A clinical study exploring the prediction of microvascular invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma through the use of combined enhanced CT and MRI radiomics. by Jiangfa Li, Wenxiang Song, Jixue Li, Lv Cai, Zhao Jiang, Mengxiao Wei, Boming Nong, Meiyu Lai, Yiyi Jiang, Erbo Zhao, Liping Lei

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A retrospective analysis was conducted on 93 HCC patients who underwent partial hepatectomy. The gold standard for MVI was based on the histopathological diagnosis of the tissue. …”
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Pros and Cons of the SeHCAT Test in Bile Acid Diarrhea: A More Appropriate Use of an Old Nuclear Medicine Technique by Bernardo Fani, Lorenzo Bertani, Italia Paglianiti, Lorenzo Fantechi, Nicola De Bortoli, Francesco Costa, Duccio Volterrani, Santino Marchi, Massimo Bellini

“…The 75-selenium homocholic acid taurine (SeHCAT) test is a nuclear medicine investigation considered to be the gold standard for the diagnosis of bile acid malabsorption (BAM). …”
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Red blood cell indices in different hemoglobinopathies: A cross-sectional study in Eastern India by Ayandip Nandi, Manas Talukdar, Saikat Bhattacharya, Susruta Sen, Supratik Biswas, Kuntal Roy

“…They can specially be utilized to differentiate BTT and E-trait as supportive tests in addition to the gold standard test of HPLC.…”
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Higher detectability of amyloid with phenol Congo red compared with alkaline Congo red by Marta Legatowicz-Koprowska, Justyna Szczygieł, Małgorzata Mańczak, Ewa Walczak

“…Early diagnosis, when the deposits are minimal, determines the prognosis and requires histological confirmation. The commonly adopted gold standard technique is alkaline Congo red (ACR) staining, though its sensitivity is limited. …”
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Electrochemical Skin Conductance May Be Used to Screen for Diabetic Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy in a Chinese Population with Diabetes by Tianyi He, Chuan Wang, Anju Zuo, Pan Liu, Ruxing Zhao, Wenjuan Li, Li Chen, Xinguo Hou

“…DCAN was diagnosed by the cardiovascular autonomic reflex tests (CARTs) as gold standard. In all subjects ESCs of hands and feet were also detected by SUDOSCAN™ as a new screening method. …”
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Zinner syndrome unveiled: Ectopic ureter and seminal vesicle cyst leading to urinary dysfunction: A case report by Zaid Sawaftah, Khaled Sawafta, Moath Hattab, Adel Abu Al Rub, Omar Sawafta, Jehad Khamaysa, Humam Emad Rajha, Jana Dibas, Muath Daraghmeh, Yazan Dibas

“…ZS is often diagnosed late due to nonspecific symptoms, with an average diagnosis age of 29.35 years. MRI is the gold standard for diagnosis, revealing seminal vesicle cysts, renal agenesis, and ejaculatory duct obstruction. …”
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UHPLC-UV method validation for simultaneous quantification of vitexin and isovitexin from Santalum album L. leaves by Thi Kim Phung Phan, Minh Quan Le, Kien Duc Ngo

“…The quantification procedure was performed on a Hypersil GOLD aQ Column (3 μm; 150 × 2.1 mm) at 35°C, with a mobile phase of acetonitrile (A) and and water with 0.1% formic acid (B), a flow rate of 0.3 mL/min, a detection wavelength of 336 nm, and an injection volume of 3 µL. …”
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CDMA/OTFS Sensing Outperforms Pure OTFS at the Same Communication Throughput by Hugo Hawkins, Chao Xu, Lie-Liang Yang, Lajos Hanzo

“…For each configuration, the performance of Gold, Hadamard, and Zadoff-Chu sequences is investigated. …”
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Tumor mutational burden quantification from targeted gene panels: major advancements and challenges by Sara Gandini, Laura Fancello, Pier Giuseppe Pelicci, Luca Mazzarella

“…Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) allows comprehensive measurement of TMB and is considered the gold standard. However, to date WES remains confined to research settings, due to high cost of the large genomic space sequenced. …”
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Descriptive study of the role of ultrasound in the evaluation of patients with interstitial lung disease associated with autoimmune connective tissue disorders by Varghese Koshy, Kiran Patel, Deep Yadav, Puneet Saxena, R A George, Vandana Gangadharan, George Koshy

“…HRCT findings suggestive of ILD were seen in 31 (73.8%). Considering HRCT as gold standard, LUS resulted in 01 false-positive and 02 false-negative results. …”
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Third-Generation Capsule Endoscopy Outperforms Second-Generation Based on the Detectability of Esophageal Varices by Sayoko Kunihara, Shiro Oka, Shinji Tanaka, Ichiro Otani, Atsushi Igawa, Yuko Nagaoki, Hiroshi Aikata, Kazuaki Chayama

