Vol 14, No 8 (August 01, 2024) - Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery

Original Article

Visual analysis of pulmonary blood flow in pulmonary circulation assessment: differences between two variant algorithms for processing dynamic images

Jun Hanaoka

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Independent evaluation of the accuracy of 5 artificial intelligence software for detecting lung nodules on chest X-rays

Kirill Arzamasov, Yuriy Vasilev, Maria Zelenova, Lev Pestrenin, Yulia Busygina, Tatiana Bobrovskaya, Sergey Chetverikov, David Shikhmuradov, Andrey Pankratov, Yury Kirpichev, Valentin Sinitsyn, Irina Son, Olga Omelyanskaya

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Precise and efficient measurement of tibial slope on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): two novel autonomous pipelines by traditional and deep learning algorithms

Shi Qiu, Yaoting Wang, Gengyan Xing, Qiumei Pu, Zhe Zhao, Lina Zhao

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Experimental glaucoma microstent implantation in two animal models and human donor eyes—an ex vivo micro-computed tomography-based evaluation of applicability

Jens Runge, Sabine Kischkel, Jonas Keiler, Niels Grabow, Klaus-Peter Schmitz, Stefan Siewert, Andreas Wree, Rudolf F. Guthoff, Thomas Stahnke

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Predictive performance of [¹⁸F]F-fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI)-42 positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in evaluating response of recurrent or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors: complementary or alternative to [¹⁸F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT?

Chunhui Wu, Fang Wen, Fangzeng Lin, Yu Zeng, Xiaojie Lin, Xin Hu, Xiangsong Zhang, Xinhua Zhang, Xiaoyan Wang

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Cardiac intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted imaging to assess myocardial microcirculation dysfunction in hypertension

Lei Zhao, Haipeng Wang, Duwang Qiu, Liwen Tian, Teng Wang, Yucheng Yang, Yongle Sun, Weibo Chen, Cuiyan Wang

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Histogram analysis based on intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted imaging for determining the perineural invasion status of rectal cancer

Rong He, Gesheng Song, Junyi Fu, Weiqiang Dou, Aiyin Li, Jingbo Chen

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Evaluating fetal lung development at various gestational weeks using two-dimensional shear wave elastography

Danyi Liu, Qiuxia Jiang, Ziwei Xu, Liya Li, Guorong Lyu

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Deep learning-based quantitative morphological study of anteroposterior digital radiographs of the lumbar spine

Zhizhen Chen, Wenqi Wang, Xiaofei Chen, Fuwen Dong, Guohua Cheng, Linyang He, Chunyu Ma, Hongyan Yao, Sheng Zhou

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Repeatability and reproducibility of deep learning features for lung adenocarcinoma subtypes with nodules less than 10 mm in size: a multicenter thin-slice computed tomography phantom and clinical validation study

Yi Zhan, Renxiang Dai, Fangyun Li, Zenghui Cheng, Yaoyao Zhuo, Fei Shan, Lingxiao Zhou

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Integrating a deep neural network and Transformer architecture for the automatic segmentation and survival prediction in cervical cancer

Shitao Zhu, Ling Lin, Qin Liu, Jing Liu, Yanwen Song, Qin Xu

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Deep learning-based detection of primary bone tumors around the knee joint on radiographs: a multicenter study

Danyang Xu, Bing Li, Weixiang Liu, Dan Wei, Xiaowu Long, Tanyu Huang, Hongxin Lin, Kangyang Cao, Shaonan Zhong, Jingjing Shao, Bingsheng Huang, Xian-Fen Diao, Zhenhua Gao

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Ultrasound characteristics of extravaginal testicular torsion at different stages of disease progression

Yongguang Ban, Di Lan, Shanshan Wang, Wei Liu, Xiaoqing Fu, Li Hou, Lingfei Guo, Jianbo Teng, Qinhua Luan

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A mutual reconstruction network model for few-shot classification of histological images: addressing interclass similarity and intraclass diversity

Xiangbo Li, Yinghui Zhang, Fengxiang Ge

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Fusion of shallow and deep features from ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT for predicting EGFR-sensitizing mutations in non-small cell lung cancer

