Contrast-enhanced ultrasound: a comprehensive review of safety in children

A Ntoulia, SA Anupindi, SJ Back, RA Didier… - Pediatric …, 2021 - Springer
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) has been increasingly used in pediatric radiology
practice worldwide. For nearly two decades, CEUS applications have been performed with …

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound in children: implementation and key diagnostic applications

JH Squires, MB McCarville - American Journal of …, 2021 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
Please see the Editorial Comment by Jeannie K. Kwon discussing this article. Contrast-
enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) utilization is expanding rapidly, particularly in children, in …

Cerebral microcirculation mapped by echo particle tracking velocimetry quantifies the intracranial pressure and detects ischemia

Z Zhang, M Hwang, TJ Kilbaugh, A Sridharan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Affecting 1.1‰ of infants, hydrocephalus involves abnormal accumulation of
cerebrospinal fluid, resulting in elevated intracranial pressure (ICP). It is the leading cause …

A review of clinical applications for super-resolution ultrasound localization microscopy

H Yi, MR Lowerison, P Song, W Zhang - Current Medical Science, 2022 - Springer
Microvascular structure and hemodynamics are important indicators for the diagnosis and
assessment of many diseases and pathologies. The structural and functional imaging of …

Precision medicine in neonates: a tailored approach to neonatal brain injury

ML Tataranno, DC Vijlbrief, J Dudink… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Despite advances in neonatal care to prevent neonatal brain injury and
neurodevelopmental impairment, predicting long-term outcome in neonates at risk for brain …

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of the pediatric brain

M Hwang, CE Barnewolt, J Jüngert, F Prada… - Pediatric …, 2021 - Springer
Brain contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is an emerging application that can
complement gray-scale US and yield additional insights into cerebral flow dynamics. CEUS …

Introduction to contrast-enhanced ultrasound of the brain in neonates and infants: current understanding and future potential

M Hwang - Pediatric radiology, 2019 - Springer
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a valuable bedside imaging technique that
enables both qualitative and quantitative assessment of cerebral perfusion. In neonates and …

Ultrasound imaging of preterm brain injury: fundamentals and updates

M Hwang, LO Tierradentro-García, SH Hussaini… - Pediatric …, 2022 - Springer
Neurosonography has become an essential tool for diagnosis and serial monitoring of
preterm brain injury. Preterm infants are at significantly higher risk of hypoxic–ischemic …

Cerebral blood flow of the neonatal brain after hypoxic–ischemic injury

LO Tierradentro-García, S Saade-Lemus… - American journal of …, 2023 - thieme-connect.com
Objective Hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in infants can have long-term adverse
neurodevelopmental effects and markedly reduce quality of life. Both the initial …

Current understanding and future potential applications of cerebral microvascular imaging in infants

M Hwang, S Haddad… - The British Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Microvascular imaging is an advanced Doppler ultrasound technique that detects slow flow
in microvessels by suppressing clutter signal and motion-related artifacts. The technique has …