Effect of a flipped classroom course to foster medical students' AI literacy with a focus on medical imaging: a single group pre-and post-test study.

Background: The use of artificial intelligence applications in medicine is becoming increasingly common. At the same time, however, there are few initiatives to teach this important and timely topic to medical students. One reason for this is the predetermined medical curriculum, which leaves very little room for new topics that were not included before.

Comparative Evaluation of Diagnostic Quality in Native Low-dose CT without and with Spectral Shaping employing a Tin Filter in Urolithiasis with implanted Ureteral Stent.

Purpose: Spectral shaping employing a tin filter can be used for dose reduction in CT of the abdomen in patients with urolithiasis. As ureteral stents may be in direct contact with the calculus, a good image quality is mandatory. The goal of this study was to obtain data of the effect of tin filtering on image quality and dose in patients with urolithiasis in direct contact with ureteral stents.

Effect of Contrast Agent Dose Reduction on Vascular Enhancement and Image Quality in Thoracoabdominal Dynamic 3-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Angiography: A Systematic Intraindividual Analysis in Pigs.

Objective: High spatial and temporal resolution contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) with gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) at standard dose offers both detailed anatomic information on both arterial and venous vessels and hemodynamic characteristics. Several preclinical and clinical dynamic 3-dimensional (3D) MRA studies that focused on arterial vessels only proposed that high image quality may also be achieved with significantly reduced GBCA doses, calling into question the need to use standard doses. A systematic analysis of GBCA doses and resulting image quality for both arteries and veins has not yet been performed.

Efficacy of ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (USgHIFU) for uterine fibroids: an observational single-center study.

Introduction: To evaluate treatment response of uterine fibroids after ultrasound guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (USgHIFU) with a special focus on fibroid size and characterization based on Funaki classification scheme, as well as clinical response to treatment of leading fibroid-associated symptoms.

Materials And Methods: Uterine fibroids treated by USgHIFU were assigned to Funaki type 1-3 based on T2-w-MRI. Differences in size, non-perfused volume ratio (NPVR) and volume reduction over time were determined using T1-/T2-w MRI sequences and contrast-enhanced sonography.

Fast 3D Isotropic Proton Density-Weighted Fat-Saturated MRI of the Knee at 1.5 T with Compressed Sensing: Comparison with Conventional Multiplanar 2D Sequences.

Purpose:  Compressed sensing (CS) is a method to accelerate MRI acquisition by acquiring less data through undersampling of k-space. In this prospective study we aimed to evaluate whether a three-dimensional (3D) isotropic proton density-weighted fat saturated sequence (PDwFS) with CS can replace conventional multidirectional two-dimensional (2D) sequences at 1.5 Tesla.