Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis due to Streptococcus constellatus in an Immunocompromised Male Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Charalampos Potsios, Panagiota Xaplanteri, Vasileios Zoitopoulos, Panagiotis Patrinos, Iro Ioanna Giannakopoulou, Ilektra Tzivaki, Theodora Kafentzi, Konstantina Samanta, Konstantina Filioti, Panagiotis Sideris, Konstantinos Letsas, Konstantinos Koukios

“…Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan showed lumbar spondylodiscitis, and blood cultures revealed Streptococcus constellatus. …”
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Clinical characteristics associated with cervical hydrated nucleus pulposus extrusion in dogs by Megan Lin, Christopher X. Hong, Mark Rishniw, Emma S. Davies, Jonathan H. Wood

“…Dogs with signs of cervical myelopathy and an MRI diagnosis of HNPE, IVDE, FCEM, CSM, or neoplasia were included. …”
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Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis by J. Čemerkaitė, I. Kaukėnaitė, R. Liutkevičienė

“…Diagnosis of NMOSD is based on clinical symptoms, MRI findings, and detection of AQP4-IgG antibodies in serum. …”
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Tripartite organization of brain state dynamics underlying spoken narrative comprehension by Lanfang Liu, Jiahao Jiang, Hehui Li, Guosheng Ding

“…Applying Hidden Markov Modeling to fMRI data obtained during spoken narrative comprehension, we reveal that the whole brain networks predominantly oscillate within a tripartite latent state space. …”
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Optical approaches for neurocritical care: Toward non-invasive recording of cerebral physiology in acute brain injury by Austen T. Lefebvre, Nicole E. Steiner, Carissa L. Rodriguez, Joseph P. Angelo, Eyal Bar-Kochba, Rohan Mathur, Marek Mirski, David W. Blodgett

“…Current established approaches for monitoring cerebral physiology include the neurologic physical examination, traditional brain imaging such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), electroencephalography (EEG), and bedside modalities such as invasive parenchymal probes and transcranial doppler ultrasound. …”
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Multisite Infection with Mycobacterium abscessus after Replacement of Breast Implants and Gluteal Lipofilling by Eva Rüegg, Alexandre Cheretakis, Ali Modarressi, Stephan Harbarth, Brigitte Pittet-Cuénod

“…At entrance, gluteal puncture for bacterial analysis was performed. MRI showed large subcutaneous collection. Debridement under general anaesthesia was followed by open wound management. …”
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Case Report: The first Korean familial case of BCAP31-related deafness, dystonia, and cerebral hypomyelination by Yoong-A Suh, Jisun Hwang, Go Hun Seo, Rin Khang, Jang Hoon Lee, Moon Sung Park, Young Bae Sohn

“…The male proband, born prematurely with very low birth weight (VLBW), exhibited severe global developmental delay, microcephaly, failure to thrive, dystonia, seizures, sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) requiring cochlear implantation, and mild facial dysmorphism. A brain MRI revealed white matter atrophy, thinning of the corpus callosum, and delayed myelination. …”
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The patellar compression angle: a new, accurate diagnostic angle for lateral patellar compression syndrome by Xiaokang Gao, Jinwei Liu, Jingyu Zhang, Zhitao Xie, Chengyue Yu, Yufei Yuan, Leming Mou, Weiguo Xu

“…Methods From June 2020 to May 2023, a retrospective analysis was conducted on 72 patients in the LPCS group and 140 patients in the Control group, all of whom underwent axial radiographs of the patella and knee MRI. The patellar compression angle (PCA), Tilting angle (TA), Congruence angle (CA), Grelsamer angle (AG), and Lateral patellofemoral angle (LPA) were used and compared statistically for their accuracy in terms of diagnosing LPCS. …”
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Focal Laser Ablation of Prostate Cancer: Definition, Needs, and Future by Pierre Colin, Serge Mordon, Pierre Nevoux, Mohammed Feras Marqa, Adil Ouzzane, Philippe Puech, Gregory Bozzini, Bertrand Leroux, Arnauld Villers, Nacim Betrouni

“…Precision, real-time monitoring, MRI compatibility, and low cost of integrated system are principal advantages of FLA. …”
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Bi-exponential diffusion-weighted imaging for differentiating high-grade gliomas from solitary brain metastases: a VOI-based histogram analysis by Yifei Su, Junhao Wang, Jinxia Guo, Xuanchen Liu, Xiaoxiong Yang, Rui Cheng, Chunhong Wang, Cheng Xu, Yexin He, Hongming Ji

“…A total of 57 patients (31 HGG, 26 SBM) who underwent pre-surgical multi-b DWI and structural MRI (T1W, T2W, T1W + C) were included. Volumes of interest (VOI) in the peritumoral edema area (PTEA) and enhanced tumor area (ETA) were selected for analysis. …”
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Comparison of Diagnostic Performance of PI-RADS V2 and V2.1 and Interobserver Agreement in Both Versions by Mustafa Koplay, Ali Furkan Batur, Serdar Göktaş, Mehmet Kaynar, Halil Özer, Ahmet Baytok, Ömer Faruk Topaloğlu

