Cancer therapy-related interstitial lung disease by Chengzhi Zhou, Haiyi Deng, Yilin Yang, Fei Wang, Xinqing Lin, Ming Liu, Xiaohong Xie, Tao Luan, Nanshan Zhong, Peifang Wei

“…This review aims to provide valuable information on the risk factors associated with CT-ILD; elucidate its underlying mechanisms; discuss its clinical features, imaging, and histological manifestations; and emphasize the clinical-related views of its diagnosis. …”
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Giant Ectopic Minor Salivary Gland Tumour in Parapharyngeal Space by Nitish Baisakhiya, Shilpi Parihar, Ankit Mishra, Sweety Sen

“…Clinical examination of the space is difficult, so imaging plays a major role to know its origin and extension. …”
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Molecular switch of the dendrite-to-spine transport of TDP-43/FMRP-bound neuronal mRNAs and its impairment in ASD by Pritha Majumder, Biswanath Chatterjee, Khadiza Akter, Asmar Ahsan, Su Jie Tan, Chi-Chen Huang, Jen-Fei Chu, Che-Kun James Shen

“…Method Different molecular and imaging techniques, e.g., immunoprecipitation (IP), RNA-IP, Immunofluorescence (IF)/fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), live cell imaging, live cell tracking of RNA using beacon, and mouse model study are used to elucidate a novel mechanism regulating dendritic spine transport of mRNAs in mammalian neurons. …”
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The Rickettsia actin-based motility effectors RickA and Sca2 contribute differently to cell-to-cell spread and pathogenicity by Cuong J. Tran, Zahra Zubair-Nizami, Ingeborg M. Langohr, Matthew D. Welch

“…However, whether and how RickA and Sca2 independently contribute to cell-to-cell spread in vitro or pathogenicity in vivo has been unclear. Using live cell imaging of rickA::Tn and sca2::Tn mutants, we discovered both RickA and Sca2 contribute to different modes of cell-to-cell spread. …”
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Center-Related Variation in Hospitalization Cost for Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion by Shivaraj Patil, MD, Chaitanya Rojulpote, MD, Abhijit Bhattaru, BS, Avica Atri, MD, Krishna Vamsi Rojulpote, BS, Ola Khraisha, MD, Viha Atri, MD, William Frick, MD, Tarek Nafee, MD, Kishore Harjai, MD, Sumeet Mainigi, MD, Chien-Jung Lin, PhD, MD

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Case report: PD-L1-targeted high-affinity natural killer cells and IL-15 superagonist N-803-based therapy extend overall survival of advanced metastatic pancreatic cancer patients by Tara Seery, Lennie Sender, Omid Jafari, Frank Jones, Patricia Spilman, Sandeep B. Reddy, Patrick Soon-Shiong

“…Duration of spIND treatment and responses, for some patients including imaging and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) levels, and OS from initial diagnosis and the start of spIND therapy were assessed.FindingsThe line/duration of spIND therapy was, for patients 1 through 5, respectively, second line/6.4 months, sixth line/3.5 months, third line/25.4 months, third line/7.4 months, and fourth line/23.2 months. …”
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Use of Texture Analysis on Noncontrast MRI in Classification of Early Stage of Liver Fibrosis by Ru Zhao, Xi-Jun Gong, Ya-Qiong Ge, Hong Zhao, Long-Sheng Wang, Hong-Zhen Yu, Bin Liu

“…To compare the diagnostic value of texture analysis- (TA-) derived parameters from out-of-phase T1W, in-phase T1W, and T2W images in the classification of the early stage of liver fibrosis. …”
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Composite cardiac computed tomography angiography score for improved risk assessment in chronic coronary syndromes by Subin Lee, Alexander Giesen, Dimitrios Mouselimis, Loris Weichsel, Andreas A. Giannopoulos, Max Nunninger, Matthias Renker, Florian André, Norbert Frey, Grigorios Korosoglou

“…A composite CCTA score, derived by these imaging markers may identify high-risk individuals, who may benefit from more intensified treatment and clinical follow-up in future studies.…”
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Oligodendrocyte precursor cells facilitate neuronal lysosome release by Li-Pao Fang, Ching-Hsin Lin, Yasser Medlej, Renping Zhao, Hsin-Fang Chang, Qilin Guo, Zhonghao Wu, Yixun Su, Na Zhao, Davide Gobbo, Amanda Wyatt, Vanessa Wahl, Frederic Fiore, Szu-Min Tu, Ulrich Boehm, Wenhui Huang, Shan Bian, Amit Agarwal, Marcel A. Lauterbach, Chenju Yi, Jianqin Niu, Anja Scheller, Frank Kirchhoff, Xianshu Bai

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Une double discordance cardiaque complexe décompensée, à propos d’un cas et revue de la littérature by Nabila Soufi Taleb Bendiab, Rachid Djaziri, Fouad Sekkal, Nesrine Khedim, Abderrahim Meziane-Tani

“…Its diagnosis is usually made in adulthood by imaging examinations. Its prognosis depends mainly on other associated congenital heart defects, arrhythmias and disorders of the conduction, as well as systolic function of the right ventricle in the systemic position. …”
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Risk factors and prognosis analysis of dysphagia after occipitocervical fusion surgery: a retrospective study of 43 cases by Yufan Chen, Weihong Xu

