Vol 13, No 3 (March 01, 2023) - Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery

Editorial

A summary of our recent evidence-based works on radiographic diagnostics of prevalent osteoporotic vertebral fracture in older men and women

Yì Xiáng J. Wáng

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Original Article

Deep learning for predicting epidermal growth factor receptor mutations of non-small cell lung cancer on PET/CT images

Zhenghui Xiao, Haihua Cai, Yue Wang, Ruixue Cui, Li Huo, Elaine Yuen-Phin Lee, Ying Liang, Xiaomeng Li, Zhanli Hu, Long Chen, Na Zhang

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Diagnostic value of ultrasound elastography and conventional ultrasound for thyroid nodules: a meta-analysis

Donghua Chang, Qin Wang

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Group theoretic particle swarm optimization for multi-level threshold lung cancer image segmentation

Kun Lan, Jianqiang Zhou, Xiaoliang Jiang, Jun Wang, Shigao Huang, Jie Yang, Qun Song, Rui Tang, Xueyuan Gong, Kexing Liu, Yaoyang Wu, Tengyue Li

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Values of new ultrasonic imaging methods for the diagnosis of apical Takotsubo syndrome

Xin Huang, Bo Guan, Yufei Ma, Fan Tian, Yan Yu, Yukun Luo, Yue Li, Jian Cao, Yujiao Deng

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The impact of motion induced artifacts in the evaluation of HR-pQCT scans of the scaphoid bone: an assessment of inter- and intraobserver variability and quantitative parameters

Stefan Benedikt, Lukas Horling, Kerstin Stock, Gerald Degenhart, Johannes Pallua, Gernot Schmidle, Rohit Arora

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Role of the Global Limb Anatomic Staging System in predicting outcomes of chronic limb-threatening ischemia in patients treated by drug-coated balloons

Bihui Zhang, Ziping Yao, Guochen Niu, Ziguang Yan, Yinghua Zou, Xiaoqiang Tong, Xiaoxi Yu, Bo Ma, Bao Liu, Zhidong Ye, Min Yang

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Attention-based dual-branch deep network for sparse-view computed tomography image reconstruction

Xiang Gao, Ting Su, Yunxin Zhang, Jiongtao Zhu, Yuhang Tan, Han Cui, Xiaojing Long, Hairong Zheng, Dong Liang, Yongshuai Ge

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The change of Roussouly classification after posterior lumbar fusion surgery

Zhipeng Tu, Fang Xie, Peipei Huang, Yachao Ma, Zhe Wang, Zhuojing Luo, Xueyu Hu

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A deep learning model based on the attention mechanism for automatic segmentation of abdominal muscle and fat for body composition assessment

Hao Shen, Pin He, Ya Ren, Zhengyong Huang, Shuluan Li, Guoshuai Wang, Minghua Cong, Dehong Luo, Dan Shao, Elaine Yuen-Phin Lee, Ruixue Cui, Li Huo, Jing Qin, Jun Liu, Zhanli Hu, Zhou Liu, Na Zhang

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The language-related cerebro-cerebellar pathway in humans: a diffusion imaging–based tractographic study

Hu Yin, Fangrong Zong, Xiaofeng Deng, Dong Zhang, Yan Zhang, Shuo Wang, Yu Wang, Jizong Zhao

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Efficacy and safety of high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation for rectus abdominis endometriosis: a 7-year follow-up clinical study

Qinghua Yang, Xiaoying Zhang

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High-resolution and high-speed 3D tracking of microrobots using a fluorescent light field microscope

Jiahang Lv, Yao Hu, Hongyu Zhao, Min Ye, Ning Ding, Jingshan Zhong, Xiaopu Wang

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Role of magnetic resonance imaging for preoperative prediction of early biochemical failure in localized prostate cancer

Jeremy Cassin, Paul Michael Walker, Julie Blanc, Audrey Asuncion, Florian Bardet, Luc Cormier, Romaric Loffroy, Alexandre Cochet

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Value of cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking technology in the differential diagnosis of isolated left ventricular noncompaction and dilated cardiomyopathy

Lina Zhu, Jiang Wu, Xiaoyong Hao, Xuan Li

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Deep learning-based segmentation of epithelial ovarian cancer on T2-weighted magnetic resonance images

Dingdu Hu, Junming Jian, Yongai Li, Xin Gao

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Learning curve in ultrasound-guided vacuum-assisted excision of breast lesions for surgeons and ultrasound physicians

Weiwei Shen, Yan Sun, Yantao Song, Ligang Cui, Ling Jiang

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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis disease progression: a dynamic quantitative chest computed tomography follow-up analysis

Haishuang Sun, Min Liu, Han Kang, Xiaoyan Yang, Peiyao Zhang, Rongguo Zhang, Huaping Dai, Chen Wang

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L-distance ratio: a new distance ratio-based evaluation method for the diagnosis of cirrhosis using enhanced computed tomography

Huifen Ye, Qiushi Wang, Haitao Huang, Ke Zhao, Pinxiong Li, Zaiyi Liu, Guangyi Wang, Changhong Liang

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A machine learning approach for preoperatively assessing pulmonary function with computed tomography in patients with lung cancer

