Surgical outcomes of patients with primary aldosteronism lateralized with I-131-6 β-iodomethyl-norcholesterol single photon emission/computed tomography without discontinuation or... by Chia-Hui Chang, Stephen Shei-Dei Yang, Yao-Chou Tsai, Shi-Wen Kuo, Shiou-Chi Cherng, Ching-Chu Lu, Ruoh-Fang Yen, Vin-Cent Wu, Ya-Hui Hu

“…The accuracy of NP-59 SPECT/CT without drug discontinuation or modification was also evaluated. Results: None of the 34 enrolled patients (M:F = 16:18) had complications such as a hypertensive crisis, life-threatening hypokalemic event, or cardiac arrhythmia. …”
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Nonlinear association between lung needle path CT attenuation values and postprocedural immediate pneumothorax following computed tomography-guided lung biopsy: a retrospective coh... by Shao-quan Zhou, Fang Luo, Xiong Ran, Jian Yang, Fu-rong Lv, Kang Li

“…Abstract Background Pneumothorax is a potential complication following computed tomography-guided lung biopsy (CT-LB). However, the relationship between the lung needle path CT attenuation values and risk of post-procedural immediate pneumothorax remains unclear. …”
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Value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography in staging of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer after thyroidectomy during... by T. M. Geliashvili, A. V. Vazhenin, T. P. Berezovskaya, E. B. Vasilieva, N. G. Afanasieva, V. V. Krylov, P. I. Garbuzov

“…The study objective is to evaluate value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (PET-CT) and whole-body scintigraphy (131I-WBS) performed during the first course of radioiodine therapy for its ability to detect persistence metastatic foci and for its role in the management of differentiated thyroid cancer patients.Materials and methods. …”
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Clinical Applicability of Various Digital Softwares Used in Forensic Odontology for Age Estimation Using Teeth on Cone-beam Computed Tomography Imaging: A Systematic Review and Met... by Gandikota Kartheek, G. Santhosh Reddy, Kolasani Balaram, Sameena Parveen, P. Veeralakshmi, Sally Hassan Abobaker, J. Suresh Babu, C. Swarnalatha, Abhishek Singh Nayyar

“…National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM), Scimago Journal Ranking, SCOPUS, and Web of Science (WoS) using keywords such as forensic odontology, age estimation, and digital cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), while only original research articles published between 2006 and 2023 were included. …”
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Machine learning-based radiomic features of perivascular adipose tissue in coronary computed tomography angiography predicting inflammation status around atherosclerotic plaque: a... by Kunlin Ye, Lingtao Zhang, Hao Zhou, Xukai Mo, Changzheng Shi

“…Objectives This study expolored the relationship between perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) radiomic features derived from coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) and the presence of coronary artery plaques. …”
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Performance of externally validated enhanced computer-aided versions of the National Early Warning Score in predicting mortality following an emergency admission to hospital in Eng... by Muhammad Faisal, Donald Richardson, Kevin Beatson, Robin Howes, Mohammed Mohammed, Andy Scally

“…Model M2 performed better than M0 in almost all major disease subgroups.Conclusions An externally validated enhanced computer-aided NEWS model (cNEWS) incrementally improves on the performance of a NEWS only model. …”
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Electromagnetic navigation system for computed tomography-guided synchronous percutaneous lung biopsy and microwave ablation of pulmonary nodules: a prospective, single-center, sin... by Shengwei Li, Zhixin Bie, Yuanming Li, Jie Sun, Jiangxu Zhang, Xiangyu Zi, Runqi Guo, Xiao-Guang Li

“…Background The purpose of this study was to clinically evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the electromagnetic navigation (EMN) system designed for computed tomography (CT)-guided synchronous percutaneous lung biopsy and microwave ablation (MWA) of pulmonary nodules.Methods This prospective, single-center, single-arm clinical cohort study was conducted in Beijing Hospital from March 2023 to May 2023. …”
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Gemcitabine-Loaded Microbeads for Transarterial Chemoembolization of Rabbit Renal Tumor Monitored by ¹⁸F-FDG Positron Emission Tomography/X-Ray Computed Tomography Imagi... by Xiaoli Zhang, Tingting Li, Jindong Tong, Meihong Zhou, Zi Wang, Xingdang Liu, Wei Lu, Jingjing Lou, Qingtong Yi

“…Background/Objectives: The purpose of this study was to develop the gemcitabine-loaded drug-eluting beads (G-DEBs) for transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) in rabbit renal tumors and to evaluate their antitumor effect using 2-deoxy-2-[(18)F]fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography/X-ray computed tomography (¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT). …”
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Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography to Optimize the Diagnostic Yield of Invasive Angiography for Low-Risk Patients Screened With Artificial Intelligence: Protocol for the Car... by Jeremy Petch, Juan Pablo Tabja Bortesi, Tej Sheth, Madhu Natarajan, Natalia Pinilla-Echeverri, Shuang Di, Shrikant I Bangdiwala, Karen Mosleh, Omar Ibrahim, Kevin R Bainey, Julian Dobranowski, Maria P Becerra, Katie Sonier, Jon-David Schwalm

