abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate associations between imaging features of tumors and age, gender and body mass index (BMI) in patients with renal cell carcinoma. METHOD:This IRB-approved, HIPAA-compliant study included 1348 patients with histopathologically confirmed renal cell carcinoma of the clear cell subtype (ccRCC, n = 90...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Hötker AM,Karlo CA,Di Paolo PL,Zheng J,Moskowitz CS,Russo P,Hricak H,Akin O

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To seek for the minimal duration per bed position with a digital PET system without compromising image quality and lesion detection in patients requiring fast 18F-FDG PET imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS:19 cancer patients experiencing pain or dyspnea and 9 pediatric patients were scanned on a Vereos system. Lis...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Lasnon C,Coudrais N,Houdu B,Nganoa C,Salomon T,Enilorac B,Aide N

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the efficacy of optimized T1-Perfusion MRI protocol (protocol-2) with whole brain coverage and improved spatial resolution using Compressed-SENSE (CSENSE) to differentiate high-grade-glioma (HGG) and low-grade-glioma (LGG) and to compare it with the conventional protocol (protocol-1) with partial br...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Sasi S D,Ramaniharan AK,Bhattacharjee R,Gupta RK,Saha I,Van Cauteren M,Shah T,Gopalakrishnan K,Gupta A,Singh A

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate if size-based cut-offs based on MR imaging can successfully assess clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCA). The goal was to improve the currently applied size-based differentiation criterion in PI-RADS. METHODS AND MATERIALS:MRIs of 293 patients who had undergone 3 T MR imaging with subseque...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Mahjoub S,Baur ADJ,Lenk J,Lee CH,Hartenstein A,Rudolph MM,Cash H,Hamm B,Asbach P,Haas M,Penzkofer T

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Complete surgical excision is the main factor for successful breast-conserving surgery in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast. Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may allow surgery optimization in this indication. From an economic standpoint, systematic preoperative MRI is asso...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Kandel M,Dunant A,Balleyguier C,Bonastre J

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) often affects interpretation of dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI. There is limited evidence that reduced BPE is a feature of ultrafast DCE (UF-DCE) MRI. We aimed to evaluate the effect of BPE levels on lesion detectability on UF-DCE MRI in comparison with conventional...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Honda M,Kataoka M,Iima M,Miyake KK,Ohashi A,Kishimoto AO,Ota R,Nickel MD,Toi M,Togashi K

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effects of aging on skeletal muscle stiffness in relaxed and contracted status using shear wave elastography (SWE). MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 57 participants were enrolled to this institutional review board approved prospective study. Medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle (GM) of all p...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Şendur HN,Cindil E,Cerit MN,Kılıç P,Gültekin Iİ,Oktar SÖ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Human metapneumovirus has been increasingly identified as a cause of lower respiratory tract infection in adults worldwide. The CT imaging features of human metapneumovirus in adults have not been characterized. The purpose of this paper is to determine the imaging features of human metapneumovirus and to compa...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Marinari LA,Danny MA,Simpson SA,Schmitt JE,Miller WT Jr

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research into the possibilities of AI in cardiac CT has been growing rapidly in the last decade. With the rise of publicly available databases and AI algorithms, many researchers and clinicians have started investigations into the use of AI in the clinical workflow. This review is a comprehensive overview on the types...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： van den Oever LB,Vonder M,van Assen M,van Ooijen PMA,de Bock GH,Xie XQ,Vliegenthart R

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize the CT imaging features of head and neck amyloidosis and correlate with extent of disease and clinical outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This retrospective study included 80 patients with head and neck amyloidosis who underwent soft tissue neck CT imaging between November 2003 and April 2018. The...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Takumi K,Staziaki PV,Hito R,Nadgir RN,Berk JL,Andreu-Arasa VC,Chavez W,Sakai O

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating usefulness of high-risk CT features (HRFs) on follow-up CT in detecting local recurrence after stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in lung cancer patients. METHODS:Pubmed and EMBASE were searched up to January 11th, 2019. We included studies th...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Kim TH,Woo S,Halpenny DF,Kim YJ,Yoon SH,Suh CH

