Erschienen in:
01.01.2023 | Editorial
Understanding the differences between Japanese and U.S. guidelines on clinical practice for contrast-enhanced ultrasound of the liver
verfasst von:
Yasunori Minami
Erschienen in:
Journal of Medical Ultrasonics
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Ausgabe 1/2023
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Excerpt
The first edition of the guidelines on medical ultrasound, “Ultrasonic Diagnostic Criteria for Hepatic Tumors”, was published in 1988 by the Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine. Subsequently, medical ultrasonic diagnostic equipment showed increased computing power and improved graphics performance, and then Doppler techniques such as color Doppler imaging and power Doppler imaging were incorporated. Starting in 2007, Sonazoid became available for clinical practice in Japan as a first in the world. Thus, the second edition of the guidelines published in 2012 reflected changes in the available contrast agents and new imaging developments for the liver [
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