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Advances in Dental Imaging
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 56169 | Submission Open
Keywords: dental imaging; optical coherence tomography; ultrasound; dental MRI; dental CT; cone-beam computed tomography; optical imaging; acoustic imaging; dental radiography; panoramic radiography; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Machine Learning in Precise and Personalized Diagnosis
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 30818 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Diagnostics in the Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 28388 | Submission Open
Keywords: diagnostics; emergency and critical care medicine; trauma; anesthesiology; respiratory failure; sepsis; cardiovascular disease; healthcare-associated infection prevention; end-of-life care
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Artificial Intelligence in Eye Disease, 3rd Edition
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 23636 | Submission Open
Keywords: medical diagnosis; artificial intelligence; deep learning; fundus image; optical coherence tomography; ophthalmology; retinal vessel; glaucoma; retinopahty; macular degeneration; image segmentation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Application of Artificial Intelligence in Radiological Imaging Analysis and Diagnosis
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 22176 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; radiological imaging; medical diagnostics; intelligent decision support systems; natural language processing; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment in Otolaryngology
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 19328 | Submission Open
Keywords: head and neck surgery; ENT; diagnostic issues; technological advancement; surgical technique; molecular target; tailored medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Machine-Learning-Based Disease Diagnosis and Prediction
edited by Fakhar Abbas
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 15 articles | Viewed by 18165 | Submission Open
Keywords: development and validation of machine learning models for disease diagnosis and prediction; integration of multimodal data (e.g.; imaging; genomic; and clinical) for enhanced diagnostic accuracy; artificial intelligence in healthcare; ethical and regulatory considerations in the deployment of machine learning for healthcare applications; case studies and applications of machine learning in specific disease domains (e.g.; cancer; cardiovascular diseases; and neurodegenerative disorders); comparative studies and benchmarking of machine learning approaches for disease diagnosis and prediction; healthcare analytics; bioinformatics; medical imaging analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Machine-Extractable Knowledge from the Shape of Anatomical Structures 2024 submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13737 | Submission Open
Keywords: medical image processing; computer-aided diagnosis; artificial intelligence; 3D imaging; hybrid decision support; magnetic resonance imaging; computed tomography; positron emission tomography; ultrasound
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Diagnosis and Prognosis of Sepsis
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13553 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Human Health, Well-Being and Activity Recognition with Wearable Sensors
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 13274 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; medical diagnosis; Wearable Sensors; Human Health; wearable computing; deep learning; data analysis; edge computing; human activity recognition; pervasive and ubiquitous computing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Devices)
Recent Advances in Radiomics in Medical Imaging
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12498 | Submission Open
Keywords: radiomics; PET/CT; SPECT/CT; medical imaging; cancers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Cancer/Tumors
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9996 | Submission Open
Keywords: oncologic imaging; cancer imaging; MRI; CT; X-ray; machine learning; radiodiagnostics; theranostics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Diagnostics and Analysis 2024 submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9518 | Submission Open
Keywords: medical signal and image processing; Internet of Medical Things (IoMT); bioinformatics; explainable artificial intelligence; machine learning; uncertainty
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Advances in the Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Management of Urinary Disease submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9463 | Submission Open
Keywords: urinary disease; diagnosis; prognosis; kidney disease; prostate disease; malignant diseases like kidney cancer; bladder cancer and prostate cancer
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Diagnosis and Management of Osteoporosis submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9268 | Submission Open
Keywords: bone mineral density; osteoporosis; fractures; cellular mechanisms; bone homeostasis; pathophysiology; prevention; DXA; MSCT; ultrasound; MRI; osteoporosis therapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
edited by , and Cringu Ionescu
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8337 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultrasound; ultrasonography; obstetrics and gynecology; prenatal medicine; maternal fetal medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Recent Advances and Application of Point of Care Ultrasound
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8101 | Submission Open
Keywords: POCUS; safety; diagnosis; ultrasound; resuscitation; medical education; imaging; procedural guidance; artificial intelligence; assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Devices)
