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European radiology, Jan 17, 2015
To evaluate the performance of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography magnetic... more To evaluate the performance of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MR) for preoperative breast cancer staging. Preoperative PET/MR exams of 58 consecutive women with breast cancer were retrospectively reviewed. Histology and mean follow-up of 26 months served as gold standard. Four experienced readers evaluated primary lesions, lymph nodes and distant metastases with contrast-enhanced MRI, qualitative/quantitative PET, and combined PET/MR. ROC curves were calculated for all modalities and their combinations. The study included 101 breast lesions (83 malignant, 18 benign) and 198 lymph node groups, (34 malignant, 164 benign). Two patients had distant metastases. Areas under the curve (AUC) for breast cancer were 0.9558, 0.8347 and 0.8855 with MRI, and with qualitative and quantitative PET/MR, respectively (p = 0.066). Sensitivity for primary cancers with MRI and quantitative PET/MR was 100 % and 77 % (p = 0.004), and for lymph nod...
American journal of cardiac imaging
In cardiology, it is often necessary to acquire more than one type of image to investigate a give... more In cardiology, it is often necessary to acquire more than one type of image to investigate a given clinical problem of a single patient. Images obtained from different imaging modalities are usually recorded and displayed in different orientations, at different positions, and at different scale factors. It is then necessary for the physician to mentally integrate the image information from the different imaging modalities. This phenomenon is particularly true with tomographic imaging techniques that allow complete freedom of the acquisition plane. In particular, when comparing images obtained from ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron-emission tomography, and single-photon emission computed tomography. The purpose of this article is to propose a standard set of slice orientations that could be easily applied to all modalities. Such common views could greatly facilitate the user's perception of the regional abnormalities observed in the different imaging modalities. This standardization is certainly useful for clinical application but also for every research study that requires a comparative evaluation of the different imaging modalities. Although exact registration of the images from the different modalities requires sophisticated computer programs, the simple reference method in plane positioning proposed here based on plane orientation according to the cardiac geometry can certainly provide a practical and convenient method for the reasonably accurate image registration required for visual comparative studies.
Atlas of PET/MR Imaging in Oncology, 2013
ABSTRACT In both Hodgkin disease and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, imaging plays an important role for pr... more ABSTRACT In both Hodgkin disease and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, imaging plays an important role for primary diagnosis and staging [1]. Except for cerebral lymphoma, whole-body MRI is of high research interest but not clinical routine in the staging algorithm of lymphoma patients. This situation could change quickly, and whole-body MRI might become a good alternative to CT [2]. Especially whole-body diffusion-weighted MRI, with a sensitivity of 90 % and a specificity of 94 %, is a good candidate for supplementing/replacing 18F-FDG PET-CT for the staging of Hodgkin disease and non-Hodgkin lymphoma [3, 4]. Alternatively, combing MR and 18F-FDG PET might further increase diagnostic accuracy and play an important role as research tool in evaluating the strengths and draw-backs of both modalities directly against each other. This might also give additional data on the view of some authors who argue that 18F-FDG PET-CT might even eliminate the need for bone marrow biopsy in the primary staging of Hodgkin disease because 18F-FDG PET-CT is highly sensitive and specific for bone marrow involvement in this disease, at 92 and 90 %, respectively [5]. Additional information using PET-MR could be specifically gained from diffusion-weighted sequences in the case of indolent lymphomas [6]. Finally due the lack of radiation exposure of MRI, compared with CT, PET/MRI may get an alternative to PET-CT especially in young patients with good prognosis.
Osteoporosis International
LEARNING OBJECTIVES - Revue the technical requirements and setups for integrating a personal comp... more LEARNING OBJECTIVES - Revue the technical requirements and setups for integrating a personal computer in a standard PACS network - Educate physicians on the technical aspects of DICOM standards and image communication tools - Provide and Open-Source free-of-charge solution for physicians that need to implement a personal image workstation in a PACS environment ABSTRACT With the migration from film to PACS comes the need for rapidly increasing number of workstation for image display and processing. While web-based solutions have emerged as simple ways for wide distribution of images they often lack the necessary tools for advanced image processing and 3D visualization. The increases in performance of personal computers allow implementing complex image processing and visualization tools on standard off-the-shelf hardware. Open source solutions such as Osirix software that we developed can provide advance image processing and visualization tools at no additional cost. The difficulty of...
