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Diagnostic Radiology of the Rheumatic Diseases
edited by Giulia Besutti
submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 436 | Submission Open
Keywords: rheumatic disease; X-rays; computed tomography; magnetic resonance; functional imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Tuberculosis Detection and Diagnosis 2025 submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2554 | Submission Open
Keywords: immunological testing: TST; IGRA; microscopic testing: sputum smear microscopy; AFB staining; molecular testing: NAATs; including LAMP and GeneXpert MTB/RIF; fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); culture-based testing: BACTEC MGIT; imaging techniques: X-rays; CT; advanced testing technologies: NGS; mass spectrometry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease)
Artificial Intelligence in Health Monitoring and Diagnosis: AI Meets Conventional Models
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 35489 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; diagnostics; medical image processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Advances in Diagnostics of the Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 20042 | Submission Open
Keywords: anterior segment disorder; cornea; cataract; anterior segment imaging; refractive surgery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Molecular Diagnostics of Infectious Diseases submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 19644 | Submission Open
Keywords: molecular diagnostics; infectious diseases; microorganisms; virus detection; antibiotic resistance; bacterial strains
(This special issue belongs to the Section Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease)
Advances in Imaging Diagnosis and Management of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 18031 | Submission Open
Keywords: cardiovascular imaging; pulmonary imaging; AI; machine learning; vascular; CT
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of ENT (Ear–Nose–Throat) Diseases submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17525 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Advances in Breast Radiology submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15500 | Submission Open
Keywords: breast contrast-enhanced MRI; breast contrast-enhanced US; breast contrast-enhanced mammography
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Kidney Disease: Biomarkers, Diagnosis, and Prognosis: 3rd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 15106 | Submission Open
Keywords: primary/secondary glomerulonephritis; rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis; nephrotic syndrome; acute kidney injury; chronic kidney disease; diabetic nephropathy/diabetic kidney disease; chronic renal failure; kidney transplantation; renal fibrosis; polycystic kidney
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Diagnosis, Classification, and Monitoring of Pulmonary Diseases submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 13606 | Submission Open
Keywords: lung diseases; pulmonary diseases; imaging techniques; causal biological pathways; clinical biomarkers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Optimization of Clinical Imaging: From Diagnosis to Prognosis submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12072 | 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)
Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning in Clinical Classification and Prediction
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12014 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; clinical classification; clinical prediction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Urologic Oncology: Biomarkers, Diagnosis, and Management submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11429 | Submission Open
Keywords: urologic oncology; biomarkers; diagnosis; management; urothelial carcinoma; prostate cancer; kidney cancer; testis cancer; penile cancer
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Neuroendocrine Tumors
edited by Federica Alessandra Cavalcoli
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11043 | 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 Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Biochemical Testing Applications in Clinical Diagnosis submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 10757 | Submission Open
Keywords: biochemical testing; clinical diagnosis; biomarkers; point-of-care tests; innovative analytical techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Laboratory Medicine)
Advances in Foot and Ankle Surgery: Diagnosis and Management
edited by Chul Hyun Park
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10738 | Submission Open
Keywords: orthopedics; foot and ankle; advances; diagnosis; treatment; prognosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Applications of Next-Generation Sequencing Technologies for the Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diseases
edited by Hin Fung Tsang and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10386 | Submission Open
Keywords: NGS; sequencing; diagnostic microbiology; infectious diseases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease)
Challenges Related to the Oral Cavity, Head and Neck: From Diagnosis to Therapy submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9937 | Submission Open
Keywords: oral oncology; oral diseases; head and neck; diagnosis; therapeutic approach
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Artificial Intelligence in Brain Diseases
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9904 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Respiratory Illnesses
edited by and Anna T. Freeman
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9180 | Submission Open
Keywords: asthma; COPD; pneumonia; viral infection; ARDS; respiratory
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Clinical Diagnosis, Prognosis and Data Analysis of Medical Parasites and Arthropods submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7909 | Submission Open
Keywords: clinical diagnosis; prognosis; data analysis; medical parasites; arthropods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease)
Pathology and Diagnosis of Thyroid Disease
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7896 | Submission Open
Keywords: pathology; clinical diagnosis; prognosis; thyroid disease; marker
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
The Future of Cardiac Imaging in the Diagnosis submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7022 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
An Update on Radiological Diagnosis in 2024
edited by , and Nicola Maria Lucarelli
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6786 | Submission Open
Keywords: radiological diagnosis; radiological techniques; precision medicine; imaging; quantitative imaging; artificial intelligence; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Gynecological Cancers: Third Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6493 | Submission Open
Keywords: diagnostic technologies; gynecological cancers; ovarian cancer; endometrial cancer; diagnostic pathology; diagnostic image; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Imaging in Musculoskeletal Disorders submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6046 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced imaging techniques; musculoskeletal disorders; MRI and CT imaging; ultrasound imaging; clinical case studies; diagnostic accuracy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Musculoskeletal Disorders
edited by and Fernando Ruiz Santiago
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5495 | Submission Open
