Imaging modalities for characterising focal pancreatic lesions

LMJ Best, V Rawji, SP Pereira… - Cochrane Database …, 2017 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Increasing numbers of incidental pancreatic lesions are being detected each
year. Accurate characterisation of pancreatic lesions into benign, precancerous, and cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Endoscopic ultrasound elastography for solid pancreatic lesions

T Chantarojanasiri, P Kongkam - World Journal of Gastrointestinal …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Elastography is one of technologies assisting diagnosis of solid pancreatic lesions (SPL).
This technology has been previously used for measuring the stiffness of various organs …

[HTML][HTML] Real time endoscopic ultrasound elastography and strain ratio in the diagnosis of solid pancreatic lesions

H Okasha, S Elkholy, R El-Sayed, MN Wifi… - World Journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM To evaluate the accuracy of the elastography score combined to the strain ratio in the
diagnosis of solid pancreatic lesions (SPL). METHODS A total of 172 patients with SPL …

Diagnostic efficacy of quantitative endoscopic ultrasound elastography for differentiating pancreatic disease

SY Kim, JH Cho, YJ Kim, EJ Kim… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aim Endoscopic ultrasound elastography (EUS‐EG) constitutes a
novel imaging procedure that allows for the quantification of tissue stiffness with high …

[HTML][HTML] Maximizing the endosonography: The role of contrast harmonics, elastography and confocal endomicroscopy

A Seicean, O Mosteanu, R Seicean - World journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
New technologies in endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) evaluation have been developed
because of the need to improve the EUS and EUS-fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) …

Diagnostic utility of endoscopic ultrasonography-elastography in the evaluation of solid pancreatic masses: a meta-analysis and systematic review

Y Lu, L Chen, C Li, H Chen, J Chen - Medical Ultrasonography, 2017 - medultrason.ro
Aim: The accuracy for endoscopic ultrasonography-elastography (EUS-EG) in the evaluation
of solid pancreatic masses varies greatly and the pooled results have not been updated …

New Imaging Techniques: endoscopic ultrasound-guided elastography

J Iglesias-García, J Lariño-Noia… - Gastrointestinal …, 2017 - giendo.theclinics.com
The introduction of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in clinical practice is an important
advancement in the management of a wide variety of diseases. EUS has been …

Pancreatic cancer screening: Still a delusion?

P Moutinho-Ribeiro, R Coelho, M Giovannini… - Pancreatology, 2017 - Elsevier
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma represents the fourth most common cause of cancer mortality
and death due to pancreatic cancer (PC) have increased since 2003. Its incidence has also …

Supersonic transient magnetic resonance elastography for quantitative assessment of tissue elasticity

Y Liu, J Liu, BZ Fite, J Foiret, A Ilovitsh… - Physics in Medicine …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Non-invasive, quantitative methods to assess the properties of biological tissues are needed
for many therapeutic and tissue engineering applications. Magnetic resonance elastography …

[HTML][HTML] Accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition in the evaluation of lymph nodes enlargement in the absence of on-site pathologist

YK Chin, J Iglesias-Garcia, D de la Iglesia… - World Journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM To evaluate factors that influence the diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound
(EUS)-guided tissue acquisition for lymph node enlargement in the absence of an on-site …