Clinical use of contrast-enhanced ultrasound beyond the liver: a focus on renal, splenic, and pancreatic applications [PDF]
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a relatively novel, but increasingly used, diagnostic imaging modality. In recent years, due to its safety, quickness, and repeatability, several studies have demonstrated the accuracy, specificity, and sensitivity ...
Giorgia Tedesco+6 more
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Evaluation of renal perfusion in hyperthyroid cats before and after radioiodine treatment [PDF]
Background: Hyperthyroidism and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are common in elderly cats. Consequently, both diseases often occur concurrently. Furthermore, renal function is affected by thyroid status. Because changes in renal perfusion play an important
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Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography of the pancreas in healthy cats [PDF]
This study describes the pattern of ultrasonographic contrast enhancement of the pancreatic body and left lobe using a second-generation commercial contrast medium (Sonovue) in 10 clinically healthy cats.Following contrast medium administration, microbubbles were observed within the splenic artery. This was followed by an inflow of contrast medium into
DIANA, ALESSIA+7 more
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The first joint ESGAR/ ESPR consensus statement on the technical performance of cross-sectional small bowel and colonic imaging [PDF]
Objectives: To develop guidelines describing a standardised approach to patient preparation and acquisition protocols for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound (US) of the small bowel and colon, with an emphasis on ...
Avni, F.+14 more
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CEUS LI-RADS: a pictorial review [PDF]
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) greatly improved the diagnostic accuracy of US in the detection and characterization of focal liver lesions (FLLs), and it is suggested and often included in many international guidelines as an important diagnostic ...
Bartolotta, Tommaso Vincenzo+3 more
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Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in children [PDF]
Development of ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) opened the possibility of a new radiation-free diagnostic technique called contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) in pediatric imaging. First, the safety profile of CEUS is discussed, followed by the description of common clinical applications.
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AIM Our study aimed to assess the usefulness of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the initial evaluation of the graft function. MATERIALS AND METHOD A cross-sectional study was conducted in the early postoperative period on patients with kidney ...
F. Elec+11 more
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Contrast‐enhanced ultrasonography in dogs with inflammatory bowel disease
Background Contrast‐enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) is used to evaluate vascularity of the gastrointestinal wall in neoplastic and inflammatory diseases.
Nikolina Linta+7 more
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Contrast-Enhanced Endoscopic Ultrasonography for Pancreatic Tumors [PDF]
Objectives. To investigate the usefulness of contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasonography (CE-EUS) for histological differentiation of pancreatic tumors.Methods. CE-EUS was performed for consecutive patients having a pancreatic solid lesion, and tumors were classified into three vascular patterns (hypervascular, isovascular, and hypovascular) at two ...
Yasunobu Yamashita+14 more
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Various aspects of Contrast-enhanced Ultrasonography in splenic lesions - a pictorial essay.
Spleen pathology is rare in comparison with other abdominal organs, but often its lesions occur in complex pathological contexts, with systemic involvement.
E. S. Ioanițescu+6 more
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