Vol 16, No 2 (February 01, 2026): Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery

Original Article

Feasibility of shortening the 18F-FDG Patlak scan time in a high-sensitivity short-axial field-of-view positron emission tomography-computed tomography system for oncological studies using deep learning denoising algorithms
Ling Wang, Shixiang Zhang, Sen Yang, Rongzheng Ma, Honglei Li, Jie Liu, Jin Gao, Yidan Wei, Liping Fu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Q.Liver software for the planning of treatment of liver cancer via transarterial radioembolization with yttrium-90 resin microspheres based on single-photon emission computed tomography-computed tomography
Dandan Shen, Xin Xie, Xin Zheng, Xutian Wang, Qi Wang, Lulu Yang, Yiqian Liang, Chenxia Li, Aimin Yang, Jianjun Xue
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:109
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Stability of Codman Hakim programmable valve pressure settings during 0.23 T portable magnetic resonance imaging: a prospective observational study
Long Zeng, Minghan Xie, Hongwei Zhu, Houminji Chen, Mohammed Mofatteh, Qingshan Xiao, Zelin Wu, Shizhong Zhang, Tao Xie, Yuting Xu, Yanwu Guo
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:110
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Histopathologic basis of a deep learning pelvic computed tomography model for prognostic prediction among patients with advanced high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma
Rui Yin, Jianming Lin, Jing Huang, Zhaoxiang Dou, Yijun Guo, Pengbo Wang, Yigeng Wang, Xiqi Jian, Lisha Qi, Hong Zhang, Wenjuan Ma
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:111
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Doppler ultrasound for the evaluation of chronic renal allograft dysfunction
Yelei Ren, Yuting Wang, Shu Luo, Xuelian Chen, Yanrong Yang, Lichuan Yang, Diming Cai, Jiaojiao Zhou
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:112
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Clinical utility of the four-dimensional automatic left atrial quantification technique in evaluating left atrial volume and function in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Yuehong Cheng, Lijuan Zhang, Lei Li, Mengyao Fei, Yao Wang, Pingyang Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:113
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Prediction of stroke events in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by interpretable machine learning based on perivascular adipose tissue features: a multicenter cohort study
Ting Zhao, Guihan Lin, Weiyue Chen, Chengli Jiang, Weiming Hu, Lei Xu, Yongjun Chen, Yang Jing, Jinhong Sun, Zhihan Yan, Shuiwei Xia, Chenying Lu, Minjiang Chen, Jiansong Ji, Weiqian Chen
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:114
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Diagnostic utility of two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging in detecting subclinical left ventricular systolic dysfunction in patients with alcohol-related disorders
Yixue Zeng, Yu Yang, Xin Mo, Shidong Liang, Tongping Wu, Qiongjing Zhang, Yiliang Liu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:115
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Association of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk stratification with carotid wall shear stress as measured by vector flow mapping: a study of a Chinese population
Ya-Chao Zhao, Ming-Jun Xu, Yan Liu, Mei Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:116
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Association of splenic contraction with stroke severity and diabetes mellitus in patients with acute ischemic stroke
Seong Ju Jeon, Yeon Kyung Woo, Seung Jae Lee, Byoung-Soo Shin, Hyun Goo Kang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:117
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Enhancing cancer prognostics with group penalty models: a comparative study on radiomics feature selection in lung adenocarcinomas and meningiomas
Yonghan Kwon, Young Joo Suh, Yae Won Park, Sung Soo Ahn, Kyunghwa Han, Min Jin Ha
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:118
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Quantitative MRI assessment of paraspinal muscles and the psoas: associations with low back pain
Cemre Ozenbas, Cemal Arman Ozturk, Tayfun Altinok
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:119
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Assessing the diagnostic value of hemodynamic distinctions between axillary lymph nodes and adjacent vessels in breast cancer axillary lymph node metastasis via breast magnetic resonance imaging
Xueying Wang, Lu Han, Zihan Qin, Nan Bao, Hong Li, Jing Li, Tao Yu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:120
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An improved diagnostic criterion based on Node-RADS MRI score for lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma
Qiying Tang, Minrong Wu, Xinyou Liu, Qiuli Jiang, Liuhong Zhu, Ying Jiang, Shengxiang Rao, Jianjun Zhou
