Current Medical Imaging - Online First

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the utility of ultrasonic attenuation imaging (ATI) in assessing the relationship between hepatic fat content and lipid metabolism in patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Methods: 239 patients diagnosed with T2DM were included, with liver fat quantified using proton density fat fraction (PDFF). We analyzed the variance Read More

Introduction: Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Liver (PSCCL) is an exceptionally rare clinical entity characterized by diagnostic challenges, aggressive behavior, and poor prognosis. Globally, few studies have investigated PSCCL. Case Presentation: We report the case of a 76-year-old male patient with PSCCL, detailing his clinical presentation and imaging findings, to offer insights into the preoperative diagnosis of this d Read More

Aim: This research aims to develop and evaluate a novel health classification and severity detection system based on Vision Transformers (ViTs) for fetal ultrasound imagery. This contributes to improved precision in fetal health status detection and abnormalities with more accurate results than other traditional models. Background: Amidst the other imperatives of resource-deficient developing nations, mitigating neonatal mortal Read More

Background: Bronchogenic cysts are congenital cystic anomalies of the bronchus that originate from abnormal development of the bronchial tree during the embryonic period. Their common manifestation is a space-occupying lesion in the lungs or mediastinum. Common imaging modalities for detecting bronchogenic cysts include chest X-ray and chest computed tomography (CT) scans. Case Presentation: A 24-year-old fem Read More

Background: Delphian lymph node (DLN) metastasis is common in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). However, few studies have specifically investigated the clinicopathologic characteristics of DLN metastasis in PTC. This study aimed to examine the incidence, risk factors, and predictive value of DLN in papillary thyroid carcinoma. Methods: In the present study, the clinicopathologic features and metastatic risks were stati Read More

Aims: Studies specifically examining the sonographic features of juvenile fibroadenoma in the pediatric population have not been documented. We aimed to analyze sonograms of juvenile fibroadenoma in children. Subjects and Methods: Patients aged ≤ 18 years who underwent breast ultrasound examinations at our department and had pathologically proven juvenile fibroadenoma from September 2002 to January 202 Read More

Introduction: The earlier detection of cervical cancer in women patients can save human life. This article proposes a novel methodology for detecting abnormal cervigram images from healthy cervigram images and segments the cancer regions in the abnormal cervigram images using the deep learning method. The conventional deep learning architecture has been modified into the proposed CervixNet architecture to i Read More

Background: The neuroanatomical basis of white matter fiber tracts in gait impairments in individuals suffering from Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is unclear. Methods: Twenty-four individuals living with PD and 29 Healthy Controls (HCs) were included. For each participant, two-shell High Angular Resolution Diffusion Imaging (HARDI) and high-resolution 3D structural images were acquired using the 3T MRI. Diffusion-weighted data Read More

Objective: The aim of this study was to develop and validate predictive models for perineural invasion (PNI) in gastric cancer (GC) using clinical factors and radiomics features derived from contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CE-CT) scans and to compare the performance of these models. Methods: This study included 205 GC patients, who were randomly divided into a training set (n=143) and a validation set (n=62 Read More

Purpose: This study aimed to assess the hemodynamic changes in the vena cava and predict the likelihood of Cardiac Remodeling (CR) and Myocardial Fibrosis (MF) in athletes utilizing four-dimensional (4D) parameters. Materials and Methods: A total of 108 athletes and 29 healthy sedentary controls were prospectively recruited and underwent Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) scanning. The 4D flow parameters, i Read More