Vol 15, No 9 (September 01, 2025): Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery

Original Article

Prediction of weaning outcomes from mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients based on the combination of ultrasound parameters of the heart, lung, and diaphragm: a prospective observational cohort study
Qian Zhou, Ying Xu, Jun Chen, Qin Gu, Wentao Kong
Influence of preprocessing of stimulated Raman scattering images on the performance of deep neural networks for detecting cancer tissue
Andreas Weber, Kathrin Enderle-Ammour, Karl-Moritz Schröder, Marc C. Metzger, Leonard Simon Brandenburg, Jürgen Beck, Jakob Straehle, David Steybe, Mohamed Hassan, Severin Schmid, Birte Ohm, Martin Werner, Bernward Passlick, Rainer Schmelzeisen, Uyen-Thao Le, Peter Bronsert
Drug-coated balloon with bailout stenting versus drug-eluting stent plus drug-coated balloon in TransAtlantic Inter-Society Consensus C and D femoropopliteal lesions: a propensity score-matched analysis
Caibo Chen, Haitao Guan, Siyuan Shen, Pengyu Li, Kang She, Gong Cheng, Guochen Niu, Ziguang Yan, Ziping Yao, Yinghua Zou, Min Yang, Bihui Zhang
The correlation between preoperative total lesion glycolysis and lymphovascular invasion based on 18F-FDG PET/CT and its predictive value in primary gastric cancer: a cross-sectional study
Xiu-Qing Xue, Xiao-Feng Li, Xun Shi, Yue-Tao Wang
Disruptions of morphological brain networks and their associations with multi-symptoms in children with spastic cerebral palsy
Chunfeng Zhao, Xiaofan Qiu, Xinyu Luo, Ying Peng, Yu Yin, Lisha Nie, Jinhui Wang, Heng Liu
Comparing respiratory-triggered T2WI MRI with an artificial intelligence-assisted technique and motion-suppressed respiratory-triggered T2WI in abdominal imaging
Nan Wang, Yuhui Liu, Jiangnan Ran, Qi An, Lihua Chen, Ying Zhao, Dan Yu, Ailian Liu, Lina Zhuang, Qingwei Song
Enhancing postoperative recurrence assessment in gastric and colorectal cancer patients with intraperitoneal fluorouracil implants: overcoming the diagnostic challenge of fluorouracil implant-related tumor-like lesions
Luwen Hao, Xin Chen, Sijia Zhou, Xuemei Hu, Daoyu Hu, Zhen Li, Yaqi Shen
Development of a prediction model for HER2 low breast cancer using quantitative intra- and peri-tumoral heterogeneity and MRI features on high-spatial resolution ultrafast DCE-MRI
Hongbing Luo, Shixuan Zhao, Zhe Chen, Juan Ji, Jing Ren, Yongjie Li, Peng Zhou
Quantitative analysis of macular and optic disc microvascular parameters in patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy using optical coherence tomography angiography
Chen Qiu, Guihong Wu, Xueqin Zhang, Ting Kang, Dongmei Zhang, Mengxia Cao, Shuhan Zeng, Rui Wang, Tianyu Yao, Jie Chen, Santao Ou, Yue He
Disrupted neurovascular coupling in patients with lung cancer after chemotherapy
Lanyue Hu, Shaohua Ding, Jun Yao, Yujie Zhang, Jia You, Huiyou Chen, Qian Li, Yu-Chen Chen, Xindao Yin
Prediction of lymphovascular invasion in invasive breast cancer via intratumoral and peritumoral multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging machine learning-based radiomics with Shapley additive explanations interpretability analysis
Siyi Chen, Zhidan Zhong, Yongxin Chen, Wenjie Tang, Yaheng Fan, Yi Sui, Wenke Hu, Liwen Pan, Shuang Liu, Qingcong Kong, Yuan Guo, Weifeng Liu
Classification of mitral regurgitation in echocardiography based on deep learning methods
