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Whole-body MRI in oncology: acquisition protocols, current guidelines, and beyond Open

Fabio Zugni, L Mariani, Doenja M. J. Lambregts, Roberta Maggioni, Paul Summers , et al. · 2024

Diffusion kurtosis imaging and standard diffusion imaging in the magnetic resonance imaging assessment of prostate cancer Open

Pierpaolo Palumbo, Andrea Martinese, Maria Rosaria Antenucci, Vincenza Granata, Roberta Fusco , et al. · 2023

DKI advantages, compared to conventional ADC analysis, still remain controversial. Wider application and greater technical knowledge of DKI, however, may help in proving its intrinsic validity in the field of oncology and therefore in the …

Imaging of human papilloma virus (HPV) related oropharynx tumour: what we know to date Open

Eleonora Bicci, Leonardo Calamandrei, Francesco Mungai, Vincenza Granata, Roberta Fusco , et al. · 2023

The tumours of head and neck district are around 3% of all malignancies and squamous cell carcinoma is the most frequent histotype, with rapid increase during the last two decades because of the increment of the infection due to human papi…

Radiomics and machine learning analysis by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in colorectal liver metastases prognostic assessment Open

Vincenza Granata, Roberta Fusco, Federica De Muzio, Maria Chiara Brunese, Sergio Venanzio Setola , et al. · 2023

Prognostic Assessment of Gastropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasm: Prospects and limits of Radiomics Open

Federica De Muzio, Fabio Pellegrino, Roberta Fusco, Salvatore Tafuto, Mariano Scaglione , et al. · 2023

Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) are a group of lesions originating from cells of the diffuse neuroendocrine system. NENs may involve different sites, including the gastrointestinal tract (GEP-NENs). The incidence and prevalence of GEP-NENs…

An Updated Review on Imaging and Staging of Anal Cancer—Not Just Rectal Cancer Open

Alessio Congedo, Davide Mallardi, Ginevra Danti, Federica De Muzio, Vincenza Granata , et al. · 2023

Anal cancer is a rare disease, but its incidence has been increasing steadily. Primary staging and assessment after chemoradiation therapy are commonly performed using MRI, which is considered to be the preferred imaging modality. CT and P…

Diagnostic approach to focal liver lesions at cross-sectional imaging: a primer for beginners. Open

Alessandra Borgheresi, Andrea Agostini, Lucia Pierpaoli, Alessandro Zannotti, S Capodagli-Colarizi , et al. · 2023

Liver imaging encompasses a broad spectrum of diseases in different clinical backgrounds. The available literature is vast and reported data often lacks standardization. Because of all these issues, the differential diagnosis and the chara…

Functional assessment in endometrial and cervical cancer: diffusion and perfusion, two captivating tools for radiologists. Open

Federica De Muzio, Roberta Fusco, Igino Simonetti, Roberta Grassi, Roberta Grassi , et al. · 2023

Uterine cervical and endometrial cancers are two major gynecological malignancies, affecting women's health worldwide. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is appropriate for evaluating malignant disease, thanks to the excellent soft tissue co…

Tips and Tricks in Thoracic Radiology for Beginners: A Findings-Based Approach Open

Alessandra Borgheresi, Andrea Agostini, Luca Pierpaoli, Alessandra Bruno, Tommaso Valeri , et al. · 2023

This review has the purpose of illustrating schematically and comprehensively the key concepts for the beginner who approaches chest radiology for the first time. The approach to thoracic imaging may be challenging for the beginner due to …

Update on the Applications of Radiomics in Diagnosis, Staging, and Recurrence of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Open

Maria Chiara Brunese, Maria Rita Fantozzi, Roberta Fusco, Federica De Muzio, Michela Gabelloni , et al. · 2023

Background: This paper offers an assessment of radiomics tools in the evaluation of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Methods: The PubMed database was searched for papers published in the English language no earlier than October 2022. Resul…

Recent Advances in Ultrasound Breast Imaging: From Industry to Clinical Practice Open

Orlando Catalano, Roberta Fusco, Federica De Muzio, Igino Simonetti, Pierpaolo Palumbo , et al. · 2023

