Computer-aided diagnosis of psoriasis skin images with HOS, texture and color features: A first comparative study of its kind

A systematic review of diagnostic criteria for psoriasis in adults and children: evidence from studies with a primary aim to develop or validate diagnostic criteria

“…Within the 11 702 studies identified from the search strategy no clinical examination‐based diagnostic criteria for psoriasis in adults or children were found. Only 23 studies met the inclusion criteria; they presented a broad range of diagnostic criteria including genetic, molecular, dermoscopy, confocal microscopy, histopathology, questionnaire‐based, computer‐aided and traditional Chinese medicine criteria (Table S1; see Supporting Information). Sixteen studies were of a case–control design, five studies were case series, one study was cross‐sectional and one study was a Delphi consensus study.…”

“…The risk of bias across the four domains varied between the two studies, reflecting the specific details reported in West and West on the reference test and index test (Fig. ) …”

“…The diagnostic criteria were summarized, including consideration of their utility, and the study quality is reported using the QUADAS-2 tool. With regards to the review's primary outcomethe sensitivity and specificity of the diagnostic criteriaonly 16 of the included studies investigated diagnostic accuracy, [17][18][19][20][22][23][24][26][27][28][29]31,[35][36][37][38] and of these studies only 13 provided these data. 18,20,[22][23][24][26][27][28][29]31,35,36,38 Figure 2 shows a scatter plot of the available sensitivity and specificity results of these 13 studies.…”

“…3). 36,37 Both sets of authors proposed that their criteria would be used in the clinical setting, although they differed on whether the computer-aided tool would augment or replace current diagnostics. We propose that further discussion of clinical and research utility is needed, as well as validation studies.…”

Promotional Tools Employed by Medical Insurance Companies to Attract International University Students

“…In the medical insurance industry, word of mouth is very important as students make decisions through referrals from parents or family. According to Shrivastava, Londhe, Sonawane, and Suri (2016) many students believe that word of mouth is effective in creating awareness as students share their knowledge about medical insurance.…”