Vol 15, No 1 (January 02, 2025): Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery

Original Article

High performance of the diffusion magnetic resonance imaging biomarker diffusion-derived ‘vessel density’ (DDVD) for separating placentas associated with pre-eclampsia from placentas in normal pregnancy
Cai-Ying Li, Lei Chen, Fu-Zhao Ma, Jian-Qiang Chen, Yue-Fu Zhan, Yì Xiáng J. Wáng
Noninvasive assessment of pediatric glomerular disease: multimodal ultrasound
Maosheng Xu, Xiaochen Guo, Xingyu Chen, Yandan Wu, Xinxin Huang, Xingwang Li, Liang Wang, Chun-Peng Zou
A machine learning model incorporating 18F-prostate-specific membrane antigen-1007 positron emission tomography/computed tomography and multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging for predicting prostate-specific antigen persistence in patients with prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy
Fangansheng Chen, Jia Jiang, Yushi Peng, Ling Wang, Junping Lan, Shuying Bian, Hanzhe Wang, Zhe Xiao, Yimin Chen, Yinuo Fu, Xiangwu Zheng, Kun Tang
Brain tumor enhancement prediction from pre-contrast conventional weighted images using synthetic multiparametric mapping and generative artificial intelligence
Elisa Moya-Sáez, Rodrigo de Luis-García, Laura Nunez-Gonzalez, Carlos Alberola-López, Juan Antonio Hernández-Tamames
MacNet: a mobile attention classification network combining convolutional neural network and transformer for the differentiation of cervical cancer
Yi An, Yuanyuan Lei, Zhenxing Huang, Yu Liu, Meiyong Huang, Zhou Liu, Wenbo Li, Dong Liang, Wenting Huang, Zhanli Hu
Influences of the second motion probing gradient b-value and T2 relaxation time on magnetic resonance diffusion-derived ‘vessel density’ (DDVD) calculation: the examples of liver, spleen, and liver simple cyst
Zhi-Guo Ju, Xiao-Ming Leng, Ben-Heng Xiao, Ming-Hua Sun, Hua Huang, Gen-Wen Hu, Ge Zhang, Ji-Hong Sun, Michael S. Y. Zhu, Giuseppe Guglielmi, Yì Xiáng J. Wáng
Correlations of anterior and posterior corneal parameters in Chinese myopic patients: a retrospective multicenter study
Yijun Hu, Yanfang Wang, Zijing Du, Shanqing Zhu, Lu Xiong, Xuejun Fang, Jin Zhou, Qingsong Zhang, Xiaohua Lei, Yanbing Li, Jin Zeng, Zheng Wang
Radiomics based on 18F-FDG PET for predicting treatment response and prognosis in newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients: do lesion selection and segmentation methods matter?
Yi Zhou, Xue-Yan Zhou, Yu-Chao Xu, Xue-Lei Ma, Rong Tian
Differentiation of early-stage endometrial carcinoma from benign endometrial lesions: a comparative study of six diffusion models
Qiu Bi, Yuchen Deng, Na Xu, Shan Wu, Hongjiang Zhang, Yichen Huang, Shuni Zhang, Shaoyu Wang, Yunzhu Wu, Kunhua Wu, Jie Zhang
Artificial intelligence models assisting physicians in quantifying pancreatic necrosis in acute pancreatitis
Cheng-Xiang Lu, Jiali Zhou, Yong-Chang Feng, Si-Jun Meng, Xue-Ling Guo, Wen-Song Su, Tue Ngo, Tse Hao Hsu, Peng Lin, James Huang, Si-Tong Liu, Manuel L. B. Palacio, Wei-Lin Change, Glen Qin, Yi-Qun Hu, Ling-Hui Zhan
Dual-layer detector spectral computed tomography quantitative parameters for predicting pathological complete remission after neoadjuvant treatment of breast cancer
Shaolan Guo, Dandan Wang, Qian Zhao, Zhao Bi, Wanhu Li, Jian Zhu
Effects of different combinations of noise index and preset adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction Veo on the accuracy and image quality of bone mineral density measurements using fast kilovolt-switching dual-energy computed tomography: a phantom study
Han Zhang, Heli Han, Yujie Li, Qiushi Yang, Tiantian Yin, Wanjiang Yu
Pineal region tumors: prognostic stratification based on magnetic resonance imaging features—a retrospective cohort study