Xiaohui Yao, Yuan Zhu, Zhenxing Huang, Yue Wang, Shan Cong, Liwen Wan, Ruodai Wu, Long Chen, Zhanli Hu

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The value of synthetic magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis and assessment of prostate cancer aggressiveness

Zhongxiu Gao, Xinchen Xu, Han Sun, Tiannv Li, Wei Ding, Ying Duan, Lijun Tang, Yingying Gu

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Comparison of ultrasonic diagnosis of cesarean scar defects at different timepoints following cesarean section

Yu Jiang, Xiaoyong Qiao, Tao Li, Juan Wen, Hong Luo

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Evaluation of microstructural brain changes in post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with neurological symptoms: a cross-sectional study

Ibrahim Ibrahim, Antonín Škoch, Monika Dezortová, Theodor Adla, Vlasta Flusserová, Markéta Nagy, Irena Douchová, Martina Fialová, Vanda Filová, Dita Pajuelo, Markéta Ibrahimová, Jaroslav Tintěra

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A magnetic resonance imaging-based lymph node regression grading scheme for nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy

Hui Yang, Zhiying Liang, Jiahui Liang, Di Cao, Qin Cao, Feng Zhao, Weijing Zhang, Kit Ian Kou, Chunyan Cui, Lizhi Liu, Haojiang Li, Zexue Peng, Siyu Zhu

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Fully automated classification of pulmonary nodules in positron emission tomography-computed tomography imaging using a two-stage multimodal learning approach

Tongtong Li, Junfeng Mao, Jiandong Yu, Ziyang Zhao, Miao Chen, Zhijun Yao, Lei Fang, Bin Hu

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Application of the Kaiser score on contrast-enhanced mammography in the differential diagnosis of breast lesions: comparison with breast magnetic resonance imaging

Xiaocui Rong, Yihe Kang, Yanan Li, Jing Xue, Zhigang Li, Guang Yang

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A bibliometric analysis of contrast-enhanced ultrasound over the past twenty years

Ziyi Yang, Mutian Lv, Zijun Yu, Li Sang, Mingxia Yang, Rubo Tang, Zhongqing Wang, Liang Sang

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Weakly supervised low-dose computed tomography denoising based on generative adversarial networks

Peixi Liao, Xucan Zhang, Yaoyao Wu, Hu Chen, Wenchao Du, Hong Liu, Hongyu Yang, Yi Zhang

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Investigation of diaphragmatic motion and projected lung area in diaphragm paralysis patients using dynamic chest radiography

Ziyang Xia, Chuming Peng, Liyuan Fan, Qiongzhu Chen, Wentao Liu, Ting Ma, Weicong Chen, Yaocheng Wen, Yuquan Song, Haibo Lin

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Can cereal-based oral contrast agents-assisted ultrasound become an alternative to non-contrast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in radiological follow-up for pancreatic cystic lesions?

Jiang Ji, Xinlong Shi, Yu Xia, Luying Gao, Nengwen Luo, Liyuan Ma, Aonan Pan, Yuang An, Ya Hu, Yuxin Jiang

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Meibography signal intensity as a novel image biomarker for meibomian gland function: evidence from cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses

Yuqing Deng, Lirong Ling, Zhongzhou Luo, Ruiwen Xu, Yimin Zhang, Kang Yu, Jijing Li, Tingting Zhang, Xiaoqing Hu, Peng Xiao, Jin Yuan

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Evaluation of the efficacy of intrauterine treatments of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome using myocardial performance index

Yu Jiang, Xiaoyong Qiao, Hua Liao, Hong Luo

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The value of radiomics features of the spleen as surrogates for differentiating subtypes of common pediatric lymphomas

Jiajun Si, Haoru Wang, Mingye Xie, Yanlin Yang, Jun Li, Fang Wang, Xin Chen, Ling He

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Assessing the relationship of agger nasi pneumatization to the lacrimal sac: a dynamic computed tomography-dacryocystography analysis

Xinhan Cui, Yan Wang

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Ventricular dysfunction consequences of mechanical dyssynchrony in isolated complete right bundle branch block versus left bundle branch block

