{"title":"Personalized cardiac MRI: Emphasizing the need to consider age and sex in myocardial mapping and the importance of customized reference ranges","authors":"Gilles Soulat , Paul Habert","doi":"10.1016/j.diii.2025.02.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.diii.2025.02.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48656,"journal":{"name":"Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging","volume":"106 6","pages":"Pages 199-200"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143524999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
François Iftissen-Husser , Jean-Pierre Lavieille , Arthur Varoquaux
{"title":"Ultra-high resolution CT: A revolution in the evaluation of the temporal bone, middle and inner ear","authors":"François Iftissen-Husser , Jean-Pierre Lavieille , Arthur Varoquaux","doi":"10.1016/j.diii.2025.03.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.diii.2025.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48656,"journal":{"name":"Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging","volume":"106 6","pages":"Pages 203-204"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143722082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fatma Boubaker , Michael Eliezer , Guillaume Poillon , Helene Wurtz , Ulysse Puel , Alain Blum , Pierre Gillet , Pedro Augusto Gondim Teixeira , Cécile Parietti-Winkler , Romain Gillet
{"title":"Ultra-high-resolution CT of the temporal bone: Technical aspects, current applications and future directions","authors":"Fatma Boubaker , Michael Eliezer , Guillaume Poillon , Helene Wurtz , Ulysse Puel , Alain Blum , Pierre Gillet , Pedro Augusto Gondim Teixeira , Cécile Parietti-Winkler , Romain Gillet","doi":"10.1016/j.diii.2025.02.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.diii.2025.02.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Temporal bone imaging has historically suffered from spatial resolution issues because the spatial resolution of conventional high-resolution computed tomography (CT) is 0.5 mm, while the smallest structure of the middle ear, the stapes, has very thin components, as thin as 0.19 mm, and small structures, such as small channels containing nerves and arteries, have historically been beyond its spatial resolution. Photon-counting and ultra-high resolution CT allow for improved spatial resolution and reduced radiation dose compared to conventional high-resolution CT. This article provides a technical approach to understanding the technical aspects of these new techniques and an updated description of the middle and inner ear, as well as a practical approach to understanding the normal and pathologic anatomy of the temporal bone in the light of ultra-high resolution imaging techniques.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48656,"journal":{"name":"Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging","volume":"106 6","pages":"Pages 205-216"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143472973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer-based non-adhesive liquid embolic agent for transcatheter arterial embolization in patients with abdominal/pelvic arterial bleeding: A prospective, single-arm, multicenter cohort study","authors":"Romaric Loffroy , Hicham Kobeiter , Vincent Vidal , Julien Frandon , Olivier Pellerin , Carole Dean , Skander Sammoud , Hélène Vernhet-Kovacsik , Haytham Derbel , Ludwig-Serge Aho-Glélé , Olivier Chevallier , Marc Sapoval","doi":"10.1016/j.diii.2025.02.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.diii.2025.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a novel ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer-based non-adhesive liquid embolic agent for transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) in patients with bleeding from abdominal and/or pelvic arteries</div></div><div><h3>Materials and methods</h3><div>A prospective observational multicenter study (Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT04787120) included consecutive patients treated with TAE using a novel ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer-based non-adhesive liquid embolic agent (SQUID<sub>PERI</sub> 18) at four university hospitals from 2021 to 2023. The indication for TAE included acute symptomatic bleeding or imminent risk of bleeding from visceral (<em>n</em> = 63), muscular (<em>n</em> = 23), or gastrointestinal (<em>n</em> = 29) abdominal/pelvic arteries combined with angiographic abnormalities. Patient characteristics, clinical success rates, and interventional-radiologist satisfaction with each TAE were assessed. Clinical success at 1- and 6 months was defined as survival without reintervention for rebleeding from the initially embolized site(s). Univariable and multivariable analyses were performed to identify variables associated with clinical failure of TAE.