Special Issues

Diagnostics publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Advances in Breast Radiology submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3449 | Submission Open
Keywords: breast contrast-enhanced MRI; breast contrast-enhanced US; breast contrast-enhanced mammography
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Advanced Imaging in Prostate Cancer Management: Current Status and Future Perspectives
edited by , , , Garrett Chi Lai Ho and Gladys Goh Lo
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3154 | Submission Open
Keywords: mpMRI; PET; prostate cancer; diagnosis; prognosis; treatment response; precision medicine; imaging biomarkers; artificial intelligence; radiomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
High-Resolution Retinal Imaging: Hot Topics and Recent Developments
edited by Mircea Mujat
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2899 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Soft-Tissue Sarcoma: Diagnosis, Management and Promising Therapeutic Opportunities of Metastatic Disease
edited by Amal M. El-Naggar, Michael Lizardo and Alannah Smrke
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2833 | Submission Open
Keywords: STSs; simple and complex karyotypic defects; metastasis; adult and pediatric STSs; management; molecular diagnostic tools; biomarkers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Human Health, Well-Being and Activity Recognition with Wearable Sensors
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2759 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; medical diagnosis; Wearable Sensors; Human Health; wearable computing; deep learning; data analysis; edge computing; human activity recognition; pervasive and ubiquitous computing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Devices)
Microfluidics-Based Point-of-Care Detection of Bio-Analytes for Health Care Applications submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2497 | Submission Open
Keywords: microfluidics; point-of-Care (POC); bio-analytes; health care applications; diagnosis; real-time results; portable; sensitive assays; multiplexing; low-cost
(This special issue belongs to the Section Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Devices)
Hyperglycemia in Respiratory Diseases—Impact and Challenges
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2249 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Ultrasound Imaging in Chronic Pain submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2201 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultrasound; evaluation; pain; musculoskeletal; neuropathicism; rehabilitation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Ultrasound: An Important Tool in Critical Care
edited by Michael Koeppen and Christoph Camille Ganter
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1832 | Submission Open
Keywords: point-of-care ultrasound; POCUS; ultrasonography; echocardiography; lung and abdominal ultrasonography; vascular access; artificial intelligence integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Devices)
Periodontal Disease: Diagnosis and Management submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1670 | Submission Open
Keywords: periodontal disease; periodontitis; management; diagnosis; biomarker; periodontology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Impact of Deep Learning in Biomedical Engineering submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1357 | Submission Open
Keywords: deep learning; biomedical engineering; convolutional neural networks; recurrent neural networks; reinforcement learning; neuroimaging; diagnostic imaging; medical imaging; biosignal processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Non-malignant Hematological Disease
edited by Laura Pistoia
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1323 | Submission Open
Keywords: thalassemia; sickle cell disease; hemochromatosis; aplastic anemia; myelodysplastic syndrome; bone marrow transplantation; genetic screening; blood transfusions; magnetic resonance imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Andrological Diseases submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 937 | Submission Open
Keywords: prostatitis; prostate cancer; erectile dysfunction; infertility; premature ejaculation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Hybrid/Multimodality Cardiovascular Imaging in Large Vessel Vasculitis—2nd Edition submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 925 | Submission Open
Keywords: large-vessel vasculitis; diagnosis; therapy response; multimodality imaging; PET/CT; SPECT/CT; CT; MRI; ultrasound
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
New Advances in Lung Ultrasound
edited by Natalia Buda
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 856 | Submission Open
Keywords: LUS; chest sonography; lung ultrasonography; pulmonary pathologies; pleural pathologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Advances in Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 842 | Submission Open
Keywords: cardiovascular magnetic resonance; T1 mapping; DWI/DTI; artificial intelligence; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Diagnostic Imaging in Reproduction and Endometriosis
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 732 | Submission Open
Keywords: endometriosis; infertility; pregnancy; hysterosalpingography; deep lesions; medical imaging; diagnostic techniques; ultrasonography; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); laparoscopy; pelvic imaging; fertility assessment; imaging modalities; gynecological imaging; radiological approaches
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Diagnosis, Classification, and Monitoring of Pulmonary Diseases submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 721 | Submission Open
Keywords: lung diseases; pulmonary diseases; imaging techniques; causal biological pathways; clinical biomarkers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Biomarkers and Clinical Imaging for Diagnosis, Prevention and Management of Muscle Decay
edited by , Jannis Papathanasiou and Ines Bersch
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 546 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
PET/CT Imaging in Cancers
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 409 | Submission Open
Keywords: PET/CT; molecular imaging; oncology management; cancers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Laboratory Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
edited by Luke T. Daum
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 285 | Submission Open
Keywords: MTB; tuberculosis; qPCR; NGS; sample collection; nucleic acid testing; rapid antigen testing; biosensors; MDR; XDR; drug susceptibility testing; culture analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Laboratory Medicine)
Artificial Intelligence Applications in Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis and Imaging
edited by and Naveena Yanamala
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open
Keywords: diagnosis of cardiovascular disease; atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; physiological signals; medical imaging; machine learning; deep learning; cardiovascular disease risk assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Leading Diagnosis and Management of Multiple Sclerosis submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open
Keywords: multiple sclerosis; cognition; mood disorders; disease-modifying therapies; biomarkers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Spinal Tumors: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment
edited by Matthew L. Goodwin
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 236 | Submission Open
Keywords: spinal tumors; spinal infections; primary cancers of the spine; imaging; diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Machine Learning in Signal and Image Analysis for Biomedical Application: 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 231 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; medical image analysis; image and signal processing; disease classification and prognosis prediction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