Mengjia Chen, Xueyang Zhang, Guangyuan Li, Yonghuai Wang, Fanxin Kong, Chunyan Ma

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Multiparametric simultaneous hybrid ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (¹⁸F-FDG PET/MRI) incorporating intratumoral and peritumoral regions for grading of glioma

Ping Liu, Yu-Ping Zeng, Hong Qu, Wan-Yi Zheng, Tian-Xing Zhou, Li-Feng Hang, Gui-Hua Jiang

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Assessment of perioperative cardiac risk using preoperative quantitative flow ratio in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing noncardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study

Ken Lin, Yimin Zhou, Weicheng Ni, Kun Guo, Yuanmiao Li, Jiayu Ke, Ling Cheng, Qingwei Ni, Sanling Shi, Yucheng Lu, Lingyue Sun, Hao Zhou

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Elevated modiolus density on high-resolution computed tomography as an indicator of cochlear neurodysplasia: a retrospective case-control study

Kun Zhu, Xin Chen

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Performance assessment of an artificial intelligence-based coronary artery calcium scoring algorithm in non-gated chest CT scans of different slice thickness

Kejie Yin, Wenping Chen, Guochu Qin, Jing Liang, Xue Bao, Hongming Yu, Hui Li, Jianhua Xu, Xingbiao Chen, Yujie Wang, Rock H. Savage, U. Joseph Schoepf, Dan Mu, Bing Zhang

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Diagnostic efficacy of the contrast-enhanced ultrasound thyroid imaging reporting and data system classification for benign and malignant thyroid nodules

Yu-Ping Yang, Guo-Li Zhang, Hong-Lian Zhou, Hai-Xia Dai, Xing Huang, Li-Juan Liu, Jun Xie, Jie-Xin Wang, Hua-Juan Li, Xin Liang, Qian Yuan, Yan-Hao Zeng, Xiao-Hong Xu

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Computed tomography (CT)-based skeletal muscle vertebral-related index to assess low muscle mass in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Yilong Huang, Feng Yuan, Lei Yang, Honglei Guo, Yuanming Jiang, Hanxue Cun, Zhanglin Mou, Jiaxin Chen, Chunli Li, Zhenguang Zhang, Bo He

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Investigating the clinical utility of global and regional myocardial work parameters in predicting response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction

Chaodi Tan, Zongjian Li, Yuping Zheng, Ying Chen, Boshui Huang, Shaoxin Zheng, Shuxian Zhou

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Deep learning models for rapid discrimination of high-grade gliomas from solitary brain metastases using multi-plane T1-weighted contrast-enhanced (T1CE) images

Zicheng Xiong, Jun Qiu, Quan Liang, Jingcheng Jiang, Kai Zhao, Hui Chang, Cheng Lv, Wanjun Zhang, Boyuan Li, Jingbo Ye, Shangbo Li, Shuo Peng, Changrong Sun, Shengbo Chen, Dazhi Long, Xujun Shu

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Cortical microstructural abnormalities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a gray matter-based spatial statistics study

Xin-Yun Xiao, Jing-Yi Zeng, Yun-Bin Cao, Ying Tang, Zhang-Yu Zou, Jian-Qi Li, Hua-Jun Chen

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Applying mixed-integer linear programming to the non-coplanar beam angle optimization of intensity-modulated radiotherapy for liver cancer

Peng Huang, Jiawen Shang, Xin Xie, Zhihui Hu, Zhiqiang Liu, Hui Yan

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Using amide proton transfer-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in peritumor tissue to predict parametrial infiltration of cervical cancer: a case-control study

Lianze Du, Qinghai Yuan, Mengdi Zhang, Rui Ma, Lili Zhu, Qinghe Han

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Comparison of the diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced ultrasound and high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of histologically defined vulnerable carotid plaque: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Chao Hou, Ji-Qing Xuan, Li Zhao, Ming-Xing Li, Wen He, Hui Liu

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DLCNBC-SA: a model for assessing axillary lymph node metastasis status in early breast cancer patients

Aiguo Zhang, Zhen Chen, Shengxiang Mei, Yunfan Ji, Yiqi Lin, Hua Shi

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Artificial intelligence improves the diagnosis of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27-negative axial spondyloarthritis based on multi-sequence magnetic resonance imaging and clinical features

