In the current study, we have experimentally and comparatively investigated and compared malignant human cancer cells and tissues before and after irradiating of synchrotron radiation using fluorescence spectroscopy, phosphorescence spectroscopy and luminescence spectroscopy. It is clear that malignant human cancer cells and tissues have gradually transformed to benign human cancer cells and tissues under synchrotron radiation with the passage of time (Figures 1–3) [1–119]. It can be concluded that malignant human cancer cells and tissues have gradually transformed to benign human cancer cells and tissues under synchrotron radiation with the passage of time.

Radiomics is an emerging area within clinical radiology research. It seeks to take full advantage of all the information contained in multiple medical imaging modalities. With a radiomics approach, medical images are not limited to providing only a qualitative assessment but can also provide quantitative data by parameterizing image features. These parameters can be used to identify regions and volumes of interest and discriminate normal healthy tissue from abnormal or diseased tissue. Radiomics is an interlinked sequence of processes of vital importance that begins with the acquisition and selection of medical images that involve standardization of acquisition protocols and inter-equipment normalization. This is followed by the identification and segmentation of regions or volumes of interest by expert radiologists through the use of computational tools that offer speed while reducing variability and bias. The segmentation process is the most critical stage in radiomics. This sometimes requires the incorporation of a pre-processing stage consisting of advanced techniques (reconstruction processes, filtering, etc.). Thereafter, representative characteristics of the region or volume of interest are extracted by approaches based on statistics, morphological features, and transform-based variables. Next, a statistical selection of the parameters that provide a high association and correlation with the clinical condition of interest is performed. Finally, processes such as data integration, standardization, classification, and mining processes can be applied as needed for particular applications. Ongoing research in radiomics aims to reduce the time and costs involved in interpreting medical images while simultaneously increasing the quality of diagnoses and monitoring of as well as the selection of treatment strategies. The results of many studies combining radiomics with standard medical techniques are highly encouraging, and these new approaches are increasingly used. This review article details the components of radiomics and discusses its applications, challenges, and future directions for this exciting new field of study.

Aim: To analyse the aetiology, pathophysiology and prognosis in a series of patients who developed clinically significant subcutaneous emphysema in a pediatric intensive care unit.

Method: Retrospective investigational study, recording and diagnosing all cases of clinically significant subcutaneous emphysema observed in the pediatric intensive care unit of a Spanish hospital during the period from January 2007 to December 2017.

Results: 19 patients (7 girls and 12 boys), aged from 4 months to 14 years, were diagnosed with clinically significant subcutaneous emphysema during the study period. Regarding the aetiology of the condition, the origin of the emphysema was traumatic in 31, 5 % of patients (6 cases); associated with an invasive procedure or technique in 37% of patients (7 cases); and emphysema occurring in the context of a medical illness in 31, 5% of patients (6 cases). The emphysema occurred associated with pneumothorax in the 42% of patients but when the emphysema was due to traumatic event the association appeared in the 83% of cases. Three patients required specific treatment for emphysema (15, 8%) and one died due to its severity (5%).

Conclusions: Small subcutaneous emphysemas are asymptomatic and occur very frequently, associated with medical illnesses, traumas or technical/surgical procedures that are performed daily in intensive care units. Clinically significant, symptomatic emphysemas, however, are exceptional and can aggravate the clinical state of a patient who is already in a critical condition and may even be life threatening. In our serial, emphysema occurred most frequently associated to pneumothorax and it appeared isolated in the 16% of cases. Unfortunately we have not found any published data to compare our results. Despite the low mortality in our serial, emphysemas should be diagnosed as early as possible, and their evolution and clinical impact closely monitored.

We report a novel ultrasonography technique of demonstrating partial tears of supraspinatus tendon using modified scarf technique. Correct diagnosis of the partial tears assist in appropriate management of these injuries.

Quadriceps ruptures are common but isolated tears of the vastus intermedius are uncommon. We present a case of a 45-year-old man presenting with swelling and pain in the thigh after trauma who had an isolated tear of the vastus intermedius.