
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.
- 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
This article reviews the clinical application of the Prostate Imaging for Recurrence Reporting (PI-RR) system. This system, released in 2021, […]
- 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
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- 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 […]
- Multiple cavitary lung lesions on CT: imaging findings to differentiate between malignant and benign etiologies
CONCLUSIONS: A larger number of cavitary lung lesions and the absence of centrilobular nodules may be characteristic of a malignant etiology. […]
- Teaching NeuroImages: Intracranial malignant triton tumor: An uncommon location of a rare tumor
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- Neuroparacoccidioidomycosis with concomitant pulmonary and vocal cord lesions
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