Image-based mandibular and maxillary parcellation and annotation using computed tomography (IMPACT): a deep learning-based clinical tool for orodental dose estimation and osteoradi... by Laia Humbert-Vidan, Austin H. Castelo, Renjie He, Lisanne V. van Dijk, Dong Joo Rhee, Congjun Wang, He C. Wang, Kareem A. Wahid, Sonali Joshi, Parshan Gerafian, Natalie West, Zaphanlene Kaffey, Sarah Mirbahaeddin, Jaqueline Curiel, Samrina Acharya, Amal Shekha, Praise Oderinde, Alaa M.S. Ali, Andrew Hope, Erin Watson, Ruth Wesson-Aponte, Steven J. Frank, Carly E.A. Barbon, Kristy K. Brock, Mark S. Chambers, Muhammad Walji, Katherine A. Hutcheson, Stephen Y. Lai, Clifton D. Fuller, Mohamed A. Naser, Amy C. Moreno, Renjie He, Steven J. Frank, Carly E.A. Barbon, Kristy K. Brock, Mark S. Chambers, Katherine A. Hutcheson, Stephen Y. Lai, Clifton D. Fuller, Mohamed A. Naser, Amy C. Moreno, Laia Humbert-Vidan, Renjie He, Kareem A. Wahid, Natalie West, Zaphanlene Kaffey, Alaa M.S. Ali, Ruth Wesson-Aponte, Carly E.A. Barbon, Mark S. Chambers, Katherine A. Hutcheson, Stephen Y. Lai, Clifton D. Fuller, Mohamed A. Naser, Amy C. Moreno

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Assessing the Predictive Capabilities of Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average and Linear Regression Models for Acute Changes in Clinical and Selected Laboratory Parameters in C... by Sharmin Nahar Sharwardy, Hasan Sarwar, Mohammad Nurul Akhtar Hasan, Mohammad Zahidur Rahman

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Towards accurate and efficient diagnoses in nephropathology: An AI-based approach for assessing kidney transplant rejection by Alexey Fayzullin, Elena Ivanova, Victor Grinin, Dmitry Ermilov, Svetlana Solovyeva, Maxim Balyasin, Alesia Bakulina, Pavel Nikitin, Yana Valieva, Alina Kalinichenko, Alexander Arutyunyan, Aleksey Lychagin, Peter Timashev

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Preoperative assessment using a scoring system after neoadjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil for locally advanced esophageal cancer: Who can avoid su... by Yasunori Kurahashi, Toshihiko Tomita, Takuya Okugawa, Kazuhiro Kitajima, Motoki Murakami, Shugo Kohno, Yudai Hojo, Eiichiro Nakao, Tatsuro Nakamura, Yoshinori Ishida, Shinichiro Shinzaki, Hisashi Shinohara

“…Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) with docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil (DCF) is highly effective for advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, and patients with a good response sometimes desire to avoid surgery. The aim of this single-center, retrospective study was to predict the probability of residual tumors using a newly devised scoring system and identify conditions that may obviate the need for surgery. …”
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Assessment of metal artifacts from titanium wrist prostheses: photon-counting versus energy-integrating detector CT by Nina Kämmerling, Simon Farnebo, Mårten Sandstedt, Ronald Booij, Anders Persson, Erik Tesselaar

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A Three-Dimensional Scale for the Qualitative and Quantitative Assessments of Secondary Alveolar Bone Grafting (SABG) in Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Patients Using Cone-Beam Co... by Ashish Kumar, Puneet Batra, Karan Sharma, Sreevatsan Raghavan, Aditya Talwar, Amit Srivastava, Sundereshwer Chander Sood

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Impact of preoperative inflammatory biomarkers on postoperative pneumonia and one-month pulmonary imaging changes after surgery for non-small cell lung cancer by Yingding Ruan, Wenjun Cao, Jianwei Han, Aiming Yang, Jincheng Xu, Ting Zhang, Ting Zhang

“…BackgroundThis study examined the effectiveness of preoperative inflammatory markers in predicting the occurrence of postoperative pneumonia (POP) and clinical outcomes based on chest computed tomography (CT) images in patients who underwent surgical resection for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).MethodsThis retrospective study included NSCLC patients who underwent lung cancer surgery at The First People’s Hospital of Jiande between January 2019 and October 2023. …”
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Computed tomography for difficult airways diagnostics by E. G. Usikyan, A. Yu. Zaytsev, K. V. Dubrovin, V. A. Svetlov, S. G. Zhukova, E. P. Fisenko

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18F-NaF PET/CT in Presumed Aseptic Pseudarthrosis after Spinal Fusion: Correlation with Findings at Revision Surgery and Intraoperative Cultures by Yacine El Yaagoubi, Jean-Edouard Loret, Eric Lioret, Clément Thomas, Adrien Simonneau, Laurent Vinikoff, Caroline Prunier-Aesch, Alain Chetanneau, Laurent Philippe, Maja Ogielska, Louis Bernard