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:121
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Incremental value of characteristics of right-to-left shunt in patients with migraine and cryptogenic stroke via multi-modal echocardiography
Huiyu Tang, Duanzhen Zhang, Bingbing Yang, Chao Wang, Siqi Cao, Weiping Song, Jun Wu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:122
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Mammogram-based AI risk assessment in patients with dense breasts undergoing supplemental molecular breast imaging
Samuel B. Ogunlade, Lian Wang, Santo Maimone, Kristin A. Robinson, Kaitlin M. Moran, Amie Leon, Andrey P. Morozov, Chidi T. Nwachukwu, Haley P. Letter
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:123
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Vectra H2® stereophotogrammetry system evaluation for 3D facial analysis in children
Yana Cosendey Toledo Mello-Peixoto, Eloá Cristina Passucci Ambrosio, Paula Karine Jorge, Simone Soares, Cleide Felício Carvalho Carrara, Chiarella Sforza, Márcio de Menezes, Maria Aparecida Andrade Moreira Machado, Thais Marchini Oliveira
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:124
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3D transesophageal echocardiographic assessment of cusp prolapse mechanisms in tricuspid aortic root aneurysms and correlation with valve-sparing surgical outcomes
Wenying Kang, Jingfei Guo, Jing Sun, Hongxia Qi, Yinan Li, Xiangyang Qian, Zhe Zheng, Fujian Duan
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:125
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Diagnostic performance of coronary computed tomography (CT) angiography without electrocardiographic (ECG)-gating: comparison with invasive coronary angiography
Kun Wang, Ai’zhu Sheng, Xi Hu, Ai’yun Sun, Chunqiao Wu, Hong Ren, Yueqiao Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:126
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Foot bone structure and plantar soft tissue deformation behavior in different functional positions
Yi Deng, Jing Chen, Shanzhi Ma, Jing Tang, Xiaoxuan Yang, Li Tang, Yan Xiong, Chen Zhao
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:127
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Clinical application of PRIMARY score in diagnosing clinically significant prostate cancer: a comparative study using 68Ga-PSMA-11 and 18F-PSMA-1007 positron emission tomography/computed tomography
Yu-Jie Xie, Qiong Zou, Ting Yang, Si-Qi Hu, Zi-Jie Shen, Guang-Feng Chen, Shi Li, Yong Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:128
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Comparison of online radiologists and large language model chatbots in responding to common radiology-related questions in Chinese: a cross-sectional comparative analysis
Jiang Ji, Chenguang Li, Yibin Fu, Zihao Zhao, Yiyang Wu, Changhua Liang, Yue Wu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:129
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Quantitative assessment of pelvic floor alterations following hysterectomy and bilateral adnexectomy using shear wave elastography and ultrasonography: a retrospective case-control study
Xiaochun Yang, Haixia Zhao, Nan Wang, Yanjing Guo, Yi Yang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:130
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Relationship between the triglyceride-glucose index and coronary vascular function in patients with suspected coronary artery disease
Mengyu Chen, Bing Liu, Xu Li, Xiaohao Zhang, Wei Zhou, Jianming Li, Dong Li, Lijuan Fan
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:131
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Postcontrast application of single breath-hold three-dimensional variable flip-angle fast spin-echo breath-hold magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography for evaluating the pancreaticobiliary ductal system
Bin Long, Yong Peng, Long Yin, Di Tian, Peng Deng, Hongfen Peng, Wei Zhang, Jiamin Kang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:132
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Correlation of ultrasonic characteristics, clinicopathological features, and biological risk classification in gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors and construction of a preoperative prediction model: a feasibility study
Yuan Li, Likun Cui, Bo Tan, Jing Lin, Man Lu, Chun Liu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:133
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A novel approach for contrast enhancement in medical images based on quantum-inspired enhancement algorithm
Heling Zhu, Junhao Su, Xiangyin Meng, Wenbo Li, Bo Yang, Jie Qiu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:134
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Temporal evolution of CT imaging features in oligometastatic lung lesions after stereotactic body radiation therapy: a multicenter retrospective study of early tumor response as a predictor of favorable local control
Wenguang He, Haogang Yu, Chao Zhou, Yanting Jiang, Jianxing Pang, Siyuan Wang, Luyi Bu, Zhongjie Lu, Hui Pan, Senxiang Yan, Feng Zhao
