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Optimizing GPT-4 Turbo Diagnostic Accuracy in Neuroradiology through Prompt Engineering and Confidence Thresholds

  • Akihiko Wada,
  • Toshiaki Akashi,
  • George Shih,
  • Akifumi Hagiwara,
  • Mitsuo Nishizawa,
  • Yayoi Hayakawa,
  • Junko Kikuta,
  • Keigo Shimoji,
  • Katsuhiro Sano and
  • Shigeki Aoki
  • + 2 authors

Background and Objectives: Integrating large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4 Turbo into diagnostic imaging faces a significant challenge, with current misdiagnosis rates ranging from 30–50%. This study evaluates how prompt engineering and...

(This article belongs to the Topic AI in Medical Imaging and Image Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,568 Views
19 Pages

22 June 2021

A binary diagnostic test is a medical test that is applied to an individual in order to determine the presence or the absence of a certain disease and whose result can be positive or negative. A positive result indicates the presence of the disease,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Methods and Applications of Statistics in the Social and Health Sciences)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
613 Views
20 Pages

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on BI-RADS Classification and Diagnostic Confidence in Mammography Interpretation by Radiology Residents

  • Ioana-Andreea Cîrlig,
  • Alexandru-Marian Olaru,
  • Mihai-Alexandru Ene,
  • Aurelia-Ștefania Domenco,
  • Rossy-Vlăduț Teică,
  • Cristina-Mihaela Ciofiac,
  • Raluca-Elena Nica,
  • Violeta-Maria Novac,
  • Mădălin Mămuleanu and
  • Ioana-Andreea Gheonea
  • + 1 author

17 June 2026

Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used as a decision-support tool in mammography, but its influence on radiology residents’ interpretive behavior remains insufficiently characterized. This study evaluated the impact of AI...

(This article belongs to the Section Medical Research)
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  • Open Access
812 Views
8 Pages

Enhancing Pathology Education Through Special Staining Integration: A Study on Diagnostic Confidence and Practical Skill Development

  • Zhiling Qu,
  • Chengcheng Wang,
  • Yaqi Duan,
  • Junhong Guo,
  • Rumeng Yang,
  • Huiling Yu,
  • Xi Wang and
  • Zitian Huo

Background: Pathology education requires innovative experimental teaching approaches to enhance clinical competency. This study evaluated the integration of special staining techniques into pathology curricula to improve diagnostic confidence and pra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,362 Views
19 Pages

Impact of Diagnostic Confidence, Perceived Difficulty, and Clinical Experience in Facial Melanoma Detection: Results from a European Multicentric Teledermoscopic Study

  • Alessandra Cartocci,
  • Alessio Luschi,
  • Sofia Lo Conte,
  • Elisa Cinotti,
  • Francesca Farnetani,
  • Aimilios Lallas,
  • John Paoli,
  • Caterina Longo,
  • Elvira Moscarella and
  • Linda Tognetti
  • + 13 authors

21 October 2025

Background: Diagnosing facial melanoma, specifically lentigo maligna (LM) and lentigo maligna melanoma (LMM), is a daily clinical challenge, particularly for small or traumatized lesions. LM and LMM are part of the broader group of atypical pigmented...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Skin Cancer: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis)
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  • Open Access
1,111 Views
13 Pages

Real-World Evaluation of an AI-Assisted Diagnostic Support System for Early Gastric Cancer: Diagnostic Performance, Confidence Stratification, and Determinants of False-Positive Diagnosis

  • Satoshi Osawa,
  • Takanori Yamada,
  • Wataru Inui,
  • Tomoyuki Niwa,
  • Kenichi Takahashi,
  • Takatoshi Egami,
  • Keisuke Inagaki,
  • Tomohiro Takebe,
  • Tatsuhiro Ito and
  • Ken Sugimoto
  • + 9 authors

29 March 2026

Background/Objectives: Artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted endoscopy has shown high sensitivity for early gastric cancer detection; however, false-positive diagnoses remain a clinical challenge. This study aimed to evaluate the real-world diagnosti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Endoscopic Innovations in Gastrointestinal Diseases: From Diagnosis to Therapy)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,731 Views
11 Pages

