Vol 15, No 3 (March 03, 2025): Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery

Original Article

Deep learning for identifying cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Felix Corr, Dustin Grimm, Paul Leach
Preoperative three-dimensional simulation and clinical evaluation of in-situ bone harvesting in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgery
Chong Chen, Yifan Chen, Yongyu Ye, Guoyan Liang, Wenlin Ye, Yuhui Yang, Yunbing Chang
Fat-separated T1 mapping for liver function analysis on gadoxetic acid-enhanced MR imaging: 2D two-point Dixon Look-Locker inversion recovery sequence for differentiation of Child-Pugh class B/C from Child-Pugh class A/chronic liver disease
Ye Rin Hwang, Miri Seo, Ute Goerke, Mahesh Bharath Keerthivasan, MunYoung Paek, Seong Jin Park, Myung-Won You
3D time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography of lenticulostriate artery imaging at 5.0 Tesla: a hierarchic analysis method and clinical applications
Hao Mei, Jinfeng Lv, Dan Xu, Lei Gao, Wenbo Sun, Xiaoli Zhong, Chenhong Fan, Ran Tao, Xiaopeng Song, Feng Xiao, Haibo Xu
The diagnostic value of ultra-microangiography for biliary atresia
Lingling Deng, Xuemei Qi, Gang Wang, Lijun Wang, Shaoling Liu
A multi-scale pyramid residual weight network for medical image fusion
Yiwei Liu, Shaoze Zhang, Yao Tang, Xihai Zhao, Zuo-Xiang He
Comparative analysis of the International Society of Lymphology and Taiwan Lymphoscintigraphy Staging systems: correlation, reliability, and a quantitative severity index in extremity lymphedema
Qiushuang Li, Qingqing Tang, Kaihang Luo, Shuai Zhang, Xiang Zhou, Yi Yang, Ping Li, Jian Qi, Yuancheng Zhang
Altered hypothalamus functional connectivity and psychological stress in patients with alopecia areata
Yingxing Duan, Dongcui Wang, Yitao Mao, Gechang Cheng, Weihua Liao, Junfeng Li
Multitask Swin Transformer for classification and characterization of pulmonary nodules in CT images
Haizhe Jin, Cheng Yu, Jiahao Zhang, Renjie Zheng, Yongyan Fu, Yinan Zhao
Impact of antihypertensive treatment on myocardial mechanics in elderly hypertensive patients with different left ventricular geometry patterns: a two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography study
Xiaoyan Kang, Jiayu Zhang, Junyu Liu, Junwang Miao, Shuai Li, Chunsong Kang, Jiping Xue
Development and validation of a novel echocardiography-based nomogram for the streamlined classification of cardiac tumors in cancer patients
Yuwei Bao, Chenyang Lu, Qun Yang, Shirui Lu, Tianjiao Zhang, Jie Tian, Dan Wu, Qingwen Kang, Pengfei Zhang, Yani Liu
Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen: clinical, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging characteristics
Xue-Lian Xiang, Yun-Yun Li, Chang Liu
Comparison of “one-stop” coronary and head-and-neck computed tomography angiography with different scan sequences using a wide-detector system: heart-to-cranial vs. cranial-to-heart
Xiaojing Zhao, Yi Shan, Chong Zheng, Jingjuan Wang, Miao Zhang, Jie Lu
Advancing insights: a bibliometric analysis of evolutionary patterns and research frontiers in ultrasound-derived quantitative assessment of skeletal muscle
Zhe Sun, Jiajia Tang, Liangkai Wang, Jiaojiao Ma, Tongtong Zhou, Huilin Li, Xinyi Liu, Xuejiao Yu, Bo Zhang
The semiquantitative assessment of metacarpal head cartilage damage in rheumatoid arthritis via ultrahigh frequency ultrasound
Xiu Zheng, Bihui Zhu, Yuanjiao Tang, Xinyi Tang, Min Li, Bingjie Liu, Li Qiu
Cardiac magnetic resonance T2 mapping and T2* mapping for myocardial iron detection in iron-water phantom models and pediatric patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia: a comparison study
Hang Fu, Mei Yan, Xue Yang, Ke Xu, Ting Xu, Lini Liu, Muhan Li, Jiangyao Zeng, Yunan Zhang, Yilin Zhang, Wenjie Tian, Jing Lin, Yingkun Guo, Hongding Zhang, Huayan Xu
Quantitative assessment and risk stratification of random acute pulmonary embolism cases using a deep learning model based on computed tomography pulmonary angiography images
Yang Qiao, Yaozong Gao, Yanbo Chen, Xiaodan Ye, Cheng Yan, Mengsu Zeng
Clinical success and safety of N-butyl cyanoacrylate in emergency embolization: is operator experience a key factor?
