Private Facial Diagnosis as an Edge Service for Parkinson's DBS Treatment Valuation [PDF]
Facial phenotyping has recently been successfully exploited for medical diagnosis as a novel way to diagnose a range of diseases, where facial biometrics has been revealed to have rich links to underlying genetic or medical causes. In this paper, taking Parkinson's Diseases (PD) as a case study, we proposed an Artificial-Intelligence-of-Things (AIoT ...
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Antiviral treatment for Bell's palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis) [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Antiviral agents against herpes simplex virus are widely used in the treatment of idiopathic facial paralysis (Bell's palsy), but their effectiveness is uncertain. Significant morbidity can be associated with severe cases.
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Automatic Segmentation of the Optic Nerve Head Region in Optical Coherence Tomography: A Methodological Review [PDF]
The optic nerve head represents the intraocular section of the optic nerve (ONH), which is prone to damage by intraocular pressure. The advent of optical coherence tomography (OCT) has enabled the evaluation of novel optic nerve head parameters, namely the depth and curvature of the lamina cribrosa (LC).
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Ayurvedic Management of Ardita - A Case Report [PDF]
Ardita is a condition that developes due to excessive aggravation of Vata and causes distortion of face. Facial palsy the paralysis of facial nerve also affects the movement of facial muscles and shows similar symptoms.
Aswathi A.T., Dr Mridula M. K.
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Pediatric parotidectomy outcomes: A 14‐year multicenter study
Objectives Parotidectomy increases childhood challenges. This study aimed to determine the clinical profiles, investigations, and outcomes of pediatric patients who had undergone parotidectomy.
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QAFE-Net: Quality Assessment of Facial Expressions with Landmark Heatmaps [PDF]
Facial expression recognition (FER) methods have made great inroads in categorising moods and feelings in humans. Beyond FER, pain estimation methods assess levels of intensity in pain expressions, however assessing the quality of all facial expressions is of critical value in health-related applications.
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Cataract and optic disk drusen in a patient with glycogenosis and di George syndrome: clinical and molecular report [PDF]
Background We report the ophthalmic findings of a patient with type Ia glycogen storage disease (GSD Ia), DiGeorge syndrome (DGS), cataract and optic nerve head drusen (ONHD).
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Facial nerve reconstruction for flaccid facial paralysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
ObjectivesTo determine the functional outcome after facial nerve reconstruction surgery in patients with flaccid facial paralysis.MethodsA systematic review and meta-analysis was performed on studies reporting outcomes after direct facial nerve suture ...
Friedemann Zumbusch+4 more
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Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation and/or Electrical Stimulation in Patients with Peripheral Facial Paralysis: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Background: Peripheral facial paralysis (PFP) affects the facial nerve, the seventh cranial nerve. It has an incidence rate of 20–30 cases per 100,000 habitants. The diagnosis is clinical, though imaging tests may be required in some cases. The treatment
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