Imaging solute transportation along the posterior lymphatic pathway in the ocular glymphatic system in healthy human participants

This study demonstrates that dynamic MRI using intravenous gadolinium-based contrast agents can successfully track fluid and solute transport along the posterior lymphatic pathway in the ocular glymphatic system of healthy humans, revealing distinct clearance patterns between the vitreous body and the intraorbital optic nerve over a four-hour period.

Wen, X., Sun, Y., Zhou, X. + 14 more2026-04-08📄 radiology and imaging

Data-efficient Self-Supervised Diffusion Learning for Detecting Myofascial Pain in Upper Trapezius Muscle with B-mode Ultrasound Videos

This paper demonstrates that a self-supervised Video Diffusion Encoder can effectively detect Myofascial Pain Syndrome in the upper trapezius muscle using B-mode ultrasound videos from a small prospective cohort, offering a data-efficient alternative to conventional deep learning methods that require large annotated datasets.

Lu, H.-E., Koivisto, D., Lou, Y. + 8 more2026-04-08📄 radiology and imaging

Estimating tau onset age from tau PET imaging in two longitudinal cohorts using sampled iterative local approximation

This study demonstrates that the Sampled Iterative Local Approximation (SILA) algorithm can accurately model longitudinal tau PET trajectories and estimate individual tau positivity onset ages in the meta-temporal region across two cohorts, though its accuracy in the entorhinal cortex is limited in individuals with dementia.

Betthauser, T. J., Teague, J. P., Bruzzone, H. + 7 more2026-04-03📄 radiology and imaging

The Role of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Environment in the Association Between Glycemic Control and the Developing Brain

This cross-sectional study of 705 youth reveals that even mild elevations in hemoglobin A1c within the non-diabetic range are associated with reduced cortical thickness and gray matter volume, particularly in frontal, cingulate, and occipital regions, with these negative structural effects being significantly amplified in neighborhoods characterized by greater socioeconomic deprivation.

Chandra, A., Hsu, E., Luo, S.2026-04-02📄 radiology and imaging

The Cartilage Thickness Score (CTh-Score) detects a structural effect of 2-year weight loss in individuals with and without radiographic osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative

This study demonstrates that achieving clinically significant weight loss (>5% of body weight) over two years significantly slows the progression of knee cartilage degeneration, as measured by the sensitive Cartilage Thickness Score (CTh-Score), in individuals with and without radiographic osteoarthritis, whereas conventional structural metrics failed to detect this beneficial effect.

Margain, P., Favre, J., Berenbaum, F. + 1 more2026-04-02📄 radiology and imaging

A Deployable Explainable Deep Learning System for Tuberculosis Detection from Chest X-Rays in Resource-Constrained High-Burden Settings

This study presents and evaluates a deployable, explainable deep learning system based on DenseNet121 and Grad-CAM that achieves accurate tuberculosis detection from chest X-rays on both desktop and mobile platforms, demonstrating its potential as an offline decision support tool for resource-constrained healthcare settings.

Agumba, J., Erick, S., Pembere, A. + 1 more2026-04-01📄 radiology and imaging

Evaluating the Large Language Model-Based Quality Assurance Tool for Auto-Contouring

This study demonstrates that the LAQUA system, a multimodal large language model-based tool, achieves substantial agreement with expert radiation oncologists in evaluating auto-contouring quality, suggesting its feasibility as an efficient primary screening tool to reduce clinical workload despite a potential risk of overestimating contour acceptability.

Tozuka, R., Akita, T., Matsuda, M. + 7 more2026-04-01📄 radiology and imaging

Fourier Analysis of Bilateral Breast Asymmetry for Short-term Breast Cancer Risk Prediction

This matched case-control study demonstrates that Fourier-based analysis of bilateral breast asymmetry in raw full-field digital mammography (FFDM) images provides the strongest short-term breast cancer risk prediction, outperforming both clinical FFDM and synthetic digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) images despite the latter's higher spatial resolution.

Heine, J., Fowler, E., Egan, K. + 3 more2026-03-30📄 radiology and imaging

Quantitative T2 Brain Mapping with Simultaneous RF Estimation Using Dual Interleaved Steady States at 7T MRI

This paper introduces TWISTARE, a novel dual-interleaved steady-state 3D-GRE technique that enables fast, whole-brain quantitative T2 mapping with simultaneous RF field estimation at 7T, effectively overcoming ultra-high field challenges like SAR limitations and B1 inhomogeneities while achieving precision comparable to gold-standard methods.

Yacobi, D., Schmidt, R.2026-03-30📄 radiology and imaging

The false positive paradox: Examining real-world clinical predictive performance of FDA-authorized AI devices for radiology using clinical prevalence

This study analyzes FDA-authorized radiology AI devices to demonstrate how low disease prevalence creates a false positive paradox that undermines positive predictive value, arguing for the mandatory disclosure of false discovery and omission rates to guide clinically and ethically appropriate AI selection.

Sparnon, E., Stevens, K., Song, E. + 4 more2026-03-27📄 radiology and imaging

Peripheral Mitochondrial Energetics are Associated with Cortical Neurophysiological Alterations in Alzheimer's Disease

This study demonstrates that peripheral blood measures of ATP-linked mitochondrial respiration are significantly associated with altered alpha and theta cortical rhythms and aperiodic signaling in individuals with Alzheimer's disease, suggesting that peripheral mitochondrial function can serve as a biomarker for the neurophysiological energetic changes underlying the disease.

Kriwokon, S. L., Flores-Alonso, S. I., Kent, B. A. + 3 more2026-03-27📄 radiology and imaging

Assessment of patient radiation dose in conventional lumbar spine radiography: A multicenter study in the Souss Massa region, Morocco

This multicenter study in the Souss Massa region of Morocco evaluated patient radiation doses for conventional lumbar spine radiography across four hospitals, finding that while significant variations existed between facilities, all measured entrance surface doses and dose area products remained below established diagnostic reference levels.

SOUDI, A., MENHOUR, Y.2026-03-26📄 radiology and imaging

Cross-Scanner Reliability of Brain MRI Foundation Model Embeddings: A Travelling-Heads Study

This study demonstrates that the cross-scanner reliability of brain MRI foundation model embeddings varies significantly based on pretraining strategy, with models incorporating biological metadata achieving scanner-robust performance comparable to traditional morphometric baselines, while purely self-supervised models exhibit substantial scanner-induced variance.

Navarro-Gonzalez, R., Aja-Fernandez, S., Planchuelo-Gomez, A. + 1 more2026-03-25📄 radiology and imaging