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the potential cost-savings of stereotactic vacuum-assisted biopsy (SVAB) over open surgical biopsy (OSB) in diagnosis of nonpalpable lesions on mammography and to estimate the cost-saving effect on lesions at different levels of malignant probability. METHODS:This retrospective study was approved by...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Tsai HY,Huang ST,Chao MF,Kan JY,Hsu JS,Hou MF,Chiu HC

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the dose-normalized iodine contrast-to-noise-ratio (CNRD) improvement and contrast media reduction potential obtained with photon-counting (PC) CT compared to conventional energy-integrating (EI) CT as a function of patient size and tube voltage. METHOD:Images of a semi-anthropomorphic phantom of dif...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Sawall S,Klein L,Amato C,Wehrse E,Dorn S,Maier J,Heinze S,Schlemmer HP,Ziener CH,Uhrig M,Kachelrieß M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the safety and tolerability of transarterial drug-eluting bead chemoembolisation (DEB-TACE) using tightly calibrated 100-μm microspheres in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHOD:This multicentre prospective study included 131 patients with a 2-year follow-up. All patients had Child-Pugh scores ≤ B7,...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Urbano J,Echevarria-Uraga JJ,Ciampi-Dopazo JJ,Sánchez-Corral JA,Cobos Alonso J,Anton-Ladislao A,Peña-Baranda B,Nacarino-Mejias V,González-Costero R,Muñoz Ruiz-Canela JJ,Pérez-Cuesta J,Lanciego C,de Gregorio MA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This survey was conducted to evaluate the radiation dose delivered to the patients through different CT procedures along with its corresponding risks in Yazd province. METHOD:Data for the five most common procedures were collected from six institutions from September 2017. The effective dose for each patient w...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Masjedi H,Omidi R,Zamani H,Perota G,Zare MH

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cinematic rendering (CR), a recently launched, FDA-approved rendering technique converts CT image datasets into nearly photorealistic 3D reconstructions by using a unique lighting model. The purpose of this study was to compare CR to volume rendering technique (VRT) images in the preoperative visualization of m...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Wollschlaeger LM,Boos J,Jungbluth P,Grassmann JP,Schleich C,Latz D,Kroepil P,Antoch G,Windolf J,Schaarschmidt BM

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The clinical adoption of quantitative imaging biomarkers (radiomics) has established the need for high quality contrast-enhancement in medical images. We aimed to develop a machine-learning algorithm for Quality Control of Contrast-Enhancement on CT-scan (CECT-QC). METHOD:Multicenter data from four independent...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Dercle L,Ma J,Xie C,Chen AP,Wang D,Luk L,Revel-Mouroz P,Otal P,Peron JM,Rousseau H,Lu L,Schwartz LH,Mokrane FZ,Zhao B

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the diagnostic yield and safety of computed tomography (CT) fluoroscopy-guided cutting needle biopsy (CNB) for pulmonary nodules ≤ 8 mm. METHOD:Data of CT fluoroscopy-guided CNB for pulmonary nodules ≤ 8 mm performed in a single institution were retrospectively analyzed. One hundred and seventeen b...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Zhao Y,Matsui Y,Hiraki T,Iguchi T,Tomita K,Uka M,Gobara H,Toyooka S,Kanazawa S

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To define National Diagnostic Reference Levels (NDRLs) for computed tomography (CT) for Austria on adult patients. METHOD:In the course of a nationwide survey on common CT-examinations between June 2018 and November 2018, datasets were requested from all Austrian hospitals and radiology centers with CT-scanner...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Wachabauer D,Röthlin F,Moshammer HM,Homolka P

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Distinguishing between enchondromas and low-grade (grade 1) chondrosarcomas can be challenging. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of Thallium-201 scintigraphy and Technetium-99 m pentavalent dimercaptosuccinic acid (Tc-99 m DMSA (V)) in the diagnosis and grading of chondrosarcomas. METHODS:232 ...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Jo O,Schlicht S,Slavin J,Di Bella C,Pang G,Powell G,Spelman T,Choong PF

