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BMC Medical Imaging

BMC Medical Imaging is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in the development, evaluation, and use of imaging techniques and image processing tools to diagnose and manage disease. It covers all imaging modalities for medical application including interventional radiology and has a clinically focused editorial board.

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Subject Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging

Impact Factor 3.2

Quartile Q1

Open Access Type Open

ISSN 1471-2342

eISSN 1471-2342

Invitation Only Yes

Cost Range £2490.00 GBP / $3290.00 USD / €2790.00 EUR APC; subject to VAT or local taxes where applicable.

Submission Instructions

BMC Medical Imaging is an invitation-only journal. Submissions are accepted by invitation from the editorial board only. The following article types are accepted:

Research Article

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, confirm the content has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable.

Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions, and articles reporting health care interventions on human participants must also include a Trial registration section.

Manuscript Manuscript must include a title page with the title, full author names and institutional addresses, and corresponding author; a structured abstract; three to ten keywords; Methods and Results sections with the specified content; and a Declarations section with the required subheadings. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, a Declarations section with the subheadings Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, and Acknowledgements, use 'Not applicable' for any irrelevant Declarations subsection, include a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, include a Competing interests section, and document any use of a large language model in the Methods section or another suitable section if no Methods section is available.

References References must follow Vancouver style. Only published or in-press articles, clinical trial registration records, abstracts, and public preprints may be cited; unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list; journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE; and web links and URLs must be numbered and included in the reference list rather than the text.

Figures & Tables Figure titles and legends must be included in the main manuscript while figures are uploaded separately, tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, and larger tables may be placed at the end with callouts in the text. Multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, cropped gels and blots in the main text must clearly show cropping and be identified in the legend, corresponding uncropped full-length gels and blots must be provided together in one supplementary figure with crop locations and labels matching the main text, and figure legends must note that the full-length blots or gels appear in the supplementary figure.

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Review

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any journal policy issues, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable.

Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract structure is not specified.

Manuscript Manuscript must include a title page, Background section, Conclusions section, and a Declarations section, and the main text may be divided into short informative subsections. Manuscript must provide three to ten keywords, include a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, and include Declarations subheadings for Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, and Acknowledgements, with 'Not applicable' used where a section is irrelevant.

References References must follow Vancouver reference style. Only articles, clinical trial registration records, and abstracts that are published, in press, or publicly available as preprints may be cited, and web links or URLs must be numbered and included in the reference list rather than the text.

Figures & Tables Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, tables longer than one page may be placed at the end of the document, and figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript while figure files are uploaded separately. Previously published figures or tables in non-research articles require permission and citation of the original source, figures and tables must be numbered in text order, multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, and tables must not be embedded as figures or spreadsheet files.

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Systematic Review

Cover Letter A cover letter is required with the submission. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any journal policy issues, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name any special issue if applicable.

Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must contain the headings Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions, and if the systematic review has been registered the registration number should appear as the last line.

Manuscript Manuscript should include Background, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, and a Declarations section containing Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, Acknowledgements, and optional Authors' information. Manuscript must provide three to ten keywords, include a link in the Methods section to an additional file with the full search strategy, state any Large Language Model use in the Methods or another suitable section, and include 'Not applicable' under any non-relevant Declarations heading.

References References must follow Vancouver reference style. Only published or in-press articles, clinical trial registration records, abstracts, and publicly available preprints may be cited, unpublished abstracts or data and personal communications must not appear in the reference list, web links must be cited as numbered references, and journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE.

Figures & Tables Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, longer tables may be placed at the end of the document with callouts in the text, and figure titles and legends must appear in the manuscript while figure files are uploaded separately. Figures and tables must be numbered in citation order, multi-panel figures must be submitted as single composite files, tables must be created with the word processor table function rather than as figures or spreadsheet objects, and table footnotes should use superscript lower-case letters or asterisks for significance values.

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Recent Publications

Yolov7 neural network for pelvic X-rays after total hip arthroplasty: automatically measuring component position parameters- a retrospective feasibility study

Jiawei Li, Liangjia Ding, Kai Zhang, Yunfeng Zhang, Shang Gao, Feng Jin, Qingyu Ji, Qingwei Chen, Zhiyong Guo, Wenjie Lan, Haiyan Wang, Lichun Zhang, Xiaohe Li

10.1186/s12880-026-02412-1

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Swin UNETR-based prediction of [68Ga]Ga-FAPI-46 PET/CT dose rate maps in cancer patients: quantitative comparison with [18F]FDG PET/CT

Saeideh Izadi-Yazdi, Farshid Babapour-Mofrad, Elmira Yazdani, Najme Karamzade-Ziarati, Hossein Arabi, Mahdi Sadeghi

10.1186/s12880-026-02489-8

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Nomogram prediction model for pathological complete response of metastatic axillary lymph nodes of breast cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Yinting Chen, Ge Song, Xiaohong Xu, Yuping Yang

10.1186/s12880-026-02488-9

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Repeatability and reproducibility of APT and GluCEST imaging at 5 T: phantom validation and clinical evaluation in patients with brain tumors

Tong Chen, Ling Wang, Tianjun Wang, Chao Zheng, Zhiwei Qin, Wu Cai, Guangzheng Li, Chunhong Hu

10.1186/s12880-026-02486-x

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Development and internal validation of a clinical nomogram incorporating quantitative CT features for predicting malignancy in pulmonary nodules ≤ 3 cm

Yingding Ruan, Yujie Ma, Jianwei Han, Chuan Long, Wenjun Cao, Aiming Yang, Peng Sun, Ting Zhang

10.1186/s12880-026-02490-1

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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Submission to first decision (median): 22 days.

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Is a cover letter required?

A cover letter is required and should explain why the manuscript should be published in BMC Medical Imaging, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm that all authors approved submission, confirm that the content has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and mention the specific special issue name when relevant. Authors may also suggest preferred and non-preferred peer reviewers in the cover letter.

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What are the publication costs?

The current APC is £2490.00 GBP / $3290.00 USD / €2790.00 EUR for each accepted article, subject to VAT or local taxes where applicable.

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Research Topics

Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging MRI in cancer diagnosis Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics AI in cancer detection Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Dental Radiography and Imaging Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Medical Image Segmentation Techniques COVID-19 diagnosis using AI Radiation Dose and Imaging Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications Breast Lesions and Carcinomas Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Advanced Neural Network Applications Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

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