Vol 16, No 5 (May 28, 2026): Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery

Original Article

Healthy knee cartilage T2 mapping assessed with GRAPPATINI and multi-echo spin-echo (MESE) at 3T: regional values, longitudinal repeatability and method agreement
Bénédicte M. A. Delattre, Tom Hilbert, Halah Kutaish, Lindsey A. Crowe, Pierre-Alexandre Poletti, Jacques Menetrey, Didier Hannouche, Philippe M. Tscholl, Sana Boudabbous
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Microstructural white matter changes in infants with transient neonatal hypoglycemia revealed by diffusion tensor imaging: a preliminary cross-sectional study
De-Sheng Xuan, Xin Zhao, Yan-Chao Liu, Qing-Na Xing, Hong-Lei Shang, Xue-Yuan Wang, Liang Zhou, Xiao-An Zhang
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Diffusion tensor image analysis along the perivascular space may serve as a potential biomarker for differentiating glioma recurrence from pseudoprogression: a preliminary study
Xiaoyi Wu, Mai Zhang, Chengmin Su, Qinxi Luo, Xiang Xiao, Bin Chen, Guanglong Huang, Yuankui Wu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of brain metastases from lung cancer
Lian-Yu Sui, Li-Hong Xing, Huan Meng, Yu Zhang, Chong Liu, Qi Wang, Jia-Ning Wang, Xiao-Ping Yin
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Multi-scale generative adversarial network: three-dimensional reconstruction of the scoliotic spine from biplanar X-rays
Yuhao Lai, Ranran Tie, Gaosheng Xie, Zhong He, Zezhang Zhu, Zhen Liu Hongda Bao, Jing Xiong
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Conversion to laparotomy due to intra-abdominal adhesions during laparoscopic hernia repair: a predictive model based on computed tomography manifestations and clinical indicators
Xuechao Du, Yuchang Yan, Fan Wang, Zhenyu Pan, Tao Jiang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Deep learning-based independent lymph node segmentation in esophageal cancer: a precise and efficient approach for radiotherapy planning
Xiaojing Zhang, Junyi He, Mingjun Ding, Chunni Wang, Hang Yang, Mengying Yang, Yueze Li, Jinming Yu, Linlin Wang
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Hepatic nodular ultrasound appearance in Wilson’s disease: association with ultrasound-derived fat fraction but not fibrosis markers
Baoqi Li, Jingping Wang, Fu Jin, Juanjuan Ni, Yan Li
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Association of testosterone and sex hormone-binding globulin with fat distribution in men: a quantitative water-fat MRI study
Mengyue Huang, Wanting Li, Mengchen Wu, Zhenghe Zhu, Limin Han, Yong Zhang, Haohao Zhang, Jingjing Liu
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Diagnostic value of the myocardial performance index and doppler parameters in detecting fetal growth restriction in pregnancies complicated by hypertensive disorders
Yao Peng, Wei Feng, Sitong Yue, Yang He, Xue Liao, Zixian Wei, Ling Gan, Jiaqi Zhang
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Evaluating convolutional neural network models for automated abdominal aortic calcification scoring in chronic kidney disease patients across multiple centers
Zhenhong Shao, Mingrui Song, Beibei He, Hupo Yi, Aijing Li, Ge Chen, Zhehao Zhang, Yuning Pan
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Left atrioventricular coupling index by 2D and 3D echocardiography: association with exercise capacity in chronic kidney disease
Ruonan Wang, Fan Zhao, Wenjia Shi, Hanliang Sun, Haiyang Tang, Jing Hua, Aiai Chu
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Prognostic value of pretherapy CT-based Node-RADS for overall survival in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer treated with chemoimmunotherapy: a comparison with clinical N staging
Yan Sun, Yi Zhang, Sanqiang Yu, Lu Wen, Yanhui Yang, Yi Fu, Genyan Tang, Sishi Jiang, Ruoxi Wang, Xiaoping Yu
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Influence of image preprocessing on reproducibility and longitudinal repeatability analysis of radiomics features in magnetic resonance image-guided accelerator imaging
Hang Yu, Weige Wei, Yuchuan Fu, Bin Tang, Qing Xiao, Xiangbin Zhang, Guyu Dai, Shuangshuang He