Ying Peng, Silu Chen, Jing Li, Yituo Wang, Bing Wu
Application of low-dose FDG-PET/MRI for quantification of lung changes in pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis: a new inflammatory index
Ricarda Schwarz, Jürgen Frank Schäfer, Philipp Utz, Ute Graepler-Mainka, Helmut Dittmann, Mareen Sarah Kraus, Michael Esser
Quantitative ultrasonography of the foot muscles: a comprehensive perspective on reliability
Nicolas Haelewijn, Jean-Louis Peters-Dickie, Roel de Ridder, Kevin Deschamps, Christine Detrembleur, Sébastien Lobet, Valentien Spanhove
Brain surface area and function alterations are correlated with cognition in patients with end-stage renal disease
Chi Wang, Lijun Song, Xu Liu, Wenbo Yang, Mingan Li, Boyan Xu, Zhenghan Yang, Wenhu Liu, Zhen-Chang Wang, Hao Wang
Multi-stream and multi-scale fusion rib fracture segmentation network based on UXNet
Yusi Liu, Liyuan Zhang, Zhengang Jiang
Exploration of optimal thresholds for predicting the invasive nature of stage T1 lung adenocarcinoma using artificial intelligence-based 3D solid component volume segmentation
Wensong Shi, Yuzhui Hu, Yingli Sun, Guotao Chang, Yulun Yang, Yinsen Song, He Qian, Zhengpan Wei, Liang Zhao, Ming Li, Xiangnan Li, Huiyu Zheng
The correlation between contrast-enhanced ultrasound Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System classification and differentiation grades of combined hepatocellular carcinoma-cholangiocarcinoma
Jingwen Yang, Jiazhi Cao, Xiaomiao Ruan, Youxiang Ren, Wenwu Ling
Assessment of intratumor heterogeneity for preoperatively predicting the invasiveness of pulmonary adenocarcinomas manifesting as pure ground-glass nodules
Hongliang Qi, Zhichao Zuo, Shanyue Lin, Ye Chen, Hanwei Li, Debin Hu, Yingjun Zhou, Wanyin Qi, Hongwen Chen
Quantitative assessment of lung structure changes in low-intensity smokers: a retrospective study in a Chinese male cohort
Rui Shen, Youmin Guo, Cong Shen
Enhancement of the nontumor component in newly diagnosed glioblastoma as a more accurate predictor of local recurrence location: a multicenter study
Quanzhi Feng, Wang Xiang, Yuhan Fan, Jing Li, Xiyue Jing, Xiaodong Ji, Tong Han, Shuang Xia
Evaluation of gray-matter and white-matter microstructural abnormalities in children with growth hormone deficiency: a comprehensive assessment with synthetic magnetic resonance imaging
Liping Lin, Yanglei Cheng, Huaqiong Qiu, Zi Yan, Weifeng Hou, Shuzhen Huang, Wei Cui, Gerald L. Cheung, Zhiyun Yang, Qiuli Chen, Long Qian, Shu Su
Quantitative contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in the diagnosis and grading of hepatic steatosis in brain-dead donors
Weiming He, Jiazhen Chen, Yuqiang Wu, Yuguang Xu, Junying Gao, Jianlong Wu, Xingwen Li, Xiaozhen Liu, Mingman Zhang, Qiang Sun
Development and validation of a clinical features-based nomogram for predicting neonatal cerebral microbleeds
Mimi Chen, Zhen Luo, Puzheng Wen, Ying Wang, Pinxiao Wang, Lifu Cong, Zhibo Liu, Jingzhe Liu
Altered effective connectivity in Parkinson’s disease patients with rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder: a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study and support vector machine analysis
Ai-Di Shan, Heng Zhang, Meng-Xi Gao, Li-Na Wang, Xing-Yue Cao, Cai-Ting Gan, Hui-Min Sun, Qian-Ling Lu, Li Zhang, Yong-Sheng Yuan, Ke-Zhong Zhang
Association between descending aorta wall thickness or wall area and cardiovascular disease risk factors in cardiovascular disease-free patients: a study based on water-calcium material decomposition and subtraction-based computed tomography dark-blood imaging
Yan Qi, Ye Huang, Haichao Liu, Yiming Yang, Yan Jiang, Zhiyuan Chen, Long Li, Mengya Guo, Jianying Li, Dongjing Zhou, Yupin Liu