PURPOSE With the deployment of a mobile PET-CT unit we needed to implement a two-way teleradiolog... more PURPOSE With the deployment of a mobile PET-CT unit we needed to implement a two-way teleradiology system allowing technicians and physicians in the mobile unit to communicate with other members of the team located at the homebase hospital for supervision and image interpretation. METHOD AND MATERIALS An Open Source image analysis software called OSIRIX developed in our institution was adapted to allow two-way video conferencing and image sharing using iChat protocol from Apple. The software provides all necessary image rendering, fusion and processing tools required for adequate PET/CT image display and interpretation. Images were sent directly from the scanner to the OSIRIX workstation located in the trailer, and a two-way encrypted communication over Internet allowed this unit to be linked to other OSIRIX workstations located in the hospital. While fixed Internet connection was available at each location, wireless communication over conventional high-speed phone connections were ...
PURPOSE To define the benefit of using a18F-fluorocholine whole-body PET-MRI combined in a single... more PURPOSE To define the benefit of using a18F-fluorocholine whole-body PET-MRI combined in a single session with pelvic MRI on a 3 Tesla PET-MRI scanner for prostate cancer detection in patients scheduled for a radical prostatectomy. METHOD AND MATERIALS The first 20 patients scheduled for a prostate PET-MRI before radical prostatectomy were retrospectively analyzed. The examinations were performed on a Philips hybrid 3 Tesla PET-MRI scanner in a single session with a state of the art prostate MR protocol included endorectal T2, diffusion (ADC) and perfusion (Ktrans) imaging followed by a PET acquisition after 18-Fluorocholine injection. Using an 8 sectors classification, PET-T2 MRI registration for SUV measurement in the peripheral zone and pathology as a gold standard, logistic multivariate regression analysis and ROC curves comparison using a Delong test were performed. RESULTS High quality diagnostic images for all the modalities were obtained in 19 / 20 patients. A patient with a...
Der Radiologe
Cross-sectional imaging with CT, MRI and more recently PET CT plays an indispensable complementar... more Cross-sectional imaging with CT, MRI and more recently PET CT plays an indispensable complementary role to endoscopy in the pretherapeutic diagnostic and staging of laryngeal neoplasms and in the evaluation of the operated or irradiated larynx. Adequate interpretation of the CT, PET CT and MR images requires a thorough knowledge of the patterns of submucosal spread and familiarity with the diagnostic signs of neoplastic invasion as seen with each modality. In addition, one should be aware of the implications of imaging for staging and treatment. Both CT and MR imaging are highly sensitive for the detection of neoplastic invasion of the preepiglottic and paraglottic spaces, subglottic region and cartilage. The high negative predictive value of both CT and MRI allows a relatively reliable exclusion of neoplasm cartilage invasion. The specificity of both CT and MRI is, however, moderately high and both methods may, therefore, overestimate the extent of tumor spread. However, recent inv...
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International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery, Jan 26, 2015
The purpose of the present study is to apply kinetic analysis to investigate exercise-related cha... more The purpose of the present study is to apply kinetic analysis to investigate exercise-related changes in the metabolism of the skeletal muscle of the rat hindlimb by [[Formula: see text]]acetate positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT). Contractions were induced in Wistar rats' left hindlimb by electrostimulation of the Vastus Lateralis muscle motor point. After 15 min of muscle contractions, [[Formula: see text]]acetate was injected and PET/CT of both hindlimbs was acquired. The resting hindlimb was used as a control reference. The kinetic parameters [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] were calculated for the target muscles (exercised and control) and correlated with the corresponding standardized uptake values (SUVs). The ratio between each kinetic parameter values and the SUV extracted for the exercised muscle and the muscle at rest was computed ([Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], respectively). Kinetic analysis quantitatively confirmed ...
