OBJECTIVE Cushing's syndrome causes considerable harm to the body if left untreated, yet often remains undiagnosed for prolonged periods of time. In this study we aimed to test whether face classification software might help in discriminating patients with Cushing's syndrome from healthy controls. DESIGN Diagnostic study. PATIENTS Using a regular digital camera, we took frontal and profile ...

Purpose To present an example of how close clinical monitoring of a patient with acute Horner syndrome from carotid artery dissection may be critical in reversing neurologic dysfunction. Observations A patient whose initial neuro-ophthalmic manifestation was Horner syndrome, but who evolved over 14 days to display transient monocular vision loss, ipsilateral ocular ischemic syndrome, and epis...

results there was no significant differences between if and conventional mode regarding visibility of mic (p > 0.05). conclusion although using if caused improved visibility of mic, the difference with conventional mode was not statistically different. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, 2580 digital panoramic images of 18 to 70-year-old patients were inspected for presence of m...

introduction: optimal radiopacity is one of the properties required for a root canal sealer that helps the distinction between the sealer and surrounding anatomic structures and evaluation of the quality of root filling. so, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the radiopacity of six root canal sealers at different focal distances. materials and methods: in this in vitro study, six endodon...

the main purpose of this paper is identifying the current situation of iranian digital libraries in terms of interoperability abilities and proposing an interoperability solution for iranian digital libraries. analytical survey is used in this research. in fact, questionnaire and observation were used for collecting data about the current situation of iranian digital library applications. the g...

conclusions in this study radiology students believed digital radiology can enhance the production efficiency and quality of the images. they also had the right information about digital radiology. however, it is recommended in order to prevent the emergence of problems caused by change of radiology equipment and efficiency of the professional in-service training the theoretical training needs ...