Advances in Disease Prediction
edited by , Osman Hayran and Chalong Cheewakriangkrai
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8034 | Submission Open
Keywords: early diagnostics; medical big data analytics; intelligent diagnostic models in public health; survival analysis and health hazard evaluations; machine learning and generative intelligence; intelligent digital twins; automated/intelligent laboratory recommendation systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Wearable Sensors for Health Monitoring and Diagnostics submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7356 | Submission Open
Keywords: wearable sensors; health monitoring; diagnostics; ergonomics and occupational medicine; machine learning and deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Devices)
AI-Assisted Diagnostics in Telemedicine and Digital Health
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7340 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI; machine learning; deep learning; image analysis; digital health; healthcare; telemedicine; disease diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Lysosomal Storage Diseases in Specific Body Organs and Systems submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7203 | Submission Open
Keywords: lysosomal storage diseases; clinical phenotype; genotype– phenotype correlation; biomarkers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Eye Disease: Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5751 | Submission Open
Keywords: OCT; ophthalmology; eye diseases; glaucoma; diagnosis; prognosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Colorectal Lesions
edited by Andrei Chitul
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4853 | Submission Open
Keywords: colorectal lesions; diagnostic modalities; imaging techniques; machine learning; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Diagnosis and Management in Otology and Neurotology submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4470 | Submission Open
Keywords: otology; neurotology; ear diseases; hearing loss; otitis media; vestibular system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Application of PET/CT in Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancers
edited by Alberto Miceli
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3433 | Submission Open
Keywords: PET/CT; 18F-FDG; cancers; diagnosis; cancer treatment  
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Recent Advances in Clinical Biochemistry
edited by Yu Chen
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3350 | Submission Open
Keywords: clinical biochemistry; medical diagnosis; biomarkers; proteomic profiling; metabolomic profiling; high throughput technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Laboratory Medicine)
Advances in the Diagnosis of Oral and Maxillofacial Disease: 2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3191 | Submission Open
Keywords: maxillofacial disease; oral disease; biomarkers; prognosis; periodontal disease; machine learning; MRI; CBCT
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Computed Tomography Imaging in Medical Diagnosis, 2nd Edition
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3169 | Submission Open
Keywords: computed tomography; medical diagnosis; imaging; internal organs; bones; soft tissue; blood vessels
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Clinical Impacts and Value of Anatomy
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3059 | Submission Open
Keywords: musculoskeletal anatomy; clinical anatomy; surgical anatomy; vascular; nervous system; anatomical variations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Technological Advances in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery for Diagnosis submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3000 | Submission Open
Keywords: oral and maxillofacial surgery; oral cancers; maxillofacial trauma; surgical and informatics technology; intraoperative navigation; robotic surgery; oral and maxillofacial surgery reconstruction; nanotechnologies; DNA sequencing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
The Clinical Impact of New Technologies in Diagnosis and Disease Management
edited by and Bogdan-Mihnea Ciuntu
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2920 | Submission Open
Keywords: surgery; recent advances in laparoscopic surgery; surgical training in minimally invasive video-assisted surgery; endoscopy; robotics; artificial intelligence; genomics; training; translational research; machine learning; computer vision; wearable devices; impact of new technologies in surgery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Innovative Solutions to Cardiovascular Dilemmas: From Diagnosis to Therapy
edited by and C Michael Gibson
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2868 | Submission Open
Keywords: coronary artery disease; acute coronary syndrome; heart failure; hemodynamics in heart failure; coronary flow dynamic; dilated cardiomyopathy; valvular disease; atrial fibrillation; sudden cardiac death; syncope; individualized treatment; clinical decision-making; computational fluid dynamic; big data analysis; artificial intelligence; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Critical Care Imaging—3rd Edition
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2588 | Submission Open
Keywords: computed tomography  ; intensive care images  ; critical care ultrasound  ; magnetic resonance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Personalized Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment of Kidney Diseases
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2588 | Submission Open
