Vol 13, No 1 (January 01, 2023) - Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery

Original Article

Microvascular morphology alteration using relaxation rate change with gadolinium-based magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent in patients with Alzheimer’s disease

Xiao-Yi Guo, Hyeok Jung Kwon, Hak Young Rhee, Soonchan Park, Ah Rang Cho, Chang-Woo Ryu, Geon-Ho Jahng

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Evaluation of condylar osseous changes using a wireless detector with proton density–weighted imaging sequences

Xing Ming, Xinge Cheng, Chong Tian, Wuchao Li, Rongpin Wang, Chunqi Qian, Xianchun Zeng

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Association of deep medullary veins with the neuroimaging burden of cerebral small vessel disease

Xuyang Yin, Yan Han, Xin Cao, Yanwei Zeng, Yuping Tang, Ding Ding, Jun Zhang

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Differential diagnostic performance of PET/CT in adult-onset still’s disease and lymphoma: a retrospective pilot study

Liyan Wan, Yuting Gao, Chendie Yang, Jieyu Gu, Tingting Liu, Qiongyi Hu, Zihan Tang, Jialin Teng, Honglei Liu, Xiaobing Cheng, Junna Ye, Yutong Su, Yi Shi, Xinyun Huang, Chengde Yang, Biao Li, Hui Shi, Min Zhang

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Grayscale ultrasound feature typing of metastatic ovarian tumors, particularly signet-ring cell carcinoma

Junying Liu, Cai Chang, Haixian Zhang

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Axial loading lumbar magnetic resonance imaging with a new device in asymptomatic individuals

Xingyu Fang, Jialin Li, Lin Liu, Yijun Zhang, Zhiquan Tang, Jinping Zhang

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Impaired structural and reserved functional topological organizations of brain networks in Parkinson’s disease with freezing of gait

Lina Wang, Caiting Gan, Huimin Sun, Min Ji, Heng Zhang, Xingyue Cao, Min Wang, Yongsheng Yuan, Kezhong Zhang

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Deep learning-assisted classification of calcaneofibular ligament injuries in the ankle joint

Ming Ni, Yuqing Zhao, Xiaoyi Wen, Ning Lang, Qizheng Wang, Wen Chen, Xiangzhu Zeng, Huishu Yuan

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¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT imaging of pediatric peripheral neuroblastic tumor: a combined model to predict the International Neuroblastoma Pathology Classification

Luo-Dan Qian, Li-Juan Feng, Shu-Xin Zhang, Jun Liu, Jia-Liang Ren, Lei Liu, Hui Zhang, Jigang Yang

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Magnetic resonance-based radiomics nomogram for predicting microsatellite instability status in endometrial cancer

Zijing Lin, Ting Wang, Haiming Li, Meiling Xiao, Xiaoliang Ma, Yajia Gu, Jinwei Qiang

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Normal reference values of tricuspid annular dimensions and functional properties in healthy adults using three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (insights from the MAGYAR-Healthy Study)

Attila Nemes, Árpád Kormányos, Gergely Rácz, Zoltán Ruzsa, Nóra Ambrus, Csaba Lengyel

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Left ventricular myocardial work index and short-term prognosis in patients with light-chain cardiac amyloidosis: a retrospective cohort study

Jiaran Shi, Yakui Wu, Bifeng Wu, Dongxia Yu, Yanan Chu, Fangcong Yu, Deheng Han, Tianxin Ye, Xinran Tao, Jinxiu Yang, Xingxiang Wang

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Delayed contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging enables detection of pulmonary artery lesions in Takayasu’s arteritis

Xiaojuan Guo, Min Liu, Mingxi Liu, Zhanhong Ma, Juanni Gong, Yuanhua Yang, Wei Gao, Jiaoyan Wu, Qi Yang, Min-Fu Yang

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Ultrasound contrast-enhanced patterns of sentinel lymph nodes: predictive value for nodal status and metastatic burden in early breast cancer

Yangyang Zhu, Yingying Jia, Wenjing Pang, Ying Duan, Kundi Chen, Fang Nie

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Left ventricular strain in patients with Takayasu arteritis with preserved ejection fraction: an analysis using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging feature tracking

Xiaojuan Guo, Mingxi Liu, Juanni Gong, Yuanhua Yang, Min Liu, Wenhuan Li, Qi Yang

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Developmental retardation of femoral head size and femoral head ossification in mild and severe developmental dysplasia of the hip in infants: a preliminary cross-sectional study based on ultrasound images