Breast ultrasound (US) has undergone dramatic technological improvement through recent decades, moving from a low spatial resolution, grayscale-limited technique to a highly performing, multiparametric modality. In this review, we first fo…

Exploring Radiologists’ Burnout in the COVID-19 Era: A Narrative Review Open

Michela Gabelloni, Lorenzo Faggioni, Roberta Fusco, Federica De Muzio, Ginevra Danti , et al. · 2023

Since its beginning in March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has claimed an exceptionally high number of victims and brought significant disruption to the personal and professional lives of millions of people worldwide. Among medical specialis…

Post-Surgical Imaging Assessment in Rectal Cancer: Normal Findings and Complications Open

Federica De Muzio, Roberta Fusco, Carmen Cutolo, Giuliana Giacobbe, Federico Bruno , et al. · 2023

Rectal cancer (RC) is one of the deadliest malignancies worldwide. Surgery is the most common treatment for RC, performed in 63.2% of patients. The type of surgical approach chosen aims to achieve maximum residual function with the lowest …

Radiation Recall Pneumonitis: The Open Challenge in Differential Diagnosis of Pneumonia Induced by Oncological Treatments Open

Francesca Grassi, Vincenza Granata, Roberta Fusco, Federica De Muzio, Carmen Cutolo , et al. · 2023

The treatment of primary and secondary lung neoplasms now sees the fundamental role of radiotherapy, associated with surgery and systemic therapies. The improvement in survival outcomes has also increased attention to the quality of life, …

Risk Assessment and Cholangiocarcinoma: Diagnostic Management and Artificial Intelligence Open

Vincenza Granata, Roberta Fusco, Federica De Muzio, Carmen Cutolo, Francesca Grassi , et al. · 2023

Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) is the second most common primary liver tumor, with a median survival of only 13 months. Surgical resection remains the only curative therapy; however, at first detection, only one-third of patients a…

Gender Medicine in Clinical Radiology Practice Open

Giuliana Giacobbe, Vincenza Granata, Piero Trovato, Roberta Fusco, Igino Simonetti , et al. · 2023

Gender Medicine is rapidly emerging as a branch of medicine that studies how many diseases common to men and women differ in terms of prevention, clinical manifestations, diagnostic-therapeutic approach, prognosis, and psychological and so…

Radiomics in Lung Metastases: A Systematic Review Open

Michela Gabelloni, Lorenzo Faggioni, Roberta Fusco, Igino Simonetti, Federica De Muzio , et al. · 2023

Due to the rich vascularization and lymphatic drainage of the pulmonary tissue, lung metastases (LM) are not uncommon in patients with cancer. Radiomics is an active research field aimed at the extraction of quantitative data from diagnost…

Imaging Features of Main Hepatic Resections: The Radiologist Challenging Open

Carmen Cutolo, Roberta Fusco, Igino Simonetti, Federica De Muzio, Francesca Grassi , et al. · 2023

Liver resection is still the most effective treatment of primary liver malignancies, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), and of metastatic disease, such as colorectal liver metastases. The type of liver r…

Structured Reporting in Radiological Settings: Pitfalls and Perspectives Open

Vincenza Granata, Federica De Muzio, Carmen Cutolo, Federica Dell’Aversana, Francesca Grassi , et al. · 2022

Objective: The aim of this manuscript is to give an overview of structured reporting in radiological settings. Materials and Method: This article is a narrative review on structured reporting in radiological settings. Particularly, limitat…

A Narrative Review on LI-RADS Algorithm in Liver Tumors: Prospects and Pitfalls Open

Federica De Muzio, Francesca Grassi, Federica Dell’Aversana, Roberta Fusco, Ginevra Danti , et al. · 2022

Liver cancer is the sixth most detected tumor and the third leading cause of tumor death worldwide. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver malignancy with specific risk factors and a targeted population. Imaging pl…

Imaging Features of Post Main Hepatectomy Complications: The Radiologist Challenging Open

Carmen Cutolo, Federica De Muzio, Roberta Fusco, Igino Simonetti, Andrea Belli , et al. · 2022

In the recent years, the number of liver resections has seen an impressive growth. Usually, hepatic resections remain the treatment of various liver diseases, such as malignant tumors, benign tumors, hydatid disease, and abscesses. Despite…

