Credibility of In Silico Medicine model

Abstract The use of physiology-based, patient-specific computer models is moving from research to the clinical use.  In Silico Medicine technologies are now used to support the medical decision about an individual treatment, as well as to evaluate the safety and efficacy of new medical products. But such mission-critical uses make indispensable to guarantee that the…

Personalized medicine in oncology

Abstract Cancer is one of the main causes of mortality. It is estimated that at some point in life one in three people will be affected by this disease. Although we have evidence of cancer as early as ancient times, we are still unable to provide effective and reliable treatments. In this short talk I…

Automatic classification of antinuclear antibodies in diagnosis of autoimmune diseases

Abstract Identification of antinuclear autoantibodies (ANAs) within HEp-2 cells images is a golden standard in diagnosis of autoimmune diseases. This process involves analysing slides through a microscope and classifying characteristic staining patterns indicating the presence of certain autoantibodies. If done manually, such classification is highly time consuming, prone to errors and requires well trained medical…