Enhancing the Role of Ultrasound with Contrast Agents

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lencioni, Riccardo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan, 2006.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Hepatology.; Oncology.; Urology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Ultrasound.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.

The introduction of microbubble contrast agents and the development of contrast-specific scanning techniques have opened new prospects in ultrasound. The advent of second-generation agents – that enable real-time contrast-enhanced imaging – has been instrumental in improving the acceptance and the r...

Table of Contents:

• Technique and Methodology of Contrast Ultrasound
• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound: Basic Physics and Technology Overview
• Clinical Application of Contrast Ultrasound in Liver Diseases
• Characterisation of Benign Focal Liver Lesions with Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS)
• Characterisation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhosis
• Detection and Characterisation of Liver Metastases
• Guidance of Percutaneous Tumor Ablation Procedures
• Follow-up of Oncology Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy
• Quantification of Microbubble Enhancement in Liver Imaging
• Intra-Operative Contrast Ultrasound in Liver Surgery
• European Guidelines in Liver Contrast Ultrasound
• Clinical Application of Contrast Ultrasound In Vascular Diseases
• Transcranial Doppler
• Contrast Ultrasound in Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke Management
• Abdominal Vessels
• New Prospects in Clinical Application of Contrast Ultrasound
• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound of Focal Renal Lesions
• Renal Transplant Follow-up
• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Low-Energy Blunt Abdominal Trauma
• Prostate Carcinoma
• Recent Advances in Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Woman Pelvis Lesions
• Role of Contrast Ultrasound in Breast Lesions and Sentinel Lymph Nodes
• Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Rheumatoid Arthritis.