ICUS Weekly News Monitor Archive

• Parker Labs leads investment in Solstice ultrasound contrast agent
• Therapeutic Angiogenesis for Ovarian Transplantation through Ultrasound-Targeted Microbubble Destruction
• Principal component regression-based contrast-enhanced ultrasound evaluation system for the management of BI-RADS US 4A breast masses: objective assistance for radiologists
• ANNOUNCING: New CEUS education hub for sonography schools
• Ultrasound Contrast Agents Greatly Aids in Complex Congenital Heart Imaging
• Quantitative ultrasound characterization of therapy response in prostate cancer in vivo
• Predicting Long-Term Hepatocellular Carcinoma Response to Transarterial Radioembolization Using Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound: Initial Experiences
• Pediatric contrast-enhanced ultrasound: shedding light on the pursuit of approval in the United States
• Guideline for ultrasonic diagnosis of liver diseases
• Quantitative analysis of in-vivo microbubble distribution in the human brain
• Imaging Features of Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound
• Building better bubbles for ultrasound could enhance image quality, facilitate treatments
• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography–Based Hepatic Perfusion for Early Prediction of Prognosis in Acute Liver Failure
• Establishment of a Diagnostic Method for Pelvic Sentinel Lymph Node Metastasis by Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Uterine Cancer
• Papillary breast lesions detected using conventional ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound: imaging characteristics and associations with malignancy
• Delivering RNA therapies to brain tumors
• Impact of Contrast Echocardiography on Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients
• Application of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography (CEUS) in the Assessment of Kidney Wound Recovery After Nephron-Sparing Surgery
• Ultrasound organizations rally to support use of ultrasound contrast agents
• Ultrasound societies say ‘no change’ to contrast agent policy
• Medical Societies Support Safety and Benefits of Ultrasound Contrast Agents
• Medical Societies Support Safety and Benefits of Ultrasound Contrast Agents
• Breaching the blood-brain barrier to treat tumors
• Hysterosalpingo Contrast Ultrasound Aids Infertility Exams
• The AIUM Statement on Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) in Ultrasound Contrast Agents
• Single-cell analysis reveals effective siRNA delivery in brain tumors with microbubble-enhanced ultrasound and cationic nanoparticles
• The added value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in evaluation of indeterminate small solid renal masses and risk stratification of cystic renal lesions
• ICUS issues statement supporting US contrast safety
• International Contrast Ultrasound Society (ICUS) Policy Statement Supporting Established Safety Record of Ultrasound Contrast Agents and Continued Use Where Medically Appropriate
• Medical Society Urges Use of Ultrasound Contrast Agents and Supports Safety Record
• Expert Consensus Statement from the American Society of Echocardiography on Hypersensitivity Reactions to Ultrasound Enhancing Agents in Patients with Allergy to Polyethylene Glycol (Peg)
• Ultrafast ultrasound maps tiny blood vessels deep in the human brain
• Hysterosalpingo contrast ultrasound shows promise in infertility exams
• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Children: Implementation and Key Diagnostic Applications
• Value of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in assessing the activity of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: a prospective study
• Using contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma – what we have and have not achieved
• Researchers tout promise of contrast ultrasound at AIUM 2021
• Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in the Differential Diagnosis of Focal Splenic Lesions
• Medicare CY 2021 Coding & Payment for CEUS
• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography Identifies Microperfusion in CKD
• Quadruple fusion imaging via transparent ultrasound transducer
• Transcranial ultrafast ultrasound localization microscopy of brain vasculature in patients
• Optimizing contrast‑enhanced echocardiography by employing a sonographer driven protocol
• Tiny bubbles making large impact on medical ultrasound imaging
• An Update on the Pediatric CEUS Registry on Behalf of the “EFSUMB Pediatric CEUS Registry Working Group”
• Molecular imaging of orthotopic prostate cancer with nanobubble ultrasound contrast agents targeted to PSMA
• Preoperative Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) Combined with 125I Seeds Localization in Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer
• Contrast-Enhanced vs Conventional Endoscopic Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Pancreatic Lesions
• FDA approves packaging for Bracco’s Lumason agent
• 5 Key Trends in Ultrasound Systems
• MR versus CEUS LI-RADS for Distinguishing Hepatocellular Carcinoma from other Hepatic Malignancies in High-Risk Patients
