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Ultraschall Med 2013; 34(1): 11-29
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1325499
Guideline
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Guidelines and Good Clinical Practice Recommendations for Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in the Liver – Update 2012

A WFUMB-EFSUMB Initiative in Cooperation With Representatives of AFSUMB, AIUM, ASUM, FLAUS and ICUS
M. Claudon
1   Department of Pediatric Radiology, INSERM U947, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy and Université de Lorraine, Vandoeuvre, France
,
C. F. Dietrich
2   Medizinische Klinik 2, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Germany
,
B. I. Choi
3   Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
,
D. O. Cosgrove
4   Imaging Sciences Department, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
,
M. Kudo
5   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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C. P. Nolsøe
6   Ultrasound Section, Division of Surgery, Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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F. Piscaglia
7   Division of Internal Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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S. R. Wilson
8   Division of Gastroenterology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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R. G. Barr
9   Northeastern Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio, United States of America
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M. C. Chammas
10   Institute of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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N. G. Chaubal
11   Thane Ultrasound Centre, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, India
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M.-H. Chen
12   Peking University Cancer Hospital, Peking, China
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D. A. Clevert
13   Interdisciplinary Ultrasound Center, Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Munich-Grosshadern Campus, Munich, Germany
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J. M. Correas
14   Service de Radiologie Adultes, Hôpital Necker, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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H. Ding
15   Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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F. Forsberg
16   Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States of America
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J. B. Fowlkes
17   Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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R. N. Gibson
18   Department of Radiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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B. B. Goldberg
19   Division of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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N. Lassau
20   Integrated Research Cancer Institute in Villejuif, Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, France
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E. L. S. Leen
21   Imaging Department, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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R. F. Mattrey
22   MRI Institute, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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F. Moriyasu
23   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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L. Solbiati
24   Department of Interventional Oncologic Radiology, General Hospital of Busto Arsizio, Busto Arsizio, Italy
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H.-P. Weskott
25   Central Ultrasound Department, Klinikum Siloah, Klinikum Region Hannover, Hannover, Germany
,
H.-X. Xu
26   Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tenth People’s Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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Abstract

Initially, a set of guidelines for the use of ultrasound contrast agents was published in 2004 dealing only with liver applications. A 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 non-liver applications. Time has moved on, and the need for international guidelines on the use of CEUS in the liver has become apparent. The present document describes the third iteration of recommendations for the hepatic use of contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) using contrast specific imaging techniques. This joint WFUMB-EFSUMB initiative has implicated experts from major leading ultrasound societies worldwide. These liver CEUS guidelines are simultaneously published in the official journals of both organizing federations (i.e., Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology for WFUMB and Ultraschall in der Medizin/European Journal of Ultrasound for EFSUMB). These guidelines and recommendations provide general advice on the use of all currently clinically available ultrasound contrast agents (UCA). They are intended to create standard protocols for the use and administration of UCA in liver applications on an international basis and improve the management of patients worldwide.

Key words

diagnosis - metastases - hepatocellular carcinoma - focal nodular hyperplasia - hemangioma - microbubble
 

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