PURPOSE/AIM 1) To illustrate the role of imaging in the assessment of congenital and acquired non... more PURPOSE/AIM 1) To illustrate the role of imaging in the assessment of congenital and acquired non-tumoral pathology of pediatric female pelvis. 2) To present an interactive tool to navigate through different datasets in order to become familiar with common and unusual clinical cases imaged by different imaging modalities (US, CT, MRI). CONTENT ORGANIZATION - Normal US appearance of female pelvic organs at different ages - Pathological cases sorted in chapters regrouping different clinical categories: - ambiguous genitalia - US evaluation of prepubertal bleeding - precocious puberty - amenorrhea (primary and secondary, with and without pelvic pain) - pelvic pain (functional and hemorrhagic cysts, ovarian torsion, ovarian hernia, pelvic venous congestion, endometriosis) - tubal pathology (congenital tubal anomalies, hy SUMMARY 1) US appearance of normal pelvic organs at different ages for the assessment hormonal status. 2) congenital gynecological anomalies recognizable postnatally th...
Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 2015
2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2007
IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, 2007
The eleven articles in this special section are devoted to the subject of image management in the... more The eleven articles in this special section are devoted to the subject of image management in the healthcare enterprise. This editorial reviews the evolution of image management in the radiology community over the past 20 years and briefly summarizes the articles included in the special section.
2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2009
This paper describes a study of assessing the effect of reorientation variation on the myocardial... more This paper describes a study of assessing the effect of reorientation variation on the myocardial blood flow (MBF) estimation from dynamic PET cardiac acquisition using 13NH3. 58 13NH3 dynamic datasets were reoriented with an automatic algorithm. For each dataset a series of 20 random reorientations were generated from the automatically computed result. The variation of MBF with the reorientation parameters
European radiology, Jan 17, 2015
To evaluate the performance of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography magnetic... more To evaluate the performance of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MR) for preoperative breast cancer staging. Preoperative PET/MR exams of 58 consecutive women with breast cancer were retrospectively reviewed. Histology and mean follow-up of 26 months served as gold standard. Four experienced readers evaluated primary lesions, lymph nodes and distant metastases with contrast-enhanced MRI, qualitative/quantitative PET, and combined PET/MR. ROC curves were calculated for all modalities and their combinations. The study included 101 breast lesions (83 malignant, 18 benign) and 198 lymph node groups, (34 malignant, 164 benign). Two patients had distant metastases. Areas under the curve (AUC) for breast cancer were 0.9558, 0.8347 and 0.8855 with MRI, and with qualitative and quantitative PET/MR, respectively (p = 0.066). Sensitivity for primary cancers with MRI and quantitative PET/MR was 100 % and 77 % (p = 0.004), and for lymph nod...
American journal of cardiac imaging
In cardiology, it is often necessary to acquire more than one type of image to investigate a give... more In cardiology, it is often necessary to acquire more than one type of image to investigate a given clinical problem of a single patient. Images obtained from different imaging modalities are usually recorded and displayed in different orientations, at different positions, and at different scale factors. It is then necessary for the physician to mentally integrate the image information from the different imaging modalities. This phenomenon is particularly true with tomographic imaging techniques that allow complete freedom of the acquisition plane. In particular, when comparing images obtained from ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron-emission tomography, and single-photon emission computed tomography. The purpose of this article is to propose a standard set of slice orientations that could be easily applied to all modalities. Such common views could greatly facilitate the user's perception of the regional abnormalities observed in the different imaging modalities. This standardization is certainly useful for clinical application but also for every research study that requires a comparative evaluation of the different imaging modalities. Although exact registration of the images from the different modalities requires sophisticated computer programs, the simple reference method in plane positioning proposed here based on plane orientation according to the cardiac geometry can certainly provide a practical and convenient method for the reasonably accurate image registration required for visual comparative studies.
