Virchows Archiv,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
485(2), P. 173 - 195
Published: July 20, 2024
Abstract
Occupational
lung/thoracic
diseases
are
a
major
global
public
health
issue.
They
comprise
diverse
spectrum
of
conditions
with
complex
pathology,
most
which
arise
following
chronic
heavy
workplace
exposures
to
various
mineral
dusts,
metal
fumes,
or
inhaled
organic
particulate
reactions.
Many
occupational
lung
could
become
irreversible;
thus
accurate
diagnosis
is
mandatory
minimize
dust
exposure
and
consequently
reduce
damage
the
respiratory
system.
Lung
biopsy
usually
required
when
history
inconsistent
imaging,
in
case
unusual
new
exposures,
unexpected
malignancy,
cases
there
claims
for
personal
injury
legal
compensation.
In
this
paper,
we
provide
an
overview
frequent
focus
on
pathological
diagnosis.
This
paper
that
summarizes
expert
opinion
from
group
European
pathologists,
together
contributions
other
specialists
who
crucial
management
these
diseases.
Indeed,
tight
collaboration
all
involved
workup
as
many
misdiagnosed
go
unrecognized.
document
provides
guide
pathologists
practice
facilitate
disease.
The
review
article
reports
relevant
topics
discussed
during
educational
course
held
by
active
members
Pulmonary
Pathology
Working
Group
Society
Pathology.
was
endorsed
University
Padova
“winter
school”
(selected
project
call
“Shaping
World-class
University”
2022).
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: March 8, 2024
Abstract
Parasitic
organisms
pose
a
major
global
health
threat,
mainly
in
regions
that
lack
advanced
medical
facilities.
Early
and
accurate
detection
of
parasitic
is
vital
to
saving
lives.
Deep
learning
models
have
uplifted
the
sector
by
providing
promising
results
diagnosing,
detecting,
classifying
diseases.
This
paper
explores
role
deep
techniques
detecting
various
organisms.
The
research
works
on
dataset
consisting
34,298
samples
parasites
such
as
Toxoplasma
Gondii,
Trypanosome,
Plasmodium,
Leishmania,
Babesia,
Trichomonad
along
with
host
cells
like
red
blood
white
cells.
These
images
are
initially
converted
from
RGB
grayscale
followed
computation
morphological
features
perimeter,
height,
area,
width.
Later,
Otsu
thresholding
watershed
applied
differentiate
foreground
background
create
markers
for
identification
interest.
transfer
VGG19,
InceptionV3,
ResNet50V2,
ResNet152V2,
EfficientNetB3,
EfficientNetB0,
MobileNetV2,
Xception,
DenseNet169,
hybrid
model,
InceptionResNetV2,
employed.
parameters
these
fine-tuned
using
three
optimizers:
SGD,
RMSprop,
Adam.
Experimental
reveal
when
RMSprop
applied,
EfficientNetB0
achieve
highest
accuracy
99.1%
loss
0.09.
Similarly,
SGD
optimizer,
InceptionV3
performs
exceptionally
well,
achieving
99.91%
0.98.
Finally,
applying
Adam
InceptionResNetV2
excels,
99.96%
0.13,
outperforming
other
optimizers.
findings
this
signify
coupled
image
processing
methods
generates
highly
efficient
way
detect
classify
Frontiers in Public Health,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
12
Published: Jan. 10, 2025
Pneumoconiosis
is
a
widespread
occupational
pulmonary
disease
caused
by
inhalation
and
retention
of
dust
particles
in
the
lungs,
characterized
chronic
inflammation
progressive
fibrosis,
potentially
leading
to
respiratory
and/or
heart
failure.
Workers
exposed
dust,
such
as
coal
miners,
foundry
workers,
construction
are
at
risk
pneumoconiosis.
This
review
synthesizes
international
national
classifications,
epidemiological
characteristics,
strategies
for
prevention,
clinical
manifestations,
diagnosis,
pathogenesis,
treatment
Current
research
on
pathogenesis
pneumoconiosis
focuses
influence
autophagy,
apoptosis,
pyroptosis
progression
disease.
In
addition,
factors
lipopolysaccharide
nicotine
have
been
found
play
crucial
roles
development
provides
comprehensive
summary
most
fundamental
achievements
with
purpose
indicating
future
direction
its
control.
New
technologies
integrative
omics,
artificial
intelligence,
systemic
administration
mesenchymal
stromal
cells
proved
useful
solving
conundrum
These
directional
studies
will
provide
novel
therapeutic
targets