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New Impact Factor for Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery: 4.63

We are pleased to announce that Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery (QIMS) has attained its latest impact factor for the 2021 citation year: 4.63.

Imaging of Aging and Age-Related Disorders (Ongoing)

Guest Editor: Carlo A. Mallio (Assistant Professor, Unit of Diagnostic Imaging, Fondazione Policlinico Università Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy)

Dr. Carlo A. Mallio obtained the Medical Degree in 2009, at Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome (Italy). In 2013-2014, he accomplished a 6 moths Research Internship at University Medical Center, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus,

QIMS Annual Report (2021)

Greetings from Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Office of QIMS!

We are pleased to share the 2021 Annual Report of Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery here.

2021 has seen much progress for QIMS. We hope 2022 will bring greater things to QIMS, and for the journal to reach new heights. We would like to thank you for your support and assistance in improving the journal over the past year, and we certainly look forward to your innovations and contributions in the year to come.

Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery (QIMS) is now a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

Starting from July 2021, AME Publishing Company is formally recognized a publisher member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and over 60 AME-published journals become a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), as part of AME’s commitment to best practice in scholarly publishing. Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery (QIMS) is among the list of COPE membership.

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Vol 12, No 11 (November, 2022)

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New Impact Factor for Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery: 4.63

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QIMS Annual Report (2021)

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Original Article

Performance variability of radiomics machine learning models for the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer in heterogeneous MRI datasets

Eva Gresser, Balthasar Schachtner, Anna Theresa Stüber, Olga Solyanik, Andrea Schreier, Thomas Huber, Matthias Frank Froelich, Giuseppe Magistro, Alexander Kretschmer, Christian Stief, Jens Ricke, Michael Ingrisch, Dominik Nörenberg

PDF Pages: 4990-5003 Full Text (49) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Differentiation of predominantly osteolytic from osteoblastic spinal metastases based on standard magnetic resonance imaging sequences: a comparison of radiomics model versus semantic features logistic regression model findings

Ke Liu, Yang Zhang, Qizheng Wang, Yongye Chen, Siyuan Qin, Peijin Xin, Weili Zhao, Enlong Zhang, Ke Nie, Ning Lang

PDF Pages: 5004-5017 Full Text (39) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Carotid tortuosity is associated with extracranial carotid artery aneurysms

Constance J. H. C. M. van Laarhoven, Saskia I. Willemsen, Jurre Klaassen, Evelien E. de Vries, Quirine M. J. van der Vliet, Constantijn E. V. B. Hazenberg, Michiel L. Bots, Gert J. de Borst; Carotid Aneurysm Registry (CAR) study group

PDF Pages: 5018-5029 Full Text (34) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Venous collaterals in acute ischemic stroke patients after endovascular treatments: a novel scoring system using 4D computed tomography angiography

Ruoyao Cao, Yun Jiang, Ling Li, Ximeng Yang, Hong Wang, Min Chen, Juan Chen

PDF Pages: 5030-5043 Full Text (35) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Efficacy of shear wave dispersion imaging for viscoelastic assessment of the liver in acute graft-versus-host disease rats

Yu Xiong, Yuwei Xin, Feifei Liu, Wenxue Li, Yiqun Liu, Jia’an Zhu

PDF Pages: 5044-5055 Full Text (38) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Enhanced ultrasound-guided versus non-enhanced ultrasound-guided percutaneous needle biopsy in tissue cellularity of lung malignancies: a propensity score matched study

Dazhi Zhou, Yuxin Zhang, Wuxi Chen, Juhong Jiang, Yanbin Chen, Xinghua Zhou, Qing Tang

PDF Pages: 5056-5067 Full Text (33) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Anatomic characteristics of primary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction: a comparative computed tomography study

Wushuang Wang, Lan Gong, Yan Wang

PDF Pages: 5068-5079 Full Text (41) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Clinical studies of magnetic resonance elastography from 1995 to 2021: Scientometric and visualization analysis based on CiteSpace

Youwei Li, Qiang Gao, Na Chen, Yuanfang Zhang, Juan Wang, Chang Li, Xuan He, Yang Jiao, Zongming Zhang

PDF Pages: 5080-5100 Full Text (40) COI Form Open Access

The role of paraspinal muscle degeneration in coronal imbalance in patients with degenerative scoliosis

Abdukahar Kiram, Zongshan Hu, Gene Chi-Wai Man, Hongru Ma, Jie Li, Yanjie Xu, Zhikai Qian, Zezhang Zhu, Zhen Liu, Yong Qiu

PDF Pages: 5101-5113 Full Text (39) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Utility of CT in detecting and monitoring subphrenic jujube pits: a retrospective cross-sectional study of clinical cases and ex vivo experiments

Luwen Hao, Qiuxia Wang, Xuemei Hu, Zhen Li, Daoyu Hu, Yaqi Shen

PDF Pages: 5114-5128 Full Text (45) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Radiomics models based on multi-sequence MRI for preoperative evaluation of MUC4 status in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a preliminary study

Yan Deng, Yong Li, Jia-Long Wu, Ting Zhou, Meng-Yue Tang, Yong Chen, Hou-Dong Zuo, Wei Tang, Tian-Wu Chen, Xiao-Ming Zhang

PDF Pages: 5129-5139 Full Text (41) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Application of a Markov chain Monte Carlo method for robust quantification in chemical exchange saturation transfer magnetic resonance imaging