Improved Task Performance, Low Workload, and User-Centered Design in Medical Diagnostic Equipment Enhance Decision Confidence of Anesthesia Providers: A Meta-Analysis and a Multicenter Online Survey

  • Alexandra D. Budowski,
  • Lisa Bergauer,
  • Clara Castellucci,
  • Julia Braun,
  • Christoph B. Nöthiger,
  • Donat R. Spahn,
  • David W. Tscholl and
  • Tadzio R. Roche

Decision confidence—the subjective belief to have made the right decision—is central in planning actions in a complex environment such as the medical field. It is unclear by which factors it is influenced. We analyzed a pooled data set of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Diagnostic Modalities in Critical Care)
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  • Open Access
1,160 Views
14 Pages

Background: Pediatric oral mucosal lesions are common and may indicate local or systemic disease, yet their recognition in primary healthcare often depends on non-dental professionals. Aim: To assess the preparedness of dentists, pediatricians, and f...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
392 Views
16 Pages

AI-Assisted Clinical Decision Support Versus Standard Teleconsultation in Adult Medicine: A Systematic Review of Diagnostic Accuracy, Referral and Testing Decisions, and Clinician Confidence

  • Yaslam Ba Srada,
  • Bobakr Bawazir,
  • Saad Mohammad Aghi,
  • Mohamed Elsayed,
  • Hisham Yousif,
  • Mohamed Ibrahim,
  • Kareem Adel Eltohamy and
  • Mark Sim

30 September 2026

Background/Objectives: Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into teleconsultation, but its effects on clinician performance remain uncertain. We assessed whether clinician-facing AI improves diagnostic accuracy, reduces referrals o...

(This article belongs to the Topic Artificial Intelligence in Public Health: Current Trends and Future Possibilities, 3rd Edition)
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  • Open Access
1,368 Views
12 Pages

Confidence of Pediatric Primary Care Clinicians in Autism Screener Score and Their Own Diagnostic Impressions

  • Georgina Perez Liz,
  • Andrea Trubanova Wieckowski,
  • Autumn Austin,
  • Alexia Faith Dickerson,
  • Erika Frick,
  • Ashley Dubin,
  • Ashley de Marchena and
  • Diana L. Robins

17 February 2026

Autism-specific screening and developmental surveillance in primary care aid identification of autism. In this study, we assessed primary care clinicians’ (PCCs’) reported confidence in screening scores from the Modified Checklist for Aut...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Early Identification and Intervention of Autism)
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  • Open Access
673 Views
13 Pages

Diagnostic Performance and Confidence Calibration of Large Language Models for Bone Tumor Radiographs

  • Sanjana Arun,
  • Eujung Park,
  • Katja Klosterman,
  • Carissa Zhu,
  • Ronak Arun,
  • Palmer Wrigley Stratton and
  • Hamsa Gangaswamiah

Background/Objectives: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly applied to medical image interpretation; however, their diagnostic accuracy and reliability in musculoskeletal radiology remain uncertain. This study evaluates the diagnostic perfor...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence Approaches for Medical Diagnostics in the USA)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,179 Views
15 Pages

AI Denoising Significantly Enhances Image Quality and Diagnostic Confidence in Interventional Cone-Beam Computed Tomography

  • Andreas S. Brendlin,
  • Arne Estler,
  • David Plajer,
  • Adrian Lutz,
  • Gerd Grözinger,
  • Malte N. Bongers,
  • Ilias Tsiflikas,
  • Saif Afat and
  • Christoph P. Artzner

1 April 2022

(1) To investigate whether interventional cone-beam computed tomography (cbCT) could benefit from AI denoising, particularly with respect to patient body mass index (BMI); (2) From 1 January 2016 to 1 January 2022, 100 patients with liver-directed in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
427 Views
20 Pages

Deep Learning-Augmented Zero Echo Time MRI Increases Diagnostic Confidence for Osseous Assessment in Hand and Foot MRI Protocols