“…Objectivehe CarDIA-AI (Coronary computed tomographic angiography to optimize the Diagnostic yield of Invasive Angiography for low-risk patients screened with Artificial Intelligence) study aims to evaluate whether AI-based risk assessment for obstructive CAD implemented within a centralized triage process can optimize the use of ICA in outpatients referred for nonurgent ICA. …”
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Age and sex-related outcomes in cardiovascular magnetic resonance versus computed tomography-guided transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a secondary analysis of a randomized cli... by Ivan Lechner, Fritz Oberhollenzer, Christina Tiller, Magdalena Holzknecht, Alex Kaser, Ronald K. Binder, Can Gollmann-Tepeköylü, Gert Klug, Agnes Mayr, Axel Bauer, Bernhard Metzler, Martin Reindl, Sebastian J. Reinstadler

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of age and sex on implantation success in patients undergoing CT- or CMR-guided TAVR. …”
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Novel application of deep learning to evaluate conversations from a mental health text support service by Daniel Cahn, Sarah Yeoh, Lakshya Soni, Ariele Noble, Mark A. Ungless, Emma Lawrance, Ovidiu Şerban

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Performance Evaluation of Uplink Cell-Free Massive MIMO Network Under Weichselberger Rician Fading Channel by Birhanu Dessie, Javed Shaikh, Georgi Iliev, Maria Nenova, Umar Syed, K. Kiran Kumar

“…However, estimating the channel with high-performance, low-cost computational methods is still a problem. Different algorithms have been developed to address these challenges in channel estimation. …”
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Machine learning evaluation of a hypertension screening program in a university workforce over five years by Olumide Adeleke, Segun Adebayo, Halleluyah Aworinde, Oludamola Adeleke, Abidemi Emmanuel Adeniyi, Oluwasegun Julius Aroba

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Machine-learning models for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis using neuroimaging data: survey, reproducibility, and generalizability evaluation by Maryam Akhavan Aghdam, Serdar Bozdag, Fahad Saeed, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

“…Once we had a good understanding of the methods available, we conducted a study to assess the reproducibility and generalizability of open-source ML models. Our evaluation shows that existing models show reduced generalizability when different cohorts of the data modality are used while controlling other computational factors. …”
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Positron emission tomography in mucosal melanomas of head and neck: Results from a South Asian tertiary cancer care center by Archi Agrawal, Gouri Pantvaidya, Vedang Murthy, Kumar Prabhash, Munita Bal, Nilendu Purandare, Sneha Shah, Venkatesh Rangarajan

“…To evaluate the accuracy of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in staging and restaging of patients with mucosal melanomas (MM) of head and neck. …”
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URFM: A general Ultrasound Representation Foundation Model for advancing ultrasound image diagnosis by Qingbo Kang, Qicheng Lao, Jun Gao, Wuyongga Bao, Zhu He, Chenlin Du, Qiang Lu, Kang Li

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Evaluation of the Clinical Impact of ISO 4049 in Comparison with Miniflexural Test on Mechanical Performances of Resin Based Composite by Luigi Calabrese, Francesca Fabiano, Lucio Maria Bonaccorsi, Valerio Fabiano, Chiara Borsellino

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Evaluating the Clinical Benefit of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Screening in a Tertiary Care Center in Saudi Arabia by Mahmoud E, Alhameed AF, Almukhtar A, Desai S

“…This study evaluates the clinical impact of CRE screening on infection risk and outcomes in patients with positive screening results.Objective: Compare CRE infection rates between patients with positive and negative CRE screening results.Design: Retrospective, non-experimental descriptive cohort study.Study Setting: Conducted at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSHRC), a tertiary care center in Madinah, Saudi Arabia.Subjects and Methods: Over one year, 1070 admitted patients were screened for CRE. …”
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Application of Compressive Sensing to Asymptotic Waveform Evaluation for Fast Frequency-Sweep Analysis of Electromagnetic Scattering Problems by Meng Kong, Ming-Sheng Chen, Xin-Yuan Cao, Xian-Liang Wu

“…To reduce the computing resource of full-scale impedance matrix and its high-order derivatives in traditional Asymptotic Waveform Evaluation (AWE), compressive sensing (CS) is applied to AWE for fast and accurate frequency-sweep analysis of electromagnetic scattering problems. …”
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Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Antinociceptive Properties of Novel CBD-Based Terpene-Cinnamoyl-Acyl-Hydrazone Analogues by Mikaela Lucinda de Souza, João Pedro Barros de Paiva, Graziella dos Reis Rosa Franco, Vanessa Silva Gontijo, Marina Amaral Alves, Hygor Marcos Ribeiro de Souza, Anna Carolina Pereira Lontra, Eduardo Araújo de Oliveira, Thaís Biondino Sardella Giorno, Isabella Alvim Guedes, Laurent Emmanuel Dardenne, Patrícia Dias Fernandes, Claudio Viegas Jr.

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