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Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 1d

Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) MRI can predict perineural invasion (PNI) and survival in rectal cancer patients.

🔹 175 patients analyzed
🔹 Combined model performance: AUC 0.885 | Sens 81.7% | Spec 82.6% | Acc 82.3%
🔹 Higher model scores → lower 2-year DFS (81.6% vs 93.2%, p=0.014)

Technical requirements and optimization strategies for home-based teleradiology workstations: a review article - Insights into Imaging

Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 1d

➡️ When properly implemented, teleradiology extends expertise, boosts productivity & supports well-being. (Mustafa S. Alhasan & Ayman S. Alhasan) #InsightsintoImaging

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Abstract Teleradiology has advanced from an occasional modality to a cornerstone of modern radiology practice, with the COVID-19 pandemic catalyzing widespread adoption of home-based reading…

Technical requirements and optimization strategies for home-based teleradiology workstations: a review article - Insights into Imaging

Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 1d

🔹 65% of institutions established home workstations
🔹 74% shifted routine daytime shifts to internal teleradiology
🔹 Diagnostic accuracy: equivalent to hospital reading rooms
🔹 Radiologist impact: 65% ↓ stress, 96% similar/improved turnaround times

Abstract Teleradiology has advanced from an occasional modality to a cornerstone of modern radiology practice, with the COVID-19 pandemic catalyzing widespread adoption of home-based reading…

Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 1d

Home-based teleradiology has evolved into a cornerstone of modern practice, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 2d

➡️ Multi-delay ASL is clinically feasible & useful for hemodynamic evaluation in ISOD, with potential for further refinement. (Simone M. Uniken Venema et al.) #InsightsintoImaging

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Benefits and challenges of multi-delay arterial spin labeling in clinical practice: measuring perfusion and cerebrovascular reactivity in intracranial steno-occlusive disease - Insights into Imaging

Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 2d

🔹 Protocol: multi-delay ASL + acetazolamide challenge
🔹 ~100 patients evaluated since 2018
🔹 Enables detailed hemodynamic assessment for clinical decision-making
🔹 Key pitfalls: motion artefacts, susceptibility, misregistration, inadequate labeling, anesthesia effects

Abstract Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques have now widely replaced positron emission tomography (PET) as the modality of choice to assess cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) and other…

Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 2d

MRI has replaced PET as the preferred tool for assessing cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) in intracranial steno-occlusive disease (ISOD), including moyamoya vasculopathy.

Digital breast tomosynthesis in breast cancer screening: an ethical perspective - Insights into Imaging

Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 3d

...particularly when resources and capacity allow for the use of more advanced technologies. (Simon Rosenqvist et al.)

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Abstract Although digital breast tomosynthesis has higher sensitivity than digital mammography and at least as high specificity, digital mammography remains the most common method for conducting…

Digital breast tomosynthesis in breast cancer screening: an ethical perspective - Insights into Imaging

Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 3d

This discussion encourages healthcare professionals and policy-makers to reflect on our ethical approach moving forward, considering not only the effectiveness of screening tools but also the moral responsibility to optimize patient outcomes...

Abstract Although digital breast tomosynthesis has higher sensitivity than digital mammography and at least as high specificity, digital mammography remains the most common method for conducting…

Digital breast tomosynthesis in breast cancer screening: an ethical perspective - Insights into Imaging

Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 3d

While uncertainties around overdiagnosis and mortality benefits remain, the paper underscores the importance of prioritizing the most sensitive available technology.

Abstract Although digital breast tomosynthesis has higher sensitivity than digital mammography and at least as high specificity, digital mammography remains the most common method for conducting…

Digital breast tomosynthesis in breast cancer screening: an ethical perspective - Insights into Imaging

Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 3d

It suggests that clinics with DBT-ready equipment should be encouraged to use digital breast tomosynthesis in screening when feasible, given its higher sensitivity compared to traditional digital mammography.

Abstract Although digital breast tomosynthesis has higher sensitivity than digital mammography and at least as high specificity, digital mammography remains the most common method for conducting…

Understanding cystic lung lesions in smokers with interstitial lung disease: radiologic–pathological correlation - Insights into Imaging

Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 3d

This paper offers a thought-provoking reflection on our ethical responsibilities when implementing breast cancer screening technologies.

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Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 3d

➡️ Radiology–pathology correlation improves diagnostic accuracy in smoker-related cystic lung disease. (Juan José Arenas-Jiménez et al.)

