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Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Iodinated contrast medium is cleared by glomerular filtration.We have previously demonstrated that the contribution by individual kidneys to overall renal function - the split or differential renal function - can be accurately quantifiedthrough...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: Computed tomography (CT) has established itself as a primary diagnostic imaging modality in cardiac anomalies 1 . With its fast scanning speed and isotropic spatial resolution at 0.3–0.4 mm, CT allows diagnosis safely and accurately than...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Avoiding motion artifacts and best-phase selection are crucial in the interpretation of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography(CCTA). This study aimed to develop an effective automatic algorithm to quantify the degree of motion artifacts of...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: To outline the factors influencing decisions to replace an existing PACS To describe the choices of PACS architecture including pros and cons To guide a Health Care System considering PACS replacement through the steps and process leading to...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: - To review the most frequent congenital lung malformations and their current nomenclature. - To illustrate with own-experience images the imaging findings of each malformation with different techniques and pathologic...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: To briefly review underlying concepts relevant to DECT acquisition and postprocessing. To discuss the use of DECT protocols To explorethe benefits of DECTin the diagnostic evaluation of various cases from the...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: This review aims at Creating a basic understanding of AI and methods implemented in radiology- both current and potential future. Assessing the impact of AI in various fields of radiology. Discuss safety, privacy, moral, ethical and medico-legal...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: Medical imaging is a powerful clinical tool that allows health professionals to diagnose their patients without subjecting them to invasive surgery. Although the benefits of medical imaging exams are significant, there are ionizing radiation risks...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: For lateral imaging of the knee joint, knowledge that the joint surfaces of the medial and lateral condyles are consistently drawn assumes diagnostic significance. If the difference between the joint surface of the medial and lateral condyles is...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Accurate estimation for the effects of respiratory motion can potentially lead to more accurate diagnosis and treatment. In radiation therapy, for example, the motion is assessed for determination of planning margins 1) and delivered dose assessment...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: The purpose of this work is to: emphasize the importance of chest X-ray imaging in establishing the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) develop and prove the reliability of an artificial intelligence (AI) software used for disease...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: To illustrate the electronic-based workflow built at our Institution for management and scheduling of radiological...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: Online learning has become an effective educational tool in both the supplement to the traditional classroom and the replacement of class lectures. Since 2012, massive open online courses or “MOOCs” have been established to provide professional...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) still represents the gold-standard for breast silicone implant evaluation [1] but Dual-Energy Computed Tomography (DECT) is proven to have similar specificity to MRI in detecting silicone deposition in soft tissues...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: The aim of our study was to investigate the use of IntraVoxel Incoerent Motion (IVIM) model in the study of physiological microstructural tissue changes in terms of perfusion and diffusion qualities, occurring in fetal lungs and kidneys during...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: To review the clinical features and spectrum of imaging findings of the smoking-related interstitial lung diseases. To present an anatomic and segmental initial approach to narrow the differentials in the HRCT. To identify the principal HRCT...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: The discovery of oncogene driver alterations and the development of targeted therapies against specific molecular alterations (i.e EGFR, BRAF, ALK, ROS1 …) represent one of the most important progress in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) has revealed altered connectivity patterns in patients with chronic pelvic pain. Disruptions of the Default Mode Network (DMN) and Salience Network (SN) have been associated to clinical...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Working in a dynamic, complex and high workload healthcare environment can lead to clinical incidents or near misses;unintended eventsthat resulted or may result in any physical harm to patients, personnel or third-parties. To facilitate...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: The brain is constantly changing throughout our lifespan. For normal aging, some progression of substance loss and change in a variety of brain structures are expected, e.g. volumetric, morphometric and signal changes. The biological a ge of the...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Dual Energy Computed Tomography (DECT) and its many post-aquisition possibilities arebeing increasingly used in clinical neuroradiology.Specific DECT applications were proven superior to Single Energy Computed Tomography (SECT) for particular...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Changes in spinal muscle size have been implicated in altered spine function and back pain. It is therefore important to assess reliability of spinal muscle volume measurements. Therefore, the current study aims to: Investigate the consistency of...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: In an international healthcare organization, the development and implementation of the Affidea Incident Management System (AIMS)plays a significant role in preventing failures and supporting collective learning, however, adverse incidents account...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: In utero fetal MRI has been increasingly used in medical prenatal practice due to its advantage in soft tissue contrast resolution over ultrasound imaging, but the lack of specialized image processing tools impedes the further application of fetal...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: The objectives of this work are as follows: To understand how the study description of an imaging test is transmitted from RIS (Radiology Information System) to DIS (Dosimetric Information System). To analyze the problems that arise with the DICOM...