Functional near-infrared spectroscopy during the verbal fluency task of English-Speaking adults with mood disorders: A preliminary study.

Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) provides a direct and objective assessment of cerebral cortex function. It may be used to determine neurophysiological differences between psychiatric disorders with overlapping symptoms, such as major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD). Therefore, this preliminary study aimed to compare fNIRS signals during the verbal fluency task (VFT) of English-speaking healthy controls (HC), patients with MDD and patients with BD.

Automated tibiofemoral joint segmentation based on deeply supervised 2D-3D ensemble U-Net: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative.

Improving longevity is one of the greatest achievements in humanity. Because of this, the population is growing older, and the ubiquity of knee osteoarthritis (OA) is on the rise. Nonetheless, the understanding and ability to investigate potential precursors of knee OA have been impeded by time-consuming and laborious manual delineation processes which are prone to poor reproducibility.