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Investigating the diagnostic value of quantitative parameters based on T2-weighted and contrast-enhanced MRI with psoas muscle and outer myometrium as internal references for differentiating uterine sarcomas from leiomyomas at 3T MRI

Post-hysterectomy histopathological examination is currently the main diagnostic tool for differentiating uterine sarcomas from leiomyomas. This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of preoperati...

Authors: Mahrooz Malek, Maryam Rahmani, Seyyedeh Mahdieh Seyyed Ebrahimi, Elnaz Tabibian, Azadeh Alidoosti, Pariya Rahimifar, Setareh Akhavan and Ziba Gandomkar

Application of a machine learning method to whole brain white matter injury after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

The purpose/aim of this study was to 1) use magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), fibre bundle/tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) and machine learning methods to study changes in the white matt...

Authors: Xi Leng, Peng Fang, Huan Lin, Chunhong Qin, Xin Tan, Yi Liang, Chi Zhang, Hongzhuo Wang, Jie An, Donglin Wu, Qihui Liu and Shijun Qiu

Metabolic tumor burden on postsurgical PET/CT predicts survival of patients with gastric cancer

The prognostic value of postoperative ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose (¹⁸F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) to patients with gastric cancer remains unclear. This study aims to investigate the...

Authors: Gaofeng Sun, Chao Cheng, Xiao Li, Tao Wang, Jian Yang and Danni Li

Choroid plexus tumours on MRI: similarities and distinctions in different grades

The therapeutic planning varies for different grades of choroid plexus tumours (CPTs). The aim of this study was to define the similarities and distinctions among MRIs for different grades of CPTs, providing m...

Authors: Huan Lin, Xi Leng, Chun-hong Qin, Yong-xing Du, Wen-sheng Wang and Shi-jun Qiu

Ultrasound-guided percutaneous laser ablation for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: a retrospective analysis of 37 patients

Over the past ten years, more papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) has been diagnosed more frequently due to the development of imaging technology, and the incidence of PTMC has increased significantly. Ult...

Authors: Lili Ji, Qin Wu, Jun Gu, Xuedong Deng, Wei Zhou, Xing Fan and Feng Zhou

Evaluation of percutaneous unilateral trans-femoral implantation of side-hole port-catheter system with coil only fixed-catheter-tip for hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy

The technique for arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) is not standardized which limits its widely application. The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term functionality and complications of port-cath...

Authors: Jungang Hu, Xu Zhu, Xiaodong Wang, Guang Cao, Xiao Wang and Renjie Yang

Probabilistic independent component analysis of dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion MRI in metastatic brain tumors

To identify clinically relevant magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of different types of metastatic brain lesions, including standard anatomical, diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and dynamic susceptibil...

Authors: Ararat Chakhoyan, Catalina Raymond, Jason Chen, Jodi Goldman, Jingwen Yao, Tania B. Kaprealian, Nader Pouratian and Benjamin M. Ellingson

Asymptomatic versus symptomatic solid pseudopapillary tumors of the pancreas: clinical and MDCT manifestations

To delineate the features of multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) images and clinical characteristics of pancreatic solid pseudopapillary tumors (SPTs) of the pancreas in asymptomatic patients and compare...

Authors: Shudong Hu, Heng Zhang, Xian Wang, Zongqiong Sun, Yuxi Ge, Gen Yan, Changyong Zhao and Kemin Chen

Ultrasound Elastography supplement assessing nodal status of magnetic resonance imaging staged cervical N0 patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

To determine whether ultrasound elastography can distinguish reactive or metastatic small lymph nodes (sLN) of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) staged cervical N0 patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).

Authors: Jian Li, Fei Han, Yunxian Mo, Xindan Chen, Yong Li and Feifei Zuo

CT-based peritumoral radiomics signatures to predict early recurrence in hepatocellular carcinoma after curative tumor resection or ablation

To construct a prediction model based on peritumoral radiomics signatures from CT images and investigate its efficiency in predicting early recurrence (ER) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after curative trea...

Authors: Quan-yuan Shan, Hang-tong Hu, Shi-ting Feng, Zhen-peng Peng, Shu-ling Chen, Qian Zhou, Xin Li, Xiao-yan Xie, Ming-de Lu, Wei Wang and Ming Kuang

Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI of malignant pleural mesothelioma: a comparative study of pharmacokinetic models and correlation with mRECIST criteria

Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare and aggressive thoracic malignancy that is difficult to cure. Dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI is a functional imaging technique used to analyze tumor microvas...

