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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Yanjie Wang, Guanghan Li, Kun Yan, Zhihui Fan, Rong Long, Jun Shan, Ying Dai, Wei Wu
Summary: The study explored the diagnostic value of six CEUS enhancement patterns for solid pancreatic lesions and found good concordance between observers. The diagnostic accuracy of CEUS was significantly different from that of US, but not significantly different from that of enhanced CT. The different enhancement patterns on CEUS were clinically valuable for differentiation of solid pancreatic lesions.
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Acoustics
Juhong Pan, Wenwei Chen, Haidong Zhang, Xingyue Huang, Xin Huang
Summary: This study evaluated and compared the value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (CE-MRI) in distinguishing between benign and malignant mediastinal tumors. The results showed that CEUS had higher specificity than CE-MRI and can be used as an effective alternative and complementary examination for patients who cannot undergo CE-MRI.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Peidi Zhang, Haijing Liu, Xiao Yang, Lina Pang, Fen Gu, Jiani Yuan, Lei Ding, Jun Zhang, Wen Luo
Summary: This study compared the contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) features of inflammatory thyroid nodules and papillary thyroid carcinomas using time-intensity curve (TIC) analysis. The results showed that the heterogeneous hypo-enhancement CEUS pattern was predominant in inflammatory nodules, while the concentric hypo-enhancement pattern was identified as a valuable predictive pattern for papillary carcinomas. TIC parameters revealed that inflammatory nodules had a lower peak intensity and a smaller maximum slope rate of the ascending curve, compared with papillary carcinomas.
QUANTITATIVE IMAGING IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY
(2022)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Jianmin Ding, Lei Long, Xiang Zhang, Chen Chen, Hongyu Zhou, Yan Zhou, Yandong Wang, Xiang Jing, Zhaoxiang Ye, Fengmei Wang
Summary: This study compared the classification of liver nodules in high-risk hepatocellular carcinoma patients using CEUS and CECT/MRI LI-RADS, finding fair inter-modality agreement and comparable positive predictive values for HCC. CECT/MRI showed better diagnostic performance for non-HCC malignancy compared to CEUS.
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Ruiying Zheng, Xiaoer Zhang, Baoxian Liu, Yi Zhang, Hui Shen, Xiaoyan Xie, Shurong Li, Guangliang Huang
Summary: The purpose of this study was to establish prediction models for microvascular invasion (MVI) based on preoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and ethoxybenzyl-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (EOB-MRI) in patients with a single hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ≤ 5 cm. Three prediction models were developed based on the analysis of non-radiomics imaging features and radiomics scores from CEUS and EOB-MRI images, and their predictive values were evaluated. The results showed that the combined radiomics scores based on CEUS and EOB-MRI, along with arterial peritumoral enhancement on CEUS, performed well in predicting MVI.
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Shunsuke Omoto, Masayuki Kitano, Mitsuharu Fukasawa, Reiko Ashida, Hironari Kato, Hideyuki Shiomi, Kazuya Sugimori, Atsushi Kanno, Yasutaka Chiba, Shinichi Takano, Naoki Yamamoto, Takeshi Ezaki, Haruo Miwa, Akitaka Yokomura, Masato Hoshikawa, Takamitsu Tanaka, Masatoshi Kudo
Summary: This study compared the diagnostic accuracy of TH-EUS and CH-EUS for pancreatic carcinoma, with CH-EUS showing higher accuracy than TH-EUS. The most accurate parameter for TH-EUS was irregular periphery, while for CH-EUS, late phase hypoenhancement was the most accurate.
DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Jiang Bo, Han Peng, Zhu LianHua, Fei Xiang, Luo Yukun
Summary: This study demonstrates that intraprocedural IA-CEUS can be used to predict the tumour response in HCC patients after TACE, and identifies several risk factors associated with tumour response.
