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    Prediction of locally advanced rectal cancer response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy using volumetric multiparametric MRI-based radiomics

    To assess the role of pretreatment multiparametric (mp)MRI-based radiomic features in predicting pathologic complete response (pCR) of locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) to neoadjuvant chemoradiation therap...

    Maria El Homsi, Octavia Bane, Valentin Fauveau, Stefanie Hectors in Abdominal Radiology (2024)

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    Semiautomated segmentation of hepatocellular carcinoma tumors with MRI using convolutional neural networks

    To assess the performance of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for semiautomated segmentation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumors on MRI.

    Daniela Said, Guillermo Carbonell, Daniel Stocker, Stefanie Hectors in European Radiology (2023)

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    MR elastography outperforms shear wave elastography for the diagnosis of clinically significant portal hypertension

    Portal hypertension (PH) is associated with complications such as ascites and esophageal varices and is typically diagnosed through invasive hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) measurement, which is not wi...

    Paul Kennedy, Daniel Stocker, Guillermo Carbonell, Daniela Said in European Radiology (2022)

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    Assessment of HCC response to Yttrium-90 radioembolization with gadoxetate disodium MRI: correlation with histopathology

    Transarterial 90Y radioembolization (TARE) is increasingly being used for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treatment. However, tumor response assessment after TARE may be challenging. We aimed to assess the diagnos...

    Naik Vietti Violi, Jeffrey Gnerre, Amy Law, Stefanie Hectors in European Radiology (2022)

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    Multiancestry exome sequencing reveals INHBE mutations associated with favorable fat distribution and protection from diabetes

    Body fat distribution is a major, heritable risk factor for cardiometabolic disease, independent of overall adiposity. Using exome-sequencing in 618,375 individuals (including 160,058 non-Europeans) from the U...

    Parsa Akbari, Olukayode A. Sosina, Jonas Bovijn, Karl Landheer in Nature Communications (2022)

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    Prostate MRI using a rigid two-channel phased-array endorectal coil: comparison with phased array coil acquisition at 3 T

    To compare image quality, lesion detection and patient comfort of 3T prostate MRI using a combined rigid two-channel phased-array endorectal coil and an external phased-array coil (ERC-PAC) compared to externa...

    Sara Lewis, Aasrith Ganti, Pamela Argiriadi, Ally Rosen, Stefanie Hectors in Cancer Imaging (2022)

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    Precision of MRI radiomics features in the liver and hepatocellular carcinoma

    To assess the precision of MRI radiomics features in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumors and liver parenchyma.

    Guillermo Carbonell, Paul Kennedy, Octavia Bane, Ammar Kirmani in European Radiology (2022)

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    Comparative assessment of standard and immune response criteria for evaluation of response to PD-1 monotherapy in unresectable HCC

    To assess response to programmed death-1 (PD-1) monotherapy (nivolumab) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients using RECIST1.1, modified RECIST (mRECIST), and immune RECIST (iRECIST). A secondary objective...

    Sara Lewis, Mario A. Cedillo, Karen M. Lee, Octavia Bane in Abdominal Radiology (2022)

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    Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI perfusion quantification in hepatocellular carcinoma: comparison of gadoxetate disodium and gadobenate dimeglumine

    (1) To assess the quality of the arterial input function (AIF) during dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI of the liver and (2) to quantify perfusion parameters of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and liver paren...

    Daniel Stocker, Stefanie Hectors, Octavia Bane, Naik Vietti-Violi in European Radiology (2021)

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    Radiomics of hepatocellular carcinoma: promising roles in patient selection, prediction, and assessment of treatment response

    Radiomics refers to the process of conversion of conventional medical images into quantifiable data (“features”) which can be further mined to reveal complex patterns and relationships between the voxels in th...

    Amir A. Borhani, Roberta Catania, Yuri S. Velichko, Stefanie Hectors in Abdominal Radiology (2021)

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    Analysis Protocols for MRI Map** of Renal T1

    The computation of T1 maps from MR datasets represents an important step toward the precise characterization of kidney disease models in small animals. Here the main strategies to analyze renal T1 map** dataset...

    Philippe Garteiser, Gwenaël Pagé, Sabrina Doblas in Preclinical MRI of the Kidney (2021)

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    Experimental Protocols for MRI Map** of Renal T1

    The water proton longitudinal relaxation time, T1, is a common and useful MR parameter in nephrology research. Here we provide three step-by-step T1-map** protocols suitable for different types of nephrology re...

    Philippe Garteiser, Octavia Bane, Sabrina Doblas in Preclinical MRI of the Kidney (2021)

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    Radiomics of hepatocellular carcinoma

    The diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma relies largely on non-invasive imaging, and is well suited for radiomics analysis. Radiomics is an emerging method for quantification of tumor heterogeneity by mathema...

    Sara Lewis, Stefanie Hectors, Bachir Taouli in Abdominal Radiology (2021)

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    Recommendations for Preclinical Renal MRI: A Comprehensive Open-Access Protocol Collection to Improve Training, Reproducibility, and Comparability of Studies

    Renal MRI holds incredible promise for making a quantum leap in improving diagnosis and care of patients with a multitude of diseases, by moving beyond the limitations and restrictions of current routine clini...

    Andreas Pohlmann, Susan J. Back, Andrea Fekete in Preclinical MRI of the Kidney (2021)

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    Outcomes assessment in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma using qualitative and quantitative imaging features

    To assess the performance of imaging features, including radiomics texture features, in predicting histopathologic tumor grade, AJCC stage, and outcomes [time to recurrence (TTR) and overall survival (OS)] in ...

    Michael J. King, Stefanie Hectors, Karen M. Lee, Olamide Omidele in Cancer Imaging (2020)

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    Primary sclerosing cholangitis: diagnostic performance of MRI compared to blood tests and clinical scoring systems for the evaluation of histopathological severity of disease

    To assess the diagnostic performance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compared to blood tests and clinical scoring systems for the evaluation of histopathologic severity in patients with primary sclerosing ...

    Christopher Song, Sara Lewis, Amita Kamath, Stefanie Hectors in Abdominal Radiology (2020)

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    Prediction of hepatocellular carcinoma response to 90Yttrium radioembolization using volumetric ADC histogram quantification: preliminary results

    To assess the predictive value of volumetric apparent diffusion coefficient (vADC) histogram quantification obtained before and 6 weeks (6w) post-treatment for assessment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) resp...

    Sonja Gordic, Mathilde Wagner, Riccardo Zanato, Stefanie Hectors in Cancer Imaging (2019)

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    Radiological Diagnosis and Characterization of HCC

    Imaging plays a central role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) screening/surveillance, diagnosis, staging, and treatment response assessment. Clinical imaging methods include abdominal ultrasound (US) used mos...

    Naik Vietti Violi, Sara Lewis, Stefanie Hectors, Daniela Said in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (2019)

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    Erratum to: Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging for transition zone prostate cancer: essential findings, limitations, and future directions

    Sara Lewis, Cecilia Besa, Ally Rosen, Ardeshir R. Rastinehad in Abdominal Radiology (2018)

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    Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging for transition zone prostate cancer: essential findings, limitations, and future directions

    Review the multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) findings of transition zone (TZ) prostate cancer (PCa) using T2-weighted imaging (T2WI), diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), and dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI and to ...

    Sara Lewis, Cecilia Besa, Ally Rosen, Ardeshir R. Rastinehad in Abdominal Radiology (2017)