Vol 14, No 7 (July 01, 2024): Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery

Original Article

The differential diagnosis of pancreatic cystic neoplasms with conventional ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound
Zhiqiang Yuan, Jiawu Li, Lulu Yang, Yingyu Shi, Yan Luo
Clinical validation of fully automated laminar knee cartilage transverse relaxation time (T2) analysis in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)-injured knees— on behalf of the osteoarthritis (OA)-Bio consortium
Felix Eckstein, Nicholas M. Brisson, Susanne Maschek, Anna Wisser, Francis Berenbaum, Georg N. Duda, Wolfgang Wirth
Dynamic characterization of vascular response and treatment in oral traumatic ulcer in mice via photoacoustic imaging
Xiaoyu Miao, Rui Ma, Jiayi Li, Wenran You, Kaini He, Fan Meng, Fengbing He, Zicong Li, Xi Chen, Hui Lin, Jian Zhang, Xinhong Wang
The hemodynamic and geometric characteristics of carotid artery atherosclerotic plaque formation
Na Han, Jintao Wang, Yurong Ma, Laiyang Ma, Yu Zheng, Fengxian Fan, Chuang Wu, Songhong Yue, Jie Li, Juan Liang, Hui Zhang, Yuxuan Zhou, Tingli Yang, Jing Zhang
Multiparametric quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of uterine fibroids for prediction of growth rate—a pilot study
Milica Medved, Carla B. Harmath, Hiba Siblini, Mihai Giurcanu, Kirti Kulkarni, Kevin M. Hellman, Obianuju S. Madueke-Laveaux
A nomogram based on dual-layer detector spectral computed tomography quantitative parameters and morphological quantitative indicator for distinguishing metastatic and nonmetastatic regional lymph nodes in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Youjia Wen, Zuhua Song, Qian Li, Dan Zhang, Xiaojiao Li, Qian Liu, Jiayi Yu, Zongwen Li, Xiaofang Ren, Jiayan Zhang, Dan Zeng, Zhuoyue Tang
The effect of post-labeling delay on cerebral blood flow is influenced by age and sex: a study based on arterial spin-labeling magnetic resonance imaging
Ying Hu, Kai Zhang, Rongbo Liu
The mechanism of bone metabolism in a Sprague Dawley rat model of mandibular osteoradionecrosis
Shanshan Liu, Bin Zhang, Shengnan Ma, Feiguang Wu, Xiaona Shi, Jiandong Wu, Ole T. Jensen, Paolo Cariati, Jinsheng Hong, Xiaofeng Zhu
Quantitative susceptibility mapping based basal ganglia segmentation via AGSeg: leveraging active gradient guiding mechanism in deep learning
Jiaxiu Xi, Yuqing Huang, Lijun Bao
Prediction of glypican-3 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma using multisequence magnetic resonance imaging-based histology nomograms
Si-Qi Li, Cun-Xia Yang, Chun-Mei Wu, Jing-Jing Cui, Jia-Ning Wang, Xiao-Ping Yin
Heterogeneity of fibroblast activation protein expression in the microenvironment of an intracranial tumor cohort: head-to-head comparison of gallium-68 FAP inhibitor-04 (68Ga-FAPi-04) and fluoride-18 fluoroethyl-L-tyrosine (18F-FET) in positron emission tomography-computed tomography imaging
Tao Hua, Mingyu Chen, Pengfei Fu, Weiyan Zhou, Wen Zhao, Ming Li, Chuantao Zuo, Yihui Guan, Hongzhi Xu
Quantitative susceptibility mapping of subcortical iron deposition in Parkinson disease and multiple system atrophy: clinical correlations and diagnostic implications
Weihang Guo, Dongling Zhang, Junyan Sun, Lili Chen, Tao Wu, Erhe Xu
Improved automatic segmentation of brain metastasis gross tumor volume in computed tomography images for radiotherapy: a position attention module for U-Net architecture
Yiren Wang, Yiheng Hu, Shouying Chen, Hairui Deng, Zhongjian Wen, Yongcheng He, Huaiwen Zhang, Ping Zhou, Haowen Pang