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Three-dimensional assessment of posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy with swept-source optical coherence tomography
Jini Qiu, Lijia Tian, Yuhong Chen, Qihua Le, Chaoran Zhang, Yujing Yang, Jianjiang Xu, Jiaxu Hong
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Integrated cervicocerebral ultrasound-based hemodynamic compensation scoring for anterior-circulation steno-occlusive disease: validation against CT perfusion staging
Yiqun Lin, Shuai Zheng, Sen Wang, Shuo Zhao, Wen He, Wei Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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A computer-aided method for the automatic localization of the left ventricular long axis on coronary computed tomography angiography
Shuang Li, Tian Ma, Yuting Guo, Yuntian Xiao, Anqi Yang, Yinghao Xu, Shuai Li, Yi He
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Nonlinear association between standardized uptake value (SUV) index based on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and the new International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) grading of lung invasive non-mucinous adenocarcinoma
Jinbao Feng, Mengyue Hu, Xiaonan Shao, Jianxiong Gao, Yan Sun, Yaoting Zhu, Yuhao Fan, Yunmei Shi, Rong Niu
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Differential diagnosis of benign and malignant pulmonary nodules attached to the interlobar pleura
Xin-Yi Yang, Ji-Chun Liao, Xian Li, Yi Wang, Qi Li
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Construction and evaluation of a model based on clinical factors and multimodal ultrasound parameters for diagnosing postpartum pelvic floor myofascial pain
Liling Wang, Xiuming Wu, Shunlan Liu, Guorong Lyu, Xueke Lin, Yulian Huang, Zhonghua Liu, Shaozheng He
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Altered white matter structural network in self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes
Lu Gao, Xianjun Li, Yang Li, Ding Yang, Hua Zhang, Xiaohong Liu, Jian Yang
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Manual volumetric segmentation of brain hyperintensities on T2-weighted imaging (T2WI) and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) sequences in children with neurofibromatosis type 1: inter-rater reliability and clinical correlates
Hongji Zhu, Yan Tang, Xiaoqing Dai, Meimei Jiang, Shuai Ming, Peng Cheng, Wuyang Zhang, Bin Wang, Jingyu Li, Ying Liu, Wei Wei
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Combined clinicopathological and ultrasonographic features for predicting extrathyroidal extension in thyroid cancer
Tengfei Zheng, Qi Qi, Litao Hu, Yan Zhang, Zhen Xu, Xinchun Yuan, Pan Xu
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Correlation of pretreatment imaging features with lung shunt fraction in patients with large hepatocellular carcinoma (maximum diameter >8 cm) planned for 90Y-SIRT
Lu Kuang, Xiaoxin Yang, Huanyu Gong, Jingjie Shang, Bin Guo, Qijun Cai, Yingxin Li, Le Bai, Jian Gong, Yong Cheng, Hao Xu
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Cerebral vasodilation and lesion patterns in stroke-like episodes of MELAS: a quantitative angiographic investigation
Kwanju Song, Myung Ki Yoon, Wookjin Yang, Jun Young Chang, Dong-Wha Kang, Sun U. Kwon, Bum Joon Kim
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Assessment of glymphatic system function using DTI-ALPS in depressive disorders: a study of its correlation with clinical features and plasma GFAP levels
Dan Zeng, Yeyu Pang, Weiting Meng, Zeyu Hou, Qinghong Ye, Suxian Zhou, Hao Li
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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The clinicopathological and imaging parameters contributing to the similarity network fusion subtypes and prognosis of hormone receptor-positive HER2-negative breast cancer: an exploratory study
Ruoqing Hou, Jiawei Li, Xueqin Meng, Meidi Zhang, Zhanping You, Kai Zhang, Jiawei Li
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Preoperative computed tomography perfusion and angiography predict the need for shunting in carotid endarterectomy: a multicenter study
Yong Liu, Yongle Sun, Quanzhi Feng, Hongsheng Liu, Shuxuan Liu, Xiuyu Wang, Xuequan Feng, Haifang Kong, Hua Yan
