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Diagnostic Challenges in Sports Cardiology—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4964 | Submission Open
Keywords: sports cardiology; MRI; echocardiography; heart rate
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Advanced Neuroimaging Analysis: From Data to Diagnosis
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4873 | Submission Open
Keywords: neuroimaging analysis ; multimodal integration ; multimodal imaging ; biomarkers ; diagnostic pipelines ; clinical translation ; neurological disorders
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
From Data to Decisions: Deep Learning in Clinical Diagnostics
edited by Jianfu Li
submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4124 | Submission Open
Keywords: deep learning; clinical diagnostics; medical AI; diagnostic accuracy; clinical decision support; medical imaging; biomarker discovery; healthcare implementation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Artificial Intelligence in Health Monitoring and Diagnosis: AI Meets Conventional Models—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3432 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; medical image processing; deep learning; machine learning; diagnostics; health monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Advances in Diagnostic Imaging for Cerebrovascular Diseases
edited by Hiroaki Neki
submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3316 | Submission Open
Keywords: cerebrovascular diseases; diagnostic imaging; perfusion imaging; hemodynamic assessment; radiomics; artificial intelligence (AI); imaging biomarkers; follow-up protocols
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
New Technologies in Oral Medicine: From Molecular Pathology to Clinical Practice—2nd Edition submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2847 | Submission Open
Keywords: oral medicine; molecular pathology; clinical dentistry; periodontics; orthodontics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Diagnosis and Management of Retinopathy—2nd Edition submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2625 | Submission Open
Keywords: diabetic retinopathy; hypertensive retinopathy; inherited retinal diseases; imaging; OCT
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Diagnostic Tools and Monitoring Strategies for Chronic Diseases: Integrating Patient-Reported Outcomes to Enhance Clinical Decision-Making
edited by Vladimir Poroch
submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2410 | Submission Open
Keywords: quality of life; chronic diseases; patient-reported outcome measures; patient-reported experience measures; supportive interventions; multidisciplinary and holistic approach; symptom control; healthcare accessibility; burden of care prevention; digital health tools; palliative care
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Advancements in Urological Diagnostics: Emerging Technologies and Innovative Approaches submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1677 | Submission Open
Keywords: urological diseases; diagnostic imaging; biomarkers; molecular diagnostics; prostate cancer diagnosis; renal disease diagnosis; artificial intelligence in urology; noninvasive diagnostic techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Photon-Counting CT in Vascular Imaging: Redefining Precision in Vascular Diagnosis
edited by Yousef Shahin
submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1196 | Submission Open
Keywords: photon-counting CT; vascular imaging; coronary artery disease; arteriovenous malformations; peripheral artery disease; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Arthroscopy Techniques in Diagnosis and Treatment 2026
edited by Maristella Francesca Saccomanno and
submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1131 | Submission Open
Keywords: arthroscopy; arthroscopy techniques; sports medicine; diagnosis; biological therapies; PROMS
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Optics)
Innovations in HIV Diagnostics and Monitoring
edited by Nuno Taveira
submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1010 | Submission Open
Keywords: HIV disease; HIV diagnostics; HIV testing; HIV monitoring; point-of-care testing; next-generation sequencing; biomarkers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease)
Diagnosis and Management in Urologic Oncology
edited by Chun-Te Wu, Hao-Lun Luo and
submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 678 | Submission Open
Keywords: urological oncology; prostate cancer; bladder cancer; renal cell carcinoma; molecular diagnostics; artificial intelligence in urology; multiparametric MRI; liquid biopsy; precision medicine; robotic-assisted surgery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Diagnosis and Management of Neuroendocrine Tumors—2nd Edition
edited by Federica Alessandra Cavalcoli
submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 301 | Submission Open
Keywords: neuroendocrine neoplasm; pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm; gastric neuroendocrine neoplasm; small-bowel neuroendocrine neoplasm; appendicular neuroendocrine neoplasm; lung neuroendocrine neoplasm; functional imaging; cross-sectional imaging; endoscopic ultrasound
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Imaging and Signal Processing—2nd Edition submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; AI-assisted detection; explainable AI; augmentation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Multimodal Imaging in Clinical Diagnostics: Advances and Perspectives
edited by and Vittorio Patanè
submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open
Keywords: multimodal imaging; clinical diagnostics; medical imaging; hybrid imaging; radiomics; artificial intelligence; imaging biomarkers; precision medicine; diagnostic accuracy; image fusion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases: Diagnosis and Management Advances submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open
Keywords: hepatobiliary surgery; pancreatic surgery; artificial intelligence; computer-assisted surgery; image-guided surgery; robotic surgery; precision surgery; intraoperative imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
New Insights into the Diagnosis of Gynecological Diseases
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 42516 | Submission Open
Keywords: gynecological diseases; precision medicine; molecular diagnostics; artificial intelligence; biomarkers; next-generation sequencing; imaging technologies; big data
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Diagnosis and Prognosis of Gynecological and Obstetric Diseases
edited by and Valentina Billone
submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | 13 articles | Viewed by 23084 | Submission Open
Keywords: diagnosis; prognosis; gynecological and obstetric diseases; markers; screening
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Echocardiography Applications in Cardiovascular Diseases submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10634 | Submission Open
Keywords: echocardiography; congenital heart disease; imaging techniques; artificial intelligence; automatization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Abdominal Diseases: Diagnosis, Treatment and Management—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | 8 articles | Viewed by 6044 | Submission Open
Keywords: abdominal diseases; abdominal surgery; diagnosis; image-guided surgery/treatment; minimally invasive techniques; laparoscopy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Diagnosis and Management of Colorectal Diseases, 2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3477 | Submission Open
Keywords: colorectal diseases; markers; diagnosis; prognosis; screening
