Fusion Imaging of Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound With CT or MRI for Kidney Lesions.
In Vivo
; 33(1): 203-208, 2019.
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AIM:
To evaluate the feasibility of ultrasound (US) computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) fusion imaging (FI) for localization and assessment of kidney lesions. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Twenty-eight patients with kidney lesions previously detected on CT or MRI were included in this retrospective study. All 28 patients with kidney lesions, which were indefinable (42.9%) or hard to localize (57.1%) on gray-scale US alone, underwent FI of US with CT/MRI datasets. In 23 (82%) patients with indeterminate kidney lesions, FI including contrast-enhanced US was conducted.RESULTS:
FI was successfully performed in 25 out of 28 (89.3%) patients. FI with contrast-enhanced US was able to clarify the previously detected kidney lesions in 21 out of 23 patients (91.3%).CONCLUSION:
FI is a feasible technique for localizing kidney lesions that are hard to define by grayscale US alone and the additional application of contrast-enhanced US is useful in clarifying indeterminate CT or MRI findings.Palavras-chave
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Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética
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Carcinoma de Células Renais
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Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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2019
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