The AFSUMB Consensus Statements and Recommendations for the Clinical Practice of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound using Sonazoid

Jae Young Lee¹, Yasunori Minami², Byung Ihn Choi³, Won Jae Lee⁴, Yi-Hong Chou^{5

6}, Woo Kyoung Jeong⁴, Mi-Suk Park⁷, Nobuki Kudo⁸, Min Woo Lee⁴, Ken Kamata², Hiroko Iijima⁹, So Yeon Kim¹⁰, Kazushi Numata¹¹, Katsutoshi Sugimoto¹², Hitoshi Maruyama¹³, Yasukiyo Sumino¹⁴, Chikara Ogawa¹⁵, Masayuki Kitano¹⁶, Ijin Joo¹, Junichi Arita¹⁷, Ja-Der Liang¹⁸, Hsi-Ming Lin¹⁹, Christian Nolsoe²⁰, Odd Helge Gilja^{21

22}, Masatoshi Kudo²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
² Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Higashi-Osaka, Japan.
³ Department of Radiology, Chung Ang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
⁴ Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
⁵ Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Technology, Yuanpei University of Medical Technology, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
⁶ Department of Radiology, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁷ Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
⁸ Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
⁹ Department of Ultrasound, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disease, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
¹⁰ Department of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
¹¹ Gastroenterological Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan.
¹² Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
¹³ Department of Gastroenterology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.
¹⁴ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Toho University Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
¹⁵ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Takamatsu Red Cross Hospital, Takamatsu, Japan.
¹⁶ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Wakayama Medical University Hospital, Wakayama, Japan.
¹⁷ Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division and Artificial Organ and Transplantation Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
¹⁸ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
¹⁹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
²⁰ Ultrasound Section, Division of Surgery, Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
²¹ National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
²² Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

PMID: 32874864
PMCID: PMC7446696
DOI: 10.4103/JMU.JMU_124_19

The AFSUMB Consensus Statements and Recommendations for the Clinical Practice of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound using Sonazoid

Jae Young Lee et al. J Med Ultrasound. 2020.

. 2020 May 25;28(2):59-82.

doi: 10.4103/JMU.JMU_124_19. eCollection 2020 Apr-Jun.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
² Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Higashi-Osaka, Japan.
³ Department of Radiology, Chung Ang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
⁴ Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
⁵ Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Technology, Yuanpei University of Medical Technology, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
⁶ Department of Radiology, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁷ Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
⁸ Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
⁹ Department of Ultrasound, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disease, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
¹⁰ Department of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
¹¹ Gastroenterological Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan.
¹² Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
¹³ Department of Gastroenterology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.
¹⁴ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Toho University Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
¹⁵ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Takamatsu Red Cross Hospital, Takamatsu, Japan.
¹⁶ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Wakayama Medical University Hospital, Wakayama, Japan.
¹⁷ Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division and Artificial Organ and Transplantation Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
¹⁸ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
¹⁹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
²⁰ Ultrasound Section, Division of Surgery, Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
²¹ National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
²² Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

PMID: 32874864
PMCID: PMC7446696
DOI: 10.4103/JMU.JMU_124_19

Abstract

The first edition of the guidelines for the use of ultrasound contrast agents was published in 2004, dealing with liver applications. The second edition of the guidelines in 2008 reflected changes in the available contrast agents and updated the guidelines for the liver, as well as implementing some nonliver applications. The third edition of the contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) guidelines was the joint World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology-European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB-EFSUMB) venture in conjunction with other regional US societies such as Asian Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, resulting in a simultaneous duplicate on liver CEUS in the official journals of both WFUMB and EFSUMB in 2013. However, no guidelines were described mainly for Sonazoid due to limited clinical experience only in Japan and Korea. The new proposed consensus statements and recommendations provide general advice on the use of Sonazoid and are intended to create standard protocols for the use and administration of Sonazoid in hepatic and pancreatobiliary applications in Asian patients and to improve patient management.

Keywords: Consensus; Contrast media; Liver; Pancreatobiliary; Sonazoid; Ultrasonography.

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