“…Results In the revision surgery group (n=18), visual assessment by 18F-NaF PET/CT revealed that all 22 cages with an increased 18F-NaF uptake around intercorporal fusion material had mobility at revision surgery, whereas none of the fused patients (n=5) showed uptake around cage/intervertebral disk space. …”
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HCM-Echo-VAR-Ensemble: Deep Ensemble Fusion to Detect Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Echocardiograms by Abdulsalam Almadani, Atifa Sarwar, Emmanuel Agu, Monica Ahluwalia, Jacques Kpodonu

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Intestinal fibrosis assessment in Crohn’s disease patient using unenhanced spectral CT combined with 3D-printing technique by Qiapeng Huang, Zhihui Chen, Ruonan Zhang, Huasong Cai, Xufeng Yang, Xiaodi Shen, Lili Huang, Xinyue Wang, Qingzhu Zheng, Mingzhe Li, Ziyin Ye, Xubin Liu, Ren Mao, Yangdi Wang, Jinjiang Lin, Zhoulei Li

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Sacroiliac joint fusion guided by intraoperatively superimposed virtual surgical planning using simulated fluoroscopic images by Steven Lankheet, Nick Kampkuiper, Jorm Nellensteijn, Edsko Hekman, Gabriëlle Tuijthof, Femke Schröder, Maaike Koenrades

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How to assess chest wall deformity in children with pectus excavatum - evaluation of the agreement among methods by Kostić Marko, Sretenović Aleksandar, Savić Milan, Popović Marko, Kostić Sanja, Stamenović Davor

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Enhancing the Utility of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Assessment Tools in Abdominal Wall Hernia (AWH) Surgery Through Artificial Intelligence (AI): A Framework Proposal by Asim Abbas, Maria Luisa Davila Garcia, Srinivas Chintapatla

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Vestibular Aqueduct and Temporal Bone Radioanatomy in Patients With and Without Meniere Disease: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Analysis With Implications for Endolymphatic Sac Su... by Jeanne Bernard, Dario Ebode, Priya Vishnumurthy, Antonino Maniaci, Maria-Pia Tuset, Mario Lentini, Ralph Haddad, Giannicola Iannella, Mary Daval, Justin Michel, Stéphane Gargula

“…These variations and their spatial relationships with neighboring structures may pose technical challenges during endolymphatic sac surgery. We aimed to characterize the anatomical features of the VA and its relationship with surrounding structures in patients with severe Meniere disease compared to controls using high-resolution computed tomography (CT). …”
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Using a new artificial intelligence‐aided method to assess body composition CT segmentation in colorectal cancer patients by Ke Cao, Josephine Yeung, Yasser Arafat, Jing Qiao, Richard Gartrell, Mobin Master, Justin M. C. Yeung, Paul N. Baird

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Quality and Quantity Assessment of Tomographic Exams That Can Be Performed on Existing Hybrid Equipment at Botucatu Medical School Nuclear Medicine Services by Sérgio Augusto Santana de Souza, Felipe Monteiro Rodrigues, Allan Felipe Fattori Alves, Matheus Alvarez, Daniel Molena Seraphim, Raul Lopes Ruiz Junior, José Carlos Souza Trindade Filho, Sergio Marrone Ribeiro, Diana Rodrigues Pina

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Assessment of the medical radiation and non-radiation risks for the patients undergoing the surgical gender reassignment from female to male by V. V. Safronov, A. A. Davydov, A. V. Vodovatov, O. I. Startseva, A. M. Biblin, L. V. Repin

“…The study was performed on the sample of patients, undergoing the gender reassignment surgery from female to male. The structure of surgical procedures and the corresponding X-ray examinations was analyzed with the subsequent assessment of the radiation and non-radiation health risks. …”
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Development and Validation of the Relational Tissue Altered (RTA) Index: Applied Artificial Intelligence for the Assessment of Structural Impact from Laser Vision Correction by Aydano P. Machado, Louise Pellegrino G. Esporcatte, Marcella Q. Salomão, Bernardo T. Lopes, João Marcelo A. G. Lyra, Renato Ambrósio

“…Abstract Introduction A retrospective case–control study was carried out to develop a predictive computational model to objectively and accurately represent the impact of laser vision correction (LVC) on the corneal structure. …”
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Case Report: Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in acute myocardial infarction years after aortic replacement surgery: a case of severe vascular tortuosity by Yuanzhen Su, Gaixia Zhai, Lei Zhang, Hongliang Tian

“…Building upon these observations, we advocate an “aorto-coronary combined assessment” strategy for post-aortic surgery patients, integrating systematic imaging surveillance to facilitate early identification of coronary lesions. …”
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