Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs) are rare catecholamine-producing neuroendocrine tumors that cause life-threatening complications [ 1 – 3 ]. Bone metastases are frequently observed in patients with solid tumors and are observed in up to …
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Abhishek Jha, Mayank Patel, Alexander Ling, Ritu Shah, Clara C. Chen, Corina Millo, Matthew A. Nazari, Ninet Sinaii, Kailah Charles, Mickey J. M. Kuo, Tamara Prodanov, Babak Saboury, Sara Talvacchio, Alberta Derkyi, Jaydira Del Rivero, Geraldine O’Sullivan Coyne, Alice P. Chen, Naris Nilubol, Peter Herscovitch, Frank I. Lin, David Taieb, A. Cahid Civelek, Jorge A. Carrasquillo, Karel Pacak
Besides necrosis of brain parenchyma, the development of ischemic edema is the second major pathophysiological hallmark of ischemic stroke [ 1 , 2 ]. Particular attention in the context of ischemic edema is paid to patients with large hemispheric …
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Vincent Geest, Paul Steffen, Laurens Winkelmeier, Tobias D. Faizy, Christian Heitkamp, Helge Kniep, Lukas Meyer, Kamil Zelenak, Thomalla Götz, Jens Fiehler, Gabriel Broocks
According to the classification of the International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies (ISSVA) [ 1 ], vascular malformations are divided into slow-flow and fast-flow lesions, related to the underlying flow pattern, which influences both …
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Vanessa F. Schmidt, Özlem Cangir, Lutz Meyer, Constantin Goldann, Susanne Hengst, Richard Brill, Susanne von der Heydt, Milton Waner, Daniel Puhr-Westerheide, Osman Öcal, Muzaffer Reha Ümütlü, Nabeel Mansour, Jan Rudolph, Alena Sint, Florian Obereisenbuchner, Beate Häberle, Jens Ricke, Max Seidensticker, Walter A. Wohlgemuth, Moritz Wildgruber
Large language models (LLMs) are steadily advancing in various sectors, including healthcare. As the first mainstream dialogue-based artificial intelligence (AI) model, chatGPT has gained immense popularity [ 1 ]. Even though prior LLMs, such as …
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Robert Siepmann, Marc Huppertz, Annika Rastkhiz, Matthias Reen, Eric Corban, Christian Schmidt, Stephan Wilke, Philipp Schad, Can Yüksel, Christiane Kuhl, Daniel Truhn, Sven Nebelung
The non-invasive identification of diagnostic and prognostic characteristics associated with brain tumors holds paramount clinical significance in the context of treatment planning. Given that MRI currently serves as the mainstay of brain tumor …
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Mengyao Chen, Meng Zhang, Lijuan Yin, Lu Ma, Renxing Ding, Tao Zheng, Qiang Yue, Su Lui, Huaiqiang Sun
Lung cancer is the second most prevalent malignancy worldwide, with approximately 2.2 million newly diagnosed cases in 2020 [ 1 ], the majority of which are nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC), comprising nearly 84% of cases [ 2 ]. NSCLC stage I and …
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Kevin Tran, Daniel Ginzburg, Wei Hong, Ulrike Attenberger, Hyun Soo Ko
Stable chest pain is a common symptom with multiple potential causes. Non-invasive imaging has an important role in diagnosis and guiding management through the assessment of coronary stenoses, atherosclerotic plaque, myocardial ischaemia or …
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Giuseppe Muscogiuri, Jonathan R. Weir-McCall, Mariia Tregubova, Sebastian Ley, Christian Loewe, Hatem Alkadhi, Rodrigo Salgado, Rozemarijn Vliegenthart, Michelle C. Williams
Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) using iodinated contrast media (ICM) has been increasingly used owing to its superior soft tissue contrast compared to that of non-enhanced CT [ 1 ]. However, as ICM has become increasingly common …
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Pyeong Hwa Kim, Chong Hyun Suh, Eun Bee Jang, Seonok Kim, Kye Jin Park, Hyo Jung Park, Ah Young Kim, Kyung-Hyun Do, Jeong Hyun Lee, Jin Hyoung Kim, Ah Young Jung, Choong Wook Lee
