Comparison between 18F-DCFPyL PET/MRI-guided ultrasound fusion targeted biopsy and systematic biopsy for tumor detection and grading in selected patients: A prospective randomized... by Shaoxi Niu, Yachao Liu, Liyan Ao, Xiaohui Ding, Xiao Chang, Jinhang Li, Jiajin Liu, Kan Liu, Nanxing Zou, Baixuan Xu, Yong Xu, Baojun Wang, Xu Zhang

“…Objective: This study aimed to compare the upgrade rate and cancer detection rate between the 18F-DCFPyL PET/MRI-guided ultrasound fusion targeted biopsy (TB) and systematic biopsy in selected patients with suspected prostate cancer (the molecular imaging prostate-specific membrane antigen score of ≥2 and multiparametric MRI Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System score of ≥4). …”
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Avascular necrosis in pediatric rheumatic diseases: an Italian retrospective multicentre study by Ivan Taietti, Federico Zini, Emilio Amleto Conti, Enrica Cristini, Irene Borzani, Giulia Ramponi, Claudia Bracaglia, Raffaele Pecoraro, Riccardo Papa, Jessica Tibaldi, Serena Pastore, Gabriele Simonini, Marco Cattalini, Antonella Meini, Achille Marino, Stefano Lanni, Francesca Minoia, Giovanni Filocamo

“…Demographic, clinical, laboratory and imaging data were recorded, together with outcome and treatment background, particularly steroid exposure. …”
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Low Thermal Resistance of Diamond‐AlGaN Interfaces Achieved Using Carbide Interlayers by Henry T. Aller, Thomas W. Pfeifer, Abdullah Mamun, Kenny Huynh, Marko Tadjer, Tatyana Feygelson, Karl Hobart, Travis Anderson, Bradford Pate, Alan Jacobs, James Spencer Lundh, Mark Goorsky, Asif Khan, Patrick Hopkins, Samuel Graham

“…Additionally, Fast‐Fourier Transform (FFT) characterization of sections of the STEM images displayed sharp crystalline fringes in the AlGaN layer, confirming it is properly protected from damage from hydrogen plasma during the diamond growth. …”
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Use of Multimodal Artificial Intelligence in Surgical Instrument Recognition by Syed Ali Haider, Olivia A. Ho, Sahar Borna, Cesar A. Gomez-Cabello, Sophia M. Pressman, Dave Cole, Ajai Sehgal, Bradley C. Leibovich, Antonio Jorge Forte

“…This study evaluates the accuracy of publicly available Large Language Models (LLMs)—ChatGPT-4, ChatGPT-4o, and Gemini—and a specialized commercial mobile application, Surgical-Instrument Directory (SID 2.0), in identifying surgical instruments from images. The study utilized a dataset of 92 high-resolution images of 25 surgical instruments (retractors, forceps, scissors, and trocars) photographed from multiple angles. …”
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Advances in Radiation Protection in Oral and Dental Radiology: Pragmatic Approaches and Recent Innovations by Saiedeh Sadeghi, Nastaran Saeidi, Ali Salehi, Kamal Attari, Mohammad Ali Irani, Seyed Sasan Aryanezhad, Reza Malekzadeh, Reza Mahmoudi Anzabi

“…Given the increasing frequency of dental CBCT imaging and the unmatched dose levels compared to conventional dental radiography, it is imperative to set DRLs in this domain. …”
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Colorectal cancer detection with enhanced precision using a hybrid supervised and unsupervised learning approach by Akella S. Narasimha Raju, K. Venkatesh, Ranjith Kumar Gatla, Eswara Prasad Konakalla, Marwa M. Eid, Nataliia Titova, Sherif S. M. Ghoneim, Ramy N. R. Ghaly

“…It discusses how to combine feature interpretation challenges into medical imaging for accurate localization and precise segmentation of malignant regions. …”
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Pathomorphological features of the proximal femur in crowe IV hips and their implication on stem selection during total hip arthroplasty by Kaveh Gharanizadeh, Elham Mohammadyahya, Mohammad Reza Bahaeddini, Shayan Amiri, Sajad Noori Gravand, Sepideh Pezeshki, Amir Aminian, Arvin Eslami, Hamed Tayyebi, Mansour Abolghasemian

“…We evaluated the morphology of the proximal femur on EOS™ images, focusing on the anatomical landmarks and measurements relevant to the stem selection in high-riding DDH. …”
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Automatic GPR detection of grouting defects behind the tunnel shield segments based on wavelet coherence analysis combined with modified Res-RCNN by Dengyi Wang, Ming Peng, Liu Liu, Xiongyao Xie, Zhenming Shi, Yaoying Liang, Jian Shen, Qiyu Wu

“…The approach employs wavelet coherence to transform the time-series GPR profile into the time-frequency images and reveal the weak defect reflections. Then, a modified Res-RCNN is applied to automatically extract the defect features from the wavelet coherence images. …”
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Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Does Not Affect Muscle Synergy for Rowing Activities by Chie Sekine, Naoto Matsunaga, Yu Okubo, Mika Hangai, Koji Kaneoka

