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Visual Attention Distribution Based Assessment of User's Skill in Electronic Medical Record Navigation
PublikacjaCurrently, the most precise way of reflecting the skills level is an expert’s subjective assessment. In this paper we investigate the possibility of the use of eye tracking data for scalar quantitative and objective assessment of medical staff competency in EMR system navigation. According to the experiment conducted by Yarbus the observation process of particular features is associated with thinking. Moreover, eye tracking is...
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Active and Dynamic Graphical Code for Object Identification in Healthcare
PublikacjaA new approach for item marking using two dimensional discrete graphics markers. Proposed solution allow o change the code rapidly, upon request and in the case of thermal markers make the code invisible for unauthorized observers. Connecting the proposed codes with wearable multmedial platform such as eGlasses can create new possibilities in human-environment interaction.
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A Special Section on Intelligent User Interfaces in Healthcare (IUIH)
PublikacjaA concept of interface has evolved from the first appearance in the form of a command line interface to the established use of direct manipulation or WIMP (windows, icons, menus and pointing) interfaces in nearly all applications. Intelligent user interfaces (IUI) form a subfield of Human-Computer Interaction research. Optimal human-computer interactions are defined as ones where users are able to perform complex tasks more quickly...
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Color Processing for Color-Blind Individuals Using Smart Glasses
PublikacjaIn this paper we investigated image processing methods for color-blind individuals. In particular we experimentally verified color naming procedure, generation of maps with color perception differences for average observers and for dichromats, and two color transformation methods. In experiments 7 mobile devices were used: 3 smart glasses and 4 smartphones. User studies were performed with 38 average observers and 9 dichromats....
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Feasibility Study for Food Intake Tasks Recognition Based on Smart Glasses
PublikacjaIn this exploratory study 13 adult test subjects have performed different food intake tasks while wearing a three axis accelerometer mounted at a temple of glasses. Two different algorithms for task recognition have been applied and compared. The retrospective data processing leads to better task recognition results when the frequency range of 50 Hz to 100 Hz is analysed within accelerometer signal recordings. A straightforward...
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A Special Issue on Ubiquitous Computing in Healthcare
PublikacjaPrzetwarzanie bez granic w opiece zdrowotnej jest szczególnie istotne w konteście starzejącego się społeczeństwa. W pracy przedstawiono omówienie roli przetwarzania bez granic oraz opisano powiązane dziedziny tematyczne i prezentowane w numerze specjalnym zagadnienia.
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Real-Time Facial Features Detection from Low Resolution Thermal Images with Deep Classification Models
PublikacjaDeep networks have already shown a spectacular success for object classification and detection for various applications from everyday use cases to advanced medical problems. The main advantage of the classification models over the detection models is less time and effort needed for dataset preparation, because classification networks do not require bounding box annotations, but labels at the image level only. Yet, after passing...
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Multimodal Platform for Continuous Monitoring of the Elderly and Disabled
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Monitoring of a bathing person
PublikacjaW pracy przedstawiono koncepcję i wstępne wyniki układu pozwalającego na monitorowanie stanu i aktywności osoby kąpiącej się. Zaprezentowany system pozwala na wykrycie osoby kąpiącej się w wannie, analizę jej aktywności oraz detekcję stanów potencjalnie niebezpiecznych. W artykule pokazano metodę pomiaru, dokonano analizy czułości, zaprezentowano prototyp układu pomiarowego i wyniki wstępnych pomiarów.
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Measurement of the temperature change of PVCP tissue phantom illuminated by dermatological laser 1.series
Dane BadawczeApplication of laboratory set-up for characterization of thermal properties of optical tissue phantoms during laser irradiation is presented. The produced system utilizes a thermographic camera VIGOcam v50 and a dermatological laser system with a 975 nm diode laser module. The set-up was used to perform measurements of the temporal and spatial temperature...
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Microscopy analysis of A549 and H460 cells' mitochondria after exposure to TXT2 and TXT4
Dane BadawczeThe data set contains live-cell imaging of A549 and H460 cells' mitochondria after exposure to TXT2 and TXT4. Cells were exposed for 6 h to the tested compounds at their IC90 concentration or to DMSO. Then, mitochondrial labelling was performed by incubating the cells with a MitoTracker Green FM probe (Thermo Fisher Scientific) and Hoechst 33342 (Thermo...
