Vol 14, No 3 (March 15, 2024): Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery

Editorial

Potential diverse applications of diffusion-derived vessel density (DDVD) pixel-by-pixel mapping
Dian-Qi Yao, Cun-Jing Zheng, Ying-Ying Deng, Bao-Lan Lu, Tao Lu, Gen-Wen Hu, Xin-Ming Li, Ben-Heng Xiao, Fu-Zhao Ma, Akmal Sabarudin, Ann D. King, Yì Xiáng J. Wáng
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
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:2136-2145
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Original Article

Deep learning-based partial volume correction in standard and low-dose positron emission tomography-computed tomography imaging
Mohammad-Saber Azimi, Alireza Kamali-Asl, Mohammad-Reza Ay, Navid Zeraatkar, Mahboubeh-Sadat Hosseini, Amirhossein Sanaat, Habibollah Dadgar, Hossein Arabi
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2146-2164
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Knowledge atlas of white matter microstructure: a bibliometric analysis
Wenhui Song, Yunhui Chu, Ziang Yao, Minghao Dong, Sheng Yang, Luoqi Zhou, Chuan Qin, Hongquan Zhu, Dengji Pan, Jun Xiao, Daishi Tian
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2165-2176
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The agreement of different techniques for muscle measurement in diagnosing sarcopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Linghong Li, Zhilin Xia, Xueqing Zeng, Anfen Tang, Ling Wang, Yi Su
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2177-2192
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Dual contrastive learning for synthesizing unpaired fundus fluorescein angiography from retinal fundus images
Jiashi Zhao, Haiyi Huang, Cheng Wang, Miao Yu, Weili Shi, Kensaku Mori, Zhengang Jiang, Jianhua Liu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2193-2212
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Cardiac computed tomography angiography-derived pulmonary vein volumetry as a predictor for atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation
Fu-Qian Guo, Tong-Tong Zheng, Chen-Guang Kou, Cai-Ying Li
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2213-2224
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Whole-tumor histogram analysis of synthetic magnetic resonance imaging predicts isocitrate dehydrogenase mutation status in gliomas
Xin Ge, Tiejun Gan, Zhihua Yang, Guangyao Liu, Wanjun Hu, Wenfu Ma, Yuping Bai, Yuhui Xiong, Min Li, Jianguo Zhao, Liang Zhou, Jiachen Li, Darui Li, Xiaodong Wang, Jing Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2225-2239
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A deep learning-based automatic image quality assessment method for respiratory phase on computed tomography chest images
Jialin Su, Meifang Li, Yongping Lin, Liu Xiong, Caixing Yuan, Zhimin Zhou, Kunlong Yan
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2240-2254
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Nomogram incorporating preoperative MRI-VASARI features for differentiating intracranial extraventricular ependymoma from glioblastoma
Yao Yao, Yan Fu, Gaofeng Zhou, Xueying Wang, Liyan Li, Yipu Mao, Jing Wang, Zeming Tan, Muliang Jiang, Xiaoping Yi, Bihong T. Chen
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2255-2266
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A radiomics model of contrast-enhanced computed tomography for predicting post-acute pancreatitis diabetes mellitus
Ran Hu, Hua Yang, Guo-Fei Zeng, Zhi-Gang Wang, Di Zhou, Yin-Deng Luo
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2267-2279
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Bibliometric and visualized analysis of reporting and data systems from 2000 to 2022: research situation, global trends, and hotspots
Yan Wang, Minghui Zhang, Li Sang, Ziyi Li, Xuemei Wang, Ziyi Yang, Zijun Yu, Zhongqing Wang, Liang Sang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2280-2295
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Association between body mass index and glymphatic function using diffusion tensor image-along the perivascular space (DTI-ALPS) in patients with Parkinson’s disease
Shijiao Tian, Hui Hong, Xiao Luo, Qingze Zeng, Peiyu Huang, Minming Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2296-2308
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Factors influencing the accuracy and safety of preoperative computed tomography (CT)-guided soft hook-wire localization for pulmonary nodules: a comprehensive analysis
Qianqian Feng, Jin Zhou, Ningyu Dong, Le Cheng, Weidong Kong, Ping Rong, Wenqian Chen, Yiming Ma, Xin Zhang, Xiaoyan Xin, Xiaowei Han, Bing Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2309-2320
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Normal bone marrow signal characteristics in whole-body diffusion-weighted images of amateur marathon runners
Hongwei Cao, Fengzhen Cui, Hong Yu, Jianling Cui, Feilong Ma, Lisha Duan
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2321-2333
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Clinical analysis of uterine parameters evaluated by preoperative magnetic resonance imaging in patients treated by hysteroscopic approach with previous cesarean scar defect-related abnormal uterine bleeding: a retrospective cohort study
Qi Zhang, Shuijing Yi, Yimin Yang, Songshu Xiao, Dabao Xu, Jiaoyang Wu, Bin Jiang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2334-2344
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Detecting bone marrow infiltration in nonosteolytic multiple myeloma through separation of hydroxyapatite via the two-material decomposition technique in spectral computed tomography
Jianhua Chen, Zongjian Qiu, Nan Jiang, Yu Xia, Hongxiang Li, Suping Chen, Jianfang Liu, Yunjing Xue
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2345-2356
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Relative apical sparing obtained with speckle tracking echocardiography is not a sensitive parameter for diagnosing light-chain cardiac amyloidosis
Pei-Na Huang, Ya-Ni Liu, Xue-Qing Cheng, Hong-Yun Liu, Jun Zhang, Li Li, Jie Sun, Yi-Ping Gao, Rui-Rui Lu, Yi-Peng Gao, You-Bin Deng
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2357-2369
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Synthesis of virtual monoenergetic images from kilovoltage peak images using wavelet loss enhanced CycleGAN for improving radiomics features reproducibility
Zilong Xu, Miaomiao Li, Baosheng Li, Huazhong Shu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2370-2390
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The value of the improved percutaneous and intravenous contrast-enhanced ultrasound diagnostic classification in sentinel lymph nodes of breast cancer
Caixin Huang, Jia Luo, Zhen Shan, Tiantian Zhen, Jiaping Li, Qingmei Ma, Laina Wei, Jinyu Liang, Xiaoyan Xie, Yanling Zheng
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2391-2404
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The correlation between self-Hounsfield units and adjacent vertebral fracture after percutaneous vertebral augmentation: a retrospective cohort study
