Pneumothorax in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with COVID-19 Infection by Raziye Ecem Akdogan, Turab Mohammed, Asma Syeda, Nasheena Jiwa, Omar Ibrahim, Rahul Mutneja

“…Data on their demographics, preexisting risk factors, laboratory workup, imaging findings, treatment, and survival were collected retrospectively between March and July 2020. …”
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The Effect of Hyperhomocysteinemia on Motor Symptoms, Cognitive Status, and Vascular Risk in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Bilge Kocer, Hayat Guven, Isik Conkbayir, Selim Selcuk Comoglu, Sennur Delibas

“…Finally, we investigated carotid artery intima-media thickening and stenosis using colour Doppler ultrasonography as well as the presence of ischemic lesions using brain imaging techniques. Plasma Hcy ​​levels were higher with advanced age and in males. …”
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Predictors and lesion patterns of dysphagia and swallowing outcomes after acute intracerebral hemorrhage by Xiao Hu, Min Wang, Zijie Wang, Yanfang Xie, Mengqiu Zhang, Shanyu Zhang, Tiannan Yang, Chuanqin Fang, Libo Zhao, Yanghua Tian, Qi Li

“…Incorporating aspiration risk and imaging evaluation can further improve the identification of patients at high risk for swallowing impairment at both 1 week and 1 month after ICH.…”
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Diagnosis of Peripheral Lung Lesions via Conventional Flexible Bronchoscopy with Multiplanar CT Planning by Marianne Anastasia De Roza, Kien Hong Quah, Cheong Kiat Tay, Weiquan Toh, HuiHua Li, Ganesh Kalyanasundaram, Devanand Anantham

“…However, advancement of CT imaging offers multiplanar reconstruction facilitating enhanced preprocedure planning. …”
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Change Detection Analysis and Deforestation Rates in Oluwa Forest Reserve, Ondo State, Nigeria by J.O. Mephors, O.S. Afolabi, O.M. Ogoliegbune, I.S. Adamu, A.R. Orunkoyi

“…Maximum likelihood classifier approach was used to detect LULC changes in the study area of 1989 to 2019 using three Landsat images from 1989, 2004 and 2019. The observed changes were indicative of a decrease in the expanse of the forested area of (1989 to 2004), with 1989 having (89.2%) and 2004 (74.1%) with a differential range loss of (-15.1%), and a differential annual rates of deforestation of (-1.236436715). …”
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Sex-Specific Brain Activations during Single-Leg Exercise by Kyoungyoun Park-Braswell, Dustin Grooms, Sandra Shultz, Louisa Raisbeck, Christopher Rhea, Randy Schmitz

“…Functional magnetic resonance imaging data were obtained during a simple left knee extension-flexion exercise with their own leg weight while lying on the MRI table. …”
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Metastasis to the Bladder: A Rare Site of Recurrence of Renal Cell Carcinoma by Amanda Smart, Michael Wynne, Ezra Baraban, Yasser Ged, Armine Smith

“…The patient underwent transurethral resection of the bladder mass and pathology demonstrated clear cell RCC. Subsequent imaging showed no evidence of metastatic disease. …”
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Surgical Management of Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis: A Case Report in Kidney Transplant Patient by R. Shahbazov, M. Talanian, J. L. Alejo, F. Azari, A. Agarwal, K. L. Brayman

“…Surgical management included an exploratory laparotomy with extensive lysis of adhesions (LOA), repair of gastrocutaneous fistula, and end ileostomy with Hartmann’s pouch. Postoperative imaging confirmed resolution of the SBO, and the patient was transitioned to NGT feeds and eventually only PO intake. …”
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Simultaneous cardiocerebral infarctions: a five-year retrospective case series reviewing natural history by Cheryl Zhiya Chong, Benjamin Yong-Qiang Tan, Ching-Hui Sia, Thet Khaing, Leonard Leong Litt Yeo