Authors: Martina Vivoda Tomšič, Sotirios Bisdas, Viljem Kovač, Igor Serša and Katarina Šurlan Popovič

Comparative analysis of the value of diffusion kurtosis imaging and diffusion-weighted imaging in evaluating the histological features of endometrial cancer

This study evaluated and compared the performances of diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) for diagnosing and histologically grading endometrial cancer.

Authors: Wei Yue, Nan Meng, Jing Wang, Wenling Liu, Xuejia Wang, Minghuan Yan, Dongming Han and Jingliang Cheng

Application of magnetic resonance diffusion kurtosis imaging for distinguishing histopathologic subtypes and grades of rectal carcinoma

To evaluate the diagnostic performance of diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) for distinguishing different histopathological subtypes and grades of rectal carcinoma and to compare DKI with conventional diffusion-...

Authors: Ziqiang Wen, Yan Chen, Xinyue Yang, Baolan Lu, Yiyan Liu, Bingqi Shen and Shenping Yu

2020 vision or myopia? A personal perspective on the future of cancer imaging and an introduction to the sequels to the “How I Read Series”

Authors: Rodney J. Hicks

CT texture analysis: a potential tool for predicting the Fuhrman grade of clear-cell renal carcinoma

The purpose of this study was to analyze the image heterogeneity of clear-cell renal-cell carcinoma (ccRCC) by computer tomography texture analysis and to provide new objective quantitative imaging parameters ...

Authors: Zhan Feng, Qijun Shen, Ying Li and Zhengyu Hu

The utility of MRI histogram and texture analysis for the prediction of histological diagnosis in head and neck malignancies

To assess the utility of histogram and texture analysis of magnetic resonance (MR) fat-suppressed T2-weighted imaging (Fs-T2WI) for the prediction of histological diagnosis of head and neck squamous cell carci...

Authors: Noriyuki Fujima, Akihiro Homma, Taisuke Harada, Yukie Shimizu, Khin Khin Tha, Satoshi Kano, Takatsugu Mizumachi, Ruijiang Li, Kohsuke Kudo and Hiroki Shirato

Prediction of high nodal burden with ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in clinically node-negative breast cancer patients

Although the role of axillary imaging has been redirected for predicting high nodal burden rather than predicting nodal metastases since ACOSOG Z1011 trial, it remains unclear whether and how axillary lymph no...

Authors: Won Hwa Kim, Hye Jung Kim, So Mi Lee, Seung Hyun Cho, Kyung Min Shin, Sang Yub Lee and Jae Kwang Lim

Computed tomographic features of adenoid cystic carcinoma in the palate

To evaluate the computed tomographic features and create a prediction model for clinical diagnosis of adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) in the palate with intact mucosa.

Authors: Wu-tong Ju, Tong-chao Zhao, Ying Liu, Yi-ran Tan, Min-jun Dong, Qi Sun, Li-zhen Wang, Jiang Li and Lai-ping Zhong

Distribution of metastasis in the brain in relation to the hippocampus: a retrospective single-center analysis of 565 metastases in 116 patients

To examine the distribution of brain metastases (BM) in relation to the hippocampus, so as to determine the risk of metastasis in the hippocampus, and thus provide experimental evidence for the hippocampal avo...

Authors: Qian Sun, Min Li, Gengming Wang, Hongbo Xu, Zelai He, Yongchun Zhou, Yan Zhou, Yufu Zhou, Hongwei Song and Hao Jiang

Whole-body diffusion-weighted MRI for operability assessment in patients with colorectal cancer and peritoneal metastases

Correct staging of patients with colorectal cancer is of utmost importance for the prediction of operability. Although computed tomography (CT) has a good overall performance, estimation of peritoneal cancer s...

Authors: Raphaëla Carmen Dresen, Sofie De Vuysere, Frederik De Keyzer, Eric Van Cutsem, Hans Prenen, Ragna Vanslembrouck, Gert De Hertogh, Albert Wolthuis, André D’Hoore and Vincent Vandecaveye

“Sentinel lymph node imaging with sequential SPECT/CT lymphoscintigraphy before and after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with cancer of the oesophagus or gastro-oesophageal junction – a pilot study”

In current best practise, curatively intended treatment for oesophageal cancer usually consists of neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy (nCRT) or perioperative chemotherapy, and oesophagectomy. Sentinel Lymph Node B...

