The approval of microbubbles with the inert gas sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6) and a palmitic
acid shell (SonoVue®, Bracco Geneva, CH) for the diagnostic imaging of liver tumors in …

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) use is increasing worldwide, including in the United
States, for multiple applications in patients of all ages. CEUS is most performed for focal liver …

The use of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in adults is well established in many
different areas, with a number of current applications deemed “off-label”, but the use …

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is increasingly being used in children. One of the
most common referrals for CEUS performance is characterization of indeterminate focal liver …

Ultrasound (US) imaging in the paediatric population has been a routine technique for
decades, in part because of the advantages it offers over other imaging modalities. Off-label …

We thank the author for the interest in recent statement on use of contrast-enhanced
ultrasound (CEUS) in the paediatric population [1], and note the number of concerns raised …

Initially, a set of guidelines for the use of ultrasound contrast agents was published in 2004
dealing only with liver applications. A second edition of the guidelines in 2008 reflected …

Objectives Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) can be diagnosed non-invasively with contrast-
enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in cirrhosis if the characteristic pattern of arterial phase …

The recent development of sonographic contrast agents (or" microbubbles") has stimulated
increasingly intensive studies on the relationships between ultrasound and contrast media …

Contrast agents for ultrasonography (US) comprise microscopic bubbles of gas in an
encapsulating shell. They are unique in that they interact with the imaging process …