• Focused Ultrasound and Microbubble Treatment Increases Delivery of Transferrin Receptor-Targeting Liposomes to the Brain
• SRU CEUS Guidelines for Non-Cardiac Imaging
• Sonoporation: Underlying Mechanisms and Applications in Cellular Regulation
• Neuronavigation-guided focused ultrasound for transcranial blood-brain barrier opening and immunostimulation in brain tumors
• Quantifiable Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Explores the Role of Protection, Rest, Ice (Cryotherapy), Compression and Elevation (PRICE) Therapy on Microvascular Blood Flow
• The Application of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound for Core Needle Biopsy of Subpleural Pulmonary Lesions: Retrospective Analysis in 92 Patients
• Clinical Utility of Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Lymphadenopathy
• Perfusion patterns of peripheral pulmonary lesions in COVID‐19 patients using contrast‐enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)
• Cortical perfusion as assessed with contrast-enhanced ultrasound is lower in patients with chronic kidney disease than in healthy subjects but increases under low salt conditions
• New Applications in Echocardiography for Ultrasound Contrast Agents in the 21st Century
• Microbubbles Augment RT in Liver Cancer Patients
• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Assessment of Renal Parenchymal Perfusion in Patients with Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis to Predict Renal Function Improvement After Revascularization
• Prognostic value of intraplaque neovascularization detected by carotid Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in patients undergoing stress echocardiography
• Clinical and Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound Characteristics of Epithelioid and Classic Hepatic Angiomyolipoma: Comparison With Alpha-fetoprotein–negative Hepatocellular Carcinoma
• Microbubbles Create Greater Radiation Sensitivity in Liver Tumors
• A first-in-human clinical trial shows microbubbles augments radiation in liver cancer patients
• US-triggered Microbubble Destruction for Augmenting Hepatocellular Carcinoma Response to Transarterial Radioembolization: A Randomized Pilot Clinical Trial
• Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography to evaluate risk factors for short-term and long-term outcomes after liver transplantation: A pilot prospective study
• Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of the liver in colorectal cancer: A useful tool in the right patient
• Should We Use Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) for the Characterization of Nonpalpable Testicular Lesions? An Analysis from a Cost-Effectiveness Perspective
• Recent Advances on Ultrasound Contrast Agents for Blood-Brain Barrier Opening with Focused Ultrasound
• Comparison Between Below Knee Contrast Enhanced Tomographic 3D Ultrasound and CT, MR or Catheter Angiography for Peripheral Artery Imaging
• Carotid Intraplaque Neovascularization on Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Correlates with Cardiovascular Events and Poor Prognosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
• EMUC 2020: Ultrasound Is Improving: 29 Mhz, mpUS, C-TRUS, Elastography and Microbubble
• Time Difference of Arrival on Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Distinguishing Benign Inflammation From Malignant Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions
• Road to RSNA 2020 — Ultrasound: The 60-year-old modality of the future
• Diagnostic accuracy of grayscale, power Doppler and contrast-enhanced ultrasound compared with contrast-enhanced MRI in the visualization of synovitis in knee osteoarthritis
• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography versus Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Mediastinal Tumors
• Advances of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography and Elastography in Kidney Transplantation: From Microscopic to Microcosmic
• Ultrasound vs. MRI to detect uterine leiomyomas
• Utility of Targeted Ultrasound in Predicting Malignancy Among Lesions Detected on Contrast-Enhanced Digital Mammography
• An Integrated Approach to Ultrasound Imaging in Medicine and Biology
• Special Collection of Papers from the 25th European Symposium on Ultrasound Contrast Imaging – A set of review articles covering the past, present and future of UCA
• Contrast-enhanced ultrasound can guide the therapeutic strategy by improving the detection of colorectal liver metastases
• An Introduction to the EFSUMB Guidelines on Interventional Ultrasound (INVUS)
• Guidelines and Good Clinical Practice Recommendations for Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in the Liver – Update 2020 WFUMB in Cooperation with EFSUMB, AFSUMB, AIUM, and FLAUS
• Evaluation of the Reproducibility of Bolus Transit Quantification With Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Across Multiple Scanners and Analysis Software Packages — A Quantitative Imaging Biomarker Alliance Study
• CEUS liver guidelines get first update in 8 years
• Does Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) of Normal/Benign Axillary Lymph Nodes in Patients with Breast Cancer Identify Significant Axillary Nodal Burden?
• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Outperforms CT and MRI with Some Liver Cancers
• Enhanced ultrasound bests CT, MR for diagnosing some liver cancers
• Vascular Imaging of Pulmonary Disorders
• Comparison of Contrast‐Enhanced Ultrasound Versus Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Detection and Characterization of Uterine Leiomyomas
• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Pediatric Imaging
• Identification of Need for Ultrasound Enhancing Agent Study (the IN-USE study)
• Review of ultrasound contrast agents in current clinical practice with special focus on DEFINITY® in cardiac imaging
• Diagnostic Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for Differential Diagnosis of Malignant and Benign Soft Tissue Masses: A Meta-Analysis
• A Survey of CEUS Education in Sonographer Training Programs: The Well-Opacified and Delineated Road Less Travelled, and Ready to be Taken
• Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of focal liver masses
• Contrast group asks FDA to pull ‘black box’ warning
• Ultrasound society urges FDA to eliminate ‘outdated’ contrast label warnings
• FDA Urged to Nix Black Box Label for Ultrasound Contrast Agents
• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound; State of the Art in North America
• FDA Urged to Remove Boxed Warnings on Ultrasound Contrast Agents
• To Give or Not to Give? Ultrasound Enhancing Agents Remain Underutilized Tools for the Quantification of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
• Ultrasound Enhanced S100A4-shRNA Delivery Using Acoustically Activated Cationic Lipid Nanodroplets to Reach and Treat Myocytes within the Developing Scar Zone
• ASE Features Top 20 Echocardiography Research Abstract Presentations
• CEUS helps predict chronic kidney disease progression
• FDA approves RFID option for Definity contrast
• Improving Prognostic and Chronicity Evaluation of Chronic Kidney Disease with Contrast‐Enhanced Ultrasound Index-Derived Peak Intensity
• The use of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in COVID-19 lung imaging
• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Evaluation of Renal Blood Perfusion Changes After Percutaneous Transluminal Renal Angioplasty and Stenting for Severe Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis
• Fully Automated Quantification of Contrast and Non-Contrast Echocardiograms Eliminates Inter-Operator Variability
• Acoustical tweezers trap microbubbles
• Accelerating thrombolysis using a precision and clot-penetrating drug delivery strategy by nanoparticle-shelled microbubbles
• Contrast‐Enhanced Ultrasound Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System for Diagnosing Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Meta‐Analysis
• EAU 2020: Ultrasound in Prostate Cancer Imaging: Dead or Ready to Get Started?
• How Is COVID ‐19 Changing Lung Ultrasound? A Survey by the Thoracic Ultrasound Academy
• Contrast-enhanced transrectal ultrasound can reduce collection of unnecessary biopsies when diagnosing prostate cancer and is predictive of biochemical recurrence following a radical prostatectomy in patients with localized prostate cancer
• Expecting the unexpected: Echo laboratory preparedness in the time of COVID‐19
• Potential value of three-dimensional ultrasonography in diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy in Chinese diabetic population with kidney injury
• Improved medical imaging improves cancer staging
• Association between contrast-enhanced ultrasound indicators and prostate cancer biochemical recurrence after treatment
• Ultrasound software predicts cancer treatment success
• Specific Considerations for Sonographers When Performing Echocardiography during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak: Supplement to the American Society of Echocardiography Statement
• American Society of Echocardiography Statement on Protection of Patients and Echocardiography Service Providers During the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak: Endorsed by the American College of Cardiology
• Contrast-Enhanced Echocardiographic Measurement of Left Ventricular Wall Thickness in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Comparison with Standard Echocardiography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance
• Targeted Nanobubbles Carrying Indocyanine Green for Ultrasound, Photoacoustic and Fluorescence Imaging of Prostate Cancer
• Tumor Vascular Networks Depicted in Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Images as a Predictor for Transarterial Chemoembolization Treatment Response
• Guidelines and Good Clinical Practice Recommendations for Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in the Liver – Update 2020
• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound: Identification of Neovascularization Permits Characterization of Vulnerable Carotid Plaques
• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for Musculoskeletal Applications: A World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology Position Paper
• Comparative Diagnostic Evaluation with Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound, Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms
• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Can Pinpoint Lung Findings Unique to COVID-19
• Contrast ultrasound reveals unique COVID-19 lung findings
• Contrast‑enhanced ultrasound imaging of the liver: a review of the clinical evidence for SonoVue and Sonazoid
• Ultrasound Enhancing Agents In the COVID-19 Era: Protocols, Safety, & Impact
• Registry on Performance of contrast echocardiography in confirmed COVID-19 patients
• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for the Evaluation of Renal Transplants
• Filling of Fine and Core Biopsy Needles With the Contrast Agent Sulfur Hexafluoride
• Contrast‐Enhanced Ultrasound in Patients With COVID‐19
• Real time ultrasound molecular imaging of prostate Cancer with PSMA-targeted Nanobubbles
• Limited added value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound over B-mode for the subtyping of hepatocellular adenomas
• Sonothrombolysis Improves Myocardial Dynamics and Microvascular Obstruction Preventing Left Ventricular Remodeling in Patients With ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
• Benefits, Open Questions and Challenges of the use of Ultrasound in the COVID-19 pandemic era
• Lung Ultrasound in COVID-19 Webinar
• The pediatric benefits of contrast enhanced ultrasound
• First Protocol on How to Use Lung Ultrasound to Triage COVID-19
• Ultrasound’s Role in Alzheimer’s Treatment Research
• Proposal for International Standardization of the Use of Lung Ultrasound for Patients With COVID‐19
• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound of Focal Liver Masses: A Success Story
• Use of CEUS LI-RADS for the Accurate Diagnosis of Nodules in Patients at Risk for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Validation Study
• CEUS of Focal Liver Masses: A Success Story!
• Dynamic solid-state ultrasound contrast agent for monitoring pH fluctuations in vivo
• Ultrasound Mediated Destruction of LMW-HA-Loaded and Folate-Conjugated Nanobubble for TAM Targeting and Reeducation
• Ultrasound assessment of tumour oxygenation could guide cancer therapy
• ASE Statement on Protection of Patients and Echocardiographic Service Providers During the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
• Reality and possibilities in cardiology imaging
• New Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease Developed at NTHU
• Role of intraoperative ultrasound in robotic-assisted radical nephrectomy with inferior vena cava thrombectomy in renal cell carcinoma
• Implementing a Liver Contrast Program in the Sonography Laboratory – A White Paper
• Contrast enhanced ultrasound: comparing a novel modality to MRI to assess for bowel disease in pediatric Crohn’s patients
• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound of Congenital and Infantile Hemangiomas: Preliminary Results From a Case Series
• Contrast-enhanced ultrasound with dispersion analysis for the localization of prostate cancer: correlation with radical prostatectomy specimens
• Hysterosalpingo-contrast-sonography vs. magnetic resonance-hysterosalpingography for diagnosing fallopian tubal patency: A systematic review and meta-analysis
• Analysis of comparative performance of CEUS and CECT/MR LI-RADS classification: Can CEUS dichotomize LI-RADS indeterminate lesions on CT or MRI?
• The 34th Annual Advances in Contrast Ultrasound International Bubble Conference 2019
• Lantheus touts new study on contrast echocardiography
• New Aspects of Ultrasound-Mediated Targeted Delivery and Therapy for Cancer
• 2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic coronary syndromes:
• Accurate prediction of responses to transarterial chemoembolization for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma by using artificial intelligence in contrast-enhanced ultrasound
• Transrectal Subharmonic Ultrasound Imaging for Prostate Cancer Detection
• World’s first cancer treatment being trialed in NHS hospitals could make chemotherapy ‘more effective by using BUBBLES to help kill tumors’
• Contrast-enhanced ultrasound in detecting wall invasion and differentiating bland from tumor thrombus during robot-assisted inferior vena cava thrombectomy for renal cell carcinoma
• Ultrasound Can Open Blood-Brain Barrier; Treatment could improve drug penetration and toxin removal in Alzheimer’s patients
• The Safety and Effectiveness of Intravenous Contrast-Enhanced Sonography in Chinese Children—A Single Center and Prospective Study in China
• Pediatric CEUS Usage Growing Very Fast
• FDA Approves Ultrasound Enhancing Agent for Use in Pediatric Patients
• Can CEUS with second generation contrast agents replace CT angiography for distinguishing between occlusion and pseudo-occlusion of the internal carotid artery?