Hualin Yan, Lanxin Du, Juxian Liu, Xiaodong Yang, Yan Luo

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Evaluation of image quality of diffusion weighted readout segmentation of long variable echo-trains MR pulse sequence for lumbosacral nerve imaging at 3T

Osamah M. Abdulaal, Peter J. MacMahon, Louise Rainford, Andrea Cradock, Dearbhail O’Driscoll, Marie Galligan, Sultan A. Alshoabi, Walaa Alsharif, Allison McGee

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Myocardial work and energy loss of left ventricle obtained by pressure-strain loop and vector flow mapping: a new perspective on idiopathic left bundle branch block

Yu Gao, Yanjuan Zhang, Yihu Tang, Hongping Wu, Fang Xu, Jian Hong, Di Xu

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Predictive value of magnetic resonance imaging radiomics-based machine learning for disease progression in patients with high-grade glioma

Zhibin Li, Li Chen, Ying Song, Guyu Dai, Lian Duan, Yong Luo, Guangyu Wang, Qing Xiao, Guangjun Li, Sen Bai

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Development of a novel nomogram-based model incorporating 3D radiomic signatures and lung CT radiological features for differentiating invasive adenocarcinoma from adenocarcinoma in situ and minimally invasive adenocarcinoma

He Ren, Zhengguang Xiao, Chen Ling, Jiayi Wang, Shiyu Wu, Yanan Zeng, Ping Li

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Potential use of high-resolution T2-weighted MRI with histopathologic findings in staging esophageal cancer

Xiaohong Xing, Xiaochun Kuang, Xiaobing Li, Yingsheng Cheng, Fengjun Liu

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A novel prediction tool based on shear wave elastography, gallbladder ultrasound, and serum biomarkers for the early diagnosis of biliary atresia in infants younger than 60 days old

Hualin Yan, Juxian Liu, Shuguang Jin, Lanxin Du, Qi Wang, Yan Luo

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Imaging findings and clinical function after combined surgery for recurrent patella dislocation: a comparative study

Haiyun Xu, Fangfang Yan, Ji Shen, Yunyang Deng, Mengyu Chen, Mei Li

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Safety and efficiency of femoral artery access closure using QuikClot Combat Gauze in patients with severe arterial calcification of access sites

Fan-Chieh Meng, Chiu-Yang Lee

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Diabetes or calcium channel blocker contribute to cerebral hemodynamics after bypass surgery in adult patients with moyamoya disease

Shoumeng Han, Linzhi Cai, Qi Tian, Heng Wei, Guijun Wang, Jianfeng Wang, Peibang He, Jianming Liao, Shenqi Zhang, Qianxue Chen, Mingchang Li

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Tumor metabolism derived from ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT in predicting the macrotrabecular-massive subtype of hepatocellular carcinoma

Siqi Hu, Yujie Xie, Ting Yang, Yuan Yang, Qiong Zou, Ju Jiao, Yong Zhang

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Left ventricular deformation in athletes playing sports with high dynamics—insights from the three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiographic MAGYAR-Sport Study

Attila Nemes, Nándor Gyenes, Árpád Kormányos, Anna Vágvölgyi, Nóra Ambrus, László Balogh, József Pucsok, Csaba Lengyel

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Automated photographic analysis of inferior oblique overaction based on deep learning

Lixia Lou, Xingru Huang, Yiming Sun, Jing Cao, Yaqi Wang, Qianni Zhang, Xiajing Tang, Juan Ye

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Standard treatment-refractory/ineligible small cell lung cancer treated with drug-eluting beads bronchial arterial chemoembolization: a retrospective cohort study

Sheng Xu, Yuan-Ming Li, Zhi-Xin Bie, Xiao-Guang Li

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Prediction model for knee osteoarthritis using magnetic resonance–based radiomic features from the infrapatellar fat pad: data from the osteoarthritis initiative

Keyan Yu, Jia Ying, Tianyun Zhao, Lan Lei, Lijie Zhong, Jiaping Hu, Juin W. Zhou, Chuan Huang, Xiaodong Zhang

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Evaluation of a respiratory motion-corrected image reconstruction algorithm in 2-[¹⁸F]FDG and [⁶⁸Ga]Ga-DOTA-NOC PET/CT: impacts on image quality and tumor quantification

Qing-Le Meng, Rui Yang, Run-Ze Wu, Lei Xu, Hao Liu, Gang Yang, Yun Dong, Feng Wang, Zhengguo Chen, Hongbing Jiang

