Contrast‐Enhanced Ultrasound in Patients With COVID‐19
Pneumonia, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, or Something Else? May 12, 2020 — Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 spiepr132 (COVID‐19) represents a very heterogeneous disease. Some aspects of spiepr132 COVID‐19spiepr132 pneumonia question the real nature of ground glass opacities and its consolidative lesions. It has been hypothesized that spiepr132 COVID‐19spiepr132 lung involvement […]
Real time ultrasound molecular imaging of prostate Cancer with PSMA-targeted Nanobubbles
Apr 26, 2020 — Nanomedicine Abstract Contrast-enhanced ultrasound with microbubbles has shown promise in detection of prostate cancer (PCa), but sensitivity and specificity remain challenging. Targeted nanoscale-contrast agents with improved capability to accumulate in tumors may result in prolonged signal enhancement and improved detection of PCa with ultrasound. Here we report nanobubbles (NB) that specifically […]
Limited added value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound over B-mode for the subtyping of hepatocellular adenomas
April 24, 2020 — European Journal of Radiology Abstract Purpose To compare the features of hepatocellular adenoma subtypes (HCAs) in B-mode and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS). Method Thirty-three patients (31 women [94%] and two men [6%], median age [Q1-Q3] 43.5 years old [35-51]) with 44 pathologically proven and subtyped HCAs (including 29 inflammatory HCAs [I-HCA] and […]
Sonothrombolysis Improves Myocardial Dynamics and Microvascular Obstruction Preventing Left Ventricular Remodeling in Patients With ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
April 23, 2019 — American Heart Association Abstract Background: It has recently been demonstrated that high-energy diagnostic transthoracic ultrasound and intravenous microbubbles dissolve thrombi (sonothrombolysis) and increase angiographic recanalization rates in patients with ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction. We aimed to study the effect of sonothrombolysis on the myocardial dynamics and infarct size obtained by real-time myocardial […]
Benefits, Open Questions and Challenges of the use of Ultrasound in the COVID-19 pandemic era
The views of a panel of worldwide international experts European Journal of Ultrasound – Ultraschall in der Medizin Authors: Fabio Piscaglia*, Federico Stefanini, Vito Cantisani, Paul S. Sidhu, Richard Barr, Annalisa Berzigotti, Maria Cristina Chammas, Jean-Michel Correas, Christopher Frank Dietrich, Steven Feintstein, Pintong Huang, Chrisitan Jenssen, Yuko Kono, Masatoshi Kudo, Ping Liang, Andrej Lyshchik, Christian […]
Lung Ultrasound in COVID-19 Webinar
April 14, 2020 — EFSUMB Presenters: F. Piscaglia, F. Stefanini, V. Salvatore To view webinar presentations, go to: http://www.efsumb.org/blog/webinar-covid19-pp Presentations: INTRODUCTION ON THE CLINICAL PICTURE OF COVID-19 DISEASE. BASIC CONCEPTS IN LUNG ULTRASOUND – FOCUS ON “US INTERSTITIAL SYNDROME” CHARACTERISTICS OF US PATTERN OF COVID-19 PNEUMONITIS USE OF US IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DURING COVID-19 […]
The pediatric benefits of contrast enhanced ultrasound
April 20, 2020 — HealthCareBusiness News By Lauren Dubinsky, Senior Reporter In recent years, contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) has emerged as a novel way to image children for certain indications. Unlike CT, fluoroscopy and nuclear medicine, CEUS is free from radiation and doesn’t require sedation, which is often needed for pediatric patients undergoing MR. “This lack […]
First Protocol on How to Use Lung Ultrasound to Triage COVID-19
April 09, 2020 — EFSUMB By Liam Davenport The first protocol for the use of lung ultrasound to quantitively and reproducibly assess the degree of lung involvement in patients suspected of having COVID-19 infection has been published by a team of Italian experts with experience of using the technology on the front line. Particularly in […]
Ultrasound’s Role in Alzheimer’s Treatment Research
April 2, 2020 — Imaging technology News (ITN) By Katie Caron Editor at Scranton Gillette Communications An estimated 44 million people worldwide are currently living with Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia. About 5.8 million people in the United States live with the disease, where it is the sixth leading cause of death […]
Proposal for International Standardization of the Use of Lung Ultrasound for Patients With COVID‐19
A Simple, Quantitative, Reproducible Method March 30, 2020 — Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (JUM) Authors: Gino Soldati MD, Andrea Smargiassi MD, PhD, Riccardo Inchingolo MD, Danilo Buonsenso MD, Tiziano Perrone MD, PhD, Domenica Federica Briganti MD, Stefano Perlini MD, PhD, Elena Torri MD, Alberto Mariani MD, Elisa Eleonora Mossolani MD, Francesco Tursi MD, Federico […]
Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound of Focal Liver Masses: A Success Story
May 1, 2020 — ScienceDirect – Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology Abstract The epidemic of increasing fatty liver disease and liver cancer worldwide, and especially in Western society, has given new importance to non-invasive liver imaging. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) using microbubble contrast agents provides unique advantages over computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), […]
Use of CEUS LI-RADS for the Accurate Diagnosis of Nodules in Patients at Risk for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Validation Study
March 27, 2009 — Radiology: Imaging Cancer Abstract CEUS LI-RADS provided high specificity for noninvasive imaging-based diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma, removing the need for tissue diagnosis; in addition, it allowed for accurate categorization of all nodules encountered in patients at risk for hepatocellular carcinoma. Purpose To validate the contrast agent–enhanced US Liver Imaging Reporting and […]
CEUS of Focal Liver Masses: A Success Story!
