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Understanding PI-QUAL for prostate MRI quality: a practical primer for radiologists

Prostate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of high diagnostic quality is a key determinant for either detection or exclusion of prostate cancer. Adequate high spatial resolution on T2-weighted imaging, good dif...

Authors: Francesco Giganti, Alex Kirkham, Veeru Kasivisvanathan, Marianthi-Vasiliki Papoutsaki, Shonit Punwani, Mark Emberton, Caroline M. Moore and Clare Allen

CT facilitates improved diagnosis of adult intestinal malrotation: a 7-year retrospective study based on 332 cases

To classify adult intestinal malrotation by CT.

Authors: Ziman Xiong, Yaqi Shen, John N. Morelli, Zhen Li, Xuemei Hu and Daoyu Hu

Image-guided percutaneous ablation for the treatment of lung malignancies: current state of the art

Image-guided percutaneous lung ablation has proven to be a valid treatment alternative in patients with early-stage non-small cell lung carcinoma or oligometastatic lung disease. Available ablative modalities ...

Authors: Alfredo Páez-Carpio, Fernando M. Gómez, Gemma Isus Olivé, Pilar Paredes, Tarik Baetens, Enrique Carrero, Marcelo Sánchez and Ivan Vollmer

Many faces of acute bowel ischemia: overview of radiologic staging

Acute bowel ischemia (ABI) can be life threatening with high mortality rate. In spite of the advances made in diagnosis and treatment of ABI, no significant change has occurred in the mortality over the past d...

Authors: Amir H. Davarpanah, Afshar Ghamari Khameneh, Bardia Khosravi, Ali Mir, Hiva Saffar and Amir Reza Radmard

Comparison of the CO-RADS and the RSNA chest CT classification system concerning sensitivity and reliability for the diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) recently published a chest CT classification system and Dutch Association for Radiology has announced Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reporting and data sys...

Authors: Mohamed Abdel-Tawab, Mohammad Abd Alkhalik Basha, Ibrahim A. I. Mohamed, Hamdy M. Ibrahim, Mohamed M. A. Zaitoun, Saeed Bakry Elsayed, Nader E. M. Mahmoud, Ahmed A. El Sammak, Hala Y. Yousef, Sameh Abdelaziz Aly, Hamada M. Khater, Walid Mosallam, Waleed S. Abo Shanab, Ali M. Hendi and Sayed Hassan

Identifying lumbosacral plexus nerve root abnormalities in patients with sciatica using 3T readout-segmented echo-planar diffusion weighted MR neurography

To investigate the accuracy of Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) using the Readout Segmentation of Long Variable Echo-trains (RESOLVE) sequence in detecting lumbosacral nerve abnormalities.

Authors: Osamah M. Abdulaal, Allison McGee, Louise Rainford, Dearbhail O’Driscoll, Marie Galligan, Valerie Reid and Peter J. MacMahon

Mimickers of breast malignancy: imaging findings, pathologic concordance and clinical management

Many benign breast entities have a clinical and imaging presentation that can mimic breast cancer. The purpose of this review is to illustrate the wide spectrum of imaging features that can be associated with ...

Authors: Mary S. Guirguis, Beatriz Adrada, Lumarie Santiago, Rosalind Candelaria and Elsa Arribas

Standardisation of prostate multiparametric MRI across a hospital network: a London experience

National guidelines recommend prostate multiparametric (mp) MRI in men with suspected prostate cancer before biopsy. In this study, we explore prostate mpMRI protocols across 14 London hospitals and determine ...

Authors: Marianthi-Vasiliki Papoutsaki, Clare Allen, Francesco Giganti, David Atkinson, Louise Dickinson, Jacob Goodman, Helen Saunders, Tristan Barrett and Shonit Punwani

Errors, discrepancies and underlying bias in radiology with case examples: a pictorial review

Interpretation differences between radiologists and diagnostic errors are significant issues in daily radiology practice. An awareness of errors and their underlying causes can potentially increase the diagnos...

