Tanche Jimmy Wang, Ismail Ali, Shamir Rai, Nicolas Murray
{"title":"Imaging of tracheobronchial and laryngeal injuries.","authors":"Tanche Jimmy Wang, Ismail Ali, Shamir Rai, Nicolas Murray","doi":"10.1007/s10140-025-02334-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-025-02334-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tracheobronchial and laryngeal injuries are relatively rare and may be life-threatening. Rapid diagnosis of these injuries is critical for the survival of patients. Findings of tracheobronchial and laryngeal injuries can be subtle. This pictorial essay reviews the imaging findings of tracheobronchial and laryngeal injuries.</p>","PeriodicalId":11623,"journal":{"name":"Emergency Radiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143735824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohsen Salimi, Pouria Vadipour, Amir Reza Bahadori, Shakiba Houshi, Ali Mirshamsi, Hossein Fatemian
{"title":"Predicting hemorrhagic transformation in acute ischemic stroke: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and methodological quality assessment of CT/MRI-based deep learning and radiomics models.","authors":"Mohsen Salimi, Pouria Vadipour, Amir Reza Bahadori, Shakiba Houshi, Ali Mirshamsi, Hossein Fatemian","doi":"10.1007/s10140-025-02336-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-025-02336-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity, with hemorrhagic transformation (HT) as a severe complication. Accurate prediction of HT is essential for optimizing treatment strategies. This review assesses the accuracy and utility of deep learning (DL) and radiomics in predicting HT through imaging, regarding clinical decision-making for AIS patients. A literature search was conducted across five databases (Pubmed, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, IEEE) up to January 23, 2025. Studies involving DL or radiomics-based ML models for predicting HT in AIS patients were included. Data from training, validation, and clinical-combined models were extracted and analyzed separately. Pooled sensitivity, specificity, and AUC were calculated with a random-effects bivariate model. For the quality assessment of studies, the Methodological Radiomics Score (METRICS) and QUADAS-2 tool were used. 16 studies consisting of 3,083 individual participants were included in the meta-analysis. The pooled AUC for training cohorts was 0.87, sensitivity 0.80, and specificity 0.85. For validation cohorts, AUC was 0.87, sensitivity 0.81, and specificity 0.86. Clinical-combined models showed an AUC of 0.93, sensitivity 0.84, and specificity 0.89. Moderate to severe heterogeneity was noted and addressed. Deep-learning models outperformed radiomics models, while clinical-combined models outperformed deep learning-only and radiomics-only models. The average METRICS score was 62.85%. No publication bias was detected. DL and radiomics models showed great potential in predicting HT in AIS patients. However, addressing methodological issues-such as inconsistent reference standards and limited external validation-is essential for the clinical implementation of these models.</p>","PeriodicalId":11623,"journal":{"name":"Emergency Radiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143709141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hajra Arshad, Linda C Chu, Elliot K Fishman, Satomi Kawamoto
{"title":"Spontaneous rupture of solid pseudopapillary neoplasm (SPN) of the Pancreas - imaging insights and review of the literature.","authors":"Hajra Arshad, Linda C Chu, Elliot K Fishman, Satomi Kawamoto","doi":"10.1007/s10140-025-02332-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-025-02332-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm (SPN) of the pancreas, are rare low-grade malignant pancreatic tumors, most commonly occurring in young women during their second or third decade of life. They can present with vague abdominal symptoms like pain, discomfort, and nausea, or it can be incidentally discovered on imaging studies. There has been limited literature on ruptured SPN, which can be spontaneous or traumatic. In this paper, we present three cases of ruptured SPN, one traumatic and two spontaneous, to add to the scarcity of knowledge regarding this condition and its radiologic features, along with a detailed review of current literature.</p>","PeriodicalId":11623,"journal":{"name":"Emergency Radiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143663017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arosh S Perera Molligoda Arachchige, Niccolò Stomeo
{"title":"The diagnostic performance of automatic B-lines detection for evaluating pulmonary edema in the ER among novice POCUS practitioners.","authors":"Arosh S Perera Molligoda Arachchige, Niccolò Stomeo","doi":"10.1007/s10140-025-02335-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-025-02335-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11623,"journal":{"name":"Emergency Radiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143663019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Richard J Lozano, Faryal Shareef, Anish Neupane, Zaid Siddique, Rudra Joshi, Luca Pasquini, Long H Tu, Amit Mahajan
{"title":"Correction to: Detectability of acute ischemic stroke with thin (3 mm) axial versus thin (3 mm) coronal diffusion-weighted imaging in patients presenting to the emergency department with acute dizziness.","authors":"Richard J Lozano, Faryal Shareef, Anish Neupane, Zaid Siddique, Rudra Joshi, Luca Pasquini, Long H Tu, Amit Mahajan","doi":"10.1007/s10140-025-02333-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10140-025-02333-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11623,"journal":{"name":"Emergency Radiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143663016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Se Woo Kim, Cheong-Il Shin, Min Woo Kang, Min Cheol Kim, Donghwan Kim
