Computer-aided diagnosis using dermoscopy images is a promising technique for improving the efficiency of facial skin disorder diagnosis and treatment. Hence, in this study, we propose a low-level laser therapy (LLLT) system with a deep neural network and medical internet of things (MIoT) assistance. The main contributions of this study are to (1) provide a comprehensive hardware and software design for an automatic phototherapy system, (2) propose a modified-UNet deep learning model for facial dermatological disorder segmentation, and (3) develop a synthetic data generation process for the proposed models to address the issue of the limited and imbalanced dataset. Finally, a MIoT-assisted LLLT platform for remote healthcare monitoring and management is proposed. The trained U-Net model achieved a better performance on untrained dataset than other recent models, with an average Accuracy of 97.5%, Jaccard index of 74.7%, and Dice coefficient of 80.6%. The experimental results demonstrated that our proposed LLLT system can accurately segment facial skin diseases and automatically apply for phototherapy. The integration of artificial intelligence and MIoT-based healthcare platforms is a significant step toward the development of medical assistant tools in the near future.
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J Lasers Med Sci
November 2024
Department of Plastic Surgery, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China.
Trastuzumab is now increasingly being used as a potent HER2 inhibitor in treating breast cancer, while acneiform rashes sometimes arise as skin-related side effects in patients undergoing treatment with HER2 inhibitors, and their specificity as drug-induced eruptions makes their management quite challenging. Pulsed dye laser (PDL) therapy has been utilized to treat a wide variety of vascular lesions, achieving excellent outcomes. A 595 nm PDL was used to treat a 38-year-old woman suffering from an acneiform rash induced by trastuzumab as neoadjuvant therapy for breast cancer.
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December 2024
Laser Application in Medical Sciences Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
The treatment of chronic testicular pain is a complex condition that will be encountered by most practicing clinicians. In this study, the influence of low-level laser irradiation of the red and infrared spectral range for treating chronic testicular pain was evaluated and compared. In this double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial study, 60 patients were randomly divided into three groups of 20: (1) low-level laser group with red (650 nm, 50 mW), (2) low-level laser group with infrared (820 nm, 100 mW) and (3) laser placebo group.
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November 2024
Vali-E-Asr Reproductive Health Research Center, Family Health Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) is a common complication secondary to estrogen depletion which leads to tissue changes in the female genitourinary tract. Here, we sought to investigate the short- and long-term effects of CO laser therapy on symptoms of GSM in postmenopausal women. In this clinical trial, 47 postmenopausal women with symptoms of GSM were included.
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November 2024
Dentofacial Deformities Research Center, Research Institute for Dental Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Nowadays, antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has been introduced as one of the minimally invasive methods for disinfection of the surfaces of dental implants. Being derived from seaweed, Chlorella has been used as a photosensitizer in this study. This study aimed to investigate the impacts of aPDT with Chlorella on the rate of reduction of in vitro.
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January 2025
State Key Laboratory of Pathogenesis Prevention and Treatment of High Incidence Diseases in Central Asia, School of Medical Engineering and Technology Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, 830011, People's Republic of China.
Purpose: A synergistic treatment strategy of phototherapy and chemotherapy has been shown to improve efficacy and offer unique advantages over monotherapy. The purpose of this study is to explore a new nanocarrier system with liposome as the inner membrane and erythrocyte membrane as the outer membrane, which aims to realize the leak-free load of phototherapy drug indocyanine green (ICG) and chemotherapy drug doxorubicin (DOX), prolong the circulation time in vivo and improve the therapeutic effect.
Patients And Methods: In this study, bilayer membrane-loaded ICG and DOX nanoparticles (RBC@ICG-DOX NPs) were prepared and characterized.
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