Articles

Contributions of multimodal imaging

Authors: Wim JG Oyen

Comprehensive breast MRI: an update

Authors: Sarah J Vinnicombe and Guiseppe Petralia

Lung, CNS and musculo-skeletal targeted therapy-induced toxicity: imaging features

Authors: Nina Tunariu

Hybrid imaging with PET/CT and PET/MR

Authors: Andreas Kjaer

Cancer imaging in the era of precision treatment: present and future

Authors: Dow-Mu Koh Dr

Imaging neuroendocrine tumours of the pancreas: role of CT and MRI

Authors: Anju Sahdev

Noncommunicating cystic pancreatic lesions (i.e. serous and mucinous cystadenoma + rare lesions)

Authors: Jay P Heiken

Characterization and management of cystic pancreatic neoplasms communicating lesions (IPMN)

Authors: Giovanni Morana, Matteo Gazzola, Alex Faccinetto, Giancarlo Addonisio and Alberto Dorigo

Session: Evaluation of lung nodules: role of PET/CT

Authors: Massimo Bellomi, Cristiano Rampinelli and Giulia Veronesi

Management of solid and sub-solid lung nodules

Authors: Christian J Herold

Utility of dual time point 18 FDG PET-CT

Authors: SE De Luca, JE Codas Thompson, E Casalini Vañek, H Campanelli, C Carrera and EP Eyheremendy

Whole-body DWI in patients with lymphoma: imaging findings, pitfalls, and limitations

Authors: Alain Rahmouni, Sarah Toledano, Chieh Lin, Emmanuel Itti, Corinne Haioun and Alain Luciani

Complications following locoregional therapy of renal cancer

Authors: Miltiadis Krokidis

Locoregional therapy of renal cancer

Authors: Tze Min Wah

Ovarian cancer: imaging in treatment selection and planning with FIGO update

Authors: Evis Sala

Pediatric tumours: liver tumours

Authors: Alexander J Towbin

Neuroblastoma and nephroblastoma: an overview and comparison

Authors: Maureen Dumba, Noorulhuda Jawad and Kieran McHugh

Clinical management of patients with complicated multifocal disease

Authors: Thomas Gruenberger

Screening & staging of colorectal cancer

Authors: Wolfgang Schima and Anno Graser

Staging of lung cancer CT and PET

Authors: Theresa C McLoud

MR imaging

Authors: Kartik Jhaveri

Agreement of diameter- and volume-based pulmonary nodule management in CT lung cancer screening

Authors: MA Heuvelmans, R Vliegenthart, N Horeweg, GJ de Jonge, PMA van Ooijen, PA de Jong, ETh Scholten, GH de Bock, WPTM Mali, HJ de Koning and M Oudkerk

Global challenges of cancer imaging: perspective from different parts of the world: Asia

Authors: Pek-Lan Khong

Global challenges in oncologic imaging

Authors: Hedvig Hricak

Correlation between semiquantitative sonoelastography and immunohistochemistry in the evaluation of testicular focal lesions

Sonoelastography is a novel and promising imaging tool, which has been applied to breast, thyroid, and prostate tissues. The aim of this study was to evaluate focal lesions of the testes with diameters of <10 ...

Authors: Antonio Luigi Pastore, Giovanni Palleschi, Piero Maceroni, Giorgia Manfredonia, Domenico Autieri, Jessica Cacciotti, Barbara Sardella, Natale Porta, Vincenzo Petrozza and Antonio Carbone

Chest-abdomen-pelvis CT for staging in cancer patients: dose effectiveness and image quality using automated attenuation-based tube potential selection

Evaluation of automated attenuation-based tube potential selection and its impact on image quality and radiation dose in CT (computed tomography) examinations for cancer staging.

Authors: Martin Beeres, Marcus Römer, Boris Bodelle, Clara Lee, Tatjana Gruber-Rouh, Emmanuel Mbalisike, Josef M Kerl, Julian L Wichmann, Boris Schulz, Thomas J Vogl and Ralf W Bauer

Endoscopic ultrasound – fine needle aspiration of 2-deoxy-2-[¹⁸F] fluoro-D-glucose avid lymph nodes seen on positron emission tomography- computed tomography –what looks like cancer may not always be so

Patients suffering from malignancies often undergo serial positron emission tomography - computed tomography (PET-CT) scans, using 2-deoxy-2-[¹⁸F] fluoro-D-glucose (FDG) for diagnosis and follow up. This principl...

Authors: Anum Imran Malik, Noreen Akhtar, Asif Loya and Muhammed Aasim Yusuf

New targeted molecular therapies for cancer: radiological response in intrathoracic malignancies and cardiopulmonary toxicity: what the radiologist needs to know

The emergence of new novel therapeutic agents which directly target molecules that are uniquely or abnormally expressed in cancer cells (molecular targeted therapy, MTT) has changed dramatically the treatment ...