Yingcheng Zhao, Xiaoli Wang, Yifei Wang, Beilei Wang, Lihong Zhang, Xiao Wei, Xiaowei He

PDF Pages: 5140-5155 Full Text (30) COI Form Open Access

Assessment of COVID-19 lung involvement on computed tomography by deep-learning-, threshold-, and human reader-based approaches—an international, multi-center comparative study

Philipp Fervers, Florian Fervers, Astha Jaiswal, Miriam Rinneburger, Mathilda Weisthoff, Philip Pollmann-Schweckhorst, Jonathan Kottlors, Heike Carolus, Simon Lennartz, David Maintz, Rahil Shahzad, Thorsten Persigehl

PDF Pages: 5156-5170 Full Text (40) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Incorporating multiple magnetic resonance diffusion models to differentiate low- and high-grade adult gliomas: a machine learning approach

Junqi Xu, Yan Ren, Xueying Zhao, Xiaoqing Wang, Xuchen Yu, Zhenwei Yao, Yan Zhou, Xiaoyuan Feng, Xiaohong Joe Zhou, He Wang

PDF Pages: 5171-5183 Full Text (33) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Amide proton transfer-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of symptomatic chronic intracranial artery stenosis: a feasibility study

Kunjian Chen, Weiqiang Dou, Huimin Mao, Xinyu Wang, Xinyi Wang, Yu Guo, Chao Zhang

PDF Pages: 5184-5197 Full Text (34) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Changes in the renal artery and renal volume and predictors of renal atrophy in patients with complicated type B aortic dissection after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Yi-Tong Yu, Xin-Shuang Ren, Yun-Qiang An, Wei-Hua Yin, Jie Zhang, Xiang Wang, Bin Lu

PDF Pages: 5198-5208 Full Text (35) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Comparison of contrast-enhanced ultrasound characteristics of inflammatory thyroid nodules and papillary thyroid carcinomas using a quantitative time-intensity curve: a propensity score matching analysis

Peidi Zhang, Haijing Liu, Xiao Yang, Lina Pang, Fen Gu, Jiani Yuan, Lei Ding, Jun Zhang, Wen Luo

PDF Pages: 5209-5221 Full Text (36) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

The predictive potential of contrast-enhanced computed tomography based radiomics in the preoperative staging of cT4 gastric cancer

Bo Liu, Dengyun Zhang, He Wang, Hexiang Wang, Pengfei Zhang, Dawei Zhang, Qun Zhang, Jian Zhang

PDF Pages: 5222-5238 Full Text (34) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

A nomogram based on ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT and clinical features to predict epidermal growth factor receptor mutation status in patients with lung adenocarcinoma

Yue Guo, Hui Zhu, Congxia Chen, Xu Li, Fugeng Liu, Zhiming Yao

PDF Pages: 5239-5250 Full Text (33) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

The spectrum of magnetic resonance imaging proton density fat fraction (MRI-PDFF), magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), and two different histopathologic methods (artificial intelligence vs. pathologist) in quantifying hepatic steatosis

Jeong Woo Kim, Chang Hee Lee, Zepa Yang, Baek-Hui Kim, Young-Sun Lee, Kyeong Ah Kim

PDF Pages: 5251-5262 Full Text (35) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Brief Report

Impact of arm position on vertebral bone marrow proton density fat fraction in chemical-shift-encoded magnetic resonance imaging: a preliminary study

Tatsuya Hayashi, Shimpei Yano, Shuhei Shibukawa, Shinya Kojima, Toshimune Ito, Hiroshi Oba, Hiroshi Kondo, Asako Yamamoto, Takahide Okamoto

PDF Pages: 5263-5270 Full Text (37) COI Form Open Access

Review Article

Intraoperative identification of pulmonary nodules during minimally invasive thoracic surgery: a narrative review

Lu Tang, Yiheng Zhang, Yue Wang

PDF Pages: 5271-5287 Full Text (36) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Letter to the Editor

A rare presentation of primary lateral ventricle H3 K27-altered diffuse midline glioma in a 14-year-old girl: a case description

Baolian Zhao, Ke Sun, Zhengwei Zhang, Tao Xu, Liang Zhao, Chen Liu, Yi Xiao

PDF Pages: 5288-5295 Full Text (Video) (79) COI Form Open Access

Simultaneous bilateral central retinal artery occlusion in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy

Ho Geol Woo, Sangil Park, Sung Sang Yoon

PDF Pages: 5296-5299 Full Text (39) COI Form Open Access

Carcinosarcoma of the esophago-gastric junction—a case description

Janusz Włodarczyk, Krystyna Gałązka, Tomasz Smęder, Lucyna Rudnicka-Sosin

PDF Pages: 5300-5304 Full Text (37) COI Form Open Access

Arterial ischemic stroke in a patient with co-existence of antiphospholipid syndrome and ulcerative colitis

Soonchan Park, Chang-Woo Ryu

PDF Pages: 5305-5308 Full Text (41) COI Form Open Access

Review Article

Diagnostic imaging of benign and malignant neck masses in children—a pictorial review

Ruth Elizabeth Brown, Srikrishna Harave

Identifying osteoporotic vertebral endplate and cortex fractures

Yì Xiáng J. Wáng, Fernando Ruiz Santiago, Min Deng, Marcello H. Nogueira-Barbosa

MR imaging of the traumatic triangular fibrocartilaginous complex tear

Alex W. H. Ng, James F. Griffith, Cindy S. Y. Fung, Ryan K. L. Lee, Cina S. L. Tong, Clara W. Y. Wong, Wing Lim Tse, Pak Cheong Ho

