Search Results - "BETTINARDI, V"

Physical Performance of the new hybrid PET/CT Discovery-690 by Bettinardi, V., Presotto, L., Rapisarda, E., Picchio, M., Gianolli, L., Gilardi, M. C.

“…Purpose: The aim of this work was the assessment of the physical performance of the new hybrid PET/CT system: Discovery-690. Methods: The Discovery-690…”
Get full text

Image-based point spread function implementation in a fully 3D OSEM reconstruction algorithm for PET by Rapisarda, E, Bettinardi, V, Thielemans, K, Gilardi, M C

“…The interest in positron emission tomography (PET) and particularly in hybrid integrated PET/CT systems has significantly increased in the last few years due…”
Get more information

Development of a new toolbox for mouse PET–CT brain image analysis fully based on CT images and validation in a PD mouse model by Presotto, L., Bettinardi, V., Mercatelli, D., Picchio, M., Morari, M., Moresco, R. M., Belloli, Sara

“…Automatic analysis toolboxes are popular in brain image analysis, both in clinical and in preclinical practices. In this regard, we proposed a new toolbox for…”
Get full text

Radiomics in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: methodological issues and clinical significance by Bezzi, C., Mapelli, P., Presotto, L., Neri, I., Scifo, P., Savi, A., Bettinardi, V., Partelli, S., Gianolli, L., Falconi, M., Picchio, M.

“…Purpose To present the state-of-art of radiomics in the context of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNETs), with a focus on the methodological and technical…”
Get full text

Harmonisation of PET/CT contrast recovery performance for brain studies by Verwer, E. E., Golla, S. S. V., Kaalep, A., Lubberink, M., van Velden, F. H. P., Bettinardi, V., Yaqub, M., Sera, T., Rijnsdorp, S., Lammertsma, A. A., Boellaard, R.

“…Purpose In order to achieve comparability of image quality, harmonisation of PET system performance is imperative. In this study, prototype harmonisation…”
Get full text

SP-0593: The role of the medical physicist in integrating quantitative imaging in RT: practical and organisational issues by Cattaneo, G.M, Bettinardi, V

Get full text

PET textural features stability and pattern discrimination power for radiomics analysis: An “ad-hoc” phantoms study by Presotto, L., Bettinardi, V., De Bernardi, E., Belli, M.L., Cattaneo, G.M., Broggi, S., Fiorino, C.

“…•The impact of quantization strategies for PET radiomics was assessed.•The images processing chain impact on PET radiomics metrics was measured.•Fixed bin…”
Get full text

Evaluation of image reconstruction algorithms encompassing Time-Of-Flight and Point Spread Function modelling for quantitative cardiac PET: Phantom studies by Presotto, L., Gianolli, L., Gilardi, M.C., Bettinardi, V.

“…To perform kinetic modelling quantification, PET dynamic data must be acquired in short frames, where different critical conditions are met. The accuracy of…”
Get full text

Simultaneous reconstruction of attenuation and activity in cardiac PET can remove CT misalignment artifacts by Presotto, L., Busnardo, E., Perani, D., Gianolli, L., Gilardi, M.C., Bettinardi, V.

“…Misalignment between positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) data is known to generate artifactual defects in cardiac PET images due to…”
Get full text

68Ga-DOTATOC PET/MR imaging and radiomic parameters in predicting histopathological prognostic factors in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine well-differentiated tumours by Mapelli, P., Bezzi, C., Palumbo, D., Canevari, C., Ghezzo, S., Samanes Gajate, A. M., Catalfamo, B., Messina, A., Presotto, L., Guarnaccia, A., Bettinardi, V., Muffatti, F., Andreasi, V., Schiavo Lena, M., Gianolli, L., Partelli, S., Falconi, M., Scifo, P., De Cobelli, F., Picchio, M.

“…Purpose To explore the role of fully hybrid 68 Ga-DOTATOC PET/MR imaging and radiomic parameters in predicting histopathological prognostic factors in patients…”
Get full text

Number of partitions (gates) needed to obtain motion-free images in a respiratory gated 4D-PET/CT study as a function of the lesion size and motion displacement by Bettinardi, V., Rapisarda, E., Gilardi, M. C.

“…Purpose: In this study we evaluate the number of data partitions (gates) needed to sort 4D-PET and 4D-CT data to obtain motion-free images as a function of…”
Get full text

Localization of grasp representations in humans by PET: 1. Observation versus execution by RIZZOLATTI, G, FADIGA, L, MATELLI, M, BETTINARDI, V, PAULESU, E, PERANI, D, FAZIO, F

“…Positron emission tomography (PET) was used to localize brain regions that are active during the observation of grasping movements. Normal, right-handed…”
Get full text

Performance measurements for the PET/CT Discovery-600 using NEMA NU 2-2007 standards by De Ponti, E., Morzenti, S., Guerra, L., Pasquali, C., Arosio, M., Bettinardi, V., Crespi, A., Gilardi, M. C., Messa, C.

“…Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the performance measurements of the new PET/CT system Discovery-600 (D-600, GEMS, Milwaukee, WI). Methods:…”
Get full text

Integrated PET/CT as a first-line re-staging modality in patients with suspected recurrence of ovarian cancer by Mangili, G, Picchio, M, Sironi, S, Viganò, R, Rabaiotti, E, Bornaghi, D, Bettinardi, V, Crivellaro, C, Messa, C, Fazio, F

“…The aims of this study were to compare CT with PET/CT results in patients with suspected ovarian cancer recurrence and to assess the impact of the PET/CT…”
Get full text

PET quantification: strategies for partial volume correction by Bettinardi, V., Castiglioni, I., De Bernardi, E., Gilardi, M. C.

Get full text

Motion-Tracking Hardware and Advanced Applications in PET and PET/CT by Bettinardi, V., MSc, De Bernardi, E., PhD, Presotto, L., MSc, Gilardi, M.C., MSc

“…Respiratory and cardiac motions represent important sources of image degradation in both PET and computed tomography (CT) studies that need to be taken into…”
Get full text

PET guidance in prostate cancer radiotherapy: Quantitative imaging to predict response and guide treatment by Cattaneo, G.M, Bettinardi, V, Mapelli, P, Picchio, M

“…Highlights • Determine the current application of PET in prostate cancer (PCa) management. • Describe the state-of-the art of all issues related to the PET in…”
Get full text

The Application of a Statistical Shape Model to Diaphragm Tracking in Respiratory-Gated Cardiac PET Images by McQuaid, Sarah J., Lambrou, Tryphon, Cunningham, Vincent J., Bettinardi, Valentino, Gilardi, Maria Carla, Hutton, Brian F.

“…Respiratory-induced diaphragm mismatch between positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) has been identified as a source of…”
Get full text

Incidental detection by [11C]choline PET/CT of meningiomas in prostate cancer patients by Fallanca, F, Giovacchini, G, Picchio, M, Bettinardi, V, Messa, C, Fazio, F

“…Anti-androgenic hormonal therapy in prostate cancer patients with concomitant meningioma may result in tumor growth and development of neurological symptoms…”
Get full text

The role of 18F-FAZA PET/CT in detecting lymph node metastases in renal cell carcinoma patients: a prospective pilot trial (NCT03955393) by Capitanio, U., Pepe, G., Incerti, E., Larcher, A., Trevisani, F., Lucianò, R., Mapelli, P., Bettinardi, V., Menterisi, C., Necchi, A., Cascinu, S., Bernardi, R., Bertini, R., Doglioni, C., Gianolli, L., Salonia, A., Picchio, M., Montorsi, F.

Get full text