Zixiao Lu, Qingqing Zou, Menghong Wang, Xinai Han, Xingliang Shi, Shufan Wu, Zhuoyao Xie, Qiang Ye, Liwen Song, Yi He, Qianjin Feng, Yinghua Zhao

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Three-dimensional pseudocontinuous arterial spin labeling with dual postlabeling delay for reflecting cerebral blood flow regulation in patients with hydrocephalus: a retrospective cross-sectional study

Yawen Xiao, Shiqi Chen, Zhaotao Zhang, Jianglong Huang, Yifei Gui, Dan Luo, Xinru Deng, Jiankun Dai, Xinlan Xiao

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Automatic measurement of anatomical parameters of the lumbar vertebral body and the intervertebral disc on radiographs by deep learning

Hongyan Yao, Zhihong Zhang, Guohua Cheng, Xiaofei Chen, Linyang He, Wenqi Wang, Sheng Zhou, Ping Wang

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Assessment of body compositions in the prediction of metabolic syndrome in adults

Bowen Hou, Yitong Li, Chanyuan Liu, Yao Zhang, Donglin Wen, Xiaoming Li

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Bone age assessment by multi-granularity and multi-attention feature encoding

Bowen Liu, Yulin Huang, Shaowei Li, Jinshui He, Dongxu Zhang

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Integrating myocardial metabolic imaging and stress myocardial contrast echocardiography to improve the diagnosis of coronary microvascular diseases in rabbits

Guodong Wang, Xiaohong Li, Jiaxin Zhao, Shangke Chen, Yongde Qin, Lina Guan, Yuming Mu

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Deep-learning radiomics based on ultrasound can objectively evaluate thyroid nodules and assist in improving the diagnostic level of ultrasound physicians

Hai Du, Feng Chen, Hao Li, Kaifeng Wang, Jian Zhang, Jian Meng, Huiwen Li, Xia Xu, Junpu Qu, Rong Wu, Jing Li, Meilan Zhang, Fengxiang Zhang, Xuelin Zhu

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Recurrent mitral regurgitation after repair of Barlow’s disease in a single-center retrospective cohort study

Lishan Zhong, Yanyin Huang, Shuo Xiao, Zhenzhong Wang, Yuxin Li, Junfei Zhao, Dou Fang, Qiuji Wang, Zhaolong Zhang, Huanlei Huang

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Association between lymphatic abnormalities in the neck and thorax in primary chylopericardium and surgical outcomes evaluated by non-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) lymphangiography

Yimeng Zhang, Xiaoli Sun, Mengke Liu, Xingpeng Li, Mingxia Zhang, Yongli Duan, Rengui Wang

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Effects of oral contrast agent on the viscoelastic properties of the terminal ileum investigated using magnetic resonance elastography

Sa-Ra Ro, Florian N. Loch, Britta Siegmund, Anja A. Kühl, Gero-Mathias Neumann, Bernd Hamm, Jürgen Braun, Ingolf Sack, Rolf Reiter

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Predictive value of spectral dual-detector computed tomography for PD-L1 expression in stage I lung adenocarcinoma: development and validation of a novel nomogram

Tong Wang, Zheng Fan, Yong Yue, Xiaomei Lu, Xiaoxu Deng, Yang Hou

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The relationship between intracranial atherosclerosis and white matter hyperintensity in ischemic stroke patients: a retrospective cross-sectional study using high-resolution magnetic resonance vessel wall imaging

Meng Li, Xiaowei Song, Qiao Wei, Jian Wu, Shi Wang, Xueyu Liu, Cong Guo, Qian Gao, Xuan Zhou, Yanan Niu, Xuanzhu Guo, Xihai Zhao, Liping Chen

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Assessment of lumbar paraspinal muscle morphology using mDixon Quant magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): a cross-sectional study in healthy subjects

Peter Krkoska, Viktoria Kokosova, Marek Dostal, Daniela Vlazna, Milos Kerkovsky, Matej Straka, Radim Gerstberger, Katerina Matulova, Petra Ovesna, Blanka Adamova

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