European radiology
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Sonoelastography has been increasingly used to investigate musculoskeletal disorders. The aim of this meta-analysis was to investigate the utility of sonoelastography in diagnosing rotator cuff tendon pathology and pertinent disorders. ⋯ • Supraspinatus and infraspinatus tendons are likely to have decreased elasticity in shoulders with adhesive capsulitis, as assessed by shear wave sonoelastography. • There was no significant difference in tendon elasticity between shoulders with and without rotator cuff tendinopathy or tendon tears when evaluated by strain and shear wave sonoelastography.
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Observational Study
Longitudinal study of interventional radiology activity in a large metropolitan Italian tertiary care hospital: how the COVID-19 pandemic emergency has changed our activity.
To retrospectively analyze interventional radiology (IR) activity changes in the COVID-19 era and to describe how to safely and effectively reorganize IR activity. ⋯ • Coronavirus disease pandemic determined a reduction of interventional radiology activity as compared to the same period of the previous year. • Interventional radiology procedures for life-threatening conditions and non-deferrable oncologic treatments were prioritized as opposed to elective procedures. • Strict adoption of safe procedures allowed us to have until now no incidents of cross-infection of non-infected from infected patients and no evidence of COVID-19 infection of HCWs in the IR service.
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
A deep learning approach to characterize 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia in chest CT images.
To utilize a deep learning model for automatic detection of abnormalities in chest CT images from COVID-19 patients and compare its quantitative determination performance with radiological residents. ⋯ • The higher sensitivity of deep learning model in detecting COVID-19 pneumonia were found compared with radiological residents on a per-lobe and per-patient basis. • The deep learning model improves diagnosis efficiency by shortening processing time. • The deep learning model can automatically calculate the volume of the lesions and whole lung.
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Multicenter Study
COVID-19 impact assessment on the French radiological centers: a nationwide survey.
To determine the impact of the COVID-19 on the CT activities in French radiological centers during the epidemic peak. ⋯ • Over the 4-week survey period, 117,686 chest CT (CTtotal) were performed among the responding centers, including 61,784 (52%) CT performed for COVID-19 (CTcovid). • Across the country, the ratio CTcovid/CTtotal varied from 0.36 to 0.59 and depended significantly on the local epidemic density (p = 0.003). • In clinical practice, in a context of growing epidemic, in France, chest CT was used as a surrogate to RT-PCR for patient triage.
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Multicenter Study
Lung base CT findings in COVID-19 adult patients presenting with acute abdominal complaints: case series from a major New York City health system.
To describe demographic, clinical, and lung base CT findings in COVID-19 patients presenting with abdominal complaints. ⋯ • COVID-19 infected patients can present with acute abdominal symptoms, especially in non-elderly patients with underlying health conditions, and may frequently require hospitalisation (81%). • There was no difference in lung base CT findings between patients who were discharged and those who were hospitalised. • Lung base CT findings included multifocal and peripheral ground-glass opacities, consistent with published reports.