DANAI ELENI STEFANOU

Dr. DANAI ELENI STEFANOU


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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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13 September 2021 in Skeletal Radiology
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Dimitrios FilippiadisDimitrios Filippiadis
Dimitrios Filippiadis
DSDANAI ELENI STEFANOU
DANAI ELENI STEFANOU
AMArgyro Mazioti
Argyro Mazioti
LFLouiza Foti
Louiza Foti
ATAthanasios Tsochatzis
Athanasios Tsochatzis
Alexis  KelekisAlexis Kelekis
Alexis Kelekis

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DSDANAI ELENI STEFANOU
DANAI ELENI STEFANOU
OMOrnella Moschovaki-Zeiger
Ornella Moschovaki-Zeiger
GCGeorgios Charalampopoulos
Georgios Charalampopoulos
Nikolaos Achilleas ArkoudisNikolaos Achilleas Arkoudis
Nikolaos Achilleas Arkoudis
EEEvgenia Efthymiou
Evgenia Efthymiou
Dimitrios FilippiadisDimitrios Filippiadis
Dimitrios Filippiadis
Lower back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of disability globally, characterized by multifactorial origins that complicate accurate diagnosis and effective treatment planning. Artificial intelligence (AI), including machine learning (ML), deep learning (DL), and radiomics, has shown promise for improving the reproducibility and quantitative assessment of spine neuroimaging. This narrative review synthesizes current evidence on AI-derived imaging biomarkers in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT), with emphasis on disc degeneration, spinal stenosis, endplate signal abnormalities, paraspinal muscle composition, vertebral fractures, and spinal alignment. AI-based reconstruction, segmentation, and classification methods may reduce reader variability and enable standardized quantification of imaging features. However, the current evidence base remains dominated by technical and retrospective validation studies, and high diagnostic performance should not be interpreted as proof of improved patient-centered outcomes. The present review distinguishes technical feasibility, diagnostic assistance, prognostic association, and clinical utility, and highlights the persistent efficacy-effectiveness gap in AI-based spine imaging. Although multimodal models integrating imaging, clinical, biomechanical, and patient-reported data may improve future risk stratification, clinical translation remains constrained by heterogeneous datasets, limited external validation, incomplete interpretability, and evolving regulatory frameworks. Prospective multicenter validation and outcome-linked evaluation are required before AI-derived imaging biomarkers can be considered established tools for routine LBP management.

22 September 2021
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VKVasileios K. Katsaros
Vasileios K. Katsaros
DSDANAI ELENI STEFANOU
DANAI ELENI STEFANOU
SGSTYLIANOS GATZONIS
STYLIANOS GATZONIS
MPMary Pelechrini
Mary Pelechrini
AVANASTASIA VERENTZIOTI
ANASTASIA VERENTZIOTI
Aim&Introduction: Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is one of the main pathological entities for temporal lobectomy excising part of the amygdale and hippocampus. However, memory and language can be affected if this procedure is performed on the dominant hemisphere and patients with TLE who are candidates for temporal lobe resection are at risk of postsurgical language and/or memory

23 September 2021
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VKVasileios K. Katsaros
Vasileios K. Katsaros
GSGeorge Stranjalis
George Stranjalis
MPMary Pelechrini
Mary Pelechrini
DSDANAI ELENI STEFANOU
DANAI ELENI STEFANOU
CBChristos Boskos
Christos Boskos
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of brain tumours plays a continuous pivotal role of noninvasive pre-treatment evaluation, as well as in the assessment of therapeutic efficacy during post-treatment evaluation. A tumour’s features as seen by means of conventional MRI can provide information about its anatomy and indicate its phenotype. Nevertheless, the inclusion of molecular and

25 September 2025 in CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
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Dimitrios FilippiadisDimitrios Filippiadis
Dimitrios Filippiadis
DSDANAI ELENI STEFANOU
DANAI ELENI STEFANOU