Essays about: "18f-fdg"
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1. Visual Transformers for 3D Medical Images Classification: Use-Case Neurodegenerative Disorders
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för informationsteknologiAbstract : A Neurodegenerative Disease (ND) is progressive damage to brain neurons, which the human body cannot repair or replace. The well-known examples of such conditions are Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), which affect millions of lives each year. READ MORE
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2. Prediction of Neurodegenerative Diseases using Brain Images
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för informationsteknologiAbstract : Advancements in Deep Neural Network Architectures have enabledit to be used in the medical imaging and diagnostics domain, in termsof assisting doctors in making diagnoses. Although Neurodegenera-tive diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease remains a diagnosis basedon clinical grounds, there has been great development and recogni-tion that Deep Neural Networks can address the complexity and vol-ume of imaging data. READ MORE
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3. Prioritization of Informative Regions in PET Scans for Classification of Alzheimer's Disease
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för informationsteknologiAbstract : Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a widespread neurodegenerative disease. The disease causes brain atrophy, resulting in memory loss, decreased cognitive ability, and eventually death. There is currently no cure for the disease, but treatment may delay the onset. Therefore, it is crucial to detect the disease at an early stage. READ MORE
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4. Radiation protection measurements in clinical practice - Dosimetry with NaCl pellets
University essay from Lunds universitet/SjukhusfysikerutbildningenAbstract : Within the field of medical radiation protection, radiation safety and personal dosimetry, there is a constant pursuit for improving existing methods and evaluating new approaches for measuring and quantifying the radiation doses that hospital staff may be exposed to in their clinical work. There are numerous ways of determining what doses the staff are being exposed to and the most commonly used is based on thermoluminescent dosemeters (TLD) with e. READ MORE
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5. Methods for automatic analysis of glucose uptake in adipose tissue using quantitative PET/MRI data
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Enheten för radiologiAbstract : Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is the main tissue involved in non-shivering heat production. A greater understanding of BAT could possibly lead to new ways of prevention and treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes. The increasing prevalence of these conditions and the problems they cause society and individuals make the study of the subject important. READ MORE
