Artificial intelligence applications in medical imaging: A review of the medical physics research in Italy

M Avanzo, M Porzio, L Lorenzon, L Milan, R Sghedoni… - Physica Medica, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To perform a systematic review on the research on the application of artificial
intelligence (AI) to imaging published in Italy and identify its fields of application, methods …

Machine learning and regression analysis to model the length of hospital stay in patients with femur fracture

C Ricciardi, AM Ponsiglione, A Scala, A Borrelli… - Bioengineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fractures of the femur are a frequent problem in elderly people, and it has been
demonstrated that treating them with a diagnostic–therapeutic–assistance path within 48 h …

CT-and MRI-based 3D reconstruction of knee joint to assess cartilage and bone

FK Ciliberti, L Guerrini, AE Gunnarsson, M Recenti… - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
For the observation of human joint cartilage, X-ray, computed tomography (CT) or magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) are the main diagnostic tools to evaluate pathologies or traumas …

Assessing cardiovascular risks from a mid-thigh CT image: a tree-based machine learning approach using radiodensitometric distributions

C Ricciardi, KJ Edmunds, M Recenti, S Sigurdsson… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The nonlinear trimodal regression analysis (NTRA) method based on radiodensitometric CT
distributions was recently developed and assessed for the quantification of lower extremity …

Application of supply chain management at drugs flow in an Italian hospital district

G Improta, A Scala, TA Trunfio… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The globalization has pushed to change the organization of every companies, even the
hospitals. The principal phenomenon in that period and fundamental today again, has been …

A health technology assessment between two pharmacological therapies through Six Sigma: the case study of bone cancer

C Ricciardi, A Sorrentino, G Improta, V Abbate… - The TQM …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Head and neck cancers are multi-factorial diseases that can affect many sides of
people's life and are due to a lot of risk factors. According to their characteristics, the …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning predictive system based upon radiodensitometric distributions from mid-thigh CT images

M Recenti, C Ricciardi, K Edmunds… - European Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The nonlinear trimodal regression analysis (NTRA) method based on radiodensitometric CT
images distributions was developed for the quantitative characterization of soft tissue …

Healthy aging within an image: Using muscle radiodensitometry and lifestyle factors to predict diabetes and hypertension

M Recenti, C Ricciardi, KJ Edmunds… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The strong age dependency of many deleterious health outcomes likely reflects the
cumulative effects from a variety of risk and protective factors that occur over one's life …

Bidimensional and tridimensional Poincaré maps in cardiology: a multiclass machine learning study

L Donisi, C Ricciardi, G Cesarelli, A Coccia, F Amitrano… - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Heart rate is a nonstationary signal and its variation may contain indicators of current
disease or warnings about impending cardiac diseases. Hence, heart rate variation analysis …

The prediction of body mass index from negative affectivity through machine learning: a confirmatory study

G Delnevo, G Mancini, M Roccetti, P Salomoni… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study investigates on the relationship between affect-related psychological variables
and Body Mass Index (BMI). We have utilized a novel method based on machine learning …