The epidemic of increasing fatty liver disease and liver cancer worldwide, and especially in Western society, has given new importance to non-invasive liver imaging. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) using microbubble contrast agents provides unique advantages over computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the currently established methods. Today, increased use of CEUS has provided safe […]
Dynamic solid-state ultrasound contrast agent for monitoring pH fluctuations in vivo
March 23, 2020 — ACS Sensors Abstract The key challenge for in vivo biosensing is to design biomarker-responsive contrast agents that can be readily detected and monitored by broadly available biomedical imaging modalities. While a range of biosensors have been designed for optical, photoacoustic and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) modalities, technical challenges have hindered the […]
Ultrasound Mediated Destruction of LMW-HA-Loaded and Folate-Conjugated Nanobubble for TAM Targeting and Reeducation
March 23, 2020 — Dove Medical Press Abstract Purpose: To synthesize and evaluate a novel folate-conjugated ultrasonic nanobubble (HA-FOL-NB) loading low-molecular-weight hyaluronic acid (LMW-HA) for specific tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) targeting and reeducation. Methods: The characteristics, cytotoxicity, contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging (CEUS), and targeting ability to TAMs of HA-FOL-NBs were investigated. The TAMs reprogramming function of HA-FOL-NBs […]
Ultrasound assessment of tumour oxygenation could guide cancer therapy
March 23, 2020 — Physicsworld By Louisa Cockbill, Science writer Pengfei Song, an assistant professor at the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois, used ultrasound localization microscopy to visualize oxygen levels in tumours. The centres of tumours often experience oxygen deprivation as the blood supply struggles to keep up with demand from uncontrollably proliferating […]
ASE Statement on Protection of Patients and Echocardiographic Service Providers During the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
This important new guidance addresses the relatively high risk COVID-19 among healthcare workers, particularly through the kind of close contact involved in performing echocardiograms ICUS appreciates the ASE’s careful attention to these urgent issues. As the global pandemic continues to unfold, please send any additional recommendations to us at: info@icus-society.org. We wish you safety and […]
Reality and possibilities in cardiology imaging
March 17, 2020 — Dotmed/Healthcare Business News By Tom Watson Excerpt Cardiac imaging is an active and growing area for clinical and technological innovations. While you can subdivide these technologies into large, highly complex market segments, the major cardiovascular solutions we will look at here are ultrasound (echocardiography), interventional fluoroscopic imaging (angiography), CT and MR. […]
New Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease Developed at NTHU
March 11, 2020 — Business Wire A research team led by Yu-Chun Lin and Chih-kuang Yeh of NTHU has expanded application of ultrasound to the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. HSINCHU, Taiwan–Ultrasound is widely used for conducting physical examinations, and plans are underway for expanding its application to the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, dementia, and diabetes. […]
Role of intraoperative ultrasound in robotic-assisted radical nephrectomy with inferior vena cava thrombectomy in renal cell carcinoma
March 5, 2020 — World Journal of Urology Abstract Purpose To determine the impact of intraoperative ultrasound on robotic-assisted radical nephrectomy with inferior vena cava (IVC) tumor thrombectomy in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Methods We retrospectively analyzed intraoperative records of 27 patients with RCC and invasion of the IVC who underwent robotic-assisted nephrectomy with tumor […]
