Low-level laser therapy: an efficient supplement to treatments of vulvar Lichen sclerosus to improve quality of life.

Background: Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a chronic, inflammatory disease of the genital and extra genital skin, causing pruritus, soreness, pain and dyspareunia. The aim of this study was to investigate whether Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) can improve the quality of life in women with Lichen sclerosus (LS) and insufficient topical treatment.

Methods: In a descriptive prospective observational study conducted between 02.

Medical Robotics for Ultrasound Imaging: Current Systems and Future Trends.

Purpose Of Review: This review provides an overview of the most recent robotic ultrasound systems that have contemporary emerged over the past five years, highlighting their status and future directions. The systems are categorized based on their level of robot autonomy (LORA).

Recent Findings: Teleoperating systems show the highest level of technical maturity.

Towards automated ultrasound imaging-robotic image acquisition in liver and prostate for long-term motion monitoring.

Real-time volumetric (4D) ultrasound has shown high potential for diagnostic and therapy guidance tasks. One of the main drawbacks of ultrasound imaging to date is the reliance on manual probe positioning and the resulting user dependence. Robotic assistance could help overcome this issue and facilitate the acquisition of long-term image data to observe dynamic processesover time.

A visual probe positioning tool for 4D ultrasound-guided radiotherapy.

Ultrasound (US) guidance is a rapidly growing area in image-guided radiotherapy. For motion compensation, the therapy target needs to be visualized with the US probe to continuously determine its position and adapt for shifts. While US has obvious benefits such as real-time capability and proven safety, one of the main drawbacks to date is its user dependency - high quality results require long years of clinical experience.

Investigating multi-leaf collimator tracking in stereotactic arrhythmic radioablation (STAR) treatments for atrial fibrillation.

Stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation (STAR) is an emerging treatment option for atrial fibrillation (AF). However, it faces possibly the most challenging motion compensation scenario: both respiratory and cardiac motion. Multi-leaf collimator (MLC) tracking is clinically used for lung cancer treatments but its capabilities with intracardiac targets is unknown.