Keywords: musculoskeletal disorder; radiology; interventional procedure; surgery; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Sleep Disorders 2025
edited by Rayleigh Ping Ying Chiang
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5440 | Submission Open
Keywords: sleep disorders; obstructive sleep apnea; diagnosis; causes; symptoms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Abdominal Ultrasound: A Left Behind Area
edited by Hiroko Naganuma
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5091 | Submission Open
Keywords: liver tumor; drainage vessel; precursor lesion; gallbladder cancer; peritoneum; mesentery; ultrasound
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Kidney Diseases—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4831 | Submission Open
Keywords: kidney; nephrology; biomarker; prognosis; imaging; artificial intelligence; pathology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Diagnostics for Ocular Diseases: Its Importance in Patient Care submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4758 | Submission Open
Keywords: ocular imaging; patient care; biomarkers; retinal imaging; retinal diseases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Nephrology: Diagnosis and Management
edited by Elio Antonucci
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4477 | Submission Open
Keywords: kidney disease; nephropathy; diagnosis management; renal disease
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS) in the Clinical Laboratory submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4438 | Submission Open
Keywords: LC-MS; clinical diagnostics; biomarker discovery; metabolomics; lipidomics; clinical samples; method validation; precision medicine; analytical techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Laboratory Medicine)
Artificial Intelligence for Precision Analysis and Decision Making in Medical Imaging
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4398 | Submission Open
Keywords: medical images; artificial intelligence; image analysis; auxiliary diagnosis; neural network; healthcare informatics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Imaging Research on Gastrointestinal Disorders
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4170 | Submission Open
Keywords: gastrointestinal diseases; inflammatory bowel disease; intestinal obstruction; irritable bowel syndrome; gastric cancer; signal and image processing; visualization techniques for the gastrointestinal tract
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Hypertension: Diagnosis and Management
edited by Luigi Marzano
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3768 | Submission Open
Keywords: hypertension; blood pressure; diagnosis; management; cardiovascular diseases; therapeutic targets; treatment strategies; lifestyle modifications; patient education; adherence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Latest News in Digital Pathology
edited by Tahir Mahmood
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3629 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital pathology; generative AI; cancer diagnosis; cancer prognosis; imaging modalities; cancer grading; artificial intelligence in pathology; histopathology; image analysis; medical imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Updates on the Diagnosis and Management of Heart, Lung, and Kidney Transplantation
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3462 | Submission Open
Keywords: heart transplantation; lung transplantation; kidney transplantation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Musculoskeletal Disorders submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3392 | Submission Open
Keywords: musculoskeletal diseases; MRI; shoulder and elbow; Bone Necrosis; Wrist Arthroscopy  
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Recent Advancements in MRI and PET/CT Technologies in the Field of Urologic Oncology
edited by Matteo Droghetti
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3371 | Submission Open
Keywords: MRI; PET/CT; urologic oncology; prostate cancer; diagnostic imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Laboratory Tests for Kidney Diseases
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3080 | Submission Open
Keywords: kidney diseases; laboratory testing; diagnosis; biomarkers; kidney function; renal injury; diagnostic approaches
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Laboratory Medicine)
Updates on Breast Cancer: Diagnosis and Management
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3044 | Submission Open
Keywords: breast cancer; breast tumor; mammography; tissue biopsy; breast ultrasound; diagnosis and management; prognosis; treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Advances in Cardiovascular Diseases: Diagnosis and Management
edited by Hezzy Shmueli
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2971 | Submission Open
Keywords: real-time imaging; cardiovascular disease; cardiovascular imaging; echocardiography; cardiac CT; cardiac MRI; cardiac nuclear scan; acute cardiac care; artificial intelligence; cardiomyopathy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Advances in Cancer Pathology and Diagnosis
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2924 | Submission Open
Keywords: histopathology; histological classification; cancer biomarkers; digital pathology; AI applications; next-generation sequencing; real-time PCR
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Recent Advances in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2642 | Submission Open
Keywords: diagnostic radiology; interventional radiology; medical imaging; image-guided therapy; AI; minimally invasive procedures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Imaging and Signal Processing
edited by Olusola Oluwakemi Abayomi-Alli, and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2635 | Submission Open
Keywords: medical image processing; healthcare; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; computer vision; AI-assisted; explainable ai; segmentation; augmentation; multimodal fusion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Colorectal Diseases submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2592 | Submission Open
Keywords: colorectal diseases; markers; diagnosis; prognosis; screening
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Confocal Microscopy: Clinical Impacts and Innovation, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2318 | Submission Open
Keywords: confocal laser endomicroscopy; diagnosis; biopsy specimens; tumor; cell imaging; deep machine learning techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Optics)
Genetic and Genomic Biomarkers in Cancer Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment Prediction
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2253 | Submission Open
Keywords: cancer genetics and genomics; diagnostic tests; prognostic tests; predictive tests; nucleic acid; companion diagnostics; targeted therapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Recent Advances in Prostate Cancer Imaging and Biopsy Techniques
edited by Abhinav Sidana
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2250 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-parametric MRI (mpMRI) of prostate; artificial intelligence and prostate MRI; PSMA PET in detection and staging of prostate cancer; novel molecular tracers for prostate cancer imaging; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)– transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) fusion prostate biopsy; transperineal prostate biopsy; future directions regarding prebiopsy imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
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