Vertebrate Morphology, Session I

Functional Vertebrate Morphology

past the age of childbearing. Apparently, it is also a practice among some doctors to propose removal of a normal breast in women who must have the other removed because of cancer. Again, there is little evidence to support or refute the value of this operation. Even well-patient care is opened to scrutiny. The widespread use of screening tests such as the Pap smear, X-rays, tonometry, and brea...

International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology

Session: P1E - BEAMFORMING I

the motion of the artery over time. Because of poor image quality and high geometric variability of AAA, the development of a dedicated segmentation tool was required. It provides a semiautomatic detection of the aortic walls and is adapted to image variability. The motion of the walls over time is deduced from the TDI velocity measurements at the location of the artery walls. Due to the use of...

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Two collaborative studies of acute respiratory disease were organized, one in patients seen in general practice and the other in children admitted to hospital. The main aims were to study the epidemiology and clinical presentation of these diseases and of the viruses associated with them. The field methods used are described and analyses of the consultation rates in general practice and of hosp...

Discussion: Session I

Background: Bacterial meningitis remains a source of substantial morbidity and mortality in childhood. During the last decades gradual changes have been observed in the epidemiology of bacterial meningitis, related to the introduction of new polysaccharide and conjugate vaccines. The study presents an overview of the epidemiological patterns of acute bacterial meningitis in a tertiary children ...