“…Patients were divided into group A (dysphagia group) and group B (non-dysphagia group) based on Bazaz scoring criteria. Baseline data and imaging parameters were collected: O-C2 angle, C2-7 angle, pharyngeal inlet angle (PIA), posterior occipital cervical angle (POCA), O-EA angle, Oc-Ax angle, Atlas-dens interval, C2-7 sagittal vertical axis (SVA), T1 slope, narrowest oropharyngeal airway space (nPAS), and thickness of the prevertebral soft tissue. …”
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Intratumoral and peritumoral radiomics using multi-phase contrast-enhanced CT for diagnosis of renal oncocytoma and chromophobe renal cell carcinoma: a multicenter retrospective st... by Yongsong Ye, Bei Weng, Yan Guo, Lesheng Huang, Shanghuang Xie, Guimian Zhong, Wenhui Feng, Wenxiang Lin, Zhixuan Song, Huanjun Wang, Tianzhu Liu

“…Features with high intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC>0.75) were selected through univariate analysis, followed by the LASSO method to determine the final features for the SVM model. All images were assessed by two radiologists, and radiological reports were also examined. …”
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Enhanced radiation shielding via incorporating europium oxide in 316L stainless steel: Synthesis, physical, microstructural, shielding, and mechanical properties by H.O. Tekin, Nihal Yayla, M.Gökhan Albayrak, Ömer Güler, Duygu Sen Baykal, Hessa Alkarrani, Ghada ALMisned

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A pilot study examining Toronto-area family physician perspectives on thyroid neoplasm evaluation by Arjun Kundra, David P. Goldstein, Kimberly Wintemute, Sangeet Ghai, Richard W. Tsang, Karuna Gupta, Donatus R. Mutasingwa, Jeff Weissberger, Ella Huszti, Patrick Brown, Huan Jiang, Anna M. Sawka

“…Although appropriate indications for TUS were endorsed by most respondents (e.g. palpable TN, incidental TN on other imaging), inappropriate recommendations were observed in a third of FPs (19/57) who recommended TUS for abnormal thyroid blood tests about half of FPs (30/56) who endorsed biopsy of sub-centimeter nodules. …”
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Evaluation of anatomical and functional success in canalicular laceration repair using anterior segment optical coherence tomography and dacryoscintigraphy by Çisil Erkan Pota, Özge Ekin Geçer Şerifoğlu, Aslı Çetinkaya Yaprak, Hatice Deniz İlhan, Adil Boz

“…Canalicular lacerations occurred due to home accidents in 8 patients, work accidents in 4, assaults in 5, and traffic accidents in 7.Dacryoscintigraphy showed drainage of tracer into the nasal cavity in dynamic imaging for 12 patients. Five patients had retention in the sac, four had prolonged and reduced drainage, one had reduced drainage, and two showed no drainage in the first and second hour images. …”
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Clinical validation and optimization of machine learning models for early prediction of sepsis by Xi Liu, Meiyi Li, Xu Liu, Yuting Luo, Dong Yang, Hui Ouyang, Jiaoling He, Jinyu Xia, Fei Xiao, Fei Xiao, Fei Xiao

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The Battle of Žalgiris / Grunwald: Unanswered Questions by Alfredas Bumblauskas

“…This, as well as gaps in critical science of history on the whole, determine the fact that images of the collective memory, which were much stronger influenced by and still are under the influence of works of art of the undisciplined imagination, have not been significantly affected. …”
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Evaluation of Chest CT Scan as a Screening and Diagnostic Tool in Trauma Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Cross-Sectional Study by Hossein Abdolrahimzadeh Fard, Salahaddin Mahmudi-Azer, Sepideh Sefidbakht, Pooya Iranpour, Shahram Bolandparvaz, Hamid Reza Abbasi, Shahram Paydar, Golnar Sabetian, Mohamad Mahdi Mahmoudi, Masoume Zare, Leila Shayan, Maryam Salimi

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Quantification of Forest Regeneration on Forest Inventory Sample Plots Using Point Clouds from Personal Laser Scanning by Sarah Witzmann, Christoph Gollob, Ralf Kraßnitzer, Tim Ritter, Andreas Tockner, Lukas Moik, Valentin Sarkleti, Tobias Ofner-Graff, Helmut Schume, Arne Nothdurft

“…Local maxima in these raster images, assumed to be likely to contain tree saplings, were then used as seed points for a raster-based tree segmentation, which was employed to derive the final regeneration coverage estimate. …”
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Quantitative swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA) analysis of macular microvascular alterations in Bietti crystalline dystrophy by Shiyi Yin, Jinyuan Wang, Haihan Zhang, Xuan Yang, Jingting Luo, Wenbin Wei

“…Methods: This cross-sectional study included 166 eyes from 86 clinically diagnosed BCD patients, classified into three disease stages based on Yuzawa's classification. OCTA imaging (VG200S; SVision Imaging, Henan, China) covered a 12 mm × 12 mm area of the macula, measuring thickness, vessel density (VD), perfusion area (PA), choroidal vascularity index (CVI), choroidal vascularity volume (CVV), and foveal avascular zone (FAZ) metrics. …”
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