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New Insights into Cardio-Neurology Diagnosis
edited by Ching-Hui Sia
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 206
Keywords: cardio-neurology; diagnosis; heart– brain; imaging; genetics; biomarkers  
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology of Liver Diseases
edited by , Philipp Wiggermann and Michael Haimerl
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 188
Keywords: interventional radiology; MRI; CT scans; early detection; ultrasound; liver diseases; transarterial chemoembolization (TACE); radiofrequency ablation (RFA); artificial intelligence; cutting-edge imaging; clinical practice
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Clinical Anatomy and Diagnosis of Peripheral Nervous System submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 150
Keywords: anatomy; peripheral nervous system; imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Recent Advances in Clinical Laboratory Immunology
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 150
Keywords: clinical laboratory immunology; diagnostic immunology; therapeutic immunology; autoimmune diseases; infectious diseases; allergic diseases; immunoassay techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Laboratory Medicine)
Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers and Physiopathology
edited by Silvia Ingala
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 140
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease; biomarkers; physiopathology; diagnosis; prognosis; treatment monitoring; concomitant cerebrovascular disease; neurodegenerative disorder
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Advancements in Ocular Neurodegeneration: Diagnostic Insights through Genetic Testing and Clinical/Instrumental Approaches
edited by Raffaella Cascella
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 118
Keywords: ocular disorder; genetic analysis; retinal neurodegeneration; epigenetic analysis; imaging analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Recent Advances in Diagnostics in Transfusion Medicine
edited by Minh Ha Tran
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 109
Keywords: plasma alternatives; factor concentrates and recombinant factors; therapeutic plasma exchange; cellular therapy with a focus on transfusion; dependent thalassemia and sickle cell disease; massive transfusion protocols and the emergence of whole blood for trauma; anti-CD38 therapeutics and benchtop protocols
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Laboratory Medicine)
Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology
edited by Zhuoting Zhu
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2336 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; computer vision; ocular imaging; cutting-edge technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
From B-Mode to 3-D: State of the Art and Clinical Advances in Vascular Ultrasound
edited by and Thomas Stadlbauer
submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1041 | Submission Open
Keywords: abdominal aortic aneurysm; aortic dissection; contrast-enhanced ultrasound; intravascular ultrasound; carotid artery stenosis; vascular ultrasound; peripheral arterial occlusive disease; thrombosis; chronic venous insufficiency; arteriovenous shunt
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Prognostic and Predictive Biomarkers of Lung Cancer
edited by Diego Kauffmann-Guerrero
submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3582 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomarkers; personalized medicine; molecular signatures; prognosis; predictive diagnostics; prognostic diagnostics; genetic biomarkers; blood analysis; liquid biopsy; imaging; lung cancer
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Hearing Loss: From Diagnosis to Pathology
edited by and Hamid R. Djalilian
submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1873 | Submission Open
Keywords: hearing loss; sudden sensorineural hearing loss; hidden hearing loss; audiology; hearing tests; auditory brainstem response; auditory nerve imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Diagnosis, Prognosis and Management of Hematologic Malignancies
edited by , , Alessandra Romano and Alessandro Allegra
submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 851 | Submission Open
Keywords: leukemia; myeloproliferative neoplasms; myeloma; lymphoma
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Urologic Oncology: Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment
edited by Jesús Moreno-Sierra and Juan Gómez Rivas
submission deadline 30 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 239 | Submission Open
Keywords: diagnosis; prognosis; urological tumors; urological cancer; uro-oncology; prostate cancer; kidney cancer; bladder cancer; testicular cancer; penile cancer; screening; surgery; treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Ultrasound Diagnosis and Guided Intervention of Musculoskeletal/Neuromuscular Pathology 2023 submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 27510 | Submission Open
Keywords: diagnosis; ultrasound; pain; muscle; tendon; nerve; rehabilitation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Artificial Intelligence in Cardiology Diagnosis 
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 17581 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence in echocardiography; artificial intelligence in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; artificial intelligence in cardiac computed tomography; artificial intelligence in nuclear cardiology; artificial intelligence in electrocardiography; wearable technology in cardiology diagnosis; novel applications of artificial intelligence in cardiology diagnosis; ethical and legal challenges of artificial intelligence in cardiology diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
