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Retrospective automatic detection of cal.. | Maria Lizondo .. | .. | Physics track:Imaging acquisition and pr.. | - - |
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Automated organ delineation in T2 head M.. | Laszlo Rusko .. | Bernadett Kolozsvari, Petra Ta.. | Physics track:Imaging acquisition and pr.. | - - |
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A CBCT based quality assurance technique.. | Sinan Irmak .. | Fetty, Lukas; Nyholm, Tufve; H.. | Physics track:Imaging acquisition and pr.. | - - |
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Dosimetric Impact of MRI inaccuracy in S.. | Tarraf Torfeh .. | Rabih Hammoud, Souha Aouadi, S.. | Physics track:Imaging acquisition and pr.. | - - |
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An iterative approach to reduce noise in.. | Jens Zimmerman .. | Gavin Poludniowski.. | Physics track:Imaging acquisition and pr.. | - - |
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Multimodalities imaging PET/CT-MR for ra.. | Pauline Hinault .. | .. | Physics track:Imaging acquisition and pr.. | - - |
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Predicting dosimetric impact of (auto)co.. | Daniel Sandys .. | M. Tyyger, B. Al-Qaisieh, M. N.. | Physics track:Imaging acquisition and pr.. | - - |
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Histology correlation of in-vivo 68GaPSM.. | Kristina Sandgren .. | .. | Physics track:Imaging acquisition and pr.. | - - |
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4D-segmentation-based anatomy-restricted.. | Markus Susenburger .. | Pascal Paysan, Igor Peterlik, .. | Physics track:Imaging acquisition and pr.. | - - |
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Deep learning based auto-contouring of p.. | Leonard Bokhorst .. | .. | Physics track:Imaging acquisition and pr.. | - - |
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Clinical evaluation of deep learning aut.. | Christina Hague .. | William Beasley, Andrew McPart.. | Physics track:Imaging acquisition and pr.. | - - |
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Evaluation of the compatibility and accu.. | Yulun Tseng .. | Miao Zhang, Yulin Song.. | Physics track:Imaging acquisition and pr.. | - - |
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A voxel-based method to quantify longitu.. | Laura Toussaint .. | .. | Physics track:Imaging acquisition and pr.. | - - |
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AI-driven quality assurance for delineat.. | Sofia Rivera .. | .. | Physics track:Imaging acquisition and pr.. | - - |
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Evaluation of outlier rejection in 4D-MR.. | Duncan Den Boer .. | .. | Physics track:Imaging acquisition and pr.. | - - |
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Intelligent 4D CT sequence scanning (i4D.. | René Werner .. | Thilo Sentker, Frederic Madest.. | Physics track:Imaging acquisition and pr.. | - - |
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Evaluation of measures for assessing aut.. | Femke Vaassen .. | .. | Physics track:Imaging acquisition and pr.. | - - |
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Clinical impact of spectral CT-based sto.. | Friderike Faller .. | .. | Physics track:Imaging acquisition and pr.. | - - |
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The geometric and dosimetric effect of a.. | David Nash .. | Alan McWilliam, Antony L. Palm.. | Physics track:Imaging acquisition and pr.. | - - |
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Quality assurance of deformable image re.. | Koen J. Nelissen .. | D.L.J. Barten, J.J. Laan, G.H... | Physics track:Imaging acquisition and pr.. | - - |
Thunderstorm-related asthma in patients sensitised to olea europaea pollen: twenty emergency department visits for asthmatic symptoms in one single day Losappio, Laura1; Heffler, Enrico2; Falco, Antonio1; Contento, Francesco1; Cannito, Cosimo1; Rolla, Giovanni2 1"Dimiccoli" Hospital, Emergency Department, Barletta, Italy; 2University of Torino - AO Mauriziano "Umberto I", Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Torino, Italy
Background: Associations between thunderstorm and asthma morbidity have been reported in several countries. Common to all epidemics of thunderstorm-related asthma is a significant increase in atmospheric allergen load during and immediately after a thunderstorm. Sensitization to Alternaria species or to grass and parietaria pollens has been suggested to play a key role in thunderstorm-related asthma. The only reported event of thunderstorm-related asthma in Mediterranean area was attributed to sensitization to parietaria pollen.
Method: here we describe a series of 20 patients who presented to Emergency Department in Barletta (94,000 inhabitants), Puglia (Italy) for sudden and severe asthmatic symptoms between May 27th and 28th 2010 (from15:36 to 5:02), immediately after a violent thunderstorm which occurred following a very hot morning (mean temperature: 29°C). All the patients have been subsequently visited by an allergist and underwent allergological work-up which included skin prick tests and a careful clinical history. Local pollen counts were available.
Result: Between May 10th and June 10th 2010, 86 Emergency Department asthma visits were recorded, 20 of them during the study day. Patients' mean age was 44.25 +/- 18.5 years (range: 9-81), 8/20 females, 2 smokers, 16 with a previous history of known respiratory allergy. Only two patients regularly took anti-asthma drugs. All 20 patients were sensitized to Olea europaea pollen, 7 of whom were monosensitized. Ten patients were sensitized to grass, 7 to parietaria, 5 to compositae, 5 to cypress, 5 to house dust mites, 3 to dog and 1 to cat danders. No patient was sensitized to Alternaria. Mean pollen count was 17 granules/m3 for Olea europaea, 6 granules/m3 for grass pollen.
Conclusion: This is, in our knowledge, the second epidemic of thunderstorm related asthma described in Mediterranean area and the first one in which sensitization to Olea europaea played a key-role. In conclusion, our report indicates that thunderstorm asthma may involve different allergens (not only fungal spores and grass or parietaria pollen) in different geographic areas, depending on the seasonality of thunderstorms and allergenic pollen.