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1D portable optical coherence tomography system
Publikacja—Imaging methods are an expanding branch of technology, which involves data acquisition and analysis of images for research and diagnostics. This paper has been devoted to the description of the optical design for a one-dimensional, portable optical coherence tomography (OCT) system. The Mach-Zehnder interferometer has been designed in the presented study. The description of the construction and applied hardware solutions have...
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Optical and chemical characterization of thin TiNx films deposited by DC-magnetron sputtering
PublikacjaThin titanium nitride (tinx) films were deposited on silicon substrates by means of a reactive dc-magnetron plasma. Layers were synthesized under various conditions of discharge power and nitrogen flows in two operation modes of the magnetron (the so-called "balanced" and "unbalanced" modes). The optical constants of the tinx films were investigated by spectroscopic ellipsometry (se). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (xps) was...
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Effects of subfilter velocity modelling on dispersed phase in LES of heated channel flow
PublikacjaA non-isothermal turbulent flow with the dispersed phase is modelled using the Large Eddy Simulation (LES) approach for fluid, one-way coupled with the equations of point-particle evolution. The channel is heated at both walls and isoflux boundary conditions are applied for fluid. Particle velocity and thermal statistics are computed. Of particular interest are the r.m.s. profiles and the probability density function of particle...
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Highly linear self-assembled porphyrin wires
PublikacjaAn efficient noncovalent assembly process involving high geometrical control was applied to a linear bis(imidazolyl zinc porphyrin) 7Zn, bearing C18 substitutents, to generate linear multiporphyrin wires. The association process is based on imidazole recognition within the cavity of the phenanthroline-strapped zinc porphyrin. In chlorinated solvents, discrete soluble oligomers were obtained after (7Zn)n was end-capped with a terminal...
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Analysis of volatile fraction of sweetie (Citrus maxima × Citrus paradisi) and its parent fruit using proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry
PublikacjaThe quality of the fruit is affected by several main ingredients and the aroma plays a fundamental role during the selection of fruit by consumers. In the case where several fruit have similar aromas and only one of them has specific health properties, it is very important to find the differences in the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) composition to distinguish these samples. Such situations are often found for hybrid fruit....
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The exemplary Kelvin probe microscopy studies of sensitized austenitic stainless steels
Dane BadawczeThe dataset summarizes the results of imaging the surface potential distribution using the Kelvin probe scanning technique. Due to the fact that the potential measured in this way is proportional to the electrochemical potential of metals or intermetallic phases, it is possible to assess the nobility differences of various alloy components. In the case...
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Thermographic imaging of electrochemical double layer capacitors during cycling charging - discharging 0 - 3,6 V at 420 mA. Sample 103, run #2. Image period: 1 sec.
Dane BadawczeDataset contains thermal images of prototype electrochemical double layer capacitor taken during cyclic charging - discharging. The sample was charged to 3,6 V and discharged to 10 mV by constant current 420 mA. Sample 103. Pictures were taken with period of 1 sec (1 Hz) in order to examine the fast fluctuations of sample temperature during charging...
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Thermographic imaging of electrochemical double layer capacitors during cycling charging - discharging 0 - 3,6 V at 420 mA. Sample 103, run #3. Image period: 0,5 sec.
Dane BadawczeDataset contains thermal images of prototype electrochemical double layer capacitor taken during cyclic charging - discharging. The sample was charged to 3,6 V and discharged to 10 mV by constant current 420 mA. Sample 103. Pictures were taken with period of 0,5 sec (2 Hz) in order to examine the fast fluctuations of sample temperature during charging...
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Thermographic imaging of electrochemical double layer capacitors during cycling charging - discharging 0 - 3,6 V at 420 mA. Sample 103, run #2. Image period: 0,5 sec.
Dane BadawczeDataset contains thermal images of prototype electrochemical double layer capacitor taken during cyclic charging - discharging. The sample was charged to 3,6 V and discharged to 10 mV by constant current 420 mA. Sample 103. Pictures were taken with period of 0,5 sec (2 Hz) in order to examine the fast fluctuations of sample temperature during charging...
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Thermographic imaging of electrochemical double layer capacitors during cycling charging - discharging 0 - 3,6 V at 420 mA. Sample 103, run #3. Image period: 1 sec.
