Special Issues

Diagnostics runs special issues to create collections of papers on specific topics. The aim is to build a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors who are experts in the subject and oversee the editorial process for papers. Papers published in a Special Issue will be collected together on a dedicated page of the journal website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Point-of-Care Detection Devices for Healthcare

edited by Chao-Min Cheng

submission deadline 31 Jul 2020 | 10 articles

Keywords: point-of-care diagnostic devices; paper-based diagnostic devices; lateral flow immunoassays

(This special issues belongs to the Section Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Devices)

New Trends in Vascular Imaging

edited by Kristoffer Lindskov Hansen and Jonathan Frederik Carlsen

submission deadline 31 Jul 2020 | 3 articles

Keywords: New imaging technique; Blood flow; Perfusion; Angiography; Ultrasound; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging

(This special issues belongs to the Section Medical Imaging)

Animal Models for Studying and Screening Human Diseases

edited by Paula A. Oliveira

submission deadline 31 Jul 2020 | 5 articles

Keywords: Animal models; Diagnosis; Biomarkers; Imaging; Chemoprevention; Histology; Therapy; Genetics; Metabolomics; Proteomics

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

Gynecological Tumor Imaging

edited by Artur Czekierdowski

submission deadline 31 Jul 2020

Keywords: Imaging in gynecology; Female genital tract; Gynecological cancers; Uterine fibroids; Ultrasonography; Computed Tomography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging

(This special issues belongs to the Section Medical Imaging)

Computer-Assisted Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders

edited by Hamid Reza Marateb

submission deadline 31 Aug 2020 | 1 articles

Keywords: Computer-assisted diagnosis and prognosis; Mental disorders; Data mining; Neurological diagnostic techniques; Computer-assisted signal processing; Early diagnosis

(This special issues belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)

Hysteroscopic Approach to Intrauterine Diseases

edited by Salvatore Giovanni Vitale

submission deadline 31 Aug 2020 | 4 articles

Keywords: hysteroscopy; intrauterine pathologies; endometrial cancer; endometrial polyps; endometritis; endometrial hyperplasia; intrauterine synechiae; myomas; pathogenesis; diagnosis; treatment

(This special issues belongs to the Section Medical Imaging)

Novel Theranostic Agents

edited by Rudolf A. Werner

submission deadline 31 Aug 2020

Keywords: nuclear medicine; theranostics; endoradiotherapy; peptide receptor radionuclide therapy; radioligand therapy; PET; SPECT; SSTR; PSMA; CXCR4; FAP

(This special issues belongs to the Section Medical Imaging)

Role of Imaging Modalities in the Evaluation of Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy

edited by Sophie Mavrogeni

submission deadline 31 Aug 2020 | 5 articles

Keywords: Nonischemic cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; SPECT; PET; Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance; CT; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; restrictive cardiomyopathy; neuromuscular disorders; myocardial inflammation; Fabry disease; Danon disease; Autoimmune rheumatic diseases; metabolic diseases

(This special issues belongs to the Section Medical Imaging)

Venous Thrombosis (DVT/VTE): From Bench to Bedside

edited by Alexander Brill

submission deadline 31 Aug 2020 | 2 articles

Keywords: Venous thromboembolism (VTE); Deep vein thrombosis (DVT); Pulmonary embolism (PE); Thrombus resolution; Immune system; Inflammatory response; Novel molecules; Biomarkers; New targets; Diagnostics, preventions, and treatment of VTE and its complications

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

Diagnosis of Endometriosis: Biomarkers and Clinical Methods

edited by Antonio Simone Laganà

submission deadline 31 Aug 2020 | 5 articles

Keywords: Endometriosis; Diagnosis; Biomarkers; Ultrasound; Magnetic resonance imaging; Invasive diagnosis

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

Mobile Diagnosis 2.0

edited by Aniruddha Ray and Hatice Ceylan Koydemir

submission deadline 31 Aug 2020 | 5 articles

Keywords: point of care biosensors; global health; telemedicine; mobile imaging and sensing; lab on a chip

