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Daniele Marin

Daniele Marin

Associate Professor of Radiology
Radiology, Abdominal Imaging
daniele.marin@duke.edu
Box 3808 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
Dept of Radiology, Durham, NC 27710

Featured Works

Radiation dose reduction in abdominal computed tomography during the late hepatic arterial phase using a model-based iterative reconstruction algorithm: how low can we go?

Journal article Invest Radiol · August 2012 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the image quality of abdominal computed tomography scans in an anthropomorphic phantom acquired at different radiation dose levels where each raw data set is reconstructed with both a standard convolution fil ... Full text Link to item Cite

Characterization of adrenal nodules with dual-energy CT: can virtual unenhanced attenuation values replace true unenhanced attenuation values?

Journal article AJR Am J Roentgenol · April 2012 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our study was to investigate whether virtual unenhanced adrenal nodule attenuation values can replace true noncontrast attenuation values. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-three incidentally discovered adrenal nodules (19 adenomas an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effectiveness of a three-dimensional dual gradient echo two-point Dixon technique for the characterization of adrenal lesions at 3 Tesla.

Journal article Eur Radiol · January 2012 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To compare the sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic accuracy of fat-only datasets reconstructed using a two-point Dixon technique, with corresponding opposed-phase (OP) and in-phase (IP) datasets for characterization of adrenal lesions at 3 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Iterative reconstruction algorithm for abdominal multidetector CT at different tube voltages: assessment of diagnostic accuracy, image quality, and radiation dose in a phantom study.

Journal article Radiology · August 2011 Featured Publication PURPOSE: To assess the diagnostic accuracy, image quality, and radiation dose of an iterative reconstruction algorithm compared with a filtered back projection (FBP) algorithm for abdominal computed tomography (CT) at different tube voltages. MATERIALS AND ... Full text Link to item Cite

Decreased detection of hypovascular liver tumors with MDCT in obese patients: a phantom study.

Journal article AJR Am J Roentgenol · June 2011 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to assess the impact of large patient size on the detection of hypovascular liver tumors with MDCT and the effect of a noise filter on image quality and lesion detection in obese patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A ... Full text Link to item Cite

64-Section multi-detector row CT in the preoperative diagnosis of peritoneal carcinomatosis: correlation with histopathological findings.

Journal article Abdom Imaging · December 2010 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: To prospectively investigate the diagnostic accuracy of a 64-section multi-detector row computed tomography (CT) for the detection of peritoneal metastases, with the use of surgery and histopathological findings as the reference standard. METHO ... Full text Link to item Cite

Detection of hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer: prospective evaluation of gray scale US versus SonoVue® low mechanical index real time-enhanced US as compared with multidetector-CT or Gd-BOPTA-MRI.

Journal article Ultraschall Med · October 2010 Featured Publication PURPOSE: To compare ultrasound (US), low-mechanical index contrast enhanced US (CEUS) and multidetector-CT (MDCT) for the detection of hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer. METHODS AND MATERIALS: From January to June 2006, 110 patients (65 males, 45 f ... Full text Link to item Cite

Intraindividual comparison of gadoxetate disodium-enhanced MR imaging and 64-section multidetector CT in the Detection of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis.

Journal article Radiology · September 2010 Featured Publication PURPOSE: To prospectively compare gadoxetate disodium-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with multiphasic 64-section multidetector computed tomography (CT) in the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with cirrhosis. MATERIALS AND M ... Full text Link to item Cite

Detection of pancreatic tumors, image quality, and radiation dose during the pancreatic parenchymal phase: effect of a low-tube-voltage, high-tube-current CT technique--preliminary results.

Journal article Radiology · August 2010 Featured Publication PURPOSE: To intraindividually compare a low-tube-voltage (80 kVp), high-tube-current (675 mA) computed tomographic (CT) technique with a high-tube-voltage (140 kVp) CT protocol for the detection of pancreatic tumors, image quality, and radiation dose durin ... Full text Link to item Cite

Diagnostic accuracy of translucency rendering to differentiate polyps from pseudopolyps at 3D endoluminal CT colonography: a feasibility study.