Imaging of sacroiliitis: Current status, limitations and pitfalls

Carita Tsoi, James Francis Griffith, Ryan Ka Lok Lee, Priscilla Ching Han Wong, Lai Shan Tam

Identifying osteoporotic vertebral fracture

James F. Griffith

The imaging of osteomyelitis

Yu Jin Lee, Sufi Sadigh, Kshitij Mankad, Nikhil Kapse, Gajan Rajeswaran

Diagnostic imaging features of necrotizing enterocolitis: a narrative review

Francesco Esposito, Rosanna Mamone, Marco Di Serafino, Carmela Mercogliano, Valerio Vitale, Gianfranco Vallone, Patrizia Oresta

CT and MRI of adrenal gland pathologies

Fuqin Wang, Junwei Liu, Ruoxi Zhang, Yonghua Bai, Cailin Li, Bangguo Li, Heng Liu, Tijiang Zhang

Original Articles

Incidental detection of sinus mucosal abnormalities on CT and MRI imaging of the head

Mohammad Nazri, Shaik Ismail Bux, Tengku Feisal Tengku-Kamalden, Kwan-Hoong Ng, Zhonghua Sun

Review Articles

Common and unusual CT and MRI manifestations of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a pictorial review

Min-Jie Yang, Su Li, Yong-Guang Liu, Na Jiao, Jing-Shan Gong

Original Article

Optic nerve head perfusion in normal eyes and eyes with glaucoma using optical coherence tomography-based microangiography

Chieh-Li Chen, Karine D. Bojikian, Divakar Gupta, Joanne C. Wen, Qinqin Zhang, Chen Xin, Rei Kono, Raghu C. Mudumbai, Murray A. Johnstone, Philip P. Chen, Ruikang K. Wang

Review Article

A comprehensive literatures update of clinical researches of superparamagnetic resonance iron oxide nanoparticles for magnetic resonance imaging

Yì Xiáng J. Wáng, Jean-Marc Idée

Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging and its recent trend—a survey

Geetha Soujanya Chilla, Cher Heng Tan, Chenjie Xu, Chueh Loo Poh

Recent advances in terahertz technology for biomedical applications

Qiushuo Sun, Yuezhi He, Kai Liu, Shuting Fan, Edward P. J. Parrott, Emma Pickwell-MacPherson

PET/SPECT molecular imaging in clinical neuroscience: recent advances in the investigation of CNS diseases

Feng-Mei Lu, Zhen Yuan

The imaging of osteomyelitis

Yu Jin Lee, Sufi Sadigh, Kshitij Mankad, Nikhil Kapse, Gajan Rajeswaran

Quantitative imaging methods in osteoporosis

Ling Oei, Fjorda Koromani, Fernando Rivadeneira, M. Carola Zillikens, Edwin H. G. Oei

White matter in temporal lobe epilepsy: clinico-pathological correlates of water diffusion abnormalities

Raúl Rodríguez-Cruces, Luis Concha

Evidence-Based Medicine

Increased low back pain prevalence in females than in males after menopause age: evidences based on synthetic literature review

Yì Xiáng J. Wáng, Jùn-Qīng Wáng, Zoltán Káplár

Technology Assessment

Liver intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) magnetic resonance imaging: a comprehensive review of published data on normal values and applications for fibrosis and tumor evaluation

Yáo T. Li, Jean-Pierre Cercueil, Jing Yuan, Weitian Chen, Romaric Loffroy, Yì Xiáng J. Wáng

Original Article

Investigation of multichannel phased array performance for fetal MR imaging on 1.5T clinical MR system

Ye Li, Yong Pang, Daniel Vigneron, Orit Glenn, Duan Xu, Xiaoliang Zhang

Fast microbubble dwell-time based ultrasonic molecular imaging approach for quantification and monitoring of angiogenesis in cancer

Marybeth A. Pysz, Ismayil Guracar, Lu Tian, Jürgen K. Willmann

Quadrature transmit array design using single-feed circularly polarized patch antenna for parallel transmission in MR imaging

Yong Pang, Baiying Yu, Daniel B. Vigneron, Xiaoliang Zhang

In vivo evaluation of optic nerve aging in adult rhesus monkey by diffusion tensor imaging

Yumei Yan, Longchuan Li, Todd M. Preuss, Xiaoping Hu, James G. Herndon, Xiaodong Zhang

Design and numerical evaluation of a volume coil array for parallel MR imaging at ultrahigh fields

Yong Pang, Ernest W.H. Wong, Baiying Yu, Xiaoliang Zhang

Accelerated MRI with CIRcular Cartesian UnderSampling (CIRCUS): a variable density Cartesian sampling strategy for compressed sensing and parallel imaging

Jing Liu, David Saloner

Error decomposition for parallel imaging reconstruction using modulation-domain representation of undersampled data

Yu Li

Sparse parallel transmission on randomly perturbed spiral k-space trajectory

Yong Pang, Xiaohua Jiang, Xiaoliang Zhang

A fast multiparameter MRI approach for acute stroke assessment on a 3T clinical scanner: preliminary results in a non-human primate model with transient ischemic occlusion

Xiaodong Zhang, Frank Tong, Chun-Xia Li, Yumei Yan, Govind Nair, Tsukasa Nagaoka, Yoji Tanaka, Stuart Zola, Leonard Howell