(This special issues belongs to the Section Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Devices)

Brain Imaging/Neuroimaging

edited by Malek Makki

submission deadline 31 Aug 2020 | 11 articles

Keywords: Neurodevelopment and aging brain; Functional and structural connectivity; Metabolism and perfusion; Neuropsychology; Arterovenous formation; Axons and neurons; Cerebrum, brainstem, cerebellum; Artificial intelligence

(This special issues belongs to the Section Medical Imaging)

Machine Learning Advances in MRI of Cancer

edited by Peter Gibbs

submission deadline 31 Aug 2020

Keywords: Machine learning; Radiomics; Deep learning; Quantitative imaging; Artificial intelligence; Big Data; Cancer imaging; Multimodal imaging

(This special issues belongs to the Section Medical Imaging)

Advances in Breast MRI

edited by Federica Pediconi and Francesca Galati

submission deadline 7 Sep 2020 | 2 articles

Keywords: MRI biomarkers; MRI; PET/MRI; DWI; Spectroscopy; Radiomics/genomics; Artificial Intelligence

(This special issues belongs to the Section Medical Imaging)

Lung Cancer Molecular Pathology

edited by Cristina Teixidó

submission deadline 30 Sep 2020 | 2 articles

Keywords: NSCLC; Predictive biomarkers; Diagnostic methods; Molecular tests; Immunotherapy; Targeted therapy

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

Biomarkers in Multiple Sclerosis: From an Early Diagnosis to an Accurate Prognosis

edited by Massimiliano Calabrese

submission deadline 30 Sep 2020

Keywords: multiple sclerosis; biomarkers; diagnosis and prognosis; MRI; precision medicine

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis

edited by Daisuke Hasegawa

submission deadline 30 Sep 2020 | 1 articles

Keywords: Diagnostic biomarkers; Prognostic biomarkers; Diagnostic scoring; Prognostic scoring; Multiple organ dysfunction; Sepsis-induced coagulopathy; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Acute kidney injury; Septic cardiomyopathy; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Precision medicine; Predictors of treatment responses; Novel therapeutic intervention; Blood purification; Anticoagulation

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

The Diagnostic Value of Nerve and Muscle Ultrasound in Neuromuscular Disorders

edited by Alexander Grimm

submission deadline 30 Sep 2020

(This special issues belongs to the Section Medical Imaging)

Diagnostic Challenges in Sports Cardiology

edited by Lukasz Malek and Marek Postuła

submission deadline 30 Sep 2020 | 5 articles

Keywords: Sports cardiology; Athlete’s heart; Heart disease; Differential diagnosis; Clinical imaging; Biomarkers

(This special issues belongs to the Section Medical Imaging)

Diagnostic Potential of Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) in Chronic Diseases

edited by Silvia Stella Barbieri and Silvia Cerri

submission deadline 31 Oct 2020 | 2 articles

Keywords: Extracellular vesicles; Microparticles; Exosomes; Biomarkers; Chronic diseases; Therapeutic potential

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

Progress in the Forensic Diagnosis

edited by Hiroshi Ikegaya and Marco Di Paolo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2020

Keywords: cause of death; identification; crime scene; diagnosis; unnnatural death

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

Corneal and Retinal Diseases: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches

edited by Maurizio Cammalleri and Caterina Gagliano

submission deadline 31 Oct 2020 | 6 articles

Keywords: Basic research; Clinical research; Treatments; Diagnosis; Animal model; Pathophysiology

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

The Advanced Role of Diagnostic Endoscopic Ultrasonography

edited by Atsushi Irisawa

submission deadline 31 Oct 2020

Keywords: Endoscopic ultrasound; Chronic pancreatitis; Pancreatic cancer; Bile cancer; Portal hypertension; Gastrointestinal subepitherial lesion; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST); Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN); Esophageal cancer; Gastric cancer; EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA); Intraductal ultrasound (IDUS); Artificial intelligence

