Advances in Condition Monitoring of Railway Infrastructure.

In recent years, there has been a notable surge in investments directed towards developing new railway lines and revitalising existing ones, reflecting a global commitment to enhance transportation infrastructure [...

Zero TE MRI applications to transcranial MR-guided focused ultrasound: Patient screening and treatment efficiency estimation.

Background: The high acoustic impedance of the skull limits the performance of transcranial magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (tcMRgFUS) therapy. Subject suitability screening is based on skull parameters estimated from computed tomography (CT) scans.

Purpose: To assess the feasibility of screening for tcMRgFUS based on zero echo time (ZTE) MRI, and to explore the influence of measurable skull parameters in treatment performance.

Cystic meningiomas: Radiological and pathological correlation with surgical implications.

Introduction: Meningiomas associating prominent cystic changes (CM) have challenged neurosurgeons since the beginning of this surgical discipline. We present the experience in the diagnostic and therapeutic management of this entity in our institution.

Material And Methods: A review of our patient database was carried out, searching for those CM that were operated on in the last 15 years.

Spinal extradural angiolipomas: 7 new cases and review of the literature.

Introduction: We present our experience with the diagnosis and treatment of spinal angiolipomas (SAL).

Methods: We used our database of surgical patients to gather epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic, treatment, and follow-up data from confirmed cases of SAL. Patients' functional status was evaluated using the modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association (mJOA) score for thoracic myelopathy.