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Papers

(The median citation count of Abdominal Radiology is 6. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Evaluation of early sonographic predictors of gangrenous cholecystitis: mucosal discontinuity and echogenic pericholecystic fat	57
Contrast enhanced ultrasound versus multiphasic contrast enhanced computed tomography in evaluation of gallbladder lesions	49
Added-value of ancillary imaging features for differentiating hepatocellular carcinoma from intrahepatic mass-forming cholangiocarcinoma on Gd-BOPTA-enhanced MRI in LI-RADS M	47
Intra-patient comparison of 3D and 2D magnetic resonance elastography techniques for assessment of liver stiffness	37
Machine learning based evaluation of clinical and pretreatment 18F-FDG-PET/CT radiomic features to predict prognosis of cervical cancer patients	37
Caudate lobe amebic abscesses: percutaneous image-guided aspiration or drainage	36
Evaluation of renal fibrosis in patients with chronic kidney disease by shear wave elastography: a comparative analysis with pathological findings	24
Letter to the editor on “High signal intensity on diffusion‐weighted magnetic resonance images is a useful finding for detecting early‐stage pancreatic cancer”	23
Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) for assessment of response to systemic therapy for bladder cancer: preliminary report	21
Liver fibrosis quantification	20
Second-opinion reads in prostate MRI: added value of subspecialty interpretation and review at multidisciplinary rounds	17
Letter to the editor on “Perfluorobutane contrast-enhanced ultrasonography for the diagnosis of HCC: a systematic review and meta-analysis”	15
The safety and efficacy of percutaneous ethanol injection in the treatment of tumor thrombus in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombus	15
Imaging evaluation of the pancreas in diabetic patients	14
MRI follow-up for pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm: an ultrashort versus long protocol	14
Associations between MRI T1 mapping, liver stiffness, quantitative MRCP, and laboratory biomarkers in children and young adults with autoimmune liver disease	14
Variability in personal protective equipment in cross-sectional interventional abdominal radiology practices	13
Risk of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) in oncology patients receiving gadoxetic acid and updated risk of estimate of NSF in patients receiving gadoxetic acid with moderate and severe renal impair	12
Automatic quantitative evaluation of normal pancreas based on deep learning in a Chinese adult population	12
Imaging mimickers of cholangiocarcinoma: a pictorial review	12
Comparison of gadoxetate disodium-enhanced MRI sequences for measuring hepatic observation size and its implication of LI-RADS classification	12
Quantitative evaluation of hepatic fibrosis by fibro Scan and Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced T1 mapping magnetic resonance imaging in chronic hepatitis B	11
Uterine extension determined by MRI: a useful parameter for differentiating subserosal leiomyomas from ovarian tumors	10
Use of MRI and Ga-68 DOTATATE for the detection of neuroendocrine liver metastases	10
The paradox of publication in medicine: the case for a mind shift	10

MRI and MR voiding cystourethrography in the evaluation of male primary bladder neck obstruction: preliminary experience	10
Interventional recanalization therapy in patients with non-cirrhotic, non-malignant portal vein thrombosis: comparison between transjugular versus transhepatic access	10
Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging evaluation before and after operation for pelvic organ prolapse	9
Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging may help identify patients with hepatocellular carcinoma eligible for treatment targeted at RAF1	9
Comparison of quantitative 3D magnetic resonance cholangiography measurements obtained using three different image acquisition methods	9
Contrast-enhanced US diagnostic algorithm of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with occult hepatitis B	8
Role of blood oxygen level-dependent magnetic resonance imaging in studying renal oxygenation changes in renal artery stenosis	8
MELD‑Na and short-term outcome of patients with ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma receiving transarterial embolization	7
Magnetic resonance elastography of the liver: everything you need to know to get started	7
Comparative assessment of standard and immune response criteria for evaluation of response to PD-1 monotherapy in unresectable HCC	7
Adoption of a diagnostic certainty scale in abdominal imaging: 2-year experience at an academic institution	6
Quantitative evaluation of hepatic steatosis using novel ultrasound technology normalized local variance (NLV) and its standard deviation with different ROIs in patients with metabolic-associated fatt	6
Introduction to the special section on young professionals in abdominal radiology: perspectives	6
Differences in the distribution of peritoneal metastases in right- versus left-sided colon cancer on MRI	6
Differentiation between heterogeneous adrenal adenoma and non-adenoma adrenal lesion with CT and MRI	6
Prognostic aspects of lymphovascular invasion in localized gastric cancer: new insights into the radiomics and deep transfer learning from contrast-enhanced CT imaging	6
The diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound LI-RADS for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis B	6
Combined arterial and delayed enhancement patterns of MRI assist in prognostic prediction for intrahepatic mass-forming cholangiocarcinoma (IMCC)	6
Accuracy of MRI for predicting anterior peritoneal reflection involvement in locally advanced rectal cancer: a comparison with operative findings	6
Interobserver variability in MRI measurements of mesorectal invasion depth in rectal cancer	6