Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsGynaecologic NephrologyNaheed Ansari, Jolina Santos, Fuad Spath, Srujana PolsaniRenal issues are commonly encountered in females. They can occur both in pregnant and nonpregnant females. Many physiologic changes occur during pregnancy to accommodate the growing fetus. Pregnancy is characterized by changes in blood pressure and expansion of total body volume which results in high glomerular filtration rate. The common renal problems seen in pregnant females are hypertension, proteinuria with … …Current Research in Medicine, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 4 Aug 2012 · 7,314 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractOptic Disc Segmentation in Fundus Images with Deep Learning Object DetectorManal AlGhamdiThe Optic Disc (OD) is an important anatomical landmark in the fundus image to diagnose a myriad of diseases, such as glaucoma and Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) and to locate structures such as the macula and the main vascular arcade. However, locating and segmenting the OD are not easy tasks. Previous methods have employed a deep Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) without … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 16, Issue 5 · 14 May 2020 · 7,372 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDiagnosis of Cardiovascular Diseases with Bayesian ClassifiersAlaa Elsayad, Mahmoud FakhrCardiovascular disease or atherosclerosis is any disease affecting the cardiovascular system. They include coronary heart disease, raised blood pressure, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral artery disease, rheumatic heart disease, congenital heart disease and heart failure. They are treated by cardiologists, thoracic surgeons, vascular surgeons, neurologists and interventional radiologists. The diagnosis is an important yet complicated task that needs to be done accurately … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 11, Issue 2 · 25 Mar 2015 · 7,498 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAUTOMATIC RETINAL VESSEL TORTUOSITY MEASUREMENTNidhal Khdhair El Abbadi, Enas Hamood Al SaadiRetinal vascular vessels have the role to indicate the retinal diseases and for systematic diseases when there are any abnormalities in retinal vascular pattern. A characteristic of the vascular pattern that is appreciated by clinicians is vascular tortuosity, i.e., how curved or kinked a blood vessel, either vein or artery, appears along its course. In this study we suggest a … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 9, Issue 11 · 21 Sep 2013 · 7,210 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRetinal Image Analysis for Abnormality Detection-An OverviewR. Karthikeyan, P. AlliProblem statement: Classification plays a major role in retinal image analysis for detecting the various abnormalities in retinal images. Classification refers to one of the mining concepts using supervised or unsupervised learning techniques. Approach: Diabetic retinopathy is one of the common complications of diabetes. Unfortunately, in many cases, the patient is not aware any symptoms until it is too late … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 24 Jan 2012 · 7,280 accessesView PDFCite