The EFSUMB Guidelines and Recommendations for the Clinical Practice of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in Non-Hepatic Applications: Update 2017 (Long Version)

Paul S. Sidhu; Vito Cantisani; Christoph F. Dietrich; Odd Helge Gilja; Adrian Săftoiu; Eva Bartels; Michele Bertolotto; Fabrizio Calliada; Dirk‐André Clevert; David O. Cosgrove; Annamaria Deganello; Mirko D’Onofrio; Francesco Maria Drudi; Simon Freeman; Christopher Harvey; Christian Jenssen; Ernst-Michael Jung; Andrea Klauser; Nathalie Lassau; Maria Franca Meloni; Edward Leen; Carlos Nicolau; Christian Nolsøe; Fabio Piscaglia; Francesco Prada; Helmut Prosch; Maija Radziņa; L. Savelli; Hans-Peter Weskott; Hessel Wijkstra

doi:10.1055/a-0586-1107

Abstract

Abstract The updated version of the EFSUMB guidelines on the application of non-hepatic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) deals with the use of microbubble ultrasound contrast outside the liver in the many established and emerging applications.

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Contrast-enhanced ultrasoundClinical PracticeUltrasoundContrast (vision)Medical physicsMedicineRadiologyComputer scienceFamily medicineArtificial intelligence

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Year: 2018
Type: article
Volume: 39
Issue: 02
Pages: e2-e44
Citations: 1002
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                                    Paul S. Sidhu, 
                                
                                    Vito Cantisani, 
                                
                                    Christoph F. Dietrich
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            The EFSUMB Guidelines and Recommendations for the Clinical Practice of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in Non-Hepatic Applications: Update 2017 (Long Version). 
                            Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound
                            , 39
                            (02)
                            , e2-e44.
                            https://doi.org/10.1055/a-0586-1107
                        

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DOI: 10.1055/a-0586-1107