Dane BadawczeDataset contains thermal images of prototype electrochemical double layer capacitor taken during cyclic charging - discharging. The sample was charged to 3,6 V and discharged to 10 mV by constant current 420 mA. Sample 103. Pictures were taken with period of 1 sec (1 Hz) in order to examine the fast fluctuations of sample temperature during charging...
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Simulating coherent light propagation in a random scattering materials using the perturbation expansion
PublikacjaMultiple scattering of a coherent light plays important role in the optical metrology. Probably the most important phenomenon caused by multiple scattering are the speckle patterns present in every optical imaging method based on coherent or partially coherent light illumination. In many cases the speckle patterns are considered as an undesired noise. However, they were found useful in various subsurface imaging methods such as...
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The scanning tunnelling micrographs of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite
Dane BadawczeThe dataset contains the results imaging of a sample of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite obtained using scanning tunneling microscopy. The above variant of scanning probe microscopy is one of the most convenient research techniques at atomic scales. The file contains images corresponding to increasing magnifications from the 1 um scale to a few nanometers....
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Measurement of the temporal and spatial temperature distribution on the surface of PVCP tissue phantom illuminated by laser.
Dane BadawczeApplication of laboratory set-up for characterisation of thermal properties of optical tissue phantoms during laser irradiation is presented. The produced system utilizes thermographic camera VIGOcam v50 and dermatological laser system with a 975 nm diode laser module. The set-up was used to perform measurements of the temporal and spatial temperature...
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AFM images of the platinum (111) single crystal surface as delivered, without the polishing treatment
Dane BadawczePlatinum (111) single crystal surface images as delivered, without polishing treatment. Topographic measurements in contact mode. NTEGRA Prima (NT-MDT) device. CSG probe 10.
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The surface of a fragment of the structure of an integrated circuit in the semi-contact mode.
Dane BadawczeThe surface of a fragment of the structure of an integrated circuit. Topographic measurements in the semi-contact mode. NTEGRA Prima (NT-MDT) device. NSG 01 probe.
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Selected aspects of two-phase flow studies using different visualization techniques in minichannels
PublikacjaThe subject of the study is to present the possibility of the use of visualization techniques in the researches on two-phase flows, carried out by the authors for many years. These works included as follows: heat transfer during the flow boiling, boiling crises and condensation in flow. The issue of the heat transfer intensification during the flow boiling through the channels of small diameters was analyzed. All this work focused...
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The correlation between the MRI-evaluated ectopic fat accumulation and the incidence of diabetes mellitus and hypertension depends on body mass index and waist circumference ratio.
PublikacjaThe widespread presence of overweight and obesity increases with every decade, and the number of people with body mass index (BMI) >30 kg/m2 has doubled in the last 30 years. The aim of the study is to assess the correlation between MRI-evaluated ectopic fat accumulation in pancreas, skeletal muscles and liver and the incidence of type 2 diabetes and hypertension, depending on BMI and waist circumference ratio. This prospective...
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Temperature distribution of supercapacitors prepared by various technologies
PublikacjaSupercapacitors, also known by different names such as electrostatic double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) or ultra-capacitors, are electrical storage devices still in development. These devices require fast and reliable methods of assessing their state-of-health. Thermographic imaging is a method which can be applied with this aim due to its popularity, and the high negative impact of overheating on a supercapacitor’s parameters. Moreover,...
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MRI assessment of ectopic fat accumulation in pancreas, liver and skeletal muscle in patients with obesity, overweight and normal BMI in correlation with the presence of central obesity and metabolic syndrome
PublikacjaPurpose: Obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI) exceeding 30 kg/m2, is a serious health problem, which can be called an epidemic on a global scale and is one of the most important causes of preventable death. The aim of this study was to assess ectopic fat accumulation in pancreas, liver and skeletal muscle in patients with obesity, overweight and normal BMI in correlation with metabolic syndrome (MetS). Patients and methods:...
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Spatial characterization of H 2: CH 4 dissociation level in microwave ECR plasma source by fibre-optic OES
PublikacjaSpatially resolved optical emission spectroscopy (SR-OES) was used to investigate microwave activated H2/Ar/CH4 plasma under conditions of the electron cyclotron resonance (ECR). The chemistry and composition of the gas phase were studied using self-designed fibre-optic system with echelle type spectrometer during CVD deposition of polycrystalline diamond. One-dimensional intensity profiles of the main species were collected along...
