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Recent Advances in Echocardiography submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8314 | Submission Open
Keywords: standard echocardiography; speckle tracking echocardiography; strain; myocardial deformation; 3D echocardiography; valvular reconstruction; differential diagnosis; artificial intelligence; acute heart failure; chronic heart failure; heart failure diagnosis; heart failure therapy; heart failure prognosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Management of Cardiovascular Disease
edited by Andrea De Martino and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6790 | Submission Open
Keywords: cardiovascular disease; heart; coronary artery disease; cardiovascular imaging; interventional cardiology; heart failure; cardiomyopathy; stroke; peripheral vascular disease
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis of Liver Disease and Its Syndromes
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submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6619 | Submission Open
Keywords: acute liver disease; chronic liver disease; viral hepatitis; liver cirrhosis; non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH); diagnosis; treatment; prognosis score
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Novel Imaging Techniques in Infection and Inflammation submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6227 | Submission Open
Keywords: inflammation; infection; imaging biomarkers; autoimmune diseases; novel diagnostic biomarkers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Innovation in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5575 | Submission Open
Keywords: gastrointestinal endoscopy; endoscopic therapies; peroral endoscopic myotomy; endoscopic submucosal dissection; endoscopic ultrasound; EUS; LAMS; endoscopic mucosal resection; endoscopic drainage; screening
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Artificial Intelligence in Computational Pathology
edited by Mohammed M. Abdelsamea
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4388 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
New Trends and Advances of MRI and PET Hybrid Imaging in Diagnostics
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4304 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Applications of CT Scans to Quantitative Imaging and Precision Medicine
edited by Shu-Ju Tu
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3391 | Submission Open
Keywords: quantitative imaging; radiomics; machine learning; precision medicine; individualized treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Liver Diseases and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
edited by Milica Stojković-Lalošević and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2988 | Submission Open
Keywords: liver disease; complications; inflammatory bowel disease; liver cirrhosis; MASLD; pregnancy; skin disorders
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Visual Impairment: Diagnosis and Management
edited by James Vernon Odom
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2961 | Submission Open
Keywords: visual impairment; low vision; vision loss; diagnosis; visual dysfunction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Advances in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine: Diagnosis and Management
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submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2707 | Submission Open
Keywords: COPD; asthma; interstitial lung disease; lung cancer; pneumonia (respiratory infection; pulmonary infection); obstructive sleep apnea; respiratory failure; acute respiratory distress syndrome
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Diagnosis of Cardio-Thoracic Diseases
edited by Tilman Emrich
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2464 | Submission Open
Keywords: cardiac disease; aortic disease; lung disease; computed tomography; magnetic resonance imaging; echocardiography; quantitative imaging; multiparametric imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Clinical Diagnosis, Prognosis and Data Analysis of Medical Parasites and Arthropods submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2434 | Submission Open
Keywords: clinical diagnosis; prognosis; data analysis; medical parasites; arthropods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease)
Diagnosis and Management of Reproductive Disorders
edited by , Radu Maftei and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2385 | Submission Open
Keywords: family planning; sex differences; psychological distress; reproductive disorders; in vitro fertilization; next generation sequencing; assisted reproductive technology; fertility status; reproduction; minimally and non-invasive diagnosis; infertility; fertility preservation; innovative therapies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Point-of-Care Testing for Infectious Diseases, 2nd Edition
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submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2363 | Submission Open
Keywords: point-of-care device; POCTS; infectious disease; standard operation protocol; pathogens; quick diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Devices)
Fluorescence Optical Imaging—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2289 | Submission Open
Keywords: medical diagnosis; 5 ALA fluorescence; yellow dye fluorescence; indocyanine green fluorescence; optical diagnosis imaging; laparoscopic imaging device; endoscope device; eye imaging device; diffuse optical imaging and tomography; optical coherence tomography; nonlinear optical imaging: multiphoton microscopy; higher harmonic generation approaches; multimodal imaging; photoacoustic imaging; functional in vivo imaging; brain; breast; and prostate imaging; high-resolution neuroimaging; nanoparticles and contrast-agent-enhanced imaging; spectral imaging for tissue and cellular pathology.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Diagnostics)