AI-Driven Intelligent Health Care Diagnostic Solutions: A Machine Learning Approach submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13738 | Submission Open
Keywords: convolutional neural networks; deep learning; medical image processing; artificial intelligence for health care disease diagnostics; machine learning; health care data analytics; optimization in medical image processing; evolutionary computing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Imaging of Musculoskeletal Diseases: New Advances and Future Trends submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12325 | Submission Open
Keywords: musculoskeletal imaging; musculoskeletal diseases; magnetic resonance imaging; ultrasound image; MSK
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Current Challenges and Perspectives of Ultrasound submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 12 articles | Viewed by 12227 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Trustworthy Machine Learning and Deep Learning Models in Healthcare
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11654 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Neuropathology, Neuroimaging and Biomarkers in Neurological Disease submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11337 | Submission Open
Keywords: neurological diseases; neurodegeneration; neuropathology; neuroimaging; neurobiology; neurodegenerative diseases; brain physiology; neurophysiology; biomarkers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Technical and Clinical Applications on Long-Axial-Field-of-View/Total Body PET-CT submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11070 | Submission Open
Keywords: total body PET/CT; LAFOV PET/CT; technical; clinical; tracers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Musculoskeletal and Neuropathic Pain in COVID-19: Diagnosis and Management Challenge submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11047 | Submission Open
Keywords: COVID-19; long-COVID; pain; musculoskeletal; neuropathic; sensitization; mechanism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Devices)
Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Congenital Heart Disease
edited by , , Ugo Vairo and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9999 | Submission Open
Keywords: pediatric congenital heart disease; multimodality imaging; interventional cardiology; adult congenital heart disease; fetal cardiac imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Artificial Intelligence in the Diagnostics of Dental Disease
edited by Hakan Turkkahraman
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8332 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; neural networks; dental diseases; clinical decision support systems; medical diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Retinopathy
edited by and Dominik C. Odrobina
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8146 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Advances in Diagnosis of Skin and Superficial Tissues Disorders—“Old and Emerging” Diagnostic Tools
edited by Costantino Ricci
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7749 | Submission Open
Keywords: melanoma; melanocytic pathology; Merkel cell carcinoma; adnexal tumors; anatomy of the skin; histology of the skin; molecular pathology; next-generation sequencing; immunohistochemistry; histology-sonography correlation; high-frequency ultrasound probes and high-level ultrasound machines; line-field confocal optical coherence tomography
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Recent Advances in Gynecologic Oncology: Diagnosis and Management
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7150 | Submission Open
Keywords: endometrial cancer; ovarian cancer; cervical cancer; vulvar cancer; ultrasound; colposcopy; diagnosis and management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Image Quality Assessment Methods in Radiography, Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7132 | Submission Open
Keywords: CR; MRI; CT; image quality; preprocessing and postprocessing; texture  analysis; artificial intelligence; quality control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Advanced Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies for Bladder Cancer submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6762 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomarkers; artificial intelligence; chemo-hyperthermia; BCG shortage; BCG unresponsive; intravesical therapies; multimodaltherapie; surgical treatment; immunotherapy; target therapy; oncological outcomes; functional outcomes; quality of life; psychological distress; body image
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Abdominal Diseases: Diagnosis, Treatment and Management
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6394 | Submission Open
Keywords: abdominal diseases; abdominal surgery; diagnosis; image-guided surgery/treatment; minimally invasive techniques; laparoscopy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Lesion Detection and Analysis Using Artificial Intelligence—2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6294 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; machine learning; lesion detection and analysis; diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
One Health Approach to Diagnose and Treat Fungal/Bacterial Infections submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6095 | Submission Open
Keywords: bacterial infection; fungal infections; pathogenesis of fungi; molecular diagnosis; treatment of fungal infections; MALDI TOF; fungal biomarkers; antifungal susceptibility testing; drug resistance in fungi
(This special issue belongs to the Section Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease)