Quantification of volumetric thigh and paravertebral muscle fat content: comparison of quantitative Dixon (Q-Dixon) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with high-speed T2-corrected multiecho MR spectroscopy
Wenshuang Zhang, Chen Fu, Dong Yan, Yi Yuan, Wei Zhang, Dalong Gu, Yanglei Wu, Dongliang Zhang, Ling Wang, Xiaoguang Cheng
Magnetic resonance imaging–based prognostic model for subsequent distant metastasis in patients with ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence following breast-conserving surgery
Jinhui Li, Feilin Qu, Jing Gong, Shiyun Sun, Yajia Gu, Chao You, Weijun Peng
Research on ultrasound-based radiomics: a bibliometric analysis
Lu Yu, Mengting Che, Xu Wu, Hong Luo
Computed tomography (CT) quantitative assessment of single lobe emphysema correlates with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) severity: a cross-sectional study with retrospective data collection
Weifeng Li, Hongjia Meng, Suidan Huang, Huanjie Lin, Huai Chen
The American College of Radiology contrast-enhanced ultrasound Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System and its modified version in diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma via Sonazoid: a meta-analysis
Jiazhi Cao, Hong Wang, Xiaomiao Ruan, Jingwen Yang, Youxiang Ren, Wenwu Ling
Differentiation of benign and malignant lesions in Bethesda III and IV thyroid nodules via dual-energy computed tomography quantitative parameters and morphologic features
Xiaofang Ren, Zuhua Song, Dan Zhang, Xiaojiao Li, Jie Huang, Qian Liu, Youjia Wen, Jiayan Zhang, Dan Zeng, Zhuoyue Tang
CMAF-Net: a cross-modal attention fusion-based deep neural network for incomplete multi-modal brain tumor segmentation
Kangkang Sun, Jiangyi Ding, Qixuan Li, Wei Chen, Heng Zhang, Jiawei Sun, Zhuqing Jiao, Xinye Ni
Left ventricular deformation in the presence of left ventricular ‘rigid body rotation’ in healthy adults—three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiographic insights from the MAGYAR-Healthy Study
Attila Nemes, Árpád Kormányos, Nóra Ambrus, Csaba Lengyel
Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based radiomics model explained by the Shapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) method for predicting complete response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer: a multicenter retrospective study
Yiqi Wang, Luyuan Zhang, Yanting Jiang, Xiaofei Cheng, Wenguang He, Haogang Yu, Xinke Li, Jing Yang, Guorong Yao, Zhongjie Lu, Yi Zhang, Senxiang Yan, Feng Zhao
Effect of lumbosacral transitional vertebra on developmental alterations of the hip: a quantitative investigation of the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex via whole-body computed tomography
Yuxi Luo, Ziyi Tang, Suying Zhou, Tongxin Zhu, Zhangyan Xu, Haitao Yang
Application of metal artifact reduction algorithm in reducing metal artifacts in post-surgery pediatric low radiation dose spine computed tomography (CT) images
Jihang Sun, Haoyan Li, Tong Yu, Aihua Huo, Shan Hua, Zuofu Zhou, Yun Peng
The effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) iron corrected T1 in monitoring metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis in obesity following bariatric surgery and lifestyle modification: a prospective cohort study
Chileka Chiyanika, Steve Cheuk Ngai Hui, Daisy Man Ching Sin, Elizabeth Shumbayawonda, Simon Kin Hung Wong, Enders Kwok Wai Ng, Terry Cheuk-Fung Yip, Vincent Wai-Sun Wong, Winnie Chiu Wing Chu