{"title":"Prognostic value of a new computed tomography severity score in hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.","authors":"Se Woo Kim, Cheong-Il Shin, Min Woo Kang, Min Cheol Kim, Donghwan Kim","doi":"10.1007/s10140-025-02322-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-025-02322-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To develop of a novel computed tomography (CT) severity score for hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and evaluate its correlation with disease severity and adverse outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective study included 37 patients diagnosed with HFRS from January 2012 to December 2023 who had available clinical laboratory and abdominal CT data during the acute phase. The CT severity score (range 0-5) was based on perirenal fat stranding, pararenal fascia thickening, anterior pararenal space fat stranding, ascites, and pleural effusion. Correlations between the score and markers of inflammation, thrombocytopenia, proteinuria, and adverse outcomes-including nephrotic range proteinuria and renal replacement therapy (RRT)-were analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The CT severity score exhibited moderate to strong correlations with markers of inflammation (white blood cell count, ρ = 0.65, p < 0.001), thrombocytopenia (platelet count, ρ = -0.54, p < 0.001), and proteinuria (urine protein-to-creatinine ratio, ρ = 0.56, p < 0.001). Higher scores were associated with increased nephrotic range proteinuria in Chi-squared test for trend (p-for-trend = 0.001). A one-point increase in the score significantly increased odds of requiring RRT in logistic regression analysis (odds ratio: 9.89, p = 0.047). The score achieved an area under the receiver operating characteristics curve of 0.819 for predicting RRT.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The CT severity score correlates well with disease severity and adverse outcomes in HFRS and can be assessed using noncontrast CT, making it a valuable prognostic tool in young male population. Further validation in diverse populations is warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":11623,"journal":{"name":"Emergency Radiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143613967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography using low tube voltage and slow contrast medium injection.","authors":"Keisuke Takiguchi, Atsushi Urikura, Tsukasa Yoshida, Kazuaki Nakashima, Koiku Asakura, Masahiro Endo","doi":"10.1007/s10140-025-02326-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-025-02326-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The diagnosis of acute pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is often performed by computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA). This study investigated the effects of a CTPA protocol combining slow contrast medium injection and low tube voltage on radiation exposure and image quality.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We retrospectively analyzed 82 patients undergoing CT scans for cancer treatment efficacy or follow-up, and simultaneous PTE exclusion. Patients were divided into two groups. Those in Group A (n = 43) received slow contrast injection (0.7-1.5 mL/s), and those in Group B (n = 39) received rapid injection (2.6-4.2 mL/s). All CT scans were performed using a multi-detector row CT scanner with optimized tube voltage and current settings. Contrast medium doses were adjusted based on the patient's body weight.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Group A had significantly lower radiation exposure compared with Group B. PTE was diagnosed in eight patients in Group A and seven in Group B, with no significant difference in prevalence rates. While Group B indicated higher mean CT values in the CTPA phase, the difference in the mean CT value of the pulmonary artery was only 29.6 Hounsfield units. Group A demonstrated superior contrast enhancement in parenchymal organs during the second phase.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The slow-injection CTPA method proved effective for simultaneous PTE exclusion and cancer treatment evaluation, maintaining diagnostic accuracy with reduced risks associated with rapid injection.</p>","PeriodicalId":11623,"journal":{"name":"Emergency Radiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143514961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The hypoattenuating berry sign: a reliable marker for ruptured aneurysms in subarachnoid hemorrhage patients with multiple aneurysms.","authors":"Zhong-Qing Huang, Wan-Qin Sun, Hui-Fang Li, Shu-Feng Cai, Gang Xiao, Xin-Wei Zhou","doi":"10.1007/s10140-025-02317-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-025-02317-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and purpose: </strong>Non-enhanced computed tomography (NECT) and computed tomography angiography (CTA) are useful for detecting aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) but challenging to identify ruptured aneurysms in cases of multiple aneurysms. We aimed to determine if the hypoattenuating berry sign (HBS) can identify ruptured aneurysms in SAH patients with multiple aneurysms.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients who had multiple aneurysms and underwent NECT were retrospectively recruited. The HBS, blood score, size and location of aneurysm were independently analyzed. The attenuation value of HBS and surrounding SAH were recorded. The independent factors of HBS in determination of ruptured aneurysms were analyzed using multivariable logistic regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fifty-three patients (mean age 64.2 ± 10.9 years, 83.0% female) with 112 aneurysms were enrolled. In the univariate analysis, aneurysm size, aneurysm status (ruptured), and blood score were significantly correlated with the occurrence of HBS. In the multivariate analysis, only aneurysm status showed a significant association with HBS. Aneurysms with HBS were larger than those without (6.8 ± 4.2 mm versus 4.2 ± 1.2 mm, P < 0.001), and those measured via NECT were larger than those measured via DSA (7.2 ± 3.8 mm vs. 6.8 ± 4.2 mm, P < 0.001). HBS was found in 51.8% of all aneurysms and in 87.7% of ruptured aneurysms on NECT. Raters had high agreement on aneurysm size (ICC = 0.829), HBS presence (kappa = 0.928), and blood score (kappa = 0.780).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The HBS can be used to detect ruptured aneurysm in patient with SAH and multiple aneurysms.</p>","PeriodicalId":11623,"journal":{"name":"Emergency Radiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143398577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emergency RadiologyPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-08-13DOI: 10.1007/s10140-024-02277-3