  • Carina Obermüller,
  • Karolina Pawlus,
  • Maelene Lohezic,
  • Jose de Arcos Rodriguez,
  • Roman Guggenberger and
  • Malwina Kaniewska

Background/Objectives: This study assesses the outcomes of integrating deep learning-augmented zero echo time (ZTE DL) MRI sequences into standard MRI protocols for assessment of the hands and feet. Methods: In this single-center, retrospective study...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovations in Diagnostic Radiology: AI, Advanced Imaging and Precision Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
62 Citations
4,636 Views
17 Pages

Line-Field Confocal Optical Coherence Tomography Increases the Diagnostic Accuracy and Confidence for Basal Cell Carcinoma in Equivocal Lesions: A Prospective Study

  • Charlotte Gust,
  • Sandra Schuh,
  • Julia Welzel,
  • Fabia Daxenberger,
  • Daniela Hartmann,
  • Lars E. French,
  • Cristel Ruini and
  • Elke C. Sattler

21 February 2022

Diagnosing clinically unclear basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) can be challenging. Line-field confocal optical coherence tomography (LC-OCT) is able to display morphological features of BCC subtypes with good histological correlation. The aim of this stu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Medical Imaging in Cancer Diagnosis and Precision Care)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,411 Views
11 Pages

Faster Elbow MRI with Deep Learning Reconstruction—Assessment of Image Quality, Diagnostic Confidence, and Anatomy Visualization Compared to Standard Imaging

  • Judith Herrmann,
  • Saif Afat,
  • Sebastian Gassenmaier,
  • Jan-Peter Grunz,
  • Gregor Koerzdoerfer,
  • Andreas Lingg,
  • Haidara Almansour,
  • Dominik Nickel,
  • Theresa Sophie Patzer and
  • Sebastian Werner

24 August 2023

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate a deep learning (DL) reconstruction for turbo spin echo (TSE) sequences of the elbow regarding image quality and visualization of anatomy. Materials and Methods: Between October 2020 and June 202...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence Applications on Musculoskeletal Imaging)
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  • Open Access
266 Views
20 Pages

1H-MR Spectroscopy as a Decision-Support Tool in the Differential Diagnosis of Intracranial Lesions: A Real-World Bicentric Retrospective Cohort

  • Laura Maria Georgescu,
  • Alexandru Șerbănoiu,
  • Adrian Costache,
  • Ioana-Andreea Cîrlig,
  • Cristina-Mihaela Ciofiac,
  • Nica Raluca Elena,
  • Lucian-Mihai Florescu,
  • Radu Tudor Ion and
  • Ioana-Andreea Gheonea

28 August 2026

Purpose: To evaluate whether proton MR spectroscopy (1H-MRS) improves the differentiation of tumoral from non-tumoral intracranial lesions beyond conventional MRI, and to quantify its effect on diagnostic confidence, in a consecutive real-world bicen...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Neurosurgical Diagnostics: Imaging, Intraoperative Monitoring, and Prognostic Assessment)
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  • Open Access
164 Views
22 Pages

10 October 2026

Background/Objectives: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used in clinical decision-support, yet their sycophantic behavior in response to user-provided misleading contextual cues remains underexplored in image-based disciplines such as or...

(This article belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,165 Views
36 Pages

27 February 2021

Screening and diagnostic tests are applied for the classification of people into diseased and non-diseased populations. Although diagnostic accuracy measures are used to evaluate the correctness of classification in clinical research and practice, th...

(This article belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
6,349 Views
17 Pages

29 January 2018

Operation and maintenance costs are a major contributor to the Levelized Cost of Energy for electricity produced by offshore wind and can be significantly reduced if existing corrective actions are performed as efficiently as possible and if future c...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,485 Views
22 Pages

This research investigates how hybrid review systems integrating human-generated reviews and AI-generated summaries shape consumer trust and decision-related confidence. Across three controlled experiments conducted in simulated e-commerce environmen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,298 Views
19 Pages

Single-Breath-Hold MRI-SPACE Cholangiopancreatography with Compressed Sensing versus Conventional Respiratory-Triggered MRI-SPACE Cholangiopancreatography at 3Tesla: Comparison of Image Quality and Diagnostic Confidence

