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ArticleLa Radiologia medica2026

A preliminary evaluation of chest magnetic resonance imaging in adult patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.

Federica Volpi, Roberto Castellana, Beatrice Vivaldi, Roberta Pancani, Federico Dente, Giacomo De Nicola, Laura Carrozzi, Annalisa De Liperi, Emanuele Neri, Chiara Romei

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Federica VolpiDepartment of Radiological, Nuclear, and Laboratory Medicine, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy.
Roberto CastellanaDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology, "Parini" Regional Hospital, Azienda USL Della Valle d'Aosta, Viale Ginevra 3, 11100, Aosta, Italy.
Beatrice VivaldiDepartment of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Roberta PancaniPulmonary Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.
Federico DentePulmonary Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.
Giacomo De NicolaHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Laura CarrozziDepartment of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Annalisa De LiperiDepartment of Radiological, Nuclear, and Laboratory Medicine, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy.
Emanuele NeriDepartment of Translational Research, Academic Radiology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Chiara RomeiDepartment of Radiological, Nuclear, and Laboratory Medicine, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy. chiara.romei@unipi.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3023-8784

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objectivesTo evaluate the feasibility of MRI in the assessment of adult patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFB), in comparison with CT, in a retrospective pilot cohort. The potential contribution of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) for detecting pulmonary alterations was also investigated. MATERIALS AND

methodsIn this single-center retrospective study, 21 patients with NCFB underwent unenhanced chest MRI. Two radiologists (A and B) independently scored MRI and CT images using the modified Helbich (Bhalla) score. DWI sequences were acquired with b values of 0, 400, and 800 s/mm

resultsMRI and CT scores showed a positive correlation between the two readers (p < 0.05), with moderate-to-good inter-reader consistency (ICC

conclusionsIn this preliminary pilot study, MRI appeared feasible for assessing morphological changes in adult patients with NCFB through a short imaging protocol. The qualitative DWI findings described provide preliminary observations that may contribute to generating hypotheses regarding pulmonary abnormalities but require validation in larger prospective studies with quantitative imaging and clinical correlation. However, further studies on larger and more heterogeneous cohorts are needed to improve the generalizability of the results, and adequate training is required for the assessment of thoracic MRI to ensure consistent and reproducible interpretation.

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ImagingLungMagnetic resonance imagingNon-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis

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