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Of the 110 patients enrolled, 104 had 1-month and 98 had 6-month data. Target vessel(s) were successfully occluded in 108 of the 110 patients, resulting in a technical success rate of 98.2 %. Clinical success rates at 1 and 6 months were 72.1 % (75/104 patients) and 64.3 % (63/98 patients), respectively. Mortality was 20/104 (19.2 %) at 1 month and 26/98 (26.5 %) at 6 months. One patient experienced an adverse event during TAE. The rates of adverse events and serious adverse events at 1 month were 31.4 % (32/102) and 22.5 % (23/102), respectively. Older age was the single variable associated with clinical failure of TAE at 1 month in both univariable and multivariable analysis. In more than 90 % of TAEs, the interventional radiologists were satisfied for five of the seven questionnaire items.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The novel ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer-based non-adhesive liquid embolic agent is safe and effective for TAE in patients presenting with acute symptomatic bleeding from abdominal/pelvic arteries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48656,"journal":{"name":"Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging","volume":"106 6","pages":"Pages 226-236"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143426504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guillaume Herpe , Maxime Ronot , Jean Pierre Tasu , Jules Grégory
{"title":"Artificial intelligence in radiology reports: Is it the pen or the author?","authors":"Guillaume Herpe , Maxime Ronot , Jean Pierre Tasu , Jules Grégory","doi":"10.1016/j.diii.2025.02.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.diii.2025.02.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48656,"journal":{"name":"Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging","volume":"106 6","pages":"Pages 237-238"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143606672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yanni Mahiou, Loïc Duron, Antoine Decoux, Alexandre Alanio, Blandine Denis, Armelle Arnoux, Laure Fournier, Constance de Margerie-Mellon
{"title":"Differentiation of nodular pulmonary infections in immunocompromised patients using CT-based radiomics.","authors":"Yanni Mahiou, Loïc Duron, Antoine Decoux, Alexandre Alanio, Blandine Denis, Armelle Arnoux, Laure Fournier, Constance de Margerie-Mellon","doi":"10.1016/j.diii.2025.05.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diii.2025.05.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this study was to develop a computed tomography (CT)-based radiomic model and evaluate its performance in discriminating between different infectious agents in immunocompromised patients with pulmonary infection.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This single-center retrospective study included immunocompromised patients with pulmonary infections presenting as focal, nodular lung lesion(s) on CT from 2012 to 2023. Thirteen clinical and CT semantic features were collected. Three-dimensional segmentation of the main lung lesion was performed on CT images, followed by radiomic feature extraction. The dataset was divided into training (80 %) and test (20 %) sets. Radiomic, clinical/semantic, and combined models were built using a multi-class random forest classifier and a 5-fold stratified cross-validation in the training set and tested in the test set. The performance of each model was evaluated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One hundred and ninety-six patients with aspergillosis (n = 123), tuberculosis (n = 41), or \"mucormycosis/nocardiosis\" (n = 32) were included. There were 131 men and 65 women with a median age of 67 years (age range: 20-95 years). The mean AUC of the radiomic model was 0.84 (95 % confidence interval [CI]: 0.66, 0.98), whereas the mean AUC of the clinical/semantic model was 0.66 [95 % CI: 0.46, 0.84]). The mean AUC of the combined model was similar to that of the radiomic model (0.82 [95 % CI: 0.63, 0.97]). The AUCs of the radiomic model (0.89 [95 % CI: 0.74, 1.00]) and of the combined models (0.93 [95 % CI: 0.83, 0.99]) for discriminating tuberculosis from the other two classes were significantly higher than the AUC of the clinical/semantic model (0.62 [95 % CI: 0.41, 0.81]) (P = 0.046 and 0.003, respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In our data set, the radiomic model performs better than a clinical/semantic model in differentiating tuberculosis from other nodular lung lesions. These encouraging results highlight the potential role of quantitative analysis in contributing to the diagnosis of pulmonary infections in immunocompromised patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":48656,"journal":{"name":"Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144180576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}