Authors: Omer Onder, Yasin Yarasir, Aynur Azizova, Gamze Durhan, Mehmet Ruhi Onur and Orhan Macit Ariyurek

Understanding patient needs and gaps in radiology reports through online discussion forum analysis

Our objective is to investigate patient needs and understand information gaps in radiology reports using patient questions that were posted on online discussion forums. We leveraged online question and answer ...

Authors: Mohammad Alarifi, Timothy Patrick, Abdulrahman Jabour, Min Wu and Jake Luo

Correction to: Persistent left superior vena cava: clinical importance and differential diagnoses

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

Authors: Aynur Azizova, Omer Onder, Sevtap Arslan, Selin Ardali and Tuncay Hazirolan

One of the many faces of COVID-19 infection: an irregularly shaped pulmonary nodule

Authors: Sevtap Arslan and Emre Ünal

Investigating the sub-regions of the superior parietal cortex using functional magnetic resonance imaging connectivity

Traditionally, the superior parietal lobule (SPL) is usually investigated as one region of interest, particularly in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies. However, cytoarchitectonic analysis ha...

Authors: Adnan A. S. Alahmadi

Shorter anogenital distance is observed in patients with testicular microlithiasis using magnetic resonance imaging

To investigate the anogenital distance in patients with and without testicular microlithiasis (TML).

Authors: Malene Roland Vils Pedersen, Palle Jørn Osther and Søren Rafael Rafaelsen

Evidence levels in radiology: the insights into imaging approach

Authors: Luis Martí-Bonmatí

Three-dimensional preoperative planning in the weight-bearing state: validation and clinical evaluation

3D preoperative planning of lower limb osteotomies has become increasingly important in light of modern surgical technologies. However, 3D models are usually reconstructed from Computed Tomography data acquire...

Authors: Tabitha Roth, Fabio Carrillo, Matthias Wieczorek, Giulia Ceschi, Hooman Esfandiari, Reto Sutter, Lazaros Vlachopoulos, Wolfgang Wein, Sandro F. Fucentese and Philipp Fürnstahl

Posterior fossa extra-axial variations of medulloblastoma: a pictorial review as a primer for radiologists

Manifestations of an atypical variant of medulloblastoma of the posterior fossa in extra-axial locations have been reported, and key questions concerning its interpretation have been raised previously. This re...

Authors: Abdulaziz M. Al-Sharydah, Abdulrahman Hamad Al-Abdulwahhab, Sari Saleh Al-Suhibani, Wisam M. Al-Issawi, Faisal Al-Zahrani, Faisal Ahmad Katbi, Moath Abdullah Al-Thuneyyan, Tarek Jallul and Faisal Mishaal Alabbas

Microbleeds show a characteristic distribution in cerebral fat embolism

This systematic review aims to test the hypothesis that microbleeds detected by MRI are common and show a characteristic pattern in cerebral fat embolism (CFE). Eighty-four papers involving 140 CFE patients we...

Authors: Omar Giyab, Bendegúz Balogh, Péter Bogner, Orsi Gergely and Arnold Tóth

Synchronous distance teaching of radiology clerkship promotes medical students’ learning and engagement

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted education in myriad ways, primarily leading to an abrupt paradigm shift in teaching and learning practices towards distance learning. The study aims to assess the effectivene...

Authors: Ali Alamer and Fawaz Alharbi

EuSoMII Virtual Annual Meeting 2020 Book of Abstracts

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Optimization of contrast medium volume for abdominal CT in oncologic patients: prospective comparison between fixed and lean body weight-adapted dosing protocols

Patient body size represents the main determinant of parenchymal enhancement and by adjusting the contrast media (CM) dose to patient weight may be a more appropriate approach to avoid a patient over dosage of...

Authors: Damiano Caruso, Elisa Rosati, Nicola Panvini, Marco Rengo, Davide Bellini, Giulia Moltoni, Benedetta Bracci, Elena Lucertini, Marta Zerunian, Michela Polici, Domenico De Santis, Elsa Iannicelli, Paolo Anibaldi, Iacopo Carbone and Andrea Laghi

Computed tomography versus fluoroscopic guided-sacroiliac joint injection: a prospective comparative study

There are limited data discussing long-term pain relief and comparability of different image-guided sacroiliac joint (SIJ) injection. This study compared CT and fluoroscopic-guided SIJ injections regarding sta...

