Publications related to Clinical data acquisition

PDE-Aware Deep Learning for Inverse Problems in Cardiac Electrophysiology

Alfio Quarteroni, Simone Deparis, Riccardo Tenderini, Stefano Pagani

In this work, we present a PDE-aware deep learning model for the numerical solution to the inverse problem of electrocardiography. The model both leverages data availability and exploits the knowledge of a physically based mathematical model, expressed by ...

2022

Data integration for the numerical simulation of cardiac electrophysiology

Alfio Quarteroni, Andrea Manzoni, Luca Dede', Stefano Pagani

The increasing availability of extensive and accurate clinical data is rapidly shaping cardiovascular care by improving the understanding of physiological and pathological mechanisms of the cardiovascular system and opening new frontiers in designing thera ...

WILEY2021

Wastewater monitoring outperforms case numbers as a tool to track COVID-19 incidence dynamics when test positivity rates are high

Tamar Kohn, Xavier Fernandez Cassi, Joseph Chadi Benoit Lemaitre, Federica Cariti, Alex Tunas Corzon, Timothy R. Julian, Carola Bänziger

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been shown to coincide with, or anticipate, confirmed COVID-19 case numbers. During periods with high test positivity rates, however, case numbers may be underreported, whereas wastewater does not suffer from this li ...

2021

Identifying and Characterizing Trans Women in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study as an Epidemiologically Distinct Risk Group

Jacques Fellay

Background As trans women are disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic, and are still understudied, we aimed to identify and characterize the trans women in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS). Methods A combination of criteria from pre-existing cohor ...

OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC2022

Clinical relevance of low-densityPlasmodium falciparumparasitemia in untreated febrile children: A cohort study

Mary-Anne Hartley

Background Low-density (LD)Plasmodiuminfections are missed by standard malaria rapid diagnostic tests (standard mRDT) when the blood antigen concentration is below the detection threshold. The clinical impact of these LD infections is unknown. This study i ...

2020

Wearable multi-electrode platform for ion sensing

Francesca Criscuolo

With the growth of personalized medicine and e-Health, there has been an increasing interest in the development of accurate sensing systems able to support this healthcare revolution for both in- and off-hospital monitoring. Remote biosensing devices can d ...

EPFL2020

The detection of two-component mixture alternatives : Theory and methods

Daria Rukina

In this thesis, we deal with one of the facets of the statistical detection problem. We study a particular type of alternative, the mixture model. We consider testing where the null hypothesis corresponds to the absence of a signal, represented by some kno ...

EPFL2018

Use of VacA as a Vaccine Antigen

Dominique Velin, Mati André Marie Moyat

One of the major toxins secreted by H. pylori is the Vacuolating cytotoxin A (VacA) named after its ability to induce the formation of "vacuole"-like membrane vesicles in the cytoplasm of gastric cells. VacA has been associated with the disruption of mitoc ...

Mdpi Ag2016

Fast simulations of patient-specific haemodynamics of coronary artery bypass grafts based on a POD-Galerkin method and a vascular shape parametrization

Alfio Quarteroni, Gianluigi Rozza, Andrea Manzoni, Elena Faggiano

In this work a reduced-order computational framework for the study of haemodynamics in three-dimensional patient-specific configurations of coronary artery bypass grafts dealing with a wide range of scenarios is proposed. We combine several efficient algor ...

Elsevier2016

Genome-wide association study of virologic response with efavirenz-containing or abacavir-containing regimens in AIDS clinical trials group protocols

Paul Jack Mc Laren

Background Efavirenz and abacavir are components of recommended first-line regimens for HIV-1 infection. We used genome-wide genotyping and clinical data to explore genetic associations with virologic failure among patients randomized to efavirenz-containi ...

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins2015

An effective algorithm for the generation of patient-specific Purkinje networks in computational electrocardiology

Fabio Nobile, Christian Vergara, Elena Faggiano

The Purkinje network is responsible for the fast and coordinated distribution of the electrical impulse in the ventricle that triggers its contraction. Therefore, it is necessary to model its presence to obtain an accurate patient-specific model of the ven ...

Elsevier2015

Understanding the Challenges of Adjuvant Treatment Measurement and Reporting in Breast Cancer Cancer Treatment Measuring and Reporting

Background: Healthcare accrediting organizations and insurers increasingly require reporting of clinical data, and cancer treatment is one area of enhanced scrutiny. Objectives: To compare rates of received versus reported adjuvant breast cancer treatments ...

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins2013

Physiological simulation of blood flow in the aorta: comparison of hemodynamic indices as predicted by 3-D FSI, 3-D rigid wall and 1-D models

Alfio Quarteroni, Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Simone Deparis, Philippe Reymond, Paolo Crosetto

Interest in patient-specific blood-flow circulation modeling has increased substantially in recent years. The availability of clinical data for geometric and elastic properties together with efficient numerical methods has now made model rendering feasible ...

Elsevier2013

A new early and automated MRI-based predictor of motor improvement after stroke

Jean-Philippe Thiran, Cristina Granziera, Richard Frackowiak, Djalel Eddine Meskaldji, Reto Meuli, Nouchine Hadjikhani, Alessandro Daducci, Gunnar Krüger, Alexis Roche

Objectives: In this study, we investigated the structural plasticity of the contralesional motor network in ischemic stroke patients using diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and explored a model that combines a MRI-based metric of contralesional ne ...

2012

Comparison of polyethylene wear in anatomical and reversed shoulder prostheses

Dominique Pioletti, Alexandre Terrier, Alain Farron, Francesco Merlini

Wear of polyethylene is associated with aseptic loosening of orthopaedic implants and has been observed in hip and knee prostheses and anatomical implants for the shoulder. The reversed shoulder prostheses have not been assessed as yet. We investigated the ...

2009

Joint co-clustering: Co-clustering of genomic and clinical bioimaging data

Giovanni De Micheli, Luca Benini

For better understanding the genetic mechanisms underlying clinical observations, and better defining a group of potential candidates for protein-family-inhibiting therapy, it is interesting to determine the correlations between genomic, clinical data and ...

Elsevier2008

Dynamic PET Reconstruction Using Wavelet Regularization with Adapted Basis Functions

Michaël Unser, Dimitri Nestor Alice Van De Ville, Ildar Khalidov

Tomographic reconstruction from positron emission tomography (PET) data is an ill-posed problem that requires regularization. An attractive approach is to impose an

\ell_{ 1 }

-regularization constraint, which favors sparse solutions in the wavelet dom ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2008

Video ergo sum: manipulating bodily self-consciousness

Olaf Blanke, Ravi Tej Sai Giridhar Tadi, Bigna Lenggenhager

Humans normally experience the conscious self as localized within their bodily borders. This spatial unity may break down in certain neurological conditions such as out-of-body experiences, leading to a striking disturbance of bodily self-consciousness. On ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science2007

High-titer, serum-free production of adeno-associated virus vectors by polyethyleneimine-mediated plasmid transfection in mammalian suspension cells

Florian Maria Wurm, Lucia Baldi Unser, Mathieu Benjamin Stettler

Adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based vectors belong to the most promising gene transfer vectors in clinical studies. To provide vector for late-stage clinical trials as well as for a potential commercial phase, a scalable, cGMP-compliant process is required. ...

Springer, Springer Netherlands2007