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Transferring thrombus labels from CTPA to non-contrast CT via accurate pulmonary vessel registration: a critical step toward AI-based pulmonary embolism detection
Xiaobin Gong, Bingzhen Jia, Yuyang Zhang, Baolin Tan, Anwei He, Zhaoxiang Ye, Zhiheng Xing
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Multicenter-derived machine learning model for individualized rupture-risk prediction in intracranial aneurysms: study protocol and preliminary validation
Manman Cui, Shaokun Hu, Yiru Shen, Xueke Zhang, Zeyuan Cao, Yuanyuan Wu, Dongliang Hu, Duchang Zhai, Lei Lv, Zhede Zhao, Guohua Fan, Chunhong Hu, Wu Cai, Shenghong Ju
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A comparison of three-dimensional-ring CZT and NaI(Tl) single-photon emission computed tomography systems using 99mTc-methoxyisobutylisonitrile in patients with hyperparathyroidism, with concurrent phantom studies
Xiaoyue Chen, Kaineng Zhang, Xinyun Huang, Yuxin Miao, Min Zhang, Biao Li
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Comparison between 11C-CFT and 18F-FP-(+)-DTBZ positron emission tomography-computed tomography in the evaluation of Parkinson’s disease
Benzheng Jiao, Liping Yang, Hongxia Liu, Shuangyan Zhao, Chenghe Lin, Hongguang Zhao
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Higher perfusion among breast malignant tumors than among breast benign lesions as demonstrated by diffusion-derived ‘vessel density’ (DDVD): a pilot study
Zhi-Yu Liu, Dian-Qi Yao, Yì Xiáng J. Wáng, Yi-Min Xiong, Yi Dai, Cai-Ying Li, Ling Luo, Hong-Yan Du, Ling-Yan Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Hemodynamic characteristics of sigmoid sinus wall dehiscence-pulsatile tinnitus patients with normal intracranial pressure
Lanyue Chen, Xiaobo Ma, Xiancong Liu, Haining Wei, Rui Li, Zhaohui Liu
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Diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced mammography and MRI for breast non-mass microcalcifications: a novel Malignant Calcification Score in contrast-enhanced mammography
Jun Chen, Bei Hua, Yang Zhao, Qingrong Li, Yang Liu, Dandan Zhao, Guang Yang, Shuge Yao, Yong Ping
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Longitudinal quantitative T2 mapping and SPECT-CT assessment of unloading therapy within a randomized controlled trial for medial knee osteoarthritis
Joost Verschueren, Dirk H. J. Poot, Mark V. van Outeren, Marcel Segbers, Eline M. van Es, Sita M. A. Bierma-Zeinstra, Max Reijman, Edwin H. G. Oei
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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FI-RADS: an imaging-based scoring system for skeletal fluorosis—adjunctive clinical and biochemical analysis
Pinggui Lei, Zhaoshu Huang, Maowen Tang, Lingling Song, Jujiang Mao, Jian He, Hongbing Ye, Yanhui Gao, Shaofeng Wei, Chuan Ye, Peng Luo
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Paraspinal muscle degeneration patterns in degenerative spinal deformity: a histological, morphological, and muscle functional comparison
Qiang Liu, Abdukahar Kiram, Ming Wang, Jie Li, Yunlong Xu, Zongshan Hu, Yong Qiu, Zezhang Zhu, Zhen Liu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Multiparametric MRI-derived biomarkers for preoperative prediction of recurrence and/or metastasis after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer
Qinglan Ye, Dan Han, Jindan Hou, Yijiang Huang, Nan Chen, Weiqun Ao, Guoqun Mao
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Differentiating multilocular hepatic cysts from mucinous cystic neoplasms: characteristic imaging signs and a machine learning diagnostic framework
Jiaming Zheng, Hongjie Liu, Lili Jiang, Lu Ye, Haoran Sun, Yongyuan Li
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Multimodal combined model integrating 2.5D deep learning and habitat radiomics for malignancy discrimination in ≤2 cm BI-RADS 4 breast lesions
Shiyan Guo, Xiaohui Zhou, Jinguang Zhou, Liu Gong, Sijing Zhou, Liqing Jiang, Yan Zhang, Linyuan Jin, Ping Zhou
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Analysis of anatomical parameters of visceral vessels in fenestrated endovascular aortic repair of the abdominal aorta
Qianni Du, Hui Zhuang, Ting Xie
