Magnetic susceptibility components reveal different aspects of neurodegeneration in alpha-synucleinopathies by Oliver C. Kiersnowski, Pietro Mattioli, Lucia Argenti, Laura Avanzino, Francesco Calizzano, Andrea Diociasi, Laura Falcitano, Chunlei Liu, Mattia Losa, Federico Massa, Silvia Morbelli, Beatrice Orso, Elisa Pelosin, Stefano Raffa, Matteo Pardini, Dario Arnaldi, Luca Roccatagliata, Mauro Costagli

“…Bulk magnetic susceptibility ( $$\chi$$ ) in the substantia nigra, from MRI-based quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM), is a potential biomarker of nigrostriatal degeneration, however, QSM cannot disentangle paramagnetic (e.g. iron) and diamagnetic (e.g. myelin) sources. …”
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Acute Neurotoxicity in Children Treated for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Lymphoblastic Lymphoma: A 10-Year Single-Centre Experience by Izabela Kranjčec, Nada Rajačić, Tamara Janjić, Monika Kukuruzović, Filip Jadrijević-Cvrlje, Maja Pavlović, Jelena Roganović

“…We detected electroencephalogram (EEG) irregularities in almost all patients and various morphological changes in the brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), most often consistent with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and leukoencephalopathy. …”
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Post-traumatic patellar tendon ossification in children: a case series by Kirill A. Kartavenko, Vyacheslav I. Zorin, Sergey A. Lukyanov

“…The clinical picture of pediatric patients with patellar tendon ossification manifests in the form of a chronic cascade of symptoms and functional and topographic disorders: patellar tendon ossification, patella alta, anterior knee pain, flexion contracture and rectus femoris muscle hypotrophy. X-ray and MRI data determine a formation of bone density with uneven clear contours in the projection of the patellar tendon, along with patella alta and the Caton-Deschamps index increasing more than 1.3. …”
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The Frequency and Associated Factors of Asymmetrical Prominent Veins: A Predictor of Unfavorable Outcomes in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke by Yue Wang, Jingjing Xiao, Li Zhao, Shaoshi Wang, Mingming Wang, Yu Luo, Huazheng Liang, Lingjing Jin

“…Consecutive patients with AIS admitted to the Comprehensive Stroke Center of Shanghai Fourth People’s Hospital between January 2013 and December 2017 were enrolled. MRI including diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), perfusion-weighted imaging (PWI), and susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) was performed within 12 hours of symptom onset. …”
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Cortical Reorganization following Injury Early in Life by Moran Artzi, Shelly Irene Shiran, Maya Weinstein, Vicki Myers, Ricardo Tarrasch, Mitchell Schertz, Aviva Fattal-Valevski, Elka Miller, Andrew M. Gordon, Dido Green, Dafna Ben Bashat

“…Here we studied changes in brain tissue volume, morphology, perfusion, and integrity in children with hemiplegia compared to typically developing children, using MRI. Children with hemiplegia demonstrated reduced total cerebral volume, with increased cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and reduced total white matter volumes, with no differences in total gray matter volume, compared to typically developing children. …”
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Different Temporal Patterns of Specific and General Autobiographical Memories across the Lifespan in Alzheimer’s Disease by Nathalie Philippi, François Rousseau, Vincent Noblet, Anne Botzung, Olivier Després, Benjamin Cretin, Stéphane Kremer, Frédéric Blanc, Liliann Manning

“…The proportions of total memories—supposed to reflect the ability to produce general memories—and specific memories retrieved were compared between AD patients and controls. Correlations to MRI volumes of temporal cortex were tested. We found different temporal patterns for specific and general memories in AD patients, with (i) relatively spared general memories, according to a temporal gradient that preserved remote memories, predominantly associated with right lateral temporal cortex volume. …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Mammography, Ultrasound, and Fine-Needle Aspiration in Detecting Breast Cancer in Patients with Painful Breast Masses:A Medical Record-Base Study by Hassan Vafapour, Sajad Borzoueisileh, Fatemeh Vafapour, Zafar Masoumi Moghaddam, Frough Nikeghbali, Yaghoub Barfar, Amir Hekmatifar