Helin Huang, Zhenyi Ge, Hairui Wang, Jing Wu, Chunqiang Hu, Nan Li, Xiaomei Wu, Cuizhen Pan
Prognostic value of left atrial strain analysis using cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking technology for patients with acute myocarditis
Yu Chen, Chaohui Tang, Guokun Wang, Yunling Li, Yanming Zhao, Jianxiu Lian, Bing Xu, Changbin Sun, Zhenhua Li, Shuo Li, Cheng Jin, Bo Yu, Shengliang Liu, Xia Gu
Multisequence magnetic resonance imaging habitat analysis for pre-operative meningioma grade prediction
Zongyou Cai, Ye Heng Wong, Tiffany Y. So
Value of grayscale histogram analysis based on ultrasound images in diagnosing sarcopenia
Kezhen Qin, Wen Chen, Hengtao Qi, Tiezheng Wang, Yeting Wang, Huawei Zhang, Jianbo Teng
Bibliometric analysis of CT-based atherosclerosis plaque imaging in coronary artery disease: from “gatekeeper” of invasive angiography to “whistleblower” of high-risk patients
Qijing Zhou, Jiayi Fu, Manling Chen, Li Zhang, Xinyi Chen, Danyan Jin, Wenzhuo Zhang, Xiaojun Guan, Xiaojun Xu
Fractional flow reserve calculation optimized by myocardial computed tomography perfusion information
Peiming Qin, Yan Yi, Cheng Xu, Limiao Zou, Fenggang Jia, Jian Guo, Ming Wang, Yan Zhang, Ziquan Wang, Pei Dong, Dijia Wu, Xiaodong Wang, Yining Wang
Impact of a deep learning image reconstruction algorithm on the robustness of abdominal computed tomography radiomics features using standard and low radiation doses
Shuo Yang, Yifan Bie, Lei Zhao, Kun Luan, Xingchao Li, Yanheng Chi, Zhen Bian, Deqing Zhang, Guodong Pang, Hai Zhong
Dual-layer spectral detector computed tomography for adrenal adenoma characterization: radiation dose reduction and quantitative agreement of multiphase virtual noncontrast with true noncontrast imaging
Deying Wen, Wen Li, Ling Zhao, Qinglin Du, Xiaoyu Tong, Ailin Liang, Tengxin Wang, Zheng Li, Xiaodi Zhang, Haiwei Liu, Yan Ren, Jiayu Sun
Enhancing diagnostic precision for thyroid C-TIRADS category 4 nodules: a hybrid deep learning and machine learning model integrating grayscale and elastographic ultrasound features
Daoyuan Zou, Fei Lyu, Yiqi Pan, Xinyu Fan, Jing Du, Xiaoli Mai
Artificial intelligence-enhanced ultrasound imaging for thyroid nodule detection and malignancy classification: a study on YOLOv11
Jiaqi Yang, Zhigang Luo, Yanting Wen, Jing Zhang
Multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of a novel ex ovo chick chorioallantoic membrane model for cancer research
Guodong Feng, Weili Peng, Zhenfeng Ma, Houhui Shi, Jiaqi Zhang, Bin Song, Jun Chen, Yi-Jun Liang
Early-stage diagnosis of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders via multiple learning models based on resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging
Chuanke Hou, Meng Zhang, Xingyuan Jiang, Hongjun Li
Dual-volume reconstruction technology in the detection and classification of recurrent aneurysms following intracranial aneurysm embolization
Rui Wang, Shuo Leng, Han Xu, Zhiming Tian, Shujuan Xu, Yi Zhang
Novel RANSAC-based method for detecting and estimating externally attached marker spheres in craniomaxillofacial CT images
Yonghui Li, Han Zhang, Weili Shi, Wei He, Yu Miao, Guodong Wei, Zhengang Jiang
Association of decreased thalamic neurotransmitter level with sensorimotor tract damage in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
Yan Xie, Yujie Ding, Shaolong Wu, Yan Zhang, Hongquan Zhu, Yuanhao Li, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Wenzhen Zhu