“…Objective: To compare the diagnostic performance for the detection of clinically significant prostate cancers and interobserver agreement between PI-RADS v2 and v2.1 Material and Method: The mpMRI images of 258 patients and 394 nodüles included in this retrospective study were obtained on 3T MR and evaluated by two radiologists according to PI-RADS v2 and v2.1. …”
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Alterations of triple network dynamic connectivity and repetitive behaviors after mini-basketball training program in children with autism spectrum disorder by Weike Zhang, Kelong Cai, Xuan Xiong, Lina Zhu, Zhiyuan Sun, Sixin Yang, Wei Cheng, Haiyong Mao, Aiguo Chen

“…This study investigated whether a mini-basketball training program (MBTP) could alter repetitive behaviors and the dynamic connectivity of the triple network. 28 male children with ASD were scanned twice with resting-state functional MRI and assessed for repetitive behaviors using the repetitive behavior scale (RBS-R). 15 children in the exercise group participated in a 12-week MBTP, while 13 in the control group maintained their regular routines. …”
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Prob-sparse self-attention extraction of time-aligned dynamic functional connectivity for ASD diagnosis by Hongwu Chen, Fan Feng, Pengwei Lou, Ying Li, MingLi Zhang, Feng Zhao

“…Our model is evaluated on fMRI data from the ABIDE NYU site, and the experimental results demonstrate that the model outperforms other methods in the paper with a classification accuracy of 81.8 %. …”
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Diffusion Maps Clustering for Magnetic Resonance Q-Ball Imaging Segmentation by Demian Wassermann, Maxime Descoteaux, Rachid Deriche

“…In this work, we present a diffusion maps clustering method applied to diffusion MRI in order to segment complex white matter fiber bundles. …”
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Extracranial carotid plaque calcification and its association with risk factors for cerebrovascular events: insights from the ANTIQUE study by David Pakizer, Dana Šalounová, David Školoudík

“…We aimed to investigate extracranial carotid calcification and its association with risk factors for ischemic cerebrovascular diseases.Materials and methodsAmong 1,863 consecutive patients in the Atherosclerotic Plaque Characteristics Associated with a Progression Rate of the Plaque and a Risk of Stroke in Patients with the Carotid Bifurcation Plaque Study (ANTIQUE), 132 symptomatic or asymptomatic patients (177 carotid plaques) with >30% carotid stenosis examined through computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were included. Statistical data were assessed using the χ2-test, Fisher’s exact test, t-test, and Mann–Whitney test to investigate the calcification risk factors.ResultsCompared to the absence of calcifications, spotty calcifications were associated with male sex [odds ratio (OR): 3.72, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.06–13.05], while large calcifications were associated with older patients (OR: 1.60 per 5 years of age, 95% CI: 1.20–2.13). …”
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Image and Histologic Characterization of Intracranial Neoplasias by Martha Yudey Rodríguez Pino, Dianarelys Villafuerte Delgado, Thaimí Conde Cueto, Odalys Yanes Isray, Adelaida Martínez Godoy, Carlos Rafael Rivera Prieto

“…Among the diagnostic methods that can be used computarized tomography (CT-Scan) and magnetic resonance image (MRI) are the techniques that define the patient’s diagnosis and treatment in this type of neoplasm. …”
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WDRIV-Net: a weighted ensemble transfer learning to improve automatic type stratification of lumbar intervertebral disc bulge, prolapse, and herniation by Ichiro Nakamoto, Hua Chen, Rui Wang, Yan Guo, Wei Chen, Jie Feng, Jianfeng Wu

“…A sample of lumbar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images from multiple clinical hospitals in China was collected and used in the proposal assessment. …”
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Resting-state BOLD temporal variability of the default mode network predicts spontaneous mind wandering, which is negatively associated with mindfulness skills by Sara Sorella, Cristiano Crescentini, Alessio Matiz, Alessio Matiz, Minah Chang, Alessandro Grecucci, Alessandro Grecucci

“…Therefore, resting-state MRI scans from 76 participants were analyzed with group independent component analysis to decompose brain networks into independent macro-networks and to see which of them predicted specific aspects of spontaneous and deliberate MW or mindfulness traits. …”
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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Diagnosis of Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Meta-Analysis by Jianxiong Zhang, Yunxiao Li, Qiufen Xu, Bo Xu, Haoyan Wang

“…With the improvement of the technique, the diagnostic accuracy of MRI has improved.…”
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Unexpected encounters: The surprising link between ovarian cancer and axillary lymphadenopathy by Marina Balbino, Federica Masino, Manuela Montatore, Francesca Anna Carpagnano, Giuseppe Guglielmi

“…The total body computed tomography (CT) scan and pelvic MRI confirmed the presence of a left ovarian tumor. …”
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