[HTML][HTML] Recent progressive use of atomic force microscopy in biomedical applications

U Maver, T Velnar, M Gaberšček, O Planinšek… - TrAC Trends in …, 2016 - Elsevier
In recent years, a great deal of interest has been focused on the development of novel
atomic force microscopy (AFM)-based methods. From first being an unstable method, AFM …

[PDF][PDF] easyROC: an interactive web-tool for ROC curve analysis using R language environment.

D Goksuluk, S Korkmaz, G Zararsiz, AE Karaagaoglu - R J., 2016 - researchgate.net
ROC curve analysis is a fundamental tool for evaluating the performance of a marker in a
number of research areas, eg, biomedicine, bioinformatics, engineering etc., and is …

[PDF][PDF] Liver stiffness in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a comparison of supersonic shear imaging, FibroScan, and ARFI with liver biopsy

C Cassinotto, J Boursier, V de Lédinghen… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become a major public health issue. The goal
of this study was to assess the clinical use of liver stiffness measurement (LSM) evaluated by …

Safety and efficacy of 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT for diagnosis, staging, and treatment management of neuroendocrine tumors

SA Deppen, E Liu, JD Blume, J Clanton… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2016 - Soc Nuclear Med
Our purpose was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT compared
with 111In-pentetreotide imaging for diagnosis, staging, and restaging of pulmonary and …

Statistical methods for multivariate meta-analysis of diagnostic tests: an overview and tutorial

X Ma, L Nie, SR Cole, H Chu - Statistical methods in medical …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
In this article, we present an overview and tutorial of statistical methods for meta-analysis of
diagnostic tests under two scenarios:(1) when the reference test can be considered a gold …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple preoperative and intraoperative factors predict early fistula thrombosis in the Hemodialysis Fistula Maturation Study

A Farber, PB Imrey, TS Huber, JM Kaufman… - Journal of vascular …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective Early thrombosis (ET) contributes to autogenous arteriovenous fistula (AVF)
failure. We studied patients undergoing AVF placement in the Hemodialysis Fistula …

MR enterography for the evaluation of small-bowel inflammation in Crohn disease by using diffusion-weighted imaging without intravenous contrast material: a …

N Seo, SH Park, KJ Kim, BK Kang, Y Lee, SK Yang… - Radiology, 2016 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To determine whether magnetic resonance (MR) enterography performed with
diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) without intravenous contrast material is noninferior to …

Predicting difficult laryngoscopy using ultrasound measurement of distance from skin to epiglottis

J Pinto, L Cordeiro, C Pereira, R Gama… - Journal of critical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Unpredicted difficult intubation can have severe consequences, and it is a
significant source of morbidity and mortality. Although recent studies indicate that specific …

Dynamic whitening saliency

V Leboran, A Garcia-Diaz… - IEEE transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
General dynamic scenes involve multiple rigid and flexible objects, with relative and
common motion, camera induced or not. The complexity of the motion events together with …

[HTML][HTML] Regularized linear discriminant analysis of EEG features in dementia patients

E Neto, F Biessmann, H Aurlien, H Nordby… - Frontiers in aging …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The present study explores if EEG spectral parameters can discriminate between healthy
elderly controls (HC), Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD) using. We …