  • Olivier Chevallier,
  • Hélène Escande,
  • Khalid Ambarki,
  • Elisabeth Weiland,
  • Bernd Kuehn,
  • Kévin Guillen,
  • Sylvain Manfredi,
  • Sophie Gehin,
  • Julie Blanc and
  • Romaric Loffroy

13 October 2021

To compare two magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) sequences at 3 Tesla (3T): the conventional 3D Respiratory-Triggered SPACE sequence (RT-MRCP) and a prototype 3D Compressed-Sensing Breath-Hold SPACE sequence (CS-BH-MRCP), in terms of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances and Novelties in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Imaging)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,205 Views
16 Pages

Objectives: The differential diagnosis of ameloblastoma and odontogenic keratocyst is essential for surgical planning and patient counseling. While deep learning (DL)-based methods show promising potential in this domain, their clinical translation r...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Artificial Intelligence to Oral Diseases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,073 Views
23 Pages

Grounded in the Stimulus–Organism–Response (SOR) framework, this study examines how tourists’ in-trip use of ChatGPT shapes satisfaction during leisure travel. Survey data from 502 Indonesian travellers were analysed using PLS-SEM....

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,034 Views
16 Pages

Department Wide Validation in Digital Pathology—Experience from an Academic Teaching Hospital Using the UK Royal College of Pathologists’ Guidance

  • Mai Kelleher,
  • Richard Colling,
  • Lisa Browning,
  • Derek Roskell,
  • Sharon Roberts-Gant,
  • Ketan A. Shah,
  • Helen Hemsworth,
  • Kieron White,
  • Gabrielle Rees and
  • Clare Verrill
  • + 2 authors

Aim: we describe our experience of validating departmental pathologists for digital pathology reporting, based on the UK Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) “Best Practice Recommendations for Implementing Digital Pathology (DP),” at a...

(This article belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
431 Views
21 Pages

Software-Assisted Subtraction with Ultrasound-Correlated Interpretation Reduces Interpretive Ambiguity in Parathyroid Scintigraphy: A Preliminary Prospective Reporting Study

  • Seckin Bilgic,
  • Elif Isleyen Colak,
  • Irem Koroglu,
  • Degercan Yesilyurt,
  • Kadircan Karatoprak,
  • Ozen Oz Gul,
  • Ercument Gurluler and
  • Eray Alper

Background/Objectives: Parathyroid imaging is used for preoperative localization rather than biochemical diagnosis. Conventional planar and SPECT-based scintigraphy may yield equivocal reports when thyroid activity obscures lesion localization. This...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue State of the Art in the Diagnosis and Management of Endocrine Tumors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
7,466 Views
14 Pages

Enhancing Clinician Trust in AI Diagnostics: A Dynamic Framework for Confidence Calibration and Transparency

  • Yunguo Yu,
  • Cesar A. Gomez-Cabello,
  • Syed Ali Haider,
  • Ariana Genovese,
  • Srinivasagam Prabha,
  • Maissa Trabilsy,
  • Bernardo G. Collaco,
  • Nadia G. Wood,
  • Sanjay Bagaria and
  • Antonio J. Forte
  • + 1 author

30 August 2025

Background: Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven Decision Support Systems (DSSs) promise improvements in diagnostic accuracy and clinical workflow efficiency, but their adoption is hindered by inadequate confidence calibration, limited transparency, a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Future of Diagnostics: Exploring the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,341 Views
16 Pages

Deep learning image reconstruction (DLIR) has shown potential to enhance computed tomography (CT) image quality, but its impact on tumor visibility and adoption among radiologists with varying experience levels remains unclear. This study compared th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Deep Learning in Medical Diagnosis)
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  • Open Access
1,220 Views
17 Pages

The protection of personal information has become a defining challenge for higher education institutions, particularly in developing contexts where regulatory frameworks are often strong on paper but weak in practice. This study investigates student...

