Paolo Niccolò Franco

ORCID: 0000-0001-8280-3787 · 3 papers in corpus
article 2025
ESUR consensus MRI for endometriosis: protocol, lexicon, and compartment-based analysis
European radiology ·doi:10.1007/s00330-025-11611-3

OBJECTIVE: To propose an update of ESUR endometriosis guidelines to reflect advances in MRI protocol and lexicon. METHODS: A literature search was followed by a DELPHI process among 20 experts. RESULTS: Pre-imaging preparation, including …

review 2023
Gynaecological Causes of Acute Pelvic Pain: Common and Not-So-Common Imaging Findings
Life (Basel, Switzerland) ·doi:10.3390/life13102025

In female patients, acute pelvic pain can be caused by gynaecological, gastrointestinal, and urinary tract pathologies. Due to the variety of diagnostic possibilities, the correct assessment of these patients may be challenging. The most fr…

article 2022
T2*-Weighted Imaging Performance in the Detection of Deep Endometriosis among Readers with Different Experience: Comparison with Conventional MRI Sequences
Diagnostics ·doi:10.3390/diagnostics12071545

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an effective technique for the diagnosis and preoperative staging of deep infiltrative endometriosis (DIE). The usefulness of MRI sequences susceptible to chronic blood degradation products, such as T2*-w…