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Hepatic venous pressure gradient measurement via jugular vein catheterization is still currently the gold standard for evaluating portal hypertension. However, how to accurately and reproducibly assess whether there is portal hypertension has always been a concern in patients with liver cirrhosis. In recent years, imaging methods have made significant progress in the non-invasive diagnosis of portal hypertension. This paper reviews the current different diagnostic value of imaging methods and related research progress in an attempt to evaluate patients with cirrhotic portal hypertension.目前经颈静脉插管测量肝静脉压力梯度仍是评价门静脉高压的金标准，如何准确、可重复地无创评估肝硬化患者是否存在门静脉高压，一直备受关注。近年来，影像学方法无创诊断门静脉高压取得重要进展，现就不同影像方法在评价肝硬化患者门静脉高压的诊断价值及相关研究进展予以综述。.

Evidence-based interventional radiology is the result of the evolution and integration of evidence-based medicine and interventional radiology. It adopts the concepts and methods of evidence-based medicine to guide the best clinical practice in interventional radiology. We aim to systematically elaborate on the status quo of Clinical Research, Systematic Review/Meta-Analysis and Clinical Practice Guidelines in interventional radiology, analyze the existing problems, and put forward thoughts and suggestions on promoting the development of evidence-based interventional radiology in the future.循证介入放射学是循证医学和介入放射学学科演进交融的结果，其采用循证医学的理念和方法，指导介入放射学领域进行最佳的临床实践。本文将系统地阐述介入放射学中临床研究、系统评价/Meta分析和临床实践指南的现状，分析存在的问题，在此基础上提出我国未来推动循证介入放射学发展的思考与建议。.

Afforestation of shelterbelts is a sustainable practice to protect highways from shifting sand dunes in desert areas. The Taklimakan Desert Highway Shelterbelt (TDHS) in China is known as “the Great Green Wall of Taklimakan Desert” and borders a 436‐km distance along the highway. This study assessed the early survival, above‐ground growth, and root growth of three salt‐ and drought‐tolerant plant species (Calligonum aborescens Litv., Tamarix ramosissima Ledeb., and Haloxylon ammodendron (C. A. Mey.) Bunge) in TDHS; those were drip‐irrigated with local high saline groundwater. The results demonstrated that more than 80% of Haloxylon ammodendron seedlings could survive regardless of irrigation water salinities ranging from 2.82 to 29.70 g/L. In contrast, survival rates of Calligonum aborescens seedlings were greater than 65% when using irrigation water salinities ≤13.99 g/L and less than 50% when irrigated with water having salinities of 20.99–29.70 g/L, respectively. However, plant survival rates of Tamarix ramosissima were much lower than 50% when irrigated with water having salinities >4.82 g/L. Furthermore, under the same salinity, the height, crown width, and maximum width of basal stems were the greatest for Calligonum aborescens plants and the lowest for Tamarix ramosissima plants. Root length varied among the species depending on tree age and the applied water characteristics. We conclude that afforestation is feasible with saline water in this extreme arid shifting desert, particularly Calligonum aborescens plants should be grown at the outer margin of the shelterbelt due to its faster growth to more quickly stabilize the shifting sand. Our study may provide a good resolution for afforestation and marginal saline water utility in most arid and semiarid regions.