OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Diagnostics is 74. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Correction: Chatzimichail, T.; Hatjimihail, A.T. A Software Tool for Calculating the Uncertainty of Diagnostic Accuracy Measures. Diagnostics 2021, 11, 406	470
Microduplication 3p26.3p24.3 and 4q34.3q35.2 Microdeletion Identified in a Patient with Developmental Delay Associated with Brain Malformation	271
Clinical and Pathological Profiles of Vertebral Bone Metastases from Endometrial Cancers: Evidence from a Twenty-Year Case Series	257
Study of the Natural Crystalline Lens Characteristics Using Dual-Energy Computed Tomography	206
Total Intramuscular Fat Fraction of Thigh Muscles as a Predictor of Nusinersen Efficacy in Pediatric SMA Type II and III	194
Chest Pain of Atypical Cause in a Young Man	190
Applied Change Management in Interventional Radiology—Implementation of Percutaneous Thermal Ablation as an Additional Therapeutic Method for Small Renal Masses	176
Quantification of Pulmonary Artery Configuration after the Arterial Switch Operation: A Pilot Study	155
Point-of-Care Echocardiographic Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients with Pulmonary Embolism	152
Accuracy of Artificial Intelligence Based Chatbots in Analyzing Orthopedic Pathologies: An Experimental Multi-Observer Analysis	149
Comparison of Linear and Convex-Array Transducers in Assessing the Enhancement Characteristics of Suspicious Breast Lesions at Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS)	145
Ultrasound and Clinical Alterations in the Foot of Children with Obesity and Diabetes	140
Assessment of UTI Diagnostic Techniques Using the Fuzzy–PROMETHEE Model	137
Improved Visualization and Quantification of Net Water Uptake in Recent Small Subcortical Infarcts in the Thalamus Using Computed Tomography	131
Primary Chronic Sclerosing Osteomyelitis: A New Diagnostic Tool	129
The Role of Checkpoint Inhibitor Expression Directly on Exfoliated Cells from Bladder Cancer: A Narrative Review	127
Successful Implementation of Image-Guided Pencil-Beam Scanning Proton Therapy in Medulloblastomas	126
Can Perfusion-Based Brain Tissue Oxygenation MRI Support the Understanding of Cerebral Abscesses In Vivo?	126
Image Characteristics of Virtual Non-Contrast Series Derived from Photon-Counting Detector Coronary CT Angiography—Prerequisites for and Feasibility of Calcium Quantification	124
Deep-Learning-Based Image Denoising in Imaging of Urolithiasis: Assessment of Image Quality and Comparison to State-of-the-Art Iterative Reconstructions	121
Dissociating Autoantibody Responses against Ro52 Antigen in Patients with Anti-Synthetase or Anti-MDA5 Antibodies	120
Differentiation of Salivary Gland and Salivary Gland Tumor Tissue via Raman Imaging Combined with Multivariate Data Analysis	118
Monochorionic Diamniotic Twins with Bordering Cord Insertions: Images and Outcome	117
Utility of Contemporary Health Screening in the Diagnosis of Bladder Cancer	114
Molecular Characterization by Whole-Genome Sequencing of Clinical and Environmental Serratia marcescens Strains Isolated during an Outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)	112

Utility of Superb Microvascular Imaging in the Assessment of Foot Perfusion in Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia	109
Recent Advances in the Therapeutic Management of Advanced Systemic Mastocytosis	109
Choroidal and Choriocapillaris Morphology in Pan-FGFR Inhibitor-Associated Retinopathy: A Case Report	107
Impact of Voxel Normalization on a Machine Learning-Based Method: A Study on Pulmonary Nodule Malignancy Diagnosis Using Low-Dose Computed Tomography (LDCT)	105
Update on International Medical Taxonomies of Biomarkers and Their Applications in Management of Thyroid Cancers	104
Short-Term Thermal Effect of Continuous Ultrasound from 3 MHz to 1 and 0.5 W/cm2 Applied to Gastrocnemius Muscle	103
Role of Semaphorin 3A in Kidney Development and Diseases	100
Exploiting the Potential of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Rapid Diagnosis Tests (RDTs): Nanoparticle-Antibody Conjugates and Color Development Strategies	98
Using Protein Fingerprinting for Identifying and Discriminating Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Inpatient and Outpatient Clinics	97
Intervertebral Canals and Intracanal Ligaments as New Terms in Terminologia anatomica	96
A Logistic Regression Model for Predicting the Risk of Subsequent Surgery among Patients with Newly Diagnosed Crohn’s Disease Using a Brute Force Method	96
Feasibility of Optical Genome Mapping from Placental and Umbilical Cord Sampled after Spontaneous or Therapeutic Pregnancy Termination	95