The association between the Charlson Comorbidity Index and prognosis in patients with supratentorial spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage following hematoma evacuation
Qiangjun Wu, Huirong Xie, Hao Chen, Jingping Sun, Bailong Xin
Evaluation of skeletal muscle microcirculation via magnetic resonance intravoxel incoherent motion perfusion imaging in an acute ischemia rabbit model
Guoping Song, Xinyu Song, Jienan Wang, Xiance Zhao, Junkang Shen
Imaging indicators and fusion analysis of percutaneous endoscopic posterior lumbar interbody fusion and modified posterior lumbar interbody fusion for the treatment of lumbar degenerative diseases
Jin Tang, Jianing Wang, Tao Li, Siyu Wang, Zhengping Liu, Xue Du, Xiaokun Wang, Wei Xie, Jinfeng Hu, Xugui Li
Association analysis of intratumoral metabolic heterogeneity assessed by the hottest lesion based on 18F-FDG PET/CT with immunochemotherapy response in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Wenchong Xin, Fei Wang, Weiying Gu, Yuetao Wang
A scoring system combining CatLet score and clinical variables as a predictor of long-term prognosis in patients with chronic coronary syndrome after percutaneous coronary intervention
Juan Wang, Rongbo Yu, Mingchao Zhang, Jiayan Zhou, Dasheng Lu, Lingfei Yang
Factors affecting preoperative sentinel lymph nodes contrast-enhanced ultrasound in breast cancer
Yijie Dong, Juan Liu, Wanru Jia, Xiaohong Jia, Jingwen Zhang, Ying Zhu, Minjing Mao, Haifeng Ying, Weiwei Zhan, Jianqiao Zhou
Feasibility and reliability of high-resolution phase-contrast quantitative-flow magnetic resonance imaging for assessing femoral head blood flow: a prospective study
Zhenhong Liao, Zhouxuan Wang, Chun Ma, Mengqi Huang, Xiaoyong Zhang, Chengmiao Deng, Lin Chen, Jiayu Sun
Effects of plantar static pressure distribution in subject with bilateral hallux limitus: a detailed case-control study
Natalia Tovaruela-Carrión, Ricardo Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo, Marta Elena Losa-Iglesias, Daniel López-López, Juan Gómez-Salgado, Javier Bayod López
Reduced pulmonary vascular bed volume in cryptogenic stroke patients with patent foramen ovale: a myocardial contrast echocardiography study
Li Xu, Jie Zhang, Donghua Wang, Yanli Lv, Xiaozhi Zheng
An exploratory study of the diffusion tensor imaging analysis along perivascular spaces (DTI-ALPS) index combined with quantitative analysis of choroid plexus volume and perivascular spaces in different cognitive stages of cerebral small vessel disease
Wenli Lu, Li Yang, Ran Chen, Xinyi Chen, Shengnan Zhu, Liya Ji, Han Liao, Jing Qiang, Wenyi Li, Cheng Li, Dan Zhou
YOLOv8-BCD: a real-time deep learning framework for pulmonary nodule detection in computed tomography imaging
Wenjun Zhu, Xinyue Wang, Jie Xing, Xu Steven Xu, Min Yuan
Minimizing radiation dose in coronary CT angiography using dual single-cardiac phase acquisition with a whole-heart motion correction technology: a prospective randomized study on image quality
Xin Fang, Shuang Li, Ping Xie, Huanrui Hu, Wenyu Ting, Yongchun You, Jianying Li, Kaiyue Diao, Wanjiang Li
Dual-energy computed tomography-derived electron density in the differential diagnosis of focal hepatic lesions: initial experience
Takashi Ohtani, Kumi Ozaki, Tomokazu Ishida, Kouki Takahashi, Masato Shimada, Satomi Kanai, Tasuku Wakabayashi, Kenji Takata, Toshiki Tateishi, Tetsuya Tsujikawa