Fast, free-breathing, in vivo fetal imaging using time-resolved 3D MRI technique: preliminary results

Jing Liu, Orit A. Glenn, Duan Xu

Enhancement of the low resolution image quality using randomly sampled data for multi-slice MR imaging

Yong Pang, Baiying Yu, Xiaoliang Zhang

Rapid slice excitation without B₀ gradients using large array coils

Ke Feng, Steven M. Wright

Lessons learned from imaging mouse ovarian tumors: the route of probe injection makes a difference

Myung Shin Han, Ching-Hsuan Tung

A polarization-sensitive light field imager for multi-channel angular spectroscopy of light scattering in biological tissues

Rongwen Lu, Qiuxiang Zhang, Yanan Zhi, Xincheng Yao

Imaging endocervical mucus anatomy and dynamics in macaque female reproductive track using optical coherence tomography

Siyu Chen, Ji Yi, Biqin Dong, Cheng Sun, Patrick F. Kiser, Thomas J. Hope, Hao F. Zhang

Tripling the detection view of high-frequency linear-array-based photoacoustic computed tomography by using two planar acoustic reflectors

Guo Li, Jun Xia, Kun Wang, Konstantin Maslov, Mark A. Anastasio, Lihong V. Wang

In vivo imaging rhodopsin distribution in the photoreceptors with nano-second pulsed scanning laser ophthalmoscopy

Tan Liu, Xiaojing Liu, Rong Wen, Byron L. Lam, Shuliang Jiao

Real-time automated thickness measurement of the in vivo human tympanic membrane using optical coherence tomography

Zita Hubler, Nathan D. Shemonski, Ryan L. Shelton, Guillermo L. Monroy, Ryan M. Nolan, Stephen A. Boppart

Assessment of oxygen saturation in retinal vessels of normal subjects and diabetic patients with and without retinopathy using Flow Oximetry System

Mohamed A. Ibrahim, Rachel E. Annam, Yasir J. Sepah, Long Luu, Millena G. Bittencourt, Hyun S. Jang, Paul Lemaillet, Beatriz Munoz, Donald D. Duncan, Sheila West, Quan Dong Nguyen, Jessica C. Ramella-Roman

Cranial window implantation on mouse cortex to study microvascular change induced by cocaine

Kicheon Park, Jiang You, Congwu Du, Yingtian Pan

High-resolution harmonic motion imaging (HR-HMI) for tissue biomechanical property characterization

Teng Ma, Xuejun Qian, Chi Tat Chiu, Mingyue Yu, Hayong Jung, Yao-Sheng Tung, K. Kirk Shung, Qifa Zhou

Algorithms for improved 3-D reconstruction of live mammalian embryo vasculature from optical coherence tomography data

Prathamesh M. Kulkarni, Nicolas Rey-Villamizar, Amine Merouane, Narendran Sudheendran, Shang Wang, Monica Garcia, Irina V. Larina, Badrinath Roysam, Kirill V. Larin

Lung nodule segmentation in chest computed tomography using a novel background estimation method

Pablo G. Cavalcanti, Shahram Shirani, Jacob Scharcanski, Crystal Fong, Jane Meng, Jane Castelli, David Koff

Differentiating inflamed and normal lungs by the apparent reaction rate constants of lactate dehydrogenase probed by hyperpolarized ¹³C labeled pyruvate

He N. Xu, Stephen Kadlececk, Hoora Shaghaghi, Huaqing Zhao, Harilla Profka, Mehrdad Pourfathi, Rahim Rizi, Lin Z. Li

Optic nerve head perfusion in normal eyes and eyes with glaucoma using optical coherence tomography-based microangiography

Chieh-Li Chen, Karine D. Bojikian, Divakar Gupta, Joanne C. Wen, Qinqin Zhang, Chen Xin, Rei Kono, Raghu C. Mudumbai, Murray A. Johnstone, Philip P. Chen, Ruikang K. Wang

Automated registration and enhanced processing of clinical optical coherence tomography angiography

Acner Camino, Miao Zhang, Changlei Dongye, Alex D. Pechauer, Thomas S. Hwang, Steven T. Bailey, Brandon Lujan, David J. Wilson, David Huang, Yali Jia

Principal component analysis-T_1ρ voxel based relaxometry of the articular cartilage: a comparison of biochemical patterns in osteoarthritis and anterior cruciate ligament subjects

Valentina Pedoia, Colin Russell, Allison Randolph, Xiaojuan Li, Sharmila Majumdar, AF-ACL Consortium

Topographical and depth-dependent glycosaminoglycan concentration in canine medial tibial cartilage 3 weeks after anterior cruciate ligament transection surgery—a microscopic imaging study

Daniel Mittelstaedt, David Kahn, Yang Xia

Bone marrow edema-like lesions (BMELs) are associated with higher T_1ρ and T₂ values of cartilage in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)-reconstructed knees: a longitudinal study

Jingshan Gong, Valentina Pedoia, Luca Facchetti, Thomas M. Link, Xiaojuan Li

A quantitative framework for the analysis of multimodal optical microscopy images

Andrew J. Bower, Benjamin Chidester, Joanne Li, Youbo Zhao, Marina Marjanovic, Eric J. Chaney, Minh N. Do, Stephen A. Boppart

Quantification of liver iron concentration using the apparent susceptibility of hepatic vessels

Saifeng Liu, Chaoyue Wang, Xiaoqi Zhang, Panli Zuo, Jiani Hu, E. Mark Haacke, Hongyan Ni

