FPGA High Level Synthesis for the classification of skin tumors with hyperspectral images

Cancer is the main cause of premature death in the world, with 18 million diagnoses in 2018, 3.9 million of which in Europe. In particular, according to studies conducted by the American Academy of Dermatology, skin cancer is the most prevalent type in the US. Diagnostic tools are generally invasive, hence research focuses on emerging technologies, like hyperspectral images, since they are non-invasive, contactless and non-ionizing. A hyperspectral image acquisition system has been used to p...

Shared Decision-Making Ontology for a Healthcare Team Executing a Workflow, an Instantiation for Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression Management

Regardless of potential benefits and better outcomes, adoption of shared decision-making between a patient and providers involved in his/her care is still in its infancy. This paper intends to fill this gap by formalizing shared decision-making, situating it as part of team-based care delivery, and incorporating workflow concepts allowing for identification of shared decision-making tasks. We accomplish that by creating novel shared decision-making ontology which constitutes the first step re...

How Do Spinal Surgeons Perceive The Impact of Factors Used in Post-Surgical Complication Risk Scores?

When deciding about surgical treatment options, an important aspect of the decision-making process is the potential risk of complications. A risk assessment performed by a spinal surgeon is based on their knowledge of the best available evidence and on their own clinical experience. The objective of this work is to demonstrate the differences in the way spine surgeons perceive the importance of attributes used to calculate risk of post-operative and quantify the differences by building indivi...

Resilienza, moral distress e benessere psco-fisico: uno studio pilota su lavoratori del settore pubblico e privato.