Biography

Latest medical and scientific presentations

One case three lessons. Swiss Congress of Radiology. Lausanne. May 2026

Carbon footprint in the hospital lifecycle. European Congress of Radiology. Vienna, Austria. March 2026

Current applications of AI in radiology. UNIFR research day: Computing for healthcare. Fribourg. March 2025

MRI signal intensity comparison of high relaxivity vs standard gadolinium-based contrast agents: Concentration-dependent effects across different MRI sequences and field strengths. European Congress of Radiology. Vienna, Austria. February 2025

Abdominal viscera: Imaging of inflammatory bowel disease. European Congress of Radiology. Vienna, Austria. February 2025

Pankreas: Anatomie und Protokolle. 25. Fortbildungskurs Abdomen und Becken: Bildgebung von Pankreas und Rektum. Zürich. January 2025

Diagnostic value of abbreviated MRI protocol in the surveillance of BD-IPMN. European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology Congress. Goethenborg, Sweden. May 2024

Value of iodine uptake derived from DECT in differentiating malignant from benign colorectal wall thickening. European Congress of Radiology. Vienna, Austria. February 2024

Teaching

Faculty of Science and Medicine
Master | Transition II - Med Im
Bachelor | Radiologie II
Bachelor | Introduction à l'imagerie médicale / Einführung in die medizinische Bildgebung
Bachelor | Bases morphologiques et fonctionnelles – Systèmes Ib / Morphologische und funktionelle Grundlagen – Systeme Ib

Research and publications

• Works
  12 publications

  3D Modelling for Preoperative Planning, Intraoperative Navigation, and Training in Pancreatic Surgery: A Systematic Review
  Raffaella Sguinzi, Melissa Lagger, Edouard Maillard, Lucien Widmer, Abe Fingerhut, Michel Adamina, Christian Toso, Buhler Leo, Annals of Surgery Open (2026) | Journal article

  Left internal iliac artery stenosis as a risk factor for anastomotic leakage after left-sided colorectal surgery
  Sonaz Malekzadeh, Salah Dine Qanadli, Joana Ribeiro Mateus, Leonid Tsepenshchikov, Ian Fournier, Ioannis Rotas, Boumediene Guendil, Daniel Clerc, Lucien Widmer, Frontiers in Surgery (2026) | Journal article

  Diagnostic performance of iodine map for differentiating colorectal cancer from benign colorectal wall thickening
  Sonaz Malekzadeh, Ioannis Rotas, Ian Fournier, Philippe Hiroz, Floryn Cherbanyk, Dominic Staudenmann, Roberto Cannella, Lucien Widmer, European Journal of Radiology (2026) | Journal article

  Maximal radial distance for predicting extraprostatic extension of prostate cancer: a histopathological-radiological study
  Fabio Porões, Antoine Nobile, Lucien Widmer, Julian Vidal, Jana Di Vincenzo, Hugo Najberg, Frederic Fer, Audrey El Kaïm, Curzio Rüegg, Johannes M. Froehlich, Carolin Reischauer, Harriet C. Thoeny, Cancer Imaging (2026) | Journal article

  Preoperative Vascular Mapping for Complete Mesocolic Excision During Right Colectomy: A Single Center Feasibility Study
  E Kalogiannis, L Widmer, M Kauper, N Gauderon, J Vidal, F Pugin, A Litchinko, B Egger, M Adamina, British Journal of Surgery (2025) | Journal article

  Risk factors for local recurrence of rectal cancer after curative surgery: A single-center retrospective study
  Floryn Cherbanyk, Marie Burgard, Lucien Widmer, François Pugin, Bernhard Egger, Journal of Visceral Surgery (2025) | Journal article

  Ultrasound-Guided Intranodal Lipiodol Lymphangiography for the Assessment and Treatment of Chylous Leaks: A Retrospective Case Series from a Single Center in Switzerland and a Systematic Review of the Literature
  Stephanie Nicole Schulz, Almir Miftaroski, Benoit Rouiller, Bernard Egger, Jon A. Lutz, Lucien Widmer, Journal of Clinical Medicine (2024) | Journal article

  The diagnostic value of abbreviated MRI protocol in the surveillance of Branch-Duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm
  Sonaz Malekzadeh, Roberto Cannella, Ian Fournier, Philippe Hiroz, Christian Mottet, Christophe Constantin, Lucien Widmer, European Journal of Radiology (2024) | Journal article

  Emergent endovascular repair of popliteal artery aneurysm in patients with acute limb ischemia : a single center experience
  Widmer, Lucien (2021) | Thesis

  Typical imaging finding of hepatic infections: a pictorial essay
  Sonaz Malekzadeh, Lucien Widmer, Faezeh Salahshour, Bernhard Egger, Maxime Ronot, Harriet C. Thoeny, Abdominal Radiology (2021) | Journal article

  Infected Extrahepatic Splanchnic Venous Stent(-Grafts): Clinical Presentation, Imaging, and Treatment in Three Patients.
  Lucien Widmer, Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR (2020) | Journal article

  A clinical and radiological comparison of sigmoid diverticulitis episodes 1 and 2.
  Gervaz P and Platon A and Widmer L and Ambrosetti P and Poletti PA, Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2012) | Journal article

Teaching and courses

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