COVID-19 morbidity in patients after orthotopic heart transplantation - single center clinical observation.

Introduction: The study is a prospective clinical observation of patients after orthotopic heart transplantation in a large academic medical center in relation to COVID-19 morbidity. The study population was comprised of 552 patients. All patients were consulted and advised by telephone as regards the prophylaxis of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Influence of the measurement method of features in ultrasound images of the thyroid in the diagnosis of Hashimoto's disease.

Introduction: This paper shows the influence of a measurement method of features in the diagnosis of Hashimoto's disease. Sensitivity of the algorithm to changes in the parameters of the ROI, namely shift, resizing and rotation, has been presented. The obtained results were also compared to the methods known from the literature in which decision trees or average gray level thresholding are used.

Assessment of significance of features acquired from thyroid ultrasonograms in Hashimoto's disease.

Introduction: This paper concerns the analysis of the features obtained from thyroid ultrasound images in left and right transverse and longitudinal sections. In the image analysis, the thyroid lobe is treated as a texture for healthy subjects and patients with Hashimoto's disease. The applied methods of analysis and image processing were profiled to obtain 10 features of the image.

Balanoposthitis with epithelial dysplasia treated by photodynamic therapy.

Background: Balanoposthitis is the inflammation of the glans and foreskin of the penis. Balanoposthitis is a risk factor of penis cancer. Photodynamic therapy using topical aminolaevulinic acid could be an alternative therapeutic approach in cases resistant to conventional treatment.