Essays about: "patient value"
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1. Predicting True Sepsis and Culture-positive Sepsis in Intensive Care Unit with Machine Learning Techniques
University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistikAbstract : Sepsis, a serious medical condition often leading to patients requiring intensive care, has prompted numerous scientists to employ mathematical techniques to aid in its diagnosis. This thesis uses logistic regression and a machine learning technique, XGBoost, to predict true sepsis (as opposed to sepsis mimics) and culture-positive sepsis (among true sepsis) in critical care using blood test results, physiological measurements and other patient characteristics. READ MORE
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2. Assessment and evaluation of heterogeneity in data from immune infiltration spatial niches in lung cancer
University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistikAbstract : The protein biomarker expressions in three types of sampled immune INFILTration spatial niches in lung cancer tissue were measured using the new technology Digital Spatial Profiler (DSP). The three types of immune INFILTration that were observed in lung tumors were STROMA identified as immune cells separate from tumor cells, Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) identified as dense structures of organized immune cells and finally Infiltraterate where immune cells dispersed among and in direct contact with tumor cells (INFILT). READ MORE
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3. User Evaluations for Systems Aimed at Domain Experts
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informationsteknologiAbstract : A case study was completed to complete a usability evaluation following the ISO standards and heuristic evaluation on a prototype for a newly defined central pharmacist position at Akademiska Sjukhuset. From this study, it was found that there were several unique issues that were identified only in the usability study that were not found in the heuristic analysis: assessment of patient warnings, the time it takes to evaluate the warnings and the evaluation methods the test subjects used. READ MORE
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4. Improving proton therapy planning with photon-counting spectral computed tomography
University essay from KTH/FysikAbstract : Proton radiation therapy is an alternative to conventional photon radiation therapy, which accounts for the majority of radiation treatments today. The rationale for using protons in radiation therapy lies in their dose deposition properties; photons deposit a radiation dose inversely proportional to the energy, and therefore tissue depth, while protons exhibit a sharp Bragg peak when traversing matter. READ MORE
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5. Assessing the market possibilities and productization of ambulatory ECG-devices in the Business to Consumer space
University essay from Lunds universitet/ProduktionsekonomiAbstract : There is currently a shift in the healthcare sector moving towards remote monitoring, meaning that monitoring of diseases and other issues is moving out of hospitals and into people's homes with the use of medical technology. One of the fastest-growing at-home monitoring solutions is the ECG device, especially due to the fact that cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. READ MORE
