Prognostic value of CT myocardial perfusion imaging and CT-derived fractional flow reserve for major adverse cardiac events in patients with coronary artery disease

…, P von Knebel Doeberitz, M Scarabello, F Lavra… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Structured Abstract Objectives The purpose of this study was to analyze the prognostic value
of dynamic CT perfusion imaging (CTP) and CT derived fractional flow reserve (CT-FFR) for …

Surgical outcome and complications of total laparoscopic hysterectomy for very large myomatous uteri in relation to uterine weight: a prospective study in a continuous …

…, F Lavra, M Serra, P Onnis, G Sollai, F Zamboni… - Archives of gynecology …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose To analyze whether a large uterine size was associated with increased rate of
intraoperative and postoperative surgical complications in patients who underwent total …

Carotid plaque CTA analysis in symptomatic subjects with bilateral intraplaque hemorrhage: a preliminary analysis

…, G Lanzino, P Lucatelli, F Lavra… - American Journal …, 2019 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The presence of IPH is considered the most dangerous
feature because it is significantly associated with clinical ipsilateral cerebrovascular events. …

Laparoscopic debulking of bulky lymph nodes in women with cervical cancer: indication and surgical outcomes

R Tozzi, F Lavra, T Cassese… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To describe the technique and the surgical outcome of laparoscopic resection of
bulky lymph nodes before adjuvant treatment. Design Prospective pilot study. Setting …

Accurate lumen diameter measurement in curved vessels in carotid ultrasound: an iterative scale-space and spatial transformation approach

…, T Araki, J Rajan, L Saba, F Lavra… - Medical & biological …, 2017 - Springer
Monitoring of cerebrovascular diseases via carotid ultrasound has started to become a routine.
The measurement of image-based lumen diameter (LD) or inter-adventitial diameter (IAD…

Carotid inter‐adventitial diameter is more strongly related to plaque score than lumen diameter: An automated tool for stroke analysis

…, P Krishna Kumar, J Rajan, F Lavra… - Journal of Clinical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To compare the strength of correlation between automatically measured carotid
lumen diameter (LD) and interadventitial diameter (IAD) with plaque score (PS). Methods …

Two automated techniques for carotid lumen diameter measurement: regional versus boundary approaches

…, N Ikeda, A Gupta, L Saba, J Rajan, F Lavra… - Journal of medical …, 2016 - Springer
… , d the resulting ROI is marked with a rectangle extracted using global-shape extraction
system, e binary lumen obtained from the classifier in the ROI using local region-based system, (f

Iodine quantification based on rest/stress perfusion dual energy CT to differentiate ischemic, infarcted and normal myocardium

M van Assen, F Lavra, UJ Schoepf, BE Jacobs… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The aim of this study was to assess the potential of rest-stress DECT iodine
quantification to discriminate between normal, ischemic, and infarcted myocardium. Methods …

Quantitative analysis of dynamic computed tomography angiography for the detection of endoleaks after abdominal aorta aneurysm endovascular repair: A feasibility …

G Apfaltrer, F Lavra, UJ Schoepf, M Scarabello… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
… after the contrast media injection (D and E, respectively) show a type II endoleak, fed by a
lumbar artery, that is also depicted by the color-coded perfusion maps (arrow in E and F). The …

Feasibility and safety of total laparoscopic hysterectomy for huge uteri without the use of uterine manipulator: description of emblematic cases

…, C Madeddu, P Kotsonis, G Chiappe, F Lavra… - Gynecological …, 2018 - Springer
Background Uterine manipulator is a very useful tool in performing total laparoscopic
hysterectomy (TLH) for large uteri; however, in some cases, it cannot be used due to unfavorable …