Author(s): Calvano A; Xiao Y; Steidel K; Loehrer PA; Ruppert-Junck MC; Nimsky C; Timmermann L; Bopp MHA; Pedrosa DJ;

Purpose: Accurate segmentation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is paramount for optimising outcomes under deep brain stimulation (DBS) in Parkinson's disease (PD). Clinically available tools like Brainlab Elements (BL-E) enable automated segmentations for surgical planning, yet their spatial ...

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Author(s): Ranipa K; Zhu WP; Swamy MNS;

Vision Transformers (ViTs), inspired by their success in natural language processing, have recently gained attention for heart sound classification (HSC). However, most of the existing studies on HSC rely on single-stream architectures, overlooking the advantages of multi-resolution features. While multi-stream architectures employing early or late fusion ...

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Author(s): Khademi S; Heidarian S; Afshar P; Mohammadi A; Sidiqi A; Nguyen ET; Ganeshan B; Oikonomou A;

In this study, we propose a novel hybrid framework for assessing the invasiveness of an in-house dataset of 114 pathologically proven lung adenocarcinomas presenting as subsolid nodules on Computed Tomography (CT). Nodules were classified into group 1 (G1), which included atypical adenomatous hyp ...

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Author(s): Ali HM; Xiao Y; Kersten-Oertel M;

Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) is a technique that captures and processes information across a wide spectrum of wavelengths, providing detailed spectral data for each pixel in an image to identify and analyze materials or objects. In the surgical domain, it can provide quantitative and qualitative tissue information without the need of any contrast agent, th ...

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Author(s): Robinson TD; Sun YL; Chang PTH; Gauthier CJ; Chen JJ;

One of the most promising interventional targets for brain health is cerebral perfusion, but its link to white matter (WM) aging remains unclear. Motivated by existing literature demonstrating links between declining cortical perfusion and the development of WM hyperintensities, we posit that regional WM hypoperfusion precedes deteriorating WM integrity. ...

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Author(s): Asadi Z; Castillo JP; Asadi M; Sinclair DS; Kersten-Oertel M;

Global disparities in neurosurgical care necessitate innovations addressing affordability and accuracy, particularly for critical procedures like ventriculostomy. This intervention, vital for managing life-threatening intracranial pressure increases, is associated with catheter misplacement rates exceeding 30% when using a freehand technique. Such misplac ...

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Author(s): Xiao Y; Gilmore G; Kai J; Lau JC; Peters T; Khan AR;

Population-averaged brain atlases, that are represented in a standard space with anatomical labels, are instrumental tools in neurosurgical planning and the study of neurodegenerative conditions. Traditional brain atlases are primarily derived from anatomical scans and contain limited information regarding the axonal organization of the white matter. With ...

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Author(s): Percie du Sert O; Unrau J; Gauthier CJ; Chakravarty M; Malla A; Lepage M; Raucher-Chéné D;

Introduction: Schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (SSD) represent one of the leading causes of disability worldwide and are usually underpinned by neurodevelopmental brain abnormalities observed on a structural and functional level. Nuclear medicine imaging studies of cerebral blood ...

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Author(s): Rousseau PN; Chakravarty MM; Steele CJ;

The cerebellum's involvement in cognitive, affective and motor functions is mediated by connections to different regions of the cerebral cortex. A distinctive feature of cortico-cerebellar loops that has been demonstrated in the animal work is a topographic organization that is preserved across its corticopontine, pontocerebellar, and cerebello-thalmo ...

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Author(s): Abdar M; Salari S; Qahremani S; Lam HK; Karray F; Hussain S; Khosravi A; Acharya UR; Makarenkov V; Nahavandi S;

The COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic has become a major global threat to human health and well-being. Thus, the development of computer-aided detection (CAD) systems that are capable of accurately distinguishing COVID-19 from other diseases using chest computed tomography (CT) and X-r ...

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Author(s): Gracco VL; Sares AG; Koirala N;

Persistent developmental stuttering is a speech disorder that primarily affects normal speech fluency but encompasses a complex set of symptoms ranging from reduced sensorimotor integration to socioemotional challenges. Here, we investigated the whole-brain structural connectome and its topological alterations in adults who stutter. Diffusion-weighted ima ...

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