Yugui Qi, Zhaochuan Zhang, Meng Han, Kun Shi, Chao Ma, Youdi Xue
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2405-2414
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Arterial spin labeling combined with T1 mapping for assessment of kidney function and histopathology in patients with long-term renal transplant survival after kidney transplantation
Bin Jiang, Jie Li, Jiayi Wan, Yangyang Tian, Peng Wu, Rui Xu, Yixing Yu, Ximing Wang, Linkun Hu, Mo Zhu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2415-2425
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MCSE-U-Net: multi-convolution blocks and squeeze and excitation blocks for vessel segmentation
Lihong Zhang, Chongxin Xu, Yuzhuo Li, Tong Liu, Junding Sun
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2426-2440
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Predicting asymptomatic coronary artery disease in first-ever acute ischemic stroke patients: a cross-sectional study
Chen Wang, Chong Zheng, Jie Bao, Fan Yu, Jiabin Liu, Yan Li, Qi Kong, Xin Ma, Xiangying Du, Jie Lu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2441-2454
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Diagnostic advantages of transrectal ultrasound with gastrointestinal agent instillation for rectal adenoma and early-stage rectal cancer: comparison of conventional transrectal ultrasound techniques
Xiang Li, Kun Huang, Yanjun Liu, Zhen Zhang, Donglin Bian
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2455-2465
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Automated anatomical landmark detection on 3D facial images using U-NET-based deep learning algorithm
Yuming Chong, Fengzhou Du, Xuda Ma, Yicheng An, Qi Huang, Xiao Long, Jiuzuo Huang, Zhijin Li, Nanze Yu, Xiaojun Wang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2466-2474
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Left ventricular function assessment including or excluding trabeculations in left ventricular non-compaction, a preliminary case-control cardiac magnetic resonance study
Jean-Pierre Laissy, Ahmed Ben Driss
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2475-2484
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Comparison of deep-learning and radiomics-based machine-learning methods for the identification of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on low-dose computed tomography images
Yu Guan, Di Zhang, Xiuxiu Zhou, Yi Xia, Yang Lu, Xuebin Zheng, Chuan He, Shiyuan Liu, Li Fan
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2485-2498
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The association of cervical sagittal alignment with anterior bone loss following single-level anterior cervical surgery
Yi-Wei Shen, Ting-Kui Wu, Yi Yang, Bei-Yu Wang, Chen Ding, Li-Tai Ma, Yang Meng, Xin Rong, Hao Liu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2499-2513
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The value of speckle-tracking stratified strain combined with myocardial work measurement in evaluating left ventricular function in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Jin Lan, Yan Wang, Rui Zhang, Jiacheng Li, Tianle Yu, Luyao Yin, Tingting Shao, Hongtao Lu, Chao Wang, Li Xue
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2514-2527
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Hand skeletal features of children and adolescents with different growth statuses and periods
Lei Cao, Chang Liu, Tian-Hao Wu, Liang Shi, Jin-Xu Wen, Zhe Guo, Zhi-Wei Zhong, Hui-Zhao Wu, Bao-Hai Yu, Ji-Cun Liu, Bu-Lang Gao, Wen-Juan Wu, Shu-Man Han
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2528-2538
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Research and implementation of multi-disease diagnosis on chest X-ray based on vision transformer
Lan Huang, Jiong Ma, Hui Yang, Yan Wang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2539-2555
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Computed tomography angiography-confirmed aortic in-stents floating thrombus after endovascular stenting: a retrospective study
Lijie Zhang, Na Li, Xin Zhang, Xiaoqing Liu, Leqing Chen, Bin Liang, Wengang Sun, Heshui Shi
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2556-2567
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Comparison of micro-CT image enhancement after use of different vascular casting agents
Ryan Margolis, Brian Merlo, Dara Chanthavisay, Chastity Chavez, Brian Trinh, Junjie Li
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2568-2579
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Implementation of a high-resolution, high-contrast magnetic resonance imaging protocol with extended delayed phases for peritoneal mesothelioma
Milica Medved, Hunter D. D. Witmer, Ankit Dhiman, Yaniv Berger, Scott K. Sherman, Enal S. Hindi, Samuel G. Armato III, Ingrid S. Reiser, Aytekin Oto, Roger M. Engelmann, Hedy L. Kindler, Nisa C. Oren, Carla B. Harmath, Kiran K. Turaga
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2580-2589
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Evaluating the efficacy of balloon pulmonary angioplasty using quantitative analysis of SPECT pulmonary ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Rong-Zheng Ma, Chao-Ling Jin, Sen Yang, Ping-Ping Han, Huan Li, Ji-Xiang Liu, Jin-Zhi Wang, Qiang Huang, Wan-Mu Xie, Pei-Ran Yang, Zhen-Guo Zhai, Li-Ping Fu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2590-2602
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Hippocampal amide proton transfer values are associated with cerebral small vessel disease imaging markers and total burden: a community-based cross-sectional study
Ronghua Mu, Xiaoyan Qin, Wei Zheng, Peng Yang, Bingqin Huang, Xin Li, Fuzhen Liu, Kan Deng, Xiqi Zhu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2603-2613
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The impact of paramagnetic rim lesions on cortical thickness and gray to white matter contrast in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
Yan Xie, Yihao Yao, Nanxi Shen, Yuanhao Li, Hongquan Zhu, Jun Lu, Dong Liu, Yujie Ding, Yan Zhang, Wenzhen Zhu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2614-2626
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Association of epicardial fat volume with subclinical myocardial damage in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Yurui Hu, Wenji Yu, Feifei Zhang, Yufeng Wang, Jingwen Wang, Peng Wan, Xiaoliang Shao, Jianfeng Wang, Yonghong Sun, Yuetao Wang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2627-2639
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Automatic detection of cerebral microbleeds using susceptibility weighted imaging and artificial intelligence
Yu Luo, Ke Gao, Miller Fawaz, Bo Wu, Yi Zhong, Yong Zhou, Ewart Mark Haacke, Yongming Dai, Shiyuan Liu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2640-2654
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Review Article

