Ethel Arias Duarte

Arias, anxieties and epidemics.

Reply to Nannini and Arias.

TO THE EDITOR— We thank Nannini and Arias for their interest in our article [1]. They raise several important issues in assessing the impact of emergency department occult Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia on patient outcomes [2]. Although 30-day mortality is a commonly used study endpoint in most bacteremia outcome researches, we agree that a 30-day follow-up period might be inadequate for pati...

FeliPe henning gaia duarte

sellar and parasellar masses blocking inhibitory hypothalamic dopaminergic tonus can produce hyperprolactinemia. one of these conditions, seldom reported, is internal carotid artery aneurysm causing pituitary stalk compression and hyperprolactinemia, the majority of which is related to small increases in serum prolactin levels. the aim of this study is to report the case of a patient with an in...

ETHEL: Toward a Principled Ethical Eldercare System

Introduction

ARIAS: Automated Retinal Image Analysis System

In this paper, a system for automated analysis of retinal images is proposed. This system segments blood vessels in retinal images and recognizes the main features of the fundus on digital color images. The recognized features were defined as blood vessels, optic disc, and fovea. An algorithm called 2D matched filters response has been proposed for the detection of blood vessels. Also, automati...