A5072270026- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
- MRI in cancer diagnosis
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
- Renal and Vascular Pathologies
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
- Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
- Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
- Urologic and reproductive health conditions
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
- Radiology practices and education
- Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
- Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery
- Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
University of Udine
2011-2024
Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia di Udine
2012-2022
University of Pisa
2008
Post-cholecystectomy syndrome (PCS) is defined as a complex of heterogeneous symptoms, consisting upper abdominal pain and dyspepsia, which recur and/or persist after cholecystectomy. Nevertheless, this term inaccurate, it encompasses biliary non-biliary disorders, possibly unrelated to Biliary manifestations PCS may occur early in the post-operative period, usually because incomplete surgery (retained calculi cystic duct remnant or common bile duct) operative complications, such injury...
Abstract Purpose To investigate the relevance of increasing b ‐values in evaluating liver fibrosis through agreement two diffusion‐weighted (DW) sequences. Materials and Methods A total 29 cirrhotic patients healthy volunteers were studied on a 1.5T system. Two single‐shot spin‐echo echo‐planar sequences acquired using sets ‐values: 0, 150, 250, 400 seconds/mm 2 (first sequence: DW1a) 400, 600, 800 (second DW2a). Apparent diffusion coefficients (ADCs) hepatic parenchyma calculated ADC maps....
Background Most studies assessing interreader agreement of Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System v. 2 (PI‐RADS v2) have used biopsy as the standard reference, thus carrying risk not definitively noting all existent cancers. Purpose To evaluate in prostate cancer (PCa) PI‐RADS v2, using whole‐mount histology reference. Study Type Monocentric prospective cohort study. Population In all, 48 patients with biopsy‐proven PCa referred for radical prostatectomy, undergoing staging...
The aim of this study was to analyze the role resistance index (RI), systolic acceleration time (SAT), and spectral waveform's morphologic characteristics in sonographic evaluation hepatic artery for early detection stenosis or thrombosis after orthotopic liver transplantation.Arterial Doppler sonograms 174 transplanted livers 150 patients were analyzed presence absence blood flow, RI, SAT, peak velocity. A qualitative waveform also made. In who had abnormal findings on sonography, we...
PURPOSE: To compare gadobenate dimeglumine (Gd-BOPTA)–enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with ferumoxides-enhanced MR for detection of liver metastases. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty consecutive patients known to have malignancy and suspected having focal lesions at ultrasonography (US) underwent 1.0-T gradient-recalled-echo T1-weighted breath-hold sequences before, immediately after, 60 minutes after Gd-BOPTA injection. Subsequently, was performed turbo spin-echo short inversion time...
Background It is unclear whether clinical models including the Partin tables (PT), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center nomogram (MSKCCn), and cancer of prostate risk assessment (CAPRA) can benefit from incorporating multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) when staging (PCa). Purpose To compare accuracy models, mpMRI, mpMRI plus in predicting stage ≥pT3 PCa. Study Type Prospective monocentric cohort study. Population Seventy‐three patients who underwent radical prostatectomy...
Objective: To retrospectively compare portal venous phase (PVP) and delayed (DP) for the detection of tumor washout at gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced liver magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in cirrhotic patients with hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Methods: Thirty-three 55 HCCs underwent 1.5-T MRI by means fat-suppressed T1-weighted sequence obtained before after dimeglumine administration, during early late arterial phases, PVP (70 seconds), DP (180 seconds). Detection rates...
Background Prior imaging studies have shown structural, functional and biochemical impairments in patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), particularly the right hemisphere. In this study we investigated, for first time to best of our knowledge, white-matter microstructure organization GAD. Method A total 12 DSM-IV GAD 15 matched healthy controls underwent a magnetic resonance session diffusion weighted imaging, exploring water molecules by means apparent coefficients (ADCs)....
Abstract Purpose: To investigate the negative predictive value (NPV) for malignancy of 3.0 Tesla (T) MRI in patients with “gray zone” PSA level and prior biopsies. Materials Methods: We enrolled 26 between 2.5 10 ng/mL no cancer at previous Examinations were performed on a 3.0T system using T2‐weighted imaging, diffusion‐weighted spectroscopy, postcontrast dynamic study. A regional scheme was used to record findings perform subsequent transrectal‐ultrasonography‐guided biopsy. Based matching...
The aim of this paper was to compare the accuracy multiple abbreviated multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI)-derived protocols in detecting clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa).One hundred and eight men undergoing staging 3.0T mpMRI with a Prostate Imaging - Reporting Data System version 2 (PI-RADSv2)-compliant protocol before radical prostatectomy (RP) were retrospectively evaluated. Two readers (R1, R2) independently analyzed mpMRI, assigning PI-RADSv2 category each...
Abstract According to the 2022 European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/European Respiratory (ERS) guidelines, a right heart catheterization-derived mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) > 20 mmHg at rest defines hypertension (PH). As PH can ultimately lead death, multidisciplinary early diagnosis, proper framework, and prompt management are crucial. ESC/ERS classification encompasses five groups, each sharing pathogenesis, hemodynamics, management, i.e., group I, hypertension; II, left...