Radiological signs associated with pulmonary multi-drug resistant tuberculosis: an analysis of published evidences

Yì Xiáng J. Wáng, Myung Jin Chung, Aliaksandr Skrahin, Alex Rosenthal, Andrei Gabrielian, Michael Tartakovsky

T_1ρ-based fibril-reinforced poroviscoelastic constitutive relation of human articular cartilage using inverse finite element technology

Chao Wan, Liang Ge, Richard B. Souza, Simon Y. Tang, Tamara Alliston, Zhixiu Hao, Xiaojuan Li

Label-free molecular profiling for identification of biomarkers in carcinogenesis using multimodal multiphoton imaging

Yuan Liu, Haohua Tu, Sixian You, Eric J. Chaney, Marina Marjanovic, Stephen A. Boppart

A portable three-dimensional photoacoustic tomography system for imaging of chronic foot ulcers

Yuehang Wang, Ye Zhan, Linda M. Harris, Sikandar Khan, Jun Xia

Designing visible-light optical coherence tomography towards clinics

Xiao Shu, Lisa Beckmann, Yuanbo Wang, Ian Rubinoff, Katie Lucy, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Gadi Wollstein, Amani A. Fawzi, Joel S. Schuman, Roman V. Kuranov, Hao F. Zhang

Simultaneous dual-plane, real-time magnetic resonance imaging of oral cavity movements in advanced trombone players

Peter W. Iltis, Matthias Heyne, Jens Frahm, Dirk Voit, Arun Joseph, Lian Atlas

Cortical bone vessel identification and quantification on contrast-enhanced MR images

Po-Hung Wu, Matthew Gibbons, Sarah C. Foreman, Julio Carballido-Gamio, Misung Han, Roland Krug, Jing Liu, Thomas M. Link, Galateia J. Kazakia

Low dose cone-beam computed tomography reconstruction via hybrid prior contour based total variation regularization (hybrid-PCTV)

Yingxuan Chen, Fang-Fang Yin, Yawei Zhang, You Zhang, Lei Ren

Assessing colitis ex vivo using optical coherence elastography in a murine model

Achuth Nair, Chih Hao Liu, Manmohan Singh, Susobhan Das, Triet Le, Yong Du, Sanam Soomro, Salavat Aglyamov, Chandra Mohan, Kirill V. Larin

Machine-learning based classification of glioblastoma using delta-radiomic features derived from dynamic susceptibility contrast enhanced magnetic resonance images

Jiwoong Jeong, Liya Wang, Bing Ji, Yang Lei, Arif Ali, Tian Liu, Walter J. Curran, Hui Mao, Xiaofeng Yang

CT and CEST MRI bimodal imaging of the intratumoral distribution of iodinated liposomes

Zelong Chen, Yuguo Li, Raag Airan, Zheng Han, Jiadi Xu, Kannie W. Y. Chan, Yikai Xu, Jeff W. M. Bulte, Peter C. M. van Zijl, Michael T. McMahon, Shibin Zhou, Guanshu Liu

Probability-based 3D k-space sorting for motion robust 4D-MRI

Duohua Sun, Xiao Liang, Fangfang Yin, Jing Cai

Comparison of three undersampling approaches in computed tomography reconstruction

Chenyang Shen, Yifei Lou, Liyuan Chen, Tieyong Zeng, Michael K. Ng, Lei Zhu, Xun Jia

A robust deformable image registration enhancement method based on radial basis function

Xiao Liang, Fang-Fang Yin, Chunhao Wang, Jing Cai

Enhancing liver tumor localization accuracy by prior-knowledge-guided motion modeling and a biomechanical model

You Zhang, Michael R. Folkert, Xiaokun Huang, Lei Ren, Jeffrey Meyer, Joubin Nasehi Tehrani, Robert Reynolds, Jing Wang

Evaluation of cortical bone perfusion using dynamic contrast enhanced ultrashort echo time imaging: a feasibility study

Lidi Wan, Mei Wu, Vipul Sheth, Hongda Shao, Hyungseok Jang, Graeme Bydder, Jiang Du

In vivo quantification of proton exchange rate in healthy human brains with omega plot

Mehran Shaghaghi, Weiwei Chen, Alessandro Scotti, Haiqi Ye, Yan Zhang, Wenzhen Zhu, Kejia Cai

In vivo assessment of extracellular pH of joint tissues using acidoCEST-UTE MRI

Rachel A. High, Yang Ji, Ya-Jun Ma, Qingbo Tang, Mark E. Murphy, Jiang Du, Eric Y. Chang

Handheld swept-source optical coherence tomography with angiography in awake premature neonates

Yasman Moshiri, Alex T. Legocki, Kanheng Zhou, Michelle T. Cabrera, Kasra A. Rezaei, Kristina Tarczy-Hornoch, Ruikang K. Wang

MR image reconstruction using deep learning: evaluation of network structure and loss functions

Vahid Ghodrati, Jiaxin Shao, Mark Bydder, Ziwu Zhou, Wotao Yin, Kim-Lien Nguyen, Yingli Yang, Peng Hu

Preliminary evaluation of dynamic glucose enhanced MRI of the human placenta during glucose tolerance test

Jie Luo, Esra Abaci Turk, Borjan Gagoski, Natalie Copeland, Iris Y. Zhou, Vanessa Young, Carolina Bibbo, Julian N. Robinson, Chloe Zera, William H. Barth Jr, Drucilla J. Roberts, Phillip Zhe Sun, P. Ellen Grant