Quantification of subclinical plaque characteristics and perivascular fat using coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) among individuals with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Jie Zhou, Shiqi Jin, Haibo Ding, Hui Liu, Huaibi Huo, Xin Peng, Yang Hou, Wenqing Geng, Hong Shang, Ting Liu
Comparison of dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) polychromatic and monochromatic images with and without iterative metal artifact reduction algorithm in patients with dental implants
Shiqi Huang, Yuhong Liang, Xinqun Yao, Xiangyun Qin, Changguang He, Li’an Luo, Lveqin Huang, Yaping Lv
Establishment of a normal control model of children’s brain 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and analysis of the changing pattern in patients aged 0–14 years
Yao Wang, Jiajie Mo, Yu Sun, Hao Yu, Chang Liu, Qingzhu Liu, Yan Fan, Shuang Wang, Xiaoyan Liu, Yuwu Jiang, Lixin Cai
Influence of cardiac cycle on myocardial extracellular volume fraction measurements with dual-layer computed tomography
Daisuke Nishigake, Yuzo Yamasaki, Tomoyuki Hida, Takashi Shirasaka, Ryohei Funatsu, Toyoyuki Kato, Kousei Ishigami
Prediction of metastases in confusing mediastinal lymph nodes based on flourine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging using machine learning
Siqin Dong, Ao Fu, Jiacheng Liu
Association between the functional connectivity of ventral tegmental area-prefrontal network and pure apathy in Parkinson’s disease: a cross-sectional study
Li Zhang, Heng Zhang, Xingyue Cao, Lina Wang, Caiting Gan, Huimin Sun, Aidi Shan, Yongsheng Yuan, Kezhong Zhang
Brain metastasis magnetic resonance imaging-based deep learning for predicting epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation and subtypes in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
Ran Cao, Langyuan Fu, Bo Huang, Yan Liu, Xiaoyu Wang, Jiani Liu, Haotian Wang, Xiran Jiang, Zhiguang Yang, Xianzheng Sha, Nannan Zhao
Multimodal imaging evaluation of early neurological deterioration following acute ischemic stroke
Meien Jiang, Guomin Li, Qinmeng He, Yulin Zhang, Wuming Li, Yunyu Gao, Jianhao Yan
Deep learning-based deformable image registration with bilateral pyramid to align pre-operative and follow-up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans
Jingjing Zhang, Xin Xie, Xuebin Cheng, Teng Li, Jinqin Zhong, Xiaokun Hu, Lu Sun, Hui Yan
Opportunistic use of chest low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) imaging for low bone mineral density and osteoporosis screening: cutoff thresholds for the attenuation values of the lower thoracic and upper lumbar vertebrae
Ya-Ling Pan, Yin-Bo Wu, Huo-Gen Wang, Tai-Hen Yu, Dong He, Xiang-Jun Lu, Fan-Fan Zhao, Hong-Feng Ma, Ya-Jie Wang, Yun-Kai Cai
A preliminary study of contrast-enhanced ultrasound guided capsule-preserving hydrodilatation in shoulder adhesive capsulitis
Xueqing Cheng, Zhenqi Zhang, Minggang Wu, Lang Qiao, Jinshun Xu, Man Lu
Intraplaque neovascularization combined with plaque elasticity for predicting ipsilateral stroke in patients with asymptomatic mild carotid stenosis
Luni Zhang, Caixia Jia, Shiyao Gu, Jing Chen, Rong Wu
Attention-guided context asymmetric fusion networks for the liver tumor segmentation of computed tomography images
Fang Wang, Xue-Li Cheng, Ning-Bin Luo, Dan-Ke Su
Nomogram of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) histogram analysis to predict telomerase reverse transcriptase promoter mutation status in glioblastoma
Bin Zhang, Qing Zhou, Caiqiang Xue, Xiaoai Ke, Peng Zhang, Tao Han, Liangna Deng, Mengyuan Jing, Junlin Zhou
