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Tomography, Volume 8, Issue 2

April 2022 - 51 articles

Cover Story: A key issue in abdominal US is the assessment of fluid, which is usually anechoic, thus appearing “black”. The “black” pattern fluid assessment is based on a three-step analysis: 1. look for black where it should not be. This means searching for effusions or collections. 2. Check if black is too much. This means evaluating anatomical landmarks where fluid should normally be present but may be abnormally abundant. 3. Look for black that is not clearly black. This means evaluating fluid aspects, whether wholly anechoic or not (suggesting heterogeneous or corpusculated fluid). Using this simple method focused on US fluid presence and appearance should help clinicians to make a timely diagnosis. View this paper
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Articles (51)

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,770 Views
15 Pages

AI Denoising Significantly Enhances Image Quality and Diagnostic Confidence in Interventional Cone-Beam Computed Tomography

  • Andreas S. Brendlin,
  • Arne Estler,
  • David Plajer,
  • Adrian Lutz,
  • Gerd Grözinger,
  • Malte N. Bongers,
  • Ilias Tsiflikas,
  • Saif Afat and
  • Christoph P. Artzner

1 April 2022

(1) To investigate whether interventional cone-beam computed tomography (cbCT) could benefit from AI denoising, particularly with respect to patient body mass index (BMI); (2) From 1 January 2016 to 1 January 2022, 100 patients with liver-directed in...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
9,404 Views
13 Pages

Epidemiologic, Imaging, and Clinical Issues in Bezold’s Abscess: A Systematic Review

  • Silvia Valeggia,
  • Matteo Minerva,
  • Eva Muraro,
  • Roberto Bovo,
  • Gino Marioni,
  • Renzo Manara and
  • Davide Brotto

1 April 2022

Bezold’s abscess is a deep neck abscess related to otomastoiditis. Due to the insidious clinical presentation, diagnosis can be extremely challenging, leading to delays in treatment and possible life-threatening complications. The literature cu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
83 Citations
10,449 Views
15 Pages

SOUP-GAN: Super-Resolution MRI Using Generative Adversarial Networks

  • Kuan Zhang,
  • Haoji Hu,
  • Kenneth Philbrick,
  • Gian Marco Conte,
  • Joseph D. Sobek,
  • Pouria Rouzrokh and
  • Bradley J. Erickson

24 March 2022

There is a growing demand for high-resolution (HR) medical images for both clinical and research applications. Image quality is inevitably traded off with acquisition time, which in turn impacts patient comfort, examination costs, dose, and motion-in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,912 Views
14 Pages

Post-Processing Bias Field Inhomogeneity Correction for Assessing Background Parenchymal Enhancement on Breast MRI as a Quantitative Marker of Treatment Response

  • Alex Anh-Tu Nguyen,
  • Natsuko Onishi,
  • Julia Carmona-Bozo,
  • Wen Li,
  • John Kornak,
  • David C. Newitt and
  • Nola M. Hylton

22 March 2022

Background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) of breast fibroglandular tissue (FGT) in dynamic contrast-enhanced breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has shown an association with response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in patients with breast cance...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,879 Views
22 Pages

EDNC: Ensemble Deep Neural Network for COVID-19 Recognition

  • Lin Yang,
  • Shui-Hua Wang and
  • Yu-Dong Zhang

21 March 2022

The automatic recognition of COVID-19 diseases is critical in the present pandemic since it relieves healthcare staff of the burden of screening for infection with COVID-19. Previous studies have proven that deep learning algorithms can be utilized t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,027 Views
11 Pages

21 March 2022

Learning a skill has been demonstrated to relate to neural plasticity in both animal and human brains. Performing diabolo consists of different tricks and may cause brain structural changes associated with psychophysical functions. Therefore, the pur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,264 Views
16 Pages

21 March 2022

Dynamic PET (dPET) imaging can be utilized to perform kinetic modelling of various physiologic processes, which are exploited by the constantly expanding range of targeted radiopharmaceuticals. To date, dPET remains primarily in the research realm du...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,262 Views
18 Pages

Stereogram of the Living Heart, Lung, and Adjacent Structures

  • Yu Izawa,
  • Tatsuya Nishii and
  • Shumpei Mori

17 March 2022

Innovations in invasive cardiovascular diagnostics and therapeutics, not only limited to transcatheter approaches but also involving surgical approaches, are based on a precise appreciation of the three-dimensional living heart anatomy. Rapid advance...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,358 Views
9 Pages

16 March 2022

Background: A variety of pathophysiological changes in the biliary system occur in patients with cholelithiasis, but the changes in the bile flow dynamics in those patients remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the changes in the...

  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
9 Citations
12,363 Views
17 Pages

The “Black Pattern”, a Simplified Ultrasound Approach to Non-Traumatic Abdominal Emergencies

  • Stefania Tamburrini,
  • Letizia Consoli,
  • Marco Garrone,
  • Giuseppe Sfuncia,
  • Marina Lugarà,
  • Maria Gabriella Coppola,
  • Miryam Piccirillo,
  • Roberta Toto,
  • Salvatore Massimo Stella and
  • Soccorsa Sofia
  • + 2 authors

15 March 2022

Background: A key issue in abdominal US is the assessment of fluid, which is usually anechoic, thus appearing “black”. Our approach focuses on searching for fluid in non-traumatic patients, providing a new, simplified method for point-of-...

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