“…Diagnostic methods include physical examination, mammography, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and fine-needle aspiration (FNA). However, FNA has limitations due to its invasive nature and the need for a professional cytopathologist to interpret breast cytology results, which can pose significant challenges. …”
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Enhanced Visual Attentional Modulation in Patients with Inherited Peripheral Retinal Degeneration in the Absence of Cortical Degeneration by Sónia Ferreira, Andreia Carvalho Pereira, Bruno Quendera, Aldina Reis, Eduardo Duarte Silva, Miguel Castelo-Branco

“…Our study was aimed at determining the effect of genetically determined peripheral retinal dystrophy caused by Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) on visual cortical function and tested the recruitment of attentional mechanisms using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). We included thirteen patients and twenty-two age- and gender-matched controls. …”
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Clinical, genomic, and histopathologic diversity in cerebral cavernous malformations by Jian Ren, Daochao Wang, Leiming Wang, Chendan Jiang, An Tian, Ziwei Cui, Yeqing Ren, Lisong Bian, Gao Zeng, Guolu Meng, Yongzhi Shan, Jiantao Liang, Xinru Xiao, Jie Tang, Yukui Wei, Chuan He, Liyong Sun, Yongjie Ma, Jiaxing Yu, Guilin Li, Ming Ye, Peng Hu, Jingwei Li, Ye Li, Lijian Niu, Qianwen Li, Feng Ling, Jan-Karl Burkhardt, Hongqi Zhang, Tao Hong

“…This study underscores the diverse clinical, genomic, and histopathological characteristics in CCMs, suggesting potential predictive markers based on mutation subtypes and MRI features.…”
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Hormonal Influences on ADC Values in Breast Tissues: A Scoping Review of DWI in Pre- and Post-menopausal Women [version 3; peer review: 2 approved] by Neil Barnes Abraham, Abhimanyu Pradhan, Suresh Sukumar, Sneha Ravichandran, Winniecia Dkhar, Rajagopal Kadavigere

“…Inclusion criteria encompassed 1.5 Tesla MRI studies reporting ADC values in female subjects, considering menopausal status. …”
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MCPA: multi-scale cross perceptron attention network for 2D medical image segmentation by Liang Xu, Mingxiao Chen, Yi Cheng, Pengwu Song, Pengfei Shao, Shuwei Shen, Peng Yao, Ronald X. Xu

“…We evaluate our proposed MCPA model on several publicly available medical image datasets from different tasks and devices, including the open large-scale dataset of CT (Synapse), MRI (ACDC), and widely used 2D medical imaging datasets captured by fundus camera (DRIVE, CHASE $$\_$$ _ DB1, HRF), and OCTA (ROSE). …”
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Determinants of Success in Revision Cochlear Implant Surgeries: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Patient, Surgical, and Radiological Factors by Sarah Alshehri, Thikra Khalid Hamdi Alasmari

“…Data were collected from systematic chart reviews of electronic medical records, including demographics, surgical techniques, radiological output from standard high-resolution CT and MRI, and intraoperative data. The primary outcome was surgical success, defined by improved auditory function, stable device positioning, and absence of postoperative complications. …”
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Posttraumatic Cranial Cystic Fibrous Dysplasia by Arata Tomiyama, Kazuya Aoki, Haruo Nakayama, Hideaki Izukura, Hitoshi Kimura, Jun-ichi Harashina, Keisuke Ito, Morito Hayashi, Norihiko Saito, Takatoshi Sakurai, Toshiaki Oharaseki, Hitoshi Terada, Satoshi Iwabuchi

“…Skull X-ray Photograph (xp), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a bony defect and cystic changes in the skull corresponding to a subcutaneous mass. …”
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SAlexNet: Superimposed AlexNet using residual attention mechanism for accurate and efficient automatic primary brain tumor detection and classification by Qurat-ul-ain Chaudhary, Shahzad Ahmad Qureshi, Touseef Sadiq, Anila Usman, Ambreen Khawar, Syed Taimoor Hussain Shah, Aziz ul Rehman