Complications Risk Assessment and Imaging Findings of Thermal Ablation Treatment in Liver Cancers: What the Radiologist Should Expect Open

Vincenza Granata, Roberta Fusco, Federica De Muzio, Carmen Cutolo, Sergio Venanzio Setola , et al. · 2022

One of the major fields of application of ablation treatment is liver tumors. With respect to HCC, ablation treatments are considered as upfront treatments in patients with early-stage disease, while in colorectal liver metastases (CLM), t…

Lymph Nodes Evaluation in Rectal Cancer: Where Do We Stand and Future Perspective Open

Alessandra Borgheresi, Federica De Muzio, Andrea Agostini, Letizia Ottaviani, Alessandra Bruno , et al. · 2022

The assessment of nodal involvement in patients with rectal cancer (RC) is fundamental in disease management. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is routinely used for local and nodal staging of RC by using morphological criteria. The actual …

Complications after Thermal Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Liver Metastases: Imaging Findings Open

Federica De Muzio, Carmen Cutolo, Federica Dell’Aversana, Francesca Grassi, Ludovica Ravo , et al. · 2022

Tumour ablation is a strategy of treatment of hepatic tumours in patients with small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (<3 cm) or in patients unfit for surgical resection. Moreover, tumor ablation can be used as an adjuvant therapy or may be …

Radiomics and Machine Learning Analysis Based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Assessment of Colorectal Liver Metastases Growth Pattern Open

Vincenza Granata, Roberta Fusco, Federica De Muzio, Carmen Cutolo, Mauro Mattace Raso , et al. · 2022

To assess Radiomics and Machine Learning Analysis in Liver Colon and Rectal Cancer Metastases (CRLM) Growth Pattern, we evaluated, retrospectively, a training set of 51 patients with 121 liver metastases and an external validation set of 3…

Magnetic Resonance Features of Liver Mucinous Colorectal Metastases: What the Radiologist Should Know Open

Vincenza Granata, Roberta Fusco, Federica De Muzio, Carmen Cutolo, Sergio Venanzio Setola , et al. · 2022

Purpose: The aim of this study is to assess MRI features of mucinous liver metastases compared to non-mucinous metastases and hepatic hemangioma. Methods: A radiological archive was assessed from January 2017 to June 2021 to select patient…

CT-Based Radiomics Analysis to Predict Histopathological Outcomes Following Liver Resection in Colorectal Liver Metastases Open

Vincenza Granata, Roberta Fusco, Sergio Venanzio Setola, Federica De Muzio, Federica dell’ Aversana , et al. · 2022

Purpose: We aimed to assess the efficacy of radiomic features extracted by computed tomography (CT) in predicting histopathological outcomes following liver resection in colorectal liver metastases patients, evaluating recurrence, mutation…

EOB-MR Based Radiomics Analysis to Assess Clinical Outcomes following Liver Resection in Colorectal Liver Metastases Open

Vincenza Granata, Roberta Fusco, Federica De Muzio, Carmen Cutolo, Sergio Venanzio Setola , et al. · 2022

The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of radiomics features obtained by EOB-MRI phase in order to predict clinical outcomes following liver resection in Colorectal Liver Metastases Patients, and evaluate recurrence, mutational s…

Contrast MR-Based Radiomics and Machine Learning Analysis to Assess Clinical Outcomes following Liver Resection in Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Preliminary Study Open

Vincenza Granata, Roberta Fusco, Federica De Muzio, Carmen Cutolo, Sergio Venanzio Setola , et al. · 2022

Purpose: To assess radiomics features efficacy obtained by arterial and portal MRI phase in the prediction of clinical outcomes in the colorectal liver metastases patients, evaluating recurrence, mutational status, pathological characteris…

CT study protocol optimization in acute non-traumatic abdominal settings. Open

Federica De Muzio, Carmen Cutolo, Vincenza Granata, Roberta Fusco, L Ravo , et al. · 2022

Abdominal acute pain is a manifestation of heterogeneous medical conditions, with difficult clinical-laboratory assessment. Multi-detector CT (MDCT) is the gold standard imaging technique for evaluating adult patients with acute abdominal …

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