Comparison of ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging of the median nerve’s recurrent motor branch and the value of its diameter in diagnosing carpal tunnel syndrome
Yeting Wang, Wen Chen, Tiezheng Wang, Kezhen Qin, Jianbo Teng, Hengtao Qi
A comparative study of 4-hook anchor device with methylene blue for preoperative pulmonary nodule localization
Xiaowu Zhang, Lei Miao, Yun Che, Pengfei Tian, Jingui Li, Qing Peng, He Zhao, Yingen Luo, Mingchen Sang, Yawei Li, Liang Zhao, Xiao Li
Quantitative assessment of early changes in myocardial extracellular volume during postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer via dual-layer spectral detector computed tomography: a cohort study
Honglin Wu, Yan Huang, Meng Yang, Zhiheng Lu, Weiwei Deng, Yu Wang, Qin Xiao, Yajia Gu
Accurate puncture of targets in the lower lung lobes with respiratory motion using a teleoperated robotic system and low-dose computed tomography fluoroscopy: an experimental animal study
Xiaofeng He, Yueyong Xiao, Xiao Zhang, Xiaobo Zhang, Xin Zhang, Yingtian Wei, Zhongliang Zhang, Xiaodong Xue
Development and validation of a multi-parametric MRI deep-learning model for preoperative lymphovascular invasion evaluation in rectal cancer
Shengming Shi, Apekshya Singh, Jiaqi Ma, Xinsheng Nie, Xiangjiang Kong, Lingqing Xiao, Han Liu, Yupeng Wu, Xiaofu Li
Diagnostic value of greyscale ultrasound combined with superb microvascular imaging in thyroid nodules: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Wanying Li, Zhitong Ge, Siman Cai, Song Fang, Min Zhang, Hongyan Wang, Jianchu Li
A streamlined U-Net convolution network for medical image processing
Ching-Hsue Cheng, Jun-He Yang, Yu-Chen Hsu
Majority of hip fragility fractures among older people can be predicted by a DXA examination: an updated analysis of literature results and empirical Chinese data with a focus on the validation of the newly proposed osteofrailia criterion for men
Yì Xiáng J. Wáng, James F. Griffith, Jason C. S. Leung, Timothy C. Y. Kwok
Multiparametric cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with myocarditis with consecutive follow-up and a comparison between non-COVID-19 and COVID-19-associated myocarditis
Xiaorong Chen, Yi Hu, Jiangfeng Pan, Limei Ye, Yonghao Pan, Qing Liu
Texture analysis combined with machine learning in radiographs of the knee joint: potential to identify tibial plateau occult fractures
Ju Zeng, Fenghua Zou, Haoxi Chen, Decui Liang
Effect of different scanning threshold triggers on the image quality of brain computed tomography angiography: a randomized controlled trial
Jun Xu, Jian Shen, Qian Dong, Shen Gui, Jing Wang, Zi-Qiao Lei, Xiao-Li Hu, Kun Luo
Stenting versus medical treatment for idiopathic intracranial hypertension based on a propensity score matching method
Zhen Xu, Yingge Xu, Yudi Xu, Song Zhang, Yinyin Wu, Ming Zhu, Lei Yan, Shaofeng Shui
Reproducibility of automatic adipose tissue segmentation using proton density fat fraction images between 1.5 and 3.0 T magnetic resonance
Chuanli Cheng, Naiwen Zhang, Jingshan Gong, Liwen Wan, Hao Peng, Qian Wan, Bingsheng Huang, Hongwu Zeng, Xin Liu, Hairong Zheng, Chao Zou
Association between carotid ultrasound features and the detection of functionally significant coronary artery stenosis: a prospective study based on quantitative flow ratio
Jili Long, Jingru Lin, Jia Tao, Qinglong Meng, Bing Zhang, Yanjin Tian, Mengyi Liu, Hao Wang
Alterations in local activity and whole-brain functional connectivity in human immunodeficiency virus-associated neurocognitive disorders: a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study
Xingyuan Jiang, Chuanke Hou, Juming Ma, Hongjun Li
Enhancing photon-counting computed tomography reconstruction via subspace dictionary learning and spatial sparsity regularization
