Characterization of renal tumours with pulse inversion harmonic imaging by intermittent high mechanical index technique: initial resultsEmilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149 Trieste, Italy
Eur Radiol 13:1402-12. 2003
..The PIHI has been shown to differentiate solid RCC from typical AML by contrast enhancement assessment after Levovist injection, but differential diagnosis both in solid and in cystic renal masses still remains difficult...
- Characterization of focal liver lesions with contrast-specific US modes and a sulfur hexafluoride-filled microbubble contrast agent: diagnostic performance and confidence
Emilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, Trieste 34149, Italy
Radiology 232:420-30. 2004
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- Comparison of visual and quantitative analysis for characterization of insonated liver tumors after microbubble contrast injection
Emilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, University of Trieste, Cattinara Hospital, Strada di Fiume 447, Trieste 34149, Italy
AJR Am J Roentgenol 186:1560-70. 2006
..The objective of our study was to compare diagnostic performance of visual and quantitative analysis for the characterization of liver tumors insonated at low transmit power after microbubble contrast agent injection...
- Contrast-specific ultrasound techniques
E Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, I 34149 Trieste, Italy
Radiol Med 112:473-90. 2007
..The different contrast-specific US techniques may be distinguished by their basic principle into pseudo-Doppler, harmonic, phase-modulation, amplitude-modulation and phase-and amplitude-modulation techniques...
- Targeting Lewis Y (Le(y)) in small cell lung cancer with a humanized monoclonal antibody, hu3S193: a pilot trial testing two dose levels
Lee M Krug
Thoracic Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Medical College at Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
J Thorac Oncol 2:947-52. 2007
..A phase I trial of humanized 3S193 (hu3S193) with dosing up to 40 mg/m2 demonstrated tumor targeting without serious toxicities or the development of human anti-human antibodies...
Analysis of the impact of digital tomosynthesis on the radiological investigation of patients with suspected pulmonary lesions on chest radiographyEmilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste Italy, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149 Trieste, Italy
Eur Radiol 22:1912-22. 2012
..To assess the impact of digital tomosynthesis (DTS) on the radiological investigation of patients with suspected pulmonary lesions on chest radiography (CXR)...
- Characterization of focal hepatic lesions in cirrhotic patients by Pulse Inversion Harmonic Imaging US contrast specific technique with Levovist
Emilio Quaia
Istituto di Radiologia, Ospedale di Cattinara, Universita degli Studi, Trieste, Italy
Radiol Med 104:285-94. 2002
..To evaluate the capabilities of Pulse Inversion Harmonic Imaging (PIHI) with hepatospecific US contrast agent Levovist in the characterization of focal liver lesions in cirrhotic patients...
- Comparison of diagnostic performance of unenhanced vs SonoVue - enhanced ultrasonography in focal liver lesions characterization. The experience of three Italian centers
Emilio Quaia
Istituto di Radiologia, Ospedale di Cattinara, Universita degli Studi, Trieste
Radiol Med 108:71-81. 2004
..To evaluate the diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced US with SonoVue (Bracco, Milan, Italy) compared to baseline US in focal hepatic lesions characterization...
- Radiologic-pathologic correlations of intratumoral tissue components in the most common solid and cystic renal tumors. Pictorial review
Emilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149, Trieste, Italy
Eur Radiol 15:1734-44. 2005
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- Analysis of different contrast enhancement patterns after microbubble-based contrast agent injection in liver hemangiomas with atypical appearance on baseline scan
E Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, Trieste, 34149, Italy
Abdom Imaging 31:59-64. 2006
..We describe different possible enhancement patterns in liver hemangiomas with atypical appearance on baseline ultrasound after microbubble-based contrast agent injection...
- Comparison of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography versus baseline ultrasound and contrast-enhanced computed tomography in metastatic disease of the liver: diagnostic performance and confidence
Emilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149, Trieste, Italy
Eur Radiol 16:1599-609. 2006
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- The added diagnostic value of 64-row multidetector CT combined with contrast-enhanced US in the evaluation of hepatocellular nodule vascularity: implications in the diagnosis of malignancy in patients with liver cirrhosis
Emilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Eur Radiol 19:651-63. 2009
..05), while no change in specificity was provided by combined analysis. The combined assessment of hepatocellular nodule vascularity at CT and CEUS improved sensitivity in the diagnosis of malignancy in patients with liver cirrhosis...
