01.07.2019 | Editorial
Expectations for contrast-enhanced ultrasonography
verfasst von:
Nakashima Kazutaka
Erschienen in:
Journal of Medical Ultrasonics
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Ausgabe 3/2019
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Excerpt
Whereas dynamic contrast-enhanced studies are the mainstay of diagnostic imaging in the case of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT), morphological diagnosis using B-mode is the mainstay in ultrasonography (US). Of course, Doppler mode is widely used, but a contrast agent is not used in Doppler mode, and as such it currently only allows for simple hemodynamic studies, not dynamic studies. I think further advances in research on contrast agent-based diagnostic approaches are needed going forward in order for US to become a trustable diagnostic imaging modality like MRI and CT. …