Repeatability and reproducibility of prospective motion- and shim corrected 2D glycoCEST MRI

Gizeaddis Lamesgin Simegn, Ali Alhamud, Andre J. W. van der Kouwe, Ernesta Meintjes, Frances Robertson

Trabecular bone microstructure is impaired in the proximal femur of human immunodeficiency virus-infected men with normal bone mineral density

Galateia J. Kazakia, Julio Carballido-Gamio, Andrew Lai, Lorenzo Nardo, Luca Facchetti, Courtney Pasco, Chiyuan A. Zhang, Misung Han, Amanda Hutton Parrott, Phyllis Tien, Roland Krug

Optical coherence tomography angiography monitors human cutaneous wound healing over time

Anthony J. Deegan, Wendy Wang, Shaojie Men, Yuandong Li, Shaozhen Song, Jingjiang Xu, Ruikang K. Wang

Accurate estimation of choriocapillaris flow deficits beyond normal intercapillary spacing with swept source OCT angiography

Qinqin Zhang, Yingying Shi, Hao Zhou, Giovanni Gregori, Zhongdi Chu, Fang Zheng, Elie H. Motulsky, Luis de Sisternes, Mary Durbin, Philip J. Rosenfeld, Ruikang K. Wang

Ultra-wide optical coherence tomography angiography in diabetic retinopathy

Qinqin Zhang, Kasra A Rezaei, Steven S. Saraf, Zhongdi Chu, Fupeng Wang, Ruikang K. Wang

Discrimination and conversion prediction of mild cognitive impairment using convolutional neural networks

Congling Wu, Shengwen Guo, Yanjia Hong, Benheng Xiao, Yupeng Wu, Qin Zhang, The Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Quantifying choriocapillaris flow deficits using global and localized thresholding methods: a correlation study

Zhongdi Chu, Qinqin Zhang, Hao Zhou, Yingying Shi, Fang Zheng, Giovanni Gregori, Philip J. Rosenfeld, Ruikang K. Wang

Design of catheter radio frequency coils using coaxial transmission line resonators for interventional neurovascular MR imaging

Xiaoliang Zhang, Alastair Martin, Caroline Jordan, Prasheel Lillaney, Aaron Losey, Yong Pang, Jeffrey Hu, Mark Wilson, Daniel Cooke, Steven W. Hetts

Prospective cardiac motion self-gating

Fei Han, Stanislas Rapacchi, Peng Hu

Sensitivity enhancement of traveling wave MRI using free local resonators: an experimental demonstration

Xiaoliang Zhang

Image interpolation improves the zonal analysis of cartilage T2 relaxation in MRI

Farid Badar, Yang Xia

Exploration of highly accelerated magnetic resonance elastography using high-density array coils

John C. Bosshard, Naresh Yallapragada, Mary P. McDougall, Steven M. Wright

Estimating extraction fraction and blood flow by combining firstpass myocardial perfusion and T1 mapping results

Devavrat Likhite, Promporn Suksaranjit, Ganesh Adluru, Brent Wilson, Edward DiBella

Robust principal component analysis in optical micro-angiography

Nhan Le, Shaozhen Song, Qinqin Zhang, Ruikang K. Wang

Highly efficient eigen decomposition based statistical optical microangiography

Qinqin Zhang, Jingang Wang, Ruikang K. Wang

The use of isodose levels to interpret radiation induced lung injury: a quantitative analysis of computed tomography changes

Miriam A. Knoll, Mary Salvatore, Ren Dih Sheu, Abraham D. Knoll, Sarah L. Kerns, Yeh-Chi Lo, Kenneth E. Rosenzweig

T2 relaxation time is related to liver fibrosis severity

Alexander R. Guimaraes, Luiz Siqueira, Ritika Uppal, Jamu Alford, Bryan C. Fuchs, Suguru Yamada, Kenneth Tanabe, Raymond T. Chung, Gregory Lauwers, Michael L. Chew, Giles W. Boland, Duhyant V. Sahani, Mark Vangel, Peter F. Hahn, Peter Caravan

Prenatal and early postnatal lead exposure in mice: neuroimaging findings

Diana M. Lindquist, Travis Beckwith, Kim M. Cecil, Francisco Javier Sánchez-Martín, Julio Landero-Figueroa, Alvaro Puga

Decoupling and matching network for monopole antenna arrays in ultrahigh field MRI

Xinqiang Yan, Xiaoliang Zhang

Automatic multi-parametric quantification of the proximal femur with quantitative computed tomography

Julio Carballido-Gamio, Serena Bonaretti, Isra Saeed, Roy Harnish, Robert Recker, Andrew J. Burghardt, Joyce H. Keyak, Tamara Harris, Sundeep Khosla, Thomas F. Lang

Quantitative radiology: automated measurement of polyp volume in computed tomography colonography using Hessian matrix-based shape extraction and volume growing

Mark L. Epstein, Piotr R. Obara, Yisong Chen, Junchi Liu, Amin Zarshenas, Nazanin Makkinejad, Abraham H. Dachman, Kenji Suzuki

Review Article

Towards fast and accurate temperature mapping with proton resonance frequency-based MR thermometry

Jing Yuan, Chang-Sheng Mei, Lawrence P. Panych, Nathan J. McDannold, Bruno Madore