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) integrating amide proton transfer-weighted (APTw) imaging, synthetic MRI, and multiplexed sensitivity encoding diffusion-weighted imaging (MUSE DWI) in the diagnosis and grading of prostate cancer
Zeyu Zhao, Qian Zhang, Jie Shi, Jie Bao, Chenhan Hu, Xiaomeng Qiao, Minrui Zhou, Ximing Wang
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Multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) quantification of hippocampal injury in acute carbon monoxide poisoning: reduced hippocampal volume as a sensitive biomarker linked to cognitive impairment and prognosis
Ting Li, Shaowei Niu, Ting Yu, Xiang Qiu, Xiaoming Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Efficacy of preoperative venography in patients undergoing placement of totally implantable venous access ports
Jun Yan, Junyi Wang, Boshuai Yang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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A fusion model of deep learning and conventional features based on computed tomography angiography of carotid plaque for predicting the risk of acute ischemic stroke
Yu Tang, Jinlin Yang, Yimiao Luo, Huiyue Chen, Deyao Long, Fajin Lv, Tianyou Luo, Weidong Fang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Activation likelihood estimation of convergent resting-state brain alterations in diarrhea-predominant IBS: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Xiaojuan Ma, Yanguo Zhu, Yiqiong Ma, Haibing Ma, Dingping Sun
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Application of virtual overlapping technology for the selection of appropriate metal plate dimensions in rib fracture surgery
Shaohui Song, Jianqiu Yang, Chi Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Elevated echocardiographic pulmonary to left atrial ratio (ePLAR) in high-altitude residents
Donghua Wang, Hongye Wang, Xuchu Wu, Yapeng Li, Jie Zhang, Xiaozhi Zheng
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Strain analysis based on dynamic ventilation computed tomography in fibrotic interstitial lung disease and its correlation with pulmonary function tests
Tian Liang, Ce Wang, Sijia Guo, Yan Li, Yanhong Ren, Sa Luo, Huaping Dai, Tongxi Liu, Sheng Xie
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Atherosclerotic plaque distribution and characteristics in young patients with stroke/transient ischemic attack: insights from MR vessel wall imaging and comparison with older counterparts
Wen-Wen He, Ting Li, Yue Wang, Xiong Yang, Yu-Fei Mao, Fei-Yun Wu, Hai-Bin Shi, Chun-Qiu Su, Shan-Shan Lu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Diagnostic value of subtraction CT in evaluating the efficacy of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization-treated hepatocellular carcinoma patients compared to conventional CT and MRI
Fucheng Ding, Feng Duan, Mingyang Mao, Wei Liu, Hongmei Zou, Zhuangfei Ma, Fengxian Hu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Evaluation of 68Ga-DOTATATE and 18F-FDG PET in grading non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms <20 mm without metastasis
Yi Zhou, Dan Cao, Neng-Wen Ke, Rong Tian, Ming-Gang Su
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Assessment of high-grade pattern in lung invasive nonmucinous adenocarcinoma based on multiparametric features from dual-layer detector spectral computed tomography combined with extracellular volume fraction
Han Zhang, Qiaoru Hou, Linyang Cui, Jie Liu, Bin Shao, Hongjun Hou, Wenjun Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Evaluation of high-grade growth patterns in invasive adenocarcinomas manifesting as ground-glass lesions via clinical and qualitative and quantitative computed tomography features
Shan-Tong Yan, Can Ding, Ting Li, Xue-Feng Jiang, Yao Qin, Xing-Ru Wang, Jia-Hui Wu, Zhi-Gang Chu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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T1 mapping-based multi-parametric MRI for subtyping and differentiation grading of non-small cell lung cancer
Guangzheng Li, Wenwen Mao, Mo Zhu, Su Hu, Jie Shi, Yonggang Li, Yunbin Gu, Nan Jiang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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A preliminary study on contrast characteristics and clinical application of bedside transthoracic contrast-enhanced ultrasound in iatrogenic cardiac tamponade