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A new potential risk factor for permanent cranial nerve injury following carotid body tumor resection

Dihao Wen, Jian Zhou, Yu Li, Jiang Zhu, Shiying Wang, Chao Song, Wei Yin, Zijun Jia, Xiatian Zhu, Xiaolong Wei, Zhiqing Zhao, Yudong Sun

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Artificial intelligence-assisted multistrategy image enhancement of chest X-rays for COVID-19 classification

Hongfei Sun, Ge Ren, Xinzhi Teng, Liming Song, Kang Li, Jianhua Yang, Xiaofei Hu, Yuefu Zhan, Shiu Bun Nelson Wan, Man Fung Esther Wong, King Kwong Chan, Hoi Ching Hailey Tsang, Lu Xu, Tak Chiu Wu, Feng-Ming (Spring) Kong, Yi Xiang J. Wang, Jing Qin, Wing Chi Lawrence Chan, Michael Ying, Jing Cai

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Three-dimensional imaging analysis for the diagnosis of dural ossification in thoracic ossification of the ligamentum flavum: a multicenter study

Chen Yan, Shi-Yong Ling, Tian-Yi Zhao, Ying Tan, Tao Liu, Jun Shen, Guo-Dong Shi, Jing-Chuan Sun, Jian-Gang Shi

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Quantitative assessment of muscle properties in polymyositis and dermatomyositis using high-frequency ultrasound and shear wave elastography

Min Li, Ruiqian Guo, Xinyi Tang, Songya Huang, Li Qiu

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Clinical impact of a new method using a clear proctoscope to evaluate the therapeutic effect of sclerotherapy with aluminum potassium sulfate and tannic acid (ALTA) for internal hemorrhoids: a prospective cohort study

Sumito Sato, Junichi Oga, Atsushi Shirahata, Yasuo Ishida

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Comparison of left ventricular global and segmental strain parameters by cardiovascular magnetic resonance tissue tracking in light-chain cardiac amyloidosis and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Fangqing Wang, Xinghua Xu, Qing Wang, Dexin Yu, Lei Lv, Qian Wang

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Minute pulmonary meningothelial-like nodules: associations between computed tomography and pathology features

Yawen Zhang, Jing Wu, Youcai Zhao, Tao Zhang, Hai Xu, Yu-Chen Chen

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Functional differentiation of the dorsal striatum: a coordinate-based neuroimaging meta-analysis

Qian Zheng, Xiaojuan Ba, Qiang Wang, Junying Cheng, Jiaofen Nan, Taigang He

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Brief Report

FLASHlight MRI in real time—a step towards Star Trek medicine

Thomas Michaelis, Dirk Voit, Jost M. Kollmeier, Oleksandr Kalentev, Maaike van Zalk, Jens Frahm

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Letter to the Editor

Misdiagnosis of breast cancer after augmentation injection of stromal vascular fraction gel: a case description

Rushan Ouyang, Xiaohui Lin, Jintao Hu, Lin Li, Jie Ma

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Magnetic resonance angiography validation of bilateral thalamic infarction induced by artery of Percheron occlusion: a case description

Yanlu Geng, Xiang Chen, Shuang Song, Mei Dong, Lihong Zhang, Zhenzhong Li

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Single-port thoracoscopic intrathoracic rib resection: a case description

Chuxu Wang, Guodong Hu, Bo Min, Zewen Cheng, Xiaohua Zuo

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Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in the emergency evaluation of a thigh muscle hematoma accompanied by active bleeding in a hemophilia A patient

Ying Liu, Yang Zhou, Bisi Wang, Jia Liu

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Renal lymphangiomatosis: literature analysis on research progress and presentation of four cases

Yanyu Li, Qian Wang, Guangjuan Kan, Haiying Gong, Hongyun Zhang, Xia Tao, Minyan Wang, Yutian Han, Jiang Zhu

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Real-time ultrasound-guided neuraxial anesthesia for cesarean section in parturients with previous internal fixation surgery for lumbar fracture: a case series

Guangqiu Zhu, Xiaoxia Wang, Lingjun Yang

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Echography of intussusception in an adult

Nai-Hui Lin, Wei-Hsiang Liao

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Giant cavernous hemangioma of the left atrial appendage: a case description and literature review

Qing Duan, Hongwei Li, Gaowu Yan, Yang Yang, Jiantao Deng, Ling Yang, Morgan A. McClure, Anup Bhetuwal, Jing Yan, Guoqing Yang, Yong Li, Linwei Zhao, Xiaoping Fan

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