New techniques and future perspective of EUS for the differential diagnosis of pancreatic malignancies: contrast harmonic imaging

M Kitano, H Sakamoto, T Komaki… - Digestive Endoscopy, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… , EUS system specific for contrast harmonic imaging has been developed. The use of this EUS
system enabled us to observe images … Contrast‐enhanced harmonic EUS could diagnose

Differential diagnosis of pancreatic cancer from normal tissue with digital imaging processing and pattern recognition based on a support vector machine of EUS …

MM Zhang, H Yang, ZD Jin, JG Yu, ZY Cai… - Gastrointestinal …, 2010 - Elsevier
… The results of this study suggest that use of the support vector machine is a useful method
for EUS image classification with application to pancreatic cancer. This method can be …

Neural network analysis of EUS images to differentiate between pancreatic malignancy and pancreatitis

ID Norton, Y Zheng, MS Wiersema, J Greenleaf… - Gastrointestinal …, 2001 - Elsevier
EUS is the most sensitive imaging modality for both conditions, … EUS images and differentiate
malignancy from pancreatitis, and to compare results obtained with this system with EUS

[PDF][PDF] The role of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in relation to other imaging modalities in the differential diagnosis between mass forming chronic pancreatitis …

J Iglesias-García, B Lindkvist, J Lariño-Noia… - Rev Esp Enferm …, 2012 - academia.edu
EUS elastography is a noninvasive technique that measures elasticity in real time by … in
distortion of the EUS image after application of slight pressure by the EUS probe (Figs. 4 and 5). …

Usefulness of EUS combined with contrast-enhancement in the differential diagnosis of malignant versus benign and preoperative localization of pancreatic endocrine …

T Ishikawa, A Itoh, H Kawashima, E Ohno… - Gastrointestinal …, 2010 - Elsevier
… In recent years, electronic radial EUS has made it possible to use new diagnostic imaging
techniques, such as harmonic imaging and color Doppler mode. Moreover, a contrast medium …

Contrast-enhanced EUS for differential diagnosis of pancreatic mass lesions: a meta-analysis

T Gong, D Hu, Q Zhu - Gastrointestinal endoscopy, 2012 - Elsevier
… -enhanced EUS for the differential diagnosis of pancreatic … -0.95) for the differential diagnosis
of pancreatic adenocarcinomas. The … imaging) and (EUS or endoscopic ultrasonography or …

Contrast‐enhanced EUS for differential diagnosis of pancreatic masses: a meta‐analysis

S Mei, M Wang, L Sun - Gastroenterology Research and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Differential diagnosis of pancreatic masses can be achieved based on their CE-EUS
imaging findings. In CE-EUS, diffuse homogeneous enhancement is presented in normal …

Dynamic analysis of EUS used for the differentiation of benign and malignant lymph nodes

A Săftoiu, P Vilmann, T Ciurea, GL Popescu… - Gastrointestinal …, 2007 - Elsevier
… analysis of EUS elastography images is able to … EUS elastography images (still images)
might be able to improve the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of the differential diagnosis, 3 …

Quantitative contrast-enhanced harmonic EUS in differential diagnosis of focal pancreatic masses (with videos)

A Săftoiu, P Vilmann, CF Dietrich… - Gastrointestinal …, 2015 - Elsevier
… A 2-panel image with the usual conventional gray-scale B-mode EUS image on the right
side and with the CEH-EUS image on the left side was used, according to established presets. …

Neural network analysis of dynamic sequences of EUS elastography used for the differential diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer

A Săftoiu, P Vilmann, F Gorunescu, DI Gheonea… - Gastrointestinal …, 2008 - Elsevier
… of images from a dynamic sequence of EUS elastography, we previously reported on the utility
of using computer-aided diagnosis by averaging images from … , EUS elastography movies. …