Dataset of breast thermography images for the detection of benign and malignant masses.

Thermographic image analysis is a subfield of diagnostic image processing aimed at detecting breast abnormalities in women at an early stage. It is a developing field of research and its effectiveness and scope require scientific assessment to be determined. An open-access dataset has been created for the scientific community to test and develop techniques for computational detection of normal and abnormal breast conditions from thermograms.

Superior eyelid endoscopic transorbital approach to the tentorial area: A qualitative and quantitative anatomic study.

Objective: Superior eyelid endoscopic transorbital approach (SETOA) is nowadays gaining progressive application in neurosurgical scenarios. Both anatomic and clinical reports have demonstrated the possibility of taking advantage of the orbital corridor as a minimally invasive route to reach anterior and middle cranial fossae and manage selected surgical lesions developing in these areas. The aim of this paper is to further shed light on other anatomic regions of the skull base as seen from a transorbital perspective, namely, the posterior cranial fossa and tentorial area, describing technical feasibility and steps in reaching this area through an extradural-transtentorial approach and providing quantitative evaluations of the "working area" obtained through this route.

Extended endoscopic endonasal surgery for clival chordoma and chondrosarcoma: Our experience in 14 cases.

Objective: To report our experience in the management of chordoma and chondrosarcoma with extended endoscopic endonasal surgery.

Method: We performed a retrospective analysis of a series of 14 patients with clival chordoma or chondrosarcoma who had extended endoscopic endonasal surgery from 2008 to 2016 performed by the same multidisciplinary team.

Results: We had fourteen patients (male/female 2:1), with a mean age of 49years for chordoma and 32 for chondrosarcoma.

[Low field intra-operative magnetic resonance imaging for brain tumour surgery: preliminary experience].

Objectives: Intra-operative magnetic resonance imaging (iMRI) is a recently introduced tool in the most advanced neurosurgical operating rooms worldwide. We present our preliminary experience in brain tumour surgery with low field PoleStar N30® intraoperative MRI since its introduction in 2013 in the Barcelona Clinic Hospital.

Material And Methods: A prospective non-randomised study was conducted on cases operated on using iMRI and intention of complete removal up to October 2015.