Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery

BACKGROUND: Adenomyosis is characterized by ectopic endometrial tissue, which causes dysmenorrhea, menstruation, and infertility, significantly impairing quality of life. Current treatments-including medications, surgery, and interventional…

BACKGROUND: As the cesarean delivery rate continues to rise globally, the treatment of previous cesarean scar defects (PCSD) remains challenging. This study aimed to analyze the variables that may influence the clinical cure rate of patient…

BACKGROUND: Adenomyosis is a common benign gynecological disease. Patients often experience abnormal uterine bleeding, dysmenorrhea, and infertility. Percutaneous microwave ablation (PMWA) is a minimally invasive method used for treating ad…

BACKGROUND: The heterogeneity of uterine fibroids in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is complex for a subjective visual evaluation, therefore it is difficult for an accurate prediction of the efficacy of high intensity focused ultrasound (…

BACKGROUND: It is a technical challenge to monitor ablation outcome during magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) treatment using non-gadolinium technique. The study aimed to investigate the value of diffusion-weighted imagin…

BACKGROUND: Hysterectomy places a considerable physical and mental burden on young female patients with congenital cervical and complete vaginal atresia. Thus, it is necessary to develop a method to detach the obstruction and simultaneously…

BACKGROUND: The application of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in the treatment of uterine fibroids is becoming increasingly widespread, and postoperative collateral thermal damage to adjacent tissue has become a prominent subject …

BACKGROUND: Accurate preoperative diagnosis of endometrial cancer (EC) with deep myometrial invasion (DMI) is critical to deciding whether to perform lymphadenectomy. However, the presence of adenomyosis makes distinguishing DMI from superf…

BACKGROUND: Tubal pathology is the etiological factor in 20% of couples with female infertility. Historically, diagnostic evaluation of the fallopian tubes has been performed by means of hysterosalpingography (HSG). Hysterosonosalpingograph…

BACKGROUND: The preoperative pathological diagnosis of rectal lesions is crucial for formulating treatment plans. For subepithelial lesions (SELs) and larger lesions with necrosis of the rectum, endoscopic forceps biopsy (EFB) cannot provid…

BackgroundThe cerebellum is less affected by normal aging or neurodegenerative diseases, the aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of renal function status on uptake of 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose (18F-FDG) in human cerebellum …

BACKGROUND: Neuroimaging studies have identified altered brain structures and functions in women with primary dysmenorrhea (PDM). However, previous studies focused on either structural or functional changes in specific brain regions rather …

BACKGROUND: Unilateral genital tract obstruction with ipsilateral renal anomaly (UGTOIRA) syndrome is a rare congenital urogenital anomaly, characterized by different combinations of uterine abnormalities, unilateral cervical-vaginal obstru…

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for the ablation of rectus abdominis endometriosis (RAE) as a noninvasive modality. METHODS: All patients diagnosed with …

BACKGROUND: Synthetic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can provide quantitative information about inherent tissue properties and synthesize tailored contrast-weighted images simultaneously in a single scan. This study aimed to investigate t…

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of pelvic congestion syndrome (PCS) remains a challenge given the lack of universally accepted criteria. Although venography (VG) is the current gold standard for the diagnosis of PCS, non-invasive techniques like …

BACKGROUND: Endometrial thickness (EMT) and blood flow are commonly used indicators of endometrial receptivity. However, the results of single ultrasound examination studies differ. Therefore, we used 3-dimensional (3D) ultrasound to study …