Dandan Wang, Lingpeng Tang, Jianchuan Yang, Xiaoying Lin, Ting Hu, Jiamin Liu, Songsong Wu, Guorong Lyu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Superficial white matter (SWM) microstructural alterations in Parkinson’s disease: a neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging and diffusion tensor imaging study
Xiaopan Huang, Chao Ju, Bo Chen, Jiaqi Yao, Guanzuan Wu, Xiaohong Gui
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Reducing respiratory motion artifacts in gadoxetate disodium- enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (EOB-MRI): assessing assisted breath-holding effectiveness
Xiao-Yue Zhang, Chuan Liu, Xing-Yu Wang, Hong-Sheng Liu, Dan Liu, Dan-Feng Xiang, Yun Mao, Rui Jin, Ren-Qiang Yu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Pericardial calcification in tuberculous constrictive pericarditis: a marker of chronicity unassociated with early postoperative outcomes
Zhengkai Zhao, Qiuyi Cai, Jing Guo, Shuangshuang Yan, Shuzhen Wang, Lijuan Zhang, Li Zhang, Qiuyu Xiao, Kunyue Tan, Feng Xiong
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Clinical application of automated optical coherence tomography angiography for retinal fluid segmentation: a study of real-world data
Anhai Wei, Yangchen Zhou, Rui Nie, Qi Huang, Zhenwei Du, Hehua Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Dual-phase dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) in assessing recurrence-associated histopathological features of parotid pleomorphic adenoma
Ruilai Hou, Zhichao Dou, Yuanyuan Liu, Hongying Hu, Meng You
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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Commercial artificial intelligence–assisted performance and interpretation time of first-on-call radiology residents using computed tomography pulmonary angiography to detect pulmonary embolism: a multireader, multicenter study
Xinyu Song, Shuhao Wang, Jiaoyan Wang, Hongmin Shu, Ruipeng Zhang, Bicong Yan, Yang Qu, Yangtong Li, Linghuan Guo, Yanbo Chen, Dan Wang, Yuehua Li
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
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The combination of virtual touch tissue imaging quantification (VTIQ) and American College of Radiology’s Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (ACR TI-RADS) improves the diagnostic efficiency for thyroid nodules with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis: a retrospective study
Zhengdong Fei, Yajun Zhou, Hong Wang, Hongbing Xin, Li Wang, Siqi Li, Yao Liu, Lijuan Zhang, Aiqin Peng
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Clinical and ultrasound features of ovarian sclerosing stromal tumors: a large single-center case series
Jing Wang, Jing Cai, Wei Jiang, Tian Tian
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Association of renal artery variations with aggressive pathological features and poor prognosis in clear-cell renal cell carcinoma: a computed tomography-based three-dimensional reconstruction study
Jinshuai Li, Dingyang Lv, Xiaomei Yao, Ke Sun, Zhiwei Guo, Huiyu Zhou, Qiwei Wang, Mohan Jia, Weibing Shuang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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A simple nomogram to help guide the diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Qiao Yang, Rui Li, Hong Yang, Yujian Liu, Fuyang Liu, Jiangtao Yan, Rui Zeng, Chunrui Li, Hesong Zeng, Hong Wang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Predicting axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer via quantitative analysis of VueBox ultrasound contrast-enhanced imaging combined with multimodal feature fusion
Jingchao Chen, Yiting Hong, Kangjian Wang, Haolin Shen, Hong Chen
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Safety and efficacy of transcatheter arterial infusion chemotherapy combined with Lipiodol chemoembolization for advanced colorectal cancer with bleeding: a retrospective single-center clinical study of 119 patients in China
