Vol 12, No 5 (May 01, 2022) - Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery

Original Article

Automated knee cartilage segmentation for heterogeneous clinical MRI using generative adversarial networks with transfer learning

Mingrui Yang, Ceylan Colak, Kishore K. Chundru, Sibaji Gaj, Andreas Nanavati, Morgan H. Jones, Carl S. Winalski, Naveen Subhas, Xiaojuan Li

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Left atrial remodelling among Turner syndrome patients: novel insights from non-invasive 3D echocardiography

Mohamed Abd El Rahman, Anna-Maria Jung, Michael Zemlin, Tilman R. Rohrer, Rita Schuck, Felix Sebastian Oberhoffer, Hashim Abdul-Khaliq

PDF Pages: 2634-2648 Full Text (967) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Evaluation of liver tumor identification rate of volumetric-interpolated breath-hold images using the compressed sensing method and qualitative evaluation of tumor contrast effect via visual evaluation

Daisuke Yoshimaru, Yoich Araki, Chifumi Matsuda, Natsuhiko Shirota, Yu Tajima, Shuhei Shibukawa, Katsutoshi Murata, Dominik Nickel, Kazuhiro Saito

PDF Pages: 2649-2657 Full Text (1159) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Development and validation of novel radiomics-based nomograms for the prediction of EGFR mutations and Ki-67 proliferation index in non-small cell lung cancer

Yinjun Dong, Zekun Jiang, Chaowei Li, Shuai Dong, Shengdong Zhang, Yunhong Lv, Fenghao Sun, Shuguang Liu

PDF Pages: 2658-2671 Full Text (1859) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Comprehensive quantitative malignant risk prediction of pure grouped amorphous calcifications: clinico-mammographic nomogram

Lijuan Shen, Tingting Jiang, Pengzhou Tang, Huijuan Ge, Chao You, Weijun Peng

PDF Pages: 2672-2683 Full Text (3629) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Automatic coronary artery calcium scoring on routine chest computed tomography (CT): comparison of a deep learning algorithm and a dedicated calcium scoring CT

Cheng Xu, Heng Guo, Minfeng Xu, Miao Duan, Ming Wang, Peijun Liu, Xinyi Luo, Zhengyu Jin, Hui Liu, Yining Wang

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Multiscale confocal photoacoustic dermoscopy to evaluate skin health

Haigang Ma, Zhiyang Wang, Zhongwen Cheng, Guo He, Ting Feng, Chao Zuo, Haixia Qiu

PDF Pages: 2696-2708 Full Text (1305) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Intraoperative cone beam computed tomography of tracheal stenting for stenosis and fistula diseases: a retrospective cohort study

Jing Li, Kaihao Xu, Zhaonan Li, Yahua Li, Xueliang Zhou, Juanfang Liu, Yuan Yao, Zaoqu Liu, De-Chao Jiao, Xinwei Han

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Evaluating left atrial appendage function in a subtype of non-valvular atrial fibrillation using transesophageal echocardiography combined with two-dimensional speckle tracking

Li Wang, Jiali Fan, Zixuan Wang, Yuping Liao, Bingyuan Zhou, Changsheng Ma

PDF Pages: 2721-2731 Full Text (1091) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

A model based on two-dimensional shear wave elastography for acute-on-chronic liver failure development in patients with acutely decompensated hepatitis B cirrhosis

Songsong Yuan, Xingzhi Huang, Xiaoping Wu, Pan Xu, Aiyun Zhou

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Unstable plaques hide in heavily calcified coronary arteries

Wei-Hua Yin, Hong-Yue Wang, Yang Sun, Xiang-Nan Li, Zhong-Fei Lu, Yun-Qiang An, Zhi-Hui Hou, Jie Zhang, Xin-Shuang Ren, U. Joseph Schoepf, Yan Zhang, Bin Lu

PDF Pages: 2744-2754 Full Text (1279) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Image restoration of motion artifacts in cardiac arteries and vessels based on a generative adversarial network

Fuquan Deng, Qian Wan, Yingting Zeng, Yanbin Shi, Huiying Wu, Yu Wu, Weifeng Xu, Greta S. P. Mok, Xiaochun Zhang, Zhanli Hu

PDF Pages: 2755-2766 Full Text (1156) COI Form Open Access

Relationship between carotid artery stiffness and total serum homocysteine in coronary slow flow phenomenon: a high-resolution echo-tracking study

Song Yang, Wen He, Yi Li, Fu-Min Wang, Lu Yin, Li-Juan Du

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The influence of a deep learning image reconstruction algorithm on the image quality and auto-analysis of pulmonary nodules at ultra-low dose chest CT: a phantom study

Yue Yao, Baobin Guo, Jianying Li, Quanxin Yang, Xiaohui Li, Lei Deng

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Prognostic usefulness of clinical features and pretreatment ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT metabolic parameters in patients with angiosarcoma

Donghe Chen, Mengmeng Tang, Sha Lv, Huatao Wang, Wendi Du, Xin Zhao, Lili Lin, Yunqi Zhu, Guangfa Wang, Huanyan Zhu, Kui Zhao

