Renal imaging with ultrasound contrast: current status

ML Robbin, ME Lockhart, RG Barr - Radiologic Clinics, 2003 - radiologic.theclinics.com
The use of ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) in the kidney has great promise, but has been
less completely studied than in the heart and liver [1, 2]. In part, this is because there is less …

Contrast-enhanced sonography of the kidney

SV Setola, O Catalano, F Sandomenico, A Siani - Abdominal imaging, 2007 - Springer
Contrast-enhanced sonography (CEUS) is a recently introduced, promising technique in the
evaluation of the kidney. CEUS allows real-time assessment of normal and abnormal renal …

Guidelines and good clinical practice recommendations for contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)-update 2008

M Claudon, D Cosgrove, T Albrecht… - Ultraschall in der …, 2008 - thieme-connect.com
The development of ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs), which perform as blood pool
tracers, have overcome the limitations of conventional B-Mode and colour or power Doppler …

Renal cell carcinoma and renal angiomyolipoma: differential diagnosis with real‐time contrast‐enhanced ultrasonography

ZF Xu, HX Xu, XY **e, GJ Liu… - Journal of Ultrasound …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of contrast‐enhanced
ultrasonography (CEUS) in differentiating renal cell carcinoma (RCC) from renal …

The value of contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the characterisation of patients with renal masses

A Ignee, B Straub, D Brix, G Schuessler… - Clinical …, 2010 - content.iospress.com
Renal masses are frequently incidentally found on ultrasound. Contrast enhanced computed
tomography (CECT) is regarded as the method of choice. Contrast enhanced ultrasound …

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of the kidneys.

A Nilsson - European radiology, 2004 - europepmc.org
The development of ultrasound contrast agents and dedicated software for the detection of
microbubbles has improved the potential contrast resolution of ultrasound and this, added to …

Diagnostic efficacy of contrast‐enhanced ultrasonography in solid renal parenchymal lesions with maximum diameters of 5 cm

L Fan, D Lianfang, X **fang, S Yi**… - Journal of ultrasound in …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of contrast‐
enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) using a sulfur hexafluoride contrast agent and the …

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) of cystic and solid renal lesions: a review

M Gulati, KG King, IS Gill, V Pham, E Grant… - Abdominal …, 2015 - Springer
Incidentally detected renal lesions have traditionally undergone imaging characterization by
contrast-enhanced computer tomography (CECT) or magnetic resonance imaging. Contrast …

Renal cell carcinoma: real-time contrast-enhanced ultrasound findings

ZF Xu, HX Xu, XY **e, GJ Liu, YL Zheng, JY Liang… - Abdominal …, 2010 - Springer
Objective To investigate the findings of renal cell carcinomas (RCCs) on contrast-enhanced
ultrasound (CEUS). Methods CEUS features of 84 RCCs confirmed by pathologic …

Contrast enhanced ultrasound of renal masses

A Ignee, B Straub, G Schuessler… - World journal of …, 2010 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) has gained clinical importance over the last years for
the characterization of hepatic masses. Its role in extrahepatic indications has been …