Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of liver lesions related to arterial thrombosis in adult liver transplantation

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 493-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Fontanilla ◽  
Ana Noblejas ◽  
Cristina Cortes ◽  
Javier Minaya ◽  
Santiago Mendez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Transplantation ◽  
Arterial Thrombosis ◽  
Liver Lesions ◽  
Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound ◽  
Adult Liver ◽  
Contrast Enhanced ◽  
Ultrasound Of Liver

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of liver lesions in children

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (11) ◽  
pp. 1422-1432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander M. El-Ali ◽  
James C. Davis ◽  
Jennifer M. Cickelli ◽  
Judy H. Squires
Keyword(s):  
Liver Lesions ◽  
Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound ◽  
Contrast Enhanced ◽  
Ultrasound Of Liver

scholarly journals Quantitative Analysis of the Time–Intensity Curve of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound of the Liver: Differentiation of Benign and Malignant Liver Lesions

Diagnostics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1244
Author(s):  
Sonja Schwarz ◽  
Dirk-André Clevert ◽  
Michael Ingrisch ◽  
Thomas Geyer ◽  
Vincent Schwarze ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Diagnostic Accuracy ◽  
Late Phase ◽  
Focal Liver Lesions ◽  
Liver Lesions ◽  
Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound ◽  
Contrast Enhanced ◽  
Malignant Lesions ◽  
Benign Liver ◽  
Benign Liver Lesions

Background: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of quantitative perfusion parameters in contrast-enhanced ultrasound to differentiate malignant from benign liver lesions. Methods: In this retrospective study 134 patients with a total of 139 focal liver lesions were included who underwent contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) between 2008 and 2018. All examinations were performed by a single radiologist with more than 15 years of experience using a second-generation blood pool contrast agent. The standard of reference was histopathology (n = 60), MRI or CT (n = 75) or long-term CEUS follow up (n = 4). For post processing regions of interests were drawn both inside of target lesions and the liver background. Time–intensity curves were fitted to the CEUS DICOM dataset and the rise time (RT) of contrast enhancement until peak enhancement, and a late-phase ratio (LPR) of signal intensities within the lesion and the background tissue, were calculated and compared between malignant and benign liver lesion using Student’s t-test. Quantitative parameters were evaluated with respect to their diagnostic accuracy using receiver operator characteristic curves. Both features were then combined in a logistic regression model and the cumulated accuracy was assessed. Results: RT of benign lesions (14.8 ± 13.8 s, p = 0.005), and in a subgroup analysis, particular hemangiomas (23.4 ± 16.2 s, p < 0.001) differed significantly to malignant lesions (9.3 ± 3.8 s). The LPR was significantly different between benign (1.59 ± 1.59, p < 0.001) and malignant lesions (0.38 ± 0.23). Logistic regression analysis with RT and LPR combined showed a high diagnostic accuracy of quantitative CEUS parameters with areas under the curve of 0.923 (benign vs. malignant) and 0.929 (hemangioma vs. malignant. Conclusions: Quantified CEUS parameters are helpful to differentiate malignant from benign liver lesions, in particular in case of atypical hemangiomas.

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of malignant liver lesions

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 819-847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Durot ◽  
Stephanie R. Wilson ◽  
Jürgen K. Willmann
Keyword(s):  
Liver Lesions ◽  
Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound ◽  
Contrast Enhanced ◽  
Malignant Liver ◽  
Malignant Liver Lesions
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