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Major osteoporotic fragility fractures: Risk factor updates and societal impact by Pisani, Paola, Renna, Maria Daniela, Conversano, Francesco, Casciaro, Ernesto, Di Paola, Marco, Quarta, Eugenio, Muratore, Maurizio, Casciaro, Sergio

“…Osteoporosis is a silent disease without any evidence of disease until a fracture occurs. Approximately 200 million people in the world are affected by…”
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Screening and early diagnosis of osteoporosis through X-ray and ultrasound based techniques by Pisani, Paola, Renna, Maria Daniela, Conversano, Francesco, Casciaro, Ernesto, Muratore, Maurizio, Quarta, Eugenio, Paola, Marco Di, Casciaro, Sergio

“…Effective prevention and management of osteoporosis would require suitable methods for population screenings and early diagnosis. Current clinicallyavailable…”
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Automatic Echographic Detection of Halloysite Clay Nanotubes in a Low Concentration Range by Conversano, Francesco, Pisani, Paola, Casciaro, Ernesto, Di Paola, Marco, Leporatti, Stefano, Franchini, Roberto, Quarta, Alessandra, Gigli, Giuseppe, Casciaro, Sergio

“…Aim of this work was to investigate the automatic echographic detection of an experimental drug delivery agent, halloysite clay nanotubes (HNTs), by employing…”
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Sonographic markers for early diagnosis of fetal malformations by Renna, Maria Daniela, Pisani, Paola, Conversano, Francesco, Perrone, Emanuele, Casciaro, Ernesto, Renzo, Gian Carlo Di, Paola, Marco Di, Perrone, Antonio, Casciaro, Sergio

“…Fetal malformations are very frequent in industrialized countries.Although advanced maternal age may affect pregnancy outcome adversely,80%-90%of fetal…”
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Fragility Score: a REMS-based indicator for the prediction of incident fragility fractures at 5 years by Pisani, Paola, Conversano, Francesco, Muratore, Maurizio, Adami, Giovanni, Brandi, Maria Luisa, Caffarelli, Carla, Casciaro, Ernesto, Di Paola, Marco, Franchini, Roberto, Gatti, Davide, Gonnelli, Stefano, Guglielmi, Giuseppe, Lombardi, Fiorella Anna, Natale, Alessandra, Testini, Valentina, Casciaro, Sergio

“…Background Accurate estimation of the imminent fragility fracture risk currently represents a challenging task. The novel Fragility Score (FS) parameter,…”
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A new standard scoring for interstitial pneumonia based on quantitative analysis of ultrasonographic data: A study on COVID-19 patients by Lombardi, Fiorella Anna, Franchini, Roberto, Morello, Rocco, Casciaro, Ernesto, Ianniello, Stefania, Serra, Maurizio, Satriano, Francesco, Mojoli, Francesco, Mongodi, Silvia, Pignatelli, Daniela, Di Paola, Marco, Casciaro, Sergio

“…To assess the effectiveness of 3 novel lung ultrasound (LUS)-based parameters: Pneumonia Score and Lung Staging for pneumonia staging and COVID Index,…”
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A Novel Ultrasound Methodology for Estimating Spine Mineral Density by Conversano, Francesco, Franchini, Roberto, Greco, Antonio, Soloperto, Giulia, Chiriacò, Fernanda, Casciaro, Ernesto, Aventaggiato, Matteo, Renna, Maria Daniela, Pisani, Paola, Di Paola, Marco, Grimaldi, Antonella, Quarta, Laura, Quarta, Eugenio, Muratore, Maurizio, Laugier, Pascal, Casciaro, Sergio

“…Abstract We investigated the possible clinical feasibility and accuracy of an innovative ultrasound (US) method for diagnosis of osteoporosis of the spine. A…”
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Bone health status evaluation in men by means of REMS technology by Giovanni, Adami, Luisa, Brandi Maria, Carla, Caffarelli, Ernesto, Casciaro, Francesco, Conversano, Marco, Di Paola, Angelo, Fassio, Davide, Gatti, Francesca, Giusti, Stefano, Gonnelli, Anna, Lombardi Fiorella, Maurizio, Muratore, Paola, Pisani, Maurizio, Rossini

“…Background Osteoporosis in males is largely under-diagnosed and under-treated, with most of the diagnosis confirmed only after an osteoporotic fracture…”
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A quantitative ultrasound approach to estimate bone fragility: A first comparison with dual X-ray absorptiometry by Pisani, Paola, Greco, Antonio, Conversano, Francesco, Renna, Maria Daniela, Casciaro, Ernesto, Quarta, Laura, Costanza, Daniela, Muratore, Maurizio, Casciaro, Sergio