“…We recorded patient demographics, cardiovascular risk factors, cardiac and cerebral occlusions, circumstances of admission and management of each patient. Patient notes and imaging findings were reviewed to determine the underlying cause of CCI. …”
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Aortic allografts in treatment of aortic valve and ascending aorta prosthetic endocarditis by S.V. Spiridonov

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Double Parathyroid Adenoma Presenting as One Mass: A Case Report by Rugilė Petruokaitė, Vitalijus Eismontas, Narimantas Evaldas Samalavičius

“…Further investigation revealed elevated parathyroid hormone (PTH), ionized and total calcium levels. Imaging showed two adenomas merging into one. Parathyroidectomy was performed and final intraoperative PTH (IOPTH) decreased by 71.6%. …”
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Calculation of Toric Intraocular Lens Power with the Barrett Calculator and Data from Three Keratometers by Jing Dong, Yaqin Zhang, Xiaogang Wang

“…To investigate the interdevice agreement for differences in toric power calculated using data on anterior corneal astigmatism obtained with corneal topography/ray-tracing aberrometry (iTrace), partial coherence interferometry (IOLMaster 500), and Scheimpflug imaging (Pentacam). Methods. The analysis included 101 eyes (101 subjects) with regular astigmatism. …”
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Structural and Functional Deficits in Patients with Poststroke Dementia: A Multimodal MRI Study by Huaying Cai, Zhiyong Zhao, Linhui Ni, Guocan Han, Xingyue Hu, Dan Wu, Xianjun Ding, Jin Wang

“…We collected T1-weighted and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data from 20 PSD patients, 24 poststroke nondementia (PSND) patients, and 21 well-matched normal controls (NCs). …”
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The methods of treatment of atrial fibrillation in patients with valvular heart disease by O.M. Grytsay, Y.V. Skybchyk, I.Y. Mokryk, E.V. Zhytyns’kiy, V.О. Kuts, О.J. Zharinov, B.M. Todurov

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Comparison of Frozen and Final Pathology Results in Patients Operated for Endometrial Hyperplasia by Gonca Turker Ergun, Ugurcan Zorlu, Burak Elmas, Bengü Nur Baris Akcan, Gul Kurtaran, Kadir Cetinkaya, Melike Doganay

“…STUDY DESIGN: The clinical findings, imaging results, and all pathology reports of patients who underwent total abdominal hysterectomy for endometrial hyperplasia (atypical or non-atypical) between January 2020 and January 2023 at our hospital were retrospectively evaluated. …”
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Squeeze-and-Excitation Vision Transformer for Lung Nodule Classification by Xiaozhong Xue, Yanhe Ma, Weiwei Du, Yahui Peng

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Recurrent secondary hyperparathyroidism due to a gradually increasing intrathyroidal parathyroid adenoma in a fifth parathyroid gland of a patient undergoing long-term haemodialysi... by Jun Yang, Ninghu Liu, Jili Wang, Xinhui Su

“…Twelve years after surgery, the nodule in the right thyroid was detected by multiple imaging modalities. In addition to the recurrence of renal hyperparathyroidism, the nodule gradually increased in size. …”
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Effect of myocardial revascularization upon long-term prognosis of patients with acute coronary syndrome and concomitant dıseases by R.R. Komorovsky

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UAlpha40: A comprehensive dataset of Urdu alphabet for Pakistan sign languageMendeley Data by Sameena Javaid, Shahood Sajid, Yusra Khan Baloch

“…A dataset named UAlpa40 has been compiled, comprising 22,280 images, among which 2,897 are originally created and 19,383 are created through noise or augmentation, representing the 36 static gestures and 393 videos representing the 4 dynamic gestures, completing the set of 40 Urdu alphabets. …”
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Mechanical Characterization of Reduced Graphene Oxide Using AFM by Alem Teklu, Canyon Barry, Matthew Palumbo, Collin Weiwadel, Narayanan Kuthirummal, Jason Flagg

“…The reduction of oxygen in the graphene oxide sample was estimated to about 10 percent using FTIR spectroscopic analysis. Images of the various samples were captured after each reduction cycle using Atomic Force Microscopy. …”
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