OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Radiologia Medica is 26. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
COVID-19 outbreak in Italy: experimental chest X-ray scoring system for quantifying and monitoring disease progression	267
Chest X-ray in new Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection: findings and correlation with clinical outcome	204
A deep look into radiomics	175
Chest CT features of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia: key points for radiologists	147
Radiographic severity index in COVID-19 pneumonia: relationship to age and sex in 783 Italian patients	111
Delta radiomics: a systematic review	102
Use of CT and artificial intelligence in suspected or COVID-19 positive patients: statement of the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology	100
Artificial intelligence: radiologists’ expectations and opinions gleaned from a nationwide online survey	99
Artificial intelligence to codify lung CT in Covid-19 patients	88
Proposal of a low-dose, long-pitch, dual-source chest CT protocol on third-generation dual-source CT using a tin filter for spectral shaping at 100 kVp for CoronaVirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients	86
CT-derived radiomic features to discriminate histologic characteristics of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors	70
A field strength independent MR radiomics model to predict pathological complete response in locally advanced rectal cancer	66
Interventional Radiology ex-machina: impact of Artificial Intelligence on practice	63
The lingering manifestations of COVID-19 during and after convalescence: update on long-term pulmonary consequences of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)	61
Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI in oncology: how we do it	61
Radiomic features for prostate cancer grade detection through formal verification	54
The lung ultrasound: facts or artifacts? In the era of COVID-19 outbreak	52
Computed tomography (CT)-derived radiomic features differentiate prevascular mediastinum masses as thymic neoplasms versus lymphomas	51
Artificial intelligence in cardiac radiology	51
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and its differential diagnosis at MRI: how radiologist should assess MR features	46
Advanced CT techniques for assessing hepatocellular carcinoma	45
Radiomics in breast MRI: current progress toward clinical application in the era of artificial intelligence	45
CT texture analysis for prediction of EGFR mutational status and ALK rearrangement in patients with non-small cell lung cancer	44
Computed tomography-based radiomics approach in pancreatic tumors characterization	44
MRI T2-weighted sequences-based texture analysis (TA) as a predictor of response to neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy (nCRT) in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC)	43

Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine neoplasms (GI-NENs): hot topics in morphological, functional, and prognostic imaging	42
Validation of the standardized index of shape tool to analyze DCE-MRI data in the assessment of neo-adjuvant therapy in locally advanced rectal cancer	41
Quantitative Chest CT analysis in discriminating COVID-19 from non-COVID-19 patients	39
Myocarditis: imaging up to date	38
Clinical and laboratory data, radiological structured report findings and quantitative evaluation of lung involvement on baseline chest CT in COVID-19 patients to predict prognosis	37
COVID-19 pneumonia: computer-aided quantification of healthy lung parenchyma, emphysema, ground glass and consolidation on chest computed tomography (CT)	37
Structured reporting of computed tomography in the staging of colon cancer: a Delphi consensus proposal	37
Radiomic analysis of the optic nerve at the first episode of acute optic neuritis: an indicator of optic nerve pathology and a predictor of visual recovery?	36
CT-guided percutaneous drainage of abdominopelvic collections: a pictorial essay	36
Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) for cancer screening: recommendations for use	35
Baseline chest X-ray in coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) patients: association with clinical and laboratory data	35
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radiomics of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC): a comparison of predictive performance of multiple classifiers modeling to identify cervical lymph node metastases before	35
Breast imaging and cancer diagnosis during the COVID-19 pandemic: recommendations from the Italian College of Breast Radiologists by SIRM	35
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), influenza, and COVID-19, beyond the lungs: a review article	35
Chest CT in patients with a moderate or high pretest probability of COVID-19 and negative swab	35
The sub-millisievert era in CTCA: the technical basis of the new radiation dose approach	34
Dual-energy CT quantification of fractional extracellular space in cirrhotic patients: comparison between early and delayed equilibrium phases and correlation with oesophageal varices	34
Quantitative CT texture analysis in predicting PD-L1 expression in locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC patients	33
An update in musculoskeletal tumors: from quantitative imaging to radiomics	33
Third-generation iterative reconstruction on a dual-source, high-pitch, low-dose chest CT protocol with tin filter for spectral shaping at 100 kV: a study on a small series of COVID-19 patients	33
The current landscape of imaging recommendations in cardiovascular clinical guidelines: toward an imaging-guided precision medicine	32
Imaging of calcific tendinopathy around the shoulder: usual and unusual presentations and common pitfalls	31
Hepatic hemangiomas: the various imaging avatars and its mimickers	31
Palliative radiotherapy indications during the COVID-19 pandemic and in future complex logistic settings: the NORMALITY model	31
Deep vein thrombosis in COVID-19 patients in general wards: prevalence and association with clinical and laboratory variables	30
Chest CT for early detection and management of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): a report of 314 patients admitted to Emergency Department with suspected pneumonia	29
Chest CT in the emergency department for suspected COVID-19 pneumonia	29
LI-RADS to categorize liver nodules in patients at risk of HCC: tool or a gadget in daily practice?	29
It’s not over until it’s over: the chameleonic behavior of COVID-19 over a six-day period	29
Combined dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion-weighted imaging to predict neoadjuvant chemotherapy effect in FIGO stage IB2–IIA2 cervical cancers	29
Cardiac MRI: technical basis	29
Chest X-ray in the emergency department during COVID-19 pandemic descending phase in Italy: correlation with patients’ outcome	29
Does restaging MRI radiomics analysis improve pathological complete response prediction in rectal cancer patients? A prognostic model development	29
Phosphaturic mesenchymal tumors: radiological aspects and suggested imaging pathway	29
Acute pulmonary embolism in hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2-related pneumonia: multicentric experience from Italian endemic area	28
Factors affecting the response to Y-90 microsphere therapy in the cholangiocarcinoma patients	28
A comparative analysis between radiation dose intensification and conventional fractionation in neoadjuvant locally advanced rectal cancer: a monocentric prospective observational study	28
TIRADS, SRE and SWE in INDETERMINATE thyroid nodule characterization: Which has better diagnostic performance?	28
Shear wave elastography and transient elastography in HCV patients after direct-acting antivirals	27
Dosimetric analysis of the effects of a temporary tissue expander on the radiotherapy technique	27
Appropriate use criteria for cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR): SIC—SIRM position paper part 1 (ischemic and congenital heart diseases, cardio-oncology, cardiac masses and heart transpla	26
Relationship between visceral adipose tissue and genetic mutations (VHL and KDM5C) in clear cell renal cell carcinoma	26