Inflammation is a complex biologic response that is essential for eliminating microbial
pathogens and repairing tissue after injury. AKI associates with intrarenal and systemic …

Ultrasound-triggered microbubbles destruction leading to vascular shutdown have resulted
in preclinical studies in tumor growth delay or inhibition, lesion formation, radio-sensitization …

Sonography offers many advantages over standard methods of diagnostic imaging due to its
non-invasiveness, substantial tissue penetration depth, and low cost. The benefits of …

Purpose The study aimed to compare the diagnostic efficiency of contrast-enhanced
ultrasound (CEUS) with that of contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) in the …

Background Patients with chronic kidney disease are at increased risk of cystic kidney
disease that requires imaging monitoring in many cases. However, these same patients …

Contrast-enhanced US (CEUS), similar to other radiologic modalities, requires specific
technical considerations and is subject to image artifacts. These artifacts may affect …

Introduction Around 10% of renal cell carcinomas (RCC) are cystic, while some benign cysts
have complex appearance in conventional diagnostic tests such as computed tomography …

Background Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography (CEUS) is an imaging modality allowing
perfusion quantification in targeted regions of interest of the lower extremity that has not …

Ultrasound (US), which may be combination of gray scale and spectral Doppler US, color
and power Doppler US, with or without microbubble contrast agents, is usually the first …

With the recent Food and Drug Administration approval of Lumason (sulfur hexafluoride lipid‐
type A microsphere, Bracco Diagnostics Inc, Monroe Township, NJ) for contrast‐enhanced …