In the modern world, with so much inherent stress, mental health disorders (MHDs) are becoming more common in every country around the globe, causing a significant burden on society and patients' families. MHDs come in many forms with various severities of symptoms and differing periods of suffering, and as a result it is difficult to differentiate between them and simple to confuse them with each other. Therefore, we propose a support system that employs deep learning (DL) with wearable device data to provide physicians with an objective reference resource by which to make differential diagnoses and plan treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFViral hepatitis is the primary cause of liver diseases, among which liver cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer. However, this cancer is often diagnosed in the later stages, which makes treatment difficult or even impossible. This study applied deep learning (DL) models for the early prediction of liver cancer in a hepatitis cohort.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecurrence of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) has been reported to be lower in patients treated with radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) than in those who are not. Few population-based surveys have stated the cost-effectiveness related to this treatment. We, therefore, performed a nationwide retrospective study using National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) data from 2001-2012 in Taiwan.
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