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:135
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Preliminary study on ultrasound-based quantitative assessment of epiphyseal ossification angle for bone age evaluation in children
Minghang Lin, Lei Yan, Haiying He, Qianni Chen, Mei He, Shuqiang Chen
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:136
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Structural and Statistical Knowledge-Enhanced Attention Network for early Parkinson’s disease diagnosis
Yu Shen, Kai Qiao, Jinjin Hai, Xiangli Yang, Tianqing Hu, Qinglei Zhou, Meiyun Wang, Bin Yan
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:137
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Clinical and neuroradiologic spectrum of glutaric acidemia type 1 in children: insights from a retrospective cohort in Guangdong Province, China
Haige Zheng, Liguang Fang, Rui Wang, Yu Wu, Shuyi Liu, Yaxian Cao, Yan Zhou, Xuntao Yin, Hongsheng Liu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:138
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Dynamic functional connectivity changes in the triple networks in patients with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes
Qingyun Yu, Rong Wang, Chong Sun, Bin Hu, Xueling Liu, Liqin Yang, Jie Lin, Yuxin Li, Daoying Geng
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:139
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Association between a novel ultrasound-based measure of plaque burden and cardiovascular risk: the P-SONAR study
Gunnar Austad, Jonn Terje Geitung, Owen Thomas, Serena Tonstad
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:140
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The value of multiphase CT angiography in predicting hemorrhagic transformation after endovascular treatment: the arterial collaterals and venous drainage
Tao Ren, Nina Hao, Jingjing Guo, Lejun Fu, Tianhao Yang, Bibo Zhao, Yu Sun, Leilei Luo, Luo-Tong Wang, Song Liu, Chao Tian
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:141
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Mamba-based brain tumor segmentation of incomplete multi-modal MR images
Changyong Liu, Xiao-Long Li, Daqiang Xu, Haosen Wang, Jianxin Jiang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:142
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Integrating central-slice anatomy and MRF-mapped radiomics dynamics for lung adenocarcinoma subtyping
Weiwei Shi, He Ren, Chengcheng Fan, Chengyu Wu, Chenxiao Bai, Yina Zhang, Yang Liu, Jianguo Li
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:143
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Combined hematology, tumor morphology, and magnetic resonance imaging for predicting microvascular invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma: a clinical study
Hao-Yang Bei, Zhong-Jie Kang, Ming Zhong, Chun-Fu Liu, Ke-Liang Yan, Xiao-Yu Tan, Yuan Dan, Jia-Yuan Wu, Yong-Guang Yang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:144
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Assessment of right ventricular systolic function in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by layer-specific speckle tracking echocardiography
Yuzhu Zhang, Yupeng Wu, Anxiang Sha, Xingyu Fang, Zaihan Zhu, Min Bao, Dandan Sun
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:145
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Preliminary quantitative and qualitative evaluation of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) in normal proliferative endometrium of infertile patients
Xiaofang Hong, Siyu Liang, Shuyue Zhang, Yujuan Hu, Xiaolin Zeng, Jiali He, Weixiang Liang, Tao Liu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:146
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Performance of free-breathing contrast-enhanced and unenhanced stack-of-spirals ultrashort echo time MRI for lung follow-up in patients with malignancies at 1.5T
Jia-Wei Wu, Xin Sun, Zi-Kai Li, Xue-Ni Meng, Qian Li, Ao-Dong Xiao, Ting Yin, Thomas Benkert, Peng Sun, Hao-Hao Lu, Qing Fu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:147
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Nonlinear inversion model-driven deep learning method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) quantitative susceptibility mapping imaging
Yue Sun, Hongyu Guo, Mingyu Li, Zheng Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:148
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Reliability of 3D quantitative displacement of femoral neck fracture site measured via CT and its correlation with femoral head avascular necrosis: a retrospective cohort study
Kai Zhao, Yu Liu, Haifeng Li
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:149
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Neuropathological links between plasma p-Tau 181, white matter hyperintensity, and structural brain changes in aging
Liangpeng Wei, Wen Zhang, Jiaming Lu, Dongming Liu, Xin Li, Gaoping Liu, Huiquan Yang, Haoyao Wang, Zhengyang Zhu, Xiang Li, Xin Zhang, Bing Bai, Bing Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:150