Atlas of PET/MR Imaging in Oncology, 2013
ABSTRACT In both Hodgkin disease and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, imaging plays an important role for pr... more ABSTRACT In both Hodgkin disease and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, imaging plays an important role for primary diagnosis and staging [1]. Except for cerebral lymphoma, whole-body MRI is of high research interest but not clinical routine in the staging algorithm of lymphoma patients. This situation could change quickly, and whole-body MRI might become a good alternative to CT [2]. Especially whole-body diffusion-weighted MRI, with a sensitivity of 90 % and a specificity of 94 %, is a good candidate for supplementing/replacing 18F-FDG PET-CT for the staging of Hodgkin disease and non-Hodgkin lymphoma [3, 4]. Alternatively, combing MR and 18F-FDG PET might further increase diagnostic accuracy and play an important role as research tool in evaluating the strengths and draw-backs of both modalities directly against each other. This might also give additional data on the view of some authors who argue that 18F-FDG PET-CT might even eliminate the need for bone marrow biopsy in the primary staging of Hodgkin disease because 18F-FDG PET-CT is highly sensitive and specific for bone marrow involvement in this disease, at 92 and 90 %, respectively [5]. Additional information using PET-MR could be specifically gained from diffusion-weighted sequences in the case of indolent lymphomas [6]. Finally due the lack of radiation exposure of MRI, compared with CT, PET/MRI may get an alternative to PET-CT especially in young patients with good prognosis.
Osteoporosis International
LEARNING OBJECTIVES - Revue the technical requirements and setups for integrating a personal comp... more LEARNING OBJECTIVES - Revue the technical requirements and setups for integrating a personal computer in a standard PACS network - Educate physicians on the technical aspects of DICOM standards and image communication tools - Provide and Open-Source free-of-charge solution for physicians that need to implement a personal image workstation in a PACS environment ABSTRACT With the migration from film to PACS comes the need for rapidly increasing number of workstation for image display and processing. While web-based solutions have emerged as simple ways for wide distribution of images they often lack the necessary tools for advanced image processing and 3D visualization. The increases in performance of personal computers allow implementing complex image processing and visualization tools on standard off-the-shelf hardware. Open source solutions such as Osirix software that we developed can provide advance image processing and visualization tools at no additional cost. The difficulty of...
PURPOSE With the deployment of a mobile PET-CT unit we needed to implement a two-way teleradiolog... more PURPOSE With the deployment of a mobile PET-CT unit we needed to implement a two-way teleradiology system allowing technicians and physicians in the mobile unit to communicate with other members of the team located at the homebase hospital for supervision and image interpretation. METHOD AND MATERIALS An Open Source image analysis software called OSIRIX developed in our institution was adapted to allow two-way video conferencing and image sharing using iChat protocol from Apple. The software provides all necessary image rendering, fusion and processing tools required for adequate PET/CT image display and interpretation. Images were sent directly from the scanner to the OSIRIX workstation located in the trailer, and a two-way encrypted communication over Internet allowed this unit to be linked to other OSIRIX workstations located in the hospital. While fixed Internet connection was available at each location, wireless communication over conventional high-speed phone connections were ...
PURPOSE To define the benefit of using a18F-fluorocholine whole-body PET-MRI combined in a single... more PURPOSE To define the benefit of using a18F-fluorocholine whole-body PET-MRI combined in a single session with pelvic MRI on a 3 Tesla PET-MRI scanner for prostate cancer detection in patients scheduled for a radical prostatectomy. METHOD AND MATERIALS The first 20 patients scheduled for a prostate PET-MRI before radical prostatectomy were retrospectively analyzed. The examinations were performed on a Philips hybrid 3 Tesla PET-MRI scanner in a single session with a state of the art prostate MR protocol included endorectal T2, diffusion (ADC) and perfusion (Ktrans) imaging followed by a PET acquisition after 18-Fluorocholine injection. Using an 8 sectors classification, PET-T2 MRI registration for SUV measurement in the peripheral zone and pathology as a gold standard, logistic multivariate regression analysis and ROC curves comparison using a Delong test were performed. RESULTS High quality diagnostic images for all the modalities were obtained in 19 / 20 patients. A patient with a...
