Prediction of cervical lymph node metastasis in solitary papillary thyroid carcinoma based on ultrasound radiomics analysis.

Objective: To assess the utility of predictive models using ultrasound radiomic features to predict cervical lymph node metastasis (CLNM) in solitary papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients.

Methods: A total of 570 PTC patients were included (456 patients in the training set and 114 in the testing set). Pyradiomics was employed to extract radiomic features from preoperative ultrasound images.

Comparison of the Diagnostic Accuracy of Percutaneous Fistula Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Combined with Transrectal 360° 3-D Imaging and Conventional Transrectal Ultrasound in Complex Anal Fistula.

This study compared the diagnostic accuracy of percutaneous fistula contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) combined with 360° 3-D transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) imaging (CEUS + 360°-TRUS) with that of conventional transrectal ultrasound in the diagnosis of complex anal fistulas. A total of 156 patients clinically diagnosed with complex anal fistula from January 2020 to December 2021 were studied and randomly divided into an experimental group (n = 82) and a control group (n = 74). Patients in the experimental group were examined by percutaneous fistula CEUS combined with CEUS + 360°-TRUS, while patients in the control group were examined using TRUS.

BODIPY-Mn nanoassemblies for accurate MRI and phototherapy of hypoxic cancer.

Hypoxia promotes not only the metastasis of tumors but also therapeutic resistance. Photosensitizer-mediated consumption of O during photodynamic therapy (PDT) reinforces tumor hypoxia. Herein, a light-dependent attenuator of a hypoxic environment is reported for accurate MRI and phototherapy of hypoxic cancer.