Πλοήγηση ανά Συγγραφέα "Tsougos, I."
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Application value of 3T H-1-magnetic resonance spectroscopy in diagnosing breast tumors
Vassiou, K.; Tsougos, I.; Kousi, E.; Vlychou, M.; Athanasiou, E.; Theodorou, K.; Arvanitis, D. L.; Fezoulidis, I. V. (2013)Background: Assessment of breast lesions with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides a means for lesion detection and diagnosis. Proton (hydrogen-1) magnetic resonance spectroscopy (H-1-MRS) has been proposed as a useful ... -
Automated differentiation of glioblastomas from intracranial metastases using 3T MR spectroscopic and perfusion data
Tsolaki, E.; Svolos, P.; Kousi, E.; Kapsalaki, E.; Fountas, K.; Theodorou, K.; Tsougos, I. (2013)Purpose Differentiation of glioblastomas from metastases is clinical important, but may be difficult even for expert observers. To investigate the contribution of machine learning algorithms in the differentiation of ... -
Brain lesion classification using 3T MRS spectra and paired SVM kernels
Dimou, I.; Tsougos, I.; Tsolaki, E.; Kousi, E.; Kapsalaki, E.; Theodorou, K.; Kounelakis, M.; Zervakis, M. (2011)The increased power and resolution capabilities of 3T Magnetic Resonance (MR) scanners have extended the reach of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy as a non-invasive diagnostic tool. Practical sensor calibration issues, ... -
Brain Perfusion SPECT with Brodmann Areas Analysis in Differentiating Frontotemporal Dementia Subtypes
Valotassiou, V.; Papatriantafyllou, J.; Sifakis, N.; Tzavara, C.; Tsougos, I.; Psimadas, D.; Kapsalaki, E.; Fezoulidis, I.; Hadjigeorgiou, G.; Georgoulias, P. (2014)Despite the known validity of clinical diagnostic criteria, significant overlap of clinical symptoms between Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) subtypes exists in several cases, resulting in great uncertainty of the diagnostic ... -
Classification methods for the differentiation of atypical meningiomas using diffusion and perfusion techniques at 3-T MRI
Svolos, P.; Tsolaki, E.; Theodorou, K.; Fountas, K.; Kapsalaki, E.; Fezoulidis, I.; Tsougos, I. (2013)The purpose was to investigate the contribution of machine learning algorithms using diffusion and perfusion techniques in the differentiation of atypical meningiomas from glioblastomas and metastases. Apparent diffusion ... -
Classification of pathological human brain lesions using magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 3T
Dimou, I. N.; Tsougos, I.; Tsolaki, E.; Theodorou, K. (2009)Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy is a powerful non-invasive diagnostic tool that is used in conjunction with MRI techniques to provide identification and quantification of biologically important compounds in soft tissue. ... -
Clinical Evaluation of Brain Perfusion SPECT with Brodmann Areas Mapping in Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease
Valotassiou, V.; Papatriantafyllou, J.; Sifakis, N.; Tzavara, C.; Tsougos, I.; Psimadas, D.; Fezoulidis, I.; Kapsalaki, E.; Hadjigeorgiou, G.; Georgoulias, P. (2015)Early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) based on clinical criteria alone may be problematic, while current and future treatments should be administered earlier in order to be more effective. Thus, various disease ... -
Clinical evaluation of dose-response models and parameter sets predicting radiation induced pneumonitis from breast cancer radiotherapy
Mavroidis, P.; Tsougos, I.; Rajala, J.; Theodorou, K.; Jarvenpaa, R.; Pitkanen, M. A.; Holli, K.; Ojala, A. T.; Lind, B. K.; Hyodynmaa, S.; Kappas, C. (2005) -
Clinical validation of the LKB model and parameter sets for predicting radiation-induced pneumonitis from breast cancer radiotherapy
Tsougos, I.; Mavroidis, P.; Theodorou, K.; Rajala, J.; Pitkänen, M. A.; Holli, K.; Ojala, A. T.; Hyödynmaa, S.; Järvenpää, R.; Lind, B. K.; Kappas, C. (2006)The choice of the appropriate model and parameter set in determining the relation between the incidence of radiation pneumonitis and dose distribution in the lung is of great importance, especially in the case of breast ... -
The contribution of diffusion tensor imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy for the differentiation of breast lesions at 3T
