OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of European Radiology is 28. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Sources of variation in multicenter rectal MRI data and their effect on radiomics feature reproducibility	90
Correction to: Prediction for pathological and immunohistochemical characteristics of triple‑negative invasive breast carcinomas: the performance comparison between quantitative and qualitative sonogr	88
Diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography angiography (CTA) for diagnosing blunt cerebrovascular injury in trauma patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	84
The added value of an artificial intelligence system in assisting radiologists on indeterminate BI-RADS 0 mammograms	79
Multimodality MRI-based radiomics approach to predict the posttreatment response of lung cancer brain metastases to gamma knife radiosurgery	73
Improved value of whole-lesion histogram analysis on DCE parametric maps for diagnosing small breast cancer (≤ 1 cm)	68
Editorial Comment: Radiomics analysis allows for precise prediction of silent corticotroph adenoma among non-functioning pituitary adenomas	67
Diagnostic performance of the medial temporal lobe atrophy scale in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis	65
Image-guided thermal ablation in autonomously functioning thyroid nodules. A retrospective multicenter three-year follow-up study from the Italian Minimally Invasive Treatment of the Thyroid (MITT) Gr	52
Radiomics analysis allows for precise prediction of silent corticotroph adenoma among non-functioning pituitary adenomas	48
Spatial distribution of cerebral microbleeds reveals heterogeneous pathogenesis in CADASIL	47
Transcholecystic management of extrahepatic duct stones in poor candidates for endoscopic or transhepatic approaches	45
CT-derived fractional flow reserve (FFRct) for functional coronary artery evaluation in the follow-up of patients after heart transplantation	44
Correction to: Intra-scan inter-tissue variability can help harmonize radiomics features in CT	43
Prediction of recurrence after surgery based on preoperative MRI features in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors	43
Editorial comment on “Diagnosing autism spectrum disorder in children using conventional MRI and apparent diffusion coefficient based deep learning algorithms”	42
Difference in the joint space of the medial knee compartment between full extension and Rosenberg weight-bearing radiographs	40
Effect of CT image acquisition parameters on diagnostic performance of radiomics in predicting malignancy of pulmonary nodules of different sizes	39
Development and validation of visual grading system for stenosis in intracranial atherosclerotic disease on time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography	38
Artificial intelligence for stepwise diagnosis and monitoring of COVID-19	38
Comparison of low-contrast detectability between uniform and anatomically realistic phantoms—influences on CT image quality assessment	35
Dual-energy CT may predict post-operative recurrence in early-stage glottic laryngeal cancer: a novel nomogram and risk stratification system	35
Deep learning radiomics of ultrasonography can predict response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer at an early stage of treatment: a prospective study	34
Radiation dose reduction with deep-learning image reconstruction for coronary computed tomography angiography	34
Diffusion kurtosis imaging and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI for the differentiation of parotid gland tumors	33

Accuracy of fractal analysis and PI-RADS assessment of prostate magnetic resonance imaging for prediction of cancer grade groups: a clinical validation study	33
Assessing the clinical performance of artificial intelligence software for prostate cancer detection on MRI	33
Radiomics for detecting prostate cancer bone metastases invisible in CT: a proof-of-concept study	33
Association of iron rim lesions with brain and cervical cord volume in relapsing multiple sclerosis	33
Reduced magnetic resonance angiography signal intensity in the middle cerebral artery ipsilateral to severe carotid stenosis may be a practical index of high oxygen extraction fraction	33
Do plaque-related factors affect the diagnostic performance of an artificial intelligence coronary-assisted diagnosis system? Comparison with invasive coronary angiography	32
Application of diffusion-weighted whole-body MRI for response monitoring in multiple myeloma after chemotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis	32
Assessment of quantitative dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI in distinguishing different histologic grades of breast phyllode tumor	31
Quantification of pulmonary perfusion abnormalities using DCE-MRI in COPD: comparison with quantitative CT and pulmonary function	30
Systematic review and meta-analysis of percutaneous transluminal forceps biopsy for diagnosing malignant biliary strictures	29
PI-QUAL v.1: the first step towards good-quality prostate MRI	29
Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown in France on the diagnosis and staging of breast cancers in a tertiary cancer centre	29
Added-value of dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI on prediction of tumor recurrence in locally advanced cervical cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy	28
Osteomyelitis on MR imaging as a key predictor of recurrent septic arthritis of the shoulder	28
Cardiac CT and MRI radiomics: systematic review of the literature and radiomics quality score assessment	28
Risk-based MRI-directed diagnostic pathway outperforms non-risk-based pathways in suspected prostate cancer biopsy-naïve men: a large cohort validation study	28
Correction to: Dedicated breast CT: state of the art—Part I. Historical evolution and technical aspects	28