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Photophysics of Ru(II) Dyads Derived from Pyrenyl-Substitued Imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline Ligands.
PublikacjaThe photophysics of a series of Ru(II) dyads based on the 2-(1-pyrenyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]-phenanthroline ligand was investigated. The ability of these metal complexes to intercalate DNA and induce cell death upon photoactivation makes them attractive photosensitizers for a range of photobiological applications, including photodynamic therapy. In the present study, time-resolved transient absorption and emission spectroscopy...
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Self-Association of Amphotericin B: Spontaneous Formation of Molecular Structures Responsible for the Toxic Side Effects of the Antibiotic
PublikacjaAmphotericin B (AmB) is a lifesaving antibiotic used to treat deep-seated mycotic infections. Both the pharmaceutical activity and highly toxic side effects of the drug rely on its interaction with biomembranes, which is governed by the molecular organization of AmB. In the present work we present detailed analysis of self-assembly of AmB molecules in different environments, interesting from the physiological standpoint, based...
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Vacuum ultraviolet photoionization and ionic fragmentation of the isoxazole molecules
PublikacjaThe photofragmentation of the isoxazole molecules producing ionized atomic and molecular fragments was investigated in the photon energy range of 9e32 eV, using synchrotron radiation excitation combined with ion time-of-flight spectrometry. Twenty-one well resolved cations were identified in the mass spectra of the isoxazole, and their appearance energies were determined. The yield curves of these cations were obtained in the photon...
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Influence of reactive oxygen species during deposition of iron oxide films by high power impulse magnetron sputtering.
PublikacjaIron oxide films were deposited using high power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) of an iron cathode in an argon/oxygen gas mixture at different gas pressures (0.5~Pa, 1.5~Pa, and 5.0~Pa). The HiPIMS system was operated at a repetition frequency $f = 100$~Hz with a duty cycle of 1~\%. A main goal is a comparison of film growth during conventional and electron cyclotron wave resonance-assisted HiPIMS. The deposition plasma...
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Optical Magnetometry Based on Nanodiamonds with Nitrogen-Vacancy Color Centers
PublikacjaNitrogen-vacancy color centers in diamond are a very promising medium for many sensing applications such as magnetometry and thermometry. In this work, we study nanodiamonds deposited from a suspension onto glass substrates. Fluorescence and optically detected magnetic resonance spectra recorded with the dried-out nanodiamond ensembles are presented and a suitable scheme for tracking the magnetic-field value using a continuous...
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Non-Destructive Assessment of Masonry Pillars using Ultrasonic Tomography
PublikacjaIn this paper, a condition assessment of masonry pillars is presented. Non-destructive tests were performed on an intact pillar as well as three pillars with internal inclusions in the form of a hole, a steel bar grouted by gypsum mortar, and a steel bar grouted by cement mortar. The inspection utilized ultrasonic stress waves and the reconstruction of the velocity distribution was performed by means of computed tomography. The...
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AITP - AI Thermal Pedestrians Dataset
PublikacjaEfficient pedestrian detection is a very important task in ensuring safety within road conditions, especially after sunset. One way to achieve this goal is to use thermal imaging in conjunction with deep learning methods and an annotated dataset for models training. In this work, such a dataset has been created by capturing thermal images of pedestrians in different weather and traffic conditions. All images were manually annotated...
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Silicon microcantilever with impedance sensor
Dane BadawczeThe issue of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) [1] has been enjoying popularity and interest since the 90s of the 20th century. Microcells are one of the simplest devices of this type, but they can be widely used in sensors. There are reports on the possibility of using this type of sensors in the context of such important issues as diagnostics...
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Validation of result of STM probe fabrication
Dane BadawczeThe scanning tunneling microscope [1] is a powerful research tool that allows, among other things, to obtain images with atomic resolution. A serious limitation of the described microscope is its limited applicability relating to conductive and semiconductor materials and the reproducibility of measurements depending on the preparation of the measuring...
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Pre-oxidation of porous ferritic Fe22Cr alloys for lifespan extension at high-temperature
PublikacjaPre-oxidation of porous ferritic Fe22Cr alloys was extensively studied in this paper. Weight gain measurements and SEM analysis revealed that pre-oxidation performed at 900◦C for 40 min increased the lifespan of the alloy. A Cr evaporation study did not disclose any significant influence of the pre-oxidation process on the Cr content in the alloy. For a more detailed assessment, TEM imaging and X-ray tomography measurements of...