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Magnetic resonance imaging-based adenohypophyseal volume for diagnosing hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis activation in pre- and at-puberty children
Sikang Gao, Yunyun Zhao, Weiyin Vivian Liu, Dong Liu, Jianjian Cai, Longbiao Cai, Jicheng Fang, Xianrong Kong, Tian Tian, Guojun Ding, Qiuxia Wang, Qin Liu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:151
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Quantitative venous outflow profiles based on four-dimensional computed tomography angiography are associated with tissue level collaterals and clinical outcomes of acute ischemic stroke patients
Hansheng Wang, Jingjie Wang, Sirun Gu, Yongmei Li
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:152
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Vestibular nucleus-thalamus-cortex pathway abnormalities persist in patients with chronic unilateral vestibulopathy after the establishment of vestibular static compensation
Kangzhi Li, Siru Xue, Lihong Si, Shui Liu, Xu Yang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:153
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Diagnostic efficacy of dual-energy computed tomography-based fractal analysis for assessing extramural venous invasion/tumor deposits and peripheral nerve invasion in rectal cancer
Changjiang Zhang, Yinglan Shu, Junfan Chen, Tianqi Feng, Lifeng Lu, Hongjing Wang, Weijuan Chen, Xinjie Liu, Yindeng Luo
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:154
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Association between upper airway computed tomography measurement parameters and mask ventilation in patients undergoing oral and maxillofacial surgery
Maosheng Yu, Jiayi Wang, Ren Zhou, Jia Yan, Hong Jiang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:155
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The predictive value of Plaque-RADS classification in two-dimensional carotid ultrasound for stroke risk stratification
Yuanfu Ouyang, Guorong Lyu, Shaomin Huang, Yanming Lin, Xiaoyan Tong
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:156
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Black-blood computed tomography with contrast-enhancement boost for optimized portal vein imaging and segmentation: a feasibility study
Hairong Jiang, Xiaofang Chen, Dingxiang Xie, Zhiman Lai, Jiale Wu, Jing Zhao, Rulin Xu, Hui Ma, Huasong Cai
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:157
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Percutaneous iodixanol localization of pulmonary ground-glass nodules for synchronous microwave ablation and biopsy: a multicenter, retrospective, matched analysis
Zhigang Wei, Xia Yang, Pikun Cao, Gang Wang, Qi Xie, Guoliang Xue, Nan Wang, Chao Zhang, Wen Zhang, Xin Ye
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:158
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Optimizing S-detect classification accuracy for BI-RADS 4 breast nodules using multimodal ultrasound parameters
Jinli Wang, Hui Ma, Sirui Wang, Chunli Cao, Wenxiao Li, Jin Tong, Xiaoyan Ge, Yuchen He, Jun Li, Xinwu Cui
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:159
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Longitudinal assessment of macular structure-function and vasculature-function correlations across different stages of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
Yi Gong, Shuo Sun, Juping Liu, Boshi Liu, Rongguo Yu, Xiaorong Li
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:160
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Comparison study between stereotactic versus digital breast tomosynthesis-guided core needle biopsy
Xiaozheng Guo, Guang Yang, Yanan Li, Fenghua Yin, Yihe Kang, Jing Xue, Xiaocui Rong
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:161
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Assessment of fetal cardiac structure and function in hyperthyroid pregnancies using fetal heart quantification technology
Qiangqiang You, Yao Peng, Sitong Yue, Rong Liu, Mofeng Wang, Ling Gan, Jiaqi Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:162
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Dynamic network reconfiguration in hepatitis B cirrhosis secondary to mild hepatic encephalopathy: a multilayer network analysis
Chao Ju, Longtao Yang, Zhongshang Dai, Yisong Wang, Chang Li, Wei Zhao, Yongfang Jiang, Jun Liu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:163
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Comprehensive cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with idiopathic premature ventricular contractions: role of feature-tracking strain and T1/T2 mapping in detecting subclinical myocardial dysfunction
Jia Yang, Yi Zhang, Qinqin Yu, Xinxing Hu, Qian Luo, Lei Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:164
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An applied study of blood oxygenation level-dependent and arterial spin labeling in early transplant renal function based on renal magnetic resonance angiography examination
