CLASSIFYING NEOVASCULAR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION WITH A DEEP CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED ON OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES

Classifying neovascular age-related macular degeneration with a deep convolutional neural network based on optical coherence tomography images

Abstract Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) is among the main causes of visual impairment worldwide.We built a deep learning model to distinguish the subtypes of nAMD using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) images.Data from SD-OCT images of nAMD (polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy, retinal angiomatous proliferati

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Encapsulation of the septal cell wall protects Streptococcus pneumoniae from its major peptidoglycan hydrolase and host defenses.

Synthesis of the capsular polysaccharide, a major virulence factor for many pathogenic bacteria, is required for bacterial survival within the infected host.In Streptococcus pneumoniae, Wze, an autophosphorylating tyrosine kinase, and Wzd, a membrane protein required for Wze autophosphorylation, co-localize at the division septum and guarantee the

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Outcomes of different steroid dosing regimens in critical Covid-19 pneumonia at a Kenyan hospital: A retrospective cohort study.

BackgroundAmong therapeutic options for severe and critical COVID- 19 infection, dexamethasone six milligrams once daily for ten days has demonstrated mortality benefit and is guideline recommended at this dose.In practice, variable doses of steroids have been used, especially in critical care settings.Our study aimed to determine the pattern of st

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