Rémi Grange, Vincent Habouzit, Julien Lanoiselee, Stéphanie Leroy, Nicolas Stacoffe, Nicolas Magand, Noémie Lutz, Claire Boutet, Sylvain Grange
Midterm outcomes and costs of Pipeline embolization device alone versus Atlas stent-assisted coiling for unruptured anterior circulation aneurysms: a propensity score matched comparative analysis
Linggen Dong, Chao Wang, Xinzhi Wu, Huaying Xu, Xuefang Wu, Ying Zhang, Ming Lv
Correlation between cardiac and hepatic native T1 value and myocardial late gadolinium enhancement in children with Kawasaki disease
Shengkun Peng, Lingyi Wen, Zhongqin Zhou, Shan Huang, Lei Hu, Shiganmo Azhe, Chuan Wang, Nanjun Zhang, Meining Chen, Kaiyu Zhou, Yingkun Guo
Deep medullary veins: a promising neuroimaging marker for neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis
Qi Wang, Ying Shi, Yuan Tian, Hongping Chen, Jianxiu Lian, Jiayun Ren, Yuefei Ma, Yingzhe Cui, Pengfei Liu
White matter integrity of default mode network after a 3-month aerobic dance program in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial
Han Wu, Yi Zhu, Xi Yang, Jiahuan Li, Fanfan Meng, Ming Qi, Hongyuan Ding, Shui Tian, Tong Wang
Assessment of coronary computed tomography angiography-derived plaque features in the diagnosis of optical coherence tomography-defined vulnerable plaques
Xiaojing Liu, Ruigang Xie, Yukun Pan, Zhihan Xu, Yinghui Ge, Junling Xu
Comparison of two visual localization biopsy methods for suspicious breast lesions under mammography: a multicenter cohort study
Tingting Liao, Yuting Yang, Xiaohui Lin, Xiaohui Lai, Yi Dai, Jie Ma
Estimation of hypoperfused tissue volume in large vessel occlusions: pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling versus dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion-weighted imaging
Chenxi Zhao, Chen Cao, Lei Ren, Huiying Wang, Gemuer Wu, Dingwei Fu, Jinxia Zhu, Chao Chai, Yu Guo, Shuang Xia
The value of intrarenal resistive index in delayed graft function after kidney transplantation
Yimin Guo, Yujia Yang, Shu Luo, Yelei Ren, Hongyan Chen, Yanrong Yang, Shuhua Shi, Lichuan Yang, Yongzhong Li, Jiaojiao Zhou
White matter microstructural alterations are associated with cognitive decline in benzodiazepine use disorders: a multi-shell diffusion magnetic resonance imaging study
Meizhi Yi, Tianyao Wang, Xun Li, Yihong Jiang, Yan Wang, Luokai Zhang, Wen Chen, Jun Hu, Huiting Wu, Yang Zhou, Guanghua Luo, Jun Liu, Hong Zhou
A multiparameter diagnostic model based on 2-[18F]FDG PET/CT metabolic parameters and clinical variables can differentiate high-risk and non-high-risk pediatric neuroblastoma under the revised Children’s Oncology Group classification system
Yanfeng Xu, Yukun Si, Jun Liu, Siqi Li, Wei Wang, Guanyun Wang, Jigang Yang
Image quality, diagnostic performance of reduced-dose abdominal CT with artificial intelligence model-based iterative reconstruction for colorectal liver metastasis: a prospective cohort study
Qian-Sai Qiu, Xiao-Shan Chen, Wen-Tao Wang, Jia-Hui Wang, Cheng Yan, Min Ji, San-Yuan Dong, Meng-Su Zeng, Sheng-Xiang Rao
Comparative analysis of U-Mamba and no new U-Net for the detection and segmentation of esophageal cancer in contrast-enhanced computed tomography images
Yifan Hu, Yi Zhang, Zeyu Tang, Xin Han, Huimin Hong, Lin Kong, Zhihan Xu, Shanshan Jiang, Xiaojin Yu, Lei Zhang