Ultrasound for molecular imaging and therapy in cancer

Osamu F. Kaneko, Jürgen K. Willmann

Theranostic magnetic resonance imaging of type 1 diabetes and pancreatic islet transplantation

Ping Wang, Anna Moore

A review of computer-aided diagnosis in thoracic and colonic imaging

Kenji Suzuki

Design considerations for targeted optical contrast agents

Jeong Heon Lee, Gwangli Park, Gloria H. Hong, Jungmun Choi, Hak Soo Choi

Utility of magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging for human epilepsy

Jullie W. Pan, Ruben I. Kuzniecky

Ultrashort time to echo magnetic resonance techniques for the musculoskeletal system

Palanan Siriwanarangsun, Sheronda Statum, Reni Biswas, Won C. Bae, Christine B. Chung

Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar intervertebral discs

Dosik Hwang, Sewon Kim, Nirusha A. Abeydeera, Sheronda Statum, Koichi Masuda, Christine B. Chung, Palanan Siriwanarangsun, Won C. Bae

Potential of PET-MRI for imaging of non-oncologic musculoskeletal disease

Feliks Kogan, Audrey P. Fan, Garry E. Gold

Functional endoscopy techniques for tracking stem cell fate

Yusi Miao, Zhongping Chen, Shengwen Calvin Li

Revealing the morphology and function of the cochlea and middle ear with optical coherence tomography

George W. S. Burwood, Anders Fridberger, Ruikang K. Wang, Alfred L. Nuttall

Imaging the aged brain: pertinence and methods

Hannah Humayun, Junjie Yao

Optical coherence tomography imaging of cardiac substrates

Christine P. Hendon, Theresa H. Lye, Xinwen Yao, Yu Gan, Charles C. Marboe

Assessing tissue metabolism by phosphorous-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging: a methodology review

Yuchi Liu, Yuning Gu, Xin Yu

What does diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tell us about cognitive networks in temporal lobe epilepsy?

Kelly M. Leyden, N. Erkut Kucukboyaci, Olivia K. Puckett, Davis Lee, Richard Q. Loi, Brianna Paul, Carrie R. McDonald

State-of-the-art in retinal optical coherence tomography image analysis

Ahmadreza Baghaie, Zeyun Yu, Roshan M. D’Souza

Editorial

The 2016 World Health Organization classification of tumours of the central nervous system: what the paediatric neuroradiologist needs to know

Sahil Chhabda, Olivia Carney, Felice D’Arco, Thomas S. Jacques, Kshitij Mankad

Ultrasound molecular imaging for differentiation of benign and malignant tumors in patients

Fei Yan, Zhuqing Song, Meng Du, Alexander L. Klibanov

Letter to the Editor

A pre-tracer approach for improving the accuracy of metabolic measurements by hyperpolarized nuclear magnetic resonance

Lin Z. Li

Four dimensional magnetic resonance velocimetry for complex flow in the jugular vein

Gabriel Acevedo-Bolton, Matthew R. Amans, Sarah Kefayati, Van Halbach, David Saloner

Case Report

Pigmented villonodular synovitis mimics metastases on fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose position emission tomography-computed tomography

Comfort O. Elumogo, James N. Kochenderfer, A. Cahid Civelek, David A. Bluemke

Technical Note

Mitigating transmit B₁ inhomogeneity in the liver at 7T using multispoke parallel transmit RF pulse design

Xiaoping Wu, Sebastian Schmitter, Edward J. Auerbach, Kâmil Uğurbil, Pierre-François Van de Moortele

Brief Report

Two public chest X-ray datasets for computer-aided screening of pulmonary diseases

Stefan Jaeger, Sema Candemir, Sameer Antani, Yì-Xiáng J. Wáng, Pu-Xuan Lu, George Thoma

Whole body MRI of the non-human primate using a clinical 3T scanner: initial experiences

Chun-Xia Li, Xiaodong Zhang

Optical coherence tomography based microangiography findings in hydroxychloroquine toxicity

Jason Kam, Qinqin Zhang, Jason Lin, Jin Liu, Ruikang K. Wang, Kasra Rezaei

Original Articles

Uniform enhancement of optical micro-angiography images using rayleigh contrast-limited adaptive histogram equalization

Siavash Yousefi, Jia Qin, Zhongwei Zhi, Ruikang K. Wang

Changes in cochlear blood flow in mice due to loud sound exposure measured with Doppler optical microangiography and laser Doppler flowmetry

Roberto Reif, Zhongwei Zhi, Suzan Dziennis, Alfred L. Nuttall, Ruikang K. Wang

Breaking diffraction limit of lateral resolution in optical coherence tomography

Benquan Wang, Rongwen Lu, Qiuxiang Zhang, Xincheng Yao

Meeting Report

“Nanotechnology Cancer Asia-Pacific (NCAP) Network” was launched

Fuyu Tamanoi, Yongdoo Choi

Research Highlight

Label-free imaging of blood vessel morphology with capillary resolution using optical microangiography

Roberto Reif, Ruikang K. Wang

Hepatic fat assessment using advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Yong Pang, Baiying Yu, Xiaoliang Zhang

Review Articles

Automatic screening for tuberculosis in chest radiographs: a survey

Stefan Jaeger, Alexandros Karargyris, Sema Candemir, Jenifer Siegelman, Les Folio, Sameer Antani, George Thoma, Clement J. McDonald

Research Highlights

Arterial spin labeling perfusion magnetic resonance imaging of non-human primates

Xiaodong Zhang, Chun-Xia Li

Below are the latest Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery articles published online ahead of print publication.