A Rare Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis on 18F-FDG PET/CT for Staging in a Patient with Common Bile Duct Cancer	94
Complications Arising from Dental Trauma Incurred from Falls Involving Geriatric Patients: A Case Report	93
Multi-Contrast Differentiation by Dual-Energy Spectral CT Angiography in a Patient with Pulmonary Barium Granulomas	92
Functional FDG-PET: Measurement of Task Related Neural Activity in Humans—A Compartment Model Approach and Comparison to fMRI	92
Changing Laboratory Practice for Early Detection of a Fetal Inflammatory Response: A Contemporary Approach	91
The Role of TAR DNA Binding Protein 43 (TDP-43) as a CandiDate Biomarker of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	91
Urine Biomarkers in the Management of Adult Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction: A Systematic Review	91
Diagnostic Accuracy of the LabTurbo QuadAIO Common Flu Assay for Detecting Influenza A Virus, Influenza B Virus, RSV, and SARS-CoV-2	90
The Association between Specimen Neuromuscular Characteristics and Urinary Incontinence after Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy	90
Comparative Performance of Autoencoders and Traditional Machine Learning Algorithms in Clinical Data Analysis for Predicting Post-Staged GKRS Tumor Dynamics	90
Lung Ultrasonography Is an Acceptable Imaging Modality to Diagnose COVID-19 and Effectively Correlates with HRCT Chest—A Prospective Study	89
Brixia Chest X-ray Score, Laboratory Parameters and Vaccination Status for Prediction of Mortality in COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients	89
Stepwise Implementation of 2D Synthesized Screening Mammography and Its Effect on Stereotactic Biopsy of Microcalcifications	89
Synchronous Periprosthetic Joint Infections: A Scoping Review of the Literature	89
Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Transient Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus—2 Case Reports and Literature Review	88
Bleeding-Source Exploration in Subdural Hematoma: Observational Study on the Usefulness of Postmortem Computed Tomography Angiography	88
DCDC2-Related Ciliopathy: Report of Six Polish Patients, Novel DCDC2 Variant, and Literature Review of Reported Cases	87
The Role of Positron Emission Tomography in Advancing the Understanding of the Pathogenesis of Heart and Vascular Diseases	86
COVID-19 Lung Ultrasound Scores and Lessons from the Pandemic: A Narrative Review	84
Expression Analysis of miR-519a-3p and miR-379-5p in Colorectal Cancer Patients: A Combined Experimental and Bioinformatic Approach	83
Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse: A Comprehensive Review	83
Standardisation and Optimisation of Chest and Pelvis X-Ray Imaging Protocols Across Multiple Radiography Systems in a Radiology Department	82
Interplay of Modifiable and Non-Modifiable Risk Factors for Diabetes Mellitus in Saudi Adults	82
Biomarker-Guided Imaging and AI-Augmented Diagnosis of Degenerative Joint Disease	81
A Stepwise Anatomy-Based Protocol for Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: Educational Tool with Broad Clinical Utility	81
Automated Aneurysm Boundary Detection and Volume Estimation Using Deep Learning	80
Comparative Evaluation of Classic Mechanical and Digital Goldmann Applanation Tonometers	79
Deep Learning-Based Diagnosis of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Using X-Ray Imaging	78
The Prognostic Significance of the Pan-Immune-Inflammation Value in Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction	78
Test–Retest Reliability and Inter-Scanner Reproducibility of Improved Spinal Diffusion Tensor Imaging	78
Evaluation of Respiratory Conditions in Individuals Undergoing Rapid Maxillary Expansion: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Study	77
Investigation of Ocular Blood Flow in Males with Metabolic Syndrome	77
Regulatory T Cell Sub-Populations in Patients with Distinct Autoimmune/Inflammatory Diseases With or Without Inborn Errors of Immunity	77
Bone-Specific Alkaline Phosphatase as a Complementary Diagnostic Marker for the Assessment of Children and Adolescents with Secondary Osteoporosis	76
Liquid Biopsy Based Bladder Cancer Diagnostic by Machine Learning	76
Current and Evolving Concepts in the Management of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Narrative Review	75
Optical Coherence Tomography-Guided Early Versus Late Switching to Dexamethasone Implants in Macular Edema Related to Central Retinal Vein Occlusion: Real-World Evidence	75
Gender Difference in Orthostatic Vascular Stiffness Increase in Young Subjects	74

Outcomes of Robot-Assisted Transbronchial Biopsies of Pulmonary Nodules: A Review