Right ventricular longitudinal shortening and right atrial volumes are not associated in healthy adults—detailed analysis from the three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiographic MAGYAR-Healthy Study
Attila Nemes, Árpád Kormányos, Gergely Rácz, Nóra Ambrus, Csaba Lengyel
Construction and validation of a risk score system for diagnosing invasive adenocarcinoma presenting as pulmonary pure ground-glass nodules: a multi-center cohort study in China
Qingcheng Meng, Changbao Zheng, Lanwei Guo, Pengrui Gao, Wentao Liu, Hong Ge, Tong Liu, Hui Peng, Jie Lu, Xuejun Chen
Ultrasound propagation characteristics within the bone tissue of miniature ultrasound probes: implications for the spinal navigation of pedicle screw placement
Peiyang Li, Suoyuan Li, Zhiqiang Li, Wenjia Lu, Weiwei Shao, Zhangjian Li, Yiwen Xu, Hong Zhang, Bin Ju, Jun Shen, Yaoyao Cui
Enhancing automatic prediction of clinically significant prostate cancer with deep transfer learning 2.5-dimensional segmentation on bi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (bp-MRI)
Mengjuan Li, Ning Ding, Shengnan Yin, Yan Lu, Yiding Ji, Long Jin
Testicular ultrasonic microvascular density in assessing spermatogenesis and predicting successful sperm retrieval
Jun Cui, Wei Fu, Yongsheng Song
Quantitative analysis of sagittal curvatures of the tibial plafond by computed tomography
Yuanjun Teng, Hu Luo, Yifan Cai, Sixian Li, Jian Yu, Kangrui Zhang, Fan Lu, Wenming Chen, Xu Wang, Xin Ma
Myocardial perfusion impairment in children with Kawasaki disease: assessment with cardiac magnetic resonance first-pass perfusion
Zhongqin Zhou, Nanjun Zhang, Shiganmo Azhe, Lei Hu, Shengkun Peng, Yingkun Guo, Kaiyu Zhou, Chuan Wang, Lingyi Wen
An integrated nomogram combining clinical and radiomic features of hyperattenuated imaging markers to predict malignant cerebral edema following endovascular thrombectomy
Sheng Hu, Jiayi Hong, Feifan Liu, Ziwen Wang, Na Li, Shenghu Wang, Mi Yang, Jingjing Fu
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography in the localization of the lesions in the osteogenic region of breast cancer bone metastases after therapy
Runlong Lin, Huiyun Lv, Jing Yu, Chen Song, Aijuan Tian
Using four-point subcutaneous injection of lymphatic contrast-enhanced ultrasound to diagnose lymphedema of lower extremity
Jiaping Li, Jia Luo, Manying Li, Manxia Lin, Yingli Liu, Jiaqian Zhong, Laina Wei, Jian Qi, Ping Li, Xiaoyan Xie, Yanling Zheng
Sex differences in dorsolateral prefrontal cortical and superior colliculus activities support the impact of alcohol use severity and sleep deficiency on two-back memory
Guangfei Li, Yingjie Cao, Chunlan Yang, Xuwen Li, Yimin Yang, Lin Yang, Dongmei Hao, Chiang-Shan R. Li
The role of testicular stiffness derived from shear wave elastography in the assessment of spermatogenesis in men with varicocele
Wei Fu, Jun Cui, Shaoshan Tang
Retinal thickness and microvascular alterations observed by optical coherence tomography in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: a cross-sectional study
Zi-Yuan Li, Min Kang, Xian-Zhe Qian, Rui Peng, Qi Hong, Ping Ying, Hui Huang, Xiao-Yu Wang, Yan-Mei Zeng, Jin-Yu Hu, Xu Chen, Rui Wu, Yi Shao, Shu-Jiao Yu
Neuronavigation-assisted pituitary neuroendocrine tumor resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Yufei Huang, Le Qin, Haiying Lv, Shimeng Lv, Yong Lu
First-trimester ultrasound diagnosis and risk factor analysis of cesarean scar pregnancy after in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer
Yuyao Mao, Yangqin Peng, Mingxiang Zheng, Jingzi Xiao, Fei Gong, Xihong Li, Yan Ouyang
