ArticleClinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology2011
Imaging of melanoma: usefulness of ultrasonography before and after contrast injection for diagnosis and early evaluation of treatment.
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- Fast raster-scan optoacoustic mesoscopy enables assessment of human melanoma microvasculature in vivo.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Assessment of sorafenib induced changes in tumor perfusion of uveal melanoma metastases with dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (DCE-US).Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2022Article
- Differential diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma by high-resolution ultrasound elastography.Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) · 2022Article
- Microvascular imaging of the skin.Physics in medicine and biology · 2019Review
- Ultrasound and Infrared-Based Imaging Modalities for Diagnosis and Management of Cutaneous Diseases.Frontiers in medicine · 2018Review
- Intraoperative cerebral glioma characterization with contrast enhanced ultrasound.BioMed research international · 2014Article
- High-resolution ultrasound imaging of cutaneous lesions.The Indian journal of radiology & imaging · 2013Article
- Sonography of the primary cutaneous melanoma: a review.Radiology research and practice · 2012Article
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Abstract
High-frequency ultrasound (8-14 MHz) is routinely used to display cutaneous melanomas. Maximum thickness measurement (Breslow index) has been shown to be well correlated to histologic findings for lesions of more than 0.75 mm. Some morphological criteria (strong delineation, hypoechoic texture, homogeneity) have been reported to help differentiate between malignant and benign pigmented blue lesions, but remain insufficient. Vascular ultrasound analysis using Doppler mode provides additional information and showed good specificity for malignancy (90%-100%), but variable sensitivity (34%-100%). Recent advances in ultrasound imaging allow functional evaluation. Likewise, dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound using contrast medium injection and specific perfusion and quantification software showed promising results in clinical and preclinical trials for early prediction of tumor response to target treatments.
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