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Parkinson's & Movement disorders

Using AI analysis of voice data to detect Parkinson's disease earlier

More than 10 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson's disease. There is no cure, but if symptoms are noticed early, the disease can be controlled. As Parkinson's disease progresses, along with other symptoms speech ...

Oncology & Cancer

Mathematical methods for diagnosing breast cancer

A team of researchers at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania, is developing mathematical methods to diagnose breast cancer. Applying deep learning, the researchers are aiming to teach a computer to recognise malignant ...

Oncology & Cancer

Berry juice processing by-products could reduce the risk of cancer

Scientists at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania, are investigating the possibility of using berry pomace to increase the safety of meat products and to mitigate their negative effects on human health. According ...

Oncology & Cancer

Innovation enables more efficient screening of voice pathologies

In cases of advanced laryngeal cancer, a complex surgery called laryngectomy is performed, when the organ vital for a person's ability to speak is removed. Striving to improve the patient's quality of life after laryngectomy, ...

Neuroscience

A virtual post-stroke assistant for rehabilitation

Some years ago, virtual reality (VR) systems were associated only with games and leisure in three-dimensional virtual space, but today, VR is used in a multitude of fields. An innovation created by the team of Lithuanian ...

Oncology & Cancer

Novel method detects melanoma with over 90% accuracy

In Europe, melanoma is the fifth most common type of cancer and is the major cause of death from skin cancer. Northern Europe displays the largest age-standardized rate mortality of 3.8 per 10,000 in the region, with an incidence ...

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