MRI and contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) image fusion of renal lesions

Rübenthaler, J.; Paprottka, K. J.; Marcon, J.; Reiser, M. und Clevert, D. A. (2016): MRI and contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) image fusion of renal lesions. In: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, Bd. 64, Nr. 3: S. 457-465

Abstract

Ultrasound is a common and established imaging method for the initial characterization of renal lesions. The widespread used Bosniak classification (I-IV) classifies renal lesions in five individual groups using contrast-enhanced computer tomography (CE-CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and/or contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) imaging criteria. For complex pathologies, CEUS/MRI image fusion is a novel imaging technique for the differentiation of benign and malignant renal lesions. Compared to CE-CT and MRI alone, ultrasound image fusion offers the additional possibility of being a real-time imaging technique that can be used together with other cross- sectional imaging techniques. This article describes the newest possibilities of image fusion with CEUS and MRI in detection and characterization of unclear renal lesions.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Medizin
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 1386-0291
• Sprache: Englisch