Improved prostate cancer diagnosis: upgraded prostate imaging reporting and data system (PI-RADS) scores by zoomed diffusion-weighted imaging enhance deep-learning-based computer-aided diagnosis accuracy
Haining Long, Lei Hu, Liming Wei, Lisong Dai, Caixia Fu, Yichen Lu, Cancan Xu, Zhonghua Hu, Lei Wang, Zhihan Xu, Robert Grimm, Heinrich von Busch, Thomas Benkert, Ali Kamen, Bin Lou, Henkjan Huisman, Angela Tong, Tobias Penzkofer, Moon Hyung Choi, Ivan Shabunin, David Winkel, Pengyi Xing, Dieter Szolar, Fergus Coakley, Steven M. Shea, Edyta Szurowska, Wangshu Zhu, Jungong Zhao
Prospective comparisons of three interpretation methods of fractional flow reserve derived from coronary computed tomography angiography
Kun Xu, Lin Yang, Jingyuan Zhang, Wenhao Huang, Yumeng Hu, Xiaochang Leng, Yajun Liu, Xiaowei Liu, Hongfeng Jin, Yiming Tang, Jiangting Wang, Yitao Guo, Chen Ye, Jianjun Zhang, Jianping Xiang, Lijiang Tang, Changqing Du
Prediction of axillary lymph node metastasis in T1 breast cancer using diffuse optical tomography, strain elastography and molecular markers
Cong Shang, Jing Zhang, Ying Huang
Assessment of common carotid artery wall stiffness using shear wave elastography: a promising technique for evaluating active and inactive Behçet’s disease
Ping Yu, Ying Wang, Tian Liu, Li Yang, Diancheng Li, Jia’an Zhu
Evaluating failed dacryocystorhinostomy using computed tomography dacryocystography: a preliminary analysis of bony ostium characteristics in an Asian population
Xinhan Cui, Kun Shan, Xiaochun Wang, Yan Wang
The association between emphysema detected on computed tomography and increased risk of lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Jiahao Shen, Chen Gao, Xinjing Lou, Ting Pan, Shenghan Wang, Zhengnan Xu, Linyu Wu, Maosheng Xu
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-compute tomography parameters for predicting the prognosis and toxicity in children and young adults with large B-cell lymphoma receiving chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy
Xilan Yao, Hongrong Wang, Shuang Yao, Xu Yang, Wei Wang, Jigang Yang
Ultrasound diagnosis of parathyroid adenomas mimicking normal lymph nodes: microvascular clues
Song Fang, Qingli Zhu, Jialin Zhao, Xiaoyan Chang, Quan Liao, Ou Wang, Xiaoping Xing, Jianchu Li, He Liu
Dynamic chest radiography in post-lobectomy recovery: a novel approach to evaluating pulmonary function and thoracic structures in patients with primary lung cancer
Kazuki Hayashi, Takuya Shiratori, Keiko Ueda, Keigo Okamoto, Yoko Kataoka, Yo Kawaguchi, Yasuhiko Ohshio, Jun Hanaoka
Optical coherence tomography-guided vs. coronary angiography-guided percutaneous coronary intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Jiayi Luo, Yu Xue, Zimin Xu, Kai Xu, Yang Li, Yaling Han
Evaluation of silicosis combined with type 2 diabetes mellitus based on the quantitative CT measured parameters
Ting Fang, Cheng-Long Wang, Yan Zhang, Rui Zhu, Yue Lin, Qin-Xi Dai, Shu Cai, Lai-Wei Chen, Xiao-Ling Wen
Fast kilovoltage peak-switching dual-energy computed tomography water-hydroxyapatite decomposition for detecting vertebral compression fracture-related bone marrow edema: a comparison with magnetic resonance imaging
Rong Yao, Xue’e Zhu, Dan Zhou, Li Yang, Hanxiao Yu, Rui Zhang, Tongbo Yu, Menghua Yang