Qiaofang Xing, Ailong Cai, Zhizhong Zheng, Lei Li, Bin Yan
Using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging and contrastive learning to explore changes in the Parkinson’s disease brain network and correlations with gait impairment
Ran An, Lining Dong, Mingkai Zhang, Shiya Wang, Ying Yan, Zheng Wang, Mingjun Shi, Wei Wei, Zhenchang Wang, Xuan Wei
Thalamic functional connectivity on 7-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging and its relation to motor signs in early-stage Parkinson’s disease
Xiaoyu Wang, Yongqin Xiong, Jianxing Hu, Fengzhu Li, Caohui Duan, Haoxuan Lu, Dong Zhang, Jiayu Huang, Xiangbing Bian, Song Wang, Miao Wang, Xi Yin, Zhongbao Gao, Xin Lou
Applying aperture-based intensity map in automated plan review of volumetric modulated arc therapy for lung cancer patients
Peng Huang, Zhihui Hu, Jiawen Shang, Yuhan Fan, Zhixing Chang, Yingjie Xu, Jianrong Dai, Hui Yan
External validation of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging-based decision rules for characterizing breast lesions and comparison to Kaiser score and breast imaging reporting and data system (BI-RADS) category
Yongyu An, Guoqun Mao, Sisi Zheng, Yangyang Bu, Zhen Fang, Jiangnan Lin, Changyu Zhou
HIF-1α expression is associated with the pathological response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients and can be predicted using CECT features
Fangqing Wang, Jinlei Fan, Fei Lu, Janwei Xu, Hui Zhang, Junqi Han, Jingjing Chen, Dexin Yu
Brain temperature mapping based on chemical exchange saturation transfer signal at 2 ppm
Siqi Cai, Chongxue Bie, Yang Zhou, Chao Zou, Xi Xu, Ganghan Yang, Chunxiang Jiang, Lijuan Zhang
Metastasis lesion segmentation from bone scintigrams using encoder-decoder architecture model with multi-attention and multi-scale learning
Ailing Xie, Qiang Lin, Yang He, Xianwu Zeng, Yongchun Cao, Zhengxing Man, Caihong Liu, Yusheng Hao, Xiaodi Huang
Optimized contrast enhancement and homogeneity in aortic CT angiography: bolus tracking with personalized post-trigger delay
Ke Qi, Linfeng Li, Dian Yuan, Yicun Zhang, Mengyuan Zhang, Weiting Zhang, Yanbo Gu, Zhihao Wang, Peijie Lyu, Jianbo Gao, Jie Liu
The rotation method for correcting renal depth in the determination of glomerular filtration rate using Tc-99m diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA)-based renal dynamic imaging in patients with hydronephrosis
Bo Feng, Junshun Chang, Yan Li, Bao Li, Xiaoshan Guo, Haiyan Liu, Keyi Lu, Biyun Wang, Sijin Li, Hua Wei
Automated elbow ultrasound image recognition: a two-stage deep learning system via Swin Transformer
Weichen Zhou, Chengting Zhou, Lirong Hu, Li Qiu
18F-FAPI-42 PET/CT for preoperatively identifying intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma
Ting Yang, Yuan Yang, Siqi Hu, Yujie Xie, Zijie Shen, Yong Zhang
Effectiveness of ultrasound-guided intra-articular drug injections in treating sternoclavicular arthritis: a single-group observational study
Lili Ma, Fangyu Yi, Chunhua Wang, Fengzhen Wang, Fang Wang
Efficacy of microwave ablation for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Mengyao Song, Jing Li, Yipu Li, Chengzhi Zhang, Milan Sigdel, Rongna Hou, Dechao Jiao, Xueliang Zhou
An automatic and real-time echocardiography quality scoring system based on deep learning to improve reproducible assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction
Xiaoshan Li, Lisi Liao, Kai Wu, Alexander Thomas Meng, Yitao Jiang, Yuan Zhu, Chen Cui, Xiaowei Xu, Bobo Shi, Hongwen Fei
Lower osteoporotic-like vertebral fractural deformity (OLVF) prevalence and severity among older Thais and Indonesians than among older Chinese
Yì Xiáng J. Wáng, Sheng-Nan Tang, Jason C. S. Leung, Cai-Ying Li, Anthony W. L. Kwok, Timothy C. Y. Kwok
