Francesco De Cobelli

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Specialty:

Radiology Diagnostic Imaging

Profession:

Radiologist

Location:

Department of Diagnostic imaging @ Ospedale San Raffaele

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Biography

Professor Francesco De Cobelli is the Head of the Department of Radiology at the Ospedale San Raffaele Clinical Research Institute in Milan, as well as ordinary professor in radiology at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University. In addition, he is the Director of the School of Specialization in X-ray Diagnostics, Director of the International Doctorate in Clinical and Experimental Medicine at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University and Head of the Clinical and Experimental Radiology Research Unit at the Center for Experimental Imaging Methods at the Ospedale San Raffaele Clinical Research Institute.

After graduating from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Milan in 1991, he completed a specialization in X-ray diagnostics in the same place in 1995. In the process of obtaining higher education, he also studied in the United States, in particular, in 1988, he gained experience at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

He began his clinical career in 1996 as an inpatient assistant and then became the 1st level supervisor in the X-ray service of the Ospedale San Raffaele Clinical Research Institute in Milan. Subsequently, he became the coordinator of the site for educational and scientific work of the X-ray service of this institute, and since 2007 he took the position of the Head of the functional unit of magnetic resonance imaging of the X-ray Department.

His main areas of clinical and research work include magnetic resonance imaging, abdominal x-ray, cardiac imaging, oncological imaging, and interventional radiology in oncology. In recent years, Professor Francesco De Cobelli has taken up the study of the impact of diagnostic imaging in oncology (focusing on magnetic resonance imaging of the prostate and imaging of hepatobiliopancreatic tumors and tumors of the stomach and esophagus, as well as colon and rectum) and interventional radiology in the treatment of liver and kidneys. Recently, he has also shown interest in radiomics as applied to solid tumors.

He is currently the principal investigator and second principal investigator in numerous multicenter trials that focus primarily on interventional radiology and diagnostic imaging. Being the author of 212 scientific articles published in national and international journals, books on magnetic resonance imaging and more than 30 chapters in other books, Professor Francesco De Cobelli is among the people with high H index and citations (Scopus source: 38 and 5668; Google Scholar source: 45 and 7606). She regularly participates in industry symposia and conferences at the national and international level.

Education

University of Milan

Degree in Medicine and Surgery – 1991

University of Milan

Radiology Specialization – 1995

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Publications

Being the author of 212 scientific articles published in national and international journals, books on magnetic resonance imaging and more than 30 chapters in other books, Professor Francesco De Cobelli is among the people with high H index and citations (Scopus source: 38 and 5668; Google Scholar source: 45 and 7606).

Latest publications

Apparent diffusion coefficient modifications in assessing gastro-oesophageal cancer response to neoadjuvant treatment: Comparison with tumour regression grade at histology

Eur Radiol.2013;23:2165–74.31.

De Cobelli F, Giganti F, Orsenigo E, Cellina M, Esposito A, Agostini G, Albarello L, Mazza E, Ambrosi A, Socci C, Staudacher C, Del Maschio A.

Italian registry of cardiac magnetic resonance

Eur J Radiol.2014 Jan;83(1):e15-22.

Francone M, Di Cesare E, Cademartiri F, Pontone G, Lovato L, Matta G, Secchi F, Maffei E, Pradella S, Carbone I, Marano R, Bacigalupo L, Chiodi E, Donato R, Sbarbati S, De Cobelli F, di Renzi P,CMR Italian Registry Group, Ligabue G,Mancini A, Palmierir F, Restaino G, Puppini G, Centonze M, Toscano W, Tessa C, Faletti R, Conti M, Scardapane A, Galea S, Liguori C, Pagliacci M, Lumia D, di Girolamo M

Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Value and Ratio as Noninvasive Potential Biomarkers to Predict Prostate Cancer Grading: Comparison With Prostate Biopsy and Radical Prostatectomy Specimen.

AJR Am J Roentgenol 2015 Mar;204(3):550-7.

De Cobelli F, Ravelli S, Esposito A, Giganti A, Gallina A, Montorsi F, Del Maschio A.

Prognostic role of Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance for resectable gastric cancer.

Radiology 2015 Aug;276(2):444-52.