Keywords: personalized medicine; kidney diseases; genetic testing; biomarker analysis; precision medicine; targeted therapies; renal prognosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Lesion Detection and Analysis Using Artificial Intelligence, Third Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2463 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; machine learning; lesion detection and analysis; diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Advance in Obstetrical and Gynecological Ultrasound
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2218 | Submission Open
Keywords: obstetrics; gynecology; ultrasound; fetal diagnosis; prenatal diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Deep Learning in Biomedical Image and Signal Processing: Recent Advancements and Applications
edited by Narinder Singh Punn
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2177 | Submission Open
Keywords: deep learning; biomedical image; signal processing; multimodal data fusion; explainable AI
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Cardiovascular Disease
edited by Justyna Domienik-Karłowicz
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2123 | Submission Open
Keywords: cardiovascular imaging techniques; precision medicine in CVD; non-invasive diagnostics; patient-centered management strategies; cardiovascular disease
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Gynecological Oncology: Advanced Diagnosis and Management in 2025 submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2096 | Submission Open
Keywords: gynecology; oncology; endometrial cancer; ovarian cancer; cervical cancer; diagnosis; staging; surgical methods; standardization of surgery; treatment; innovation; precision medicine; artificial intelligence; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Diagnostic Insights for Skin Melanoma
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1939 | Submission Open
Keywords: skin melanoma; tissue biopsy; histopathological examination; immunohistochemistry; dermatoscopy; reflectance confocal microscopy; modern artificial intelligence; imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Advances in Pediatric Cardiology: Diagnosis and Management
edited by Federico Gutiérrez-Larraya
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1671 | Submission Open
Keywords: pediatric cardiology; pediatric heart diseases; congenital heart disease; echocardiography; MRI
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Diagnosis and Prognosis of Thyroid Cancer
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1365 | Submission Open
Keywords: thyroid cancer; diagnostic methods; prognostic tools; molecular markers; clinical outcomes; imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Valvular Heart Disease
edited by Roney Orismar Sampaio and Joao Ricardo Fernandes
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1294 | Submission Open
Keywords: valvular heart disease; aortic stenosis; mitral stenosis; cardiovascular imaging; biomarker
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Recent Advances in Pediatric Laboratory Medicine submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1240 | Submission Open
Keywords: pediatric laboratory medicine; diagnostic tests; genetic disorders; next-generation sequencing; biomarker research; disease progression; personalized treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Laboratory Medicine)
Artificial Intelligence in Diagnosis and Management of Cardiovascular Diseases
edited by and Xavier Iriart
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1179 | Submission Open
Keywords: cardiovascular diseases; artificial intelligence; deep learning; machine learning; wearable devices; imaging techniques; personalized medicine; risk prediction; telemedicine; remote monitoring; ethical considerations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Medical Microwave Radiometry for R&D and Practical Applications in 2025
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1154 | Submission Open
Keywords: microwave radiometry; core body temperature; breast cancer detection; artificial intelligence; COVID-19 pneumonia; vulnerable plaque; carotid; hypothermia; hyperthermia; ischemic stroke; traumatic brain injury; rheumatoid arthritis; diabetic foot; brown adipose tissue activity; vesicoureteral reflux
(This special issue belongs to the Section Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Devices)
Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer
edited by , Ara Chrissian and Jose De Cardenas
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1091 | Submission Open
Keywords: genomic-based diagnostic markers; imaging techniques for lung cancer detection; liquid biopsy in lung cancer diagnostics; artificial intelligence in lung cancer screening; early detection biomarkers; molecular profiling for lung cancer diagnosis; endoscopic advances in lung cancer diagnosis; precision diagnostics in lung cancer
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Atherosclerosis: From Subclinical Diagnosis to Interventional Treatment 2024 submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 850 | Submission Open
Keywords: atherosclerosis; diagnosis; markers; subclinical atherosclerosis; cardiovascular prevention; interventional treatment; coronary syndromes; antiplatelet; anticoagulant; lipid-lowering drugs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Diagnosis of Hepatitis
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 781 | Submission Open
Keywords: hepatitis; diagnosis; prevention; serological testing; imaging modalities; genetic analysis; acute hepatitis; chronic hepatitis; HBV; HCV
(This special issue belongs to the Section Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease)
Molecular Pathology and Diagnostic Biomarkers of Gynaecological Cancers submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 744 | Submission Open
Keywords: prognostic risk stratification; early diagnosis; differential diagnosis; targeted therapy; molecular classification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
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