Advanced Imaging Techniques for Assessing Fat, Iron, and Fibrosis in Chronic Liver Disease.

Imaging plays a critical role in the management of chronic liver disease (CLD) because it is a safe and painless method to assess liver health. The widely used imaging techniques include ultrasound, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. These techniques allow the measurement of fat deposition, iron content, and fibrosis, replacing invasive liver biopsies in many cases.

Phage biocontrol in water treatment and reuse systems: a nascent field with significant innovation opportunities.

While the use of phages in the food and biomedical sectors occurs commercially, their application in the water sector is less common and is typically demonstrated at a lower technological readiness level. This is so despite the potential that phages have to enhance the control of problematic bacteria (including pathogens) and protect infrastructure within the water sector. Fulfilling the great potential of this nascent field requires more research and development.

Addressing Inter-reconstruction variability in multi-energy myocardial CT Radiomics: The Benefits of combat harmonization.

Rationale And Objectives: To investigate the effect of ComBat harmonization on the stability of myocardial radiomic features derived from multi-energy CT reconstructions.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 205 patients who underwent dual-energy chest CTA at a single center. The data was reconstructed into multiple spectral reconstructions (mixed energy simulating standard 120 Kv acquisition and monoenergetic images ranging from 40 to 190 keV in increments of 10).

Editorial Note: Strategic engineering and functional mechanism elucidation of advanced materials in adsorption and catalysis for detoxification of contaminated water matrices.

Uncontrolled anthropogenic activities have contaminated water resources with emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides, microplastics, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and heavy metals, making them unsuitable for living ecosystems. Emerging contaminants pose a severe threat to ecosystems. Hence water treatment methods through improved efficiencies are essential for removing these contaminants at ease of application and at low energy.