Essays about: "kidneys"

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  1. 16. Characterization of Radiomics Features Extracted from Images Generated by the 0.35 T Scanner of an Integrated MRI-Linac

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sjukhusfysikerutbildningen

    Author : Rebecka Ericsson Szecsenyi; [2020]
    Keywords : Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Purpose: In an era of personalized oncology where the aim is to give every patient the right treatment at the right time an area of promising research is emerging called radiomics, or quantitative image analysis. The main underlying hypothesis is that pathophysiological information can be found in image texture not visible to the bare eye that can improve diagnosis, treatment adaption or be linked to a certain clinical outcome. READ MORE

  3. 17. Fodrets inverkan på förekomsten av uratstenar hos dalmatiner : en enkätstudie om dalmatiners fodervanor

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Ada Trapp; [2020]
    Keywords : purin; protein; torrfoder; SLC2A9;

    Abstract : Dalmatiner har en rubbning i deras purinkatabolism och har som resultat ett speciellt anlag för uratstenar. Uratstenar är den vanligaste urinstenen hos dalmatiner och står för 96% av urinstensfallen. READ MORE

  4. 18. Determinants for milk fever An epidemiological study of Swedish dairy cows

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Sofia Daresjö; [2020]
    Keywords : cow; dairy; milk fever; parturient paresis; determinant; risk factor; Sweden;

    Abstract : Milk fever is a worldwide disease, seen mainly in dairy cows. At the onset of lactation the cow is not prepared for the sudden calcium requirement, which causes a drop in the blood calcium and the cow develops hypocalcaemia. Calcium is needed for the correct function of both nerves and muscles in the body. READ MORE

  5. 19. Automation of Kidney Perfusion Analysis from Dynamic Phase-Contrast MRI using Deep Learning

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH)

    Author : Andrés Martínez Mora; [2020]
    Keywords : Deep Learning; Segmentation; Kidney Imaging; MRI; Flow Analysis; Chronic Kidney Disease;

    Abstract : Renal phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging (PC-MRI) is an MRI modality where the phase component of the MR signal is made sensitive to the velocity of water molecules in the kidneys. PC-MRI is able to assess the Renal Blood Flow (RBF), which is an important biomarker in the development of kidney disease. READ MORE

  6. 20. Multi-Modal Learning for Abdominal Organ Segmentation

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH)

    Author : Shruti Atul Mali; [2020]
    Keywords : Deep learning; multi-modal learning; medical imaging; image segmentation; abdominal organs; liver; kidneys; spleen; CT; MR; 3D-Unet;

    Abstract : Deep Learning techniques are widely used across various medical imaging applications. However, they are often fine-tuned for a specific modality and are not generalizable when it comes to new modalities or datasets. One of the main reasons for this is large data variations for e.g. READ MORE