“…Twelve elite collegiate rowers (with disc degeneration, n=6; without disc degeneration, n=6) were included in this study. Midline sagittal images obtained by lumbar T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging were used to evaluate disc degeneration. …”
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Injected Human Muscle Precursor Cells Overexpressing PGC-1α Enhance Functional Muscle Regeneration after Trauma by Deana Haralampieva, Souzan Salemi, Thomas Betzel, Ivana Dinulovic, Stefanie D. Krämer, Roger Schibli, Tullio Sulser, Christoph Handschin, Simon M. Ametamey, Daniel Eberli

“…Besides successful tracking of hMPCs in muscle crush injuries, we showed that in high-inflammation areas, the specificity of radioligands might be significantly reduced, addressing a possible bottleneck of neovascularization PET imaging.…”
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Long time-series and high-frequency ecological evaluation of Henan section of the Yellow River by Jianzhong Guo, Daozhu Xu, Jian Xu, Ruoxin Zhu, Ning Li

“…Then taking Henan section of the Yellow River as an example, 960 images from 2001 to 2021 were used to calculate the comprehensive ecological environment quality quickly and in batches. …”
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Fully automated segmentation and classification of renal tumors on CT scans via machine learning by Jang Hee Han, Byung Woo Kim, Taek Min Kim, Ji Yeon Ko, Seung Jae Choi, Minho Kang, Sang Youn Kim, Jeong Yeon Cho, Ja Hyeon Ku, Cheol Kwak, Young-Gon Kim, Chang Wook Jeong

“…Renal tumor masks manually drawn on contrast-enhanced CT images were used to develop a 3D U-Net-based deep learning model for fully automated tumor segmentation. …”
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Seabed Acoustic Mapping Revealing an Uncharted Habitat of Circular Depressions Along the Southeast Brazilian Outer Shelf by Ana Carolina Lavagnino, Marcos Daniel Leite, Tarcila Franco, Pedro Smith Menandro, Fernanda Vedoato Vieira, Geandré Carlos Boni, Alex Cardoso Bastos

“…The continental shelf morphology was subdivided into three sectors based on morphology: inter-valleys, valley edges, and valley flanks, and eleven sites were selected for direct sampling/imaging at the CDs along the sectors. The direct sampling was carried out by scuba-diving with video images and sediment samples collected inside and outside the depressions. …”
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Clinical characteristics and associated factors of pediatric acute necrotizing encephalopathy: a retrospective study by Huiling Zhang, Yilong Wang, Qianyun Ding, Xuekun Li, Sheng Ye

“…To identify the factors associated with mortality, clinical, laboratory and imaging data were analyzed with independent-sample t tests, Mann-Whitney U tests, Fisher exact probability tests and receiver operating characteristic curve analyses. …”
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The Lipo-DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction: A Valuable Innovation for Maximizing Abdominal Tissue Volume by Benedetto Longo, MD, PhD, Gennaro D’Orsi, MD, Alessio Farcomeni, PhD, Martina Giacalone, MD, Elettra Gagliano, Lisa Vannucchi, MD, Maximilian Catenacci, MD, Gianluca Vanni, MD, Claudio Oreste Buonomo, MD, Valerio Cervelli, MD

“…Patients belonging to group A underwent magnetic resonance imaging preoperatively and 6 months after the BR, evaluating the adipose tissue volume retained in the retropectoral space. …”
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An Automatic Detection Method of Nanocomposite Film Element Based on GLCM and Adaboost M1 by Hai Guo, Jinghua Yin, Jingying Zhao, Yuanyuan Liu, Lei Yao, Xu Xia

“…The features of gray level cooccurrence matrix (GLCM) can be extracted from different types of surface morphology images of film; after that, the dimension reduction of film can be handled by principal component analysis (PCA). …”
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Characterizations of Physico-chemical properties for non-kekulean benzenoid hydrocarbon using m-polynomial by Muhammad Kamran, Aamir Khan, Zeeshan Anwar, Aiman Ishtiaq, Anns Uzair, Shanzay Khan, Sawaira Saeed, Sajid Ali, Saara Fatima, Ajwa Faisal, Baqir Hussain, Misbah Rasheed, Saba Mehmood

“…These days, drug delivery and cellular imaging are two applications of benzonoid systems in biotechnology and medicine. …”
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Visualizing Spatially Based Data for Various Stakeholder Audiences by Kathryn Stofer

“…Just as text and words must be thoughtfully prepared for broad understanding, images should be adapted from the forms used with highly knowledgeable audiences. …”
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L’imaginaire fluvial contemporain : un antidote urbain ? by Fanny Romain

“…The representations imagined by the clients and the project managers for the two sites selected (the Lez vert in Montpellier and the Têt in Perpignan) are built around three unifying themes based on the following principle : the rejection of a river environment in which the hydraulic, architectural, botanical and horticultural elements are completely controlled in favour of the preservation of indigenous plants qualified as wild because they generate uses and images erasing the urban context of the fluvial public space.…”
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Seizures and Blurred Vision as Initial Presentation of Intracerebral Schwannoma: A Rare Tumor of the Brain by Mohammad Alayyaf, Nour Taher Nasir

“…Here, we are reporting a case of an 18-year-old male who presented with attacks of seizures. MR imaging studies were done and showed right parieto-occipital cortical and subcortical mass lesion with intense enhancement and significant vasogenic oedema with mass effect on the subjacent sulci. …”
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