Vol 14, No 5 (May 01, 2024) - Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery

Editorial

More evidence to support a lower quantitative computed tomography (QCT) lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) cutpoint value for classifying osteoporosis among older East Asian women than for Caucasians

Yì Xiáng J. Wáng, Wei Yu, Jason C. S. Leung, James F. Griffith, Ben-Heng Xiao, Daniele Diacinti, Ali Guermazi, Wing P. Chan, Glen M. Blake

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Original Article

Diaphragm ultrasound in patients with prolonged weaning from mechanical ventilation

Sebastian Johannes Fritsch, Anna Große Siemer, Michael Dreher, Tim-Philipp Simon, Gernot Marx, Johannes Bickenbach

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Higher perfusion of rectum carcinoma relative to tumor-free rectal wall: quantification by a new imaging biomarker diffusion-derived vessel density (DDVD)

Bao-Lan Lu, Dian-Qi Yao, Yì Xiáng J. Wáng, Zhi-Wen Zhang, Zi-Qiang Wen, Ben-Heng Xiao, Shen-Ping Yu

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Association between quadriceps fat pad edema and patellofemoral osteoarthritis: a quantitative Q-Dixon-based magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) analysis

Liangjing Lyu, Jing Ren, Wenjie Lu, Yongliang Li, Jingyu Zhong, Weiwu Yao

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Determination of pulmonary vessel alteration in Chinese male smokers by quantitative computed tomography measurements: a retrospective study

Lei Jiao, Rui Shen, Meng Li, Yudong Liang, Youmin Guo, Cong Shen

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Evaluation of parietal pleural adhesion and invasion in subpleural lung cancer: value of B-mode ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound

Yuxin Zhang, Zhanwei Zhang, Haixing Liao, Maohan Li, Cong Xu, Zechun Liang, Liantu He, Shiyu Zhang, Qing Tang

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Feasibility and reproducibility of cardiovascular magnetic resonance-feature tracking for quantitative right atrial function in dilated cardiomyopathy patients

Yiyuan Gao, Jingjing Shi, Yujing Shi, Lingnan Guo, Shanshan Zhou, Fan Zhang, Yifan Guo, Chen Gao, Ning Kong, Ping Xiang, Mingwu Lou, Maosheng Xu

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Immediate hypersensitivity reactions to iodinated contrast media despite drug prophylaxis—a comparative retrospective cohort study of breakthrough reactions in Bern (Switzerland) and Seoul (South Korea)

Lukas Beiner, Jiung Jeong, Dong Yoon Kang, Paolo Lombardo, Hye-Ryun Kang, Ingrid Boehm

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The rupture risk of intracranial saccular aneurysm: a case—control study based on a three-dimensional computed tomography angiography model

Yueyun Chen, Jiayang Wu, Wenxia Yuan, Wenfeng Mai, Hengguo Li

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Multimodal transformer graph convolution attention isomorphism network (MTCGAIN): a novel deep network for detection of insomnia disorder

Yulong Wang, Yande Ren, Yuzhen Bi, Feng Zhao, Xingzhen Bai, Liangzhou Wei, Wanting Liu, Hancheng Ma, Peirui Bai

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Prognostic implication of consolidation-to-tumor ratio in early lung adenocarcinoma: a retrospective cross-sectional study

Weiwei Jing, Mengxi Liu, Wangjia Li, Dan Li, Yangying Wu, Fajin Lv

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Artificial intelligence-based classification of breast nodules: a quantitative morphological analysis of ultrasound images

Hao Pan, Changbei Shi, Yuxing Zhang, Zijian Zhong

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The potential advantages of ¹⁸F sodium fluoride positron emission tomography-computed tomography for clinical staging and management planning in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Dong Wang, Chengmao Guo, Jingxing Xiao

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One-stop detection of anterior cruciate ligament injuries on magnetic resonance imaging using deep learning with multicenter validation

Mei Wang, Congjing Yu, Mianwen Li, Xinru Zhang, Kexin Jiang, Zhiyong Zhang, Xiaodong Zhang

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Spiral time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography for intracranial vascular imaging: performance compared to conventional Cartesian angiogram

Lina Xu, Jian Wu, Taishan Kang, Liangjie Lin, Shaomao Lv, Jianzhong Lin, Zhipeng Feng, Congbo Cai, Zhong Chen

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Deep learning image reconstruction of diffusion-weighted imaging in evaluation of prostate cancer focusing on its clinical implications

Juhyun Jeong, Suk Keu Yeom, In Young Choi, Sang Hoon Cha, Ji Sung Han, Chang Hee Lee, Deuk Jae Sung, Jung-Woo Choi, Jae Hyun Bae, Hangseok Choi, InSeong Kim, Thomas Benkert, Elisabeth Weiland

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Free-breathing motion corrected magnetic resonance elastography of the abdomen

Anne-Sophie van Schelt, Nienke Petronella Maria Wassenaar, Jurgen Henk Runge, Jules Laurent Nelissen, Hanneke Wilma Marlies van Laarhoven, Jaap Stoker, Aart Johannes Nederveen, Eric Mathew Schrauben

