Publications by authors named "M Bevacqua"
Magnetic Resonance imaging based Electrical Properties Tomography (MR-EPT) is a non-invasive technique that measures the electrical properties (EPs) of biological tissues. In this work, we present and numerically investigate the performance of an unrolled, physics-assisted method for 2D MR-EPT reconstructions, where a cascade of Convolutional Neural Networks is used to compute the contrast update. Each network takes in input the EPs and the gradient descent direction (encoding the physics underlying the adopted scattering model) and returns as output the updated contrast function.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 13-year-old boy was admitted with severe meningococcal meningitis. Immunologic workup revealed a properdin deficiency, and genetic sequencing of CFP identified a novel, private and predicted pathogenic variant in exon 8. The patient received broad immunizations and penicillin prophylaxis.
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- Antibiotic prophylaxis (AB) reduces bacteriuria after invasive urodynamics (UDS) but does not significantly lower urinary tract infection (UTI) rates; guidelines for AB use in high-risk patients remain unclear.
- A systematic review and expert consensus via a modified Delphi method identified key patient categories at risk for UTIs and proposed 16 statements regarding AB use.
- The panel of 57 experts largely agreed (56.25%) on the necessity of AB for patients with neurogenic bladder and immunosuppression, while advising against AB for several other factors such as menopausal status and diabetes.
The accurate quantitative estimation of the electromagnetic properties of tissues can serve important diagnostic and therapeutic medical purposes. Quantitative microwave tomography is an imaging modality that can provide maps of the in-vivo electromagnetic properties of the imaged tissues, i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To describe the level of inconsistency between pictures on baby diaper packaging and safe infant sleep recommendations (SISRs) in Europe.
Study Design: We attempted to identify all packaging of baby diapers sold in 11 European countries for infants weighing less than 5 kg through internet searches from July 2022 through February 2023. For each type of package, we extracted whether there was a picture depicting a baby, whether the baby was sleeping, and whether the picture of the sleeping baby was inconsistent with ≥1 of 3 SISRs: (i) nonsupine sleeping position, (ii) soft objects or loose bedding, or (iii) sharing a sleep surface with another person.