Identification and classification of DICOM files with burned-in text content.

Background: Protected health information burned in pixel data is not indicated for various reasons in DICOM. It complicates the secondary use of such data. In recent years, there have been several attempts to anonymize or de-identify DICOM files.

Inflammatory bowel disease incidence in Czech children: A regional prospective study, 2000-2015.

Aim: To examine the incidence and trends in pediatric inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) over 2000-2015 and project the incidence to 2018.

Methods: A 16-year prospective study of IBD patients < 19 years of age was conducted in the Czech Republic (the Pilsen region). All incident IBD cases within a well-defined geographical area were retrieved from a prospectively collected computerized clinical database.

Automated infarction core delineation using cerebral and perfused blood volume maps.

Purpose: Thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke is contraindicated when the infarction core exceeds a given threshold. To date, there are no standardized guidelines for computed tomography infarction core assessment. Current practice involves use of thresholding methods, where the results are further adjusted by an experienced physician.