The Use of Portable Devices in Emergency Medicine
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5449 | Submission Open
Keywords: portable devices; emergency medicine; smartphone applications; wearable technology; diagnostic accuracy; remote triage; real-time monitoring; emergency medicine education; point-of-care testing; telemedicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Devices)
Diagnosis and Management of Meningitis
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4800 | Submission Open
Keywords: Invasive Meningococcal Disease; Molecular epidemiology; Molecular diagnosis (including advanced sequencing technology); Clinical diagnosis; Clinical management; Therapeutic approaches; Vaccine prevention strategies; MenB protein vaccines; Vaccination programs and high risk patient populations; Meningococcal modeling in outbreaks and persistence on vaccine protection; Emergence of new meningococcal clones; Surveillance; Mass gatherings; preventive measures; Evolution of hypervirulent strains; N. meningitidis and non-specific syndromes; Carriage studies; Sero-epidemiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease)
Recent Advances in Malaria Diagnosis: 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4575 | Submission Open
Keywords: malaria; diagnostic; low-density infection; sensitive; specific
(This special issue belongs to the Section Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease)
T-cell Immunity Assays in the Management of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4330 | Submission Open
Keywords: CMV; Cytomegalovirus; (Solid) organ transplantation; Hematopoetic cell transplantation; Immunoassays; (Val)ganciclovir; T-cells; CD4+ T-cells; CD8+ T-cells; Vaccine(s); Adoptive immunotherapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease)
Urinary Tract Infections: Diagnosis and Management
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4303 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease)
ICU Disease Diagnosis
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3829 | Submission Open
Keywords: intensive care unit (ICU); disease diagnosis; critical care; biomarkers; imaging techniques; artificial intelligence (AI)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Laboratory Medicine)
Computed Tomography Imaging in Medical Diagnosis
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3724 | Submission Open
Keywords: computed tomography; medical diagnosis; imaging; internal organs; bones; soft tissue; blood vessels
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Liver Diseases—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3611 | Submission Open
Keywords: liver diseases; fatty liver; liver cirrhosis; viral hepatitis; hepatocellular carcinoma; diagnosis and Management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Functional Anatomy and Clinical Diagnosis
edited by Jorge Murillo-González
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3258 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
The Immune-Endocrine Aspect of Stem Cells—a Different Diagnostic Approach to Diseases 2023 submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3156 | Submission Open
Keywords: stem cells; bio-identical hormones; metabolic-inflammatory disorders; SNPs; neuro-degenerative disorders
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Ultrasound in Liver and Biliary Diseases
edited by Tudor Voicu Moga and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2996 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultrasound; liver and biliary diseases; ultrasound imaging; liver fibrosis; hepatocellular carcinoma; cholelithiasis; biliary obstruction; liver transplantation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Digestive Endoscopy: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2883 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Diagnostics)
New Insights into Diagnosis and Prevention of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
edited by Hiroko Naganuma, Masahiro Ogawa and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2689 | Submission Open
Keywords: hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); precancerous lesion; liver cirrhosis; screening system; diagnosis; prevention; liver tumor; liver
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Critical Issues in Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Diseases submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2594 | Submission Open
Keywords: pediatrics; neonatology; pediatric endocrinology; pediatric pulmonary disease; pediatric surgery; pediatric infectious diseases; pediatric nephrology; pediatric cardiology; pediatric radiology; pediatric gastroenterology; pediatric nephrology; pediatric urology; pediatric oncology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Diagnosis and Precision in Breast Cancer
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2586 | Submission Open
Keywords: breast cancer; diagnostics; personalized medicine; tumor heterogeneity; individualized treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Diagnostic Imaging of the Female Pelvis
edited by Matteo Bonatti and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2553 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Advances in Endoscopy submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2380 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Laboratory Medicine: Extended Roles in Healthcare Delivery
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2219 | Submission Open
Keywords: anaemia; pregnancy; point of care; nearer patient tesing; chronic kidney disease (CKD); machine learning; liver disease; liver function tests
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Laboratory Medicine)
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