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COVID-19 CT image segmentation based on improved Res2Net
CONCLUSIONS: Our method performs well on COVID-19 CT image segmentation. We also find that our method is so protable that can be suitable for various current popular networks. In a word, our method can help screen people infected with COVID-19 effectively, and save the labor power of clinicians and radiologists. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.PMID:35916116 | DOI:10.1002/mp.15882
Source: Methods of Information in Medicine - August 2, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Shangwang Liu Xiufang Tang Tongbo Cai Yangyang Zhang Changgeng Wang Source Type: research

Multi-task semantic segmentation of CT images for COVID-19 infections using DeepLabV3+ based on dilated residual network
Phys Eng Sci Med. 2022 Mar 14. doi: 10.1007/s13246-022-01110-w. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCOVID-19 is a deadly outbreak that has been declared a public health emergency of international concern. The massive damage of the disease to public health, social life, and the global economy increases the importance of alternative rapid diagnosis and follow-up methods. RT-PCR assay, which is considered the gold standard in diagnosing the disease, is complicated, expensive, time-consuming, prone to contamination, and may give false-negative results. These drawbacks reinforce the trend toward medical imaging techniques such as com...
Source: Health Physics - March 14, 2022 Category: Physics Authors: Hasan Polat Source Type: research

12 Innovations That Will Change Health Care and Medicine in the 2020s
Pocket-size ultrasound devices that cost 50 times less than the machines in hospitals (and connect to your phone). Virtual reality that speeds healing in rehab. Artificial intelligence that’s better than medical experts at spotting lung tumors. These are just some of the innovations now transforming medicine at a remarkable pace. No one can predict the future, but it can at least be glimpsed in the dozen inventions and concepts below. Like the people behind them, they stand at the vanguard of health care. Neither exhaustive nor exclusive, the list is, rather, representative of the recasting of public health and medic...
Source: TIME: Health - October 25, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: TIME Staff Tags: Uncategorized HealthSummit19 technology Source Type: news

A Four Step Plan For the Value-Based Transformation of the Health Care System
By ALEX AZAR HHS Secretary Alex Azar spoke earlier this week at the American Federation of Hospitals, giving a widely reported speech that offered new details on the Trump administration’s plans for Accountable Care Organizations, the CMS quality measurement program, and a new drive for patient access to medical records. The full text of his remarks follows. – The Editors. It’s a pleasure to be here with all of you today. I want to thank Chip [Kahn] and all of the Federation’s members for inviting me to share our vision for HHS and America’s healthcare system, and how we hope to work with all of you to ma...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 9, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Alex Azar Source Type: blogs