Prediction of cervical lymph node metastasis in solitary papillary thyroid carcinoma based on ultrasound radiomics analysis

ObjectiveTo assess the utility of predictive models using ultrasound radiomic features to predict cervical lymph node metastasis (CLNM) in solitary papillary thyroid Baby Props carcinoma (PTC) patients.MethodsA total of 570 PTC patients were included (456 patients in the training set and 114 in the testing set).Pyradiomics was employed to extract r

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National variation in patterns of bone disease treatment-seeking behaviors: A study of more than 50,000 hospital admissions between 2008 and 2021

Understanding disease treatment-seeking behaviors is a fundamental issue for national and regional healthcare management.However, treatment-seeking behaviors are complex and affected by various factors, including disease incidence, healthcare resources, and population accessibility to hospitals.Geospatial analysis is a practical approach to investi

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Genetic basis of right and left ventricular heart shape

Abstract Heart shape captures variation in cardiac structure beyond traditional phenotypes of Picture Frame mass and volume.Although observational studies have demonstrated associations with cardiometabolic risk factors and diseases, its genetic basis is less understood.We utilised cardiovascular magnetic resonance images from 45,683 UK Biobank par

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