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Thyroid function in patients with Grave’s disease is usually evaluated by thyroid scintigraphy with radioactive iodine. Recently, dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) with two different energy X-rays can cal...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:43
Published on: 19 July 2017
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To assess the feasibility of texture analysis (TA) based on spectral attenuated inversion-recovery T2 weighted magnetic resonance imaging (SPAIR T2W-MRI) for the classification of hepatic hemangioma (HH), hepa...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:42
Published on: 13 July 2017
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Accurate lymph node staging is essential for adequate prognostication and therapy planning in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). FDG-PET/CT is a sensitive tool for the detection of metastases, i...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:41
Published on: 11 July 2017
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The purpose of this study was to compare the agreement of the bone scan index (BSI) using EXINI BoneBSI versus experts’ readings in the initial staging for bone metastasis in prostate cancer. In addition, the dia...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:40
Published on: 10 July 2017
Case report
Congenital cystic lymphangiomas are benign malformations due to a developmental disorder of lymphatic vessels. Besides surgical excision, sclerosant therapy of these lesions by intracavitary injection of OK-43...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:39
Published on: 6 July 2017
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To assess whether CT-derived texture features predict survival in patients undergoing resection for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:38
Published on: 19 June 2017
Case report
Perineural cysts are sometimes found incidentally with magnetic resonance imaging, and clinical symptoms requiring treatment are rare. Perineural cysts typically exhibit delayed filling with contrast medium on...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:37
Published on: 13 June 2017
Research Article
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. A prominent cause of cardiovascular events is atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammation of the arterial wall that leads to the formation of so ca...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:36
Published on: 26 May 2017
Case report
Severe haemolysis, elevated liver enzyme levels, and low platelet count (HELLP) syndrome in pregnancy are possible underlying trigger factors for posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES). Magnetic r...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:35
Published on: 25 May 2017
Research article
A well-known diagnostic imaging modality, termed ultrasound tomography, was quickly developed for the detection of very small tumors whose sizes are smaller than the wavelength of the incident pressure wave wi...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:34
Published on: 25 May 2017
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High reproducibility and low intra- and interobserver variability are important strengths of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). In clinical practice a significant learning curve may however be observed. Basic C...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:33
Published on: 17 May 2017
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Hepatocyte-specific gadolinium based contrast agents (HSCA) provide substantial information for the classification of liver lesions in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, breathing artifacts which reduc...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:32
Published on: 9 May 2017
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It was the primary purpose of our study to evaluate the inter- and intra-observer reliability of a standardized SPECT/CT algorithm for evaluating patients with painful primary total hip arthroplasty (THA). The...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:31
Published on: 8 May 2017
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Understanding the irradiated area and dose correctly is important for the reirradiation of organs that deform after irradiation, such as the liver. We investigated the spatial registration error using the defo...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:30
Published on: 4 May 2017
Research Article
Segmentation of gliomas in multi-parametric (MP-)MR images is challenging due to their heterogeneous nature in terms of size, appearance and location. Manual tumor segmentation is a time-consuming task and cli...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:29
Published on: 4 May 2017
Research article
Computed Tomography (CT) contributes up to 50% of the medical exposure to the United States population. Children are considered to be at higher risk of developing radiation-induced tumors due to the young age ...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:28
Published on: 26 April 2017
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Phosphatidylserine (PS)-targeting positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with labeled small-molecule tracer is a crucial non-invasive molecule imaging method of apoptosis. In this study, semi-automatic rad...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:27
Published on: 21 April 2017
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Mammography is essential for early diagnosis of breast cancer, which is the most common type of cancer in females that is associated with a high mortality rate. We investigated whether evaluation of the graysc...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:26
Published on: 18 April 2017
Research Article
Tagged Magnetic Resonance (tMR) imaging is a powerful technique for determining cardiovascular abnormalities. One of the reasons for tMR not being used in routine clinical practice is the lack of easy-to-use t...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:25
Published on: 5 April 2017
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Model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR) is a promising reconstruction method which could improve CT image quality with low radiation dose. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the advantage of usin...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:24
Published on: 16 March 2017
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Various medical fields rely on detailed anatomical knowledge of the distal radius. Current studies are limited to two-dimensional analysis and biased by varying measurement locations. The aims were to 1) gener...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:23
Published on: 9 March 2017
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Thyroid incidentalomas (TI) are highly prevalent asymptomatic thyroid nodules with ultrasound as the best imaging modality for their detection and characterization. Although they are mostly benign, potential f...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:21
Published on: 4 March 2017
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Focus Cardiac Ultrasound (FoCUS) performed by internal medicine residents on call with 2 h of training can provide a means for ruling out cardiac disease, but with poor sensitivity. The purpose of the present ...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:22
Published on: 4 March 2017
Research article
Assessing the liver function provides valuable information to evaluate surgical risk and plan accordingly. Current studies focus on whole liver function evaluation. However, assessment of segmental liver funct...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:20
Published on: 1 March 2017
Research article
Atrioventricular plane displacement (AVPD) is an indicator for systolic and diastolic function and accounts for 60% of the left ventricular, and 80% of the right ventricular stroke volume. AVPD is commonly mea...
BMC Medical Imaging 2017 17:19
Published on: 28 February 2017
