Developed skills and lines of research

Giovanni Morana earned his degree at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Catania in the academic year 1980/81 and graduated in 1985/86 with honors (110/110 cum laude), presenting a thesis on the ultrasound diagnostics of chronic pancreatitis. He later specialized in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of Verona, completing his training in 1990/91 with honors (50/50 cum laude) with a thesis titled Adverse Reactions to Water-Soluble Organ-Iodinated Contrast Media.

Since 2004, he has been the Director of the Complex Operational Unit of Diagnostic Radiology at the Treviso Hospital, ULSS 9.

He has authored 100 publications in international journals and leads the international society of physicians focused on imaging-based oncology diagnostics.

For FFC Ricerca, he works on Fourier Decomposition Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FD-MRI), a novel magnetic resonance signal analysis method that provides information on perfusion and ventilation without the use of contrast agents. FD-MRI holds promise for advancing the monitoring of cystic fibrosis-related lung disease.

Projects funded by FFC Ricerca as Principal Investigator or as Research Manager

FFC#26/2019
Standardized Ventilation Inflammation Perfusion and Structure (VIPS) MRI platform for monitoring Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease

FFC#25/2011
DWI (Diffusion weighted Imaging) a new tool to assess inflammation in CF population with pulmonary exacerbation