lung cancer is still diagnosed in advanced stage and most patients do not have the opportunity for surgical treatment. although in the recent years new diagnostic equipment is available such as the radial and linear endobronchial ultrasound (ebus) and electromagnetic fiberoptic bronchoscopy. however; novel targeted therapies with tyrosine kinase inhibitors of second generation and immunotherapy...

Diagnostic endoscopy has proven to be an important diagnostic tool for minimally-invasive visualization and biopsy of internal structures in a variety of species. In reptile medicine, the lack of pathognomonic clinical signs, variable hematology and inconsistent plasma biochemistry results, make disease diagnosis challenging. In many cases reaching a definitive diagnosis relies upon biopsies fo...

On X-ray diagnostic technology, it is important to grasp a change of the X-ray high-voltage equipment and radiographic technique factors. The 1st questionnaire was performed in 1974, and it carried out after that every five years, and conducted 8th investigation. As a result, we requested 656 institutions and got a reply from 103 institutions. The response rate was 15.7%. For X-ray high-voltage...

This paper presents a learning-based approach to equipment diagnosis in integrated manufacturing ceils. Two forms of heuristic knowledge are used to facilitate the diagnosis, and each can be updated to improve the performance of the diagnostic system as successful diagnostic cases are completed.

This paper presents techniques derived from empirical modelling methods and especially designed to tackle the recognition of dynamic transients with the aim of detecting and diagnosing faults and anomalies in equipment and processes. Applications and results are also presented, covering BWR and PWR plants and spanning from component level diagnostic applications to sub-system and plant level di...

Obesity is a growing problem in the United States, and it affects the health care system in a big way. Modern imaging equipment has designated weight limits established in order to ensure patient safety while avoiding damage to the equipment itself, and at most hospitals, there is a lack of equipment that can accommodate the size of obese patients. Obesity is also detrimental to image quality. ...