Reviewer's report
Title:Digital image analysis is helpful in diagnosing gastric mesenchymal tumors
Version:1Date:6 December 2013
Reviewer: Masayuki Kitano
Reviewer's report:
This article reports usefulness of objective (quantitative) analyses for diagnosis of
gastric mesenchymal tumors. The content of the manuscript is well written with
detailed methods and appropriate analyses of outcomes. The strength of this
article is the first report about utility of rational measurements of parameters of
EUS images for gastric mesenchymal tumors. The weakness of this article is
retrospective analyses of recorded images.
1. (Title) Authors should include this report is about image analysis of “EUS” in
the title.
2. Standardization in this article is skillful using anechoic center and outer
hyperechoic rim in the recorded images. Ideal standardization should be an
unified setting of ultrasonography, including gain, contrast, frequency and so on,
in the prospective study. Authors should discuss this.
3. Authors should describe the detail of the unit of brightness (Tmean and TSD).
Is the maximum value is 130 or 100? Is the minimum value is 0?
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
Reviewer's report
Title:Digital image analysis is helpful in diagnosing gastric mesenchymal tumors
Version:1Date:6 December 2013
Reviewer: Masayuki Kitano
Reviewer's report:
This article reports usefulness of objective (quantitative) analyses for diagnosis of
gastric mesenchymal tumors. The content of the manuscript is well written with
detailed methods and appropriate analyses of outcomes. The strength of this
article is the first report about utility of rational measurements of parameters of
EUS images for gastric mesenchymal tumors. The weakness of this article is
retrospective analyses of recorded images.
1. (Title) Authors should include this report is about image analysis of “EUS” in
the title.
2. Standardization in this article is skillful using anechoic center and outer
hyperechoic rim in the recorded images. Ideal standardization should be an
unified setting of ultrasonography, including gain, contrast, frequency and so on,
in the prospective study. Authors should discuss this.
3. Authors should describe the detail of the unit of brightness (Tmean and TSD).
Is the maximum value is 130 or 100? Is the minimum value is 0?
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
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Reviewer's report
Title:Digital image analysis is helpful in diagnosing gastric mesenchymal tumors
Version:1Date:6 December 2013
Reviewer: Masayuki Kitano
Reviewer's report:
This article reports usefulness of objective (quantitative) analyses for diagnosis of
gastric mesenchymal tumors. The content of the manuscript is well written with
detailed methods and appropriate analyses of outcomes. The strength of this
article is the first report about utility of rational measurements of parameters of
EUS images for gastric mesenchymal tumors. The weakness of this article is
retrospective analyses of recorded images.
1. (Title) Authors should include this report is about image analysis of “EUS” in
the title.
2. Standardization in this article is skillful using anechoic center and outer
hyperechoic rim in the recorded images. Ideal standardization should be an
unified setting of ultrasonography, including gain, contrast, frequency and so on,
in the prospective study. Authors should discuss this.
3. Authors should describe the detail of the unit of brightness (Tmean and TSD).
Is the maximum value is 130 or 100? Is the minimum value is 0?
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a statistician.
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