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: The exposure to ionizing radiation caused by medical imaging is non-negligibleIt is therefore imperative, from a public health perspective, to minimize this exposure and to have a better understanding of its biological effects. The MEDIRAD [i]...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: In the era of extended use of medical imaging, the risks and especially the cancer risks associated with radiation from medical exposure have received increased attention in the medical literature and in the discussions among experts. Although...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: ESR iGuide is the European Society of Radiology's (ESR) clinical decision support (CDS) system for medical imaging referrals. ESR iGuide uses imaging referral guidelines developed by the ESRbased on the American College of Radiology Appropriateness...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Usually, the position of the biopsy device in bronchoscopy for peripheral pulmonary lesions（PPLs） is confirmed by X-ray fluoroscopy. However, X-ray image has been not easy to confirm the position in the anterior-posterior (AP) direction, and the...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: To sharethefeedback on the 12 million imaging exams migration of 30 medical structures from a regional platform to another while maintaining accesses for the medicalteams at all times through their usual tools : Observed Results : Performances,...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Infections and tumor are common brain diseases that, sometimes, may have similar pattern on brain MRI. Neuroinfections can be caused by diverse etiological agents and affect millions of people worldwide [1, 2]. Altogether, benign and malignant...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: The learning curve was conceptualized and popularized in 1936 by the American aeronautical engineer, Theodore Paul Wright (1). Its first use was to estimate the consequences of the serial production of an aircraft on its unit cost, using a graphical...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: To describe usual and unusual thoracic vascular emergencies that may appear in the context of oncologic patient. To show the radiological finding on chest radiography and multislice CT of these disorders. To discuss the utility of imaging techniques...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: As magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become a well-established technique for breast examination, a conventional breast MRI investigation usually includes a bright-fluid sequence of both breasts, because these sequences can be useful both in the...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Hounsfield unit(HU) have been used to predict type of renal calculus and guide about further management. But calculus density is not equal at all area. Hence, study carried to check fallacy of calculus density on CT report. We conducted this...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: To assess the feasibility and reproducibility of pancreatic surface lobularity (PSL) quantification derived from abdominal CT in a population of patients free of pancreatic...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: The quality of chest radiographs is a practical issue because deviations from quality standards cost readers' time, may lead to misdiagnosis and hold legal risks. Inadequate patient positioning is one of the frequently encountered image quality...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: The present study aimed to build a radiomics fingerprint to evaluate the intra-patientsimilarity ofFDG-avid lesions in order to inform the choice of HL target lesion(s)(Fig....

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the use of non-contrast CT KUB (stone protocol) in the detection of abdominal pathologies other than stones, whether or not simulating the clinical picture of urolithiasis, and its impact upon patient management. BACKGROUND...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: 1. To present and discuss more commonly encountered and some rare renal vascular lesions and their clinical relevance. 2. To illustrate their imaging characteristics using contrast-enhanced...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Programming for medical image processing with the DICOM (Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine) [1; 2] file format is not easy because the structure of the DICOM files containing metadata and image data is complex, and there are only a few...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Gout is a common form of inflammatory arthritis which is characterized by elevated serum uric acid and deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in the joints and soft tissues. In recent years, dual energy computed tomography (DECT) has become a...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: To investigate relationship between histogram-based HRCT indexes and Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs), and between histogram-based HRCT indexes and Bronchiectasis Score (BS) in progressive-fibrosing ILD...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: Critical concepts associated with a successful and effective patient “hand-off”, including benefits and pitfalls. The adaptation of the patient “hand-off” for application within diagnostic radiology and interventional radiology....

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO), also known as obliterative bronchiolitis or constrictive bronchiolitis, is an obstructive lung disease of the small airways [1]. BO is characterized by subepithelial inflammatory and fibrotic narrowing of the...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: Patients undergoing radiological examinations such as radiography or computed tomography (CT) are exposed to ionizing radiation. Ionizing radiation can lead to the induction of point mutations in the DNA, chromosomal translocations and gene fusions,...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between the commonly used quantitative computed tomography (QCT) parameters and commonly used clinical and spirometric measures used in COPD...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: In a clinical environment, the installed information systems promote the collection, analysis, dissemination and archiving of patients’ clinical information and also information related to the actors involved in the provision of healthcare over...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: To learn how to effectively use digital ecosystems in radiographer's education To learn how different digital ecosystems can be integrated in radiographer's...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Ventriculomegaly (VM) is a relatively frequent pathology in prenatal life, having a heterogeneous association with post-natal neurological impairment. In fact, in severe isolated cases, there is only the 37% probability of survival without...