Publications by authors named "X Alomar"
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- * An ultrasound-based classification system helps identify four types of distal gastrocnemius injuries based on lesion location and specific ultrasound signs, aiding recovery time estimates.
- * A new MRI protocol using T1-weighted and fluid-sensitive imaging is designed to evaluate these injury types, enhancing diagnostics and helping optimize recovery strategies for athletes.
Purpose: Prostate-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) interpretation is challenging, with expertise playing a crucial role. Biparametric MRI (bpMRI) is gaining popularity in experienced centers due to its time and cost advantages over multiparametric MRI (mpMRI). We aim to analyze concordance between nonexpert radiologist PI-RADS from mpMRI and expert radiologist PI-RADS from bpMRI, and its clinical implications.
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- The study aimed to compare the biomechanical properties of two types of balloon-expandable covered stents, VBX and iCover, focusing on their use as bridging stents in fenestrated aortic endoprostheses.
- Three biomechanical tests were conducted on 12 stents to assess their bending strength, pullout force, and shear-stress force by using a dynamometer and analyzing the data microscopically.
- Results showed that while VBX required more force to bend when crimped, it needed less force when expanded compared to iCover, with both types showing similar pullout force results but different shear-stress forces at various deformations.
MRI plays a crucial role in assessment of patients with muscle injuries. The healing process of these injuries has been studied in depth from the pathophysiologic and histologic points of view and divided into destruction, repair, and remodeling phases, but the MRI findings of these phases have not been fully described, to our knowledge. On the basis of results from 310 MRI studies, including both basal and follow-up studies, in 128 athletes with muscle tears including their clinical evolution, the authors review MRI findings in muscle healing and propose a practical imaging classification based on morphology and signal intensity that correlates with histologic changes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of mapping-targeted biopsies (MTB) on the index lesion for the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa) in transperineal fusion-image prostate biopsies.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 309 men with suspected PCa who underwent prostate biopsies at the Creu Blanca reference center in Barcelona, Spain. The Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS v.