Segmenting the Inferior Alveolar Canal in CBCTs Volumes: the ToothFairy Challenge.

In recent years, several algorithms have been developed for the segmentation of the Inferior Alveolar Canal (IAC) in Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) scans. However, the availability of public datasets in this domain is limited, resulting in a lack of comparative evaluation studies on a common benchmark. To address this scientific gap and encourage deep learning research in the field, the ToothFairy challenge was organized within the MICCAI 2023 conference.

Digital health literacy: A cross-sectional survey study among patients after hospitalization in Germany.

Introduction: Digital transformation in healthcare is both a unique opportunity to improve care services and a significant challenge for legislation, stakeholders and all citizens. eHealth literacy (eHL) describes an important set of competencies when dealing with digital health information. Therefore, health insurance funds in Germany received the mandate to promote eHL among their policy holders.

["Ultimately, you are on your own." A qualitative analysis of barriers to health care from the perspective of patients with long COVID].

Background: About 5% of the population are affected by post-infectious symptoms after a Sars-CoV-2-infection. Long COVID or a post-COVID-19 condition can affect all organ systems and lead to a complete need for care. 10-50% of patients meet the diagnostic criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.

Correction: AFM-IR investigation of thin PECVD SiO films on a polypropylene substrate in the surface-sensitive mode.

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Prevalence and correlates of positive and negative psychological effects of bereavement due to COVID-19: A systematic review.

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was associated with an increase in mortality rates globally. Given the high numbers of deaths and the potentially traumatic characteristics of COVID-19 deaths, it was expected that grief-related distress would be higher in COVID-19 bereaved (compared to non-COVID-19 bereaved) people. This systematic review investigates the empirical evidence regarding this claim.