Radiomics and 256-slice-dual-energy CT in the automated diagnosis of mild acute pancreatitis: the innovation of formal methods and high-resolution CT.

Introduction: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common disease, and several scores aim to assess its prognosis. Our study aims to automatically recognize mild AP from computed tomography (CT) images in patients with acute abdominal pain but uncertain diagnosis from clinical and serological data through Radiomic model based on formal methods (FMs).

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the CT scans acquired with Dual Source 256-slice CT scanner (Somatom Definition Flash; Siemens Healthineers, Erlangen, Germany) of 80 patients admitted to the radiology unit of Antonio Cardarelli hospital (Naples) with acute abdominal pain.

Future Perspectives on Radiomics in Acute Liver Injury and Liver Trauma.

: Acute liver injury occurs most frequently due to trauma, but it can also occur because of sepsis or drug-induced injury. This review aims to analyze artificial intelligence (AI)'s ability to detect and quantify liver injured areas in adults and pediatric patients. : A literature analysis was performed on the PubMed Dataset.

Musculoskeletal disorders in padel: from biomechanics to sonography.

Padel is a racket sport, combining high-frequency and low-intensity athletic gestures, that has been gaining growing scientific interest in recent years. Musculoskeletal injuries are very common among padel players with an incidence rate of 3 per 1000 h of training and 8 per 1000 matches. To the best of our knowledge, a comprehensive collection describing the most common sonographic findings in padel players with musculoskeletal injuries is lacking in the pertinent literature.

Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) in the evaluation of liver steatosis: data reliability in different respiratory phases and body positions.

Liver steatosis is the most common chronic liver disease and affects 10-24% of the general population. As the grade of disease can range from fat infiltration to steatohepatitis and cirrhosis, an early diagnosis is needed to set the most appropriate therapy. Innovative noninvasive radiological techniques have been developed through MRI and US.

Giant Tumefactive Perivascular Space: Advanced Fusion MR Imaging and Tractography Study-A Case Report and a Systematic Review.

Perivascular spaces (PVSs) are small extensions of the subpial cerebrospinal space, pial-lined and interstitial fluid-filled. They surround small penetrating arteries, and veins, crossing the subarachnoid space to the brain tissue. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) shows a PVS as a round-shape or linear structure, isointense to the cerebrospinal fluid, and, if larger than 1.

Non-glandular findings on breast ultrasound. Part II: a pictorial review of chest wall lesions.

The breast ultrasound (US) field-of-view (FOV) includes glandular parenchyma as well as tissues located anterior to and posterior to it, up to pleural line. For that, it is possible to incidentally identify lesions unrelated to breast parenchyma during screening or diagnostic US; sometimes a palpable lump may be the reason of the imaging exam. Furthermore, abnormality related to chest wall are easier and more accurate detected after mastectomy.

Experimental Analysis of Handcart Pushing and Pulling Safety in an Industrial Environment by Using IoT Force and EMG Sensors: Relationship with Operators' Psychological Status and Pain Syndromes.

Non-ergonomic execution of repetitive physical tasks represents a major cause of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD). This study was focused on the pushing and pulling (P&P) of an industrial handcart (which is a generic physical task present across many industries), with the aim to investigate the dependence of P&P execution on the operators' psychological status and the presence of pain syndromes of the upper limbs and spine. The developed acquisition system integrated two three-axis force sensors (placed on the left and right arm) and six electromyography (EMG) electrodes (placed on the chest, back, and hand flexor muscles).

3D-Arterial analysis software and CEUS in the assessment of severity and vulnerability of carotid atherosclerotic plaque: a comparison with CTA and histopathology.

Purpose: Our purpose is to assess Multiparametric Ultrasound (MPUS) efficacy for evaluation of carotid plaque vulnerability and carotid stenosis degree in comparison with Computed Tomography angiography (CTA) and histology.

Material And Methods: 3D-Arterial Analysis is a 3D ultrasound software that automatically provides the degree of carotid stenosis and a colorimetric map of carotid plaque vulnerability. We enrolled 106 patients who were candidates for carotid endarterectomy.

Development of Modular and Adaptive Laboratory Set-Up for Neuroergonomic and Human-Robot Interaction Research.

The industry increasingly insists on academic cooperation to solve the identified problems such as workers' performance, wellbeing, job satisfaction, and injuries. It causes an unsafe and unpleasant working environment that directly impacts the quality of the product, workers' productivity, and effectiveness. This study aimed to give a specialized solution for tests and explore possible solutions to the given problem in neuroergonomics and human-robot interaction.

Non-glandular findings on breast ultrasound. Part I: a pictorial review of superficial lesions.

Ultrasound (US) represents the first-level imaging technique in the assessment of breast in young patients, whereas it is complementary to mammography in adult ones. It is not uncommon to encounter non-glandular mass during either screening or diagnostic breast US; sometimes the evaluation of palpable lump may be the reason of clinician's US request. The breast US field-of-view includes not only the glandular parenchyma, but also the tissues located anterior and posterior to it, from the skin to the ribs.