Advanced Radiological Diagnostics in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Cirrhosis
edited by Masahiro Okada
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2280 | Submission Open
Keywords: hepatocellular carcinoma; contrast-enhanced ultrasonography; contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance; Gd-EOB-DTPA; MR elastography; dual-energy CT
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Heart Disease in Aging
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submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2089 | Submission Open
Keywords: aging; cardiovascular impairment; neurodegenerative disease; metabolic homeostasis; inflammatory response; diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Diagnostic Approach and Innovations in the Different Dentistry Fields submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1868 | Submission Open
Keywords: diagnosis; oral surgery; implantology; orthodontic; endodontic; oral health; orthodontic diseases and innovation; tissue regeneration; reconstructive surgical procedures; tissue engineering; biomedical engineering; stem cells regeneration tissue; oral surgery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Imaging Diagnosis in Abdomen, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1811 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultrasound computed tomography; MR imaging; PET imaging diagnosis; oncologic imaging; therapeutic response assessment; biomarkers; multidisciplinary management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Generative AI and Deep Learning in Medical Diagnostics submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1729 | Submission Open
Keywords: generative AI; medical diagnostics; medical imaging processing and analysis; deep learning; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Pathology and Diagnosis of Thyroid Disease
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submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1664 | Submission Open
Keywords: pathology; clinical diagnosis; prognosis; thyroid disease; marker
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
New Perspectives of Digestive Endoscopy for Diagnosing Biliopancreatic Diseases submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1525 | Submission Open
Keywords: endoscopic ultrasound; fine-needle biopsy; ERCP; cholangioscopy; pancreatic cancer; pancreatic cysts; autoimmune pancreatitis; acute pancreatitis; chronic pancreatitis; cholangiocarcinoma
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Diagnosis and Prognosis of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
edited by Liliana Łykowska-Szuber
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1407 | Submission Open
Keywords: inflammatory bowel disease; tuberculosis; acute pancreatitis; chronic pancreatitis; celiac disease; biliary disease; gall bladder diseases; pancreatic cancer; colon cancer; diverticulitis; gastrointestinal infections; esophageal cancer; Barrett esophagus
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Research Update on Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound
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submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1405 | Submission Open
Keywords: contrast-enhanced ultrasound; diagnosis; treatment; prediction; microbubbles
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Image-Based Diagnostics and Radiometabolic Therapy of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: 3rd Edition submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1362 | Submission Open
Keywords: differentiated thyroid cancer; neck ultrasound; diagnostic radioiodine scan; 131I-SPECT/CT; FDG-PET/CT; computed tomography; MRI; PET/MRI; tetrafluoroborate; 131I-iodine therapy; dosimetry; theranostics; thyroglobulin; radiomics; personalized medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Imaging of Fetal and Maternal Diseases in Pregnancy: 3rd Edition
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submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1301 | Submission Open
Keywords: fetal; MRI; US; placenta; pregnancy; maternal diseases; imaging; surgery; obstetrics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1261 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Novelty and Challenge in CT Angiography
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1099 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Pulmonary Disease: Diagnosis and Management
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1037 | Submission Open
Keywords: pulmonary disease; lung disease; chronic airway diseases; diagnosis; treatment; prognosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA) as a New Diagnostic Tool in Ocular and Systemic Diseases—Third Edition
edited by , Stanislao Rizzo and Fabrizio Giansanti
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1036 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical coherence tomography angiography; non-invasive retinal imaging; biomarkers; Ocular and Systemic Diseases; diagnostics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Diagnostics)
Diagnosis and Management in Prenatal Medicine—3rd Edition
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submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1006 | Submission Open
Keywords: prenatal diagnosis; fetus; pregnancy; prenatal screening; invasive prenatal test; amniocentesis; chorionic villous sampling; NIPT
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Signatures Underlying Inflammation in the Pathogenesis and Evolution of Chronic Diseases submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 926 | Submission Open
Keywords: inflammation; biomarkers; inflammaging; inflammasome; diabetes mellitus; cardiovascular diseases; renal pathology; immunomodulatory therapy; periodontitis; oral diseases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Laboratory Tests for Kidney Diseases