edited by Gemma Piella
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Advances in Personalized Cardiovascular Prevention and Care: Volume 2 submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Nuclear Medicine Imaging and Therapy in Prostate Cancer
edited by , Priscilla Guglielmo and
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open
Keywords: prostate cancer; 18F-FDG PET/CT or PET/MRI; 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT or 18F-PSMA PET/CT or PET/MRI; 18F-choline PET/CT; 18F-FACBC; theranostics; beta-based therapy; alpha-based therapy; radiomics and artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Artificial Intelligence in Brain Cancer
edited by Andra Valentina Krauze
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Clinical Diagnosis of Otorhinolaryngology
edited by Nina Gale, and Robert Šifrer
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open
Keywords: head and neck cancer; otorhinolaryngology; symptoms and clinical signs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Disease: Advances and Challenges
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open
Keywords: infectious diseases; diagnostic techniques; laboratory innovation; diagnostic accuracy; global health; disease detection; diagnostic challenges; medical technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease)
Imaging Diagnosis of Liver Diseases
edited by Pál Kaposi
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open
Keywords: chronic liver diseases; hepatic steatosis; fibrosis; quantitative ultrasound; multiparametric MRI; spectral CT
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Cystic Fibrosis: Diagnosis and Management
edited by Paola Iacotucci
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
New Insight in Gastric Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open
Keywords: gastric cancer; PD-L1; Claudin 18.2; gastric surgery; target therapy; endoscopy; HER-2
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Male Infertility submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open
Keywords: male infertility; andrology; reproductive health; testis; spermatozoa; semen analysis; TESE; mTESE; ultrasound; artificial intelligence; IVF
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Insights into Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancer
edited by Gautam Naresh Mankaney
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Neuroendocrine Tumors
edited by Federica Alessandra Cavalcoli
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open
Keywords: neuroendocrine neoplasm; pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm; gastric neuroendocrine neoplasm; small-bowel neuroendocrine neoplasm; appendicular neuroendocrine neoplasm; lung neuroendocrine neoplasm; functional imaging; cross-sectional imaging; endoscopic ultrasound
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Abdominal Trauma
edited by Călin Molnar
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open
Keywords: abdominal trauma; injury assessment; imaging; surgical interventions; incisional hernias
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Diagnosis, Prophylaxis and Treatments of Cytomegalovirus Infection and Reactivation
edited by Stefano Giardino
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open
Keywords: cytomegalovirus (CMV); diagnosis; laboratory techniques; molecular methods; new antiviral drugs; antiviral cell therapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Advancements in the Diagnosis and Management of Traumatic Brain Injuries
edited by Rudolph J. Castellani
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open
Keywords: traumatic brain injury; concussion; sport-related concussion; blast injury; military-related traumatic brain injury; civilian traumatic brain injury; neuroimaging; neuropsychology; serum biomarkers; cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers; rehabilitation; neurodegeneration; traumatic encephalopathy syndrome; chronic traumatic encephalopathy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Gynecological Cancers: Volume 3
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open
Keywords: diagnostic technologies; gynecological cancers; ovarian cancer; endometrial cancer; diagnostic pathology; diagnostic image; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Biomarkers, Pathology and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open
Keywords: breast cancer; breast ductal carcinoma in situ; biomarkers; radiation therapy; prognostic significance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Diagnostics)
Advances in Diagnostic Pathology
edited by
submission deadline 1 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1618 | Submission Open
Keywords: diagnostic pathology; molecular pathology; tumour biomarkers; laboratory medicine; breast pathology; gynaecological pathology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Laboratory Medicine)
Improvement of Diagnostic Sensitivity for Tumor Markers
edited by and
submission deadline 16 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3770 | Submission Open
Keywords: development of tumor markers; laboratory diagnosis; improving sensitivity and specificity; cancer disease; translational research; new diagnostic technologies for cancer; molecular genomics; immunologic diagnosis; clinical chemistry; clinical hematology; diagnostic microbiology; data science
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Laboratory Medicine)
Gynecological Cancer: Diagnosis and Management
edited by
submission deadline 21 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 588 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomarkers; ovarian cancer; cervical cancer; endometrial cancer; immunotherapy; targeted therapy; survival analysis; quality of life; screening; early detection; treatment; surgery; microbiome
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Current Perspectives and Advances in Ultrasound Imaging
edited by
submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 710 | Submission Open
Keywords: contrast-enhanced ultrasound; 3D; US elastography; quantitative ultrasound techniques; ultrasound tissue characterization; ultrasound-guided therapy or intervention; clinical applications of diagnostic ultrasound; ultrasound imaging processing; diagnostic ultrasound devices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Advances in Imaging, Modelling and Visualization for Cardiovascular Diseases
edited by Oana Cristina Mirea
submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open
Keywords: cardiac imaging; multi-modality imaging; artificial intelligence; machine learning; echocardiography; computed tomography; magnetic resonance imaging; diagnosis; risk stratification; cardiovascular diseases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition Methods for the Automatic Detection and Evaluation of Neurological Disorders submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 26355 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; neurodegenerative diseases; diagnosis; detection and evaluation; monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Recent Advances in Artificial Intelligence-Based Medical Image Analysis
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 12 articles | Viewed by 19654 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; image reconstruction; medical image analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Diagnostics in the Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 15002 | Submission Open
Keywords: diagnostics; emergency and critical care medicine; trauma; anesthesiology; respiratory failure; sepsis; cardiovascular disease; healthcare-associated infection prevention; end-of-life care
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
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