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Angelo Randazzo
New frontiers in liver ultrasound: From mono to multi parametricity
Modern liver ultrasonography (US) has become a "one-stop shop " able to provide not only anatomic and morphologic but also functional information about vascularity, stiffness and other various liver tissue properties. Modern US techniques allow a quantitative assessment of various liver diseases. US scanning is no more limited to the visualized plane, but three-dimensional, volumetric acquisition and consequent post-processing are also possible. Further, US scan can be consistently merged and visualized in real time with Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging examinations. Effective and safe microbubble-based contrast agents allow a real time, dynamic study of contrast kinetic f…
CT and MR Imaging of Retroperitoneal Sarcomas: A Practical Guide for the Radiologist
Primary retroperitoneal sarcomas (RPS) represent around 10–16% of all sarcomas, with liposarcomas and leiomyosarcomas being the most common subtypes. RPS have some peculiar characteristics, imaging appearances, worse prognosis, and complications compared to other locations of sarcoma. Commonly, RPS primarily present as large masses, progressively encasing adjacent structures, causing mass effect, and complications. RPS diagnosis is often challenging, and these tumors may be overlooked; however, failure to recognize RPS characteristics leads to a worse prognosis for the patients. Surgery is the only recognized curative treatment, but the anatomical constraints of the retroperitoneum limit th…
Focal Pancreatic Lesions: Role of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography.
The introduction of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) has led to a significant improvement in the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound in the characterization of a pancreatic mass. CEUS, by using a blood pool contrast agent, can provide dynamic information concerning macro- and micro-circulation of focal lesions and of normal parenchyma, without the use of ionizing radiation. On the basis of personal experience and literature data, the purpose of this article is to describe and discuss CEUS imaging findings of the main solid and cystic pancreatic lesions with varying prevalence.
Focal liver lesions: interobserver and intraobserver agreement of three-dimensional contrast-enhanced ultrasound-assisted volume measurements
Purpose: This study was conducted to assess the interobserver and intraobserver agreement of three-dimensional contrast-enhanced ultrasound (3D-CEUS) volume calculations of focal liver lesions (FLLs).Methods: Thirty-nine patients (15 men and 24 women; mean age, 55.4 years) with 39 Flis (mean size, 3.1 +/- 1.8 cm; size range, 1 to 8 cm) prospectively underwent 3D-CEUS. Four readers calculated the volume of each lesion in an independent and blinded fashion in two separate sessions by means of a semi-automatic, commercially available proprietary software. The differences in lesion volumes (cm(3)) among sessions and readers were assessed using the Mann-Whitney U test and the Kruskal-Wallis test…
Redzes funkciju izvērtējums pacientiem agrīnā presbiopijas vecumā ar vienas dienas multifokālajām kontaktlēcām
Bakalaura darbs uzrakstīts uz 27 lapaspusēm, satur 18 zīmējumus, 1 tabulu un 20 literatūras avotus. Darba mērķis ir novērtēt redzes asumu un kontrasta jūtību fotopiskos un mezopiskos apstākļos pacientiem, koriģētiem ar brillēm un vienas dienas multifokālajām kontaktlēcām. Mūsu pētījumi parādīja, ka fotopiskos apstākļos pacientiem pēc korekcijas ar multifokālajām kontaktlēcām redzes asums vidēji samazinājās par 0,02 logMAR vienībām. Mezopiskos krēslas apstākļos pacientiem koriģētiem ar multifokālajām kontaktlēcām redzes asuma samazinājums vidēji bija 0.05 logMAR vienības. Atšķirības redzes asumā ir statistiski nozīmīgas. Kontrasta jūtības vidējie lielumi pēc kontaktlēcu uzlikšanas vidēji sam…