
Adriano Basso Dias
Dr. Adriano Basso Dias is an Abdominal Radiologist at the University Medical Imaging Toronto (University Health Network, Sinai Health and Women’s College Hospital) and an Assistant Professor of Medical Imaging at the University of Toronto.
He completed medical school at the Faculty of Medicine of Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), followed by Radiology Residency and Master’s Degree at Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, Brazil. He subsequently completed a Clinical Fellowship in Abdominal and Thoracic Imaging at Sírio-Libanês Hospital, and worked as a staff radiologist at Sao Paulo State Cancer Institute (ICESP), Sao Paulo, Brazil. Then he completed a 2-year Clinical Fellowship in Abdominal Imaging at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Basso Dias is a passionate educator and researcher, and has received numerous research awards and honors. His research focuses on Genitourinary Imaging, particularly on the use of advanced imaging technologies in the field of prostate cancer.
1. Dias AB*, Ghai S*, Ortega C, Mirshahvalad SA, Perlis N, Berlin A, Avery L, Veit-Haibach P, van der Kwast T, Metser U. Role of 18F-DCFPyL PET/MRI in the Management of Men with Low/Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer Considered for Focal Ablative Therapies. CLINICAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE. Accepted (in Press).
2. Dias AB, Ghai S. Prostate Cancer Diagnosis with Micro-Ultrasound: What We Know Now and New Horizons. RADIOLOGIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA. Accepted (in Press).
3. Pasqualotto AC, Othman HAN, Dias AB, Grando RM, Ulyssea LMT, Jaskulski Filho SD, Hallal RC, Falci DR. Cranial syphilitic gumma. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, v. 95, p. 160-161, 2020
4. Dias AB, Zanon M, Altmayer S, Pacini GS, Concatto NH, Watte G, Garcez A, Mohammed TL, Verma N, Medeiros T, Marchiori E, Irion K, Hochhegger B.18F-FDG PET/ CT and Diffusion-Weighted MRI for Malignant versus Benign Pulmonary Lesions: A Meta-Analysis. RADIOLOGY, v.290, p.525 – 534, 2019.
5. Moschetti L, Guezzi TL, Gomes Belisa, Dias AB, Oly Campos. Fluorescent test accurately predicts leak of ischemic colon anastomosis in rats. ACTA CIRURGICA BRASILEIRA, v.32, p.440 – 448, 2017.
6. Coleta OC, Araujo G, Dias AB, Moschetti L. Blind Pouch Syndrome: Case Report And Literature Review. CLINICAL AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, v.35, p.159 – 162, 2015.
- Inter-reader variability and reproducibility of the PI-QUAL score in a multicentre setting
CONCLUSION: We observed good to very good reproducibility in the assessment of each MRI sequence and when scans were clustered into two groups […]
- Impact of 18F-DCFPyL PET/MRI in Selecting Men With Low-/Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer for Focal Ablative Therapies
CONCLUSIONS: 18F-DCFPyL PET/MRI excluded nearly 30% of patients with low-/intermediate-risk PCa from FT, with a potential role in decreasing […]
- Evaluation of MR anatomically-guided PET reconstruction using a convolutional neural network in PSMA patients
Background. Recently, approaches have utilized the superior anatomical information provided by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to guide the […]
- Micro-Ultrasound: Current Role in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Future Possibilities
Prostate Cancer (PCa) is the second most common cancer in men. Population screening using prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test and digital […]
- The role of [18F]-DCFPyL PET/MRI radiomics for pathological grade group prediction in prostate cancer
CONCLUSION: The combined [^(18)F]-DCFPyL PET/MRI radiomic model was the best-performing model and outperformed the clinical model for pathological […]
- PI-RR: The Prostate Imaging for Recurrence Reporting System for MRI Assessment of Local Prostate Cancer Recurrence After Radiation Therapy or Radical Prostatectomy-A Review
The purpose of this article is to review clinical application of the Prostate Imaging for Recurrence Reporting (PI-RR) system. This system, released […]
- 18F-FDG PET/MRI in Detection of Pulmonary Malignancies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Background There have been conflicting results regarding fluorine 18-labeled fluorodeoxyglucose (^(18)F-FDG) PET/MRI diagnostic performance in lung […]
- Prostate Cancer Imaging: What We Already Know and What Is on the Horizon
Conventional as well as advanced imaging modalities contribute to accurate detection of prostate cancer and have important roles in screening, […]
- Impact of 18F-DCFPyL PET on Staging and Treatment of Unfavorable Intermediate or High-Risk Prostate Cancer
Background Data regarding 2-(3-{1-carboxy-5-[(6-[^(18)F]fluoro-pyridine 3-carbonyl)-amino]-pentyl}-ureido)-pentanedioic acid (^(18)F-DCFPyL) PET in […]
- Antiphospholipid syndrome presenting with inferior mesenteric vein thrombosis and associated rectal edema in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus
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- Multiparametric ultrasound and micro-ultrasound in prostate cancer: a comprehensive review
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common non-cutaneous cancer diagnosed in males. Traditional tools for screening and diagnosis, such as […]
- Abdominal gastrointestinal imaging findings on computed tomography in patients with COVID-19 and correlation with clinical outcomes
CONCLUSION: Intestinal abnormalities were common findings in COVID-19 patients who underwent abdominal CT and were significantly correlated to worse […]
- Case report of IgG4-related appendiceal disease: A challenging disease
RATIONALE: Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related disease is an increasingly recognized immune-mediated entity that can affect virtually every organ […]
- 18F-FDG PET/CT and whole-body MRI diagnostic performance in M staging for non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
CONCLUSION: WB-MRI and DWI are radiation-free alternatives with comparable diagnostic performance to 18F-FDG PET/CT for M staging of NSCLC.
- Uncommon Prostate Malignant Neoplasms
Prostate adenocarcinoma is the most common prostate cancer; however, there are several other malignant neoplasms that radiologists should be familiar […]