The role of MRI in predicting Ki-67 in breast cancer: preliminary results from a prospective study.

Purpose: In the last decade contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has gained a growing role as a complementary tool for breast cancer diagnosis. Currently the relationship between the kinetic features of a breast lesion and pathologic prognostic factors has become a popular field of research. Our aim is to verify whether breast MRI could be considered a useful tool to predict Ki-67 score, thus resulting as a breast cancer prognosis indicator.

(D)-Ribose supplementation in the equine: lack of effect on glycated plasma proteins suggesting safety in humans.

Background: d-Ribose is a popular dietary supplement for humans and the equine because of its crucial role in cellular bioenergetics. However, as a reducing sugar, it has been suggested that ingestion of d-ribose might promote the formation of glycated proteins in vivo with potential adverse consequences.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine if d-Ribose would promote the formation of glycated proteins in vivo following exercise in training thoroughbred racehorses.

Contrast-enhanced sonography in blunt scrotal trauma().

The scope of this study was to determine whether contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS), compared with basic US, can increase diagnostic confidence and provide relevant information on blunt scrotal trauma. Over a period of 75 months we examined 40 patients seen consecutively for blunt scrotal trauma using high-resolution US, color-power Doppler, low mechanical index CEUS, and power Doppler after IV administration of contrast medium (SonoVue(®)). In the 24 cases that were positive, concordance between basal US and CEUS findings was grade 0 (absent) in 4 cases, grade 1 (low) in 3, grade 2 (moderate) in 8, and grade 3 (high) in 9.

Influence of replacing corn silage with barley silage in the diets of buffalo cows on milk yield and quality.

A 150-day trial was carried out on 40 Italian Mediterranean buffalo cows that, immediately after calving, were equally divided into two homogeneous groups (M and O) based on the number of calving events and previous milk yield. The animals were fed (16 kg dry matter (DM)/head) two isoenergy/isoprotein diets (NEl: 6.39 MJ/kg DM; 15.

Thyroid nodules and related symptoms are stably controlled two years after radiofrequency thermal ablation.

Background: Percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation (RTA) is a promising new therapeutic approach to manage thyroid nodules (TNs). The aim of this study was to investigate the long-term effectiveness of RTA in inducing shrinkage of TNs as well as in controlling compressive symptoms and thyroid hyperfunction in a large series of elderly subjects with solid or mainly solid benign TNs.

Methods: Ninety-four elderly patients with cytologically benign compressive TNs were prospectively enrolled in the study; 66 of them had nontoxic goiter and 28 had toxic or pretoxic goiter.

Endoscopic treatment of sessile rectal adenomas: comparison of Nd:YAG laser therapy and injection-assisted piecemeal polypectomy.

This prospective study was carried out in order to compare endoscopic laser therapy with injection-assisted piecemeal polypectomy for treatment of sessile rectal adenomas. We randomized 94 patients with rectal sessile adenomas to either of the two treatments. The adenomas were classified according to size as extensive or intermediate.

[Comparison of Nd-Yag laser and strip biopsy in the treatment of extensive adenomas of the rectum].

This prospective study was carried out in order to compare endoscopic laser therapy and strip biopsy for treatment of large sessile rectal adenomas. Between January 1990 and December 1991, 94 consecutive patients, referred to our Endoscopy Service because of extensive rectal adenoma have been allocated to laser therapy or strip biopsy. The effectiveness of the two techniques was statistically the same from many points of view: complete ablation (76.

[Personal experience in the treatment of esophago-cardial stenosis with the Nd-YAG laser].

The authors analyze the results of treatment, by Nd-YAG laser. of benign and malignant esophageal and cardial stenoses. Particularly the personal technique, immediate and late complications and association with complementary techniques such as dilatation or intratumoral injection of polidocanol are evaluated.

[Endoscopic endoprosthesis in the palliative treatment of carcinoma of the pancreas].

Perendoscopic treatment of cancer of the pancreas may be carried out through bilionasal drainage or bilioduodenal drainage. These techniques are indicated for preventing choledochic stenosis due to cancer of the head of the pancreas and should be considered as palliative techniques in inoperable patients. The present paper particularly examines the role of biliary endoprosthesis, with special attention to the results obtainable in terms of improvement to the quality of life in patients with inoperable gallbladder-obstructing cancers.

[The results of bile culture after selective sampling of the main biliary tract via endoscopic catheterization. The relation of the microbes isolated, the anatomicopathologic picture and the possibility of septic complications following endoscopic cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)].

Selective sampling from the main bile way using endoscopic catheterization was used in the attempt to establish parameters capable of identifying patients at risk of septic complications following endoscopic cholangiopancreatography. The results obtained evidenced a significant relationship between neoplastic type obstructions of the main bile way, age of patient and positive bile culture with increased risk of septic complications. The advisability of using local and/or systemic antibiotic prophylaxis in elderly patients with suspected neoplastic obstruction of the bile way and thus candidates for endoscopic cholangiopancreatography is considered.