AIIMDs: An Integrated Framework of Automatic Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy Diagnosis for Muscle

Approach to Diagnosis and Management of an Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are a group of autoimmune diseases characterized by proximal muscle weakness and inflammation of skeletal muscle. Specific forms of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy include polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and inclusion body myositis. Inflammatory myopathies have a bimodal distribution, occurring in patients between 10 and 15 years and 45 and 60 years of age, ex...

Case Report: Elevated CPK, an indicator of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy?

Polymyositis is a rare disease with incidence rates at about 1 per 100,000 people annually. In this case report we will review a case of proximal muscle weakness with an elevated creatine phosphokinase that was initially misdiagnosed twice as rhabdomyolysis. Therefore, emphasizing that idiopathic inflammatory myopathy is a potential cause of myasthenia that must be considered in the differentia...

A CAD System Framework for the Automatic Diagnosis and Annotation of Histological and Bone Marrow Images

Due to ever increasing of medical images data in the world’s medical centers and recent developments in hardware and technology of medical imaging, necessity of medical data software analysis is needed. Equipping medical science with intelligent tools in diagnosis and treatment of illnesses has resulted in reduction of physicians’ errors and physical and financial damages. In this article we pr...

An Integrated Framework for Cardiac Sounds Diagnosis

بررسی ارزشمند بودن بیوپسی عضلانی به روش بسته‌ با سوزن در تشخیص بیماریهای التهابی عضله

ABSTRACT To determine the usefulness of a method of percutaneous needle muscle biopsy in patients with suspected idiopathic inflammatory Myopathy. The yield of percutaneous needle muscle biopsy was studied in 15 patients during 1997-2000 who were hospitalized in Hazrat Rasool Akram hospital. A diagnosis of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy was confirmed histopathologically in 8 patients...