Tri-Service General Hospital

Value perceptions and implementation priorities for public PHR adoption in Taiwan: an importance–performance analysis with the Chuchiming Index

Abstract Background Value perceptions of personal health record (PHR) components at the pre-adoption stage remain underexplored, despite their critical role in promoting the adoption of public PHRs. Importance–Performance Analysis (IPA) may have limitations in identifying priorit...

Short-film–based world café for faculty development in medical humanities: a mixed-method evaluation across three teaching hospitals

Clinical educators play a central role in guiding the professional identity formation, ethical reasoning, and communication skills of medical students. Rapid changes in healthcare, including evolving legal frameworks, increasing visibility of gender diversity, and the emphasis on...

Decellularized lung extracellular matrix-assisted delivery of mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles in acute lung injury

Mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles (MSC-EVs) have emerged as promising cell-free therapeutics for inflammatory and tissue injury. However, their pulmonary application may be limited by rapid redistribution and the lack of a tissue-specific microenvironment. In t...

Economic evaluation of atogepant compared to placebo for the preventive treatment of episodic migraine in Taiwan

Abstract Objectives This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of atogepant, an oral calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonist, for the preventive treatment of episodic migraine in adults from the perspective of Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI) system. M...

¹⁸F-sodium fluoride PET/CT as a complementary measure of osteoblastic disease burden in axial spondyloarthritis: a prospective exploratory study

PURPOSE: To determine whether SIJ ¹⁸F-NaF uptake is associated with MRI-defined inflammation and structural damage and whether it provides a complementary measure of osteoblastic disease burden. METHODS: In this prospective exploratory study, 43 adults with chronic low back pain...

Automated alveolar bone and teeth 3D segmentation on the cone-beam computed tomographic images using the convolutional neural network

Abstract Background Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is widely used in dental diagnosis and implant planning. The accurate segmentation of teeth and alveolar bone from CBCT images is essential for precise diagnosis and treatment planning. In this study, we propose two distinc...