Diastolic dysfunction in adults with uncomplicated obesity evaluated with left atrial and left ventricular tissue tracking and ventricular volume-time curve: a prospective cardiac magnetic resonance study
Jing Liu, Jing Li, Chunchao Xia, Wenzhang He, Xue Li, Yinqiu Wang, Sumin Shen, Nanwei Tong, Liqing Peng
Assessing the impact of nodule features and software algorithm on pulmonary nodule measurement uncertainty for nodules sized 20 mm or less
Artit Jirapatnakul, Rowena Yip, Kyle J. Myers, Siyang Cai, Claudia I. Henschke, David Yankelevitz
Correlation between clinical characteristics and epicardial adipose tissue features in acute myocarditis patients using coronary computed tomography (CT) vascular imaging: a case-control study with retrospective data collection
Lekang Yin, Cheng Yan, Weifeng Guo, Chun Yang, Hao Dong, Yang Zhang, Shijie Xu, Mengsu Zeng
A nomogram for risk stratification of central cervical lymph node metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma
Ying Zou, Yan Shi, Hai Bi, Junyan Tan, Qingwei Guo, Yi Qin, Xiudi Lu, Xiaojing Ma, Shouhong Yang, Jihua Liu
Deep learning methods for diagnosis of graves’ ophthalmopathy using magnetic resonance imaging
Zi-Chang Ma, Jun-Yu Lin, Shao-Kang Li, Hua-Jin Liu, Ya-Qin Zhang
Research into super-resolution in medical imaging from 2000 to 2023: bibliometric analysis and visualization
Jiachuan He, He Ma, Miaoran Guo, Jiaqi Wang, Zhongqing Wang, Guoguang Fan
Accelerated cardiac cine magnetic resonance imaging using deep low-rank plus sparse network: validation in patients
Chenyuan Yan, Yuanyuan Liu, Che Wang, Weixiong Fan, Yanjie Zhu
Effect of puncture position on catheter patency rate during tunnelled dialysis catheter insertion from the right internal jugular vein
Wei-Chieh Diau, Chiu-Yang Lee, I-Ming Chen, Tzu-Ting Kuo
Preoperative computed tomography semantic features in predicting lymph node metastasis of part-solid nodules in non-small cell lung cancer: a multicenter retrospective study
Zongyu Xie, Yang Yang, Zhongfeng Niu, Guoqun Mao, Xiandi Zhu, Zhihua Xu, Dengfa Yang, Hui Wang, Jian Wang

Letter to the Editor

Pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma: a case description and analysis of the literature
Xiao-Wei Wei, Dong-Mei Zhou, Lei Han, Yi Lin, Xiao-Wei Xi, Jiang-Dong Xiang
Erasmus syndrome: case description of a rare entity
Yating Gao, Cheng Yang, Jiabing Tong, Qiangjin Gong, Zegeng Li
Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the proximal segment of the left circumflex artery combined with acute myocardial infarction: a rare type L II-P single coronary artery
Xiangyu Gao, Huiqiang Zhao, Ruifeng Liu, Xiaojie Zhang
Intracranial granulomatous inflammation caused by cryptococcal infection: a case study and literature analysis
Xinru Deng, Xinlan Xiao
Ultrasound-guided microwave ablation combined with Lugol’s solution for preoperative preparation in the treatment of refractory pediatric hyperthyroidism: a description of two cases
Fang Chen, Yichen Zang, Xiaojuan Zhang, Cheng Zhao, Qingwen Xue, Yuxiu Gao
A rare case of non-infectious mitral valve vegetation in a patient with undifferentiated connective tissue disease
Fei Xie, Jiayuan Chai, Lan Chai, Jingjin Wang, Zhenyi Li, Bin Huang
Unusual radiological and endoscopic findings of a small intestinal duplication in an adult
Fang Cao, Jianwei Wang, Chunmiao Lin
Anesthetic consideration of a patient with acquired tracheoesophageal fistula undergoing radical left colectomy for sigmoid cancer
Limei Wang, Fengshou Chen