Original Article

Liver-spleen contrast standardization of gadolinium-ethoxybenzyl-diethylenetriamine penta-acetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging based on cross-calibration

Hiroshige Mori, Satoru Akimoto

Iodine map histogram metrics in early-stage breast cancer: prediction of axillary lymph node metastasis status

Fang Zeng, Lili Chen, Lin Lin, Hanglin Hu, Jing Li, Peng He, Chuang Wang, Yunjing Xue

Automatic prediction model for online diaphragm motion tracking based on optical surface monitoring by machine learning

Zhenhui Dai, Qiang He, Lin Zhu, Bailin Zhang, Huaizhi Jin, Geng Yang, Chunya Cai, Xiang Tan, Wanwei Jian, Yao Chen, Hua Zhang, Jian Wu, Xuetao Wang

Functional differentiation of the dorsal striatum: a coordinate-based neuroimaging meta-analysis

Qian Zheng, Xiaojuan Ba, Qiang Wang, Junying Cheng, Jiaofen Nan, Taigang He

Unenhanced magnetic resonance imaging of papillary thyroid carcinoma with emphasis on diffusion kurtosis imaging

Qiying Tang, Xinyou Liu, Qiuli Jiang, Liuhong Zhu, Jinhui Zhang, Pu-Yeh Wu, Ying Jiang, Jianjun Zhou

Quantitative chest CT assessment of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis with deep learning: a real-world longitudinal study

Shenyun Shi, Ruyi Zou, Lulu Chen, Shangwen Yang, Kaifeng Xu, Xiaoyan Xin, Yonglong Xiao

Comparison of left ventricular global and segmental strain parameters by cardiovascular magnetic resonance tissue tracking in light-chain cardiac amyloidosis and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Fangqing Wang, Xinghua Xu, Qing Wang, Dexin Yu, Lei Lv, Qian Wang

Dual-energy computed tomography in reducing the effective radiation dose of computed tomography urography in patients with urinary calculi

Fengying Liang, Ruming Zhou, Gang Wang, Yanqin Lan, Shaoyang Lei, Shuqian Zhang

Interval changes of histogram-derived diffusion indices predict treatment response to induction chemotherapy in head and neck cancer: a feasibility study

Kai-Lun Cheng, Hsueh-Ju Lu, Xi Lin, Hui-Yu Wang, Ying-Hsiang Chou, Yeu-Sheng Tyan, Ping-Huei Tsai

Impaired structural and reserved functional topological organizations of brain networks in Parkinson’s disease with freezing of gait

Lina Wang, Caiting Gan, Huimin Sun, Min Ji, Heng Zhang, Xingyue Cao, Min Wang, Yongsheng Yuan, Kezhong Zhang

Distribution and regional variation of wall shear stress in the curved middle cerebral artery using four-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging

Xiaoyan Bai, Mingzhu Fu, Zhiye Li, Peiyi Gao, Haiqing Zhao, Rui Li, Binbin Sui

Preoperative evaluation of liver regeneration following hepatectomy in hepatocellular carcinoma using magnetic resonance elastography

Tong Zhang, Qian Li, Yi Wei, Shan Yao, Yuan Yuan, Liping Deng, Dongbo Wu, Lisha Nie, Xiaocheng Wei, Hehan Tang, Bin Song

Risk factors for stent occlusion after catheter-directed thrombolysis and iliac vein stenting in the treatment of May-Thurner syndrome with iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis: a retrospective cohort study

Myung Sub Kim, Hong Suk Park, Hyun Pyo Hong, Dongho Hyun, Sung Ki Cho, Kwang Bo Park, Sung Wook Shin, Sung Wook Choo, Young Soo Do

Axial loading lumbar magnetic resonance imaging with a new device in asymptomatic individuals

Xingyu Fang, Jialin Li, Lin Liu, Yijun Zhang, Zhiquan Tang, Jinping Zhang

Letter to the Editor

Computed tomography findings of chronic isolated fallopian tube torsion: a case description

Meng Liao, Xiaojun Long, Mingyue Tang, Xu Cao, Gao Liang, Mingguo Xie

Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in the emergency evaluation of a thigh muscle hematoma accompanied by active bleeding in a hemophilia A patient

Ying Liu, Yang Zhou, Bisi Wang, Jia Liu

Nasotracheal intubation in an angiosarcoma-related difficult airway: a case presentation

Sheng-Hui Huang, Jie Bai, Jun Jin, Yu-Fang Hua

Imaging findings of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors in the breast: a case description and literature analysis

Huijun Ai, Jianbing Ma, Xue Cheng, Fanghong Cheng

Ultrasound-guided microwave ablation for a rectal stromal tumor: a rare-case description

Lu Wang, Man Lu, Jifen Liao, Bo Tan, Xiaobo Wu

High-grade pulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma supplied by the pulmonary artery and vein in a 6-year-old child: a case description and literature analysis

Haoru Wang, Xin Chen, Ling He

Misdiagnosis of breast cancer after augmentation injection of stromal vascular fraction gel: a case description

Rushan Ouyang, Xiaohui Lin, Jintao Hu, Lin Li, Jie Ma

Journal Highlight more

Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery is an international, open access, peer-reviewed journal indexed in PubMed, Scopus and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), featuring original reports and reviews in medical imaging, including X-ray, ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy, nuclear medicine and related modalities, and their application in medicine and surgery.