Hepatic fat quantification in dual-layer computed tomography using a three-material decomposition algorithm.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate a three-material decomposition algorithm for hepatic fat quantification using a dual-layer computed tomography (DL-CT) and MRI as reference standard on a large patient cohort.

Method: A total of 104 patients were retrospectively included in our study, i.e.

Transhepatic tract hemostasis using thermal-ablation after percutaneous portal vein access.

Objectives: Bleeding risk after percutaneous portal vein access procedures is not negligible. Various agents, coils and plug, have been used to minimize this risk, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. This study reports the results of coagulation using thermal-ablation (radiofrequency or microwave ablation) as an alternative to trans-hepatic puncture tract closure.

Chest PET/MRI in Solid Cancers: Comparing the Diagnostic Performance of a Free-Breathing 3D-T1-GRE Stack-of-Stars Volume Interpolated Breath-Hold Examination (StarVIBE) Acquisition With That of a 3D-T1-GRE Volume Interpolated Breath-Hold Examination (VIBE) for Chest Staging During Whole-Body PET/MRI.

Background: Whole-body positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (WB-PET/MRI) is increasingly used in oncology. However, chest staging remains challenging.

Purpose: To compare the diagnostic performance of a free-breathing 3D-T1-GRE stack-of-stars volume interpolated breath-hold examination (StarVIBE) with that of a 3D-T1-GRE volume interpolated breath-hold examination (VIBE) during WB-PET/MRI for chest staging.

Impact of the F-FDG-PET/MRI on Metastatic Staging in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Initial Results from 104 Patients.

Optimal HCC therapeutic management relies on accurate tumor staging. Our aim was to assess the impact of F-FDG-WB-PET/MRI on HCC metastatic staging, compared with the standard of care CT-CAP/liver MRI combination, in patients with HCC referred on a curative intent or before transarterial radioembolization. One hundred and four consecutive patients followed for HCC were retrospectively included.

Incidence and Risk Factors for Diaphragmatic Herniation Following Esophagectomy for Cancer.

Objective: To evaluate the incidence and risk factors of diaphragmatic herniation following esophagectomy for cancer (DHEC), and assess the results of surgical repair.

Summary Background Data: The current incidence of DHEC is discussed with conflicting data regarding its treatment and natural course.

Methods: Monocentric retrospective cohort study (2009-2018).

Pneumatosis intestinalis and portal venous gas in mechanical small bowel obstruction: Is it worrisome?

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical significance of pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) and portal venous gas (PVG) in patients with mechanical small bowel obstruction (SBO), using surgical findings or clinical follow-up as standard of reference.

Materials And Methods: Fourteen patients with mechanical SBO associated with PI and PVG were retrospectively included. There were 7 men and 7 women with a mean age of 59±19 (SD) (range: 25-93 years).

Transarterial Radioembolization for the Treatment of Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Invading the Right Atrium.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has the tendency to invade the portal and/or hepatic venous system. The invasion of the right atrium is uncommonly observed and constitutes a treatment challenge. We report the case of a patient with HCC invading the right atrium treated with Yttrium-transarterial radioembolization (Y-TARE).

Compressed sensing real-time cine imaging for assessment of ventricular function, volumes and mass in clinical practice.

Objectives: This study was conducted in order to evaluate the accuracy of a compressed sensing (CS) real-time single-breath-hold cine sequence for the assessment of left and right ventricular functional parameters in daily practice.

Methods: Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) cine images were acquired from 100 consecutive patients using both the reference segmented multi-breath-hold steady-state free precession (SSFP) acquisition and a prototype single-breath-hold real-time CS sequence, providing the same slice number, position, and thickness. For both sequences, the left (LV) and right ventricular (RV) ejection fractions (EF) and end-diastolic volumes (EDV) were assessed as well as LV mass (LVM).

Impact of sarcopenia on outcomes of patients undergoing pancreatectomy: A retrospective analysis of 107 patients.

To evaluate the prevalence of sarcopenia in patients undergoing pancreatic surgery and to examine its impact on the surgical outcomes and survival of patients.Skeletal muscle index (SMI) was measured on preoperative CT. A patient was considered sarcopenic if SMI was <38.