Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

CONRep: Uncertainty-Aware Vision-Language Report Drafting Using Conformal Prediction

The objective of this study is to quantify uncertainty in vision-language model (VLM)-based automated radiology report drafting (ARRD) to support trustworthy clinical deployment. In this study, we developed CONRep in two settings: label-based and sentence-based. In the label-base...

Delayed intravesical migration of an intrauterine device (IUD) and subsequent successful pregnancy: a case report of diagnostic and surgical challenges

Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are among the most effective and widely utilized methods of reversible contraception. Although uterine perforation and extrauterine migration are uncommon, delayed diagnosis may lead to serious complications involving adjacent pelvic organs, including...

Age- and sex-specific predictive performance of obesity indices for hypertension in the Persian (Shahedieh) cohort study

The rising global prevalence of obesity and its associated negative health outcomes impose a substantial burden on healthcare systems. This study aimed to investigate the predictive power of obesity-related indices for hypertension (HTN) in an Iranian population. This prospective...

Relationship between radiosensitivity of peripheral blood lymphocytes, breast cancer cells, and breast cancer stem cells in patients with breast cancer

Radiosensitivity (RS) is an important biological factor that may contribute to future radiotherapy individualization. However, a comprehensive metric that adequately captures the complexities of radiation sensitivity has not yet been proposed, and the survival fraction at 2 Gy (S...

A novel homozygous GLB1 pathogenic variant identified in two cases of infantile GM1 gangliosidosis

GM1 gangliosidosis is a rare genetic disorder that affects lysosomes. It is caused by variants in the GLB1 gene, which leads to a lack of the enzyme β-galactosidase. The infantile form (Type I) is the most severe. It begins in the first months of life and has a poor prognosis. We...

Correlation of Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) expressed miRNAs (BART4, BART7, and BHRF1) with chronic lymphocytic leukemia stages

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been shown to play a role in the pathogenesis of several B-cell malignancies, but its role in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) remains unclear. EBV-encoded microRNAs, including BHRF1 and BART families, are thought to modulate host cell survival and...