Journal article Radiol Med · August 2010 Featured Publication PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of translucency rendering (TR) in computed tomographic (CT) colonography without cathartic preparation using primary 3D reading. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From 350 patients with 482 endoscopically veri ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effect of beam hardening on arterial enhancement in thoracoabdominal CT angiography with increasing patient size: an in vitro and in vivo study.

Journal article Radiology · August 2010 Featured Publication PURPOSE: To assess the effect of beam hardening on arterial enhancement in thoracoabdominal computed tomographic (CT) angiography in various body sizes in a phantom and in a clinical study. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An abdominal aortic phantom was placed in t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Abdominal magnetic resonance imaging at 3 T: oncological applications.

Journal article Top Magn Reson Imaging · June 2010 Featured Publication The gain in signal-to-noise ratio at 3 T magnetic resonance (MR) imaging produces many benefits for abdominal imaging applications, including the capability to reduce acquisition times and/or improve spatial resolution for a variety of pulse sequences, the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dual-energy CT for characterization of adrenal nodules: initial experience.

Journal article AJR Am J Roentgenol · June 2010 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether use of dual-energy technique can improve the diagnostic performance of CT in the differential diagnosis of adrenal adenomas and metastatic lesions. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Thirty-one adrenal nodul ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pilot study assessing differentiation of steatosis hepatis, hepatic iron overload, and combined disease using two-point dixon MRI at 3 T: in vitro and in vivo results of a 2D decomposition technique.

Journal article AJR Am J Roentgenol · April 2010 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our study was to evaluate whether two-point Dixon MRI using a 2D decomposition technique facilitates metabolite differentiation between lipids and iron in standardized in vitro liver phantoms with in vivo patient validation and al ... Full text Link to item Cite

Percutaneous abscess drainage in patients with perforated acute appendicitis: effectiveness, safety, and prediction of outcome.

Journal article AJR Am J Roentgenol · February 2010 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: The purposes of this study were to retrospectively investigate the effectiveness and safety of CT-guided percutaneous drainage in the treatment of patients with acute appendicitis complicated by perforation and to identify CT findings and proced ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dual-energy multidetector CT: how does it work, what can it tell us, and when can we use it in abdominopelvic imaging?

Journal article Radiographics · 2010 Featured Publication Dual-energy CT provides information about how substances behave at different energies, the ability to generate virtual unenhanced datasets, and improved detection of iodine-containing substances on low-energy images. Knowing how a substance behaves at two ... Full text Link to item Cite

Low-tube-voltage, high-tube-current multidetector abdominal CT: improved image quality and decreased radiation dose with adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction algorithm--initial clinical experience.

Journal article Radiology · January 2010 Featured Publication PURPOSE: To investigate whether an adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR) algorithm improves the image quality at low-tube-voltage (80-kVp), high-tube-current (675-mA) multidetector abdominal computed tomography (CT) during the late hepatic a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Characterization of adrenal lesions: comparison of 2D and 3D dual gradient-echo MR imaging at 3 T--preliminary results.

Journal article Radiology · January 2010 Featured Publication PURPOSE: To retrospectively compare a two-dimensional (2D) and a three-dimensional (3D) technique for in-phase (IP) and opposed-phase (OP) single-breath-hold 3-T magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the characterization of adrenal lesions, with histopatholog ... Full text Link to item Cite

Gadoxetate disodium-enhanced magnetic resonance cholangiography for the noninvasive detection of an active bile duct leak after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Journal article J Comput Assist Tomogr · 2010 Featured Publication We report a case of an endoscopically confirmed biliary leak of the common hepatic duct after laparoscopic cholecystectomy that was prospectively diagnosed on gadoxetate disodium-enhanced magnetic resonance cholangiography. Whereas dynamic contrast-enhance ... Full text Link to item Cite

Contrast material administration protocols for 64-MDCT angiography: altering volume and rate and use of a saline chaser to better match the imaging window--physiologic phantom study.

