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Abdominal CT: a BMI-based estimate of radiation dose

This study aimed to evaluate whether BMI can be used as a size-related metrics alternative to the midslice effective diameter (DE) for obtaining a size-specific dose in abdominal CT.   Article: Using body mass index to estimate individualised patient radiation...

Image analysis for radiomics: facts and challenges

This article sheds light on methods used for extracting high-dimensional data from clinical images – radiomics. The authors explain the standard steps of the radiomics process, discuss the origin of the term, and summarise the major issues in regard to this process....

DTI in children is influenced by pre-processing and tract selection

This study compares fractional anisotropy (FA) values derived with DTI analysis approaches, as well as FA values and number of tracts with the clinical motor outcome quantified by the functional independence measure for children (WeeFIM). The authors concluded that...