(This special issues belongs to the Section Medical Imaging)

Advanced Techniques in Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging

edited by Kyung Sung, Harrison Kim and Fatemeh Zabihollahy

submission deadline 31 Oct 2020 | 2 articles

Keywords: Body magnetic resonance imaging; Artificial intelligence; Deep learning and machine learning; Imaging reconstruction; Image analysis and modeling

(This special issues belongs to the Section Medical Imaging)

Skeletal Muscle Diagnostics and Managements

edited by Ugo Carraro

submission deadline 31 Oct 2020 | 1 articles

Keywords: Improved functional diagnostic techniques; Next-generation clinical imaging and data-base analyses; Multigene panels for molecular biomarker testing; Next-generation sequencing approaches; High-yielding detection in scarce muscle samples

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

Biomarkers in Osteoarthritis

edited by Sten Rasmussen

submission deadline 31 Oct 2020

Keywords: osteoarthritis; biomarker; biochemical; proteomic; molecular biology; scoring; functional; diagnostic; prognostic; predictor; outcome; patient-reported outcome; pathophysiology

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

Biomarkers in Chronic Pain Disorders: From Molecular Diagnosis to Molecular-Guided Therapy

edited by Thomas M. Kinfe and Shafqat Rasul Chaudhry

submission deadline 30 Nov 2020

Keywords: central and peripheral neuroinflammation; acute and chronic pain; biomarker and prediction; molecular phenotyping

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning as Tool for Laboratory Demand Management—The Future of Laboratory Medicine?

edited by Janne Cadamuro, Andreas Bietenbeck and Alexander von Meyer

submission deadline 30 Nov 2020

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Machine learning; Deep learning; Laboratory demand management; Inappropriate laboratory use; Diagnostic error; Laboratory professionals; Laboratory specialists

(This special issues belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)

Diagnosis and Management of Cystic Fibrosis

edited by Giuseppe Castaldo

submission deadline 30 Nov 2020 | 2 articles

Keywords: Cystic fibrosis; CF-SPID; CFTR-related disorders; Newborn screening; Carrier screening; Personalized medicine; Molecular diagnosis; Prenatal diagnosis; Preimplantation diagnosis; Advanced sequencing technology; CF proteomics; CF metabolomics; CF microbiology (including microbiota); Novel therapies (gene, cell, and molecular therapy); Predictive markers of organ and tissue damage; CF inflammation; Genotype-phenotype correlation and modifier genes; Preclinical models (cell and tissue, organoids, animal models)

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

Biomarkers of Oral Cancer

edited by Paweł Golusiński

submission deadline 30 Nov 2020 | 2 articles

Keywords: Oral cancer; Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; Biomarkers; Molecular diagnostics; Risk factors; Treatment strategies

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

Early Detection, Diagnosis, and Management of Bladder Cancer – Importance of Biomarkers

edited by Hideki Furuya and Charles Rosser

submission deadline 30 Nov 2020

Keywords: Personalized medicine; Molecular diagnosis; Biomarkers (early detection, grading, staging, prognosis, prediction of response to chemo- and immuno-therapies); Novel therapies (gene, cell, and molecular therapy); Genotype-phenotype correlation and modifier genes; Preclinical models (cell and tissue, organoids, animal models); OMICS; Immunotherapy; Targeted therapy

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

New Diagnostics and Testing Strategies for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)

edited by Elisa Martró and Tanya Applegate

submission deadline 31 Dec 2020

Keywords: HCV, Hepatitis C; Diagnostics, testing, screening; HCV core antigen, HCV RNA; Simplified, rapid; Point-of-care; Dried blood spot; Self-testing, self-sample collection; Vulnerable populations, people who inject drugs (PWID), men who have sex with men (MSM), sex workers, transgender people, migrants, prisons; Diagnostic accuracy, cost, cost-effectiveness; Comparative trials, implementation studies, demonstration projects; HCV microelimination, models of care