Association of coronary artery calcium score with cardiovascular events: a retrospective study
Xun Yu, Guifang Li, Wenbo Yin, Junni Hu
Clinical and computed tomography characteristics of high-risk periampullary diverticulum
Jun-Wei Gong, Tian-You Luo, Jiao Zhang, Zhu Zhang, Xin-Mei Wang, Qi Li
Deep learning-based automated assessment of hepatic fibrosis via magnetic resonance images and nonimage data
Weixia Li, Yajing Zhu, Gangde Zhao, Xiaoyan Chen, Xiangtian Zhao, Haimin Xu, Yingyu Che, Yinan Chen, Yuxiang Ye, Xin Dou, Hui Wang, Jingliang Cheng, Qing Xie, Kemin Chen
Abnormal structural changes and disturbed functional connectivity in patients with Crohn’s disease and abdominal pain: a voxel-based morphometry and functional magnetic resonance imaging study
Xinyan Wu, Ling Yang, Li Yu, Lingqin Zhang, Nian Liu, Xiaojun Lu, Kang Li
Diagnostic and clinical value of multiparameter magnetic resonance imaging in cesarean scar pregnancy: a comparative study of sequence combinations
Xin-Lin Yao, Chun-Rong Wei, Yao-Yun Zhang, Si-Le Yin, Jian-Bo Wu, Jian-Yi Huang, Hong-Tao Liu, Mei-Ning Chen
Association between brain iron deposition and pure apathy in Parkinson’s disease: a cross-sectional quantitative susceptibility mapping imaging study
Li Zhang, Kaidong Chen, Yan Zhi, Wei Ji, Guofeng Shi, Yiping You, Feng Wang, Kefei Chen, Tian Xu, Xiangming Fang
The value of percutaneous contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the detection and diagnosis of sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer: comparison with pathological features
Caixin Huang, Jia Luo, Manying Li, Zhen Shan, Tiantian Zhen, Jiaping Li, Jinyu Liang, Xiaoyan Xie, Yanling Zheng
Insights into structural deviations in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and comorbidities using big data-derived brain charts: a cross-sectional study
Min Chen, Dong Liu, Jun Feng, Tian Tian
Diagnostic performance of shear wave elastography and contrast-enhanced ultrasound in evaluating the pathological response of breast cancer patients to neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a meta-analysis
Yan Liu, Wenxiao Li, Sirui Wang, Jinli Wang, Xiaowu Yuan, Yaqian Deng, Zelin Xu, Jixue Hou, Jun Li, Tao Song
Comprehensive assessment of patients with Kawasaki disease without coronary artery aneurysm
Lei Hu, Chuan Wang, Zhongqin Zhou, Shiganmo Azhe, Shengkun Peng, Nanjun Zhang, Kaiyu Zhou, Yingkun Guo, Li Yu, Lingyi Wen
An innovative bimodal computed tomography data-driven deep learning model for predicting aortic dissection: a multi-center study
Ziqian Li, Lintao Chen, Shengxuming Zhang, Xiuming Zhang, Jing Zhang, Mingliang Ying, Jianyong Zhu, Ruiyang Li, Mingli Song, Zunlei Feng, Jianjun Zhang, Wenjie Liang
Imaging biomarkers in antibody-mediated autoimmune encephalitis
Xinrui Yu, Yujing Fang, Lu Sun, Jingjing Yang, Jau-Shyong Hong, Bo Sun, Ying Wang
Habitat analysis based on magnetic resonance imaging for the prediction of prostate cancer: a dual-center study
Zijian Gong, Zhixuan Liu, Kaiyao Huang, Jie Zou, Zijing Wu, Yun Peng, Hongxing Ying, Lianggeng Gong, Xiaochang Xiang, Yinquan Ye
Exploring non-invasive diagnostic tools for deep gluteal syndrome: a multimodal approach integrating clinical and imaging techniques
Simona Kurková, Martin Kynčl, Ibrahim Ibrahim, Hynek Lachman, Kristina Sakmárová, Stanislav Machač
Added prognostic value of histogram features from preoperative multi-modal diffusion MRI in predicting Ki-67 proliferation for adult-type diffuse gliomas