(This article belongs to the Section Privacy)
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  • Open Access
78 Citations
8,258 Views
21 Pages

11 May 2015

As train loads and travel speeds have increased over time, railway axle bearings have become critical elements which require more efficient non-destructive inspection and fault diagnostics methods. This paper presents a novel and adaptive procedure b...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,893 Views
10 Pages

Optimizing Image Quality with High-Resolution, Deep-Learning-Based Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Breast Cancer Patients at 1.5 T

  • Susann-Cathrin Olthof,
  • Elisabeth Weiland,
  • Thomas Benkert,
  • Daniel Wessling,
  • Daniel Leyhr,
  • Saif Afat,
  • Konstantin Nikolaou and
  • Heike Preibsch

10 August 2024

The objective of this study was to evaluate a high-resolution deep-learning (DL)-based diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) sequence for breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in comparison to a standard DWI sequence (DWIStd) at 1.5 T. It is a prospecti...

(This article belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
472 Views
16 Pages

16 July 2026

Background: Molar–incisor hypomineralization (MIH) is a common developmental enamel defect that presents important diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in pediatric dentistry. Differences in dental professionals’ knowledge and clinical c...

(This article belongs to the Section Dentistry, Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,473 Views
11 Pages

The Impact of Adverse Events in Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy on Histopathological Diagnosis

  • Kenji Tsumura,
  • Shushi Umemoto,
  • Yoshiaki Zaizen,
  • Goushi Matama,
  • Hidenobu Ishii,
  • Sakiko Sumita,
  • Yousuke Mitsui,
  • Yutaka Ichikawa,
  • Kazuhiro Tabata and
  • Tomoaki Hoshino
  • + 4 authors

23 January 2025

Background: Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) has a high incidence of adverse events. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the occurrence of these events and the condition of the pathology samples or pathological diagnosis in...

(This article belongs to the Section Respiratory Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,159 Views
11 Pages

Real-Life Diagnostic Performance of the Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Guidelines: A Multicenter Cohort Study

  • Ophir Freund,
  • Yitzhac Hadad,
  • Tamar Shalmon,
  • Ori Wand,
  • Sonia Schneer,
  • Tal Moshe Perluk,
  • Eyal Kleinhendler,
  • Tzlil Hershko,
  • Boaz Tiran and
  • Avraham Unterman
  • + 5 authors

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is a heterogeneous interstitial lung disease (ILD) that may be difficult to confidently diagnose. Recently, the 2020 ATS/JRS/ALAT HP diagnostic guidelines were published, yet data validating their performance in real...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Interstitial Lung Disease)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,011 Views
11 Pages

(1) Background: Meniscal tears are amongst the most common knee injuries. Dislocated bucket handle meniscal tears in particular should receive early intervention. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of CT in detecting...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Trauma Diagnosis: Multidisciplinary Management and Forensic Profiles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,344 Views
18 Pages

The Misdiagnosis Tracker: Enhancing Diagnostic Reasoning Through Cognitive Bias Awareness and Error Analysis

  • Zeinab Mutlak,
  • Noor Saqer,
  • See Chai Carol Chan,
  • Azeem Majeed and
  • Waseem Jerjes

11 June 2025

Introduction: Diagnostic accuracy is essential for good-quality medical practice, and yet diagnostic errors remain widespread, influencing patient outcomes, healthcare costs, and clinician confidence. “Misdiagnosis Tracker” aims to instil...

(This article belongs to the Section Clinical Research Methods)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,537 Views
9 Pages

Clinical Evaluation of an Abbreviated Contrast-Enhanced Whole-Body MRI for Oncologic Follow-Up Imaging

  • Judith Herrmann,
  • Saif Afat,
  • Andreas Brendlin,
  • Maryanna Chaika,
  • Andreas Lingg and
  • Ahmed E. Othman

16 December 2021

Over the last decades, overall survival for most cancer types has increased due to earlier diagnosis and more effective treatments. Simultaneously, whole-body MRI-(WB-MRI) has gained importance as a radiation free staging alternative to computed tomo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Novel Approaches in Oncologic Imaging)
  • Article
  • Open Access
672 Views
21 Pages

