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ArticleIEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine2021

Ultrasound Sample Entropy Imaging: A New Approach for Evaluating Hepatic Steatosis and Fibrosis.

Hsien-Jung Chan, Zhuhuang Zhou, Jui Fang, Dar-In Tai, Jeng-Hwei Tseng, Ming-Wei Lai, Bao-Yu Hsieh, Tadashi Yamaguchi, Po-Hsiang Tsui

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Article in IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Systematized Review of Quantitative Ultrasound Based on First-Order Speckle Statistics.IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Hsien-Jung ChanDepartment of Medical Imaging and Radiological SciencesCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University Taoyuan 333323 Taiwan.
Zhuhuang ZhouDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringFaculty of Environment and LifeBeijing University of Technology Beijing 100124 China.
Jui FangX-Dimension Center for Medical Research and TranslationChina Medical University Hospital Taichung 40447 Taiwan.
Dar-In TaiDepartment of Gastroenterology and HepatologyChang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou Taoyuan 333423 Taiwan.
Jeng-Hwei TsengDepartment of Medical Imaging and InterventionChang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou Taoyuan 333423 Taiwan.
Ming-Wei LaiDivision of Pediatric GastroenterologyDepartment of PediatricsChang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou Taoyuan 333423 Taiwan.
Bao-Yu HsiehDepartment of Medical Imaging and Radiological SciencesCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University Taoyuan 333323 Taiwan.
Tadashi YamaguchiCenter for Frontier Medical EngineeringChiba University Chiba 263-8522 Japan.
Po-Hsiang TsuiDepartment of Medical Imaging and Radiological SciencesCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University Taoyuan 333323 Taiwan.
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · TWChang Gung University · TWBeijing University of Technology · CNChiba University · JPChina Medical University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseEntropyHumansLiver CirrhosisUltrasonographyFatty liverhepatic steatosissample entropy

Identifiers

PMID34786215
PMCPMC8580366
OpenAlexW3213986649

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