Comput Methods Programs Biomed
February 2023
Background And Objective: Myocardial infarction (MI) is a life-threatening condition diagnosed acutely on the electrocardiogram (ECG). Several errors, such as noise, can impair the prediction of automated ECG diagnosis. Therefore, quantification and communication of model uncertainty are essential for reliable MI diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMyocardial infarction (MI) accounts for a high number of deaths globally. In acute MI, accurate electrocardiography (ECG) is important for timely diagnosis and intervention in the emergency setting. Machine learning is increasingly being explored for automated computer-aided ECG diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis paper presents a scientific foundation for automated stroke severity classification. We have constructed and assessed a system which extracts diagnostically relevant information from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) images. The design was based on 267 images that show the brain from individual subjects after stroke.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are main causes of death globally with coronary artery disease (CAD) being the most important. Timely diagnosis and treatment of CAD is crucial to reduce the incidence of CAD complications like myocardial infarction (MI) and ischemia-induced congestive heart failure (CHF). Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals are most commonly employed as the diagnostic screening tool to detect CAD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease occurring in about 1 in 100 people worldwide. Early diagnosis and efficient treatment are crucial in mitigating the complications that are associated with untreated celiac disease, such as intestinal lymphoma and malignancy, and the subsequent high morbidity. The current diagnostic methods using small intestinal biopsy histopathology, endoscopy, and video capsule endoscopy (VCE) involve manual interpretation of photomicrographs or images, which can be time-consuming and difficult, with inter-observer variability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn 2020 the world is facing unprecedented challenges due to COVID-19. To address these challenges, many digital tools are being explored and developed to contain the spread of the disease. With the lack of availability of vaccines, there is an urgent need to avert resurgence of infections by putting some measures, such as contact tracing, in place.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is often presented with conduct disorder (CD). There is currently no objective laboratory test or diagnostic method to discern between ADHD and CD, and diagnosis is further made difficult as ADHD is a common neuro-developmental disorder often presenting with other co-morbid difficulties; and in particular with conduct disorder which has a high degree of associated behavioural challenges. A novel automated system (AS) is proposed as a convenient supplementary tool to support clinicians in their diagnostic decisions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Hypertension (HPT) occurs when there is increase in blood pressure (BP) within the arteries, causing the heart to pump harder against a higher afterload to deliver oxygenated blood to other parts of the body.
Purpose: Due to fluctuation in BP, 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring has emerged as a useful tool for diagnosing HPT but is limited by its inconvenience. So, an automatic diagnostic tool using electrocardiogram (ECG) signals is used in this study to detect HPT automatically.
Multiple organ failure is the trademark of sepsis. Sepsis occurs when the body's reaction to infection causes injury to its tissues and organs. As a consequence, fluid builds up in the tissues causing organ failure and leading to septic shock eventually.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComput Methods Programs Biomed
November 2020
Background And Objectives: Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) is a retinal disorder characterized by the presence of aneurismal polypoidal lesions in the choroidal vasculature. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) is a common genetic variant which may be associated with the disease. This study is to investigate the association of HERPUD1 (rs2217332) gene with PCV in the Indian population and develop an automated system for genotype and phenotype correlation using fundus images and machine learning methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHypertension (HPT), also known as high blood pressure, is a precursor to heart, brain or kidney diseases. Some symptoms of HPT include headaches, dizziness and fainting. The potential diagnosis of masked hypertension is of specific interest in this study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlaucoma is a malady that occurs due to the buildup of fluid pressure in the inner eye. Detection of glaucoma at an early stage is crucial as by 2040, 111.8 million people are expected to be afflicted with glaucoma globally.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArtif Intell Med
September 2019
Examination of the brain's condition with the Electroencephalogram (EEG) can be helpful to predict abnormality and cerebral activities. The purpose of this study was to develop an Automated Diagnostic Tool (ADT) to investigate and classify the EEG signal patterns into normal and schizophrenia classes. The ADT implements a sequence of events, such as EEG series splitting, non-linear features mining, t-test assisted feature selection, classification and validation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe heart muscle pumps blood to vital organs, which is indispensable for human life. Congestive heart failure (CHF) is characterized by the inability of the heart to pump blood adequately throughout the body without an increase in intracardiac pressure. The symptoms include lung and peripheral congestion, leading to breathing difficulty and swollen limbs, dizziness from reduced delivery of blood to the brain, as well as arrhythmia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF