Vol 10, No 3 (March 30, 2020) - Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery

Editorial

Spinal dysraphisms: highlighting discrepancies in the current literature and emphasizing on the need for a consensus

Ankit Balani, Chinky Chatur, Asthik Biswas, Ozgur Oztekin, Kshitij Mankad

PDF Pages: 549-553 Full Text (1677) Open Access

Technical Note

Generalized parameter estimation in multi-echo gradient-echo-based chemical species separation

Maximilian N. Diefenbach, Chunlei Liu, Dimitrios C. Karampinos

PDF Pages: 554-567 Full Text (2073) Open Access

Original Article

Fully automated lesion segmentation and visualization in automated whole breast ultrasound (ABUS) images

Chia-Yen Lee, Tzu-Fang Chang, Yi-Hong Chou, Kuen-Cheh Yang

PDF Pages: 568-584 Full Text (2577) Open Access

Association between advanced interatrial block and small vessel diseases in the brain

Zhaolu Wang, Huiyuan Qin, Guilin Chen, Vincent C. T. Mok, Yan Dai, Yingyuan Cai, Xi Cheng, Yun Qian, Ming Chu, Xiaowei Lu

PDF Pages: 585-591 Full Text (1450) Open Access

The optimal monoenergetic spectral image level of coronary computed tomography (CT) angiography on a dual-layer spectral detector CT with half-dose contrast media

Xin Huang, Sizhe Gao, Yue Ma, Xiaomei Lu, Zheng Jia, Yang Hou

PDF Pages: 592-603 Full Text (1802) Open Access

Fast kilovoltage (KV)-switching dual-energy computed tomography hydroxyapatite (HAP)-water decomposition technique for identifying bone marrow edema in vertebral compression fractures

Junhan Pan, Luyou Yan, Hui Gao, Yewen He, Zeya Zhong, Ping Li, Yaxi Zhang, Ying Guo, Liangying Liao, Shuwei Zhou, Kun Zhang

PDF Pages: 604-611 Full Text (1775) Open Access

Evaluation of soft-plaque stenoses in coronary artery stents using conventional and monoenergetic images: first in-vitro experience and comparison of two different dual-energy techniques

Tilman Hickethier, Justus Wenning, Grischa Bratke, David Maintz, Guido Michels, Alexander C. Bunck

PDF Pages: 612-623 Full Text (2163) Open Access

Quantitative shear wave elastography in primary invasive breast cancers, based on collagen-S100A4 pathology, indicates axillary lymph node metastasis

Xin Wen, Xiwen Yu, Yuhang Tian, Zhao Liu, Wen Cheng, Hairu Li, Jia Kang, Tianci Wei, Shasha Yuan, Jiawei Tian

PDF Pages: 624-633 Full Text (1306) Open Access

Left ventricular myocardial deformation: a study on diastolic function in the Chinese male population and its relationship with fat distribution

Lan Zhu, Shengjia Gu, Qingrou Wang, Xiaoyue Zhou, Simin Wang, Caixia Fu, Wenjie Yang, Jens Wetzl, Fuhua Yan

PDF Pages: 634-645 Full Text (1680) Open Access

The right atrium in acromegaly—a three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiographic analysis from the MAGYAR-Path Study

Árpád Kormányos, Anita Kalapos, Péter Domsik, Nándor Gyenes, Nóra Ambrus, Zsuzsanna Valkusz, Csaba Lengyel, Attila Nemes

PDF Pages: 646-656 Full Text (1093) Open Access

Diagnostic performance of convolutional neural network-based Tanner-Whitehouse 3 bone age assessment system

Xue-Lian Zhou, Er-Gang Wang, Qiang Lin, Guan-Ping Dong, Wei Wu, Ke Huang, Can Lai, Gang Yu, Hai-Chun Zhou, Xiao-Hui Ma, Xuan Jia, Lei Shi, Yong-Sheng Zheng, Lan-Xuan Liu, Da Ha, Hao Ni, Jun Yang, Jun-Fen Fu

PDF Pages: 657-667 Full Text (2199) Open Access

The value of quantified plaque analysis by dual-source coronary CT angiography to detect vulnerable plaques: a comparison study with intravascular ultrasound