(This special issues belongs to the Section Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease)

Novel Diagnostic and Predictive Strategies in Renal Cell Tumors

edited by Michelangelo Fiorentino

submission deadline 31 Dec 2020

Keywords: Renal cell tumors; Molecular pathology; Artificial intelligence; Biomarkers

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

Virus Diagnostic Methods and Techniques: Learning from the COVID-19 Global Outbreak

edited by Chao-Min Cheng, Sandeep K. Vashist and Carmen de Mendoza

submission deadline 31 Dec 2020 | 11 articles

(This special issues belongs to the Section Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease)

Differential Diagnosis for Dry Eye

edited by Georgi Georgiev and Norihiko Yokoi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2020 | 1 articles

Keywords: Dry eye syndrome; Differential diagnostics of dry eye; Tear film properties, dynamics and (in)stability; Dry eye mechanisms; Biomarkers

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

Molecular Classification of Soft Tissue and Bone Tumors

edited by David Creytens

submission deadline 31 Jan 2021

Keywords: Soft tissue and bone tumors; Histomorphology; Immunohistochemistry; Molecular based classification; Molecular pathology; Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Sequencing; Gene fusions; Gene copy number variation

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

Abdominal Ultrasound and Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

edited by Kazushi Numata and Hitoshi Maruyama

submission deadline 31 Jan 2021

Keywords: hepatocellular carcinoma; ultrasound; color Doppler; contrast-enhanced ultrasound; fusion imaging; 3D ultrasound; ultrasonography; interventional; radiofrequency ablation; microwave ablation; high-intensity focused ultrasound; stereotactic body radiotherapy; transarterial chemoembolization; systemic chemotherapy

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

Recent Advances in Malaria Diagnosis

edited by Weng Kung Peng and Maria Isabel Veiga

submission deadline 28 Feb 2021

Keywords: Malaria; Diagnostic; Asymptomatic; Sensitive; Specific

(This special issues belongs to the Section Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease)

Clinical Advances on Endometrial Cancer

edited by Andrea Ciavattini

submission deadline 28 Feb 2021

Keywords: Endometrial cancer; Sentinel lymph node evaluation; Recurrent endometrial cancers; Molecular profile; Immunotherapy; Chemotherapy; Radiotherapy; Hormonal therapy; Imaging

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

Advances in Multimodality Molecular Imaging

edited by Hidehiko Okazawa

submission deadline 28 Feb 2021

Keywords: Molecular imaging; Positron emission tomography; Nuclear medicine; Functional imaging; Clinical radiology; Brain science; Nuclear oncology; MRI; PET/MRI; SPECT/CT

(This special issues belongs to the Section Medical Imaging)

Neuropathic Pain: Correct Diagnosis for Correct Management

edited by Daniele Coraci

submission deadline 31 Mar 2021

Keywords: pain; neuropathic pain; diagnosis; management; prognosis; treatment; therapy; rehabilitation; drug; nerve; neuropathy; neurophysiology; imaging; outcome measures; quality of life

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

Developing Role of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine Applications in Pancreatic Tumors

edited by Pierpaolo Alongi and Laura Evangelista

submission deadline 31 Mar 2021

Keywords: adenocarcinoma; neuroendocrine tumors; PET; MRI; CT; radionuclide therapy

(This special issues belongs to the Section Medical Imaging)

Diagnosis and Treatment of Shoulder and Elbow Disease and Trauma

edited by Chul-Hyun Cho and Du Hwan Kim

submission deadline 31 May 2021

Keywords: Frozen shoulder; Rotator cuff disease; Shoulder and elbow arthritis; Shoulder dislocation and fracture; Elbow dislocation and fracture; Ultrasonography of shoulder and elbow; Rehabilitation of shoulder and elbow

(This special issues belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)

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