2026 May - 17 articles
Purpose: Myocardial iron overload has been demonstrated to have a heterogeneous distribution. A segmental T2* CMR approach, with correction factors applied to account for artifacts, has been demonstrated to be feasible and has permitted a reduction i...
Background/Objectives: Early and accurate prediction of pathological complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is vital for personalized breast cancer treatment. However, existing deep learning methods are hampered by tumor heterog...
Objectives: This study investigated whether visual field abnormalities are present in eyes with suspected nasal optic disc hypoplasia (NOH) by using fundus photography and optical coherence tomography (OCT). Methods: NOH was diagnosed using the follo...
Background: Cage subsidence (CS) is among the main complications after oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) and may lead to the failure of indirect decompression. Accurate preoperative bone quality assessment is critical for risk stratification, ye...
Objectives: Early identification of treatment response in brain metastases remains clinically challenging. This study explores tensor-valued diffusion MRI (dMRI), specifically q-space trajectory imaging (QTI), as a novel source of early imaging bioma...
Background/Objectives: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides a non-invasive means for a comprehensive assessment of the effect of radiation therapy (RT) on heart function. This study aims to determine RT induced cardiotoxicity in thoracic cancer...
Coronary artery calcification, present in 20–30% of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), significantly impairs procedural success. Conventional angiography detects calcification in fewer than half of affected cases, while intravascular im...
Background: Differentiating adrenal adenomas from non-adenomatous lesions remains a critical challenge in the management of adrenal incidentalomas. Conventional unenhanced CT relies on attenuation thresholds of 10 HU and 20 HU, which present trade-of...
Background: Computed tomography (CT) is routinely used to estimate tumor size before lung resection, whereas pathologic examination provides the reference tissue-based measurement after surgery. This study aimed to compare CT-derived and pathologic t...
The sharp dose gradients that underpin the dosimetric advantage of particle therapy over photon therapy can be undermined by the interplay effects due to intra-fraction motion in modern pencil beam scanning systems. Fluoroscopy-Guided Particle Therap...
Background: Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) is widely used in image-guided radiotherapy because it provides on-board volumetric imaging at relatively low doses, but its clinical utility for synthetic CT (sCT) generation remains limited by noise,...
Background/Objectives: Accurate grading of brain gliomas is important, and amide proton transfer-weighted (APTw) MRI shows promise for non-invasive tumor differentiation. This study aimed to perform a comprehensive review and meta-analyses to demonst...
Pharmacokinetic modeling in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging has become a cornerstone in cancer research, offering insights into tumor development and progression. These models facilitate the quantification of radiotracer distribution and m...
Background/Objectives: Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in men globally. Radiation oncologists often find PCa tumor characterization and outcome prediction challenging. Therefore, the potential for artificial intelli...
Background and aim: Chest CT is a major contributor to population radiation exposure. Conventional, pooled diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) do not account for inter-individual variability in body habitus and are typically used retrospectively. We e...
Background: Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) is an emerging biomedical imaging modality that detects superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs), providing high contrast, sensitivity, and quantification capabilities without ionizing radiation,...
Background: As muscles atrophy, myocytes are replaced by fat and muscle strength diminishes, increasing thoracic supine kyphosis. Here, we investigate the relationship between muscle fat percentage (muscle–fat%) and thoracic supine kyphosis on...