“…All patients underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy within 1 month prior to capsule endoscopy as gold standard for diagnosis. The diagnosis using SB3 and SB2 for EVs was evaluated regarding form (F0–F3), location (Ls, Lm, and Li), and the red color (RC) sign of EVs. …”
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Anal Sphincter Function After Hemorrhoidectomy by A. M. Kuzminov, O. Yu. Fomenko, I. A. Mukhin, S. A. Frolov, D. V. Vyshegorodtsev, V. Yu. Korolik, S. T. Minbaev, S. V. Belousova

“…Thus, hemorrhoidectomy remains to be the “gold standard” for stage 4 hemorrhoids treatment, which is aimed at eliminating the three main vascular collectors. …”
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Label-free (fluorescence-free) sensing of a single DNA molecule on DNA origami using a plasmon-enhanced WGM sensor by Ghamari Shahin, Chiarelli Germán, Kołątaj Karol, Subramanian Sivaraman, Acuna Guillermo P., Vollmer Frank

“…In this study, DNA origami acts as a scaffold for the precise assembly of plasmonic dimers, composed of gold nanorods (AuNRs), which amplify detection sensitivity by generating strong near-field enhancements in the nanogap between the nanorods. …”
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Performance of Routine Helicobacter pylori Invasive Tests in Patients with Dyspepsia by Hsi-Chang Lee, Ting-Chang Huang, Chin-Lin Lin, Kuan-Yang Chen, Chung-Kwe Wang, Deng-Chyang Wu

“…H. pylori infection was diagnosed prospectively in 246 untreated dyspeptic patients who underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. The gold standard for H. pylori infection was based on a positive culture or both a positive histological examination and a CLO test. …”
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Successful Treatment of Plasma Cell-Rich Acute Rejection Using Bortezomib: A Case Report by Sara Hashemi, Reut Hod-Dvorai, Rebecca Tong, Liye Suo

“…Currently, there is no gold standard for the effective treatment of PCAR. …”
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Panoramic radiographic features for machine learning based detection of mandibular third molar root and inferior alveolar canal contact by A. Canberk Ulusoy, Tuğçe Toprak, M. Alper Selver, Pelin Güneri, Betül İlhan

“…Abstract This study uses machine learning (ML) to elucidate the contact relationship between the mandibular third molar (M3M) and the inferior alveolar canal (IAC), leading to three major contributions; (1) The first publicly accessible PR image dataset with semantic annotations for 1,478 IACs and M3Ms from 1,010 patients is introduced, which includes challenging cases, such as false positive contacts, with CBCT images as the gold standard, (2) Established radiological indicators for M3M-IAC contact were extracted as features using digital image processing, and these features were used as inputs for various ML methods. …”
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The Validity and Reliability between Automated Oscillometric Measurement of Ankle-Brachial Index and Standard Measurement by Eco-Doppler in Diabetic Patients with or without Diabet... by Jing Ma, Min Liu, Dawei Chen, Chun Wang, Guanjian Liu, Xingwu Ran

“…Regarding the Doppler ABI as the gold standard, the accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, +LR, and −LR of oscillometric ABI reached 95.22%, 94.34%, 95.48%, 20.873%, and 0.059% on the right. …”
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The Effectiveness of Dipstick for the Detection of Urinary Tract Infection by Isaac Dadzie, Elvis Quansah, Mavis Puopelle Dakorah, Victoria Abiade, Ebenezer Takyi-Amuah, Richmond Adusei

“…A quantitative urine culture was used as the gold standard. Results. The highest sensitivity value and negative predictive value were recorded for the combined “NIT+ or LE+” dipstick results. …”
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Managing Post COVID-19 Patient with Breathlessness by Yen Shen Wong, Muhammad Amin Ibrahim, Mohd Arif Mohd Zim, Mohd Fauzi Abdul Rani

“…A 69-year-old gentleman with background history of COPD GOLD D and ischemic heart disease was admitted with severe COVID-19 infection. …”
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2D wrinkle assisted zigzag plasmonic chains for isotropic SERS enhancement by Ziwen Yu, Swagato Sarkar, Sezer Seçkin, Ningwei Sun, Anik Kumar Ghosh, Sven Wießner, Ziwei Zhou, Andreas Fery

“…Due to the responsive PANI shell encapsulating the gold nanoparticles, this 2D zigzag assembly enables flexible tuning of plasmonic resonance under pH regulation.…”
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