• Sound waves and microbubbles to tackle tumours
• Road to RSNA 2019: Ultrasound Preview
• CEUS predicts cirrhotic nodule transformation to HCC
• Higher prostate cancer targeting ability with multiparametric ultrasound
• Can radiologists confidently use contrast-enhanced ultrasound LI-RADS?
• Ultrasound Imaging Finally Gets an Upgrade As Scientists Improve the Quality by 10x
• Ultrasound breakthrough ‘can spot cancer earlier’
• ICUS meeting highlights CEUS research
• Resolution of indeterminate MRI with CEUS in patients at high risk for hepatocellular carcinoma
• CEUS augments limb perfusion
• Microbubble CEUS treatment in cervical cancer
• Super-Resolution Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Methodology for the Identification of In Vivo Vascular Dynamics in 2D
• Contrast Use in First Transthoracic Echocardiogram for Heart Failure Reduces Repeat Testing
• Prostate Contrast Enhanced Transrectal Ultrasound (CE-TRUS) Evaluation of the Prostate with Whole Mount Prostatectomy Correlation.
• Single-Center Study: Evaluating the Diagnostic Performance and Safety of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in Pregnant Women to Assess Hepatic Lesions.
• Invited Commentary on “Contrast-enhanced US in Local Ablative Therapy and Secondary Surveillance for Hepatocellular Carcinoma,” with Author Response
• Contrast-enhanced US in Local Ablative Therapy and Secondary Surveillance for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
• 3-D Multi-parametric Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for the Prediction of Prostate Cancer
• Bracco highlights research affirming Lumason safety
• Multiparametric ultrasound for prostate cancer detection and localization: Correlation of B-mode, shearwave elastography and contrast-enhanced ultrasound with radical prostatectomy specimens.
• Contrast Agent Uses Heart’s Electricity to Activate Itself
• Lantheus touts contrast echo study at ASE 2019
• Sonothrombolysis in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated With Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
• ‘Selfie mode’ for heart imaging could help doctors spot heart disease earlier
• Value of Qualitative and Quantitative Contrast‐Enhanced Ultrasound Analysis in Preoperative Diagnosis of Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis From Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
• Detecting Pancreatic Cancer
• Can CEUS Increase or Predict the Success Rate of Testicular Sperm Aspiration in Patients With Azoospermia?
• Safety profile of ultrasound enhancing agents in echocardiography.
• 3D Super-Resolution US Imaging of Rabbit Lymph Node Vasculature in Vivo by Using Microbubbles
• The way forward for vascular Surgeons
• UVA House Call: Dr. Reza Daugherty on CEUS for Pediatric Patients
• Utility of Complementary Magnetic Resonance Plaque Imaging and CEUS to Detect Carotid Vulnerable Plaques
• Carotid intraplaque neovascularization predicts coronary artery disease and cardiovascular events
• New CEUS textbook publication now available – ‘Specialty Imaging: Fundamentals of CEUS’
• Targeted nanoparticles for HER2-positive breast cancer
• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Offers Enhanced Diagnostic Sensitivity for Diagnosis of Renal Cancer
• ICUS  – 2019 ICUS-sponsored educational courses
• Injury Recovery, Noninvasive Ultrasounds & Ask the Doctor
• Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound and Endovascular Aortic Repair 2019 – 10th International Workshop on CEUS and EVAR
• A multicenter study of a contrast-enhanced ultrasound diagnostic classification of breast lesions
• Petition calls for removal of ‘black box’ designation for ultrasound contrast agents
• Groups Pushing For FDA To Remove Boxed Warning From Ultrasound Contrast Agents.
