Deep Learning-Accelerated Prostate MRI: Improving Speed, Accuracy, and Sustainability.

Rationale And Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a deep learning (DL)-enhanced four-fold parallel acquisition technique (P4) in improving prostate MR image quality while optimizing scan efficiency compared to the traditional two-fold parallel acquisition technique (P2).

Materials And Methods: Patients undergoing prostate MRI with DL-enhanced acquisitions were analyzed from January 2024 to July 2024. The participants prospectively received T2-weighted sequences in all imaging planes using both P2 and P4.

Deep Learning in Knee MRI: A Prospective Study to Enhance Efficiency, Diagnostic Confidence and Sustainability.

Rationale And Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate a combination of deep learning (DL)-reconstructed parallel acquisition technique (PAT) and simultaneous multislice (SMS) acceleration imaging in comparison to conventional knee imaging.

Materials And Methods: Adults undergoing knee magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with DL-enhanced acquisitions were prospectively analyzed from December 2023 to April 2024. The participants received T1 without fat saturation and fat-suppressed PD-weighted TSE pulse sequences using conventional two-fold PAT (P2) and either DL-enhanced four-fold PAT (P4) or a combination of DL-enhanced four-fold PAT with two-fold SMS acceleration (P4S2).

Biomechanical Assessment of Liver Integrity: Prospective Evaluation of Mechanical Versus Acoustic MR Elastography.

Background: Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) can quantify tissue biomechanics noninvasively, including pathological hepatic states like metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.

Purpose: To compare the performance of 2D/3D-MRE using the gravitational (GT) transducer concept with the current commercial acoustic (AC) solution utilizing a 2D-MRE approach. Additionally, quality index markers (QIs) were proposed to identify image pixels with sufficient quality for reliably estimating tissue biomechanics.

The efficacy of cone-beam computed tomography-guided transcatheter arterial chemoembolization in hepatocellular carcinoma survival: A systematic review.

Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT)-guided transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) represents an alternative treatment option for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients, yet a comprehensive evaluation of CBCT guidance on this procedure and CBCT's impact on patient survival remains lacking. We aimed to assess the efficacy and benefits of CBCT-guided TACE in improving survival outcomes for patients with HCC and show the importance of CBCT in interventional radiology. Meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate CBCT-guided TACE compared to conventional TACE in the treatment of HCC.

Endothelial Lipase Gene Polymorphism (584 C/T) in Coronary Artery Patients Among a Turkish Population.

Background/aim: The endothelial lipase gene (LIPG) has a major role in regulating high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), therefore this study investigated whether LIPG is associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) in a Turkish population.

Materials And Methods: The LIPG (584 C/T) mutation was analyzed in 74 CAD patients and 73 controls.

Results: There was a significant difference between the two groups regarding the mutant T allele frequencies (χ=0.