Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) of the gastrointestinal tract provides vascular
information helpful for characterizing masses and other pathologies in and around the …

Acute appendicitis (AA) is a common abdominal emergency with a lifetime prevalence of
about 7%. As the clinical diagnosis of AA remains a challenge to emergency physicians and …

Evaluating children for appendicitis can be extremely difficult, and various strategies have
been developed to improve the precision of preoperative diagnosis. Among these …

In October 2014 the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and
Biology formed a Gastrointestinal Ultrasound (GIUS) task force group to promote the use of …

OBJECTIVE. Little information is available regarding the safety of ultrasound contrast agents
in children. The purpose of this article was to assess the safety profile of the IV …

Die akute Appendizitis zählt zu den häufigsten chirurgischen Notfällen. Trotzdem ist die
Indikationsstellung zur Appendektomie mit einer hohen Rate an präoperativen …

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: There has been little rigorous evaluation of the
sonographic criteria for acute appendicitis in children. Our clinical experience has called the …

Objective. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the negative predictive value (NPV) of
sonography in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Methods. Right lower quadrant …

The emerging tools of in vivo molecular imaging are enabling dynamic cellular and
molecular analyses of disease mechanisms in living animal models and humans. These …

Background Little information exists regarding pediatric contrast-enhanced US. Objective To
assess the safety and feasibility of contrast-enhanced US of pediatric abdominal and pelvic …