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Open AccessElucidating the need for prostate cancer risk calculators in conjunction with mpMRI in initial risk assessment before prostate biopsy at a tertiary prostate cancer center
Utilizing personalized risk assessment for clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa) incorporating multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) reduces biopsies and overdiagnosis. We validated both ...
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Open AccessHow Controlled is the Expansion of VIATORR CX?
To investigate and compare the physical properties of the new generation Gore VIATORR-Controlled Expansion Endoprosthesis (VCX) to those of the predecessor VIATORR stent in an in vitro experimental setup.
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Open AccessDeep learning for standardized, MRI-based quantification of subcutaneous and subfascial tissue volume for patients with lipedema and lymphedema
To contribute to a more in-depth assessment of shape, volume, and asymmetry of the lower extremities in patients with lipedema or lymphedema utilizing volume information from MR imaging.
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Open AccessCurrent role of systematic biopsy in diagnosis of clinically significant prostate cancer in primary combined MRI-targeted biopsy: a high-volume single-center study
Additive systematic biopsy (SB) contributes to prostate cancer (PCA) detection in MRI-targeted biopsy (TB). However, the reasons for this are not yet clear. We compared the performance of TB, SB and the combin...
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Open AccessProspective analysis of pain expectancy and experience during MR-fusion prostate biopsy: does reality match patients’ expectancy?
Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging fusion targeted prostate biopsy (MR-TB) has emerged to the biopsy technique of choice for evaluation of patients with suspected prostate cancer (PCA). The study aimed...
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Open AccessCranial stent position is independently associated with the development of TIPS dysfunction
Complications of portal hypertension can be treated with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in selected patients. TIPS dysfunction is a relevant clinical problem. This study investigated the ...
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Open AccessImpact of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt creation on the central lymphatic system in liver cirrhosis
The puropse of this study was to evaluate associations of cisterna chyli (CCh) diameter with portal hemodynamics and the influence of TIPS-creation in cirrhotic patients. 93 cirrhotic patients (57 male, mean a...
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Open AccessAbusive head trauma: experience improves diagnosis
The diagnosis of abusive head trauma (AHT) is complex and neuroimaging plays a crucial role. Our goal was to determine whether non-neuroradiologists with standard neuroradiology knowledge perform as well as ne...
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Open AccessAlteration of contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis and transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) can treat portal hypertensive complications and modifies hepatic hemodynamics. Modification of liver perfusion can alter contrast enhancement dynamics of li...
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Catheter-Directed Thrombectomy for Highly Symptomatic Patients with Iliofemoral Deep Venous Thrombosis not Responsive to Conservative Treatment
The use of pharmacomechanical thrombectomy in patients with symptomatic iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis (DVT) not responsive to conservative treatment is under-investigated until now. This prompted us to re...
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Open AccessThe effects of extracellular contrast agent (Gadobutrol) on the precision and reproducibility of cardiovascular magnetic resonance feature tracking
Today feature tracking (FT) is considered to be a robust assessment tool in cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) for strain assessment. The FT algorithm is dependent on a high contrast between blood pool an...