Authors: Ahmed A. A. Bessar, Mohamed M. Arnaout, Mohammad Abd Alkhalik Basha, Shady E. Shaker, Ashraf E. Elsayed and Manar Awad Bessar

Incidental findings in and around the prostate on prostate MRI: a pictorial review

Prostate MRI has seen rapid growth in use in recent years as an advanced diagnostic modality to detect focal areas of clinically significant prostate cancer, to identify an area for targeted biopsy and to guid...

Authors: Janki Trivedi, Tom Sutherland and Mark Page

RECIST 1.1 and lesion selection: How to deal with ambiguity at baseline?

Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) is still the predominant criteria base for assessing tumor burden in oncology clinical trials. Despite several improvements that followed its first publica...

Authors: Antoine Iannessi, Hubert Beaumont, Yan Liu and Anne-Sophie Bertrand

Emerging role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in Castleman disease: a review

Castleman disease (CD) describes a group of rare hematologic conditions involving lymphadenopathy with characteristic histopathology and a spectrum of clinical abnormalities. CD is divided into localized or un...

Authors: Benjamin Koa, Austin J. Borja, Mahmoud Aly, Sayuri Padmanabhan, Joseph Tran, Vincent Zhang, Chaitanya Rojulpote, Sheila K. Pierson, Mark-Avery Tamakloe, Johnson S. Khor, Thomas J. Werner, David C. Fajgenbaum, Abass Alavi and Mona-Elisabeth Revheim

Differential diagnoses of COVID-19 pneumonia: the current challenge for the radiologist—a pictorial essay

COVID-19 pneumonia represents the most severe pandemic of the twenty-first century and has crucial clinical, social and economical implications. The scientific community has focused attention and resources on ...

Authors: Alessia Guarnera, Pierfrancesco Podda, Elena Santini, Pasquale Paolantonio and Andrea Laghi

Imaging diagnosis of classical and new pneumoconiosis: predominant reticular HRCT pattern

Our understanding of the manifestations of pneumoconioses is evolving in recent years. Associations between novel exposures and diffuse interstitial lung disease have been newly recognized. In advanced asbesto...

Authors: Akira Masanori

Osteoid osteoma: the great mimicker

Osteoid osteoma is a painful, benign and common bone tumor that is prevalent in young adults. The typical clinical presentation consists of pain that becomes worse at night and is relieved by nonsteroidal anti...

Authors: Bruno C. Carneiro, Isabela A. N. Da Cruz, Alípio G. Ormond Filho, Igor P. Silva, Júlio B. Guimarães, Flávio D. Silva, Marcelo A. C. Nico and Xavier M. G. R. G. Stump

Current updates in machine learning in the prediction of therapeutic outcome of hepatocellular carcinoma: what should we know?

With the development of machine learning (ML) algorithms, a growing number of predictive models have been established for predicting the therapeutic outcome of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) afte...

Authors: Zhi-Min Zou, De-Hua Chang, Hui Liu and Yu-Dong Xiao

Teleradiology as a relevant indicator of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic management on emergency room activities: a nationwide worrisome survey

To evaluate the impact of COVID-19’s lockdown on radiological examinations in emergency services.

Authors: Jordan Vatele, Stéphanie Gentile, Vivien Thomson, Bénédicte Devictor, Marine Cloux, Nicolas Girouin, Flavie Bratan, Jean-François Bergerot, Mylène Seux, Nathan Banaste, Karim Tazarourte and Guillaume Gorincour

Are radiologists ready to evaluate true response to immunotherapy?

Standardized response criteria for evaluating patients radiological imaging have an essential role in oncological management. Immunotherapy, using immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), including drugs targeting...

