Ultrasound contrast imaging: Fundamentals and emerging technology

H Yusefi, B Helfield - Frontiers in Physics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The development of microbubble contrast agents has broadened the scope of medical
ultrasound imaging. Along with dedicated imaging techniques, these agents provide …

Histologic, molecular, and cytogenetic features of ovarian cancers: implications for diagnosis and treatment

N Lalwani, SR Prasad, R Vikram, AK Shanbhogue… - Radiographics, 2011 - pubs.rsna.org
Ovarian epithelial carcinoma (OEC), the most common ovarian malignancy, is a
heterogeneous disease with several histologic subtypes that show characteristic cytogenetic …

Early diagnosis of ovarian carcinoma: is a solution in sight?

AM Lutz, JK Willmann, CW Drescher, P Ray… - Radiology, 2011 - pubs.rsna.org
Ovarian cancer is the most lethal of the gynecologic malignancies. Because ovarian cancer
symptoms are subtle and nonspecific, the diagnosis is often delayed until the disease is well …

Clinical uses of microbubbles in diagnosis and treatment

D Cosgrove, C Harvey - Medical & biological engineering & computing, 2009 - Springer
The development of microbubbles as ultrasound contrast agents (USCA) has opened the
way for new and extended applications of ultrasound in clinical practise as well as offering …

Contrast‐enhanced sonography helps in discrimination of benign from malignant adnexal masses

H Marret, S Sauget, B Giraudeau… - Journal of ultrasound …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. To investigate the potential efficacy of real‐time contrast‐enhanced power
Doppler sonography in the differentiation of benign and malignant adnexal masses in a pilot …

Angiogenesis imaging–ultrasound

D Cosgrove - The British journal of radiology, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Ultrasound is an attractive modality for imaging angiogenesis because of the ease with
which it can be repeated without exposing the patient or animal to any risk [1, 2]. Ultrasound …

Imaging of tumor angiogenesis: functional or targeted?

B Turkbey, H Kobayashi, M Ogawa… - American journal of …, 2009 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. Angiogenesis—the growth of new vessels—is both a normal physiologic
response and a critical step in many pathologic processes, particularly cancer. Imaging has …

True Reproducibility of UltraSound Techniques (TRUST): systematic review of reliability studies in obstetrics and gynecology

MA Coelho Neto, P Roncato, CO Nastri… - … in Obstetrics & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To examine the quality of methods used and the accuracy of the interpretation of
agreement in existing studies that examine the reliability of ultrasound measurements and …

Mathematical models of contrast transport kinetics for cancer diagnostic imaging: a review

S Turco, H Wijkstra, M Mischi - IEEE reviews in biomedical …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Angiogenesis plays a fundamental role in cancer growth and the formation of metastasis.
Novel cancer therapies aimed at inhibiting angiogenic processes and/or disrupting …

Ultrasound microbubble contrast and current clinical applications

S Dindyal, C Kyriakides - Recent Patents on Cardiovascular …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Ultrasound imaging is widely used worldwide principally because it is cheap, easily
available and contains no exposure to ionizing radiation. The advent of microbubble …