European Radiology Experimental

Featured Article: Automated localization and segmentation of cervical lymph nodes on contrast-enhanced CT using a 3D foveal fully convolutional neural network

Rinneburger, M., Carolus, H., Iuga, AI. et al. 
Authors trained a fully CNN based on 3D foveal patches using 187 CECT head and neck examinations and 3,656 manually segmented LNs. Testing was performed on 30 independent CECTs with 925 segmented LNs. The model achieved an average localization rate of 81.1% in the test dataset with a mean Dice coefficient of 0.71; for enlarged LNs (short-axis diameter ≥ 10 mm), localization rate was 96.2%; the false-positive rate was 2.4 LNs/CECT.

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.

Peer Review Process

As of January 9, 2023, European Radiology Experimental and the whole ESR Journal Family operates a single-blinded peer review process, where manuscripts sent to reviewers are no longer anonymized or blinded, but reviewers’ names will continue to be unknown to authors.

Prof. Francesco Sardanelli

Prof. Francesco Sardanelli is Professor of Radiology at the University of Milan and Director of the Department of Radiology at the Research Hospital (IRCCS) Policlinico San Donato in Milan.

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 full 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. 

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