Authors: Stefan Gabrielson, Jon A. Tsai, Fuat Celebioglu, Magnus Nilsson, Ioannis Rouvelas, Mats Lindblad, Annie Bjäreback, Artur Tomson and Rimma Axelsson

CT texture analysis of lung adenocarcinoma: can Radiomic features be surrogate biomarkers for EGFR mutation statuses

To investigate whether radiomic features can be surrogate biomarkers for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation statuses.

Authors: Dongdong Mei, Yan Luo, Yan Wang and Jingshan Gong

IDEAL-IQ in an oncologic population: meeting the challenge of concomitant liver fat and liver iron

Cancer patients often have a history of chemotherapy, putting them at increased risk of liver toxicity and pancytopenia, leading to elevated liver fat and elevated liver iron respectively. T1-in-and-out-of-pha...

Authors: Sarah Eskreis-Winkler, Giuseppe Corrias, Serena Monti, Junting Zheng, Marinela Capanu, Simone Krebs, Maggie Fung, Scott Reeder and Lorenzo Mannelli

Discrepancies of assessments in a RECIST 1.1 phase II clinical trial – association between adjudication rate and variability in images and tumors selection

In imaging-based clinical trials, it is common practice to perform double reads for each image, discrepant interpretations can result from these two different evaluations. In this study we analyzed discrepanci...

Authors: Hubert Beaumont, Tracey L. Evans, Catherine Klifa, Ali Guermazi, Sae Rom Hong, Mustapha Chadjaa and Zsuzsanna Monostori

Preoperative prediction of peripancreatic vein invasion by pancreatic head cancer

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is often diagnosed at an advanced stage when adjacent vascular invasion is present. Accurate evaluation of presence of vascular invasion can help guide therapy. The aim of this study ...

Authors: Yi-Nan Shen, Cheng-Xiang Guo, Yao Pan, Yi-Wen Chen, Tian-Yu Tang, Yu-Wei Li, Jun-Hua Lu, Gang Jin, Ren-Yi Qin, Wei-Yun Yao, Ting-Bo Liang and Xue-Li Bai

Comparison of gadoxetic acid versus gadopentetate dimeglumine for the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma at 1.5 T using the liver imaging reporting and data system (LI-RADS v.2017)

The goal of this study was to investigate the Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) v.2017 for the categorization of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) with gadoxetic acid compared with gadopentetate...

Authors: Ying Ding, Sheng-xiang Rao, Wen-tao Wang, Cai-zhong Chen, Ren-chen Li and Mengsu Zeng

The eye of the beholder: orbital metastases from midgut neuroendocrine tumors, a two institution experience

Metastases to the orbit occur rarely in midgut neuroendocrine tumor (NET) patients with only 20 cases reported to date. Patients typically present with bilateral involvement of the recti muscles and experience...

Authors: Satya Das, Gino Pineda, Laura Goff, Rachel Sobel, Jordan Berlin and George Fisher

Tumor heterogeneity in gastrointestinal stromal tumors of the small bowel: volumetric CT texture analysis as a potential biomarker for risk stratification

To explore whether volumetric CT texture analysis (CTTA) can serve as a potential imaging biomarker for risk stratification of small bowel gastrointestinal stromal tumors (small bowel-GISTs).

Authors: Cui Feng, Fangfang Lu, Yaqi Shen, Anqin Li, Hao Yu, Hao Tang, Zhen Li and Daoyu Hu

Endometrial cancer: an overview of novelties in treatment and related imaging keypoints for local staging

Endometrial cancer is the most common gynaecologic malignancy in developed countries and its incidence is increasing. First-level treatment, if no contraindicated, is based on surgery. Pre-operative imaging is...

Authors: Stefania Rizzo, Marco Femia, Valentina Buscarino, Dorella Franchi, Annalisa Garbi, Vanna Zanagnolo, Maria Del Grande, Lucia Manganaro, Sarah Alessi, Caterina Giannitto, Francesca Ruju and Massimo Bellomi

Mono, bi- and tri-exponential diffusion MRI modelling for renal solid masses and comparison with histopathological findings

To compare diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM), and tri-exponential models of the diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signal for the characterization of renal lesions in ...