Application of high-frequency ultrasound in the early detection of pressure injury and evaluation of decompression treatment
Rongchen Wang, Xinyi Tang, Li Qiu, Liyun Wang
Improved visualization of electron-density dual-energy computed tomography for lumbar disc disease over the standard gray-scale type and virtual noncalcium imaging
Pengfeng Sun, Xiaoping Wu, Ming Gao, Xiaoyue Zhang, Duo Ma, Hongsheng Liu, Qiaoying Zhang, Jiayu Wu, Mingyue Ma, Yan Dong, Run Liu
Reproducibility of the CT radiomic features of pulmonary nodules: the effects of the CT reconstruction algorithm, radiation dose, and contrast agent
Shou-Xin Yang, Meng Li, Li-Na Zhou, Dong-Hui Hou, Li Zhang, Ning Wu
Quantitative synthetic MRI reveals grey matter abnormalities in patients with spinal muscular atrophy types 2 and 3
Cui Yan, Shasha Lan, Huang Wang, Huirong Nie, Pei Xiang, Boyan Xu, Shu Su, Zhiyun Yang, Wen Tang, Yijuan Li, Yujian Liang, Yingqian Chen
Advanced deep learning for multi-class colorectal cancer histopathology: integrating transfer learning and ensemble methods
Qi Ke, Wun-She Yap, Yee Kai Tee, Yan Chai Hum, Hua Zheng, Yu-Jian Gan
Left atrioventricular coupling and left atrial abnormality in patients with acute myocardial infarction with and without hyperglycemia assessed with 3.0T cardiac magnetic resonance imaging feature tracking
Pei-Lun Han, Kang Li, Yu Jiang, Li Jiang, Xin Tang, Ying-Kun Guo, Yuan Li, Zhi-Gang Yang
Association of aberrant brain network connectivity with visual dysfunction in patients with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy: a pilot study
Hui Wang, Xiaoling Yan, Na Ma, Qiong Wu, Qiuhuan Zhang, Jian Zhou, Pengde Guo
Blood flow changes in the transverse-sigmoid sinus junction following effective surgical reconstruction for unilateral pulsatile tinnitus with sigmoid sinus wall anomalies: a four-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging analysis
Xiaoyu Qiu, Rong Zeng, Pengfei Zhao, Heyu Ding, Han Lv, Chihang Dai, Xiaoshuai Li, Zhenghan Yang, Shusheng Gong, Zhenchang Wang
Automatic computed tomography image segmentation method for liver tumor based on a modified tokenized multilayer perceptron and attention mechanism
Bo Yang, Jie Zhang, Youlong Lyu, Jun Zhang
Connectomics modeling of regional networks of white-matter fractional anisotropy to predict the severity of young adult drinking
Yashuang Li, Guangfei Li, Lin Yang, Yan Yan, Ning Zhang, Mengdi Gao, Dongmei Hao, Yiyao Ye-Lin, Chiang-Shan R. Li
Comparison of chest computed tomography in Turbo FLASH mode with conventional mode for coronary artery disease screening: radiation dose, image quality, and calcium scoring performance
Ying-Lan Shu, Han Yu, Da-Jing Guo, Ya-Ping Huang, Wen-Li Jiang, Yin-Deng Luo, Jie Xu
The impact of modifiable factors on image quality of prostate magnetic resonance imaging and PI-RADS scores
Lukas Lambert, Iva Macova, Monika Wagnerova, Martin Jurka, Romana Burgetova, Otakar Capoun, Andrea Burgetova
A coordinate registration-based structured magnetic resonance imaging reporting method for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a preliminary study
Shanshan Liu, Yifei Liu, Qiong Gong, Haojiang Li, Shixin Yang, Lizhi Liu, Hongbo Chen
Magnetic resonance imaging features and diagnostic value analysis of non-mass enhancement lesions of the breast
Weiyue Li, Shaofu Hong, Yan Shi, Jinsen Zou, Jie Ma, Jingshan Gong