Journal article AJR Am J Roentgenol · December 2009 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our study was to evaluate the effect of varying volumes and rates of contrast material, use of a saline chaser, and cardiac output on aortic enhancement characteristics in MDCT angiography (MDCTA) using a physiologic phantom. MATE ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dual energy versus single energy MDCT: measurement of radiation dose using adult abdominal imaging protocols.

Journal article Acad Radiol · November 2009 Featured Publication RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to measure the radiation dose of dual-energy and single-energy multidetector computed tomographic (CT) imaging using adult liver, renal, and aortic imaging protocols. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Dual-energy CT ... Full text Link to item Cite

Focal liver lesions hyperintense on T1-weighted magnetic resonance images.

Journal article Semin Ultrasound CT MR · October 2009 Featured Publication This article reviews focal liver lesions hyperintense on T1-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) images and describes the underlying etiologies associated with their T1 signal intensity. Although focal liver lesions are commonly detected because of their iso- ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hypervascular liver tumors: low tube voltage, high tube current multidetector CT during late hepatic arterial phase for detection--initial clinical experience.

Journal article Radiology · June 2009 Featured Publication PURPOSE: To intraindividually compare a low tube voltage (80 kVp), high tube current computed tomographic (CT) technique with a standard CT protocol (140 kVp) in terms of image quality, radiation dose, and detection of malignant hypervascular liver tumors ... Full text Link to item Cite

Imaging approach for evaluation of focal liver lesions.

Journal article Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol · June 2009 Featured Publication Focal liver lesions are common in the general population. Radiology (imaging) plays a pivotal role for the diagnosis, staging, treatment planning, and follow-up of focal liver lesions. To maximize lesion detection and characterization, imaging needs to be ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis: qualitative comparison of gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced MR imaging and multiphasic 64-section CT.

Journal article Radiology · April 2009 Featured Publication PURPOSE: To prospectively investigate whether combined interpretation of dynamic and hepatobiliary phase magnetic resonance (MR) images can improve the accuracy of gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced MR imaging in the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC ... Full text Link to item Cite

Detection of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis: added value of coronal reformations from isotropic voxels with 64-MDCT.

Journal article AJR Am J Roentgenol · January 2009 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our study was to prospectively assess the added value of isotropic coronal reformations of the liver when using 64-MDCT for the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Seventy-one consecutive patients (6 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of primary leiomyoma of the liver.

Journal article J Magn Reson Imaging · September 2008 Featured Publication We report a case of histologically proven primary leiomyoma of the liver that was evaluated with multiphasic 64-section computed tomography (CT) and gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. This lesion showed vivid enhancement durin ... Full text Link to item Cite

Focal nodular hyperplasia: typical and atypical MRI findings with emphasis on the use of contrast media.

Journal article Clin Radiol · May 2008 Featured Publication Focal nodular hyperplasia is a benign hypervascular hepatic tumour, frequently detected in asymptomatic patients undergoing imaging studies for unrelated reasons. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) generally allows a confident differential diagnosis with oth ... Full text Link to item Cite

Focal nodular hyperplasia: intraindividual comparison of dynamic gadobenate dimeglumine- and ferucarbotran-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging.

Journal article J Magn Reson Imaging · April 2007 Featured Publication PURPOSE: To intraindividually compare the enhancement pattern of focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) after dynamic administration of two bolus-injectable liver-specific MR contrast agents, ferucarbotran and gadobenate dimeglumine. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A tota ... Full text Link to item Cite

Colorectal polyps: detection with low-dose multi-detector row helical CT colonography versus two sequential colonoscopies.

Journal article Radiology · December 2005 Featured Publication PURPOSE: To prospectively evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of low-radiation-dose computed tomographic (CT) colonography for detection of colorectal polyps by using two sequential colonoscopies, with the second colonoscopy as the reference standard. MATERIA ... Full text Link to item Cite

Fibropolycystic liver disease: CT and MR imaging findings.

Journal article Radiographics · 2005 Featured Publication Fibropolycystic liver disease encompasses a spectrum of related lesions of the liver and biliary tract that are caused by abnormal embryologic development of the ductal plates. These lesions (congenital hepatic fibrosis, biliary hamartomas, autosomal domin ... Full text Link to item Cite