Publications by authors named "Bram A C M Fasen"
Rationale And Objectives: Various methods exist to perform and post-process perfusion weighted MR imaging in the post-treatment imaging of glioma patients to differentiate tumor progression from tumor-related abnormalities. One of these post-processing methods produces 'fractional tumor burden' maps. This multi-reader study investigated the clinical feasibility of fractional tumor burden maps on real world data from radiological follow-up of high-grade astrocytoma patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of AI software in diagnosing intracranial arterial occlusions in the proximal anterior circulation at CT angiography (CTA) and to compare it to manual reading performed in clinical practice.
Methods: Patients with acute ischemic stroke underwent CTA to detect arterial occlusion in the proximal anterior circulation. Retrospective review of CTA scans by two neuroradiologists served as reference standard.
Article Synopsis
- The study explores how effective diffusion-weighted MR neurography is in detecting issues in the brachial plexus compared to regular MRI scans.
- A total of 60 patients were evaluated, and results showed that while sensitivity varied among radiologists, all were able to detect certain types of injuries with high specificity.
- The findings suggest that DW MR neurography is a quick and useful tool for identifying brachial plexus abnormalities, although some conditions were less detectable.
Purpose: To evaluate the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) chest CT classification system for reporting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia.
Materials And Methods: Chest CT scans of consecutive patients suspected of having COVID-19 were retrospectively and independently evaluated by two chest radiologists and a 5th-year radiology resident using the RSNA chest CT classification system for reporting COVID-19 pneumonia. Interobserver agreement was evaluated by calculating weighted κ coefficients.
Purpose: To evaluate the reliability and accuracy of thick maximum intensity projection (MIP) CTA images to detect large-vessel occlusion (LVO) in the anterior circulation in patients with acute stroke.
Methods: A total of 140 acute stroke patients (41 with and 99 without LVO) were evaluated by two neuroradiologists for LVO using axial 3-mm and 2-mm MIPs.
Results: Interobserver agreement was substantial using 3-mm MIPs (ĸ = 0.
Purpose: To systematically review the diagnostic performance of single-phase CT angiography (CTA) in detecting intracranial large vessel occlusion (LVO).
Method: MEDLINE and Embase were searched for studies investigating the diagnostic performance of single-phase CTA in detecting LVO. Study quality was assessed.
Purpose: To investigate the number of acute stroke patients undergoing CT angiography (CTA) for suspected large vessel occlusion (LVO) and those eligible for thrombectomy in relation to the population.
Methods: Consecutive patients in a Western population who underwent CTA for suspected LVO of the proximal anterior circulation between January and August 2019 were included. The date and time of CTA and the number of patients eligible for thrombectomy were assessed.