Publications by authors named "F Chollet"
Microbubbles are widely used for biomedical applications, ranging from imagery to therapy. In these applications, microbubbles can be functionalized to allow targeted drug delivery or imaging of the human body. However, functionalization of the microbubbles is quite difficult, due to the unstable nature of the gas/liquid interface.
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- Clinical outcomes after a stroke cannot be predicted solely by clinical factors; instead, assessing changes in brain structure through MRI techniques like DTI and VBM during recovery may provide valuable insights.
- A study with 21 patients evaluated motor deficits and brain changes over 4 months post-stroke, finding significant reductions in white matter integrity and increased cortical thickness in specific brain areas correlated with motor improvement.
- Results suggest that recovery relies more on the integrity of corticospinal tract fibers from the premotor cortex than on alternate motor fiber pathways, highlighting the importance of certain brain regions in rehabilitation success.
Background: Statistical Process Control (SPC) tools providing feedback to surgical teams can improve patient outcomes over time. However, the quality of routinely available hospital data used to build these tools does not permit full capture of the influence of patient case-mix. We aimed to demonstrate the value of considering time-related variables in addition to patient case-mix for detection of special cause variations when monitoring surgical outcomes with control charts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: Surgical complications represent a considerable proportion of hospital expenses. Therefore, interventions that improve surgical outcomes could reduce healthcare costs.
Objective: Evaluate the effects of implementing surgical outcome monitoring using control charts to reduce hospital bed-days within 30 days following surgery, and hospital costs reimbursed for this care by the insurer.