Using multimodal ultrasound technology to improve the success rate of liver tumor puncture for lesions with poor visibility on conventional ultrasound imaging
Xingyun Long, Yuhong He, Shengying Tang, Keke Chen, Wentao Kong
Evolutionary patterns and research frontiers of artificial intelligence in age-related macular degeneration: a bibliometric analysis
Zuyi Yang, Dianzhe Tian, Xinyu Zhao, Lei Zhang, Yiyao Xu, Xin Lu, Youxin Chen
Application value of two-dimensional ultrasound and shear-wave elastography parameters in evaluating sarcopenia with essential hypertension
Xu Han, Qirui Li, Gaosen Zhang, Zhen Zhang
The utility of the low motion area ratio for the preoperative detection of pleural adhesions: dynamic chest radiography analysis
Takuya Watanabe, Masayuki Tanahashi, Eriko Suzuki, Naoko Yoshii, Takuya Kohama, Kensuke Iguchi, Takumi Endo, Noritsugu Matsutani
Bibliometric analysis of research on the application of deep learning to ophthalmology
Min Zhao, Haoxin Guo, Xindan Cao, Junshi Dai, Zhongqing Wang, Jiangyue Zhao, Cheng Peng
Seg-SkiNet: adaptive deformable fusion convolutional network for skin lesion segmentation
Haiwang Nan, Zhenhao Gao, Limei Song, Qiang Zheng
Racial and sexual differences of eyebrow and eyelid morphology: three-dimensional analysis in young Caucasian and Chinese populations
Tao Gao, Yongwei Guo, Alexander C. Rokohl, Wanlin Fan, Ming Lin, Sitong Ju, Xueting Li, Xiaojun Ju, Xincen Hou, Till A. Rosenkranz, Guosheng Zhang, Haixia Bai, Kaiwen Ni, Ke Yao, Ludwig M. Heindl
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a strong predictor of carotid high-risk plaques as assessed by high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging
Tianqi Xu, Boning Guo, Sha Li, Shuai Zhang, Ximing Wang
Relationship between freezing of gait in Parkinson disease and locus coeruleus dysfunction: a neuromelanin-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging study
Yanyan Yang, Mengchao Zhang, Yayun Yan, Ying Chang, Mingxin Chen

Letter to the Editor

A case of “malignant” congenital heart disease with abnormal left coronary origin
Jialing Wu, Guojin Xia, Yulin He, Linfeng Hu, Wei Zhou
The anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the distal pulmonary artery with an interarterial course: a case description
Shiying Li, Xin Zhang, Lingyun Fang, Yixia Lin, Nan Cui, Yali Yang
Segmental atrophy of the liver in a child: a case description and literature analysis
Xiuli Li, Weixia Chen, Qiang Yue, Qiyong Gong
Ultrasound-guided percutaneous hepatic puncture for hepatic lymphangiography: a case description
Tongwei Chu, Yong Liu, Xin Liu, Zhe Wen, Tianyu Yao
Integrated multiple interventional radiologic procedures for diagnosis and treatment of unresectable breast cancer: a case description
Yu-Feng Wang, Sheng Xu, Xiao-Guang Li
The first imported case of Lassa fever in China: a case description
Chenxi Li, Fan Luo
Imaging misdiagnosis of urothelial carcinoma of the kidney graft as a post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder: a case description
Xia Xie, Gang Li, Xiuming Wang, Huabin Zhang
Lung cancer metastasis to artificial vascular graft post-surgery for abdominal aortic infection with pseudoaneurysm: a case description and literature analysis
Jing Luo, Hanxi Zhang, Chao Bu, Mengdi Zhang, Qingyu Liu, Jing Wang, Zhonghua Sun, Yu Li
Gastric metastasis from PD-L1-positive lung squamous cell carcinoma combined with multiple primary malignant tumors: a case description
Menglin Zhao, Mingyue Tang, Xinwei Li, Yue Zhang, Cancan Zhao, Huiyuan Li, Yanyan Wang, Zhiquan Jiang, Zishu Wang, Chenchen Jiang, Fang Su
Osteopenic fractures, the importance of applying gender-specific bone mineral density thresholds in identifying hip fracture at-risk populations, and comments on the article of Xu et al.
Yì Xiáng J. Wáng