10 and 15 min of the challenge commencement, respectively. Her actual expiratory flow rate (45.833 L/m) and actual total volume of gas respired (275 L) were smaller than the target values. This system widens the usage of EVH challenge in medical areas, and the GUI may serve as a new clinical computer-aided diagnostic tool to help healthcare professionals noninvasively monitor the severity of asthma, EIA, and EIB.

Interactions in psychiatric care consultation in Akan speaking communities

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-52
Author(s):  
Nana Aba Appiah Amfo ◽  
Ekua Essumanma Houphouet ◽  
Eugene K. Dordoye ◽  
Rachel Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Tool ◽  
Psychiatric Care ◽  
Code Mixing ◽  
Therapeutic Benefits ◽  
Patient Interactions ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
Care Consultation ◽  
Discourse Pragmatics

The present paper examines interactions in psychiatric care consultation in selected hospital settings in three Akan-speaking communities in Ghana, based on 45 audio-recorded doctor/nurse-patient interactions. Using a discourse pragmatics approach, we note how language is used in the management of communication in psychiatric consultations, and how the dominance of healthcare practitioners is enacted. Specifically, we focus on some of the strategies used by the participants to manage the multilingual communicative settings, such as code-mixing. Our findings also suggest that the use of proverbs as a diagnostic tool in psychiatric consultations in Ghana needs to be reviewed. We propose that in order for patients to experience consultation sessions that are more interactive, with possible therapeutic benefits, health practitioners need to make considerable efforts to involve the patients in decisions regarding their health.

Use of measurement data in computer-aided tolerance management

2002 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Wandebäck ◽  
P.J. Wahlborg ◽  
R. Söderberg
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Data ◽  
Computer Aided ◽  
Tolerance Management

Computer-aided diagnostic tool for early detection of prostate cancer

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Islam Reda ◽  
Ahmed Shalaby ◽  
Fahmi Khalifa ◽  
Mohammed Elmogy ◽  
Ahmed Aboulfotouh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Diagnostic Tool ◽  
Computer Aided

Evaluation of Effectiveness of Cement Removal From Implant-Retained Crowns Using a Proposed “Circular Crisscross” Flossing Technique

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-183
Author(s):  
Cimara Fortes Ferreira ◽  
Mohamed Shafter ◽  
Vinay Jain ◽  
Russel Anthony Wicks ◽  
Erno Linder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Computer Aided ◽  
Digital Microscope ◽  
Implant Crown ◽  
Cement Removal ◽  
Removal Of Cement ◽  
Aided Design

Extruded cement during dental implant crown cementation may cause peri-implant diseases if not removed adequately. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of removal of cement after cementation of implant crowns using an experimental circular crisscross flossing technique (CCFT) flossing technique, compared to the conventional “C”-shape flossing technique (CSFT). Twenty-four patients rendered 29 experimental and 29 control crowns. Prefabricated abutments were secured to the implant such that the margins were at least 1 mm subgingivally. The abutments were scanned using computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing technology and Emax crowns were fabricated in duplicates. Each crown was cemented individually and excess cement was removed using the CSFT and the CCFT techniques. After completion of cementation was completed, the screw access holes were accessed and the crown was unscrewed along with the abutment. The samples were disinfected using 70% ethanol for 10 minutes. Crowns were divided into 4 parts using a marker to facilitate measurement data collection. Vertical and horizontal measurements were made for extruded cement for each control and experimental groups by means of a digital microscope. One-hundred and seventeen measurements were made for each group. Mann–Whitney test was applied to verify statistical significance between the groups. The CCFT showed a highly statistically significant result (104.8 ± 13.66, P < .0001) for cement removal compared with the CSFT (291.8 ± 21.96, P < .0001). The vertical measurements of the extruded cement showed a median of 231.1 μm (IQR = 112.79–398.39) and 43.62 μm (IQR = 0–180.21) for the control and the experimental flossing techniques, respectively. The horizontal measurements of the extruded cement showed a median of 987.1 μm (IQR = 476.7–1,933.58) and 139.2 μm (IQR = 0–858.28) for the control and the experimental flossing techniques, respectively. The CCFT showed highly statistically significant less cement after implant crowns cementation when compared with the CSFT.

Managing Interstitial Lung Diseases with Computer-Aided Visualization

2021 ◽  
pp. 245-271
Author(s):  
Adriana Trușculescu ◽  
Laura Broască ◽  
Versavia Maria Ancușa ◽  
Diana Manolescu ◽  
Emanuela Tudorache ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Diseases ◽  
Interstitial Lung Diseases ◽  
Computer Aided
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