Explainable artificial intelligence with UNet based segmentation and Bayesian machine learning for classification of brain tumors using MRI images by K. Lakshmi, Sibi Amaran, G. Subbulakshmi, S. Padmini, Gyanenedra Prasad Joshi, Woong Cho

“…Abstract Detecting brain tumours (BT) early improves treatment possibilities and increases patient survival rates. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning offers more comprehensive information, such as better contrast and clarity, than any alternative scanning process. …”
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Transcranial direct current stimulation for patients with walking difficulties caused by cerebral small vessel disease: a randomized controlled study by Qiaoqiao Xu, Qiaoqiao Xu, Wenwen Yin, Xia Zhou, Shuo Wang, Sishi Chen, Jiajia Yang, Chunhua Xi, Zhongwu Sun

“…Imaging and gait characteristic data were collected over three periods using magnetic resonance imaging and a gait analyzer, along with neuropsychological assessments.ResultsAmong 156 volunteers with CSVD-GD, 66 participated in this study, with 60 completing the entire process. …”
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An Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Navigation Technique for Inspection and Data Acquisition in UWSNs by Arif Wibisono, Md. Jalil Piran, Hyoung-Kyu Song, Byung Moo Lee

“…The model successfully navigates to the target point in 3D coordinates X Y Z, assuming the launch point as d0 (10 40 40), and reaches the q-goal target point (45 45 0) within 21 seconds, with the addition of uattractive and urepulsive (magnetic beacon attraction force and repulsion force as simulation of underwater current disturbance factor). …”
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Cerebral Embolic Protection in Patients Undergoing Left Atrial Appendage Closure by Julia Seeger, Philipp Seppelt, Mario Iturbe-Orbe, David Leistner, Jochen Wöhrle, Michael Joner

“…(1) Background: Cerebral magnetic resonance imaging has reported new cerebral ischemic lesions after left atrial appendage (LAA) closure in about one- third of patients. …”
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ACTION: Augmentation and computation toolbox for brain network analysis with functional MRI by Yuqi Fang, Junhao Zhang, Linmin Wang, Qianqian Wang, Mingxia Liu

“…Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been increasingly employed to investigate functional brain activity. …”
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<i>In vitro</i> assay of biological activity of a national preparation of macrophage activating factor (GcMAF-RF) by E. V. Levites, S. S. Kirikovich, E. V. Dolgova, A. S. Proskurina, G. S. Ritter, А. A. Ostanin, E. R. Chernykh, S. S. Bogachev

“…The biological activity of the GcMAF-RF preparation was detected by the induction of phagocytic activity of macrophages and their ability to produce nitrogen monoxide (NO) in vitro.The phagocytic activity of macrophages was evaluated by their ability to uptake magnetic beads. The degree of activation of macrophages was calculated by the ratio of trapped beads to the total number of macrophages. …”
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Apathy Is Correlated with Widespread Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) Impairment in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Cinzia Femiano, Francesca Trojsi, Giuseppina Caiazzo, Mattia Siciliano, Carla Passaniti, Antonio Russo, Alvino Bisecco, Mario Cirillo, Maria Rosaria Monsurrò, Fabrizio Esposito, Gioacchino Tedeschi, Gabriella Santangelo

“…Twenty-one consecutive ALS patients, in King’s clinical stage 1 or 2, and 19 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HCs) underwent magnetic resonance imaging and neuropsychological examination. …”
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Comparing the Rates of Further Resection After Intraoperative MRI Visualisation of Residual Tumour Between Brain Tumour Subtypes: A 17-Year Single-Centre Experience by Daniel Madani, R. Dineth Fonseka, Sihyong Jake Kim, Patrick Tang, Krishna Muralidharan, Nicholas Chang, Johnny Wong

“…BACKGROUND: Maximal safe resection is the objective of most neuro-oncological operations. Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (iMRI) may guide the surgeon to improve the extent of safe resection. …”
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Bridging brain and blood: a prospective view on neuroimaging-exosome correlations in HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders by Haixia Luo, Junzhuo Chen, Jiaojiao Liu, Wei Wang, Chuanke Hou, Xingyuan Jiang, Juming Ma, Fan Xu, Xire Aili, Zhongkai Zhou, Hongjun Li, Hongjun Li, Hongjun Li

“…Neuroimaging, particularly magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), offers a non-invasive and repeatable method to monitor subtle changes in brain structure and function, potentially detecting early signs of HAND. …”
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Lung adenocarcinoma metastasis within a pituitary neuroendocrine tumor: a case report with review of literature by Koji Suzuki, Shigeyuki Tahara, Yujiro Hattori, Shinichiro Teramoto, Eitaro Ishisaka, Chie Inomoto, Robert Yoshiyuki Osamura, Akio Morita, Yasuo Murai

“…A 75-year-old man who underwent tumor resection 36 and 18 years prior to presentation for bladder and colon cancer, respectively, without recurrence presented with bitemporal hemianopsia, ptosis, and diplopia of the right eye. Subsequent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a tumor 3.2 cm in diameter that extended from the anterior pituitary gland to the suprasellar region. …”
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Butyric Acid Modulates Gut Microbiota to Alleviate Inflammation and Secondary Bone Loss in Ankylosing Spondylitis by Ke You, Lianjun Yang, Zhihai Su, Jun Shen, Xinyang Fan, Yuanqing Guo, Zhen Yuan, Hai Lu