Giganti F, Orsenigo E, Esposito A, Chiari D, Salerno A, Ambrosi A, Albarello L, Mazza E, Staudacher C, Del Maschio A, De Cobelli F.

Microwave ablation of liver malignancies: comparison of effects and early outcomes of percutaneous and intraoperative approaches with different liver conditions : New advances in interventional oncology: state of the art.

Med Oncol. 2017 Apr;34(4):49.

De Cobelli F, Marra P, Ratti F, Ambrosi A, Colombo M, Damascelli A, Sallemi C, Gusmini S, Salvioni M, Diana P, Cipriani F, Venturini M, Aldrighetti L, Del Maschio A.

Therapeutic EUS: Biliary drainage - The interventional radiologist's perspective.

Endosc Ultrasound. 2017 Dec;6:S127-S131

De Cobelli F, Marra P, Diana P, Brembilla G, Venturini M

Preoperative multiparametric MRI of the prostate for the prediction of lymph node metastases in prostate cancer patients treated with extended pelvic lymph node dissection.

Eur Radiol. 2018 May;28(5):1969-1976.

Brembilla G, Dell'Oglio P, Stabile A, Ambrosi A, Cristel G, Brunetti L, Damascelli A, Freschi M, Esposito A, Briganti A, Montorsi F, Del Maschio A, De Cobelli F.

PRECISION Study Group Collaborators. MRI-Targeted or Standard Biopsy for Prostate-Cancer Diagnosis

N Engl J Med. 2018 May 10;378(19):1767-1777.

Kasivisvanathan V, Rannikko AS, Borghi M, et al.

Could perfusion heterogeneity at dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI be used to predict rectal cancer sensitivity to chemoradiotherapy?

Clin. Radiol. 2018 Oct;73(10):911.e1-911.e7

Palmisano A, Esposito A, Rancoita PMV, Di Chiara A, Passoni P, Slim N, Campolongo M, Albarello L, Fiorino C, Rosati R, Del Maschio A, De Cobelli F.

Minimally-invasive treatments for benign thyroid nodules: a Delphi-based consensus statement from the Italian minimally-invasive treatments of the thyroid (MITT) group

Int J Hyperthermia. 2019;36(1):376-382. doi: 10.1080/02656736.2019.1575482. Epub 2019 Mar 26.

Papini E, Pacella CM, Solbiati LA, Achille G, Barbaro D, Bernardi S, Cantisani V, Cesareo R, Chiti A, Cozzaglio L, Crescenzi A, De Cobelli F, Deandrea M, Fugazzola L, Gambelunghe G, Garberoglio R, Giugliano G, Luzi L, Negro R, Persani L, Raggiunti B, Sardanelli F, Seregni E, Sollini M, Spiezia S, Stacul F, Van Doorne D, Sconfienza LM, Mauri G.

Ct radiomic features of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (panNEN) are robust against delineation uncertainty

Phys Med. 2019 Jan;57:41-46. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2018.12.005. Epub 2018 Dec 18.

Fiorino C, De Cobelli F.

Percutaneous ablation techniques for renal cell carcinoma: current status and future trends.

Int. J Hyperthermia. 2019 Oct;36(2):21-30.

Filippiadis DK, Mauri G, Marra P, Haralabopoulos G, Genaro N, De Cobelli F.

Can DCE-MRI reduce the number of PI-RADS v.2 false positive findings? Role of quantitative pharmacokinetic parameters in prostate lesions characterization.

Eur J Radiol. 2019 Sep;118:51-57

Cristel G, Esposito A, Damascelli A, Briganti A, Ambrosi A, Brembilla G, Brunetti L, Antunes S, Freschi M, Montorsi F, Del Maschio A, De Cobelli F

Esophagus and stomach: is there a role for MRI?

Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2020 Feb;28(1):1-15.

De Cobelli F, Palumbo D, Albarello L, Rosati R and Giganti F

Percutaneous Microwave Ablation Versus Cryoablation in the Treatment of T1a Renal Tumors

Cardiovasc Intervent. Radiol. 2020 Jan;43(1):76-83.

De Cobelli F, Papa M, Panzeri M, Colombo M, Steidler S, Ambrosi A, Cao R, Gusmini S, Marra P, Capitanio U, Bertini R, Venturini M, Losa A, Gaboardi F, Montorsi F, Cardone G.

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