Current Medical Imaging - Volume 18, Issue 12, 2022

Acute cholecystitis is a common clinical inflammatory lesion of the gallbladder. With the aggravation of inflammation, ischemic, necrosis, and even acute gangrenous cholecystitis occur in the gallbladder. At the same time, a variety of complications appear, seriously affecting the prognosis of patients. It is recommended that ultrasound can be utilized as the first choice for the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis, due to its fastness, Read More

Background: Among brain-related diseases, brain tumor segmentation on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans is one of the highly focused research domains in the medical community. Brain tumor segmentation is challenging due to its asymmetric form and uncertain boundaries. This process segregates the tumor region into the active tumor, necrosis, and edema from normal brain tissues such as white matter (WM), Read More

Background: In recent years, T1 mapping imaging based on Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has resulted in new research and clinical applications in hepatic diseases. Objective: The objective of the study is to analyze, prospect, and summarize the Gd-EOB-DTPA- enhanced MRI T1 mapping technology in hepatic diseases in recent years. Main Findings: Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced T1 mapping ha Read More

Background: As the mortality rate of lung cancer is enormously high, its impact is also extremely higher than the other types of cancer. Lung malignancy is thus considered one of the deadliest diseases with a high death rate in the world. It is reported that nearly 1.2 million people are diagnosed with this disease and about 1.1 million individuals are died due to this type of cancer every year. The early detection of this di Read More

Purpose: Breast cancer ranks first among cancers affecting women's health. Our goal is to develop a fast, high-precision, and fully automated breast cancer detection algorithm to improve the early detection rate of breast cancer. Methods: We compare different object detection algorithms, including anchor-based and anchor-free object detection algorithms for detecting breast lesions. Finally, we find that the full Read More

Background: The study aims to assess the changes to left ventricular (LV) function of patients with the coronary slow flow (CSF) in response to stress induced by low dose dobutamine. Methods: Based on coronary angiography (CAG) results, a total of 186 patients undergoing CAG for chest pain and suspected coronary heart disease were assigned to the CSF group (n = 142) and control group (n = 44). Patients in the CSF gro Read More

Introduction: The disease caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID -19) is a vital public health problem that has now affected approximately 68,037,473 people and caused 1,552,802 deaths around the world. We aimed to correlate the frequency of the lung involvement patterns, the segmental distribution of lung infiltration, and TLSS in COVID-19 pneumonia patients with and without splenomegaly. Material and Metho Read More

Objective: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) may affect many organs and systems, especially the kidney as well as the liver. While NAFLD’s renal impacts can be evaluated via the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), its effects on renal hemodynamic changes can be monitored with the renal resistive index (RRI). Our aim in this study is to evaluate RRI and eGFR in NAFLD patients. Materials and Methods: In this st Read More

Background: Distinguishing exophytic renal urothelial carcinoma (ERUC) from exophytic renal clear-cell carcinoma (ERCCC) with collecting system invasion may be difficult as they involve similar locations and collecting system invasion. Objective: The study aimed to characterize the clinical data and computed tomography (CT) features that can aid in differentiating ERUC from ERCCC. Methods: Data from 17 patients with ERUC an Read More

Background: Diagnostic radiology has been linked to several health consequences. Thus, the present study aimed to assess the practice, knowledge, and awareness of the diverse effects of diagnostic radiology among radiology staff and students in Saudi Arabia. Methodology: In this study, 107 participants were recruited from August to December 2020. The study included 56 radiology personnel (staff from Hail City H Read More

Introduction and Background: In this article, we aimed to present a congenital sialocutaneous fistula originating from the parotid gland in a 4-year-old child with MR findings. Case Presentation: A 4-year-old male patient was admitted to our clinic with a small hole in the inferior right half of the neck and a sticky fluid coming out of this area. Neck ultrasonography (US) and contrast neck Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) were p Read More