Texture Analysis in Uterine Cervix Carcinoma: Primary Tumour and Lymph Node Assessment
, Adrian Coțe 4,*, Csaba Csutak 3,5,*,†, Roxana-Adelina Lupean 6,7,†, Andrei Lebovici 3,5, Carmen Mihaela Mihu 3,6, Lavinia Manuela Lenghel 3,5, Marius Emil Pușcas 8,9, Andrei Roman 3,10 and Diana Feier 3,5
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The manuscript presents a very interesting piece of knowledge on new techniques in medicine. It is well-written and clear. However, some technical things could be changed in order to improve the overall text.
The title and abstract sound clear and represent the study very well.
However, the keywords should be corrected. Particularly: "magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)" should be presented as 2 keywords separated by a semicolon - magnetic resonance imaging; MRI.
The introduction part provides a clear study rationale.
The methods section includes all required parts, well-written.
The results are supported with good tables and a figure.
However, in the discussion part, there is a figure, which probably will fit better in the results section.
I would expand the conclusion part and elaborate more on the study findings and its input for clinical practice.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
Thank you for your work in reviewing this manuscript and for your interest in our research.
In the following, we will detail the changes made to the study, according to your suggestions. We hope the adjustments we made meet your expectations.
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Point 1: The manuscript presents a very interesting piece of knowledge on new techniques in medicine. It is well-written and clear. However, some technical things could be changed in order to improve the overall text.
The title and abstract sound clear and represent the study very well.
However, the keywords should be corrected. Particularly: "magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)" should be presented as 2 keywords separated by a semicolon - magnetic resonance imaging; MRI.
Answer 1: Thank you very much for your remarks. The keywords list has been updated.
Point 2: The introduction part provides a clear study rationale.
The methods section includes all required parts, well-written.
The results are supported with good tables and a figure.
However, in the discussion part, there is a figure, which probably will fit better in the results section.
I would expand the conclusion part and elaborate more on the study findings and its input for clinical practice.
Answer 2: Thank you for the very good suggestion. We moved the third figure to the results section.
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We wish to warmly thank you for expert, thoughtful, and very pertinent observations, which made us realize omissions we made and, we estimate, greatly helped us improve the paper.
With gratitude,
P.
Reviewer 2 Report
The paper „Texture analysis in uterine cervix carcinoma: primary tumor and lymph node assessment“ is the original work with conclusion „texture analysis can offer a superior non-invasive characterization of lymph-node status, which can improve the staging accuracy of cervical cancers“.The presenters presented the given objectives of the work in an adequate way, with excellent graphic, pictorial and numerical representations, and comments in the components of the article, along with a discussion of similar research and citations of adequate fresh literature. In this form, I have no objections to the components of the work, and I suggest it for publication in a journal.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
Thank you for your work in reviewing this manuscript and for your interest in our research.
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Point 1: The paper „Texture analysis in uterine cervix carcinoma: primary tumor and lymph node assessment“ is the original work with conclusion „texture analysis can offer a superior non-invasive characterization of lymph-node status, which can improve the staging accuracy of cervical cancers“.The presenters presented the given objectives of the work in an adequate way, with excellent graphic, pictorial and numerical representations, and comments in the components of the article, along with a discussion of similar research and citations of adequate fresh literature. In this form, I have no objections to the components of the work, and I suggest it for publication in a journal.
Answer 2: Thank you very much for your kind remarks.
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We wish to warmly thank you for expert, thoughtful, and very pertinent observations.
With gratitude,
P.