Hongjia Meng, Yun Liu, Xiaoyin Xu, Yuting Liao, Hengrui Liang, Huai Chen

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Detecting obstructive coronary artery disease with machine learning: rest-only gated single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging combined with coronary artery calcium score and cardiovascular risk factors

Bao Liu, Wenji Yu, Feifei Zhang, Yunmei Shi, Le Yang, Qi Jiang, Yufeng Wang, Yuetao Wang

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Preoperative ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT radiomics analysis for predicting HER2 expression and prognosis in gastric cancer

Qiufang Liu, Jiaru Li, Bowen Xin, Yuyun Sun, Xiuying Wang, Shaoli Song

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New 3D phase-unwrapping method based on voxel clustering and local polynomial modeling: application to quantitative susceptibility mapping

Junying Cheng, Qian Zheng, Man Xu, Zhongbiao Xu, Li Zhu, Liang Liu, Shaoqiang Han, Wufan Chen, Yanqiu Feng, Jingliang Cheng

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The value of quantitative plaque analysis based on coronary computed tomography angiography in predicting the percutaneous coronary intervention outcome of chronic total occlusion lesions

Guangzhou Du, Minghui Cao, Zhihui Hou, Zhaoxi Cai, Taihui Yu, Haisheng Zheng, Zhuozhi Dai, Zehong Yang, Jun Shen, Daiying Lin

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Deep learning-based approach for the automatic segmentation of adult and pediatric temporal bone computed tomography images

Jia Ke, Yi Lv, Furong Ma, Yali Du, Shan Xiong, Junchen Wang, Jiang Wang

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Deep learning-based image analysis of eyelid morphology in thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy

Ji Shao, Xingru Huang, Tao Gao, Jing Cao, Yaqi Wang, Qianni Zhang, Lixia Lou, Juan Ye

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Machine learning for predicting accuracy of lung and liver tumor motion tracking using radiomic features

Guangjun Li, Xiangyu Zhang, Xinyu Song, Lian Duan, Guangyu Wang, Qing Xiao, Jing Li, Lan Liang, Long Bai, Sen Bai

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UMRFormer-net: a three-dimensional U-shaped pancreas segmentation method based on a double-layer bridged transformer network

Kun Fang, Baochun He, Libo Liu, Haoyu Hu, Chihua Fang, Xuguang Huang, Fucang Jia

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Age-related changes in Scheimpflug corneal densitometry and their correlations with corneal topographic measurements in a healthy Chinese population

Jing Zhang, Huiling Hu, Danyao Nie, Liangnan Sun, Wenling He, Xinhua Liu

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Metabolic phenotypes, serum tumor markers, and histopathological subtypes in predicting bone metastasis: analysis of 695 patients with lung cancer in China

Maoqing Jiang, Ping Chen, Xiaohui Zhang, Xiuyu Guo, Qiaoling Gao, Lijuan Ma, Weiqi Mei, Jingfeng Zhang, Jianjun Zheng

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Early cerebral hemodynamic changes following unilateral carotid artery stenting in patients with different degrees of carotid stenosis

Ziguang Yan, Guochen Niu, Bihui Zhang, Weiping Sun, Junmei Li, Min Yang

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Reproducibility of the anorectal angle with transperineal ultrasound

José Antonio García-Mejido, Sara García Pombo, Cristina Fernández-Conde, Ana Fernández-Palacín, Carlota Borrero, José Antonio Sainz-Bueno

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Diagnostic performance of computational fluid dynamics (CFD)-based fractional flow reserve (FFR) derived from coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) for assessing functional severity of coronary lesions

Jun Jiang, Changqing Du, Yumeng Hu, Hong Yuan, Jianhua Wang, Yibin Pan, Lifang Bao, Liang Dong, Changling Li, Yong Sun, Xiaochang Leng, Jianping Xiang, Lijiang Tang, Jian’an Wang

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A novel standardized approach for the 3D evaluation of upper eyelid area and volume

Yongwei Guo, Alexander C. Rokohl, Wanlin Fan, Rodothea Theodosiou, Xueting Li, Lixia Lou, Tao Gao, Ming Lin, Ke Yao, Ludwig M. Heindl

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Dark blood T2-weighted imaging of the human heart with AI-assisted compressed sensing: a patient cohort study

Xianghu Yan, Lingping Ran, Lixian Zou, Yi Luo, Zhaoxia Yang, Shiyu Zhang, Shuheng Zhang, Jian Xu, Lu Huang, Liming Xia

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Comparison of diagnostic performance and FNA management of the ACR-TIRADS and Chinese-TIRADS based on surgical histological evidence

Weilu Dong, Yiyun Wu, Ting Cai, Xiangqian Wang

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Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in post myocardial infarction patients: a myocardial magnetic resonance (MR) tissue tracking study

Han Li, Yue Zheng, Xin Peng, Hui Liu, Yue Li, Zhaoxin Tian, Yang Hou, Shiqi Jin, Huaibi Huo, Ting Liu

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Correlation between direction of pedicle screw and restoration of lumbar degenerative scoliosis in degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: a retrospective study