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Abstract Due to destructive, fibrotic, and remodeling mechanisms, we can find a varied constellation of aerated and cystic lung lesions in smoker patients with interstitial lung disease that pose a…

Understanding cystic lung lesions in smokers with interstitial lung disease: radiologic–pathological correlation - Insights into Imaging

Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 3d

🔹 Authors propose “the four S” approach: Size, Site, Shape, Surroundings
🔹 Correlation of imaging with pathology for emphysema, thin-walled cysts, honeycombing, DIP, LCH & more
🔹 Helps differentiate smoking-related fibrosis from UIP - with key prognostic implications

Abstract Due to destructive, fibrotic, and remodeling mechanisms, we can find a varied constellation of aerated and cystic lung lesions in smoker patients with interstitial lung disease that pose a…

Novel ultrasound classification of tubal ectopic pregnancy: exploring underlying connections among sonographic and serum markers - Insights into Imaging

Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 3d

📢 New Review in #InsightsintoImaging

Cystic lung lesions in smokers with interstitial lung disease present major diagnostic challenges due to overlapping radiologic & pathologic features.

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Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 3d

📰 Deputy Editor Elisabetta Giannotti has expanded her area of expertise to include Breast Imaging and Sustainability, and we can announce we warmly welcome submission on these important topics!

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Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 4d

➡️ Ultrasound-based subtypes reveal distinct clinical profiles, supporting more tailored management strategies. (Na Su et al.) #InsightsintoImaging

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Objectives This study aims to propose a novel ultrasound classification for tubal ectopic pregnancy (TEP) and explore relationships between sonographic features and serum markers. Materials and…

Novel ultrasound classification of tubal ectopic pregnancy: exploring underlying connections among sonographic and serum markers - Insights into Imaging

Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 4d

🔹 320 women with TEP
🔹 Simple GS-like: smaller masses, higher β-hCG, higher Doppler grades
🔹 Strong β-hCG–mass size correlation in simple GS-like (r=0.720)
🔹 Weak correlation in complicated cases (r=0.211); hemoglobin inversely correlated with pelvic fluid (r=−0.344)

Objectives This study aims to propose a novel ultrasound classification for tubal ectopic pregnancy (TEP) and explore relationships between sonographic features and serum markers. Materials and…

Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 4d

A novel ultrasound classification for tubal ectopic pregnancy (TEP) is proposed, linking imaging features with serum markers.

Augmenting conventional criteria: a CT-based deep learning radiomics nomogram for early recurrence risk stratification in hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation - Insights into Imaging

Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 5d

🔹 Two-center study, n=245
🔹 AUC: 0.884 (training), 0.829 (validation)
🔹 High DLRN score → 16.3× higher relapse risk (p<0.001)
🔹 Best prediction when combined with Metro-Ticket 2.0 (AUC: 0.936/0.863) (Ziqian Wu et al.)

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Background We developed a deep learning radiomics nomogram (DLRN) using CT scans to improve clinical decision-making and risk stratification for early recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)…

Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 5d

📢 New article in #InsightsintoImaging

Researchers developed a CT-based Deep Learning Radiomics Nomogram (DLRN) to predict early recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after liver transplantation.

Percutaneous microwave ablation of bone lesions: a retrospective cohort study - Insights into Imaging

Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 5d

🔹 100% technical success
🔹 Adverse events: 8.3% grade I, 2.8% grade III (none in benign cases)
🔹 Complete imaging response: 55.6% metastatic, 100% benign

➡️ MWA is a safe & effective option for pain palliation and local control in bone lesions. (Sylvain Bodard et al.)

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Purpose To evaluate the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of microwave ablation (MWA) of bone lesions with regard to local control and pain palliation. Materials and methods We reviewed 43 patients…

Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 5d

📢 New article in #InsightsintoImaging

Microwave ablation (MWA) of bone lesions was evaluated for feasibility, safety & efficacy in 43 patients (51 lesions).

Understanding different aspects of blood supply of uterine fibroids: an overview of ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging techniques - Insights into Imaging

Insights into Imaging @insightsimaging.bsky.social · 8d

🔹 Blood supply is central to fibroid genesis, diagnosis & treatment
🔹 Ultrasound & MRI reveal complex vascular composition
🔹 Authors propose a generic nomenclature to standardize terminology (Derk Jan Slotman et al.)

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Background Vasculature and blood flow play a crucial role in the genesis, diagnosis, and treatment of uterine fibroids. Assessment of the different aspects of blood flow by medical imaging has…