Authors: Frederico F Souza, Andrew Smith, Cyrillo Araujo, Jyothi Jagannathan, Ciaran Johnston, Kevin O’Regan, Atul Shinagare and Nikhil Ramaiya

The impact of ¹⁸ F-FET PET-CT on target definition in image-guided stereotactic radiotherapy in patients with skull base lesions

18 F-fluoro-ethyl-tyrosine PET is gaining more indications in the field of oncology. We investigated the potentials of usage of FET-PET/CT in addition to MRI for definition of gross tumor volume (GTV) in stere...

Authors: Harun Badakhshi, Reinhold Graf, Vikas Prasad and Volker Budach

A prospective investigation into the clinical impact of 4D-PET/CT in the characterisation of solitary pulmonary nodules

While the effects of respiratory motion on measuring metabolic signal in PET/CT scanning are well known, it is still standard practice in most centres to scan patients while breathing freely with no correction...

Authors: Jason Callahan, Tomas Kron, Michal E Schneider and Rodney J Hicks

Mediastinal staging in non-small-cell lung carcinoma: computed tomography versus F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography and computed tomography

After the diagnosis Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC) has been established, consideration must turn toward the stage of disease, because this will impact directly on management and prognosis. Staging is used ...

Authors: Stefan Walbom Harders, Hans Henrik Madsen, Karin Hjorthaug, Anne Kirstine Arveschoug, Torben Riis Rasmussen, Peter Meldgaard, Johanne Andersen Hoejbjerg, Hans Kristian Pilegaard, Henrik Hager, Michael Rehling and Finn Rasmussen

MR imaging features of intracranial primary CNS lymphoma in immune competent patients

We aimed to characterize specific MRI findings seen in immune competent patients with intracranial primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) and to determine their value in the management of such patients. Pre-treatment MR...

Authors: Asem Mansour, Monther Qandeel, Hikmat Abdel-Razeq and Hussain Ali Abu Ali

Muscle metastases: comparison of features in different primary tumours

Muscle metastases (MM) from solid tumours are rare. The aim of this study was to describe radiological features of MM, and to compare their patterns in different malignancies.

Authors: Alexey Surov, Johanne Köhler, Andreas Wienke, Hubert Gufler, Andreas Gunter Bach, Dominik Schramm, Curd Behrmann and Rolf Peter Spielmann

The role of diffusion and perfusion weighted imaging in the differential diagnosis of cerebral tumors: a review and future perspectives

The role of conventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in the detection of cerebral tumors has been well established. However its excellent soft tissue visualization and variety of imaging sequences are in ...

Authors: Patricia Svolos, Evanthia Kousi, Eftychia Kapsalaki, Kyriaki Theodorou, Ioannis Fezoulidis, Constantin Kappas and Ioannis Tsougos

Neoadjuvant intra-arterial chemotherapy in patients with primary lacrimal adenoid cystic carcinoma

We describe four cases of primary lacrimal adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) treated with neoadjuvant intra-arterial chemotherapy (NAIC).

Authors: Sun Young Jang, Dong Joon Kim, Chang Yeom Kim, Cheng Zhe Wu, Jin Sook Yoon and Sang Yeul Lee

Imaging acute complications in cancer patients: what should be evaluated in the emergency setting?

Increased incidence world-wide of cancer and increased survival has also resulted in physicians seeing more complications in patients with cancer. In many cases, complications are the first manifestations of t...

Authors: Marcos D Guimaraes, Almir GV Bitencourt, Edson Marchiori, Rubens Chojniak, Jefferson L Gross and Vikas Kundra

The evaluation of anti-angiogenic effects of Endostar on rabbit VX2 portal vein tumor thrombus using perfusion MSCT

There were many treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT), in which targeted anti-angiogenic drug therapy is becoming a popular research topic. However, an objective and no...

Authors: Guoquan Feng, Zhen Lei, Dongqing Wang, Na Xu, Qiang Wei, Dinuo Li and Jingyi Liu

Asymptomatic myocardial metastasis from cancers of upper aero-digestive tract detected on FDG PET/CT: a series of 4 cases

Metastatic involvement of the heart is a rare occurrence and remains undiagnosed until autopsy. In some instances, patients may have cardiac symptoms, leading to ante-mortem diagnosis. Although most primary ca...

Authors: Ameya D Puranik, Nilendu C Purandare, Sheela Sawant, Archi Agrawal, Sneha Shah, Prafful Jatale and Venkatesh Rangarajan

Prognostic factors in advanced pharyngeal and oral cavity cancer; significance of multimodality imaging in terms of 7th edition of TNM

As with most cancers the prognosis in pharyngeal and oral cavity cancer largely depends on tumour stage. Physical examination, including endoscopy should be combined with technical radiologic imaging to record...