Xuqiang Zhan, Xinhua Zhan, Jili Yu, Gregory Moore, Fuping Li, Xin Xi, Zhili Zeng, Shaomeng Yin, Yan Yu, Liming Cheng

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Regional homogeneity alterations in multifrequency bands in patients with extracranial multi-organ tuberculosis: a prospective cross-sectional study

Yichuan Wang, Jianjie Wen, Chengcheng Kong, Zexuan Xu, Su Hu, Mengting Li, Xinguang Wang, Hongqiang Zhang, Xize Jia, Qingguo Ding, Jili Wu, Dailun Hou

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The value of ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance whole-body scans and local enhancement scans in the preoperative staging and resectability assessment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Weishen Wang, Siwen Wang, Xinyun Huang, Hongping Meng, Yu Jiang, Biao Li, Kemin Chen, Baiyong Shen, Xiaozhu Lin

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Induction chemotherapy reduces target volume drift in patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma undergoing adaptive intensity-modulated radiotherapy: a retrospective cohort study

Danfang Yan, Xin Yin, Lihong Wang, Liming Huang, Qiuying Tang, Kejia Cheng, Senxiang Yan

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Ability of three-dimensional 3-Tesla ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance imaging to display the morphological characteristics of pulmonary nodules: a sensitivity analysis

Funan Wang, Xi Lin, Chong Lin, Guoqiang Huang, Min Li, Liuhong Zhu

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Multi-robot task assignment for serving people quarantined in multiple hotels during COVID-19 pandemic

Xiaoshan Bai, Chang Li, Chao Li, Awais Khan, Tianwei Zhang, Bo Zhang

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The value of using a deep learning image reconstruction algorithm of thinner slice thickness to balance the image noise and spatial resolution in low-dose abdominal CT

Huan Wang, Xinyu Li, Tianze Wang, Jianying Li, Tianze Sun, Lihong Chen, Yannan Cheng, Xiaoqian Jia, Xinyi Niu, Jianxin Guo

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Ultrasound-assisted carbon nanoparticle labeling of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast-conserving surgery in breast cancer

Nan Lin, Wangwu Liu, Mingwei Wang, Weikang Zhou, Shiyao Zheng, Jin Yang, Yongchao Fang, Weihang Wu, Weijin Yang, Yanyan Jiang, Yu Wang

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Comparative study of ultrasound-guided microwave ablation and traditional surgery in the treatment of plasma cell mastitis: a multicenter study

Ying Zhou, Zhi-Feng Xu, Wei Xing, Yuan Liu, Zhao Xu, Guo-Liang Tan, Shu-Rong Wang, Dong Xu

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Effects of lauromacrogol injection under contrast-enhanced ultrasound guidance on cesarean scar pregnancy: a prospective cohort study

Juan Sun, Chengzhong Peng, Xinying Liu, Yaer Lv, Heping Shen, Zining Xu, Xuebo Chen, Qiaoying Jiang

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Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) quantification of transient ischemia using a combination method of 5-pool Lorentzian fitting and inverse Z-spectrum analysis

Lihong Zhang, Chongxin Xu, Zhen Li, Junding Sun, Xiaoli Wang, Beibei Hou, Yingcheng Zhao

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Multidimensional analysis using low-dose computed tomography to evaluate the severity of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children

Caiting Chu, Lijun Wang, Yuhang Wu, Huajun Li, Shanshan Xu, Liya Zhang, Quanhua Liu, Xi Zhang, Lei Xu, Chengjin Gao, Lisu Huang

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A correlative study between IVIM-DWI parameters and VEGF and MMPs expression in hepatocellular carcinoma

Cui Yang, Xiao-Qin Wei, Jing Zheng, Yun-Yun Tao, Xue-Qin Gong, Li Li, Zu-Mao Li, Lin Yang, Qi Mao, Mao-Ting Zhou, Xiao-Ming Zhang

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A deep learning model for lymph node metastasis prediction based on digital histopathological images of primary endometrial cancer

Min Feng, Yu Zhao, Jie Chen, Tingyu Zhao, Juan Mei, Yingying Fan, Zhenyu Lin, Jianhua Yao, Hong Bu

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Schmorl’s nodes are associated with prevalent osteoporotic vertebral fracture and low bone mineral density: a population-based thoracic spine MRI study in older men and women

Yì Xiáng J. Wáng, Xiao-Rong Wang, Jason C. S. Leung, Blanche W. M. Yu, James F. Griffith, Timothy C. Y. Kwok

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Early prediction of acute pancreatitis severity based on changes in pancreatic and peripancreatic computed tomography radiomics nomogram

Yanmei Zhao, Jiayi Wei, Bo Xiao, Liu Wang, Xian Jiang, Yuanzhong Zhu, Wenjing He

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Radiation dose reduction using deep learning-based image reconstruction for a low-dose chest computed tomography protocol: a phantom study

Yunsub Jung, Jin Hur, Kyunghwa Han, Yasuhiro Imai, Yoo Jin Hong, Dong Jin Im, Kye Ho Lee, Melissa Desnoyers, Brian Thomsen, Risa Shigemasa, Kyounga Um, Kyungeun Jang

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