Jiajia Zhang, Yishu Ma, Suli Zhang, Yaozhen Ma, Wei He, Gang Wu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Association of cerebral collateral cascade with early neurological deterioration after endovascular thrombectomy in patients with acute ischemic stroke
Yao Lu, Xuesong Bai, Liping Tian, Ruoyao Cao, Fan Yu, Miao Zhang, Liqun Jiao, Xiaolu Fei, Jie Lu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Development and validation of radiomics models for the diagnoses of breast lesions with calcification on ultrasound
Xinyi Wang, Nan Zhang, Jieling Ma, Wangyan Qin, Shengri Liao, Hongjing Chang, Jianbo Liu, Ling Huo
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Outer retinal band segmentation in healthy subjects: comparative study between human grading and deep convolutional neural networks
João Duarte Afonso, Pedro Camacho, Bruno Pereira, João Pedro Marques, Daniel Simões Lopes, Diogo Cabral
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Acute susceptibility changes of deep gray matter nuclei to gadobutrol: a prospective longitudinal study using quantitative susceptibility mapping
Meng Yang, Qinglei Zhang, Xue Liang, Pin Lv, Ran Tang, Zengping Lin, Chuanshuai Tian, Xin Zhang, Bing Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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The impacts of time of echo and time of repetition on slow diffusion coefficient (SDC) measure and the potential age- and gender-related variations in liver and spleen SDC values: studies of healthy volunteers
Guang-Ping Zheng, Fan-Yi Xu, Jie-Qi Luo, Hua Huang, Pu-Xuan Lu, Yì Xiáng J. Wáng
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Application value of biplane ultrasound combined with multimodal ultrasound elastography and ultra-micro angiography in stress urinary incontinence: a prospective clinical study
Yu Hong, Dian Tao, Liuming Xiao, Zehong Zhou, Churuo Zhang, Muhan Su, Yanyan Zhu, Lingyu Xie, Shu’e Zeng, Rui Zhang, Hongwei Yang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Dual-discriminator network-based classification method for breast ultrasound imaging
Xue Zhao, Huanyu Zhao, Zhiying Cheng
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Clinical application of a full free-breathing cardiac MRI protocol: feasibility, efficiency, and diagnostic accuracy
Yan Chen, Wei Chen, Ke Xue, Jiahuan Dai, Yifeng Gao, Yuqi Wang, Yike Zhao, Hui Wang, Lei Xu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Correlations of 18F-FDG PET/CT metabolic parameters and systemic immune-inflammation index with distant metastasis of small-size (T1) NSCLC
Lihua Wang, Liu Liu, Maomei Ruan, Cheng Chang, Aimi Zhang, Wenhui Xie, Bin Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-associated cytomegalovirus encephalitis: clinical, imaging, and follow-up characteristics of 11 cases
Di Wu, Chenglin Ma, Donghui Gan, Shiqian Zhang, Yibo Lu, Shulin Song
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Ensemble deep learning model based on CT scans: differentiating and subtype-classifying pancreatic inflammations and tumors, and predicting pancreatic lesion invasiveness
Xuhang Pan, Qian Yang, Maofen Shi, Yupeng He, Kun Qin, Jinchao Zhu, Tianle Zhang, Hao Wu, Rui Du, Min Sun, Suping Chen, Hongyi Yang, Yuhui Fang, Suming Zhang, Bo Yang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Evaluation of optimal ClearInfinity artificial intelligence deep learning reconstruction algorithm weights with a 70-kVp tube voltage combined with “dual-low” abdominal computed tomography angiography
Jialin Xiang, Sai Wang, Chao Liu, Hongmei Liu, Pengyu Zhu, Guan Wang, Wen Chen
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Photon-counting detector of the ophthalmic artery: impact of virtual monoenergetic levels, reconstruction kernel, and quantum iterative reconstruction (QIR) on image quality
Sangying Lv, Haijuan Wu, Xuzhong Ying, Jianfeng Yang, Zhenhua Zhao, Haijia Mao
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Surgical/Interventional Technique

Transfemoral approach TACE technique in orthotopic PDX hepatocellular carcinoma models of nude rats
Huan Liu, Luwen Mu, Chenghao Zhao, Zhanwang Xiang, Huzheng Yan, Xinling Li, Mingsheng Huang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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A positioning method for the transiliac-transsacral screw bone channel based on a manual tracing of a transparent overlay of preoperative computed tomography images in patients with pelvic fracture and a unilateral trans-sacroiliac corridor