3 August 2026

Multiple-choice tests are efficient and objectively scored, but they provide limited insights into the reasoning underlying students’ responses. Requiring students to justify their answers may encourage more generative processing while also pro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Metacognition in Learning and Memory)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,128 Views
12 Pages

Detection of Microcalcifications in Spiral Breast Computed Tomography with Photon-Counting Detector Is Feasible: A Specimen Study

  • Matthias Wetzl,
  • Evelyn Wenkel,
  • Eva Balbach,
  • Ebba Dethlefsen,
  • Arndt Hartmann,
  • Julius Emons,
  • Christiane Kuhl,
  • Matthias W. Beckmann,
  • Michael Uder and
  • Sabine Ohlmeyer

The primary objective of the study was to compare a spiral breast computed tomography system (SBCT) to digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) for the detection of microcalcifications (MCs) in breast specimens. The secondary objective was to compare vario...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multimodality Breast Imaging 2021)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,764 Views
10 Pages

Clinical Low-Dose Photon-Counting CT for the Detection of Urolithiasis: Radiation Dose Reduction Is Possible without Compromising Image Quality

  • Julius Henning Niehoff,
  • Alexandra Fiona Carmichael,
  • Matthias Michael Woeltjen,
  • Jan Boriesosdick,
  • Arwed Elias Michael,
  • Bernhard Schmidt,
  • Christoph Panknin,
  • Thomas G. Flohr,
  • Iram Shahzadi and
  • Jan Robert Kroeger
  • + 2 authors

Background: This study evaluated the feasibility of reducing the radiation dose in abdominal imaging of urolithiasis with a clinical photon-counting CT (PCCT) by gradually lowering the image quality level (IQL) without compromising the image quality...

(This article belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,941 Views
15 Pages

Comparison of Diagnostic Performance and Image Quality between Topup-Corrected and Standard Readout-Segmented Echo-Planar Diffusion-Weighted Imaging for Cholesteatoma Diagnostics

  • Marco Wiesmueller,
  • Wolfgang Wuest,
  • Angelika Mennecke,
  • Matthias Stefan May,
  • Rafael Heiss,
  • Tobit Fuehres,
  • Rolf Janka,
  • Michael Uder,
  • Arnd Doerfler and
  • Frederik Bernd Laun

This study compares the diagnostic performance and image quality of single-shot turbo spin-echo DWI (tseDWI), standard readout-segmented DWI (rsDWI), and a modified rsDWI version (topupDWI) for cholesteatoma diagnostics. Thirty-four patients with new...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Image-Guided Diagnosis and Treatment of Head and Neck Diseases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,584 Views
13 Pages

Dynamic Radial MR Imaging for Endoleak Surveillance after Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms with Inconclusive CT Angiography: A Prospective Study

  • Haidara Almansour,
  • Migdat Mustafi,
  • Mario Lescan,
  • Ulrich Grosse,
  • Mateja Andic,
  • Jörg Schmehl,
  • Christoph Artzner,
  • Gerd Grözinger and
  • Sven S. Walter

15 May 2024

Background/Objectives: To assess free-breathing, dynamic radial magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) for detecting endoleaks post-endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) in cases with inconclusive computed tomography angiography (CTA). Methods: This prospe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Current Trends in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
1,302 Views
7 Pages

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Recognised in a Single Pulmonary Unit, between 2005 and 2015: Comparison with Recently Proposed Diagnostic Criteria

  • Monika Szturmowicz,
  • Inga Barańska,
  • Małgorzata Ewa Jędrych,
  • Iwona Bartoszuk,
  • Piotr Radwan-Roehrenschef,
  • Adriana Roży,
  • Iwona Bestry,
  • Joanna Chorostowska-Wynimko,
  • Renata Langfort and
  • Jan Kuś

Introduction: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is the third most common interstitial lung disease after idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. Pathogenesis of HP is related to repeated exposure to inhaled environmental...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,944 Views
14 Pages

Objectives: To assess diagnostic performance of standard radial k-space (PROPELLER) MRI sequences and compare with accelerated acquisitions combined with a deep learning-based convolutional neural network (DL-CNN) reconstruction for evaluation of the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue What's New in Diagnostic Radiological Imaging?)
  • Article
  • Open Access
88 Citations
5,853 Views
16 Pages

