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Medical Editor Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD
In-house Editor Anastasios Koutsos
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BMC Medical Imaging is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in the development, evaluation, and use of imaging techniques and image processing tools to diagnose and manage disease.
BMC Medical Imaging (ISSN 1471-2342) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.
BMC Medical Imaging 2008, 8 :14
A meta-analysis calls for caution in the use of multi-detector computed tomography for the selection of patients in need of invasive angiography, as it fails to detect 20% of patients with coronary artery in-stent stenosis.
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Research article
Tumor volume in subcutaneous mouse xenografts measured by microCT is more accurate and reproducible than determined by 18 F-FDG-microPET or external caliper Mette Munk Jensen, Jesper Tranekj BMC Medical Imaging 2008, 8 :16 (16 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Retraction
Retraction: Evaluation of 3D surface scanners for skin documentation in forensic medicine: comparison of benchmark surfaces Wolf Schweitzer, Martin H BMC Medical Imaging 2008, 8 :15 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Multidetector computed tomography angiography for assessment of in-stent restenosis: meta-analysis of diagnostic performance Piet K Vanhoenacker, Isabel Decramer, Olivier Bladt, Giovanna Sarno, Erik Van Hul, William Wijns, Ben A Dwamena BMC Medical Imaging 2008, 8 :14 (31 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Technical advance
Extended Field Laser Confocal Microscopy (EFLCM): Combining automated Gigapixel image capture with in silico virtual microscopy Emilie Flaberg, Per Sabelstr BMC Medical Imaging 2008, 8 :13 (16 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Does applying the Canadian Cervical Spine rule reduce cervical spine radiography rates in alert patients with blunt trauma to the neck? A retrospective analysis Ulfin Rethnam, Rajam Yesupalan, Giri Gandham BMC Medical Imaging 2008, 8 :12 (16 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Computer-assisted assessment of the Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 immunohistochemical assay in imaged histologic sections using a membrane isolation algorithm and quantitative analysis of positive controls Bonnie H Hall, Monica Ianosi-Irimie, Parisa Javidian, Wenjin Chen, Shridar Ganesan, David J Foran BMC Medical Imaging 2008, 8 :11 (5 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Software
Internet Image Viewer (iiV) Joel T Lee, Kristin R Munch, John V Carlis, Jos BMC Medical Imaging 2008, 8 :10 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Automatic volumetry on MR brain images can support diagnostic decision making Rolf A Heckemann, Alexander Hammers, Daniel Rueckert, Richard I Aviv, Christopher J Harvey, Joseph V Hajnal BMC Medical Imaging 2008, 8 :9 (23 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Application of reinforcement learning for segmentation of transrectal ultrasound images Farhang Sahba, Hamid R Tizhoosh, Magdy MA Salama BMC Medical Imaging 2008, 8 :8 (22 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Data-driven haemodynamic response function extraction using Fourier-wavelet regularised deconvolution Alle Meije Wink, Hans Hoogduin, Jos BTM Roerdink BMC Medical Imaging 2008, 8 :7 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Case report
Mesenteric panniculitis with pedal edema in a 33-year-old Pakistani man: a case report and literature review Abdul M Zafar, Muhammad A Rauf, Tabish Chawla, Gule Khanda Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2 :365 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case report
Occult lung malignancy presenting with finger pain: a case report Matthew A Embley, Rebecca B Goody, Mahmood Mughrabi Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2 :364 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case report
A varicocoele mimicking a hydrocoele in a man with portal hypertension: a case report George Yardy, Akkib Rafique, Iain Sellers, Lawrence Berman, Nigel Bullock Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2 :363 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case report
Orocervical foetus-in-foetu with prenatal sonographic diagnosis: a case report Kolawole T Braimoh, Adekunle Y Abdulkadir, Rabiu O Balogun Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2 :362 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case report
Left Sided Inferior Vena Cava Duplication and Venous Thromboembolism. A case report and review of Literature. Cannon Milani, Maria Constantinou, David Berz, James N Butera, Gerald A Colvin Journal of Hematology & Oncology 2008, 1 :24 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case Report
Argon laser peripheral iridoplasty for plateau iris associated with iridociliary cysts: a case report Ghee Soon Ang, Frank Bochmann, Augusto Azuara-Blanco Cases Journal 2008, 1 :368 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Study protocol
Safety of magnetic resonance imaging of patients with a new Medtronic EnRhythm MRI SureScan pacing system: clinical study design
Richard Sutton, Emanuel Kanal, Bruce L Wilkoff, David Bello, Roger Luechinger, Inge Jenniskens, Michael Hull, Torsten Sommer Trials 2008, 9 :68 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case Report
Black esophagus: a case report Maha M Maher, Mahmoud I Nassar Cases Journal 2008, 1 :367 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects leads to normalisation of atrial and ventricular volumes Karen SL Teo, Benjamin K Dundon, Payman Molaee, Kerry F Williams, Angelo Carbone, Michael A Brown, Matthew I Worthley, Patrick J Disney, Prashanthan Sanders, Stephen G Worthley Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2008, 10 :55 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Hypothesis
A simplified study of trans-mitral Doppler patterns George Thomas Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2008, 6 :59 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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