Principles and features of ultrasound hypoechogenicity in diffuse thyroid pathology
Andrey Valerievich Ushakov
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2655-2670
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Deep learning-based target tracking with X-ray images for radiotherapy: a narrative review
Xi Liu, Li-Sheng Geng, David Huang, Jing Cai, Ruijie Yang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2671-2692
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Letter to the Editor

Identifying the cause of cardiac arrest through coronary computed tomography angiography with high heart rate under venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support: a case description
Xinhong Wang, Haipeng Liu, Mengxi Xu, Shuangxiang Lin, Kexin Wang, Linlin Ma, Daoxi Hu, Wei Zhou, Xiaoli Yu, Lijian Wang, Ling Xia
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2693-2703
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Ultrasound-guided acupotomy release for treating common peroneal nerve entrapment syndrome: a case description
Yu-Yang Ou, Yun-Nan Li, Xiao-Jie Sun, Shi-Liang Li
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2704-2707
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Solitary gastric metastasis from invasive lobular breast cancer misdiagnosed as gastritis: a case description
Anni Wang, Bin Cao, Linjie Wang, Xiangrong Yu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2708-2712
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Aneurysm, meningitis, and subarachnoid hemorrhage secondary to intracranial Aspergillosis in an immunocompetent patient: a case description
Liu Yang, Yingying Zhao, Li Yi, Houzhen Tuo
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2713-2720
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Imaging findings of posterior fossa subdural empyema secondary to neonatal bacterial meningitis
Huanyu Luo, Hang Li, Di Hu, Shuangfeng Yang, Yun Peng
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2721-2724
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Endplatitis short vertebrae
Yì Xiáng J. Wáng
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2725-2733
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Erratum

Erratum to altered functional connectivity density and structural covariance networks in women with premenstrual syndrome
Editorial Office
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
(3)
:2734-2735
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Retraction

Retraction: current role of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging for prostate cancer
Editorial Office
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
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:2736
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Retraction: clinical characteristics and endovascular treatment in patients with intracranial giant serpentine aneurysms
Editorial Office
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2024;
14
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:2737
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