Mingyuan Yuan, Hao Wu, Rongxian Li, Mengmeng Yu, Xu Dai, Jiayin Zhang

PDF Pages: 668-677 Full Text (1775) Open Access

Combination diagnosis with elastography strain ratio and molecular markers effectively improves the diagnosis rate of small breast cancer and lymph node metastasis

Yi Hao, Guanghui Ren, Wei Yang, Wenyi Zheng, Yuming Wu, WenJing Li, Xin Li, Yingjia Li, Xia Guo

PDF Pages: 678-691 Full Text (1634) Open Access

Development and multicenter validation of a CT-based radiomics signature for discriminating histological grades of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Na Chang, Lingling Cui, Yahong Luo, Zhihui Chang, Bing Yu, Zhaoyu Liu

PDF Pages: 692-702 Full Text (2994) Open Access

Growth of common iliac artery aneurysms coexisting with abdominal aortic aneurysms: associated factors and potential role of intraluminal thrombus

Yuting Wang, Chengcheng Zhu, Joseph Leach, Warren Gasper, David Saloner, Michael Hope

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Optical coherence tomography characterizes the roughness and thickness of the heterogeneous layer on cortical bone surface induced by Er:YAG laser ablation at different moisture contents

Wenyan Huang, Chudan Gao, Yintao Lan, Sujuan Zeng, Janak L. Pathak, Miao Zhou, Lihong Ge, Jian Zhang

PDF Pages: 713-726 Full Text (1223) Open Access

Amide proton transfer-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of human brain aging at 3 Tesla

Zewen Zhang, Caiqing Zhang, Jian Yao, Fei Gao, Tao Gong, Shanshan Jiang, Weibo Chen, Jinyuan Zhou, Guangbin Wang

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Preoperative PET/CT score can predict complete resection in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: a prospective study

Bingxin Gu, Lingfang Xia, Huijuan Ge, Shuai Liu

PDF Pages: 743-753 Full Text (1921) Open Access

Effect of acquisition depth and precompression from probe and couplant on shear wave elastography in soft tissue: an in vitro and in vivo study

Xiuming Wang, Yue Hu, Jia’an Zhu, Junxue Gao, Si Chen, Fang Liu, Wenxue Li, Yiqun Liu, Bilig Ariun

PDF Pages: 754-765 Full Text (1421) Open Access

A hybrid double-density dual-tree discrete wavelet transformation and marginal Fisher analysis for scoring sleep stages from unprocessed single-channel electroencephalogram

Yan Liu, Jie Gao, Wei Cao, Longxiao Wei, Yanyang Mao, Weimin Liu, Wei Wang, Zhenling Liu

PDF Pages: 766-778 Full Text (1248) Open Access

Indocyanine green-loaded injectable alginate hydrogel as a marker for precision cancer surgery

Seon Sook Lee, Hyunjin Kim, Dae Kyung Sohn, Joo Beom Eom, Young Seok Seo, Hong Man Yoon, Yongdoo Choi

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Brief Report

Quantitative magnetic susceptibility assessed by 7T magnetic resonance imaging in Alzheimer’s disease caused by streptozotocin administration

Sangwoo Kim, Youngjeon Lee, Chang-Yeop Jeon, Keunil Kim, Youngjae Jeon, Yeung Bae Jin, Sukhoon Oh, Chulhyun Lee

PDF Pages: 789-797 Full Text (1790) Open Access

Letter to the Editor

A call for caution in extrapolating chest CT sensitivity for COVID-19 derived from hospital data to patients among general population

Yì Xiáng J. Wáng

PDF Pages: 798-799 Full Text (2286) Open Access

CT imaging of one extended family cluster of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) including adolescent patients and “silent infection”

Rui Xu, Mingshan Du, Linfeng Li, Zhiming Zhen, Huiyou Wang, Xiaofei Hu

PDF Pages: 800-804 Full Text (3330) Open Access

Editorial Commentary

Advanced liver imaging using MR to predict outcomes in chronic liver disease: a shift from morphology to function liver assessment

Francesco Verde, Valeria Romeo, Simone Maurea

PDF Pages: 805-807 Full Text (1069) Open Access