Der Radiologe
Cross-sectional imaging with CT, MRI and more recently PET CT plays an indispensable complementar... more Cross-sectional imaging with CT, MRI and more recently PET CT plays an indispensable complementary role to endoscopy in the pretherapeutic diagnostic and staging of laryngeal neoplasms and in the evaluation of the operated or irradiated larynx. Adequate interpretation of the CT, PET CT and MR images requires a thorough knowledge of the patterns of submucosal spread and familiarity with the diagnostic signs of neoplastic invasion as seen with each modality. In addition, one should be aware of the implications of imaging for staging and treatment. Both CT and MR imaging are highly sensitive for the detection of neoplastic invasion of the preepiglottic and paraglottic spaces, subglottic region and cartilage. The high negative predictive value of both CT and MRI allows a relatively reliable exclusion of neoplasm cartilage invasion. The specificity of both CT and MRI is, however, moderately high and both methods may, therefore, overestimate the extent of tumor spread. However, recent inv...
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International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery, Jan 26, 2015
The purpose of the present study is to apply kinetic analysis to investigate exercise-related cha... more The purpose of the present study is to apply kinetic analysis to investigate exercise-related changes in the metabolism of the skeletal muscle of the rat hindlimb by [[Formula: see text]]acetate positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT). Contractions were induced in Wistar rats' left hindlimb by electrostimulation of the Vastus Lateralis muscle motor point. After 15 min of muscle contractions, [[Formula: see text]]acetate was injected and PET/CT of both hindlimbs was acquired. The resting hindlimb was used as a control reference. The kinetic parameters [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] were calculated for the target muscles (exercised and control) and correlated with the corresponding standardized uptake values (SUVs). The ratio between each kinetic parameter values and the SUV extracted for the exercised muscle and the muscle at rest was computed ([Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], respectively). Kinetic analysis quantitatively confirmed ...
PURPOSE/AIM 1) To illustrate the role of imaging in the assessment of congenital and acquired non... more PURPOSE/AIM 1) To illustrate the role of imaging in the assessment of congenital and acquired non-tumoral pathology of pediatric female pelvis. 2) To present an interactive tool to navigate through different datasets in order to become familiar with common and unusual clinical cases imaged by different imaging modalities (US, CT, MRI). CONTENT ORGANIZATION - Normal US appearance of female pelvic organs at different ages - Pathological cases sorted in chapters regrouping different clinical categories: - ambiguous genitalia - US evaluation of prepubertal bleeding - precocious puberty - amenorrhea (primary and secondary, with and without pelvic pain) - pelvic pain (functional and hemorrhagic cysts, ovarian torsion, ovarian hernia, pelvic venous congestion, endometriosis) - tubal pathology (congenital tubal anomalies, hy SUMMARY 1) US appearance of normal pelvic organs at different ages for the assessment hormonal status. 2) congenital gynecological anomalies recognizable postnatally th...
Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 2015
2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2007
IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, 2007
The eleven articles in this special section are devoted to the subject of image management in the... more The eleven articles in this special section are devoted to the subject of image management in the healthcare enterprise. This editorial reviews the evolution of image management in the radiology community over the past 20 years and briefly summarizes the articles included in the special section.
2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2009
This paper describes a study of assessing the effect of reorientation variation on the myocardial... more This paper describes a study of assessing the effect of reorientation variation on the myocardial blood flow (MBF) estimation from dynamic PET cardiac acquisition using 13NH3. 58 13NH3 dynamic datasets were reoriented with an automatic algorithm. For each dataset a series of 20 random reorientations were generated from the automatically computed result. The variation of MBF with the reorientation parameters