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Measurement of the Cobb angle by 3D ultrasound: a valuable additional method for the prenatal evaluation of congenital scoliosis

Wenjie Mu, Miao He, Ting Lei, Lihe Zhang, Liu Du, Hongning Xie

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A low-cost pathological image digitalization method based on 5 times magnification scanning

Kai Sun, Yanhua Gao, Ting Xie, Xun Wang, Qingqing Yang, Le Chen, Kuansong Wang, Gang Yu

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Assessment of facial autologous fat grafts using Dixon magnetic resonance imaging

Xueyin Liao, Xiaoqi Wang, Zhentan Xu, Shiwei Guo, Congmin Gu, Zhengyu Jin, Tong Su, Yu Chen, Huadan Xue, Mingyong Yang

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Oncological outcomes of patients with salivary gland cancer treated with surgery and postoperative intensity-modulated radiotherapy: a retrospective cohort study

Shoumei Zang, Meiqin Chen, Huijie Huang, Xinli Zhu, Xinke Li, Danfang Yan, Senxiang Yan

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Shear wave elastography using sound touch elastography and supersonic shear imaging for liver measurements: a comparative study

Hongjin Xiang, Wenwu Ling, Lin Ma, Lulu Yang, Tang Lin, Yan Luo

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Superb microvascular imaging is as sensitive as contrast-enhanced ultrasound for detecting synovial vascularity in rheumatoid arthritis

Xue-Hong Diao, Yan Shen, Lin Chen, Jia Zhan, Liang Fang, Ying-Chun Liu, Yue Chen

PDF Pages: 2866-2876 Full Text (1226) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Intraindividual difference between supraclavicular and subcutaneous proton density fat fraction is associated with cold-induced thermogenesis

Cora Held, Daniela Junker, Mingming Wu, Lisa Patzelt, Laura A. Mengel, Christina Holzapfel, Maximilian N. Diefenbach, Marcus R. Makowski, Hans Hauner, Dimitrios C. Karampinos

PDF Pages: 2877-2890 Full Text (1231) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Associations between carotid atherosclerotic plaque characteristics determined by magnetic resonance imaging and improvement of cognition in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy

Ran Huo, Ying Liu, Huimin Xu, Jin Li, Ruijing Xin, Zhangli Xing, Shasha Deng, Tao Wang, Huishu Yuan, Xihai Zhao

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Three-dimensional morphological analysis of true acetabulum in Crowe type IV hip dysplasia via standard-sized cup-simulated implantation

Yuhui Yang, Yuanchen Ma, Qingtian Li, Bofu Lin, Hang Dong, Qiujian Zheng

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Development and validation of qualitative and quantitative models to predict invasiveness of lung adenocarcinomas manifesting as pure ground-glass nodules based on low-dose computed tomography during lung cancer screening

Jieke Liu, Xi Yang, Yong Li, Hao Xu, Changjiu He, Haomiao Qing, Jing Ren, Peng Zhou

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Mitigating the effects of choroidal hyper- and hypo-transmission defects on choroidal vascularity index assessments using optical coherence tomography

Hao Zhou, Jie Lu, Kelly Chen, Yingying Shi, Giovanni Gregori, Philip J. Rosenfeld, Ruikang K. Wang

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Early assessment of subclinical myocardial injury in systemic lupus erythematosus by two-dimensional longitudinal layer speckle tracking imaging

Xiaofang Zhong, Lixin Chen, Guijuan Peng, Yuanyuan Sheng, Xiaohua Liu, Yingqi Zheng, Yuxiang Huang, Jinfeng Xu, Yingying Liu

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An efficient fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)-based circulating genetically abnormal cells (CACs) identification method based on Multi-scale MobileNet-YOLO-V4

Chao Xu, Yi Zhang, Xianjun Fan, Xingjie Lan, Xin Ye, Tongning Wu

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Brief Report

Deep learning reconstruction allows low-dose imaging while maintaining image quality: comparison of deep learning reconstruction and hybrid iterative reconstruction in contrast-enhanced abdominal CT

Akio Tamura, Eisuke Mukaida, Yoshitaka Ota, Iku Nakamura, Kazumasa Arakita, Kunihiro Yoshioka

PDF Pages: 2977-2984 Full Text (1176) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Case Report

Calcifications in diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumors: a case series

Giacomo Rebella, Claudia Milanaccio, Giovanni Morana, Domenico Tortora, Antonio Verrico, Gianluca Piatelli, Gabriele Gaggero, Paolo Nozza, Maria Luisa Garrè, Andrea Rossi, Mariasavina Severino

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Editorial Commentary

Transforming a clinical fluorescent dye to sense and treat iron overload disorders: a new reverse translational approach in precision medicine

Junqing Wang, Gang Liu, Yì Xiáng J. Wáng

PDF Pages: 3020-3023 Full Text (1229) COI Form Open Access

Vol 12, No 5 (May 01, 2022): Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery

Original Article

Brief Report

Case Report

Letter to the Editor

Editorial Commentary