Quantitative MRI of Pancreatic Cystic Lesions: A New Diagnostic Approach
, Roxana Adelina Lupean 3,*, Andrei Lebovici 2,4, Csaba Csutak 2,4, Carmen Bianca Crivii 1, Iulian Opincariu 1 and Cosmin Caraiani 5,6
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
- Key words are reflect the focus of the manuscript, but should be simplified.
- The first author self-cited 11 times. Some of the citations have nothing to do with the topic of the article.
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Reviewer 2 Report
In this retrospective study, authors investigated the role of quantitative MRI in the distinction between mucinous and non-mucinous pancreatic cystic lesions, focusing on SIM and radiomics analysis.
Overall, the article is well organized and structured, and results are clearly described in tables and figures.
- Introduction should be summarized
- Lines 131-132: authors define the acronym SIM as signal intensity measurement, but, in the text, they still use SI measurement (e.g. line 321, Table 2) for the same value.
- In the Methods, authors should specify the Tesla of the MRI machine
- A Table with patients’ characteristics could be added to have an overview about the included population
- Conclusions should be improved, especially regarding the absence of statically significance of SIM
- Authors should check the maximum number of keywords according to journal’s guidelines
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Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
Dear Author;
Thank you for response.
Author Response
Point 1: Dear Author; Thank you for response.
Answer 1: Dear Reviewer, thank you for the good observations and your effort in reviewing this manuscript. With gratitude, The Authors
