Vol 5, No 5 (October 26, 2015): Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery (Medical Imaging in Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology)

Editorial

Recent advances in surgical planning & navigation for tumor biopsy and resection
Defeng Wang, Diya Ma, Matthew Lun Wong, Yì Xiáng J. Wáng
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2015;
5
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:640-648
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Original Article

Image-guided percutaneous microwave ablation of small renal tumours: short- and mid-term outcomes
Pierre-Yves Genson, Eric Mourey, Morgan Moulin, Sylvain Favelier, Lucy Di Marco, Olivier Chevallier, Jean-Pierre Cercueil, Denis Krausé, Luc Cormier, Romaric Loffroy
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2015;
5
(5)
:649-655
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Theranostic nanoparticles for enzyme-activatable fluorescence imaging and photodynamic/chemo dual therapy of triple-negative breast cancer
Jaehee Choi, Hyunjin Kim, Yongdoo Choi
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2015;
5
(5)
:656-664
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Daily patient setup error in prostate image guided radiation therapy with fiducial-based kilovoltage onboard imaging and conebeam computed tomography
Jason C. Ye, Muhammad M. Qureshi, Pauline Clancy, Lauren N. Dise, John Willins, Ariel E. Hirsch
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2015;
5
(5)
:665-672
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Quantitative radiology: automated measurement of polyp volume in computed tomography colonography using Hessian matrix-based shape extraction and volume growing
Mark L. Epstein, Piotr R. Obara, Yisong Chen, Junchi Liu, Amin Zarshenas, Nazanin Makkinejad, Abraham H. Dachman, Kenji Suzuki
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2015;
5
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:673-684
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Technical Note

Peak flow velocities in the ascending aorta—real-time phasecontrast magnetic resonance imaging vs. cine magnetic resonance imaging and echocardiography
Jan M. Sohns, Johannes T. Kowallick, Arun A. Joseph, K. Dietmar Merboldt, Dirk Voit, Martin Fasshauer, Wieland Staab, Jens Frahm, Joachim Lotz, Christina Unterberg-Buchwald
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2015;
5
(5)
:685-690
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Original Article

Comparison between computed tomography multislice and high-field magnetic resonance in the diagnostic evaluation of patients with renal masses
Diana Baldari, Sergio Capece, Pier Paolo Mainenti, Anna Giacoma Tucci, Michele Klain, Immacolata Cozzolino, Marco Salvatore, Simone Maurea
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2015;
5
(5)
:691-699
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Impacts of biological and procedural factors on semiquantification uptake value of liver in fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging
Mohd Hafizi Mahmud, Abdul Jalil Nordin, Fathinul Fikri Ahmad Saad, Ahmad Zaid Fattah Azman
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2015;
5
(5)
:700-707
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Review Article

Mammalian models of chemically induced primary malignancies exploitable for imaging-based preclinical theragnostic research
Yewei Liu, Ting Yin, Yuanbo Feng, Marlein Miranda Cona, Gang Huang, Jianjun Liu, Shaoli Song, Yansheng Jiang, Qian Xia, Johannes V. Swinnen, Guy Bormans, Uwe Himmelreich, Raymond Oyen, Yicheng Ni
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2015;
5
(5)
:708-729
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Preoperative portal vein embolization in liver cancer: indications, techniques and outcomes
Romaric Loffroy, Sylvain Favelier, Olivier Chevallier, Louis Estivalet, Pierre-Yves Genson, Pierre Pottecher, Sophie Gehin, Denis Krausé, Jean-Pierre Cercueil
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2015;
5
(5)
:730-739
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Diffusion-weighted imaging in musculoskeletal radiology—clinical applications and future directions
Nicholas Bhojwani, Peter Szpakowski, Sasan Partovi, Martin H. Maurer, Ulrich Grosse, Hendrik von Tengg-Kobligk, Lisa Zipp-Partovi, Nathan Fergus, Christos Kosmas, Konstantin Nikolaou, Mark R. Robbin
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2015;
5
(5)
:740-753
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Current role of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging for prostate cancer
Romaric Loffroy, Olivier Chevallier, Morgan Moulin, Sylvain Favelier, Pierre-Yves Genson, Pierre Pottecher, Gilles Crehange, Alexandre Cochet, Luc Cormier
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2015;
5
(5)
:754-764
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Special Report

AME survey-003 A1-part1: in current China, do you regret you joined the medical profession
Yì-Xiáng J. Wáng, Yáo T. Lǐ
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2015;
5
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:765-773
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Case Report

Humongous right atrial lipoma: a correlative CT and MR case report
Luigi Barbuto, Andrea Ponsiglione, Walter Del Vecchio, Michele Altiero, Giovanni Rossi, Dario De Rosa, Antonio Pisani, Massimo Imbriaco
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2015;
5
(5)
:774-777
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A rare case report of myxoid fibroma of maxilla
Sayeda Fatima Khan, Priyanka Agrawal, Jaideep Sur
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2015;
5
(5)
:778-782
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A stubborn anemia caused by ectopic pancreas bleeding in the jejunum revealed by capsule endoscopy
Qun-Ying Wang, Xiao-Yun Yang, Zhongheng Zhang
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2015;
5
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:783-786
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Incidental finding of elongated ventral duct in a case of pancreatic divisum mimicking double pancreatic ducts on magnetic resonance cholangiopancreaticography—a rare normal variant
Richa Arora, Y. Jyotsna Rani
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2015;
5
(5)
:787-789
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Letter to the Editor

On difference between fundamental science search and applicational technology research: a perspective from a Chinese doctor
Yong-Ming He
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2015;
5
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:790
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The role of Chaoyang People’s Hospital for the development of trioxide as an effective treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia treatment
Yì-Xiáng J. Wáng
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery  
2015;
5
(5)
:791
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Disclosure:

This focused issue “Medical Imaging in Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology” was commissioned by the editorial office, Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery without any sponsorship or funding. Romaric Loffroy served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the focused issue.