“…•A new ultrasound approach for estimating bone fragility was introduced.•The new parameter effectively discriminated patients that experienced an osteoporotic…”
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FRI673 REMS Technology For The Evaluation Of BMD In Hypothyroidism by Lombardi, Fiorella Anna, Pisani, Paola, Quezada, Alba Paola, Muratore, Maurizio, Di Paola, Marco, Casciaro, Ernesto, Conversano, Francesco, Casciaro, Sergio

“…Abstract Disclosure: F.A. Lombardi: None. P. Pisani*: None. A.P. Quezada*: None. M. Muratore*: None. M. Di Paola*: None. E. Casciaro*: None. F. Conversano*:…”
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Simulated Measurements of the Magnetic Behavior of New Dual-Mode Nanosized Contrast Agents by Franchini, Roberto, Casciaro, Ernesto, Conversano, Francesco, Lay-Ekuakille, Aime, Casciaro, Sergio

“…Aim of this work was to perform simulated measurements of the magnetic behavior of a novel class of bimodal nanosized contrast agents (CAs), made of a silica…”
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Multiparametric Evaluation of the Acoustic Behavior of Halloysite Nanotubes for Medical Echographic Image Enhancement by Soloperto, Giulia, Conversano, Francesco, Greco, Antonio, Casciaro, Ernesto, Ragusa, Andrea, Leporatti, Stefano, Lay-Ekuakille, Aime, Casciaro, Sergio

“…Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) are nanomaterials composed of double layered aluminosilicate minerals characterized by a wide range of medical applications…”
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A quantitative and automatic echographic method for real-time localization of endovascular devices by Conversano, Francesco, Casciaro, Ernesto, Franchini, Roberto, Lay-Ekuakille, Aime, Casciaro, Sergio

“…Current imaging methods for catheter position monitoring during minimally invasive surgery do not provide an effective support to surgeons, often resulting in…”
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Epithelial cell biocompatibility of silica nanospheres for contrast-enhanced ultrasound molecular imaging by Chiriacò, Fernanda, Conversano, Francesco, Soloperto, Giulia, Casciaro, Ernesto, Ragusa, Andrea, Sbenaglia, Enzo Antonio, Dipaola, Lucia, Casciaro, Sergio

“…Nanosized particles are receiving increasing attention as future contrast agents (CAs) for ultrasound (US) molecular imaging, possibly decorated on its surface…”
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Harmonic Ultrasound Imaging of Nanosized Contrast Agents for Multimodal Molecular Diagnoses by Conversano, F., Greco, A., Casciaro, E., Ragusa, A., Lay-Ekuakille, A., Casciaro, S.

“…The aim of the present work was to demonstrate the possibility of selective detection of nanoparticle contrast agents (NPCAs) on diagnostic echographic images…”
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Fully Automatic Segmentations of Liver and Hepatic Tumors From 3-D Computed Tomography Abdominal Images: Comparative Evaluation of Two Automatic Methods by Casciaro, S., Franchini, R., Massoptier, L., Casciaro, E., Conversano, F., Malvasi, A., Lay-Ekuakille, A.

“…An adaptive initialization method was developed to produce fully automatic processing frameworks based on graph-cut and gradient flow active contour…”
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Full experimental modelling of a liver tissue mimicking phantom for medical ultrasound studies employing different hydrogels by Casciaro, Sergio, Conversano, Francesco, Musio, Stefano, Casciaro, Ernesto, Demitri, Christian, Sannino, Alessandro

“…Tissue mimicking phantoms have been widely reported to be an important tool for development, optimisation and performance testing of ultrasound-based…”
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Advanced spectral analyses for real-time automatic echographic tissue-typing of simulated tumor masses at different compression stages by Soloperto, G., Conversano, F., Greco, A., Casciaro, E., Franchini, R., Casciaro, S.

“…Prototypal software algorithms for advanced spectral analysis of echographic images were developed to perform automatic detection of simulated tumor masses at…”
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Effectiveness of Functionalized Nanosystems for Multimodal Molecular Sensing and Imaging in Medicine by Casciaro, S., Soloperto, G., Greco, A., Casciaro, E., Franchini, R., Conversano, F.

“…Successful employment of multimodal molecular imaging for cancer targeting entails the development of safe nanoparticle contrast agents (NPCAs), detects at…”
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Experimental investigation and theoretical modelling of the nonlinear acoustical behaviour of a liver tissue and comparison with a tissue mimicking hydrogel by Casciaro, Sergio, Demitri, Christian, Conversano, Francesco, Casciaro, Ernesto, Distante, Alessandro

“…Native harmonics generated by nonlinear distortion of ultrasound during propagation in a medium may cause misinterpretations in spectral analysis when studying…”
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