Current Medical Imaging - Volume 18, Issue 3, 2022

The highly contagious novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) broke out at the end of 2019 and has lasted for nearly one year, and the pandemic is still rampant around the world. The diagnosis of COVID-19 is on the basis of the combination of epidemiological history, clinical symptoms, and laboratory and imaging examinations. Among them, imaging examination is of importance in the diagnosis of patients w Read More

Background: Background: Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO) accounts for 15% of abdominal pain complaints referred to emergency departments and imposes significant financial burdens on the healthcare system. The most common symptom and sign of SBO is the absence of stool or flatus passsage and abdominal distension, respectively. Patients who do not demonstrate severe clinical or imaging findings are typically treat Read More

T2/FLAIR hyperintensity in the mesial temporal lobe is the most common MR finding of herpes simplex encephalitis, but may be observed in other infectious and non-infectious diseases. The former includes herpes human virus 6 encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, and neurosyphilis, and the latter autoimmune encephalitis, gliomatosis cerebri, bilateral or paradoxical posterior cerebral artery infarction, status epilepticus, and Read More

Background: Cystic Renal Cell Carcinoma (CRCC) is often difficult to differentiate from complex cysts with sonographic manifestations of renal carcinoma. Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) is a new technology, and its clinical utility in the diagnosis of renal cystic mass has not been established. Objective: The objective of this study is to analyze the characteristics of CEUS of renal cystic masses and to explore the clini Read More

Background: Currently, there are few literature reports on the CT features of pelvic rhabdomyosarcoma, most of which exist in the form of case reports, and some literature reports have suggested that CT features of pelvic rhabdomyosarcoma lack specificity. This study was designed to investigate the CT features of pelvic RMS in children to provide imaging evidence for clinical diagnosis. Methods: We retrospectively revi Read More

Aims: To investigate the diagnostic value of Dual-energy Computed Tomography (DECT) in Acute Gouty Arthritis (AGA) or patients presenting suspected gouty arthritis. Methods: This retrospective study was performed in a single centre from May 2017 to August 2018. Two hundred and twenty-six patients with an initial diagnosis of AGA in the preceding 15 days were included. All patients were referred for a DECT scan of Read More

Background: Ground-glass Opacity (GGO) and Consolidation Opacity (CLO) are the common CT lung opacities, and their heterogeneity may have potential for prognosis ofcoronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) patients. Objective: This study aimed to estimate clinical outcomes in individual COVID-19 patients using histogram heterogeneity analysis based on CT opacities. Methods: 71 COVID-19 cases’ medical records were retrospe Read More

Background: The clinical and imaging features of lower tibial shaft spiral fracture concurrent with distal tibial triplane fracture are not clear. Introduction: This study was conducted to investigate these features for correct diagnosis, treatment and prevention of possible premature physeal arrest or angular deformation. Methods: Patients with lower tibial shaft spiral fracture concurrent with distal tibial triplane fracture were Read More

Background: Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based automatic lung nodule detection system improves the detection rate of nodules. It is important to evaluate the clinical value of the AI system by comparing AI-assisted nodule detection with actual radiology reports. Objective: To compare the detection rate of lung nodules between the actual radiology reports and AI-assisted reading in lung cancer CT screening. Methods: Partic Read More

Background: Manual segment target volumes were time-consuming and inter-observer variability couldn’t be avoided. With the development of computer science, auto-segmentation had the potential to solve this problem. Objective: To evaluate the accuracy and stability of Atlas-based and deep-learning-based auto-segmentation of the intermediate risk clinical target volume, composed of CTV2 and CTVnd, for nasopharyng Read More

Background: Diverticula are commonly observed in the duodenum. Duodenal Diverticulum (DD) usually does not give symptoms throughout life and is diagnosed by coincidence. However, it may present with different symptoms in patients. Objective: This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of DD and Juxtapapillary Duodenal Diverticulum (JDD) and its association with other possible pathologies and to determine its clinical impac Read More

Background: Benign external compression of the Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) with distal thrombus formation is seldomly described in the medical literature. Case Presentations: We report a case of external IVC compression by a dilated right renal pelvis and hydronephrotic kidney secondary to longstanding Ureteropelvic Junction (UPJ) obstruction found in a 68-year-old male. Management included therapeutic anticoagulation, IV Read More

Background: Pseudolymphoma of the liver (Reactive Lymphoid Hyperplasia) (RLH) is a rare condition. It is usually asymptomatic and detected incidentally on radiological imaging. Imaging features are similar to hepatic adenoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, and malignant lymphoma and are not specific for pseudolymphoma of the liver. Percutaneous core biopsy is insufficient to distinguish pseud Read More

We apologize for the error that occurred in the online version of the article. Table 3 was missing in the article entitled “Application of Two New Feature Fusion Networks to Improve Real-time Prostate Capsula Detection” in “Current Medical Imaging”, 2021; 17(9): 1128-36 [1]. The original article can be found online at https://www.eurekaselect.com/article/113786 Original: Table 3 was missing. Corrected: Table 3 has been added.