Vol 11, No 2 (February 01, 2021): Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery

Editorial

Recent advances in voxel-based targeted radionuclide therapy dosimetry
Greta S. P. Mok, Yuni K. Dewaraja
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:483-489
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Original Article

Aortic dissection assessment by 4D phase-contrast MRI with hemodynamic parameters: the impact of stent type
Chien-Wei Chen, Yuan-Hsi Tseng, Chien-Chao Lin, Chih-Chen Kao, Min Yi Wong, Hua Ting, Yao-Kuang Huang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:490-501
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Sternal transplant using cadaveric allograft: quantitative and qualitative assessment of bone healing by computed tomography
Chiara Giraudo, Francesca Nistri, Pia Ferrigno, Giampiero Dolci, Roberto Stramare, Giuseppe Guglielmi, Marco Mammana, Emilio Quaia, Domenica Giunta, Andrea Dell’Amore, Federico Rea
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
(2)
:502-509
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Myocardial extracellular volume fraction quantification in an animal model of the doxorubicin-induced myocardial fibrosis: a synthetic hematocrit method using 3T cardiac magnetic resonance
Zhen Zhou, Rui Wang, Hui Wang, Yi Liu, Dongxu Lu, Zhonghua Sun, Guang Yang, Lei Xu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:510-520
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The application of dual-layer spectral detector computed tomography in solitary pulmonary nodule identification
Qingyun Wen, Yong Yue, Jin Shang, Xiaomei Lu, Lu Gao, Yang Hou
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
(2)
:521-532
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Prediction of suspicious ankle instability using the calcaneofibular ligament cross-sectional area
Sungchul Park, Seo-Goo Han, Koeun Kim, Heungwoo Lee, Yun-Sic Bang, Keum Nae Kang, Jonghyuk Lee, Young Uk Kim
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
(2)
:533-539
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Building a patient-specific model using transfer learning for four-dimensional cone beam computed tomography augmentation
Leshan Sun, Zhuoran Jiang, Yushi Chang, Lei Ren
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
(2)
:540-555
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An improved patch-based regularization method for PET image reconstruction
Juan Gao, Qiegen Liu, Chao Zhou, Weiguang Zhang, Qian Wan, Chenxi Hu, Zheng Gu, Dong Liang, Xin Liu, Yongfeng Yang, Hairong Zheng, Zhanli Hu, Na Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:556-570
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Analysis of liver steatosis analysis and controlled attenuation parameter for grading liver steatosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B
Xinping Ren, Shujun Xia, Lu Zhang, Ruokun Li, Wei Zhou, Ri Ji, Jianqiao Zhou, Jingyan Tian, Weiwei Zhan
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
(2)
:571-578
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Inter-observer agreement of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging on gross tumor volume delineation of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: an initial study
Nan Zhou, Anning Hu, Zhihao Shi, Xiaolu Wang, Qiongjie Zhu, Qun Zhou, Jun Ma, Feng Zhao, Weiwei Kong, Jian He
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:579-579
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Ex vivo vibro-acoustography characterization of osteoporosis in an experimental mice model
Paulo Moraes Agnollitto, Guilherme de Araújo Braz, Adriano Levi Spirlandeli, Francisco José Albuquerque de Paula, Antonio Adilton Oliveira Carneiro, Marcello Henrique Nogueira-Barbosa
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:586-596
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Associations between morphology and hemodynamics of intracranial aneurysms based on 4D flow and black-blood magnetic resonance imaging
Miaoqi Zhang, Fei Peng, Yunduo Li, Le He, Aihua Liu, Rui Li
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:597-607
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The value of a shorter-delay arterial spin labeling protocol for detecting cerebrovascular impairment
Caiyu Zhuang, Julien Poublanc, Larissa Mcketton, Lakshmikumar Venkatraghavan, Olivia Sobczyk, James Duffin, Adrian P. Crawley, Joseph A. Fisher, Renhua Wu, David J. Mikulis
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:608-619
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Rapid-kilovoltage-switching dual-energy computed tomography (CT) for differentiating spinal osteolytic metastases from spinal infections
Yuan Yuan, Ning Lang, Huishu Yuan
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
(2)
:620-627
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CT radiomics features to predict lymph node metastasis in advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and to discriminate between regional and non-regional lymph node metastasis: a case control study
Jing Ou, Lan Wu, Rui Li, Chang-Qiang Wu, Jun Liu, Tian-Wu Chen, Xiao-Ming Zhang, Sun Tang, Yu-Ping Wu, Li-Qin Yang, Bang-Guo Tan, Fu-Lin Lu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
(2)
:628-640
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Evaluation of bone marrow infiltration in multiple myeloma using whole-body diffusion-weighted imaging and T1-weighted water- fat separation Dixon
Xiaodong Ji, Wenyang Huang, Huazheng Dong, Zhiwei Shen, Meizhu Zheng, Dehui Zou, Wen Shen, Shuang Xia
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:641-651
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Paravalvular leak prediction after transcatheter aortic valve replacement with self-expandable prosthesis based on quantitative aortic calcification analysis
Agata Wiktorowicz, Adrian Wit, Krzysztof Piotr Malinowski, Artur Dziewierz, Lukasz Rzeszutko, Dariusz Dudek, Pawel Kleczynski
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:652-664
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Quantification of pancreatic iron overload and fat infiltration and their correlation with glucose disturbance in pediatric thalassemia major patients
Jingwen Huang, Jun Shen, Qihua Yang, Ziliang Cheng, Xiaodong Chen, Taihui Yu, Jinglian Zhong, Yun Su, Hua Guo, Biling Liang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
(2)
:665-675
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Quantitative spectral CT evaluation of kidney tumors with the stretched-exponential nonlinear regression analysis model
Xiaotong Yang, Wenge Sun, Desheng Huang, Hui Li, Yu Zhao, Peiling Li, Yi Liu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:676-684
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3D acoustic resolution-based photoacoustic endoscopy with dynamic focusing
Bo Wang, Congcong Wang, Fangyi Zhong, Weiran Pang, Lili Guo, Kuan Peng, Jiaying Xiao
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
(2)
:685-696
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3D-segmentation and characterization of visceral and abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue on CT: influence of contrast medium and contrast phase
Robin F. Gohmann, Sebastian Gottschling, Patrick Seitz, Batuhan Temiz, Christian Krieghoff, Christian Lücke, Matthias Horn, Matthias Gutberlet
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:697-705
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The ultrasound diagnostic criteria for diastasis recti and its correlation with pelvic floor dysfunction in early postpartum women
Enze Qu, Jiawei Wu, Man Zhang, Lili Wu, Ting Zhang, Jing Xu, Xinling Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:706-713
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Pulmonary involvement in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-associated Kaposi’s sarcoma: a descriptive analysis of thin-section manifestations in 29 patients
Chunshuang Guan, Yuxin Shi, Jinxin Liu, Yuxin Yang, Qianqian Zhang, Zhiyan Lu, Guangping Zheng, Wen Ye, Ming Xue, Xingang Zhou, Na Zhang, Hongjun Li, Ruming Xie, Budong Chen, Puxuan Lu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:714-724
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The accuracy of cone-beam computed tomography and augmented fluoroscopy-guided bronchoscopic marking of multiple small-sized pulmonary nodules in a hybrid operating room: a retrospective cohort study
Takashi Anayama, Marino Yamamoto, Kentaro Hirohashi, Ryohei Miyazaki, Hironobu Okada, Akinori Doi, Kazumasa Orihashi
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:725-736
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Respiratory deformation registration in 4D-CT/cone beam CT using deep learning
Xinzhi Teng, Yingxuan Chen, Yawei Zhang, Lei Ren
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:737-748
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LCPR-Net: low-count PET image reconstruction using the domain transform and cycle-consistent generative adversarial networks
Hengzhi Xue, Qiyang Zhang, Sijuan Zou, Weiguang Zhang, Chao Zhou, Changjun Tie, Qian Wan, Yueyang Teng, Yongchang Li, Dong Liang, Xin Liu, Yongfeng Yang, Hairong Zheng, Xiaohua Zhu, Zhanli Hu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:749-762
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Idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis: clinical and CT imaging characteristics
Jian Ding, Weiqiang Zhang, Lizhang Wang, Zefeng Zhu, Jia Wang, Jianbing Ma
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:763-771
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The characteristic computed tomography findings of pulmonary B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and their role in predicting patient survival
Yan Wang, Zhao-Cheng Pan, Lan Zhu, Yuan-Yuan Ma, Mu-Chen Zhang, Li Wang, Wei-Li Zhao, Fu-Hua Yan, Qi Song
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
(2)
:772-783
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Imaging human skin autograft integration with optical coherence tomography
Anthony J. Deegan, Jie Lu, Rajendra Sharma, Samuel P. Mandell, Ruikang K. Wang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:784-796
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Portal vein embolization with ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer for contralateral lobe hypertrophy before liver resection: safety, feasibility and initial experience
Sébastien Gautier, Olivier Chevallier, Charles Mastier, Philippe d’Athis, Nicolas Falvo, Frank Pilleul, Marco Midulla, Patrick Rat, Olivier Facy, Romaric Loffroy
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:797-809
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Quantitative assessment of inter-individual variability in fMRI-based human brain atlas
He Wang, Jinping Sun, Dong Cui, Xin Wang, Jingna Jin, Ying Li, Zhipeng Liu, Tao Yin
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:810-822
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Brief Report

