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New Insights into Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Diagnosis and Management
edited by Monika Szpotanska-Sikorska
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 769 | Submission Open
Keywords: maternal medicine; fetal medicine; placenta; prenatal screening; pregnancy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Diagnostic Methods in Forensic Pathology, Third Edition submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 762 | Submission Open
Keywords: multidisciplinary approach; forensic pathology; sudden/unexpected death; sepsis and health infections; suicide; gender violence; post-mortem immunohistochemistry; post-mortem CT; virtopsy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Advances in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
edited by Yungkuan Tsou
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 689 | Submission Open
Keywords: endoscopic submucosal dissection; artificial intelligence; gastrointestinal defect closure; third-space endoscopy; endoscopic full-thickness resection; endoscopic ultrasound-guided procedures; robot-assisted endoscopy; bariatric and metabolic endoscopy; anti-reflux mucosal intervention; cholangioscopy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Cerebrovascular Lesions: Diagnosis and Management, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 673 | Submission Open
Keywords: stroke; aneurysm; vascular malformation; computed tomography (CT); magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Diagnosis in Dermatology and Venereology
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 618 | Submission Open
Keywords: dermatological diagnosis; venereal disease diagnosis; skin disorders; sexually transmitted infections (STIs); clinical manifestations; diagnostic techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease)
Advancements in the Diagnosis and Management of Liver Disease and Liver Transplantation
edited by Ioana Gabriela Lupescu
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 504 | Submission Open
Keywords: focal and diffuse liver pathology; liver transplantation; MPMRI; MDCT; advanced imaging techniques; specific liver contrast material; imaging biomarkers; interventional radiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Diagnostic Imaging of Brain Disease, Second Edition submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 478 | Submission Open
Keywords: adenomas; craniopharyngiomas; skull base lesions; infections; cystic lesions; vascular lesions; MRI; CT; radiomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Diagnosis and Factors Associated with Perinatal Health, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 436 | Submission Open
Keywords: perinatal medicine; perinatal psychology; assessment; fetal development; the developmental origin of health and disease; fetal programming; epigenetic; pregnancy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Advances in Forensic and Trauma Diagnosis submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 400 | Submission Open
Keywords: traumatology; forensic pathology; vitality; post-mortem examination; trauma diagnosis; forensic imaging; individual protections; job security; histology 
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Immunotherapy and Radiotherapy: From Diagnosis to Prognosis
edited by Gokoulakrichenane Loganadane and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 400 | Submission Open
Keywords: radiotherapy; immunology; cancer; tumor; diagnosis; management; prognosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Advances in Gynecological and Pediatric Imaging
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open
Keywords: gynecological imaging; pediatric imaging; obstetrics imaging; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); computed tomography (CT); ultrasound; early detection; cancer; congenital anomalies; treatment response; outcome assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Research Update on Biomarkers in Malignancies
edited by Ximena Montano
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 318 | Submission Open
Keywords: malignancies; cancer; tumors; biomarkers; pathology; pathologic diagnosis; genetics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Clinical Diagnosis and Management in Emergency and Hospital Medicine
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 293 | Submission Open
Keywords: diagnosis; treatment; management; hospital medicine; emergency medicine; point-of-care ultrasound; decision making; transitional care; palliative care; quality improvement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Gastrointestinal Surgery: Diagnosis and Management in 2025
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open
Keywords: gastrointestinal trauma; oligometastatic disease; mesorectal metastasis; lymphnode metastasis; minimally invasive surgical therapy; endoscopic diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Advances in Surgical Pathology—Dedicated to Professor Janez Plecnik
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open
Keywords: tumor; immunohistochemistry; molecular pathology; oncology; thorax; gastrointestinal; gynecological; dermatopathology/soft tissue pathology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Retinal Disease submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open
Keywords: retinal diseases; age-related macular degeneration; diabetic retinopathy; diagnosis; optical coherence tomography; precision medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Application of Diagnostic Tools for Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open
Keywords: diagnostic tools and technologies in dentistry and maxillofacial surgery; diagnostic accuracy; digital imaging techniques; digital radiography; cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT); CAD/CAM technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Recent Advances in Echocardiography, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open
Keywords: standard echocardiography; speckle tracking echocardiography; strain; myocardial deformation; 3D echocardiography; valvular reconstruction; differential diagnosis; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Imaging in Cardiomyopathy
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open
Keywords: cardiomyopathy; imaging technologies; cardiac MRI; echocardiography; CT; tissue characterization; myocardial fibrosis; disease progression; diagnosis; management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Leukemia: Diagnosis and Management
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open
Keywords: leukemia; diagnosis; management; personalized approach
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Laboratory Medicine)
New Advances in Chest Imaging
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open
Keywords: chest imaging; lung cancer; interstitial lung diseases; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Image-Guided Diagnosis and Therapies for Pelvic Floor Disorders, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open
Keywords: pelvic floor disorders; imaging; ultrasonography; fecal incontinence; obstructed defecation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Advances in Diagnosis, Treatment and Biomarkers of Inborn Errors of Metabolism
edited by Elena-Raluca Nicoli
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open
Keywords: inborn errors of metabolism; neurodegenerative diseases; biomarkers; lysosomal storage diseases; glycosphingolipids; artificial intelligence; machine learning; functional genomics; therapeutics; pathogenesis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Advances in Dental Imaging
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 50131 | Submission Open
Keywords: dental imaging; optical coherence tomography; ultrasound; dental MRI; dental CT; cone-beam computed tomography; optical imaging; acoustic imaging; dental radiography; panoramic radiography; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Machine Learning in Precise and Personalized Diagnosis
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 28758 | Submission Open