Authors: Sophie van Baalen, Martijn Froeling, Marino Asselman, Caroline Klazen, Claire Jeltes, Lotte van Dijk, Bart Vroling, Pieter Dik and Bennie ten Haken

Diffusion-weighted imaging of rectal cancer on repeatability and cancer characterization: an effect of b-value distribution study

To explore the effect of b-value distributions on the repeatability and diagnostic performance of the ADC value in rectal cancer patients using multiple b-values and mono-exponential model diffusion-weighted i...

Authors: Luguang Chen, Fu Shen, Zhihui Li, Haidi Lu, Yukun Chen, Zhen Wang and Jianping Lu

Detection of gastric cancer and its histological type based on iodine concentration in spectral CT

Computed tomography (CT) imaging is the most common imaging modality for the diagnosis and staging of gastric cancer. The aim of this study is was to prospectively explore the ability of quantitative spectral ...

Authors: Rui Li, Jing Li, Xiaopeng Wang, Pan Liang and Jianbo Gao

Evaluation of pancreatic tumor development in KPC mice using multi-parametric MRI

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is a fatal disease with very poor prognosis. Development of sensitive and noninvasive methods to monitor tumor progression in PDA is a critical and unmet need. Magnetic r...

Authors: Ravneet Vohra, Joshua Park, Yak-Nam Wang, Kayla Gravelle, Stella Whang, Joo-Ha Hwang and Donghoon Lee

Pain control for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing CT-guided percutaneous microwave ablation

Hepatic percutaneous microwave ablation (MWA) is usually performed in patients under conscious sedation. Nonetheless, many patients reported pain during the procedure. The current study investigated the safety...

Authors: Hong-Zhi Zhang, Jie Pan, Jing Sun, Yu-Mei Li, Kang Zhou, Yang Li, Jin Cheng, Ying Wang, Dong-Lei Shi and Shao-Hui Chen

68Ga-PSMA PET/CT in prostate cancer patients – patterns of disease, benign findings and pitfalls

68Ga-PSMA PET/CT has an important role in assessment of prostate cancer patients with biochemical recurrence and is evolving in staging high- and intermediate risk disease. The aim of present study was to desc...

Authors: Zohar Keidar, Ronit Gill, Elinor Goshen, Ora Israel, Tima Davidson, Maryna Morgulis, Natalia Pirmisashvili and Simona Ben-Haim

Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of locally advanced breast carcinoma: the optimal time window of predicting the early response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy

It is very difficult to predict the early response to NAC only on the basis of change in tumor size. ADC value derived from DWI promises to be a valuable parameter for evaluating the early response to treatmen...

Authors: Li Yuan, Jian-Jun Li, Chang-Qing Li, Cheng-Gong Yan, Ze-Long Cheng, Yuan-Kui Wu, Peng Hao, Bing-Quan Lin and Yi-Kai Xu

The differentiation of pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: the values of CT imaging features and texture analysis

Imaging findings for pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma (PNEC) and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) often overlap. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the value of computed tomography (CT) imaging...

Authors: Chuangen Guo, Xiaoling Zhuge, Qidong Wang, Wenbo Xiao, Zhonglan Wang, Zhongqiu Wang, Zhan Feng and Xiao Chen

Imaging and clinical features of primary hepatic sarcomatous carcinoma

Primary hepatic sarcomatous carcinoma (PHSC) is a rare malignancy composed of both carcinomatous (either hepatocellular or cholangiocellular) and sarcomatous components. The purpose of our study was to evaluat...

Authors: Dongli Shi, Liang Ma, Dawei Zhao, Jing Chang, Chen Shao, Shi Qi, Feng Chen, Yunfang Li, Xing Wang, Yanyan Zhang, Jing Zhao and Hongjun Li

Accurate FDG PET tumor segmentation using the peritumoral halo layer method: a study in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

In a previous study, FDG PET tumor segmentation (SegPHL) using the peritumoral halo layer (PHL) was more reliable than fixed threshold methods in patients with thyroid cancer. We performed this study to valida...

Authors: Sungmin Jun, Jung Gu Park and Youngduk Seo

Identification and characterization of myocardial metastases in neuroendocrine tumor patients using 68Ga-DOTATATE PET-CT

Focal 68Ga-DOTATATE PET lesions within the myocardium of neuroendocrine tumor (NET) patients are observed in clinical practice. We determined the frequency and characteristics of lesions that are consistent wi...