- Integrated fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET/CT compared to standard contrast-enhanced CT for characterization and staging of pulmonary tumors eligible for surgical resection
E Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Acta Radiol 49:995-1004. 2008
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- Fast T2 mapping of the patellar articular cartilage with gradient and spin-echo magnetic resonance imaging at 1.5 T: validation and initial clinical experience in patients with osteoarthritis
Emilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Skeletal Radiol 37:511-7. 2008
..To evaluate the T2 mapping of patellar articular cartilage in patients with osteoarthritis using gradient and spin-echo (GRASE) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging...
- [Differential patterns of contrast enhancement in different focal liver lesions after injection of the microbubble US contrast agent SonoVue]
Emilio Quaia
Istituto di Radiologia, Universita degli Studi di Trieste, Ospedale di Cattinara
Radiol Med 107:155-65. 2004
..To identify differential contrast enhancement patterns in different focal hepatic lesions after injection of the microbubble contrast agent SonoVue using high or low acoustic power imaging...
- Radiological-pathological correlation in intratumoural tissue components of solid lung tumours
E Quaia
Unità Clinica Operativa di Radiologia, Ospedale di Cattinara, Universita di Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149, Trieste, Italy
Radiol Med 114:173-89. 2009
..Necrotic and haemorrhagic components are typically observed in malignant lesions, whereas solid and fibrotic components may be seen both in solid lung malignancies and in benign lesions...
- Characterization of liver hemangiomas with pulse inversion harmonic imaging
Emilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149 Trieste, Italy
Eur Radiol 12:537-44. 2002
..In few liver hemangiomas atypical on conventional US PIHI did not identify a characteristic pattern and helical CT was necessary for final characterization...
- Renal parenchymal diseases: is characterization feasible with ultrasound?
Emilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149 Trieste, Italy
Eur Radiol 12:2006-20. 2002
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- The value of digital tomosynthesis in the diagnosis of suspected pulmonary lesions on chest radiography: analysis of diagnostic accuracy and confidence
Emilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, 34149 Trieste, Italy
Acad Radiol 17:1267-74. 2010
..The aim of this study was to investigate the value of digital tomosynthesis in the diagnosis of suspected pulmonary lesions on chest radiography...
- Detection of liver metastases by pulse inversion harmonic imaging during Levovist late phase: comparison with conventional ultrasound and helical CT in 160 patients
Emilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149 Trieste, Italy
Eur Radiol 13:475-83. 2003
..9). The smallest identified metastases presented 3-mm mean diameter on PIHI, 5-mm on HCT and 7-mm on conventional US. PIHI with Levovist is a reliable technique in metastases detection...
Diagnostic value of hepatocellular nodule vascularity after microbubble injection for characterizing malignancy in patients with cirrhosisEmilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, Trieste, Italy 34149
AJR Am J Roentgenol 189:1474-83. 2007
..The purpose of this study was to assess the diagnostic value of hepatocellular nodule vascularity after microbubble injection for characterization of malignancy in patients with cirrhosis of the liver...
- Effect of observer experience in the differentiation between benign and malignant liver tumors after ultrasound contrast agent injection
Emilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149 Trieste, Italy
J Ultrasound Med 29:25-36. 2010
..The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of the observer level of experience on the diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging (CEUS) for differentiation between benign and malignant liver tumors...
- Detection of focal renal perfusion defects in rabbits after sulphur hexafluoride-filled microbubble injection at low transmission power ultrasound insonation
Emilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149, Trieste, Italy
Eur Radiol 16:166-72. 2006
..615 vs 0.972 by reader 1; 0.720 vs 0.953 by reader 2). Contrast-enhanced US at low transmission power insonation effectively identified RPDs with diameters >6 mm in rabbits...
