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Automatic assessment of Pectus Excavatum severity from CT images using deep lea...
Silva, Bruno André Pires; Pessanha, Inês; Correia-Pinto, Jorge; Fonseca, Jaime C.; Queirós, Sandro Filipe MonteiroPectus excavatum (PE) is the most common abnormality of the thoracic cage, whose severity is evaluated by extracting three indices (Haller, correction and asymmetry) from computed tomography (CT) images. To date, this analysis is performed manually, which is tedious and prone to variability. In this paper, a fully automatic framework for PE severity quantification from CT images is proposed, comprising three st...
Avaliação do Exame Final do Internato Médico em Portugal
Marques, Tiago Reis; Laíns, Inês; Martins, Maria João; Goiana-da-Silva, Francisco; Sampaio, Filipa; Pessanha, Inês; Fernandes, Diogo HipólitoIntrodução: Existe uma elevada heterogeneidade na estrutura da avaliação da formação médica pós-graduada a nível mundial. No entanto, contrastando com outros países, não existem estudos científicos em Portugal que tenham avaliado o modelo da avaliação final da especialidade. O presente estudo pretendeu avaliar a adequação do exame do final da especialidade aos seus propósitos; aí incluída a sua validade enquant...
Evaluation of The Medical Board Exam in Portugal
Reis Marques*, Tiago; Laíns*, Inês; Martins, Maria João; Goiana-da-Silva, Francisco; Sampaio, Filipa; Pessanha, Inês; Fernandes, Diogo HipólitoIntroduction: There is a high heterogeneity in the structure of postgraduate medical training evaluation worldwide. However, in contrast to other countries, there have been no scientific studies of the final medical board examination, in Portugal. The present study aimed to evaluate the adequacy of the medical board examination including its validity as measured by its association with medical school grade aver...
Pectus Carinatum Evaluation Questionnaire (PCEQ): a novel tool to improve the f...
Pessanha, Inês; Severo, Milton; Correia-Pinto, Jorge; Costa, José Estevão; Coelho, Tiago HenriquesA questionnaire (Pectus Carinatum Evaluation Questionnaire, PCEQ) was developed to be applied in follow-up of patients with Pectus Carinatum (PC). After validation of the PCEQ, we aimed to quantify the compliance to brace compression and to assess factors that could influence this treatment in patients with PC. From July 2008 to July 2014, 56 patients with PC were treated with the Calgary Protocol of compressiv...