1.Application of artificial intelligence in vascular ultrasound: Current status and advances
Journal of Apoplexy and Nervous Diseases 2025;42(11):1001-1007
Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, especially machine learning algorithms, have achieved remarkable advances in medical image analysis in recent years. As a noninvasive, real-time, and cost-effective imaging modality, vascular ultrasound is one of the most active areas for the application of AI technologies in medicine. This article reviews the latest research advances in the application of AI in vascular ultrasound image recognition, automatic segmentation, diagnostic assistance, and risk prediction in 2021—2025, covering the aspects of transcranial Doppler, carotid artery, abdominal aortic aneurysms, aortic dissection, peripheral artery disease, arteriovenous fistula, venous thrombosis, and the inferior vena cava. This article highlights the key technological innovations, clinical value, and research challenges of AI within these areas.
2.A phase Ⅱ clinical study of the efficacy and safety of antaitasvir phosphate combined with yiqibuvir for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C in adults
Lai WEI ; Hongxin PIAO ; Jinglan JIN ; Shufen YUAN ; Xuan AN ; Jia SHANG ; Wenhua ZHANG ; Jiabao CHANG ; Tong SUN ; Yujuan GUAN ; Bo NING ; Jing ZHU ; Wentao GUO ; Qingwei HE ; Lin LUO ; Yulei ZHUANG ; Hongming XIE ; Yingjun ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Hepatology 2024;32(7):637-642
Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of antaitasvir phosphate 100 mg or 200 mg combined with yiqibuvir for 12 weeks in patients with various genotypes of chronic hepatitis C, without cirrhosis or compensated stage cirrhosis.Methods:Patients with chronic hepatitis C (without cirrhosis or compensated stage cirrhosis) were randomly assigned to the antaitasvir phosphate 100 mg+yiqibuvir 600 mg group (100 mg group) or the antaitasvir phosphate 200 mg+yiqibuvir 600 mg group (200 mg group) in a 1∶1 ratio. The drugs were continuously administered once a day for 12 weeks and observed for 24 weeks after drug withdrawal. The drug safety profile was assessed concurrently with the observation of the sustained virological response (SVR12) in the two patient groups 12 weeks following the drug cessation. The intention-to-treat concept was used to define as closely as possible a full analysis set, including all randomized cases who received the experimental drug at least once. The safety set was collected from all subjects who received the experimental drug at least once (regardless of whether they participated in the randomization group) in this study. All efficacy endpoints and safety profile data were summarized using descriptive statistics. The primary efficacy endpoint was SVR12. The primary analysis was performed on a full analysis set. The frequency and proportion of cases were calculated in the experimental drug group (antaitasvir phosphate capsules combined with yiqibuvir tablets) that achieved "HCV RNA
3. A prospective clinical study of early breast cancer treated with hypofractionated simultaneous integrated boost IMRT/ VMAT after breast conservative surgery
Jiabao MA ; Yu FAN ; Jinghui XU ; Min ZHENG ; Rui LI ; Yangkun LUO ; Ying PENG ; Jie WANG
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection 2018;38(7):505-509
Objective:
To evaluate the efficacy, toxicity and cosmetic outcomes of hypofractionated simultaneous integrated boost intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT-SIB) after breast conservative surgery (BCS) for early breast cancer patients.
Methods:
A total of 76 patients with stage TisT1-2N0M0 breast cancer treated with BCS were enrolled in the analysis. The patients who underwent breast radiotherapy without regional lymph node irridiation and hypo fractionated IMRT/VMAT were used. All patients received whole breast IMRT/VMAT with tumor bed SIB. The doses delivered to the whole breast was 42.4 Gy in 16 fractions, and the dose delivered to tumor bed for SIB was 49.6 Gy in 16 fractions. Cosmetic evaluation was based on the Harvard system. Acute and late toxicities were scored according to CACAT version 3.0. Survival and recurrence rates were calculated by Kaplan-Meier method. The univariate and multivariate analysis were conducted with logistic regression.
Results:
The median follow-up was 29 months (range 16-40 months). The follow-up rate was 100%. The 1-, 2-and 3-year overall survival rates were 100%. No recurrence or metastasis was observed in this study. The incidence of grade 1 acute skin toxicity was 68.4%, grade 2 was 7.9%. The late skin toxicity of grade 1 was 13.1%, grade 2 was 2.6%.In all, 82.4% of patients had excellent and good cosmetic outcome. The Mean dose of the tumor bed was predictive factor for grade 2 dermatitis.
Conclusion:
The efficacy, cosmetic effect, the acute and late treatment-related toxicity of hypofractionated IMRT/VMAT-SIB in patients with early breast cancer following BCS might be acceptable. A longer follow-up is needed to define the efficacy on outcomes.
Trial registration
Chinese clinical trial registry, ChiCTR1800016287
4.Efficacy of bispectral index monitoring for prevention of intraoperative awareness in patients under general anesthesia: a meta-analysis
Wenwei GAO ; Zhongyuan XIA ; Bo ZHAO ; Min LIU ; Jiabao HOU ; Tao LUO
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology 2013;33(6):691-693
Objective To systematically review the efficacy of bispectral index (BIS) monitoring for prevention of intraoperative awareness in patients under general anesthesia.Methods The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Central),PubMed,Medline,and EMBASE were searched for randomized controlled clinical trials involving detection of intraoperative awareness in patients in whom BIS was used or not under general anesthesia.The quality of the studies was evaluated by the method recommended by Cochrane Collaboration.Evaluation indexes included the incidence of intraoperative awareness.Meta-analysis was conducted using RevMan 5.1 software.Results Five randomized controlled clinical trials involving 34181 patients were included in this meta-analysis.There were 17432 cases in whom BIS was applied and the incidence of intraoperative awareness was 0.132%.There were 16749 cases in whom BIS was not used and the incidence of intraoperative awareness was 0.245%.There was no significant difference in the incidence of intraoperative awareness between the two groups (P >0.05).Further analysis was performed according to the method of anesthesia.In inhalational anesthesia,there were 13288 cases in whom BIS was applied and the incidence of intraoperative awareness was 0.128%,and there were 13202 cases in whom BIS was not applied and the incidence of intraoperative awareness was 0.113%.There was no significant difference in the incidence of intraoperative awareness between the two groups (P > 0.05).In total intravenous anesthesia,there were 4144 cases in whom BIS was applied and the incidence of intraoperative awareness was 0.145%,and there were 3547 cases in whom BIS was not applied and the incidence of intraoperative awareness was 0.733 %.The incidence of intraoperative awareness was significantly lower in the patients in whom BIS was applied than those in whom BIS was not applied (P < 0.01).Conclusion BIS monitoring can effectively prevent the development of intraoperative awareness in patients under total intravenous anesthesia,but can not prevent the development of intraoperative awareness in patients under inhalational anesthesia.
5.Comparison between speckle tracking imaging and strain rate imaging in the evaluation of left atrial function of patients with hypertension
Jiabao YIN ; Ruiqiang GUO ; Juan LUO ; Jinling CHEN ; Qing ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2009;18(8):661-664
f strain rate in left atrial wall, which is prior to the remodeling geometry of left ventrieular, could be detcted by STI more sensitively than by SRI.

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