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submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 866 | Submission Open
Keywords: kidney diseases; laboratory testing; diagnosis; biomarkers; kidney function; renal injury; diagnostic approaches
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Laboratory Medicine)
Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Disorders
edited by Ioannis A. Ziogas and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 745 | Submission Open
Keywords: liver cancer; pancreatic cancer; hepatobiliary disorders; pancreatic disorders; liver transplantation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Advanced Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Musculoskeletal Disorders
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submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 723 | Submission Open
Keywords: rotator cuff and shoulder instability; knee ligament rupture and osteoarthritis; foot and ankle injury; cervical and back pain; sports medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
A Rheumatologists’ Pocket Book: Current Evidence in Diagnosis and Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 516 | Submission Open
Keywords: rheumatoid arthritis; serological markers; synovial biopsy; auto-antibodies; inflammatory cytokines; musculoskeletal ultrasound; magnetic resonance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Technological Advances in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery for Diagnosis submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 494 | Submission Open
Keywords: oral and maxillofacial surgery; oral cancers; maxillofacial trauma; surgical and informatics technology; intraoperative navigation; robotic surgery; oral and maxillofacial surgery reconstruction; nanotechnologies; DNA sequencing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Advances of Autoinflammatory Diseases: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis
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submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 494 | Submission Open
Keywords: autoinflammatory disease; innate immune-mediated disease; autoimmunity; genetic variation; biomarker; inflammation; next-generation sequencing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS) in the Clinical Laboratory submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 420 | Submission Open
Keywords: LC-MS; clinical diagnostics; biomarker discovery; metabolomics; lipidomics; clinical samples; method validation; precision medicine; analytical techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Laboratory Medicine)
Diagnosis and Management of Open-Angle Glaucoma
edited by and Alina Popa-Cherecheanu
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 411 | Submission Open
Keywords: open-angle glaucoma; new technology; artificial intelligence in ophthalmology; gene therapy in glaucoma; new device
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Novel Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases
edited by Carlo Gabelli and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 289 | Submission Open
Keywords: Alzheimer’ s disease; biomarkers; neurodegeneration; neuroinflammation; miRNA; tau; exosomes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Nanotechnology-Based Detection and Cancer Theranostics
edited by Chao Wang
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 275 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanotechnology; detection; multifunctional nanoplatform; cancer; nanomedicine; tumor; theranostics; EPR effect
(This special issue belongs to the Section Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Devices)
Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Techniques in Pancreatic Diseases
edited by Germana De Nucci
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open
Keywords: pancreatic cancer; neuroendocrine tumor; endoscopy ultrasound; radiofrequency ablation; fine needle injection therapy; cryothermal ablation; therapeutic endoscopy; pancreas
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Pathology and Diagnosis of Neurological Disorders
edited by James Yip
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 244 | Submission Open
Keywords: stroke; CNS tumors; neurodegenerative diseases; traumatic brain injury
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Advances in Embolization: Diagnosis and Treatment
edited by Venkatesh Krishnasamy
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
New Technologies in Oral Medicine: From Molecular Pathology to Clinical Practice submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open
Keywords: oral medicine; molecular pathology; clinical dentistry; periodontics; orthodontics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Headache and Visceral Pain: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis
edited by , Giannapia Affaitati, Raffaele Costantini and Maria Adele Giamberardino
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open
Keywords: visceral pain; headache; cardiac pain; migraine; urinary pain; clinical diagnosis; pain comorbidities
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Arrhythmias
edited by Laura Vitali-Serdoz, Martina Nesti and Dirk Bastian
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open
Keywords: arrhythmia; electrocardiogram (ECG); cardiac implantable devices; antiarrhythmic drugs; cardiac monitoring; implantable loop recorder; digital health; wearable devices; electrophysiology study; catheter ablation; ventricular tachycardia; atrial fibrillation; supraventricular tachycardia; syncope
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Kidney Diseases: 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open
Keywords: chronic kidney disease; diabetic kidney disease; glomerulonephritis; polycystic kidney diseases; renal pathology; biomarker; kidney regeneration; hemodialysis; peritoneal dialysis; diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
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