- Differential diagnosis between splenic nodules and peritoneal metastases with contrast-enhanced ultrasound based on signal-intensity characteristics during the late phase
M Bertolotto
UCO di Radiologia, Universita di Trieste, Ospedale di Cattinara, Strada di Fiume 449, 34149, Trieste, Italy
Radiol Med 114:42-51. 2009
..This study was done to assess the enhancement characteristics of splenic implants and to evaluate whether contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) after SonoVue injection allows the differential diagnosis with peritoneal metastases...
- Evaluation of liver parenchymal blood flow with contrast-enhanced US: preliminary results in healthy and cirrhotic patients
Cristiana Gasparini
Department of Radiology, Morfologiche e Tecnologiche, U.C.O. di Radiologia, Ospedale di Cattinara, Strada di Fiume-34149, Trieste, Italy
Acad Radiol 10:869-76. 2003
..CONCLUSION: Microbubble contrast agents could provide a noninvasive tool to detect and monitor hemodynamic changes that occur in the cirrhotic liver. Changes in the hepatospecific properties at late phase have also been demonstrated...
- US characterization of focal hepatic lesions with intermittent high-acoustic-power mode and contrast material
Emilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, Trieste 34149, Italy
Acad Radiol 10:739-50. 2003
..001) for contrast-enhanced US compared with baseline US. CONCLUSION: Characteristic patterns of US contrast enhancement with SonoVue help in characterizing and differentiating focal hepatic lesions...
- The role of CEUS in the characterization of hepatocellular nodules detected during the US surveillance program--current practices in Europe
E Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Ultraschall Med 33:S48-56. 2012
..CEUS represents a competitive imaging method from an economic point of view, and is an effective imaging tool for assessing the therapeutic outcome after surgery, ablation therapy, and transarterial chemoembolization (TACE)...
- [Current role of color Doppler ultrasound in acute renal failure]
M Bertolotto
UCO di Radiologia, Universita di Trieste, Ospedale di Cattinara, Trieste, Italy
Radiol Med 102:340-7. 2001
..Measuring the transit time of the microbubbles is useful for the diagnosis of renal artery stenosis and, in transplanted kidneys, for differential diagnosis between ATN and acute rejection...
- The diagnostic value of small bowel wall vascularity after sulfur hexafluoride-filled microbubble injection in patients with Crohn's disease. Correlation with the therapeutic effectiveness of specific anti-inflammatory treatment
Emilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149 Trieste, Italy
Eur J Radiol 69:438-44. 2009
..To assess the value of small bowel wall vascularity after microbubble contrast agent injection in evaluating the therapeutic effectiveness of specific anti-inflammatory treatment in patients with Crohn's disease...
- Comparison of contrast-enhanced sonography with unenhanced sonography and contrast-enhanced CT in the diagnosis of malignancy in complex cystic renal masses
Emilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149 Trieste, Italy
AJR Am J Roentgenol 191:1239-49. 2008
..The objective of our study was to evaluate contrast-enhanced sonography in the diagnosis of malignancy in complex cystic renal masses...
- Liver haemangiomas undetermined at grey-scale ultrasound: contrast-enhancement patterns with SonoVue and pulse-inversion US
Tommaso Vincenzo Bartolotta
Department of Radiology, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 127, 90127 Palermo, Italy
Eur Radiol 15:685-93. 2005
..In conclusion, PI after the administration of SonoVue enabled the depiction of typical contrast-enhancement patterns in haemangiomas undetermined at baseline US...
- Characterization of focal liver lesions with pulse inversion harmonic imaging (PIHI) using a second generation US contrast agent
Emilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Italy
Acad Radiol 9:S376-9. 2002
- Benign focal liver lesions: spectrum of findings on SonoVue-enhanced pulse-inversion ultrasonography
Tommaso Vincenzo Bartolotta
Department of Radiology, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 127, 90127, Palermo, Italy
Eur Radiol 15:1643-9. 2005
..This review illustrates the spectrum of enhancement patterns of BFLL on contrast-enhanced ultrasonography with SonoVue, a second-generation microbubble-based contrast agent...
- Microbubble ultrasound contrast agents: an update
Emilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste Italy, Strada di Fiume 447, Trieste 34149
Eur Radiol 17:1995-2008. 2007
..Finally, tumor-targeted microbubbles make possible the depiction of specific biologic processes...