Article
Oncology
Rong-xi Liang, Hua Wang, Hui-ping Zhang, Qin Ye, Yu Zhang, Mei-juan Zheng, En-sheng Xue, Yi-fan Zhu
Summary: Real-time contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) combined with contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) can be used for the differential diagnosis of CCRCC, PRCC, and CRCC renal cell carcinoma subtypes, providing significant clinical implications.
UROLOGIC ONCOLOGY-SEMINARS AND ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS
(2021)
Article
Acoustics
Seungchul Han, Se Woo Kim, Sungeun Park, Jeong Hee Yoon, Hyo-Jin Kang, Jeongin Yoo, Ijin Joo, Jae Seok Bae, Jeong Min Lee
Summary: The study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of perfluorobutane-enhanced ultrasound in differentiating HCC from non-HCC malignancies and other benign lesions using different acquisition methods. The results showed that image acquisition up to 5 minutes after contrast injection with additional Kupffer phase could potentially achieve high accuracy and sensitivity in diagnosing HCC without loss of specificity.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Xueqi Chen, Fengzhi Hao, Yang Gui, Jing Zhang, Li Tan, Mengsu Xiao, Qing Zhang, Hua Meng, Jianchu Li, Yuxin Jiang, Ke Lv
Summary: The study investigated the diagnostic value of venous phase enhancement patterns in CEUS images for solid pancreatic lesions with iso- to hyperenhancement in the arterial phase. Different enhancement patterns showed high specificity in determining malignancy or benign lesions, with CEUS improving diagnostic confidence.
QUANTITATIVE IMAGING IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Wenyu Fu, Dan Liu, Yongjiang Xiong, Chuan Liu, Jiaji Liu, Xinping Yi, Tao Zhao
Summary: This study compared the accuracy of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and contrast-enhanced MRI in diagnosing bladder tumor and muscularis invasion. The results showed that there were no differences in diagnosing different pathological types of bladder cancer between CEUS and MRI, but CEUS had a better sensitivity in diagnosing muscularis invasion of bladder urothelial carcinoma compared to MRI.
INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Haiyi Long, Xiaoyu Zhou, Xiaoer Zhang, Jieyi Ye, Tongyi Huang, Longfei Cong, Xiaoyan Xie, Guangliang Huang
Summary: The efficiency of three-dimensional (3D) and two-dimensional (2D) contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)-derived techniques in evaluating the ablative margin (AM) after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was compared. The study found that 3D CEUS fusion imaging (3D CEUS-FI) excelled in the evaluation of AM compared to 2D CEUS point-to-point imaging (2D CEUS-PI). 3D CEUS-FI had equivalent efficacy in predicting local tumor progression (LTP) and had the advantage of time-saving.
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Yasunobu Yamashita, Yuki Kawaji, Toshio Shimokawa, Hirofumi Yamazaki, Takashi Tamura, Keiichi Hatamaru, Masahiro Itonaga, Reiko Ashida, Manabu Kawai, Masayuki Kitano
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasonography (CH-EUS) in malignant intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) and IPMN-associated invasive carcinoma (invasive IPMC). The results showed that CH-EUS had higher accuracy than contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CE-CT) and conventional EUS in detecting mural nodules and diagnosing malignant IPMN. Additionally, the vascular pattern on CH-EUS was useful for diagnosing invasive IPMC.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Xiaozhen Tong, Xiaofen Wu, Qiaohong Zhang
Summary: Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) demonstrates high sensitivity and specificity in diagnosing endometrial carcinoma (EC) and can be deemed an effective and feasible method for EC staging.
Article
Oncology
Bo Wang, Di Yang, Xuan Zhang, XuanTong Gong, Tong Xu, Jie Han, YinPeng Ren, ShuangMei Zou, Lin Li, Yong Wang
Summary: Ductal lesions in breast imaging are often overlooked and poorly understood, with a risk of underlying malignancy ranging from 5% to 23%. Ultrasonography is an important method for assessing these lesions, but it is difficult to distinguish benign from malignant abnormalities. A study of 82 patients found that microcalcification and enlarged enhancement scope were independent factors for predicting malignant ductal lesions, and their combined diagnosis greatly improved diagnostic performance.