Prevalence of Mitral Annular Disjunction at Cardiac MRI: Results from a Multicenter Registry.

Purpose To determine the prevalence of mitral annular disjunction (MAD) in patients undergoing cardiac MRI for various clinical indications and to assess the association of MAD with arrhythmia, mitral valve prolapse (MVP), and myocardial alteration. Materials and Methods This study analyzed data from a retrospective observational registry of consecutive patients undergoing cardiac MRI for different clinical indications. Cardiac MRI examinations were performed from January 2019 to June 2019 at 13 Italian hospitals.

Radiomics in radiology: What the radiologist needs to know about technical aspects and clinical impact.

Radiomics represents the science of extracting and analyzing a multitude of quantitative features from medical imaging, revealing the quantitative potential of radiologic images. This scientific review aims to provide radiologists with a comprehensive understanding of radiomics, emphasizing its principles, applications, challenges, limits, and prospects. The limitations of standardization in current scientific production are analyzed, along with possible solutions proposed by some of the referenced papers.

Reliability of Ultrasonographic Assessment of Depth of Invasion and Tumor Thickness in Intraoral Mucosa Lesions: A Preliminary Experience.

Despite the progress made in multidisciplinary care, there has been little improvement in the oncologic outcomes of oral cavity squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs). In the latest edition of the TNM staging, "depth of invasion" (DOI) has recently been introduced as one of the criteria for determining the T stage, alongside other factors. DOI is widely recognized as an independent risk factor for nodal metastases and is a crucial consideration in the preoperative staging of OSCCs, along with measurements of tumor thickness (TT).

Glioblastoma and Internal Carotid Artery Calcium Score: A Possible Novel Prognostic Partnership?

Clinical evidence suggests an association between comorbidities and outcome in patients with glioblastoma (GBM). We hypothesised that the internal carotid artery (ICA) calcium score could represent a promising prognostic biomarker in a competing risk analysis in patients diagnosed with GBM. We validated the use of the ICA calcium score as a surrogate marker of the coronary calcium score in 32 patients with lung cancer.