Abdominal aortic aneurysm measurement at CT/MRI: potential clinical ramifications of non-standardized measurement technique and importance of multiplanar reformation
Joseph R. Leach, Chengcheng Zhu, Dimitrios Mitsouras, David Saloner, Michael D. Hope
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:823-830
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Review Article

Cerebrovascular disease in pregnancy and puerperium: perspectives from neuroradiologists
Naiwu Wang, Xudong Shen, Gang Zhang, Bo Gao, Alexander Lerner
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
(2)
:838-851
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Federated learning: a collaborative effort to achieve better medical imaging models for individual sites that have small labelled datasets
Dianwen Ng, Xiang Lan, Melissa Min-Szu Yao, Wing P. Chan, Mengling Feng
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:852-857
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Letter to the Editor

Bilateral postaxial polydactyly with hallux valgus in both feet: report of an adult case
Cong Cheng, Anxiong Liu, Yanggang Ouyang, Hai Liang, Zongyuan Jiang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:858-861
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Characterization with hybrid imaging of cystic pheochromocytomas: correlation with pathology
Roberta Galatola, Valeria Romeo, Chiara Simeoli, Elia Guadagno, Ilaria De Rosa, Luca Basso, Ciro Mainolfi, Michele Klain, Emanuele Nicolai, Annamaria Colao, Simone Maurea, Marco Salvatore
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
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:862-869
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T1rho shortening effect of fat in liver steatosis after fat suppression: approximate estimation in a methionine and choline-deficient (MCD) diet rat model
Feng Zhao, Nan Zhou, Xiaoqi Wang, Ji-Li Wang, Wei-Xiang Zhong, Min Deng, Cun-Jing Zheng, Jian He, Sen-Xiang Yan, Yì Xiáng J. Wáng
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
(2)
:870-875
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Editorial Commentary

Iodinated contrast for patients with chronic kidney disease—writing on the wall or free for all?
Dadi Helgason, Martin I. Sigurdsson
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2021;
11
(2)
:876-878
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