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. 2019 Jan 28;10(1):6.
doi: 10.1186/s13244-019-0692-z.

Abdominal applications of ultrasound fusion imaging technique: liver, kidney, and pancreas

European Society of Radiology (ESR)
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Abdominal applications of ultrasound fusion imaging technique: liver, kidney, and pancreas

European Society of Radiology (ESR). Insights Imaging. .

Abstract

Fusion imaging allows exploitation of the strengths of all imaging modalities simultaneously, eliminating or minimizing the weaknesses of every single modality. Ultrasound (US) fusion imaging provides benefits in real time from both the dynamic information and spatial resolution of the normal US and the high-contrast resolution and wider field of view of the other imaging methods. US fusion imaging can also be associated with the use of different ultrasound techniques such as color Doppler US, elastography, and contrast-enhanced US (CEUS), for better localization and characterization of lesions. The present paper is focused on US fusion imaging technologies and clinical applications describing the possible use of this promising imaging technique in the liver, kidney, and pancreatic pathologies.

Keywords: Fusion imaging; Liver; Oncologic imaging; Tumor ablation; Ultrasound.

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Figures

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CT-US fusion imaging. Treatment of very small hypervascular nodular recurrence of HCC adjacent to a previously ablated area
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MR-US fusion imaging. Biopsy of very small liver nodule, hypointense on the late hepatobiliary phase of MR, with a final diagnosis of a metastatic lesion
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CT-US fusion imaging. Biopsy of pancreatic neck carcinoma, hypodense on CT and hypoechoic on the US
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CT-US fusion imaging. Radiofrequency ablation planning of pancreatic neck carcinoma, hypodense on CT and hypoechoic on Doppler US (performed to highlight the peripancreatic vessels)
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