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Cardiovascular Diseases: Innovations in Diagnosis and Management
edited by Hisao Hara
submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2646 | Submission Open
Keywords: myocardial infarction; biomarker; prognosis; coronary risk; residual risk; prognosis prediction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Optimization of Clinical Imaging: From Diagnosis to Prognosis, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2584 | Submission Open
Keywords: clinical imaging; medical image analysis; imaging management; computed tomography (CT); magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Traumatic Brain Injury and Associated Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Diagnosis/Prognosis and Therapeutics submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2056 | Submission Open
Keywords: traumatic brain injury; neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders; clinical impact and innovation; diagnostic; prognosis; markers; imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Musculoskeletal Imaging in Clinical Practice: From Qualitative Diagnosis to Quantitative Analysis
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1790 | Submission Open
Keywords: musculoskeletal imaging; qualitative diagnosis; quantitative imaging; imaging biomarkers; MRI; CT; plain radiograph; ultrasound
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Innovations in Dermatologic Diagnostics: Integrating Dermoscopy, Imaging, and Non-Surgical Therapies submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1715 | Submission Open
Keywords: dermoscopy; clinical impact and innovation; diagnostic; prognosis; markers; imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Optics)
Beyond the Image: Cardiac Imaging at the Service of the Patient submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1580 | Submission Open
Keywords: cardiac imaging; multimodality; patient outcomes; artificial intelligence; compassion in medicine; quantitative imaging; image-guided therapy; translational cardiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: From Diagnostics to Management of Peri-Operative Hemostasis and Transfusion
edited by , Marie Steiner, , Gabor Erdoes and Nicole Dodge Zantek
submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1154 | Submission Open
Keywords: bleeding blood management cardiac surgery cardiopulmonary bypass coagulation clotting hemostasis hemostatic balance transfusion viscoelastic testing; bleeding; blood management; cardiac surgery; cardiopulmonary bypass; coagulation; clotting; hemostasis; hemostatic balance; transfusion; viscoelastic testing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Emerging Technologies in Forensic Pathology submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 892 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning; laser scanner; forensic imaging; virtual autopsy; multidisciplinary forensic approach; metaverse; forensic pathology; forensic engineering; post-mortem interval (PMI)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forensic Diagnostics)
Arthroscopy Techniques in Diagnosis and Treatment in 2025–2026
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 789 | Submission Open
Keywords: arthroscopic diagnostics; nerve compression syndromes; small joint arthroscopy; endoscopic spine evaluation; minimally invasive diagnostic techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Optics)
Advanced Diagnostic Approaches in Cardiovascular Diseases: From Imaging to Biomarkers, 2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open
Keywords: medical diagnosis; cardiovascular diseases; imaging; biomarkers; AI-driven analytics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Advances in Digital Pathology, Artificial Intelligence and Pixelomics
edited by Ehsan Ullah
submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital pathology; artificial intelligence; computational pathology; pixelomics; machine learning; deep learning; foundation models; multimodal pathology; computational biomarkers; precision medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Recent Advances in Digital Pathology: Multimodal AI, Foundation Models, and Clinical Translation
edited by Tahir Mahmood
submission deadline 1 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 269 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital pathology; computational pathology; multimodal AI; foundation models; clinical translation; vision language models; large language models; generative AI; histopathology image analysis; cancer diagnosis and prognosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Biomarker-Guided Advances in Diagnostic Medicine
edited by Edvīns Miklaševičs
submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7946 | Submission Open
Keywords: medical genetics; hereditary cancers; biomarkers; miRNA; microbiome; omics; screening
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
A Commemorative Issue in Honor of Professor Osman Hayran
edited by Haydar Sur and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 237 | Submission Open
Keywords: early risk identification; sub-health detection; prediction and prevention models; AI-supported diagnosis reasoning; multimodal and longitudinal data integration and decision support system; human digital twins; large world-model medical informatics; ethically grounded AI applications in health decision-making science
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Advances in Blood Testing and Clinical Biochemistry for Medical Diagnostics
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open
Keywords: blood testing; sample collection; clinical biochemistry; point-of-care testing; pre-analytics; laboratory automation; continuous monitoring; patient-centric sampling; diagnostics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Laboratory Medicine)
Precision Diagnostics in Clinical Microbiology and Virology
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open
Keywords: syndromic testing; multiplex PCR; point-of-care testing (POCT); rapid molecular diagnostics; diagnostic stewardship; antimicrobial stewardship; near-patient testing; infectious disease diagnostics; clinical microbiology; precision diagnostics; sepsis diagnosis; respiratory infections; antimicrobial resistance; molecular epidemiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease)
Advances in Optometry and Vision: Diagnosis and Management
edited by Mukesh Kumar and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Submission Open
Keywords: diagnosis of ophthalmic diseases; contact lenses; keratoconus; myopia progression; presbyopia; dry eye disease; ocular surface disease; corneal infection/keratitis; corneal complications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Optics)
Positron Emission Tomography Imaging for the Evaluation of the Central Nervous System
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 933 | Submission Open
Keywords: PET/CT; PET; positron emission tomography; CNS; central nervous system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Recent Advancements in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Thoracic Diseases
edited by Marco Andolfi
submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open
Keywords: quality of life; risk stratification; thoracic diseases; circulating biomarkers; tissue biomarkers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
New Insights into the Diagnosis of Viral Infections
edited by
submission deadline 15 Nov 2027 | Viewed by 384 | Submission Open
Keywords: viral diagnostics; molecular detection; point-of-care testing; biosensor technology; AI diagnostics serological assays; emerging viruses; genomic sequencing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease)
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