John J Hines, Sarah Byun, Adrian Popp, Douglas S Katz
{"title":"Acute splenic pathology on CT in patients with babesiosis.","authors":"John J Hines, Sarah Byun, Adrian Popp, Douglas S Katz","doi":"10.1007/s10140-024-02277-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10140-024-02277-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To better understand the occurrence of splenic disease as a potential manifestation of babesiosis by retrospectively estimating the frequency of acute splenic injury on abdominal and pelvic CT in a cohort of patients with active babesia infection.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>In a search of our single institution, suburban teaching community hospital database, 57 patients were found to have positive babesia infection between the years 2021-2023. 29 of these patients underwent abdominal and pelvic CT (22 with and 7 without intravenous contrast), and 3 underwent abdominal ultrasound without any CT. The imaging was reviewed for the presence or absence of splenic abnormalities, and for follow-up imaging. Parasitemia levels at the time of imaging were also reviewed; parasitemia levels < 4% are associated with mild to moderate disease, whereas parasitemia levels > 4% are associated with severe disease.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>21/32 (66%) patients who underwent any type of abdominal imaging (ultrasound, MRI, and CT) had splenomegaly. Of the 22 patients who had IV contrast-enhanced CT scans, 6 were found to have splenic infarction (27%). One of these 22 patients had multiple rounded non-peripheral hypoenhancing foci on both CT and MRI which did not meet criteria for infarction, in association with splenomegaly, and which resolved after treatment. 0/6 patients in the splenic infarction group had parasitemia levels greater than 4%, while 4 of the 16 patients (4/16) without infarction had parasitemia levels of greater than 4%.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study showed that splenic disease in patients with babesiosis mostly took the form of splenomegaly, and in a substantial minority of patients as splenic infarction. There were no cases of splenic rupture and perisplenic hematoma in our case series, likely reflecting a limitation of the relatively small study size. Concordant with prior studies, we found no identifiable association between parasitemia levels and the presence of splenic infarction.</p>","PeriodicalId":11623,"journal":{"name":"Emergency Radiology","volume":" ","pages":"7-11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141970826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emergency RadiologyPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-12-11DOI: 10.1007/s10140-024-02297-z
John McMenamy, Sergey Kochkine, Mark Bernstein, Anthony Lucero, Randy Miles, Adam Schwertner, Ashesh Thaker, David M Naeger
{"title":"Off-console automated artificial intelligence enhanced workflow enables improved emergency department CT capacity.","authors":"John McMenamy, Sergey Kochkine, Mark Bernstein, Anthony Lucero, Randy Miles, Adam Schwertner, Ashesh Thaker, David M Naeger","doi":"10.1007/s10140-024-02297-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10140-024-02297-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Increasing CT capacity to keep pace with rising ED demand is critical. The conventional process has inherent drawbacks. We evaluated an off-console automated AI enhanced workflow which moves all final series creation off-console. We hypothesized the off-console workflow would 1) decrease overall ED CT exam begin to end times and decrease length and variability of time CT is occupied at the individual exam level.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Study population was identified retrospectively and included all CT exams done on all ED adult patients. 3 months of data was collected using the conventional workflow and 3 months of data was collected after implementation of the off-console workflow. Exam begin and the exam end timestamps were collected from the EMR. Additionally, 4 subgroups from the above conventional and off-console workflows were identified retrospectively with an Emergency Severity Index level 1, undergoing one of the four most common CT exam set(s) performed on ESI level 1 patients.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>6,795 ED adult patients underwent ED CT in the 3 months immediately prior to implementation of the off-console workflow and 6,708 adult ED patients underwent CT in the 3 months after complete implementation. The off-console workflow demonstrated a 36% decrease in median exam begin to end times (P < 0.001). 4 subgroups demonstrated 56-75% decreases in median CT occupied time (P < 0.001) and decreases in variability in ¾ subgroups.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>This off-console workflow enables increased CT capacity to meet rising ED demand. Similar improvements could be expected across most exam sets and imaging settings if broadly implemented.</p>","PeriodicalId":11623,"journal":{"name":"Emergency Radiology","volume":" ","pages":"65-72"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142806480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}