Publications by authors named "Giovanni Magistretti"
Objectives: To evaluate the carotid bifurcation in healthy adults using a commercial system equipped with high-frame rate vector flow imaging (VFI) based on the plane wave and to compare VFI with color Doppler imaging.
Methods: Carotid bifurcation diameters and flow characteristics of 60 vessels in 60 healthy volunteers were evaluated quantitatively and qualitatively to assess complex flow patterns and their extension and duration.
Results: Complex flow in the internal carotid artery (ICA) was associated with a statistically significant difference in the ΔICA sinus-to-common carotid artery (CCA) diameter ratio (the relative change in diameter between the CCA and ICA sinus.
Objectives: To assess the ability of Real-time Elastography (RTE) to differentiate malignant from benign testicular lesions.
Methods: In 88 testicles ultrasound identified 144 lesions, which were examined by RTE. Elasticity images of the lesions were assigned the colour-coded score of Itoh (Radiology 2006), according to the distribution of strain induced by light compression.