Authors: Inci Kizildag Yirgin, Sukru Mehmet Erturk, Izzet Dogan and Sezai Vatansever

Role of advanced imaging in COVID-19 cardiovascular complications

Clinical manifestations of COVID-19 patients are dominated by respiratory symptoms, but cardiac complications are commonly observed and associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Underlying pathologica...

Authors: Federica Catapano, Livia Marchitelli, Giulia Cundari, Francesco Cilia, Giuseppe Mancuso, Giacomo Pambianchi, Nicola Galea, Paolo Ricci, Carlo Catalano and Marco Francone

Anatomical study of the proximal tibiofibular ligaments using ultrasound

No description of the proximal tibiofibular (PTF) ligaments by means of high ultrasound has yet been reported in the literature. The purpose of this study was to assess whether ultrasound may allow the assessm...

Authors: Laura Scarciolla, Matthias Herteleer, Edouard Turquet, Sammy Badr, Xavier Demondion, Thibaut Jacques and Anne Cotten

Shear wave and strain sonoelastography for the evaluation of the Achilles tendon during isometric contractions

Changes in mechanical loading as well as pathology can modify the Achilles tendon mechanical properties and therefore detection of these changes is relevant for the diagnosis and management of Achilles tendino...

Authors: Alessandro Schneebeli, Ilaria Fiorina, Chandra Bortolotto, Marco Barbero, Deborah Falla, Corrado Cescon, Maria Vittoria Raciti, Francesco Tarantino and Lorenzo Preda

Radiology residency training in China: results from the first retrospective nationwide survey

This was the first study to systematically landscape and examine China’s nationwide standardized residency training in radiology.

Authors: Jingfeng Zhang, Xinxin Han, Zhenghan Yang, Zhenchang Wang, Jianjun Zheng, Zimo Yang and Jiming Zhu

Dual-energy CT angiography reveals high prevalence of perfusion defects unrelated to pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 lesions

Lung perfusion defects (PDs) have been described in COVID-19 using dual-energy computed tomography pulmonary angiography (DE-CTPA). We assessed the prevalence and characteristics of PDs in COVID-19 patients wi...

Authors: Alice Le Berre, Tom Boeken, Caroline Caramella, Daniel Afonso, Caroline Nhy, Laetitia Saccenti, Anne-Marie Tardivel, Sophie Gerber, Adrien Frison Roche, Joseph Emmerich, Valeria Marini, Marc Zins and Sarah Toledano

Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the profession and psychological wellbeing of radiologists: a nationwide online survey

The COVID-19 outbreak has played havoc within healthcare systems, with radiology sharing a substantial burden. Our purpose is to report findings from a survey on the crisis impact among members of the Italian ...

Authors: Francesca Coppola, Lorenzo Faggioni, Emanuele Neri, Roberto Grassi and Vittorio Miele

Summary of the proceedings of the International Forum 2020: “Radiologists fighting COVID-19: a united response to a global crisis”

The ESR International Forum at the ECR 2020 discussed the current situation, activities and measures undertaken by radiologists around the world in their fight against the global COVID-19 pandemic. The partici...

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Correction to: Prevalence and risk factors for lung involvement on low-dose chest CT (LDCT) in a paucisymptomatic population of 247 patients affected by COVID-19

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

Authors: Maxime Castelli, Arnaud Maurin, Axel Bartoli, Michael Dassa, Baptiste Marchi, Julie Finance, Jean-Christophe Lagier, Matthieu Million, Philippe Parola, Philippe Brouqui, Didier Raoult, Sebastien Cortaredona, Alexis Jacquier, Jean-Yves Gaubert and Paul Habert

Imaging foreign bodies in head and neck trauma: a pictorial review

Open injuries bear the risk of foreign body contamination. Commonly encountered materials include gravel debris, glass fragments, wooden splinters or metal particles. While foreign body incorporation is obviou...