Guozhu Ye, Zhichao Qi, Lei Huang, Jie Zhang, Zhiyi Liu, Weidong Xie, Wenbin Yang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Review Article

Application of transformer models in medical image segmentation: a narrative review
Yuan Xu, Yang Peng, Chi Zhang, Kai Jiang, Xiaoming She, Lin Feng
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Brief Report

Ultra-high-resolution computed tomography (CT) imaging of the lunate in Kienböck’s disease: a feasibility study and preliminary observations
Jiangchao Zhang, Binzhi Zhao, Liping Xu, Xinan Zhang, Ge Xiong
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Case Report

Off-label use of a WRAPSODYTM stent-graft in the portal vein for septic gas embolism following pancreatic abscess fistulization: a case report
Mohammed Misbahuddin-Leis, Muzaffer Ankolvi, Krisztina Schramm, Farah Farooqui, Thomas Müller, Oleg Vorontsov, Christian Graeb, Boris Radeleff
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Letter to the Editor

Hepatic inflammation granuloma secondary to fish bone ingestion: a case description and literature analysis
Ying-Ying Deng, Zhi-Yong Li, Shi-Lin Chen, Zhi-Dong Qiu, Pu-Xuan Lu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Photon-counting CT in the diagnosis of esophageal diverticulum: a case description
Qinglin Du, Jiayu Sun
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Time-dependent diffusion MRI-based microstructural mapping for giant intracranial mesenchymal tumor with FET-CREB fusion: a case description
Xinyao Wang, Xinyun Wang, Baocheng Wang, Haibo Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Clinical characteristics and imaging analysis of Proteus syndrome: a case description
Xiaoxin Qin, Liuyan Yang, Xingqin Wei, Zhongjun Liao, Guangming Cheng, Hao Wei, Lu Jiang, Hui Qin, Wenhua Qin, Meixian Wu, Dejian Yuan
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Diagnostic challenges of epithelioid trophoblastic tumor in a patient with elevated beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) levels: a case description
Tian Tian, Wei Jiang, Jing Wang, Hong Luo
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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A single coronary artery with a fistula draining into the left ventricle: a pediatric case description
Hongyu Duan, Shuran Shao, Li Zhao, Yimin Hua, Kaiyu Zhou
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Hemodynamic evolution of umbilical-portal stenosis mimicking portal vein agenesis: description of a prenatal case
Bo Zhang, Houqing Pang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Amyloid light-chain amyloidosis with cardiac failure: a case description and literature analysis
Lei Liu, Yiting Lyu, Shenggang Zhao
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Retrieval of a fractured embolic protection guidewire in the intracranial internal carotid artery using a self-made micro-snare: a case description
Siyuan Shen, Yazhi Duan, Guochen Niu, Ziguang Yan, Min Yang, Bihui Zhang, Pengyu Li
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Systemic inflammation and adjacent segment disease after lumbar fusion: the importance of biomarker timing
Audai Abudayeh, Iakiv Fishchenko
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Four-dimensional CTA detects non-puncture hemorrhage after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for peripheral arterial disease
Yan Xi, Zonghao Dai, Yongkang Zhang, Zhiguo Zhao, Yemin Cao, Zheng Shu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Hepatocellular carcinoma with extensive fatty change: a case description
Yan Li, Weiya Wang, Su Lui, Min Wu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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A dermoid cyst in the fourth ventricle of an adult patient: a case description emphasizing diagnostic challenges and surgical management
Yan Wang, Ming Liu, Zhengdi Wang, Menglei Fan, Yu Ran, Qunwu Li
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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