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Research on Quality Requirements of Data Transmission Services in RSMAD
PublikacjaThe paper presents a results and analysis of research of the quality of service requirements (defined by the QoS attributes) for imaging data transmission services using Radio System for Monitoring and Acquisition of Data from Traffic Enforcement Cameras (in short RSMAD). The paper also presents and discusses results of test on the impact of the size of photos from traffic enforcement cameras on the average transmission time. These...
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Detection of debonding in reinforced concrete beams using ultrasonic transmission tomography and hybrid ray tracing technique
PublikacjaThis paper concerns inspection of reinforced concrete elements, with particular emphasis on assessing the quality of the adhesive connection between steel and concrete. A novel theoretical model was developed to determine the paths of transmitted, refracted and reflected elastic waves as well as a creeping wave propagated along the inclusion surface. Imaging the internal structure of tested beams was based on wave propagation measurements...
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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm segmentation from contrast-enhanced computed tomography angiography using deep convolutional networks
PublikacjaOne of the most common imaging methods for diagnosing an abdominal aortic aneurysm, and an endoleak detection is computed tomography angiography. In this paper, we address the problem of aorta and thrombus semantic segmentation, what is a mandatory step to estimate aortic aneurysm diameter. Three end-to-end convolutional neural networks were trained and evaluated. Finally, we proposed an ensemble of deep neural networks with underlying...
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Sonar Pulse Detection Using Chirp Rate Estimation and CFAR Algorithms
PublikacjaThis paper presents a new approach to sonar pulse detection. The method uses chirp rate estimators and algorithms for the adaptive threshold, commonly used in radiolocation. The proposed approach allows detection of pulses of unknown parameters, which may be used in passive hydrolocation or jamming detection in underwater communication. Such an analysis is possible thanks to a new kind of imaging, which presents signal energy in...
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The analysis of temperature changes of the saliva traces left on the fur during laboratory rats social contacts
PublikacjaAutomatic analysis of complex rodent social be- havior, especially aggressive ones, is of important scientific interest. In this paper we analyze the properties of the data created as a result of aggressive rodent social behavior. Detec- tion of specific aggressive behaviors is based on the event of leaving traces of saliva on the fur of the attacked individual, which are clearly visible in the thermal imaging. The traces change...
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Reactive deposition of TiNx layers in a DC-magnetron discharge
PublikacjaTiNx layers have been deposited in 'balanced mode' and 'unbalanced mode' of a reactive DC-magnetron plasma (carrier gas argon, reactive gas nitrogen) under different conditions. Discharge power and reactive gas flow have been varied. The layers have been examined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray reflectometry (XR), and spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE). The results of the layer analyses were combined with plasma investigations...
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Investigation of the laser generated ablation plasma plume dynamics and plasma plume sound wave dynamics
PublikacjaWe investigated the dynamics of laser generated ablation plasma plume expanding in ambient air and dynamics of the sound wave generated by the expanding plasma. The ablation plasma plume was generated during nanosecond laser micromachining of the thin metal foil. The time-resolved images of the expanding plasma plume and sound wave were captured at several nanosecond intervals. Using captured images the expansion rate of the plasma...
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A Comparability of Renal Length and Volume Measurements in MRI and Ultrasound in Children
PublikacjaIntroduction: Despite the significant increase in use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in children, there is still a lack of normal reference values of renal size in this method and reference values are being interpolated from the ultrasound (US) studies. The study provides comparative analysis of agreement in renal length and volume measurements between MRI and ultrasound. Materials and Methods: Ninety-three children with a...
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Qualitative analysis of phospholipids and their oxidised derivatives – used techniques and examples of their applications related to lipidomic research and food analysis
PublikacjaPhospholipids (PLs) are important biomolecules that not only constitute structural building blocks and scaffolds of cell and organelle membranes, but also play a vital role in cell biochemistry and physiology. Moreover, dietary exogenous PLs are characterized by high nutritional value and other beneficial health effects, which are confirmed by numerous epidemiological studies. For this reason, PLs are of high interest in lipidomics...