Yingqian Huang, Siyuan He, Hangtong Hu, Hui Ma, Zihuan Huang, Shanmei Zeng, Liwei Mazu, Wenwen Zhou, Chen Zhao, Nengjin Zhu, Jiajing Wu, Qiuchan Liu, Zhiyun Yang, Wei Wang, Guoping Shen, Nu Zhang, Jianping Chu
Non-rigid image-volume registration for human livers in laparoscopic surgery
Zhenggang Cao, Le Xie, Yuchen Yang
Feasibility of fully automatic assessment of cervical canal stenosis using MRI via deep learning
Xiaochen Feng, Yaying Zhang, Minming Lu, Chao Ma, Xiaoqiang Miao, Jiacheng Yang, Lina Lin, Yueyi Zhang, Kai Zhang, Ning Zhang, Yan Kang, Yu Luo, Kai Cao
HDTV: a high-order directional total variation reconstruction algorithm from sparse and limited-angle data in electron paramagnetic resonance imaging
Yanjun Zhang, Peng Liu, Chenyun Fang, Yarui Xi, Zhiwei Qiao
Value of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, myocardial perfusion index, and global longitudinal strain derived from cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in predicting coronary slow flow in patients with nonobstructive coronary artery disease
Yunbo Zhang, Lin Sun, Xin-Xiang Zhao
Altered voxel-wise degree centrality of brain networks in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis: a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study
Simin Lin, Miaomiao Nie, Bingshan Wang, Qianwen Huang, Hao Zheng, Zhishang Chen, Shaoyin Duan, Hengyu Zhao, Yi Han
Development and validation of models based on clinical and CT features: multivariate analysis for predicting vascular invasion in non-small cell lung cancer
Jieling Zhu, Fengjuan Tian, Zongyu Xie, Hengfeng Shi, Ting Yang, Xiaoyu Han, Cheng Yan, Fuquan Wei, Jian Wang
Extracellular volume fraction based on dual-layer spectral computed tomography in assessment of gastric cancer: feasibility analysis of low-dose equilibrium phase scanning
Zhen Zhang, Xiaoping Zhao, Xuelian Chen, Hongyan Wang, Xiaohui Zhang, Yonggang Li, Mengzhe Zuo
Improved image quality and diagnostic performance of coronary computed tomography angiography-derived fractional flow reserve with super-resolution deep learning reconstruction
Li-Miao Zou, Cheng Xu, Min Xu, Ke-Ting Xu, Ming Wang, Yun Wang, Yi-Ning Wang
Computed tomography manifestations of drug-induced liver injury according to type and severity of injury
Yao Chen, Yuzhen Xi, Fanfan Zhao, Huanhuan Li, Min Zhou, Yue Xu, Shufeng Fan, Miao Liu
Noninvasive assessment of pulmonary vascular resistance: a synergistic approach using computed tomography pulmonary angiography and echocardiography in pulmonary hypertension
Junqing Ma, Wenting Li, Sunan Xu, Ruichen Ren, Xiaopei Cui, Yongze Zheng, Yan Deng, Yongfeng Liang, Yang Zhang
Combining curriculum learning and weakly supervised attention for enhanced thyroid nodule assessment in ultrasound imaging
Chadaporn Keatmanee, Dittapong Songsaeng, Songphon Klabwong, Yoichi Nakaguro, Alisa Kunapinun, Mongkol Ekpanyapong, Matthew N. Dailey
Evaluation of myocardial structure and function in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy via cardiovascular magnetic resonance: regional distribution and sex differences
Yuwei Bao, Peijun Zhao, Lu Huang, Lingping Ran, Dazhong Tang, Xianghu Yan, Liming Xia
Deep learning-based super-resolution method for projection image compression in radiotherapy
Zhixing Chang, Jiawen Shang, Yuhan Fan, Peng Huang, Zhihui Hu, Ke Zhang, Jianrong Dai, Hui Yan
Comparison of [68Ga]Ga-FAPI-04 and [18F]FDG PET/CT for detection of bone metastases of lung cancer