Tsougos, I.; Svolos, P.; Kousi, E.; Athanassiou, E.; Theodorou, K.; Arvanitis, D.; Fezoulidis, I.; Vassiou, K. (2014)Background: Conventional breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), including dynamic contrast-enhanced MR mammography (DCE-MRM), may lead to ambiguous diagnosis and unnecessary biopsies. Purpose: To investigate the contribution ... -
Correlation between radiation-induced telomerase activity and human telomerase reverse transcriptase mRNA expression in HeLa cells
Satra, M.; Tsougos, I.; Papanikolaou, V.; Theodorou, K.; Kappas, C.; Tsezou, A. (2006)Purpose: To quantify and correlate human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) mRNA expression with telomerase activity (TA) after ionizing irradiation of HeLa cells. Materials and methods: TA and hTERT mRNA expression ... -
Cytolytic T-cell response against Epstein-Barr virus in lung cancer patients and healthy subjects
Karanikas, V.; Zamanakou, M.; Soukou, F.; Kerenidi, T.; Tsougos, I.; Theodorou, K.; Georgoulias, P.; Gourgoulianis, K. I.; Germenis, A. E. (2010)Background: This study aimed to examine whether EBV seropositive patients with lung cancer have an altered virus-specific CTL response, as compared to age-matched healthy controls and whether any variation in this response ... -
Darwinian molecular imaging in nuclear cardiology
Georgoulias, P.; Tsougos, I.; Valotassiou, V.; Samara, M.; Kollia, P. (2010) -
Development and evaluation of QSPECT open-source software for the iterative reconstruction of SPECT images
Loudos, G. K.; Papadimitroulas, P.; Zotos, P.; Tsougos, I.; Georgoulias, P. (2010)Objective In this study open-source software (QSPECT) suitable for the iterative reconstruction of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) data is presented. QSPECT implements maximum likelihood expectation ... -
Differentiation of glioblastoma multiforme from metastatic brain tumor using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy, diffusion and perfusion metrics at 3 T
Tsougos, I.; Svolos, P.; Kousi, E.; Fountas, K.; Theodorou, K.; Fezoulidis, I.; Kapsalaki, E. (2012)Purpose: To assess the contribution of H-1-magnetic resonance spectroscopy (H-1-MRS), diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced (DSCE) imaging metrics in ... -
Distinct peak at 3.8 ppm observed by 3T MR spectroscopy in meningiomas, while nearly absent in high-grade gliomas and cerebral metastases
Kousi, E.; Tsougos, I.; Fountas, K.; Theodorou, K.; Tsolaki, E.; Fezoulidis, I.; Kapsalaki, E. (2012)The purpose of the present study was to evaluate distinct metabolic features of meningiomas to distinguish them from other brain lesions using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The study was performed on 17 meningiomas, ... -
Evaluation of dose-response models and parameters predicting radiation induced pneumonitis using clinical data from breast cancer radiotherapy
Tsougos, I.; Mavroidis, P.; Rajala, J.; Theodorou, K.; Jarvenpaa, R.; Pitkanen, M. A.; Holli, K.; Ojala, A. T.; Lind, B. K.; Hyodynmaa, S.; Kappas, C. (2005)The purpose of this work is to evaluate the predictive strength of the relative seriality, parallel and LKB normal tissue complication probability (NTCP) models regarding the incidence of radiation pneumonitis, in a large ... -
Experimental and simulation studies for the optimization of dedicated scintimammography cameras
Georgiou, M.; David, S.; Loudos, G.; Tsougos, I.; Georgoulias, P. (2012)The main drawback of scintimammography with conventional gamma cameras is the large distance between detector and breast, which limits imaging performance and adds significant background noise from the heart and other ... -
Fast spectroscopic multiple analysis (FASMA) for brain tumor classification: a clinical decision support system utilizing multi-parametric 3T MR data
Tsolaki, E.; Svolos, P.; Kousi, E.; Kapsalaki, E.; Fezoulidis, I.; Fountas, K.; Theodorou, K.; Kappas, C.; Tsougos, I. (2015)A clinical decision support system (CDSS) for brain tumor classification can be used to assist in the diagnosis and grading of brain tumors. A Fast Spectroscopic Multiple Analysis (FASMA) system that uses combinations of ...