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A pilot test begins to identify nodules indicating possible lung cancers on x-rays using Deep Learning technology
A pilot test begins to identify nodules indicating possible lung cancers on x-rays using Deep Learning technology 1080 720 Anna Ullastres

Researchers from the Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute (I3PT) and the Eurecat technology center will begin a three-month pilot test to identify nodules that could be indicators of possible lung cancers on x-rays using Deep Learning technology. 

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Four projects led by the Fundació Parc Taulí, selected in the PADRIS call COVID-19
Four projects led by the Fundació Parc Taulí, selected in the PADRIS call COVID-19 1024 512 Communication Parc Taulí

The Catalan Agency for Health Quality and Evaluation (AQuAS), through the Data Analysis Program for Research and Innovation in Health (PADRIS), has activated a new urgent prioritization procedure for projects related to 'current epidemic of COVID-19 that need expert support for the preparation, analysis and exploration of data and construction of predictive models through the information of the Health System of Catalonia.

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Tricin as a potential enhancer for the treatment of cisplatin-based skin cancer
Tricin as a potential enhancer for the treatment of cisplatin-based skin cancer 585 409 Guillem Cebrian

At the end of December 2019, we talked about the effectiveness of trichina as an adjuvant of cisplatin in treatment. Squamous cell carcinoma is the second most common type of skin cancer. It causes the abnormal growth of squamous cells in the epidermis and represents 20-25% of all skin cancers in Spain. This study led by an I3PT team, led by Sílvia Gil, in close collaboration with…

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Global R&D trends in Surgical Robotics
Global R&D trends in Surgical Robotics 800 600 Edu Soler

Something is changing in the surgery market. Surgical robots are further more than the Da Vinci System. Two key trends are driving the new surgical era: 1) New companies entrance, 2) Increase in the number of indications and procedures. This report focuses on most relevant robotic surgical systems in the market as well as their entry barriers, trends, market size, most relevant institutions and others.

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Accelerated surgery in patients with a hip fracture is feasible, safe, and has benefits
Accelerated surgery in patients with a hip fracture is feasible, safe, and has benefits 1080 605 Guillem Cebrian

More than 40 professionals from Parc Taulí in the services of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, Nursing, UFFIS, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy have participated in a clinical trial led at our center by Dr. Mariano Balaguer, from the TOC service, to evaluate the effectiveness of accelerated surgical treatment in patients with a hip fracture. The first results of this study, called HIP ATTACK, have been published in an article in the prestigious journal The…

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The 5 manifestations of COVID-19 on the skin
The 5 manifestations of COVID-19 on the skin 1080 644 Guillem Cebrian

On April 22, an investigation led by Dr. was published in Actas Dermosifiliográficas. Jorge Romaní (Parc Taulí Dermatology Service) on a hitherto atypical clinical picture of perniotic and acral lesions, and its probable link with COVID-19. Due, among other things, to this article, a multicenter rapid prospective nationwide consensus study was initiated with 375 cases. The resulting article was published on April 29 in the British…

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