Pericoronary adipose tissue radiomics features as imaging markers for coronary artery disease risk assessment: insights from gene expression analysis.

Aims: This study aimed to explore the correlation between radiomics features of pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) and gene expression in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), with the goal of identifying novel imaging biomarkers for evaluating CAD.

Methods: Between November 2021 and May 2022, data were collected from 60 patients diagnosed with CAD who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA). Samples of PCAT, three additional adipose tissue types, and peripheral venous blood were analysed.

Predictive value of CCTA-based pericoronary adipose tissue imaging for major adverse cardiovascular events.

Rationale And Objective: To evaluate the ability of the radiomic characteristics of pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) as determined by coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) to predict the likelihood of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) within the next five years.

Materials And Methods: In this retrospective casecontrol study, the case group consisted of 210 patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) who developed MACEs within five years, and the control group consisted of 210 CAD patients without MACEs who were matched with the case group patients according to baseline characteristics. Both groups were divided into training and testing cohorts at an 8:2 ratio.

A CT-based radiomics nomogram for the differentiation of pulmonary cystic echinococcosis from pulmonary abscess.

The purpose of this study was to establish a clinical prediction model for the differential diagnosis of pulmonary cystic echinococcosis (CE) and pulmonary abscess according to computed tomography (CT)-based radiomics signatures and clinical indicators. This is a retrospective single-centre study. A total of 117 patients, including 53 with pulmonary CE and 64 with pulmonary abscess, were included in our study and were randomly divided into a training set (n = 95) and validation set (n = 22).

Exploring the best monochromatic energy level in dual energy spectral imaging for coronary stents after percutaneous coronary intervention.

In this study, the optimal monochromatic energy level in dual-energy spectral CT required for imaging coronary stents after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was explored. Thirty-five consecutive patients after PCI were examined using the dual-energy spectral CT imaging mode. The original images were reconstructed at 40-140 keV (10-keV interval) monochromatic levels.

Air layer during the impact of droplets on heated substrates.

When a droplet impacts on a substrate, the air underneath the droplet is compressed to form an air layer of a dimple shape before the droplet wets the substrate. This air layer is important to the impact dynamics, and many studies have been performed to investigate the air layer during the impact process on unheated substrates. In this experimental study of the air layer, our results reveal that the air layer is profoundly affected by the substrate temperature, even if the substrate temperature is below the boiling point of the droplet fluid.