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Evaluation of tubal patency based on peak injection pressure in four-dimensional hysterosalpingo-contrast sonography among infertile females: a preliminary study

Ling Wang, Xin Chen, Min He, Sha Hu, Quanlin Ren, Xiaoying Qi, Yifei Tan, Hong Luo

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Maintenance treatment of immunotherapy after microwave ablation plus drug-eluting bead bronchial arterial chemoembolization for advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective single-center cohort study

Sheng Xu, Zhi-Xin Bie, Yuan-Ming Li, Jing Qi, Jin-Zhao Peng, Xiao-Guang Li

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Hypoxia predicts favorable response to carbon ion radiotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) defined by ¹⁸F-FMISO positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging

Mingyu Liu, Ningyi Ma, Caiyue Ren, Shaoli Song, Kailiang Wu, Yun Sun, Jingfang Mao, Jingyi Cheng

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Application of convolutional neural networks in medical images: a bibliometric analysis

Huixin Jia, Jiali Zhang, Kejun Ma, Xiaoyan Qiao, Lijie Ren, Xin Shi

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The added value of ultrasound imaging biomarkers to clinicopathological factors for the prediction of high-risk Oncotype DX recurrence scores in patients with breast cancer

Yanwen Luo, Yuanjing Gao, Zihan Niu, Jing Zhang, Zhenzhen Liu, Yanna Zhang, Songjie Shen, Yuxin Jiang, Mengsu Xiao, Qingli Zhu

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Deep-learning-based reconstruction of T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of the prostate accelerated by compressed sensing provides improved image quality at half the acquisition time

Martin Jurka, Iva Macova, Monika Wagnerova, Otakar Capoun, Roman Jakubicek, Petr Ourednicek, Lukas Lambert, Andrea Burgetova

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Left atrial and left ventricular strain in feature-tracking cardiac magnetic resonance for predicting patients at high risk of sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Xinyu Zhu, Ying Shi, Jianxiu Lian, Honghu Shen, Lulu Li, Haishan Wu, Yuan Tian, Pengfei Liu

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Ultrasound image denoising autoencoder model based on lightweight attention mechanism

Liuliu Shi, Wentao Di, Jinlong Liu

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A novel technique of percutaneous transhepatic treatment of biliary-enteric anastomotic occlusive strictures with compliant balloon-occluded distal cholangiography and large-bore catheter: a retrospective case series

Chaojie Li, Ju Gong, Wei Huang, Qungang Shan, Ziyin Wang, Zhongmin Wang

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A nomogram based on neuron-specific enolase and substantia nigra hyperechogenicity for identifying cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease

Chao Hou, Fang Yang, Shuo Li, Hui-Yu Ma, Fang-Xian Li, Wei Zhang, Wen He

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Quantitative analysis of paravertebral muscle asymmetry and its correlation with spinal deformity in patients with degenerative lumbar scoliosis: a retrospective case-control study

Mengjiao Chen, Shundan Zhao, Shaoqing Chen, Yingying Huang, Zhihan Yan, Jiawei He

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Association of vulnerable plaques with white matter hyperintensities on high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging

Jiayu Li, Yuan Tian, Ying Shi, Yingzhe Cui, Jianxiu Lian, Pengfei Liu

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Agreement of ejection fraction measured by coronary computed tomography (CT) and cardiac ultrasound in evaluating patients with chronic heart failure: an observational comparative study

Heyang Wang, Qijing Zhou, Wei Lu, Liang Dong, Yong Sun, Jun Jiang, Xiaochang Leng, Yabin Liu, Jianping Xiang, Changling Li

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Magnetic resonance imaging-based prediction models for differentiating intraspinal schwannomas from meningiomas: classification and regression tree and random forest analysis

Zhen Xu, Yu-Hong Wang, Ya-Lin Wang, You-Zhen Feng, Jin-Shao Ye, Zhong-Yuan Cheng, Xiang-Ran Cai

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Analysis of the prenatal ultrasound diagnostic value and prognostic factors of fetal mediastinal cysts

Bin Ma, Ting Pan, Yushu He, Minhong Zhang, Yixuan Wang, Fang Nie

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Effect of contrast agent on T2-weighted fat-suppressed imaging and diffusion-weighted imaging in the diagnosis of breast tumors

Xuanle Li, Yongsheng Ao, Lan Mu, Changxiang Wang, Jierui Zhao, Hongliang Chen, Shuheng Zhang, Shimin Yang, Na Zhang, Lihua Qiu

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Correlation analysis between the quantitative parameters of iodine-131 single-photon emission computed tomography-computed tomography thyroid bed uptake and the efficacy of radioactive iodine adjuvant therapy for papillary thyroid cancer

Yangting Mao, Runlong Lin, Yizhen Wang, Jing Yu

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Diagnostic performance of artificial intelligence in interpreting thyroid nodules on ultrasound images: a multicenter retrospective study

Pawitchaya Namsena, Dittapong Songsaeng, Chadaporn Keatmanee, Songphon Klabwong, Alisa Kunapinun, Sunsiree Soodchuen, Thipthara Tarathipayakul, Wasu Tanasoontrarat, Mongkol Ekpanyapong, Matthew N. Dailey

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