Integration of PET/CT parameters and a clinical variable to predict the risk of progression of disease within 24 months (POD24) in follicular lymphoma
Qiuhui Jiang, Zhijuan Lin, Qinwei Chen, Feng Lin, Chong Jiang, Manman Deng, Jie Zha, Long Liu, Chongyang Ding, Bing Xu
An automatic deep learning-based bone mineral density measurement method using X-ray images of children
Hongye Zhao, Yi Zhang, Wenshuang Zhang, Ling Wang, Kai Li, Jian Geng, Xiaoguang Cheng, Tongning Wu
Correlation analysis of lumbar disc degeneration characteristics and bone mineral density in patients with osteoporosis based on the Roussouly classification
Shundan Zhao, Mengjiao Chen, Shaoqing Chen, Yingying Huang, Wangcan Ma, Zhihan Yan, Jiawei He
Ultrasound-based deep learning radiomics for multi-stage assisted diagnosis in reducing unnecessary biopsies of BI-RADS 4A lesions
Xiangyu Lu, Yun Lu, Wuyuan Zhao, Yunliang Qi, Hongjuan Zhang, Wenhao Sun, Huaikun Zhang, Pei Ma, Ling Guan, Yide Ma
Enhancing bone radiology images classification through appropriate preprocessing: a deep learning and explainable artificial intelligence approach
Yaoyang Wu, Simon Fong, Jiahui Yu
AI-assisted compressed sensing MRI improves imaging quality in rectal cancer: a comparative study with conventional acceleration techniques
Guangying Zheng, Junyi Fu, Zhe Wang, Wei Li, Aiyin Li, Dan Yu
Pancreatic and extra-pancreatic transabdominal ultrasound findings of type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis
Ya-Na Yu, Peng Cong, Xue-Mei Wang, Yun-Fei Zhang
The value of 123I-MIBG xSPECT/CT quantitative parameters in the diagnosis of bone metastasis in pediatric neuroblastoma patients
Xiaoya Wang, Guanyun Wang, Ziang Zhou, Ying Kan, Jigang Yang
Development and validation of a prediction model of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Li Chen, Fengzhen Liu, Yanling Luo, Lili Chen, Xia Li, Xiaolin Wang, Yu Zhao, Liangyun Guo, Chunquan Zhang

Letter to the Editor

A case description of mucosal Schwann cell hamartoma, which, as an unusual neoplasm, was removed using the standard cold snare polypectomy method
Andrey Kiryukhin, Alexandra Shishkina, Ksenia Feoktistova, Pavel Pavlov, Alexander Tertychnyy
Hereditary cardiac amyloidosis associated with a rare p.Ala101Val transthyretin mutation: a case description
Shanshan Yuan, Miao Zhang, Wei Liu, Yuting Deng, Hongyan Dai
Clinical utility of dynamic chest radiography in the oblique view to evaluate cardiac contraction: a case description
Hiroaki Hiraiwa, Shin Nagai, Ryota Ito, Kiyota Kondo, Shingo Kazama, Toru Kondo, Shiro Adachi, Kenji Furusawa, Akihito Tanaka, Ryota Morimoto, Takahiro Okumura, Toyoaki Murohara
Multifocal Epstein-Barr virus-associated smooth muscle tumors in a pediatric patient after kidney transplantation: a case description and literature analysis
Xiaojing Lin, Hongchang Luo, Wei Zhang
Chemotherapy-induced focal liver injury mimicking colorectal liver metastasis: a case description
Yue Yang, Keyu Zeng, Zhe Wu, Qiang Lu
Ultrasound-guided minimally invasive treatment of nonfunctional parathyroid cysts: a description of five cases
Mengyao Zhao, Zeyang Dong, Xixi Sun, Lizhi Zheng, Bin Huang
Ultrasonographic and magnetic resonance imaging findings of hepatic ascariasis: a case description of an adult
Shuyuan Tian, Jiaqi Hu, Qing Pan, Dong Xu