Authors: Wolfgang G. Kunz, Ralf S. Eschbach, Robert Stahl, Philipp M. Kazmierczak, Peter Bartenstein, Axel Rominger, Christoph J. Auernhammer, Christine Spitzweg, Jens Ricke and Clemens C. Cyran

Findings of DTI-p maps in comparison with T₂/T₂-FLAIR to assess postoperative hyper-signal abnormal regions in patients with glioblastoma

The aim of this study was to compare diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) isotropic map (p-map) with current radiographically (T₂/T₂-FLAIR) methods based on abnormal hyper-signal size and location of glioblastoma tumor...

Authors: Manijeh Beigi, Mojtaba Safari, Ahmad Ameri, Mohsen Shojaee Moghadam, Azim Arbabi, Morteza Tabatabaeefar and Hamidreza SalighehRad

Accuracy of F-18 FDG PET/CT with optimal cut-offs of maximum standardized uptake value according to size for diagnosis of regional lymph node metastasis in patients with rectal cancer

The low sensitivity of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for the evaluation of metastatic lymph nodes (LNs) is mainly due to the partial volume effect in p...

Authors: Sung Uk Bae, Kyoung Sook Won, Bong-Il Song, Woon Kyung Jeong, Seong Kyu Baek and Hae Won Kim

Retraction Note: Pre-treatment DWI as a predictor of overall survival in locally advanced pancreatic cancer treated with Cyberknife radiotherapy and sequential S-1 therapy

The authors have retracted this article because Figs. 2, 3 and 4, as well as parts of the text have been previously published [1]. This article is therefore redundant. Yu Zhang, Denghui Liu, Jiaqi Song, Huojun...

Authors: Yu Zhang, Xiaofei Zhu, Denghui Liu, Jiaqi Song, Huojun Zhang and Jianping Lu

Proceedings of the International Cancer Imaging Society (ICIS) 18th Annual Teaching Course

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Risk of renal events following intravenous iodinated contrast material administration among inpatients admitted with cancer a retrospective hospital claims analysis

There is little published evidence examining the use of contrast material (CM) and the risk of acute renal adverse events (AEs) in individuals with increasingly common risk factors including cancer and chronic...

Authors: Chaan S. Ng, Sanjeeva P. Kalva, Candace Gunnarsson, Michael P. Ryan, Erin R. Baker and Ravindra L. Mehta

Castleman disease versus lymphoma in neck lymph nodes: a comparative study using contrast-enhanced CT

The purpose of this study was to determine the contrast-enhanced CT characteristics for differentiating between Castleman disease (CD) and lymphoma in neck lymph nodes.

Authors: Jie Li, Jia Wang, Zhitao Yang, Hexiang Wang, Junyi Che and Wenjian Xu

Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging of Li-Fraumeni syndrome patients: observations from a two rounds screening of Brazilian patients

Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is an autosomal dominant disease that is associated with germline TP53 mutations and it predisposes affected individuals to a high risk of developing multiple tumors. In Brazil, LFS is ...

Authors: Daniele Paixão, Marcos Duarte Guimarães, Kelvin César de Andrade, Amanda França Nóbrega, Rubens Chojniak and Maria Isabel Achatz

Gastric heterotopic pancreas and stromal tumors smaller than 3 cm in diameter: clinical and computed tomography findings

Identifying gastric heterotopic pancreas and stromal tumors is difficult. Few studies have reported computed tomography (CT) findings for differentiating lesions less than 3 cm in diameter. In this study, we a...

Authors: Li-ming Li, Lei-yu Feng, Xiao-hua Chen, Pan Liang, Jing Li and Jian-bo Gao

¹¹C-acetate PET/MRI in bladder cancer staging and treatment response evaluation to neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a prospective multicenter study (ACEBIB trial)

To evaluate the accuracy of ¹¹C-acetate Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PET/MRI) in bladder cancer (BC) staging and monitoring response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC).

Authors: Antti Salminen, Ivan Jambor, Harri Merisaari, Otto Ettala, Johanna Virtanen, Ilmari Koskinen, Erik Veskimae, Jukka Sairanen, Pekka Taimen, Jukka Kemppainen, Heikki Minn and Peter J. Boström

Clinical efficacy of chemoembolization with simultaneous radiofrequency ablation for treatment of adrenal metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma

This study investigated the safety and efficacy of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) with simultaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) as treatment for adrenal metastases (AM) from hepatocellular c...

Authors: Hongjun Yuan, Fengyong Liu, Xin Li, Yang Guan and Maoqiang Wang