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Francesco Verde
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Open AccessBlind Direct Multiuser Detection for Uplink MC-CDMA: Performance Analysis and Robust Implementation
We consider the problem of blind (i.e., without training sequences) linear mitigation of multiple-access interference in the uplink of quasi-synchronous multicarrier code-division multiple-access (MC-CDMA) sys...
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Open AccessFrequency-Shift Zero-Forcing Time-Varying Equalization for Doubly Selective SIMO Channels
This paper deals with the problem of designing linear time-varying (LTV) finite-impulse response zero-forcing (ZF) equalizers for time- and frequency-selective (so-called doubly selective) single-input multipl...
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Open AccessUniversal Linear Precoding for NBI-Proof Widely Linear Equalization in MC Systems
In multicarrier (MC) systems, transmitter redundancy, which is introduced by means of finite-impulse response (FIR) linear precoders, allows for perfect or zero-forcing (ZF) equalization of FIR channels (in th...
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Bi-unicompartmental Knee Protheses
In the past few years, with the introduction of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) and based on excellent unicompartmental prosthesis (UKR) long-term results, we are experiencing a renewed interest in single or ...
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Open AccessCooperative MIMO multicell networks
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Lateral Unicompartmental Knee Replacement: Long-Term Survival Study
Unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR) has well known advantages over total knee replacement (TKR), such as less invasiveness, respect of both cruciate ligaments, better function, and less morbidity. However,...
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The Bi-Unicompartmental Knee Prosthesis
The bi-unicompartmental knee prosthesis [1–5] is a system that uses two independent components, femoral and tibial, to preserve the tibial eminentia with the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Although in the majo...
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Revision of UKR
In the last 10 years, the use of unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR) instead of total knee replacement (TKR) has increased, especially in young patients. This surgical technique can be used if ligament sta...
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Bicompartmental Prosthesis
In the last few years, on the basis of the excellent long-term results achieved with unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR), there is growing interest in single or combined compartmental substitutions of the ...
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Simultaneous bilateral total hip arthroplasties do not lead to higher complication or allogeneic transfusion rates compared to unilateral procedures
About 20 % of patients undergoing a primary total hip arthroplasty could undergo a second contralateral procedure within five years. The possibility to perform simultaneous bilateral hip replacements instead o...
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Bi-unicompartmental Knee Protheses
One of the most evolving fields in orthopedics is knee replacement surgery. The ultimate goal is to let the patients have the same function, activity level, and feedback of a normal knee. To obtain them, resea...
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Onsets of complications and revisions are not increased after simultaneous bilateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty in comparison with unilateral procedures
The advantages of simultaneous bilateral procedures in joint arthroplasty have been widely described for in total joint replacements of both the hip and the knee. In contrast, unicompartmental knee arthroplast...
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Bi-unicompartmental Knee Protheses
One of the most evolving fields in orthopedics is knee replacement surgery. The ultimate goal is to let the patients have the same function, activity level, and feedback of a normal knee. To obtain them, resea...
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The extra-phosphate intestinal load from medications: is it a real concern?
Reduction of intestinal load of phosphorus is important for the prevention and treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD)-mineral and bone disorder (MBD). However, this strategy is limited by patients’ poor adh...
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Simultaneous PET/MRI in assessing the response to chemo/radiotherapy in head and neck carcinoma: initial experience
The purpose of the study was to assess by simultaneous positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI) the response to chemotherapy (CHT) and/or radiotherapy (RT) in patients with head and ne...
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A rare case of hydrometrocolpos from persistent urogenital sinus in patient affected by adrenogenital syndrome
Persistent urogenital sinus (PUGS) is a congenital pathological condition characterized by an abnormal communication between the urethra and vagina, which has an estimated incidence of 0.6/10,000 female births...
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Could Blockchain Technology Empower Patients, Improve Education, and Boost Research in Radiology Departments? An Open Question for Future Applications
Blockchain can be considered as a digital database of cryptographically validated transactions stored as blocks of data. Copies of the database are distributed on a peer-to-peer network adhering to a consensus...
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Ultrasonography of the pediatric spleen: a pictorial essay
In infants and children, the spleen is involved in many pathological processes, whether those processes are isolated or related to systemic diseases. Pathology of the pediatric spleen includes congenital anoma...
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Open AccessThe cardiac conundrum: a systematic review and bibliometric analysis of authorship in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging studies
We aimed to assess the role of radiologists, cardiologists, and other medical and non-medical figures in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) research in the last 34 years, focusing on first and last autho...
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Utility of a gel stand-off pad in the detection of Doppler signal on focal nodular lesions of the skin
Gel pad is an aqueous, flexible, easy available, disposable spacer used for the ultrasound (US) scan of superficial or difficult-to-visualize areas. In clinical practice, it is widely used in B-mode US approac...
