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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Jung, Ernst Michaela | Kaiser, Ulrichb; * | Herr, Wolfgangb | Stroszczynski, Christiana | Jung, Friedrichc
Affiliations: [a] Interdisciplinary Ultrasound Department, Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany | [b] Clinic and Polyclinic for Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany | [c] Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Brandenburg University of Technology, Senftenberg, Germany
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Kaiser Ulrich, Clinic and Polyclinic for Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract: BACKGROUND:The continuous development of ultrasound techniques increasingly enables better description and visualization of unclear lesions. New ultrasound systems must be evaluated with regard to all these diagnostic possibilities. METHODS:A multifrequency C1-7 convex probe (SC7-1M) with the new high-end system Resona A20 Series was used. Modern technologies, including HiFR CEUS, SR CEUS and multimodal tissue imaging with shear wave elastography (SWE), fat evaluation and viscosity measurements (M-Ref) were applied. RESULTS:Of n = 70 (mean value 48,3 years±20,3 years, range 18–84 years) cases examined, a definitive diagnosis could be made in n = 67 cases, confirmed by reference imaging and/or follow-up. Of these, n = 22 cases were malignant changes (HCC (hepatocellular carcinoma) n = 9, CCC (cholangiocellular carcinoma) n = 3, metastases of colorectal carcinomas or recurrences of HCC n = 10). In all 12 cases of HCC or CCC, the elastography measurements using the shear wave technique (with values >2 m/s to 3.7 m/s) showed mean values of 2.3±0.31 m/s and a degree of fibrosis of F2 to F4. In n = 14 cases, changes in the fat measurement (range 0.51 to 0.72 dB/cm/MHz, mean values 0.58±0.12 dB/cm/MHz) in the sense of proportional fatty changes in the liver were detected. In the 4 cases of localized fat distribution disorders, the values were >0.7 dB/cm/MHz in the sense of significant fatty deposits in the remaining liver tissue. Relevant changes in the viscosity measurements with values >1.8 kPa were found in n = 31 cases, in n = 5 cases of cystic lesions with partially sclerosing cholangitis, in n = 13 cases of malignant lesions and in n = 9 cases post-interventionally, but also in n = 4 cases of benign foci with additional systemic inflammation. CONCLUSIONS:The results are promising and show a new quality of ultrasound-based liver diagnostics. However, there is a need for further investigations with regard to the individual aspects, preferably on a multi-center basis.
Keywords: Multimodal liver tissue imaging (M-Ref), UMA, HiFR CEUS, SR CEUS, elastography, fat evaluation, viscosity
DOI: 10.3233/CH-249103
Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 86, no. 3, pp. 263-273, 2024
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