To characterize cell types, cellular functions and intracellular processes, an understanding of the differences between individual cells is required. Although microscopy approaches have made tremendous progress in imaging ...

Standards, such as the Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) are critical for interoperability and integrating data into common data models, but are inconsistently used. Without consistent mapping to ...

The success of treatment of patients with cancer depends on establishing an accurate diagnosis. To this end, we have built a system called GEMS (Gene Expression Model Selector) for the automated development and evaluation ...

Cochlear implantation is a surgical procedure in which an electrode array is permanently implanted in the cochlea to stimulate the auditory nerve and allow deaf people to hear. Traditional techniques require wide excavation ...

This dissertation presents studies on, and from, the development of algorithms for the automatic segmentation of the structures of the ear. Many otological procedures would benefit from a system that automatically identifies ...

In the past few decades unprecedented advances have been made in the field of medical imaging. Various imaging technologies such as Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, etc. have emerged to assist the visualization ...

Cancers in the head and neck region account for approximately 3 percent of all cancers in the United States, as it is reported by the American Cancer Society. Depending on the location and stage of the cancers, surgery, ...

Cochlear Implants (CIs) are neural prosthetic devices that provide a sense of sound to people who experience severe to profound hearing loss. Recent studies have demonstrated a correlation between hearing outcomes and the ...

What is the consequence of calling objects by their names? Lupyan (2008) suggests that overtly naming objects at the basic-level impairs subsequent recognition memory because naming shifts the memory representation towards ...

This article uses several within-sample tests to assess whether current seatbelt usage decisions are consistent with the stated preferences of survey respondents. The expressed survey values of statistical life are positively ...