Authors: Maria Gődény

Imaging of malignancies of the biliary tract- an update

Malignancies of the biliary tract include cholangiocarcinoma, gallbladder cancers and carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater. Biliary tract adenocarcinomas are the second most common primary hepatobiliary cancer. D...

Authors: Tiffany Priyanthi Hennedige, Wee Thong Neo and Sudhakar Kundapur Venkatesh

RECIST measurements in cancer treatment: is there a role for physician assistants? - A pilot study

Decision making in cancer treatment is influenced by standardized RECIST measurements which are subjective to interobserver variability. Aim of this pilot study was to evaluate whether it is feasible to transf...

Authors: Anna M Sailer, Dave CE Douwes, Vincent C Cappendijk, Frans C Bakers, Bart AJM Wagemans, Joachim E Wildberger, Alfons G Kessels and Regina GH Beets-Tan

Investigation of the optimal b-value to detect breast tumors with diffusion weighted imaging by 1.5-T MRI

Previous studies have reported that the signal attenuation of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) for normal breast tissue and tumor were well fitted by a monoexponential and a biexponential fu...

Authors: Takayuki Tamura, Shigeru Murakami, Kumiko Naito, Tamaki Yamada, Takashi Fujimoto and Takeshi Kikkawa

Contrast-enhanced [¹⁸ F] fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography in clinical oncology: tumor-, site-, and question-based comparison with standard positron emission tomography/computed tomography

The present study aimed to evaluate the added value of contrast-enhanced computed tomography (ceCT) in comparison to standard, non-enhanced CT in the context of a combined positron emission tomography (PET)/CT...

Authors: Silvia Morbelli, Raffaella Conzi, Claudio Campus, Giuseppe Cittadini, Irene Bossert, Michela Massollo, Giuseppe Fornarini, Iolanda Calamia, Cecilia Marini, Francesco Fiz, Chiara Ghersi, Lorenzo E Derchi and Gianmario Sambuceti

Dynamic multidetector computed tomography findings of hepatocellular carcinoma of hepatitis B virus-positive and -negative patients

The objective of this study was to retrospectively investigate and compare multidetector computed tomography findings of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in hepatitis B virus (HBV)-positive and -negative patients.

Authors: Senem Senturk, Bulent Cetin, Mustafa Cengiz, Aslan Bilici and Selver Ozekinci

Prediction of poorly differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma using contrast computed tomography

Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a well-established local treatment for small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, poor differentiation is a risk factor for tumor seeding or intrahepatic disse...

Authors: Kenichiro Nakachi, Hideyuki Tamai, Yoshiyuki Mori, Naoki Shingaki, Kosaku Moribata, Hisanobu Deguchi, Kazuki Ueda, Izumi Inoue, Takao Maekita, Mikitaka Iguchi, Jun Kato and Masao Ichinose

Clinical evaluation of semi-automatic landmark-based lesion tracking software for CT-scans

To evaluate a semi-automatic landmark-based lesion tracking software enabling navigation between RECIST lesions in baseline and follow-up CT-scans.

Authors: Peter Dankerl, Alexander Cavallaro, Matthias Dietzel, Alexey Tsymbal, Martin Kramer, Sascha Seifert, Michael Uder and Matthias Hammon

Imaging of pancreatic metastases from renal cell carcinoma

To describe the main imaging characteristics of pancreatic metastases from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with particular attention to CT features, underlining possible criteria for a differential diagnosis.

Authors: Matteo Vincenzi, Giulio Pasquotti, Roberta Polverosi, Claudio Pasquali and Fabio Pomerri

Prediction of pathologic prognostic factors in patients with lung adenocarcinomas: comparison of thin-section computed tomography and positron emission tomography/computed tomography

The ratio of the maximum diameter of consolidation to the maximum tumor diameter (C/T ratio) on thin-section computed tomography (TSCT) and the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) on ¹⁸ F-fluorodeoxyglucos...

Authors: Shingo Iwano, Mariko Kishimoto, Shinji Ito, Katsuhiko Kato, Rintaro Ito and Shinji Naganawa

Prognostic value of volumetric metabolic parameters measured by [¹⁸F]Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography in patients with small cell lung cancer

We evaluated the prognostic value of volume-based metabolic positron emission tomography (PET) parameters in patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) compared with other factors.

Authors: Soo Bin Park, Joon Young Choi, Seung Hwan Moon, Jang Yoo, Hojoong Kim, Yong Chan Ahn, Myung-Ju Ahn, Keunchil Park and Byung-Tae Kim

Cancer imaging: Quo vadis?

Authors: Rodney J Hicks and Kenneth A Miles