(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 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 24761 | 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 Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Artificial Intelligence in Eye Disease, 3rd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 19898 | Submission Open
Keywords: medical diagnosis; artificial intelligence; deep learning; fundus image; optical coherence tomography; ophthalmology; retinal vessel; glaucoma; retinopahty; macular degeneration; image segmentation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Application of Artificial Intelligence in Radiological Imaging Analysis and Diagnosis
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 19392 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; radiological imaging; medical diagnostics; intelligent decision support systems; natural language processing; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment in Otolaryngology
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 16321 | Submission Open
Keywords: head and neck surgery; ENT; diagnostic issues; technological advancement; surgical technique; molecular target; tailored medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Machine-Learning-Based Disease Diagnosis and Prediction
edited by Fakhar Abbas
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12709 | Submission Open
Keywords: development and validation of machine learning models for disease diagnosis and prediction; integration of multimodal data (e.g.; imaging; genomic; and clinical) for enhanced diagnostic accuracy; artificial intelligence in healthcare; ethical and regulatory considerations in the deployment of machine learning for healthcare applications; case studies and applications of machine learning in specific disease domains (e.g.; cancer; cardiovascular diseases; and neurodegenerative disorders); comparative studies and benchmarking of machine learning approaches for disease diagnosis and prediction; healthcare analytics; bioinformatics; medical imaging analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Human Health, Well-Being and Activity Recognition with Wearable Sensors
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11345 | 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)
Diagnosis and Prognosis of Sepsis
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11219 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Machine-Extractable Knowledge from the Shape of Anatomical Structures 2024 submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11078 | Submission Open
Keywords: medical image processing; computer-aided diagnosis; artificial intelligence; 3D imaging; hybrid decision support; magnetic resonance imaging; computed tomography; positron emission tomography; ultrasound
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Recent Advances in Radiomics in Medical Imaging
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10416 | Submission Open
Keywords: radiomics; PET/CT; SPECT/CT; medical imaging; cancers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Diagnosis and Management in Prenatal Medicine, 3rd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9015 | Submission Open
Keywords: prenatal diagnosis; fetus; pregnancy; prenatal screening; invasive prenatal test; amniocentesis; chorionic villous sampling; NIPT
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
A New Era in Diagnosis: From Biomarkers to Artificial Intelligence submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8718 | Submission Open
Keywords: diagnosis; precision medicine; predictive diagnostics; therapeutic strategies; biomarkers; artificial intelligence; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Osteoporosis submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8202 | Submission Open
Keywords: bone mineral density; osteoporosis; fractures; cellular mechanisms; bone homeostasis; pathophysiology; prevention; DXA; MSCT; ultrasound; MRI; osteoporosis therapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Advances in the Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Management of Urinary Disease submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8201 | Submission Open
Keywords: urinary disease; diagnosis; prognosis; kidney disease; prostate disease; malignant diseases like kidney cancer; bladder cancer and prostate cancer
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Cancer/Tumors
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7743 | Submission Open
Keywords: oncologic imaging; cancer imaging; MRI; CT; X-ray; machine learning; radiodiagnostics; theranostics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Diagnostics and Analysis 2024 submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7272 | Submission Open
Keywords: medical signal and image processing; Internet of Medical Things (IoMT); bioinformatics; explainable artificial intelligence; machine learning; uncertainty
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
edited by , and Cringu Ionescu
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7132 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultrasound; ultrasonography; obstetrics and gynecology; prenatal medicine; maternal fetal medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Recent Advances and Application of Point of Care Ultrasound
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6730 | Submission Open
Keywords: POCUS; safety; diagnosis; ultrasound; resuscitation; medical education; imaging; procedural guidance; artificial intelligence; assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Devices)
Advances in Disease Prediction
edited by , Osman Hayran and Chalong Cheewakriangkrai
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6524 | Submission Open
Keywords: early diagnostics; medical big data analytics; intelligent diagnostic models in public health; survival analysis and health hazard evaluations; machine learning and generative intelligence; intelligent digital twins; automated/intelligent laboratory recommendation systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Clinical Diagnosis and Management in Cardiology
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6045 | Submission Open
Keywords: cardiology; heart disease; arrhythmia; myocardial infarction; angina pectoris; coronary artery disease; echocardiography
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
New Developments in the Diagnosis of Skin Tumors
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6005 | Submission Open
Keywords: basal cell carcinoma; melanoma; benign tumors; cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma; Bowen’ s disease; actinic keratosis; diagnosis; biomarkers; imaging techniques; molecular diagnostics; histopathology; precision medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
AI-Assisted Diagnostics in Telemedicine and Digital Health
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5878 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI; machine learning; deep learning; image analysis; digital health; healthcare; telemedicine; disease diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Lysosomal Storage Diseases in Specific Body Organs and Systems submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5861 | Submission Open
Keywords: lysosomal storage diseases; clinical phenotype; genotype– phenotype correlation; biomarkers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
Advances in Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
edited by Elisa Montaguti
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5662 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultrasound; prenatal diagnosis; NIPT; fetal echocardiography; fetal therapy; fetal MRI
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
Diagnosis and Management of Colorectal Lesions
edited by Andrei Chitul
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4305 | Submission Open
Keywords: colorectal lesions; diagnostic modalities; imaging techniques; machine learning; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Diagnosis and Prognosis)
Eye Disease: Diagnosis, Management, and Prognosis
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4281 | Submission Open
Keywords: OCT; ophthalmology; eye diseases; glaucoma; diagnosis; prognosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
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