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31.03.2021 | Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in children

Contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography, part 1: vesicoureteral reflux evaluation

verfasst von: Aikaterini Ntoulia, Elisa Aguirre Pascual, Susan J. Back, Richard D. Bellah, Viviana P. Beltrán Salazar, Pui Kwan Joyce Chan, Jeanne S. Chow, David Coca Robinot, Kassa Darge, Carmina Duran, Monica Epelman, Damjana Ključevšek, Jeannie K. Kwon, Preet Kiran Sandhu, Magdalena M. Woźniak, Frederica Papadopoulou

Erschienen in: Pediatric Radiology | Ausgabe 12/2021

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Abstract

Contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography (ceVUS) is a well-established, sensitive and safe ultrasound (US) modality for detecting and grading vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) and urethral imaging in children. Nearly three decades of remarkable advances in US technology and US contrast agents have refined ceVUS’s diagnostic potential. The recent approval of Lumason/SonoVue in the United States, Europe and China for pediatric intravesical applications marked the beginning of a new era for this type of contrast US imaging. Consequently, the use of ceVUS in children has expanded to multiple places around the globe. In the first part of this review article, we describe the current experience in the use of ceVUS for VUR evaluation, with an emphasis on historical background, examination technique, image interpretation and diagnostic accuracy. In the second part, we will present the role of ceVUS for urethral imaging in children.

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Titel: Contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography, part 1: vesicoureteral reflux evaluation
verfasst von: Aikaterini Ntoulia
Elisa Aguirre Pascual
Susan J. Back
Richard D. Bellah
Viviana P. Beltrán Salazar
Pui Kwan Joyce Chan
Jeanne S. Chow
David Coca Robinot
Kassa Darge
Carmina Duran
Monica Epelman
Damjana Ključevšek
Jeannie K. Kwon
Preet Kiran Sandhu
Magdalena M. Woźniak
Frederica Papadopoulou
Publikationsdatum: 31.03.2021
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: Pediatric Radiology / Ausgabe 12/2021
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-020-04906-8

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