• Ultrasound Societies Urge FDA to Remove Black Box Warning on Contrast Agents
• Drug delivery System Works Like Paint by ‘Numbers’
• ICUS Education and Training CEUS Essentials – The Basics and Beyond
• Ultrasound Societies Urge FDA to Remove “Black Box” on Ultrasound Contrast Agents
• Groups continue push for FDA to remove ‘black box’ warning from ultrasound contrast agents
• Ultrasound societies want the FDA to remove contrast label warning
• Ultrasound Societies Urge FDA to Remove “Black Box” on Ultrasound Contrast Agents
• New Polylactic Acid Multifunctional Ultrasound Contrast Agent Based on Graphene Oxide as the Carrier of Targeted Factor and Drug Delivery
• A new method for precision drug delivery: Painting
• Radiology Reimbursement in 2019
• CEUS Guidance for Interventional Procedures
• Invitation For Medical Students Worldwide to Join the WFUMB Medical Student Network Group
• CEUS characterizes malignant portal vein thrombosis
• ESOU 2019: Diagnosis and Treatment of Cystic Renal Masses: Role of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound
• Bowel Ultrasound State of the Art: Grayscale and Doppler Ultrasound, Contrast Enhancement, and Elastography in Crohn Disease
• Intravenous Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for Assessing and Grading Postoperative Recurrence of Crohn’s Disease
• Ultrasound options abound for diagnosing liver disease
• Sonographic Characteristics of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma with Coexistent Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Conventional Ultrasound, Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound
• Contrast-Enhanced US Differentiates Between Malignant/Benign Renal Lesions
• Contrast-enhanced ultrasound for renal masses
• ICUS applauds announcement of dramatic changes in payment for contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging
• Use of ultrasound enhancing agents in transesophageal echocardiography to improve interpretive confidence of left atrial appendage thrombus
• Favorable Reimbursement Policies for Contrast-Enhanced Procedures Drives the Microbubble/Ultrasound Contrast Agents Market: Meticulous Research®
• Contrast-enhanced and unenhanced diffusion-weighted imaging of the breast at 3 T
• Evaluation of renal lesions using contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS); a 10-year retrospective European single-centre analysis
• Evaluation of upper tract urothelial carcinomas by contrast-enhanced ultrasound.
• Contrast-enhanced ultrasound for the differential diagnosis between benign and metastatic superficial lymph nodes: a meta-analysis
• CAIX aptamer-functionalized targeted nanobubbles for ultrasound molecular imaging of various tumors
• Contrast ultrasound helps characterize breast lesions
• Three-year grant to fund CHOP study of contrast ultrasound
• CHOP Radiologists Receive $300,000 Grant for Innovative Ultrasound Technology
• WCE 2018: Usefulness of Intraoperative Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography for Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy
• Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Renal Cancer and in Comparison With Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography: A Meta-analysis.
• High Frame-Rate Contrast Echocardiography: In-Human Demonstration
• Contrast-enhanced ultrasound bests CT, MRI for imaging suspicious kidney tumors
• Nasal spray and ultrasound team up for direct-to-brain drug delivery
• Medical Society Urges Broader Role for Sonographers
• Retrospective Analysis of Contrast-enhanced Ultrasonography Effectiveness in Reducing Time to Diagnosis and Imaging-related Expenditures at a Single Large United States County Hospital
• Contrast-Enhanced Transrectal Ultrasound for Follow-up After Focal HIFU Ablation for Prostate Cancer
• Echo Research and Practice – Educational series on congenital heart disease
• Blood–brain barrier opening in Alzheimer’s disease using MR-guided focused ultrasound
• Diagnostic Imaging Interest in Pediatric Contrast Ultrasound Is High Among Radiologists
• Clinical Radiology
• Siemens Healthineers Launches Acuson Sequoia to Address Industry Challenges in Ultrasound Imaging
• SonoVue approved in China for intravesical use in ultrasonography of the excretory tract to detect vesicoureteral reflux
• Bracco’s SonoVue ultrasound contrast cleared in China
• The Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography Combined with Real-Time Strain Elastography in the Early Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer.
• The Therapeutic Ultrasound Network for Drug Delivery and Ablation Research
• AIUM Names Richard G. Barr, MD, Next Journal Editor-in-Chief
• Emerging Strategies and Future Perspectives in Neuro-Oncology Using Transcranial Focused Ultrasonography Technology
• Perfluorooctylbromide nanoparticles for ultrasound imaging and drug delivery
• New ultrasound imaging technique better detects prostate cancer
• Association between fractional flow reserve, instantaneous wave-free ratio and dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with stable coronary artery disease.
• International Liver Cancer Association (ILCA) Message from the ILCA President
• Can Doppler or contrast-enhanced ultrasound analysis add diagnostically important information about the nature of breast lesions?