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Medical Editor Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD
In-house Editor Scott Edmunds
Welcome to BMC Medical Imaging published by BioMed Central
BMC Medical Imaging is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in the use, development, and evaluation of imaging techniques
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 :10
iiV, an internet image viewer, displays 3D brain images such as those acquired from PET or MRI scans as 2D slices and provides easy feature manipulation and editing.
BMC Medical Imaging 2008, 8 :8
A new approach to segmentation of transrectal ultrasound images of the prostate, using a reinforcement learning algorithm, offers an alternative to manual segmentation.
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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 ] [Provisional 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 ]
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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 ]
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Ultrasound evaluation in combination with finger extension force measurements of the forearm musculus extensor digitorum communis in healthy subjects Sofia Brorsson, Anna Nilsdotter, Marita Hilliges, Christer Sollerman, Ylva Aurell BMC Medical Imaging 2008, 8 :6 (3 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Abdominal ultrasonography in HIV/AIDS patients in southwestern Nigeria Millicent O Obajimi, Mojisola O Atalabi, Godwin I Ogbole, Adenike T Adeniji-Sofoluwe, Atinuke M Agunloye, Ademola J Adekanmi, Yvonne U Osuagwu, Sefiat A Olarinoye, Mojisola A Olusola-Bello, Ayotunde O Ogunseyinde, Yetunde A Aken'Ova, Isaac F Adewole BMC Medical Imaging 2008, 8 :5 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Post traumatic brain perfusion SPECT analysis using reconstructed ROI maps of radioactive microsphere derived cerebral blood flow and statistical parametric mapping Anthony J McGoron, Michael Capille, Michael F Georgiou, Pablo Sanchez, Juan Solano, Manuel Gonzalez-Brito, John W Kuluz BMC Medical Imaging 2008, 8 :4 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Using magnetic resonance microscopy to study the growth dynamics of a glioma spheroid in collagen I: A case study Shuning Huang, David Vader, Zhihui Wang, Anat Stemmer-Rachamimov, David A Weitz, Guangping Dai, Bruce R Rosen, Thomas S Deisboeck BMC Medical Imaging 2008, 8 :3 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Review
Role of carotid duplex imaging in carotid screening programmes- an overview Muhammad A Saleem, Umar Sadat, Stewart R Walsh, Victoria E Young, Jonathan H Gillard, David G Cooper, Michael E Gaunt Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2008, 6 :34 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case Report
Pleomorphic adenoma arising from the 'tail' of the parotid gland - Value of preoperative multiplanar imaging: a case report
Ram Vaidhyanath, Sreemathi Harieaswar, Charles Kendall, Peter Conboy Cases Journal 2008, 1 :23 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Study protocol
TIPIT: A randomised controlled trial of thyroxine in preterm infants under 28 weeks gestation: Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Angiography protocol Sze M Ng, Mark A Turner, Carrol Gamble, Mohammed Didi, Suresh Victor, Christina Malamateniou, Laura M Parkes, Anna Tietze, Lloyd Gregory, Vanessa Sluming, Laurence Abernethy, Alan M Weindling BMC Pediatrics 2008, 8 :26 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Case report
Sweet's Syndrome in a patient with Crohn's disease: a case report Nadia M Mustafa, Mark Lavizzo Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2 :221 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A reversible lesion of the corpus callosum splenium with adult influenza-associated encephalitis/encephalopathy: a case report En Kimura, Sadahisa Okamoto, Yuji Uchida, Tomoo Hirahara, Tokunori Ikeda, Teruyuki Hirano, Makoto Uchino Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2 :220 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Review
Relative shortening and functional tethering of spinal cord in adolescent scoliosis - result of asynchronous neuro-osseous growth? Summary of an electronic focus group debate of the IBSE
Winnie CW Chu, Wynnie WM Lam, Bobby KW Ng, Tze-Ping Lam, Kwong-man Lee, Xia Guo, Jack CY Cheng, R. Geoffrey Burwell, Peter H Dangerfield, Tim Jaspan Scoliosis 2008, 3 :8 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Case report
Mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix misdiagnosed as cystic hydatid disease of the liver: a case report Andreas Krieg, Jan Schulte am Esch 2nd, Ludger W Poll, Stefan Braunstein, Wolfram T Knoefel Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2 :218 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Carotid bruits as predictor for carotid stenoses detected by ultrasonography: an observational study Elias P Johansson, Per Wester BMC Neurology 2008, 8 :23 (24 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Understanding atrioventricular septal defect. Anatomoechocardiographic correlation
Nilda Espinola-Zavaleta, Luis Munoz-Castellanos, Magdalena Kuri-Nivon, Candace Keirns Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2008, 6 :33 (24 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Review
Role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia Aditya Jain, Harikrishna Tandri, Hugh Calkins, David A. Bluemke Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2008, 10 :32 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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