Utilizing acoustic information for search route planning will greatly increase the success rate of searching for underwater targets, which requires rapid computing of numerous underwater acoustic fiel...
Photon-counting detector-computed tomography (PCD-CT) has emerged as a promising technology, offering improved spatial resolution....
This study aimed to evaluate the clinical impact and diagnostic performance of PCD-CT vs conventional energy-integrating detector computed tomography (EID-CT) for obstructive coronary artery disease (...
From 2022 to 2023, we retrospectively identified 7,833 consecutive patients who underwent clinically indicated coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) at a single center, with either PCD-CT (n...
Patients who underwent PCD-CT were less frequently referred to subsequent ICA than those undergoing EID-CT (9.9% vs 13.1%; P < 0.001). Among those who underwent ICA, revascularization was more frequen...
PCD-CT exhibited excellent diagnostic performance for detecting obstructive CAD. Compared with patients undergoing conventional EID-CT, fewer patients were referred to ICA after PCD-CT, but those refe...
To evaluate the consistency between fractal dimensions (FD) derived from cardiac computed tomography (CT-FD) and cardiac magnetic resonance (MR-FD) in assessing left ventricular trabecular complexity....
This retrospective study included 170 patients who underwent CCT and CMR scans within two weeks. Five short-axis cine images were selected at end-diastole: one basal, three mid, and one apical slice. ...
The diastolic CT-FD and MR-FD values exhibited high consistency, with values of 1.253 ± 0.091 and 1.250 ± 0.102, respectively (n = 535, ICC = 0.882, 95 % CI: 0.861-0.899, P < 0.001). Similarly, the sy...
CCT is a feasible method for assessing left ventricular trabecular complexity, with good agreement with CMR, except in cases of severe left ventricular hypertrophy during systole....
We provide a comparison of X-ray fluorescence emission tomography (XFET) and computed tomography (CT) for detecting low concentrations of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) in soft tissue and characterize the ...
We compared dose-matched Monte Carlo XFET simulations and analytical fan-beam EICT and PCCT simulations. Each modality was used to image a numerical mouse phantom and contrast-depth phantom containing...
For the mouse phantom, XFET produced superior CNR values (...
We demonstrate a proof of XFET's benefit for imaging low concentrations of gold at superficial depths and the feasibility of XFET for...
: Increasing student numbers and logistical challenges in pharmacy education limit patient counselling and clinical placement opportunities. Computer-based simulation (CBS) offers scalable, interactiv...
: To explore global perceptions of CBS implementation in pharmacy education among educators and students. Methods: An online cross-sectional survey was developed based on literature review and expert ...
: Responses from 152 educators across 38 countries and 392 students from 46 countries, spanning six WHO regions (AFRO, AMRO, EMRO, EURO, SEARO, and WPRO) were analysed using descriptive and inferentia...
: Both students and educators recognised the potential of CBS in pharmacy education, with strong support for its integration. Addressing barriers such as educator workload, financial constraints, and ...
Human monitoring of personal protective equipment (PPE) adherence among healthcare providers has several limitations, including the need for additional personnel during staff shortages and decreased v...
The automated system was trained to detect 15 classes of eyewear, masks, gloves, and gowns using an object detector and tracker. To assess how the system performs compared to human observers in detect...
Human observers detected fewer instances of nonadherence than the system (parameter estimate -0.3, 95% CI -0.4 to -0.2, P < .001). Human observers detected more nonadherence during longer video durati...
An automated system simultaneously tracks multiple objects and individuals. The system performance is also independent of observation duration, an improvement over human monitoring....
The automated system presents a potential solution for scalable monitoring of hospital-wide infection control practices and improving PPE usage in healthcare settings....
The chemical stability of tetramethylammonium (TMA) head groups, both with and without the presence of a choline chloride and ethylene glycol-based deep eutectic solvent (DES), was studied using Densi...
Cryogenic electron microscopy (Cryo-EM) is a widely used technique for visualizing the 3D structures of many drug design targets, including membrane proteins, at atomic resolution. However, the necess...
Bladder cancer (BC) remains a major disease burden in terms of incidence, morbidity, mortality, and economic cost. Deciphering the intrinsic molecular subtypes and identification of key drivers of BC ...
Accurate attenuation correction (AC) is vital in nuclear medicine, particularly for quantitative single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) imaging. This study aimed to ...
A dataset of 1000 Tc-99m DTPA SPECT/CT scans was analyzed for training (n = 800), validation (n = 100), and testing (n = 100) using a modified 3D U-Net for deep learning. The study investigated the us...
The study successfully developed and optimized a deep learning algorithm for generating synthetic μ-maps in kidney SPECT images, demonstrating the potential to transition from conventional SPECT/CT to...