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the image quality of early postoperative CT angiography with low contrast material and radiation dose using model-based iterative reconstruction (FIRST) for screening pseudoaneurysms after partial nephrectomy. METHODS:CT angiography was obtained before surgery using conventional iterative dose redu...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Morita S,Ogawa Y,Yamamoto T,Kamoshida K,Yamazaki H,Suzuki K,Sakai S,Kunihara M,Takagi T,Tanabe K

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop and evaluate the performance of a fully-automated convolutional neural network (CNN)-based algorithm to evaluate hepatobiliary phase (HBP) adequacy of gadoxetate disodium (EOB)-enhanced MRI. Secondarily, we explored the potential of the proposed CNN algorithm to reduce examination length by applying ...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Cunha GM,Hasenstab KA,Higaki A,Wang K,Delgado T,Brunsing RL,Schlein A,Schwartzman A,Hsiao A,Sirlin CB,Fowler KJ

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To verify the feasibility of synthetic MRI in quantitative evaluation of lumbar intervertebral disk (IVD) degeneration, as compared to the conventional CarrPurcell-Meiboom-Gill (CPMG) T2 mapping approach. METHODS:Twenty-four patients with chronic low back pain participated in this study. Patients underwent rou...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Jiang Y,Yu L,Luo X,Lin Y,He B,Wu B,Qu J,Wu T,Pu-Yeh W,Zhang C,Li C,Chen M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the prognostic value of multidetector CT in predicting overall survival outcomes in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs). METHOD:Seventy-one patients pathologically diagnosed with PNETs were retrospectively included. The clinical and imaging information was evaluated by two radiolog...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Yang B,Chen HY,Zhang XY,Pan Y,Lu YF,Yu RS

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to investigate the computed tomography (CT) features of 2-5 cm gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), schwannomas and leimyomas which have close relationship with malignancy evaluation and differential diagnosis. METHOD:Seventy-six patients with pathologically confirmed ...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Chen Z,Yang J,Sun J,Wang P

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate reduction in inappropriate knee MRI requests following implementation of a mandatory knee MRI appropriateness checklist. METHODS:A retrospective review was performed at a single tertiary care centre. A knee MRI appropriateness checklist was developed based on the ACR Appropriateness Criteria and ad...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Xu SS,Berkovitz N,Li O,Garvin G

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To clarify the clinical usefulness of breath-hold compressed sensing three-dimensional magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (BH-MRCP) added to conventional respiratory-gating MRCP (RG-MRCP), we prospectively evaluated the image quality of BH-MRCP and compared it with that of RG-MRCP. We also evaluated to...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Tokoro H,Yamada A,Suzuki T,Kito Y,Adachi Y,Hayashihara H,Nickel MD,Maruyama K,Fujinaga Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To analyze radiation-induced lung injury (RIL) after stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) of lung cancer and the subsequent clinical problems. METHODS:106 lung cancer patients treated with SBRT were included, their computed tomography (CT) scans were reviewed. Late injury pattern was classified by Koening's, ...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Zhu X,Li X,Gu H,Yu W,Fu X

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a patient-tailored contrast volume protocol on portal venous phase abdominal CT-images compared to a fixed volume protocol in daily radiological practice. METHOD:Data of 77 patients who underwent two contrast-enhanced CT-examinations were collected. The first...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Walgraeve MS,Pyfferoen L,Van De Moortele K,Zanca F,Bielen D,Casselman JW

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the opinion and assessment of radiologists, surgeons and medical students on a number of important topics regarding the future of radiology, such as artificial intelligence (AI), turf battles, teleradiology and 3D-printing. METHOD:An online questionnaire was created using the SurveyMonkey platform ...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： van Hoek J,Huber A,Leichtle A,Härmä K,Hilt D,von Tengg-Kobligk H,Heverhagen J,Poellinger A

