European Radiology Experimental

Photon-counting detector CT: a disrupting innovation in medical imaging

The thematic series “Photon-counting detector CT: a disrupting innovation in medical imaging” is currently open for further submissions on this topic. The guest editors, Akos Varga-Szemes (Charleston/US) and Tilman Emrich (Mainz/Germany) are looking forward to receiving your contribution.

Featured Article: Quantitative brain T1 maps derived from T1-weighted MRI acquisitions: a proof-of-concept study

Lavielle, A., Pinaud, N., Zhang, B. et al. (2024)

A phantom, composed of 144 solutions of paramagnetic agents at different concentrations, was imaged with a 3D T1-weighed TSE sequence. T1 mapping derived from 3D T1-weighted TSE acquisitions in four healthy volunteers and one patient with brain metastases were established and compared to reference T1 mapping technique. The concentration of Gd-based contrast agents in brain metastases was assessed. Based on the phantom acquisition, the relationship between T1 values and SI was defined. TSE-derived T1 values measured in white and gray matter in healthy volunteers were obtained. Mean Gd3+ concentration in brain metastases was 94.7 ± 30.0 μM. The in vivo results support the hypothesis that brain T1 maps can be derived from T1-weighted acquisitions.

CALL FOR PAPERS: 7-Tesla neuro MRI: from research to clinic

Following the  success of the first thematic series entitled “Myocardial tissue characterization in ischemic heart disease”, European Radiology Experimental is now launching its second series, this time putting special focus on “7-tesla neuro MRI: from research to clinic”.

The guest editors of this thematic series, Professors Luca Roccatagliata (Genoa/Italy) and Mirco Cosottini (Pisa/Italy), have carefully curated three articles that describe the state of the art of ultra-high field MRI neuroimaging studies with related clinical applications, and have contributed to the series by providing an insightful editorial of their own.

This is the second thematic series launched by European Radiology Experimental which is now open for further submissions on this topic! You can access all articles and learn more about this thematic series here.

Prof. Francesco Sardanelli

Francesco Sardanelli is Scientific Coordinator of the Lega Italiana per la Lotta contro i Tumori (LILT) Milano Monza Brianza, Piazzale Gorini 22, 20133 Milan, Italy.

He is a long-time and active member of the European Society of Radiology and served as president of the European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI) from 2012 to 2015. Additionally, he is the Director of the European Network for the Assessment of Imaging in Medicine (EuroAIM) of the European Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Research (EIBIR). He has co-authored more than 500 peer-reviewed articles, 8 books and 57 book chapters on a large spectrum of topics including breast, cardiovascular, neuro, body, musculoskeletal radiology as well as methodological issues. He has been director of the department of Radiology at the Research Hospital Policlinico San Donato from 2001 to 2024, professor of Radiology at the University of Milan from 2006 to 2023, President of the Ethics Committee of the Ospedale San Raffaele/Lombardia 1 from 2022 to 2024.

Honors: Gold Medal 2021 (European Society of Radiology) and Gold Medal 2023 (European Society of Breast Imaging).