- The mammography project at the SYRMEP beamline
D Dreossi
Sincrotrone Trieste ScpA, Trieste, Italy
Eur J Radiol 68:S58-62. 2008
..Preliminary analysis shows the high diagnostic quality of the PhC SR images that were acquired with equal or less delivered dose compared to the conventional ones...
- Assessment of a new mathematical model for the computation of numerical parameters related to renal cortical blood flow and fractional blood volume by contrast-enhanced ultrasound
Emilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, Strada di Fiume 447, Trieste, Italy
Ultrasound Med Biol 35:616-27. 2009
..The piecewise linear function versus standard negative exponential function improved data approximation for the computation of numerical values related to renal cortical blood flow velocity and fractional blood volume...
- Terminology for contrast-enhanced sonography: a practical glossary
Orlando Catalano
Department of Radiology, National Cancer Institute, Fondazione Pascale, Naples, Italy
J Ultrasound Med 26:717-30. 2007
..The purpose of this glossary is to offer an updated guide to the correct terminology for contrast-enhanced sonography...
- Complete penile corporeal septation: evaluation with contrast enhanced US
Michele Bertolotto
Department of Radiology, University of Trieste, Ospedale di Cattinara, Strada di Fiume 449, 34149, Trieste, Italy
Abdom Imaging 33:621-5. 2008
..Complete penile corporeal septation is a rare malformation in which the corpora cavernosa are completely isolated. We describe a new method to reach the diagnosis of this malformation using contrast enhanced US...
- The application of ultrasound contrast agents in the characterization of renal tumors
Salvatore Siracusano
Department of Urology, Trieste University, Ospedale di Cattinara, Via Strada di Fiume 447, 34100 Trieste, Italy
World J Urol 22:316-22. 2004
..PIHI with Levovist may differentiate solid RCCs from AMLs with no hypervascular pattern while solid RCCs show a higher intensity of contrast enhancement than hypervascular AML...
- Resistive index in patients with renal colic: differences after medical treatment with indomethacin and ketorolac
Michele Bertolotto
UCO di Radiologia, Universita degli Studi di Trieste, Ospedale di Cattinara, Trieste, Italy
Radiol Med 106:370-5. 2003
..To investigate whether colour Doppler US can demonstrate haemodynamic differences in patients with renal colic after pharmacological treatment with indomethacin and ketorolac...
- Color Doppler features of hepatic involvement in Rendu-Osler-Weber disease
Daniela Dibilio
U.C.O. di Radiologia, , Ospedale di Cattinara, Trieste, Italy
Radiol Med 105:394-8. 2003
- The value of gamma camera and computed tomography data set coregistration to assess Lewis Y antigen targeting in small cell lung cancer by (111)Indium-labeled humanized monoclonal antibody 3S193
Emilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Eur J Radiol 67:292-9. 2008
..To assess the value of data set coregistration of gamma camera and computed tomography (CT) in the assessment of targeting of humanized monoclonal antibody 3S193 labeled with indium-111 ((111)In-hu3S193) to small cell lung cancer (SCLC)...
- Painful penile induration: imaging findings and management
Michele Bertolotto
Department of Radiology, University of Trieste, Ospedale di Cattinara, Trieste, Italy
Radiographics 29:477-93. 2009
..Magnetic resonance imaging is the optimal imaging modality for tumor staging. Other imaging modalities are required less frequently...
- Initial observations on the effect of irradiation on the liver-specific uptake of Levovist
Emilio Quaia
Department of Radiology, Imperial College School of Medicine (Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK
Eur J Radiol 41:192-9. 2002
..The two likely mechanisms would be damage to the Kupffer cells and or the vascular endothelium, although the relative contribution of these is unclear...
- Inflammatory activity in Crohn disease: ultrasound findings
Vincenzo Migaleddu
Sardinian Mediterranean Imaging Research Group no profit foundation, Via Gorizia no 11, 07100, Sassari Sardinia, Italy
Abdom Imaging 33:589-97. 2008
..Peri-intestinal inflammatory involvement can be also characterized. CE-US can provide prognostic data concerning clinical recurrence of the inflammatory disease and evaluate the efficacy of drugs treatments...
