Jung, Ernst Michael and Kaiser, Ulrich and Herr, Wolfgang and Stroszczynski, Christian and Jung, Friedrich (2024) Novel high-resolution contrast agent ultrasound techniques HiFR CEUS and SR CEUS in combination with shear wave elastography, fat assessment and viscosity of liver parenchymal changes and tumors. CLINICAL HEMORHEOLOGY AND MICROCIRCULATION, 86 (3). pp. 263-273. ISSN 1386-0291, 1875-8622
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BACKGROUND: The continuous development of ultrasound techniques increasingly enables better description and visualization of unclear lesions. New ultrasound systems must be evaluated with regard to all these diagnostic possibilities. METHODS: A multifrequency C1-7 convex probe (SC7-1M) with the new high-end system Resona A20 Series was used. Modern technologies, including HiFR CEUS, SR CEUS and multimodal tissue imaging with shearwave elastography (SWE), fat evaluation and viscosity measurements (M-Ref) were applied. RESULTS: Of n = 70 (mean value 48,3 years +/- 20,3 years, range 18-84 years) cases examined, a definitive diagnosis could be made in n = 67 cases, confirmed by reference imaging and/or follow-up. Of these, n = 22 cases were malignant changes (HCC (hepatocellular carcinoma) n = 9, CCC (cholangiocellular carcinoma) n = 3, metastases of colorectal carcinomas or recurrences of HCC n = 10). In all 12 cases of HCC or CCC, the elastography measurements using the shear wave technique (with values >2 m/s to 3.7 m/s) showed mean values of 2.3 +/- 0.31 m/s and a degree of fibrosis of F2 to F4. In n = 14 cases, changes in the fat measurement (range 0.51 to 0.72 dB/cm/MHz, mean values 0.58 +/- 0.12 dB/cm/MHz) in the sense of proportional fatty changes in the liver were detected. In the 4 cases of localized fat distribution disorders, the values were >0.7 dB/cm/MHz in the sense of significant fatty deposits in the remaining liver tissue. Relevant changes in the viscosity measurements with values >1.8 kPa were found in n = 31 cases, in n = 5 cases of cystic lesions with partially sclerosing cholangitis, in n = 13 cases of malignant lesions and in n = 9 cases post-interventionally, but also in n = 4 cases of benign foci with additional systemic inflammation. CONCLUSIONS: The results are promising and show a new quality of ultrasound-based liver diagnostics. However, there is a need for further investigations with regard to the individual aspects, preferably on a multi-center basis.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; DIAGNOSTIC-ACCURACY; FLOW CHANGES; 20 MM; MULTICENTER; LESIONS; Multimodal liver tissue imaging (M-Ref); UMA; HiFR CEUS; SR CEUS; elastography; fat evaluation; viscosity |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin III (Hämatologie und Internistische Onkologie) Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Röntgendiagnostik |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Oct 2025 05:31 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2025 05:31 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/63901 |
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