Chenqin Que, He Zhang, Jiali Ma, Jiayi Wan, Linkun Hu, Yixing Yu, Chunhong Hu, Tao Ding, Mo Zhu
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:165
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Endovascular recanalization for symptomatic chronic carotid artery occlusion under local anesthesia: a single-center experience and meta-analysis
Jiabao Yang, Zhikai Hou, Long Yan, Weilun Fu, Ying Yu, Baixue Jia, Zhongrong Miao, Xin Lou, Ning Ma
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:166
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Application of low-dose “one-stop” myocardial computed tomography perfusion imaging in coronary artery disease
Yunlong Hu, Wanlin Peng, Keling Liu, Xu Xu, Sixian Hu, Xinyang Lyu, Xinyu Liu, Meng Qin, Ruolan Sun, Wei Ren, Lihong Zhao, Chunchao Xia
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:167
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Acquisition of Ktrans perfusion parameter maps from DCE-MRI in breast cancer using a deep learning approach
Jingfei Li, Mu Du, Yubao Liu, Daohui Zeng, Long Yang, Xuanle Li, Greta S. P. Mok, Ke Zhang, Jing Qin, Xin Liu, Dong Liang, Zhanli Hu, Hairong Zheng, Bo Yuan, Na Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:168
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Assessment of left atrial-left ventricular-arterial coupling in amateur marathon runners using three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography
Li Chen, Cunxin Yang, Bo Li, Limei Long, Mengyu Li, Ying Ma, Hebin Zhang, Feng Gao
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:169
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Alzheimer’s disease prediction algorithm based on hippocampal longitudinal hybrid morphological features
Jiaojiao Feng, Kok Pin Ng, Hua Wang, Tao Yao, Qingtang Su, Maowen Ba, Gang Wang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:170
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Safety and efficacy of ultrasound-guided microwave ablation in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: a single-center retrospective study
Haitao Guan, Ziping Yao, Xiaoqiang Tong, Guangcong Liang, Yinghua Zou
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:171
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PSMA-RADS 2.0: clinical validation and technical considerations for prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography/computed tomography image interpretation
Luyi Cheng, Chaobo Jin, Huai Zhang, Zhuxu Sun, Junfu Fan, Tianshuo Yang, Fei Mao, Guangbo Fu, Qiuhu Wang, Xiaobing Niu, Weijing Tao
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:172
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Comparison of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in the thalamus
Yeong Seo Ko, Jung Soo Park, So Young Park, Byoung-Soo Shin, Hyun Goo Kang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:173
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Prevalence, management, and prognosis of isolated coronary artery fistulas: a 12-year single-center retrospective computed tomographic study
Peijian Wei, Yihang Li, Xinmu Li, Wenhao Zhu, Liang Xu, Junyi Wan, Fengwen Zhang, Gary Tse, Jeffrey Shi Kai Chan, Shouzheng Wang, Wenbin Ouyang, Fang Fang, Gejun Zhang, Xiangbin Pan
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:174
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Revealing artifacts in contrast-enhanced mammography: prevalence and implications for diagnostic accuracy
Anna Colarieti, Eleonora Ostillio, Luca Eletti, Rita Spagnolo, Federico Traverso, Pietro Costantini, Alessandro Carriero
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:175
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Trans-stenotic pressure gradient in symptomatic transverse sinus stenosis: clinical, laboratory, and imaging correlates
Heyu Ding, Wei Wei, Han Lv, Hao Wang, Xiaoyu Qiu, Chihang Dai, Yan Huang, Guo-Peng Wang, Shusheng Gong, Long Jin, Zhenchang Wang, Pengfei Zhao
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:176
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68Ga-FAPI renal cortical uptake: a diagnostic and predictive biomarker for kidney disease in PET/CT imaging
Xiao Zhong, Junjun Cheng, Yiqiao Luo, Wei Zhang, Minggang Su
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:177
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Correlation between fractional flow and magnetic resonance perfusion in patients with intracranial artery stenosis in the anterior circulation
Jiong Wu, Rong Zou, Yixin Bai, Yumeng Hu, Jianping Xiang, Shu Wan
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:178
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Plaque characteristics and parameters derived from coronary computed tomography angiography for predicting major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with and without diabetes
Xiyi Huang, Shaomin Yang, Zaopeng He, Haorong Rong, Jialing Pan, Fusheng Ouyang, Xinjie Chen, Jiacheng Chen, Ming Chen, Liwen Wang, Xiaoyan Li, Qiugen Hu, Baoliang Guo