“…In comparison, SAlexNet-2 achieved outstanding accuracy of (99.69 ± 0.22 %) and (99.17 ± 0.00 %) on the multi-class and binary classification MRI datasets, respectively. The STL-based SAlexNet-2 surpassed previous literature with complex models and techniques, achieving an accuracy of (99.20 ± 0.01 %). …”
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The e-STROKE Study: The Design of a Prospective Observational Multicentral Study by Kateřina Dvorníková, Veronika Kunešová, Svatopluk Ostrý, Robert Mikulík, Michal Bar

“…Data collection includes demographic, clinical, and imaging data variables such as age, sex, ethnicity, risk factors, treatment times (OTT, DNT, and OGT), TICI scores, post-treatment hemorrhage (ECAS II), mRS outcome, stroke etiology, e-ASPECTS, acute ischemic volume (AIV), thrombus length on NCCT, CTA collateral score and collateral vessel density, location of large vessel occlusion, ischemic core, hypoperfusion volume, mismatch ratio and volume, final infarct volume, hemorrhage volume, and MRI in case of negative follow-up NCCT. <b>Conclusions:</b> We anticipate collecting robust clinical and radiological data from approximately 2000 patients across 22 centers over a 12-month period. …”
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Tuberculous pericarditis due to silicon oxide exposure. A case report with an imaging approach by Andrés Felipe Donado-Moré, Jorge Ignacio Arrieta-Castaño, Lina Fernanda Acevedo-Forero, Jorge Alberto Carrillo-Bayona, Alejandro Vega-Molina, Wilmer Orlando Aponte-Barrios, Oscar Andrés Franco-Tavera

“…Conclusions: Tuberculous pericarditis should be suspected in patients presenting with hemorrhagic pericardial effusion, which can be reliably identified by ultrasound/echocardiography, CT, or MRI. It is recommended to include supportive diagnostic studies such as echocardiography, plain and contrasted CT of the chest, pericardiocentesis with ADA testing of pericardial fluid, and pericardial biopsy as the standard diagnostic approach in cases with clinical suspicion to reach a definitive diagnosis. …”
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Cardiac Tamponade as an Initial Manifestation of Cervical Cancer by Yuridia Evangelina Rodríguez-Rosales, Carlos Eduardo Salazar-Mejía, Blanca Angélica Soto-Martínez, David Hernández-Barajas, Oscar Vidal-Gutiérrez, Gabriela Sofia Gómez-Macías

“…A left supraclavicular lymphadenopathy was identified on physical examination, while gynecological examination and MRI were irrelevant. Initial cytology of the pericardial fluid showed a poorly differentiated carcinoma, and a cervical biopsy revealed a squamous cell invasive carcinoma. …”
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Myxedema Psychosis: Neuropsychiatric Manifestations and Rhabdomyolysis Unmasking Hypothyroidism by Sundus Sardar, Mhd-Baraa Habib, Aseel Sukik, Bashar Tanous, Sara Mohamed, Raad Tahtouh, Abdelrahman Hamad, Mouhand F. H. Mohamed

“…Additional investigations revealed a high thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) of 56.6 mIU/L, low free T4<0.5 pmol/L, elevated creatine kinase of 3601 U/L, and urine dipstick positive for blood, suggestive of myoglobinuria. MRI of the head was unremarkable. We diagnosed her as a case of myxedema psychosis and mild rhabdomyolysis. …”
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Lipid Deposition in Skeletal Muscle Tissues and Its Correlation with Intra-Abdominal Fat: A Pilot Investigation in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Manoj Kumar Sarma, Andres Saucedo, Suresh Anand Sadananthan, Christine Hema Darwin, Ely Richard Felker, Steve Raman, S. Sendhil Velan, Michael Albert Thomas

“…We acquired the 2D MR spectra of calf muscles using an enhanced accelerated 5D echo-planar correlated spectroscopic imaging (EP-COSI) technique and abdominal MRI with breath-hold 6-point Dixon sequence. <b>Results:</b> In YHC, choline levels were lower in the gastrocnemius (GAS) and soleus (SOL) muscles but higher in the tibialis anterior (TA) compared to AMHC. …”
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Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome complicated with aspergillus endocarditis and multiple organ infarctions after glucocorticoid treatment in an immunocompetent man: a cas... by Yuxi Zhao, Xiaoxin Wu, Xinyu Wang, Lanjuan Li

“…Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed multiple cerebral embolisms and abscess. …”
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