MRI-based radiomic and machine learning for prediction of lymphovascular invasion status in breast cancer.

Objective: Lymphovascular invasion (LVI) is critical for the effective treatment and prognosis of breast cancer (BC). This study aimed to investigate the value of eight machine learning models based on MRI radiomic features for the preoperative prediction of LVI status in BC.

Methods: A total of 454 patients with BC with known LVI status who underwent breast MRI were enrolled and randomly assigned to the training and validation sets at a ratio of 7:3.

Prediction of Subsequent Vertebral Fracture After Acute Osteoporotic Fractures from Clinical and Paraspinal Muscle Features.

To construct a nomogram based on clinical factors and paraspinal muscle features to predict vertebral fractures occurring after acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF). We retrospectively enrolled 307 patients with acute OVCF between January 2013 and August 2022, and performed magnetic resonance imaging of the L3/4 and L4/5 intervertebral discs (IVDs) to estimate the cross-sectional area (CSA) and degree of fatty infiltration (FI) of the paraspinal muscles. We also collected clinical and radiographic data.

Extracellular vesicles derived from cervical cancer cells carrying MCM3AP-AS1 promote angiogenesis and tumor growth in cervical cancer via the miR-93/p21 axis.

Tumor cells can promote angiogenesis by secreting extracellular vesicles (EVs). Meanwhile, tumor-derived EVs can carry long non-coding RNAs to activate pro-angiogenic signaling in endothelial cells. Here, we investigated the role of long non-coding RNA MCM3AP-AS1 carried by cervical cancer (CC) cell-derived EVs in the angiogenesis and the resultant tumor growth in CC, as well as the potential molecular mechanisms.

Comparison of whole-body 18F-FDG PET/CT and PET/MRI for distant metastases in patients with malignant tumors: a meta-analysis.

Background: As a first-line imaging modality, whole-body fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) and 18F-FDG PET/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) had been widely applied in clinical practice. However, 18F-FDG PET/MRI may be superior to PET/CT for the diagnosis of distant metastases in patients with advanced-stage. Therefore, it is timely and important to systematically determine the diagnostic accuracy of 18F-FDG PET/MRI compared with that of 18F-FDG PET/CT for the diagnosis of distant metastases.

Risk Factors for Lymphovascular Invasion in Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Based on Clinical and Preoperative Breast MRI Features: a Retrospective Study.

Rationale And Objectives: Lymphovascular invasion (LVI) plays an important role in the prediction of metastasis and prognosis in breast cancer (BC) patients. The present study assessed correlations between preoperative breast MRI, clinical features, and LVI in patients with invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) and identified risk factors based on these correlation factors.

Materials And Methods: Patients confirmed with IDC between 01/2012 and 12/2021 were retrospectively reviewed at our hospital.

Overuse wrist injuries in adolescent platform and springboard divers.

To investigate overuse wrist injuries in adolescent divers using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The bilateral wrists (76 wrists) of 38 professional divers were examined by MRI; 42 wrists with pain were placed in the symptomatic group, and 34 wrists without pain were placed in the asymptomatic group. Two experienced radiologists assessed the wrist injuries.

Refracture of the cemented vertebrae after percutaneous vertebroplasty: risk factors and imaging findings.

Background: To determine the related imaging findings and risk factors to refracture of the cemented vertebrae after percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) treatment.

Methods: Patients who were treated with PVP for single vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) and met this study's inclusion criteria were retrospectively reviewed from January 2012 to January 2019. The follow-up period was at least 2 years.

Correction to: Application of shear wave elastography and B-mode ultrasound in patellar tendinopathy after extracorporeal shockwave therapy.

In the original publication of the article the Fig. 1 has been removed, as the authors did not obtain the appropriate permission from the rights holder to use the image in this article.

Application of shear wave elastography and B-mode ultrasound in patellar tendinopathy after extracorporeal shockwave therapy.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in morphological and elastic properties, as estimated by B-mode ultrasound (B-US) and shear wave elastography (SWE), in volleyball athletes with patellar tendinopathy (PT) and changes after extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) as well as their relationships with US measurements and Victorian Institute of Sport Assessment-Patella (VISA-P) scores in PT.

Methods: Twelve healthy athletes (24 patellar tendons) and 31 volleyball athletes with PT (48 tendons) were included. All were examined by US and received VISA-P scores before the start of the study.

Effect of Long-Term Diving on the Morphology and Growth of the Distal Radial Epiphyseal Plate of Young Divers: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.

Objective: To investigate the effects of long-term diving on the morphology and growth of the distal radial epiphyseal plate in young divers.

Study Design: Cohort study.

Setting: Guangzhou Sport University.

The influences of walking, running and stair activity on knee articular cartilage: Quantitative MRI using T1 rho and T2 mapping.

Objective: To explore the different influences of walking, running and stair activity on knee articular cartilage with T1 rho and T2 mapping sequences.

Materials And Methods: MRI (3.0-T) scans of the right knee were performed in twenty-three young healthy adults immediately after 30 minutes of rest, walking, running and stair activity respectively.