Three decades of ultrasound contrast agents: a review of the past, present and future improvements

P Frinking, T Segers, Y Luan, F Tranquart - Ultrasound in medicine & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Initial reports from the 1960s describing the observations of ultrasound contrast
enhancement by tiny gaseous bubbles during echocardiographic examinations prompted …

[HTML][HTML] Intraoperative ultrasound in brain tumor surgery: A review and implementation guide

L Dixon, A Lim, M Grech-Sollars, D Nandi… - Neurosurgical Review, 2022 - Springer
Accurate and reliable intraoperative neuronavigation is crucial for achieving maximal safe
resection of brain tumors. Intraoperative MRI (iMRI) has received significant attention as the …

[HTML][HTML] Guidelines and good clinical practice recommendations for contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the liver–update 2020–WFUMB in cooperation with …

CF Dietrich, CP Nolsøe, RG Barr… - Ultraschall in der …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
The present, updated document describes the fourth iteration of recommendations for the
hepatic use of contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), first initiated in 2004 by the European …

2020 Chinese guidelines for ultrasound malignancy risk stratification of thyroid nodules: the C-TIRADS

JQ Zhou, LX Yin, X Wei, S Zhang, YY Song, BM Luo… - Endocrine, 2020 - Springer
Thyroid nodules are very common all over the world, and China is no exception. Ultrasound
plays an important role in determining the risk stratification of thyroid nodules, which is …

[HTML][HTML] Performance of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in thyroid nodules: review of current state and future perspectives

M Radzina, M Ratniece, DS Putrins, L Saule… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Ultrasound has been used as baseline imaging for thyroid nodules for
decades; nevertheless, no single feature is sensitive or specific enough to exclude or …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging characterization of renal masses

C Nicolau, N Antunes, B Paño, C Sebastia - Medicina, 2021 - mdpi.com
The detection of a renal mass is a relatively frequent occurrence in the daily practice of any
Radiology Department. The diagnostic approaches depend on whether the lesion is cystic …

[HTML][HTML] The role of CEUS in the evaluation of thyroid cancer: From diagnosis to local staging

S Sorrenti, V Dolcetti, D Fresilli, G Del Gaudio… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ultrasound often represents the first diagnostic step for thyroid nodule evaluation in clinical
practice, but baseline US alone is not always effective enough to achieve thyroid nodule …

Validation and comparison of three newly-released Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data Systems for cancer risk determination

T Xu, Y Wu, RX Wu, YZ Zhang, JY Gu, XH Ye, W Tang… - Endocrine, 2019 - Springer
Purpose To validate and compare diagnostic value of three newly-released Thyroid Imaging
Reporting and Data Systems (TIRADS) for cancer risk determination. Methods Total 2031 …

[HTML][HTML] Thyroid nodule characterization: How to assess the malignancy risk. update of the literature

D Fresilli, E David, P Pacini, G Del Gaudio, V Dolcetti… - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ultrasound (US) is the first imaging modality for thyroid parenchyma evaluation. In the last
decades, the role of ultrasound has been improved with the introduction of new US software …

Contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration versus standard fine-needle aspiration in pancreatic masses: A meta-analysis

A Facciorusso, BP Mohan, SF Crinò… - Expert Review of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives It is still unclear whether endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) contrast-enhanced fine-
needle aspiration (CH-EUS-FNA) determines superior results in comparison to standard …