Ji Wu, Yang Meng, Qinyao Li, Chunyin Zhang, Guohao Jiang

Letter to the Editor

A case of giant diverticulum at the apex of the left ventricle
Zhourui Liu, Dandan Song, Jun Yang, Lina Zhao, Sha Li
Iodine-131 (131I) uptake in bilateral ovarian teratomas of a papillary thyroid carcinoma patient
Xiaojing Ren, Ding Nan, Zairong Gao, Xiao Zhang
Unveiling the unexpected: spontaneous ruptured pancreaticoduodenal artery pseudoaneurysm with retroperitoneal hematoma requiring pancreaticoduodenectomy
Aarohi Parikh, Trishna Parikh, Ismail Hader
Prenatal discovery of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia-associated hepatic arteriovenous malformations by multimodal ultrasound and whole-exome sequencing: a rare case description and literature analysis
Xiaotian Liu, Guishuang Xiang, Qin Wen, Yitian Long, Yanting Wen
Primary tracheal meningiomas treated with endoscopy: a case description
Xiao Li, Jinbing Pan, Jie Zhang
Quantitative characterization of composition heterogeneity in complex aortic thrombus using cardiac magnetic resonance: a case description
Henghui Zhang, Yimo Zhou, Xiaochong Guo, Gang Li, Li Zhao, Xinhui Fang, Guan Wang
Management of bilateral molar deep overbite with buccal crossbite using bracket-free clear aligners: a case description
Miao He, Yang-Dong Lin, Bo Zhao
Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach of pituitary macroadenoma and optic canal stenosis in a patient with McCune-Albright syndrome
Leonardo A. S. Beck, Fabiano Reis, Heraldo Mendes Garmes, Thiago L. Infanger Serrano, Fabio Lau, Marcelo Hamilton Sampaio, Mateus Dal Fabbro
Robotic-assisted laparoscopic transposition of the left renal vein with three-dimensional image reconstruction for treatment of pediatric nutcracker syndrome: a case description and literature analysis
Xiaoyu Yi, Tian Tao, Xiaoguang Zhou, Lifei Ma, Yuandong Tao, Yichuan Wang, Hengyu Gao, Xiaoli Shen, Hualin Cao, Pin Li, Huixia Zhou
Late-onset familial cerebral cavernous malformation without a family history: a case description
Zhuangzhuang Zhang, Weiping Sun, Zhaoxia Wang, Luhua Wei
Transcatheter arterial embolization for retroperitoneal bleeding in patients with lumbar artery injury and essential thrombocythemia: a case description
Yang An, Huixin Ye
Prenatal diagnosis of abdominal aorta-umbilical vein fistula using high-definition flow render mode and spatiotemporal image correlation
Fei-Lei Yan, Kai Wang, Tao Li, Tian-Gang Li, Bin Ma
Aplasia cutis congenita of limbs: diagnostic role of prenatal ultrasonography
Fei-lei Yan, Kai Wang, Tian-Gang Li, Bin Ma
Rare case of recurrent refractory multiple myeloma with lipid deposition in the vertebral body: a case description
Yanju Li, Ying Chen, Yang Liu, Yuanyuan Pei, Kaiji Zhang, Feiqing Wang
Prenatal diagnosis of retrorenal left-sided inferior vena cava without hepatic segment using ultrasound and spatiotemporal image correlation: a rare case description
Pujuan Jia, Yanzhao Wang, Minhong Zhang, Xuelu Feng, Xiaxia Cheng, Bin Ma
Prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of a rare diffuse placental chorioangioma with fetal edema: a case description and prognostic analysis
Pujuan Jia, Xuelu Feng, Xiaxia Cheng, Yanzhao Wang, Tiangang Li, Bin Ma
Diagnosis of fetal laryngotracheal atresia combined with tracheoesophageal fistula via prenatal ultrasound: a case description
Xuelu Feng, Pujuan Jia, Xiaxia Cheng, Bin Ma