CEUS shines in diagnostic, interventional settings

Dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a useful tool for interventions, according to a March 3 presentation given at ECR 2024. In his talk, Dean Huang, MD, from King’s College London in England outlined novel applications for CEUS in vascular and nonvascular imaging, as well as therapeutic and potential future applications.  “Ultrasound contrast agent use can be ubiquitous in interventional practice and can solve many logistical or clinical diagnostic problems,” he said. “And we can achieve all of this without the use of radiation and nephrotoxicity.” Dean Huang, MD, from King's College London highlights how contrast-enhance ultrasound (CEUS) has a wide variety of applications in diagnostic and interventional settings. Pictured, he explains how it can better visualize endoleaks.The use of contrast continues to be explored in medical imaging. In ultrasound, contrast use has been shown to improve differentiation of liver lesions and the diagnostic performance of O-RADS in assessing ovarian lesions among other examples. Huang highlighted the many uses of CEUS in interventional and diagnostic settings. Vascular applications CEUS can improve delineation of vascular lumen and can be used in peripheral vessels. It can also be used to investigate any potential bleeding or endoleaks, Huang added.  Huang co-authored a 2013 study that examined the use of CEUS in angioplasty of hemodialysis arteriovenous fistulas. The team found that with ultrasound contrast, it ...
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