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:CT artifacts from port-systems are a common problem in staging- and restaging-examinations and reduce image quality and diagnostic assessment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the reduction of these artifacts using virtual monoenergetic images (VMI) from dual-energy spectral-detector CT (SDCT) in co...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Laukamp KR,Zopfs D,Wagner A,Lennartz S,Pennig L,Borggrefe J,Ramaiya N,Große Hokamp N

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the study is to explore the patient's and scan's parameters that affect the iodine concentration in the abdomen using dual energy computed tomography (DECT) in an oncologic population. METHOD:This is a retrospective study with consecutive patients with different cancers who underwent a single-source...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Corrias G,Sawan P,Mahmood U,Zheng J,Capanu M,Salvatore M,Spinato G,Saba L,Mannelli L

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether imaging parameters derived from intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) vary according to tumor-stroma ratio(TSR) or dominant stroma type of breast cancer. METHODS:We prospectively enrolled 77 patients with breast cancer who underwent IVIM DWI on a 3.0 T MR sca...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Li Y,Wang Z,Chen F,Qin X,Li C,Zhao Y,Yan C,Wu Y,Hao P,Xu Y

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:DCE MRI is a functional imaging modality, which is widely acknowledged to be linked to microvessel density in tissues. Therefore, it might be able to predict vessels in tumors. The present study sought to elucidate possible associations between microvessel density and histogram parameters in head and neck squam...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Meyer HJ,Hamerla G,Leifels L,Höhn AK,Surov A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the imaging pattern of pancreaticobiliary lesions in patients with treated type 1AIP, to determine the incidence of disease relapse and malignancy, and to identify the risk factors. METHOD:The institutional review board approval was acquired. All patients gave written informed consent. From a prosp...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Zhu L,Xue HD,Zhang W,Wang Q,Tan B,Lai YM,Zheng WY,Asbach P,Hamm B,Denecke T,Jin ZY

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System has been developed to standardize prostate MRI in terms of acquisition, interpretation and reporting. It received a major revision in late 2014 (PI-RADSv2). Recently, doubts have been raised on imaging facilities adherence to its acquisition protocol. With this sys...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Cuocolo R,Stanzione A,Ponsiglione A,Verde F,Ventimiglia A,Romeo V,Petretta M,Imbriaco M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate a strategy that used thermal-ablation of vertebral metastases (VM) to prevent vertebral related events (VRE) in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). METHODS:This single center study retrospectively reviewed records and post-operative imaging of all DTC patients treated with thermal-ab...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Barat M,Tselikas L,de Baère T,Gravel G,Yevich S,Delpla A,Magand N,Louvel G,Hadoux J,Berdelou A,Terroir M,Baudin E,Schlumberger M,Leboulleux S,Deschamps F

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate image quality (IQ) and radiation dose in cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) of the ankle using a novel twin robotic X-ray system. METHOD:We examined 16 cadaveric ankles with standard-dose (FD) and low-dose (LD) protocols using the new system's CBCT mode. For comparison, we performed multi-slice C...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Grunz JP,Kunz AS,Gietzen CH,Weng AM,Veyhl-Wichmann M,Ergün S,Schmitt R,Bley TA,Gassenmaier T

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the radiologic and clinicopathologic factors in radiologic-pathologic discordance (false-negative results) in breast cancer patients who demonstrate radiologic complete response (rCR) in MR imaging after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). METHOD:Our institutional review board approved this retrospecti...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Choi WJ,Kim HH,Cha JH,Shin HJ,Chae EY,Yoon GY

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the potential of ESWAN in differentiating borderline epithelial ovarian tumors (BEOTs) from malignant epithelial ovarian tumors (MEOTs). METHOD:Thirty-four patients with 37 lesions were enrolled, including 14 BEOTs and 23 MEOTs. The magnitude, phase, R2* and T2* maps were analyzed by two observe...

journal_title：European journal of radiology

authors： Han X,Sun M,Wang M,Fan R,Chen D,Xie L,Liu A

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00