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:179
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Prognostic value of left atrial parameters derived from magnetic resonance in dilated cardiomyopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Qimin Fang, Yipei Song, Mengyao Hu, Haibo Ren, Lianggeng Gong
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:180
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Review Article

Updated evidence on the accuracy of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in esophageal cancer staging: a systematic review of studies published between 2017 and 2024
Omar Abdulaziz Alharthi, Muhanad Mohammad Esailan, Rahaf Sameer Tammar, Ahmed Khalifah Alsaif, Juman Omar Alammar, Latifh Madallah Alharbi, Shatha K. Alghamdi, Mohammed Khalid Bin Shuayl
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Letter to the Editor

Multidimensional MRI is only one piece of the puzzle in the diagnosis of stroke-like episodes in MELAS
Josef Finsterer
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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Case description of crowned dens syndrome in a patient with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis—possible association mediated by systemic autoimmunity?
Dan-Dan Deng, Guang-Wen Chen
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:183
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Free-floating left atrial thrombus complicating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with atrial fibrillation: a case description
Jingrong Jiang, Ao Wang, Lingyun Fang, He Li, Yilan Zhou, Yihan Chen, Jing Wang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:184
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Short-term changes in cerebral perfusion based on three-dimensional arterial spin labeling after treatment of metformin-induced encephalopathy: a case description
Jiyuan Yang, Junyi Li, Han Bao, Yu Zhang, Yang Lei, Zongfang Li
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:185
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Unique advantages of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in identifying extremely rare hepatic angiosarcoma with sinusoidal growth patterns
Tianshu Liu, Jing Wang, Guangrong Han, Yujie Hu, Mingxing Xie, Feixiang Xiang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:186
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Accessory cavitated uterine malformation in an adolescent with refractory dysmenorrhea: diagnostic imaging and minimally invasive management
Jing Wang, Quanlin Ren
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:187
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Elimination of diastolic atrioventricular regurgitation with His-bundle pacing in a patient with complete atrioventricular block: a case description
Zhenni Zhang, Tao He, Hang Wu, Sijia Wang, Jie Zeng, Yi Wang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:188
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Combined stent retriever and aspiration embolectomy for acute renal infarction: a case description
Jungh-Ho Jang, Ho-Cheol Choi, Jung-Ho Won, Seung Hye Lee, Sung-Eun Park, In-Chul Nam
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:189
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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia with bilateral testicular adrenal rest tumors: a case description emphasizing early ultrasound detection
Xiaotian Shou, Nianyu Xue
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:190
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Single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography clue to pulmonary metastasis in osteosarcoma: a diagnostic pitfall of technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate uptake
Yuyue Hou, Yan Zhou, Ruolin Wu, Min Cui, Xiaotian Xia
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:191
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Refractory intracardiac thrombosis in hypertensive emergency: a case of recurrent multi-chamber thrombi with therapeutic implications
Wei Ji, Chengzhi Li, Yongfeng Liang, Wenhuan Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:192
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Diagnostic dilemma of a large pulmonary mass: tuberculosis mimicking lung cancer with pre-malignant lesions
Weiwei Gao, Xingyu Liu, Tianzhen Wang, Yichen Guo, Chunyang Yin, Hai Xu, Yi Zeng
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
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:193
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The disguised liver abscess closely resembled diffuse hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombus: a case description and literature analysis
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Erratum: Deep learning-based super-resolution method for projection image compression in radiotherapy
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Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2026;
16
(2)
:196
.