“…Various techniques, including an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), micro-CT, histology, quantitative PCR (qPCR) for intestinal tight junction protein expression, and 16S rDNA sequencing to analyze gut microbiota abundance, were employed to assess the inflammation and bone health in the target tissues. …”
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A Study on the Line of Sight to Galaxies Detected at Gamma-Ray Energies by Amy Furniss, Josepf N. Amador, Olivier Hervet, Ollie Jackson, David A. Williams

“…It might relate to propagation effects from lower magnetic or radiative background fields within voids or to an environment more favorable for gamma-ray production for AGN near voids.…”
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The Upregulation of COX2 in Human Degenerated Nucleus Pulposus: The Association of Inflammation with Intervertebral Disc Degeneration by Chang Liu, Guoyan Liang, Zhantao Deng, Jing Tan, Qiujian Zheng, Feng-Juan Lyu

“…We recorded baseline information about age, gender, body mass index (BMI), diabetes history, smoking history, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Their association with IVDD was statistically analyzed. …”
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Magnetohydrodynamic mixed convective heat transfer augmentation in a rectangular lid-driven enclosure with a circular hollow cylinder utilizing nanofluids by U.K. Suma, M. Masum Billah, Aminur Rahman Khan, K.E. Hoque

“…The computational investigations of the flow and thermal field inside the enclosure have been performed by varying the governing and physical parameters, namely: Richardson number (0.1  ≤ Ri ≤ 10), Hartman number (0 ≤ Ha ≤ 100), cylinder diameter (0.09 ≤ D ≤ 0.20), solid volume fraction (0.001 ≤ δ ≤ 0.05)), inclination of magnetic field (0° ≤ ϕ ≤ 90°), and non-dimensional time (0.1 ≤ τ ≤ 1). …”
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Case Report: Clinical awareness about the effect of laser interstitial thermal therapy on pediatric high-grade brain tumors after radiotherapy by Sandra Fernandes Dias, Markus F. Oertel, Ana Guerreiro Stücklin, Nicolas U. Gerber, Elisa Colombo, Tristan P. C. van Doormaal, Niklaus Krayenbühl

“…The use of magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) for the treatment of brain tumors and epileptic lesions has increased in the field of pediatric neurosurgery. …”
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Intradiscal Injection of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Nucleus Pulposus-Like Cell-Seeded Polymeric Microspheres Promotes Rat Disc Regeneration by Kaishun Xia, Jian Zhu, Jianming Hua, Zhe Gong, Chao Yu, Xiaopeng Zhou, Jingkai Wang, Xianpeng Huang, Wei Yu, Liming Li, Jianqing Gao, Qixin Chen, Fangcai Li, Chengzhen Liang

“…By injecting NP-lC-seeded GDF-5-loaded GMs into the rat coccygeal intervertebral discs, the disc height and water content were examined with the molybdenum target radiographic imaging test and magnetic resonance imaging examination. Histology and immunohistochemistry results were shown with H&E, S-O-Fast Green, and immunohistochemistry staining. …”
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Assessing blood flow in uterine fibroids using intravoxel incoherent motion imaging compared with dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI by Teija Sainio, Jani Saunavaara, Gaber Komar, Antti Viitala, Saara Otonkoski, Kirsi Joronen, Antti Perheentupa, Roberto Blanco Sequeiros

“…Abstract To assess the utility of IVIM parameters in evaluating uterine fibroid blood flow compared to dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) derived blood flow. …”
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Clinical and radiological characteristics and 1-year self-reported outcomes from patients with encephalitis and coronavirus disease 2019 by Nathane Braga da Silva Rezende, Fernanda Gomes de Queiroz Barros-Aragão, Talita Pinto, Viviane Tavares Carvalho Crelier, Marcos Ravi Figueiredo, Carlos Otávio Brandão, Andrea Silveira de Souza, Fernanda Tovar-Moll, Gabriel R. de Freitas

“…Three patients (27%) had positive changes on magnetic resonance studies. In the outcome analysis, most patients (77%) reported gait difficulties and 66% reported memory and concentration problems. …”
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Integrating radiological and clinical data for clinically significant prostate cancer detection with machine learning techniques by Luis Mariano Esteban, Ángel Borque-Fernando, Maria Etelvina Escorihuela, Javier Esteban-Escaño, Jose María Abascal, Pol Servian, Juan Morote

“…Abstract In prostate cancer (PCa), risk calculators have been proposed, relying on clinical parameters and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enable early prediction of clinically significant cancer (CsPCa). …”
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Adult hypophosphatasia presenting with recurrent acute joint pain by Hayao Yoshida, Takaaki Murakami, Atsubumi Ogawa, Takashi Sunouchi, Naoko Hidaka, Nobuaki Ito, Hiromi Murakami, Hidenori Kawasaki, Tomoyuki Akiyama, Katsumi Nakajima, Daisuke Yabe, Taizo Yamamoto

“…A 22-year-old male experienced repeated and severe sudden attacks of joint pain in the elbows and knees. Magnetic resonance imaging and joint ultrasonography showed joint effusions indicating chronic inflammation. …”
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