Register now: “The Essentials of CEUS: The Basics and Beyond”

Washington, DC
Abdominal CEUS - Saturday, Sept. 21 Register Here
Cardiovascular CEUS - Sunday, Sept. 22 Register Here
For details, go to CEUS Washington DC

Los Angeles -- USC
Abdominal CEUS - Saturday, Oct. 18
Register Here
Cardiovascular CEUS - Sunday, Oct. 19 Register Here
For details, go to CEUS Los Angeles

Learn basic and advanced CEUS skills from world-renowned experts. As CEUS plays an increasingly vital role in diagnostic imaging these affordable ICUS training programs are a must for all ultrasound professionals.

Watch hands-on CEUS demonstrations performed by expert echocardiographers at the 2019 Hammersmith Echocardiology Conference in London. There is no cost to view the demonstrations.

To watch, click here

Special thanks to ICUS board members Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Mark Monaghan and Sharon Mulvagh, and to LiveMedia, for making these educational experiences available to ICUS.

Introduction to CEUS for Abdominal Applications: Watch here

Introduction to CEUS for Echocardiography: Watch here

Special thanks to ICUS Board Member Bev Gorman, the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission, and speakers Cyndi Peterson and Pam Burgess.

View archived ICUS educational programs to learn basic and advanced CEUS from experts. These webcasts are offered free of charge.

Essentials of Abdominal CEUS - Orlando - April 2019

Essentials of Abdominal CEUS - Chicago - May 2019

Essentials of Cardiovascular CEUS - Chicago - May 2019

Basic concepts of contrast ultrasound - London - June 2019

ICUS is pleased to offer a handy, easy-to-use summary of new and updated coding and payment information effective in the United States on January 1, 2019.

The ICUS Coding and Payment chart shows:

• All non-cardiac CEUS - Now covered by Category 1 CPT codes.
• Cardiac CEUS - Now covered by updated CPT codes.

The 2019 ICUS Coding and Payment chart provides information for illustrative purposes only and neither interprets payer policy nor guarantees payment. Reimbursement amounts are Medicare national averages for CY 2019. Actual payments are site-specific and will differ from examples provided. Providers are solely responsible for exercising independent clinical judgment in selecting the code(s) that most accurately reflect a patient's condition and the procedure(s) performed.

Ultrasound Societies Urge FDA to Remove “Black Box” on Ultrasound Contrast Agents (March 5, 2019)

Physicians predict “sea change” for contrast ultrasound use (November 26, 2018)

Medical Society Files FDA Citizen Petition Seeking Removal of Boxed Warnings on Ultrasound Contrast Agents (September 17, 2018)

ICUS - Press Release - Richard Barr (September 7, 2018)

ICUS - Press release - TJU bubble therapy liver disease (September 7, 2018)

ICUS - Press Release - Ed Grant (September 6, 2018)

Medical Society Urges Broader Role for Sonographers (September 5, 2018)

Lose Weight While You Sleep? Maybe Soon, According to ICUS Conference Study (October 6, 2017)

More ICUS Press Releases

CEUS rules out liver cancer where MR and CT were unsuccessful

By Dr. Orpheus Kolokythas

David is a 32-year old man with Down syndrome and a congenital ventricular septal defect, a cardiac abnormality. Despite technically successful cardiac surgery in childhood, David developed heart failure, chronic liver congestion and a chronic blockage of the portal vein, the main vessel draining the intestinal blood into the liver. Repeated fluid taps showed chylous ascites, a form of fluid buildup suggesting a lymphatic leak.

Read more...

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