Context Liver transplantation is one of the last viable resources for patients with end-stage liver disease.Many strategies are been used to improve the number of available organs and overcome waiting list delay.However, hepatic steatosis is one of the mainly concerns when organs are consider to transplantation due to it is importance as a risk fac
Background: A fundamental step in the race to design a rapid diagnostic test for antimicrobial resistance is the separation of bacteria from their matrix.Many recent studies have been focused on the development of systems capable of separating and capturing bacteria from liquid environments.Methods: Herein, we introduce a new approach to this issue
Background and purpose: We developed an automatic method to segment cardiac substructures given a radiotherapy planning CT images to support epidemiological studies or clinical trials looking at cardiac disease endpoints after radiotherapy.Material and methods: We used a most-similar atlas selection algorithm Coaxial TV Wallplate and 3D deformation
BACKGROUND: The presence of primary intracardiac tumors are scarce, and most of them are myxomas.We reported, in this paper, a case with huge mass in the right side of the heart.CASE REPORT: A 45-year-old man, with a complaint of bilateral lower limbs edema and exertional dyspnea, was admitted to intensive cardiac care unit.Cardiac auscultation rev
Background Irregular echinoids are ecosystem engineers with diverse functional services.Documenting present-day distribution of those widespread organisms is important for understanding their ecological significance and enhancing our ability to interpret their rich fossil record.Methods This study summarizes SCUBA surveys of clypeasteroid and spata