Search Results - "Pereira, W. A."

Analysis of Co-Occurrence Texture Statistics as a Function of Gray-Level Quantization for Classifying Breast Ultrasound by Gomez, W., Pereira, W. C. A., Infantosi, A. F. C.

“…In this paper, we investigated the behavior of 22 co-occurrence statistics combined to six gray-scale quantization levels to classify breast lesions on…”
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Cross-resistance to fluconazole induced by exposure to the agricultural azole tetraconazole: an environmental resistance school? by Rocha, Marcos Fábio Gadelha, Alencar, L. P., Paiva, M. A. N., Melo, Luciana Magalhães, Bandeira, Silviane Praciano, Ponte, Y. B., Sales, Jamille Alencar, Guedes, G. M. M., Castelo-Branco, D. S. C. M., Bandeira, T. J .P. G., Cordeiro, R. A., Pereira-Neto, W. A., Brandine, G. S., Moreira, José Luciano Bezerra, Sidrim, José Júlio Costa, Brilhante, Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira

“…Summary This study aimed to investigate the influence of tetraconazole and malathion, both used in agricultural activities, on resistance to fluconazole,…”
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Intentionality of Organ/tissues Donation for Transplantation Within A Brazilian Hospital Complex by Houri, L.F, de Oliveira, C.D, de Souza, C.V, de Moura, M.R, de Araújo Ferreira, L.M, Oliveira, V.D.M.M, Pereira, W.A

“…Abstract Objective Considering the challenges faced by members of the Intrahospital Committee of Organ and Tissue Donation for Transplantation (CIHDOTT) of a…”
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Causes of Nonuse of Corneas Donated in 2007 in Minas Gerais by Saldanha, B.O, Oliveira, R.E, Araújo, P.L.P, Pereira, W.A, Simão Filho, C

“…Abstract We sought to unfold the causes of nonuse of donated corneas in 2007 in the state of Minas Gerais, seeking to show the flaws in the process that could…”
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Intraobserver interpretation of breast ultrasonography following the BI-RADS classification by Calas, M.J.G, Almeida, R.M.V.R, Gutfilen, B, Pereira, W.C.A

“…Abstract Purpose To use the BI-RADS ultrasound classification in an intraobserver retrospective study of the interpretation of breast images. Materials and…”
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Effects of thalidomide, cyclosporine, and diclofenac on skin allograft survival in rabbits by Chaves, D.N.B, Petroianu, A, Alberti, L.R, Pereira, W.A

“…The present study evaluated the effects of thalidomide, cyclosporine, and diclofenac on skin allograft survival in 42 rabbits divided into the following groups…”
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Metaphylactic effect of minerals on the immune response, biochemical variables and antioxidant status of newborn calves by Tomasi, T., Volpato, A., Pereira, W. A. B., Debastiani, L. H., Bottari, N. B., Morsch, V. M., Schetinger, M. R. C., Leal, M. L. R., Machado, G., Da Silva, A. S.

“…Summary The aim of this study was to evaluate whether injectable zinc and copper affect host immune responses and antioxidant status of newborn calves. For…”
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Choice of improved phenotyping methods for bean plant reactions to white mold by non-linear model adjustments of symptom progression by Porto, A. C. M., Gwinner, R., Miranda, R. N., Lopes, F. S., Pereira, W. A., Pasqual, M., Santos, J. B.

“…White mold, caused by the fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary is currently one of the major diseases affecting bean cultivars, especially in…”
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Ultrasound method applied to characterize healthy femoral diaphysis of Wistar rats in vivo by Fontes-Pereira, A, Matusin, D P, Rosa, P, Schanaider, A, von Krüger, M A, Pereira, W C A

“…A simple experimental protocol applying a quantitative ultrasound (QUS) pulse-echo technique was used to measure the acoustic parameters of healthy femoral…”
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Morphological and Morphometric Description of Female Reproductive Tract of Sapajus apella (Capuchin monkey) by Lima, A. R, Guimarães, S. B, Branco, É, Giese, E. G, Muniz, J. A. P. C, Pereira, W. L. A, da Cunha, P. K. F, Ricci, R. E, Miglino, M. A