Authors: Jan Oliver Voss, Christoph Maier, Jonas Wüster, Benedicta Beck-Broichsitter, Tobias Ebker, Jana Vater, Steffen Dommerich, Jan D. Raguse, Georg Böning and Nadine Thieme

Primary breast tuberculosis: imaging findings of a rare disease

Breast tuberculosis is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis which tends to affect females of reproductive age, and is much rarer in males, postmenopausal women, and pre-pubescent girls. It is difficult t...

Authors: Ali H. Baykan, Hakan S. Sayiner, Ibrahim Inan, Elcin Aydin and Sukru M. Erturk

Tibial torsion analysis in computed tomography: development and validation of a real 3D measurement technique

Pathological tibial torsion is known to negatively influence the functionality of the lower extremity, and therefore, its assessment might play an important role. While 3D imaging is used for many examinations...

Authors: Armando Hoch, Tabitha Roth, Magda Marcon, Philipp Fürnstahl, Sandro F. Fucentese and Reto Sutter

Bridging the divide between medical school and clinical practice: identification of six key learning outcomes for an undergraduate preparatory course in radiology

There exists a significant divide between what is learnt in medical school and subsequently what is required to practice medicine effectively. Despite multiple strategies to remedy this discordance, the proble...

Authors: Thabisile Simelane, David J. Ryan, Slavi Stoyanov, Deirdre Bennett, Mark McEntee, Michael M. Maher, Colm M. P. O’Tuathaigh and Owen J. O’Connor

CT angiography and MRI of hand vascular lesions: technical considerations and spectrum of imaging findings

Vascular lesions of the hand are common and are distinct from vascular lesions elsewhere because of the terminal vascular network in this region, the frequent hand exposure to trauma and microtrauma, and the s...

Authors: Alain G. Blum, Romain Gillet, Lionel Athlani, Alexandre Prestat, Stéphane Zuily, Denis Wahl, Gilles Dautel and Pedro Gondim Teixeira

Strategy required: “Maintenance of certification for European radiologists”

Maintenance of certification (MOC) is thought to be an important tool in assessing and controlling quality of medical professionals. Considerations on the heterogeneity of implementation throughout various Nat...

Authors: Apostolos H. Karantanas and Mario Maas

Degenerative spine disease: Italian position paper on acquisition, interpretation and reporting of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

To promote a better radiological interpretation of spine degeneration, a consistent standardization of the acquisition, interpretation and description of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) l findings.

Authors: Francesca B. Pizzini, Mattia Poletti, Alberto Beltramello, Mario Muto, Alessandra Splendiani, Sara Mehrabi, Giuseppe Costanzo, Vincenzo Vitiello, Antonio Barile, Stefano Colagrande, Giancarlo Mansueto and Stefano Bastianello

Not all biases are bad: equitable and inequitable biases in machine learning and radiology

The application of machine learning (ML) technologies in medicine generally but also in radiology more specifically is hoped to improve clinical processes and the provision of healthcare. A central motivation ...

Authors: Mirjam Pot, Nathalie Kieusseyan and Barbara Prainsack

Mimickers of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on chest CT: spectrum of CT and clinical features

COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is a recently emerged pulmonary infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). It started in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and led to a hig...

Authors: Ali H. Elmokadem, Nihal M. Batouty, Dalia Bayoumi, Basma N. Gadelhak, Rihame M. Abdel-Wahab, Mona Zaky, Sherif A. Abo-Hedibah, Ahmed Ehab and Ahmed El-Morsy

Bringing AI to the clinic: blueprint for a vendor-neutral AI deployment infrastructure

AI provides tremendous opportunities for improving patient care, but at present there is little evidence of real-world uptake. An important barrier is the lack of well-designed, vendor-neutral and future-proof...

Authors: Tim Leiner, Edwin Bennink, Christian P. Mol, Hugo J. Kuijf and Wouter B. Veldhuis

The role of CT imaging for management of COVID-19 in epidemic area: early experience from a University Hospital

To evaluate the clinical value of the chest CT scan compared to the reference standard real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in COVID-19 patients.

Authors: Vikram rao Bollineni, Koenraad Hans Nieboer, Seema Döring, Nico Buls and Johan de Mey