Fully Automated Placental Volume Quantification From 3D Ultrasound for Prediction of Small-for-Gestational-Age Infants.

Objectives: Early placental volume (PV) has been associated with small-for-gestational-age infants born under the 10th/5th centiles (SGA10/SGA5). Manual or semiautomated PV quantification from 3D ultrasound (3DUS) is time intensive, limiting its incorporation into clinical care. We devised a novel convolutional neural network (CNN) pipeline for fully automated placenta segmentation from 3DUS images, exploring the association between the calculated PV and SGA.

A comparative study of knowledge, attitude, and practices about organ donation among blood donors and nonblood donors.

Introduction: Shortage of organs by donation is a national problem which needs a multipronged approach for its strengthening. Educating the people and increasing the awareness of the need for donation would be of the foremost priority. Identifying the target population who are more likely to respond would be very important to reap the maximum results.

Identity of Carrying Plasmids in Sequential ESBL- Isolates from Patients with Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections.

Plasmid-mediated multidrug resistance in is becoming increasingly prevalent. Considering this global threat to human health, it is important to understand how plasmid-mediated resistance spreads. From a cohort of 123 patients with recurrent urinary tract infections (RUTI) due to extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing (ESBL ), only five events with a change of ESBL strain between RUTI episodes were identified.

Cross-modality and in-vivo validation of 4D flow MRI evaluation of uterine artery blood flow in human pregnancy.

Objectives: Clinical assessment of uterine artery (UtA) hemodynamics is currently limited to Doppler ultrasound (US) velocimetry. We have demonstrated previously the feasibility of applying four-dimensional (4D) flow magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to evaluate UtA hemodynamics during pregnancy, allowing flow quantification of the entire course of the vessel. In this study, we sought to further validate the physiological relevance of 4D flow MRI measurement of UtA blood flow by exploring its association with pregnancy outcome relative to US-based metrics.