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Open AccessStructured reporting of chest CT in COVID-19 pneumonia: a consensus proposal
The need of a standardized reporting scheme and language, in imaging of COVID-19 pneumonia, has been welcomed by major scientific societies. The aim of the study was to build the reporting scheme of chest CT i...
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Diagnostic value of arterial blood gas lactate concentration in the different forms of mesenteric ischemia
The role of serum lactate measurement in patients with intestinal ischemia still remains unclear. The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate the diagnostic performance of arterial blood gas lactate co...
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Acute abdominal pain in childhood and adolescence: assessing the impact of sonography on diagnosis and treatment
To assess the impact of ultrasonography on defining the diagnostic and therapeutic pathways for pediatric patients admitted to the emergency department for acute abdominal pain.
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Open AccessIntestinal Ischemia: US-CT findings correlations
Intestinal ischemia is an abdominal emergency that accounts for approximately 2% of gastrointestinal illnesses. It represents a complex of diseases caused by impaired blood perfusion to the small and/or large ...
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A computed tomography-based comparative cephalometric analysis of the Italian craniofacial pattern through 2,700 years
The aim of our study was to define the changes in morphovolumetric features of neurocranium, basicranium and splanchnocranium in the population of Campania, southern Italy, over the last 2,700 years. This was ...
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Three-dimensional anal endosonography in depicting anal-canal anatomy
This report describes the advantages of 3D anal endosonography in depicting the normal anatomy of the anal canal in relation to sex and age.
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Open AccessSystematic lymphadenectomy in ovarian cancer at second-look surgery: a randomised clinical trial
The role of systematic aortic and pelvic lymphadenectomy (SAPL) at second-look surgery in early stage or optimally debulked advanced ovarian cancer is unclear and never addressed by randomised studies.
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Search for compensation postures with videofluoromanometric investigation in dysphagic patients affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
This study was undertaken to verify the effectiveness of compensatory postures, suggested on the basis of the type of dysphagia identified at videofluoromanometric (VFM) investigation to ensure safe oropharyng...
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Differential diagnosis between fibroadenoma, giant fibroadenoma and phyllodes tumour: sonographic features and core needle biopsy
The aim of this study was to analyse mammographic and ultrasound (US) features of fibroadenoma and phyllodes tumour and assess the diagnostic accuracy of mammography, US and US-guided core needle biopsy (CNB) ...
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Seven-Tesla micro-MRI in early detection of acute arterial ischaemia: evolution of findings in an in vivo rat model
Acute mesenteric ischaemia (AMI) is a life-threatening vascular emergency with a high mortality rate. Early diagnosis is the key to reducing its mortality rate and improving the quality of life. Although compu...
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Open AccessMorphological rectal alterations following STARR performed for obstructed defecation syndrome
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Open AccessPrognostic value of Multidetector Computed Tomography of cirrhosis
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Influenza A virus: radiological and clinical findings of patients hospitalised for pandemic H1N1 influenza
This paper describes the radiological and clinical findings identified in a group of patients with H1N1 influenza.
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The role of nasoenteric intubation in the MR study of patients with Crohn’s disease: our experience and literature review
The aim of this study was to compare magnetic resonance (MR) enteroclysis with MR enterography to verify whether nasoenteric intubation in patients affected by Crohn’s disease can provide supplementary informa...
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Optical Studies of Artificial Opals as 3D Photonic Crystals
Artificial opal films have been prepared by sedimentation of monodisperse silica spheres in water suspension. Atomic force microscope images show a triangular packing of the spheres at the surface of the films...
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Ultrasound-guided aspiration and ethanol sclerotherapy for treating endometrial cysts
The authors sought to evaluate the effectiveness of ultrasound (US)-guided aspiration and ethanol sclerotherapy in treating endometrial cysts and adopt this procedure as an alternative to surgery.
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: sonographic evaluation of dysphagia
The authors sought to determine the role of video ultrasonography (VUS) in the diagnostic assessment of dysphagia in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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An investigation of performance limits of conventional and tunneling graphene-based transistors
In this paper we perform a simulation study on the limits of graphene-nanoribbon field-effect transistors (GNR-FETs) for post-CMOS digital applications. Both conventional and tunneling FET architectures are co...
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Videofluorography swallow study of patients with systemic sclerosis
This study was undertaken to evaluate the role of the videofluorographic (VFG) swallow study in patients with systemic sclerosis.
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Small animal imaging facility: new perspectives for the radiologist
In recent years, new technologies have become available for imaging small animals. The use of animal models in basic and preclinical sciences, for example, offers the possibility of testing diagnostic markers ...