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition defined by organ dysfunction due to infection [ 1 ]. Biomarkers such as procalcitonin (PCT) in combination with the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score can play an important role in early …
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Julian Pohlan, Martin Möckel, Anna Slagman, Hannah Tenenbaum, Jules Stolz, Kerstin Rubarth, Johannes Winning, Michael Bauer, Konrad Reinhart, Angelika Stacke, Marc Dewey, Myrto Bolanaki
Medical imaging has made it possible to diagnose and manage medical care and can guide radiation treatment and replace surgical interventions with minimally invasive image-guided procedures [ 1 ]. Most medical imaging modalities depend on ionizing …
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Donald Paul Frush, Jenia Vassileva, Marco Brambilla, Mahadevappa Mahesh, Madan Rehani, Ehsan Samei, Kimberly Applegate, John Bourland, Olivera Ciraj-Bjenlac, Danielle Dahlstrom, Vesna Gershan, Paddy Gilligan, Barbara Godthelp, Hakon Hjemly, Franz Kainberger, Miriam Mikhail-Lette, Ola Holmberg, Diana Paez, Suz Schrandt, Andreas Valentin, Tahera Van Deventer, Richard Wakeford
Among the recent initiatives concerning Reporting and Data Systems (RADS), Brain Tumors-RADS (BT-RADS) was introduced in 2018 by Weinberg et al as a tool for reporting and classifying post-treatment brain tumor images [ 1 ]. A standardized …
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Teodoro Martín-Noguerol, Alberto Cabrera-Zubizarreta, Antonio Luna
In the WHO classification for diffuse gliomas, molecular diagnosis has gained importance over the years. Inclusion of specific genetic markers (especially IDH-mutation status) allows tumor classification into different diagnostic, biological, and …
Susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) has been widely and successfully used in several clinical scenarios for central nervous system (CNS) assessment. Nowadays, SWI is part of standard MR protocols for evaluating stroke or traumatic brain injury [ …
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Teodoro Martín-Noguerol, Eloísa Santos-Armentia, Ana Ramos, Antonio Luna
Hysterosalpinography (HSG) is the radiological evaluation of the uterine cavity and the fallopian tubes (Fig. 1 ). The main indication is evaluation of infertility. Other indications include evaluation of tubal pathology, such as hydrosalpinx …
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Remy W. F. Geenen, Aart J. van der Molen, Ilona A. Dekkers, Marie-France Bellin, Michele Bertolotto, Jean-Michel Correas, Gertraud Heinz-Peer, Andreas H. Mahnken, Carlo C. Quattrocchi, Alexander Radbruch, Peter Reimer, Giles Roditi, Carmen Sebastià, Fulvio Stacul, Laura Romanini, Olivier Clément, Torkel B Brismar
Ultrasound (US) is an essential imaging modality widely used in breast imaging. It is an important supplementary tool to mammography for screening women with dense breasts [ 1 – 4 ], and is a primary diagnostic tool in various settings. However …
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Hee Jeong Kim, Hak Hee Kim, Ki Hwan Kim, Ji Sung Lee, Woo Jung Choi, Eun Young Chae, Hee Jung Shin, Joo Hee Cha, Woo Hyun Shim
Pleomorphic adenomas (PMA) and Warthin tumors (WT) stand as the predominant forms of parotid tumors, constituting 70–80% of the neoplasms in the parotid gland [ 1 ]. Although both are benign masses, they exhibit distinct biological behaviors and …
Thyroid nodules exist in 20–67% of the general population [ 1 ] and are diagnosed as benign in over 90% of them [ 2 ]. Nodules without high-risk characteristics generally receive close follow-up, and only those with compressive symptoms or …
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Yuan-Cheng Cang, Fang-Ying Fan, Yang Liu, Jian-ming Li, Chuan Pang, Dong Xu, Ying Che, Chun-Lai Zhang, Gang Dong, Ping Liang, Jie Yu, Lei Chen