“…Forest destruction has progressively hampered the survival of many species, and this is why it is so important to study of the lives of primates in captivity…”
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On the possibility of non-invasive multilayer temperature estimation using soft-computing methods by Teixeira, C.A., Pereira, W.C.A., Ruano, A.E., Ruano, M. Graça

“…This work reports original results on the possibility of non-invasive temperature estimation (NITE) in a multilayered phantom by applying soft-computing…”
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Breast tumor classification in ultrasound images using neural networks with improved generalization methods by de S Silva, S. D., Costa, M. G. F., de A Pereira, W. C., Costa Filho, C. F. F.

“…Mammography, scintimammography and ultrasound images have been used to increase the specificity of breast cancer image diagnosis. Concerning breast cancer…”
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Kidney Transplantation: Evaluation and Clinical Outcome of 237 Recipients at Low, Medium, High, or Strong Immunological Risk of Rejection by Nascimento, E, Fabreti de Oliveira, R.A, Maciel, M.D, Pereira, A.B, das Mercêz de Lucas, F, Salomão-Filho, A, Pereira, W.A, Moreira, J.B, Vilaça, S.S, de Castro Gontijo, R, Lasmar, M.F, Vianna, H.R, Magalhâes, A, Calazans, C.A.C, Simão-Filho, C, Vilela, B

“…Abstract Background Donor-specific antibodies (DSAs) play a fundamental role in kidney transplantation. The identification of DSAs is an essential rejection…”
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Potential Role of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy as a Screening Approach for Breast Cancer by Faria, Rodrigo A., Leal, Leonardo B., Thebit, Marcela M., Pereira, Sergio W. A., Serafim, Neuzimar R., Barauna, Valerio G., da Chagas e Silva Carvalho, Luis Felipe, Sartório, Carmem L., Gouvea, Sonia A.

“…Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease, and its spread involves a succession of clinical and pathological stages. Screening is predominantly based on…”
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Computerized lesion segmentation of breast ultrasound based on marker-controlled watershed transformation by Gómez, W., Leija, L., Alvarenga, A. V., Infantosi, A. F. C., Pereira, W. C. A.

“…Purpose: This paper presents a computerized segmentation method for breast lesions on ultrasound (US) images. Methods: It consists of first applying a…”
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Psychiatric morbidity among medical in-patients: a standardized assessment (GHQ-12 and CIS-R) using 'lay' interviewers in a Brazilian hospital by BOTEGA, N. J, PEREIRA, W. A. B, BIO, M. R, GARCIA, C. JR, ZOMIGNANI, M. A

“…The 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and the revised Clinical Interview Schedule (CIS-R) were used to estimate the prevalence of psychiatric…”
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A comparative study of automatic thresholding approaches for 3D x-ray microtomography of trabecular bone by Gómez, W., Sales, E., Lopes, R. T., Pereira, W. C. A.

“…Purpose: This paper presents a comparative study of automatic thresholding algorithms for segmenting trabecular bone volume in x-ray microtomography (μCT)…”
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Non-invasive temperature prediction of in vitro therapeutic ultrasound signals using neural networks by Teixeira, C A, Ruano, A E, Ruano, M Graça, Pereira, W C A, Negreira, C

“…In this paper, a novel black-box modelling scheme applied to non-invasive temperature prediction in a homogeneous medium subjected to therapeutic ultrasound is…”
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On the Feasibility of Ultrasound Imaging Enrichment by Medium-Temperature Changes by Teixeira, C. A., Pastrana-Chalco, M., Simões, R. J., Pedrosa, A., von Krüger, M. A., Alvarenga, A. V., Fontes-Pereira, A. J., Pereira, W. C. A.

“…We describe the concept of a new imaging modality based on the tracking and dynamic modeling of local intensity changes (ICs) observed in conventional…”
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Early diagnosis of small bowel allografts rejection by Doppler ultrasound fluxometry by Pereira, W.A, Savassi-Rocha, P.R, Cinqualbre, J, Wolf, P

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