Feasibility and Implementation of a Deep Learning MR Reconstruction for TSE Sequences in Musculoskeletal Imaging

  • Judith Herrmann,
  • Gregor Koerzdoerfer,
  • Dominik Nickel,
  • Mahmoud Mostapha,
  • Mariappan Nadar,
  • Sebastian Gassenmaier,
  • Thomas Kuestner and
  • Ahmed E. Othman

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the musculoskeletal system is one of the most common examinations in clinical routine. The application of Deep Learning (DL) reconstruction for MRI is increasingly gaining attention due to its potential to improve...

(This article belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,596 Views
13 Pages

Simulated Radiation Dose Reduction in Whole-Body CT on a 3rd Generation Dual-Source Scanner: An Intraindividual Comparison

  • Andreas S. Brendlin,
  • Moritz T. Winkelmann,
  • Phuong Linh Do,
  • Vincent Schwarze,
  • Felix Peisen,
  • Haidara Almansour,
  • Malte N. Bongers,
  • Christoph P. Artzner,
  • Jakob Weiss and
  • Saif Afat
  • + 2 authors

To evaluate the effect of radiation dose reduction on image quality and diagnostic confidence in contrast-enhanced whole-body computed tomography (WBCT) staging. We randomly selected March 2016 for retrospective inclusion of 18 consecutive patients (...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Assessment of Radiation Dose in X-ray and CT Exams)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,824 Views
17 Pages

Combining Analytical Approaches and Multiple Sources of Information to Improve Interpretation of Diagnostic Test Results for Tuberculosis in Wild Meerkats

  • Stuart J. Patterson,
  • Charlene Clarke,
  • Tim H. Clutton-Brock,
  • Michele A. Miller,
  • Sven D. C. Parsons,
  • Dirk U. Pfeiffer,
  • Timothée Vergne and
  • Julian A. Drewe

4 December 2021

Diagnostic tests are used to classify individual animals’ infection statuses. However, validating test performance in wild animals without gold standard tests is extremely challenging, and the issue is further complicated in chronic conditions...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances and New insights in Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious (Viral and Bacterial) Diseases in Wildlife Conservation Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,151 Views
11 Pages

Differentiation of Adrenal Adenomas from Non-Adenomatous Lesions: Diagnostic Value of Unenhanced Spectral CT

  • Tommasa Catania,
  • Grazia Morabito,
  • Simone Barbera,
  • Massimo Venturini,
  • Federico Fontana,
  • Eduardo Maccarrone,
  • Grazia Maria Arillotta,
  • Velio Ascenti,
  • Silvio Mazziotti and
  • Giorgio Ascenti
  • + 3 authors

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...

  • Article
  • Open Access
410 Views
31 Pages

4 September 2026

Despite recent advances in dialogue topic segmentation, existing work provides limited evidence about why individual utterances are predicted as boundaries and how local explanations depend on the selection strategy and perturbation protocol. Using f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI-Powered Natural Language Processing Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,660 Views
18 Pages

15 March 2013

The accuracy of diagnostic tests with binary end-points is most frequently measured by sensitivity and specificity. However, from the clinical perspective, the main purpose of a diagnostic agent is to assess the probability of a patient actually bein...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Papers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,134 Views
16 Pages

A Multi-Disciplinary Team Approach to Genomic Testing for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy Patients—The GENIE Study

  • Lata Vadlamudi,
  • Carmen Maree Bennett,
  • Melanie Tom,
  • Ghusoon Abdulrasool,
  • Kristian Brion,
  • Ben Lundie,
  • Hnin Aung,
  • Chiyan Lau,
  • Jonathan Rodgers and
  • Louisa Gordon
  • + 1 author

21 July 2022

Background. The genomic era has led to enormous progress in clinical care and a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) approach is imperative for integration of genomics into epilepsy patient care. Methods. The MDT approach involved patient selection, genomic...

(This article belongs to the Section Clinical Neurology)

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