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Biography

Francesco Sardanelli is the Head of Diagnostic Imaging Service at the Policlinico San Donato in Milan, Full professor of Radiology at the University of Milan.

In 1982 he graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Genoa, where he postgraduated in Radiodiagnostics in 1986. He is author of 6 books, 52 book chapters and over 500 articles (Scopus h-indes 50; Scopus citations over 10,000; total impact factor 1399).

He holds several international positions, including Director of the European Network for Assessment of Imaging in Medicine, member of the Advisory Board of the European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research, former Chair and Executive Committee member of the European Society of Breast Imaging, where he is also the Course Director of the Breast MRI Training Course.

He is the co-founder and member of the Executive Committee of the European Cancer Care Certification organization and member of the Scientific and Technical Committee of the Italian Cancer League, Milan Section. Since 2015, he has been Vice Chair of the Quality Assurance Scheme Development Group of the European Commission's Breast Cancer Initiative. Since 2016, he has been Editor-in-Chief of the journal European Radiology Experimental.

Education

University of Genoa

Degree in Medicine and Surgery - 1982

University of Genoa

Specialization in Radiodiagnostics - 1986

Publications

Latest publications

Artificial intelligence in medical imaging: threat or opportunity? Radiologists again at the forefront of innovation in medicine.

Eur Radiol Exp. 2018 Oct 24;2(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s41747-018-0061-6.

Pesapane F, Codari M, Sardanelli F.

Epicardial adipose tissue volume in patients with coronary artery disease or non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy: evaluation with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.

Clin Radiol. 2019 Jan;74(1):81.e1-81.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2018.09.006.

Petrini M, Alì M, Cannaò PM, Zambelli D, Cozzi A, Codari M, Malavazos AE, Secchi F, Sardanelli F.

Does Tetralogy of Fallot affect brain aging? A proof-of-concept study.

PLoS One. 2018 Aug 21;13(8):e0202496. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0202496.

Codari M, Papini GDE, Melazzini L, Pluchinotta FR, Secchi F, Carminati M, Frigiola A, Chessa M, Sardanelli F.

Breast ultrasound: recommendations for information to women and referring physicians by the European Society of Breast Imaging.

Insights Imaging. 2018 Aug;9(4):449-461. doi:10.1007/s13244-018-0636-z.

Evans A, Trimboli RM, Athanasiou A, Balleyguier C, Baltzer PA, Bick U, Camps Herrero J, Clauser P, Colin C, Cornford E, Fallenberg EM, Fuchsjaeger MH, Gilbert FJ, Helbich TH, Kinkel K, Heywang-Köbrunner SH, Kuhl CK, Mann RM, Martincich L, Panizza P, Pediconi F, Pijnappel RM, Pinker K, Zackrisson S, Forrai G, Sardanelli F; European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI) , with language review by Europa

Expert Review of Breast Pathology in Borderline Lesions: A Chance to Reduce Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment?

JAMA Oncol. 2018 Oct 1;4(10):1325-1326. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.1953

Sardanelli F, Trimboli RM, Tot T.

High-quality low-dose cardiovascular computed tomography (CCT) in pediatric patients using a 64-slice scanner.

Acta Radiol. 2018 Oct;59(10):1247-1253. doi: 10.1177/0284185117752981

Cannaò PM, Secchi F, Alì M, D'Angelo ID, Scarabello M, Di Leo G, Sardanelli F.

Strain of ascending aorta on cardiac magnetic resonance in 1027 patients: Relation with age, gender, and cardiovascular disease.

Eur J Radiol. 2018 Feb;99:34-39. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2017.12.002.

Scarabello M, Codari M, Secchi F, Cannaò PM, Alì M, Di Leo G, Sardanelli F.

To share or not to share? Expected pros and cons of data sharing in radiological research.

Eur Radiol. 2018 Jun;28(6):2328-2335. doi: 10.1007/s00330-017-5165-5.

Sardanelli F, Alì M, Hunink MG, Houssami N, Sconfienza LM, Di Leo G.

Fully automated contour detection of the ascending aorta in cardiac 2D phase-contrast MRI

Magn Reson Imaging. 2018 Apr;47:77-82. doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2017.11.010.

Codari M, Scarabello M, Secchi F, Sforza C, Baselli G, Sardanelli F.

Breast arterial calcifications on mammography: intra- and inter-observer reproducibility of a semi-automatic quantification tool.

Radiol Med. 2018 Mar;123(3):168-173. doi:10.1007/s11547-017-0827-6.

Trimboli RM, Codari M, Bert A, Carbonaro LA, Maccagnoni S, Raciti D, Bernardi D, Clauser P, Losio C, Tagliafico A, Sardanelli F.