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Originally motivated by the need for research reproducibility and data reuse, large-scale, open access information repositories have become key resources for training and testing of advanced machine learning applications in biomedical and clinical research. To be of value, such repositories must provide large, high-quality data sets, where quality ...
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Heart and circulatory diseases cause a quarter of all deaths in the UK and cardiac imaging offers an effective tool for early diagnosis and risk-stratification to improve premature death and disability. This domain of radiology is unique in that assessing flow and motion is essential for understanding and quantifying normal physiology and disease p...
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In recent years, there has been tremendous progress in endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) techniques and devices. This process has seen a change in incidence, risk factors, and treatment of endoleaks as well as in follow-up protocols after EVAR. In particular, recent literature has highlighted new concepts in the evaluation and prevention/treatmen...
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To validate the computed tomography (CT)-derived fractional flow reserve (FFRCT) that was computed by new, fast, automatic software and to compare the diagnostic accuracy between FFRCT and stenosis diagnosed at coronary CT angiography (CCTA). A total of 110 patients (76 males, 59±9 years) and 125 vessels underwent CCTA. FFRCT was computed by fast a...
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To determine whether antegrade or retrograde methods should be preferred for double-J stent placement in patients with malignant ureteral obstruction (MUO). The medical records of patients treated for MUO in the Urology and Interventional Radiology Clinic, Konya Training and Research Hospital, were reviewed retrospectively. Patients with benign aet...
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The number of patients with cochlear implants (CIs) is increasing due to expanding indications, and improving CI services. Furthermore, as the use of imaging increases in clinical medicine, it is increasingly likely that patients with CIs will require a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination during their lifetime. Therefore it is important th...
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To determine the clinical significance of variation in haematocrit (Ht) and haemoglobin (Hb) values before and after image-guided percutaneous core needle biopsies (PCNBs) and evaluate its clinical significance. This single-centre, retrospective study included all the patients who underwent image-guided PCNBs between November 2012 and September 201...
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To investigate the impact of a deep-learning algorithm on the quantification of coronary artery calcium score (CACS) and the stratification of cardiac risk. Computed tomography data of 530 patients who underwent CACS scan were included retrospectively. The scoring (including Agatston, mass, and volume scores) was done manually. The deep-learning me...
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To report prostate cancer (PCa) prevalence in Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System version 2 (PI-RADS v2) categories and investigate the potential to avoid unnecessary, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided in-bore biopsies by adding clinical and biochemical patient characteristics. The present institutional review board-approved, prospecti...
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To evaluate the diagnostic performance of dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) using the virtual non-calcium (VNCa) technique for the detection of different degrees of vertebral bone marrow oedema. The present prospective study was approved by the institutional ethics committee. Informed consent was obtained from all patients. Twenty patients und...
