ArticleJournal of ultrasound2022
Quantitative assessment of bladder wall vascularity index in children with acute cystitis using superb microvascular imaging.
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- Quantitative Assessment of Vascularization and Stiffness in Salivary Glands During Pregnancy Using Superb Microvascular Imaging and Shear Wave Elastography Techniques.Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU · 2026Article
- Ultrasound innovations in abdominal radiology: techniques and clinical applications in pediatric imaging.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2025Review
- New microvascular ultrasound techniques: abdominal applications.La Radiologia medica · 2023Review
- Comparison of conventional Doppler imaging techniques and superb microvascular imaging in determination of vascularization in undescended testes.Journal of ultrasonography · 2023Article
- Use of new microcirculation software allows the demonstration of dermis vascularization.Journal of ultrasound · 2023Article
- Potential diagnostic value of quantitative superb microvascular imaging in premalignant and malignant cervical lesions.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the vascularization index (VI) obtained using color superb microvascular imaging (cSMI) technique in assessment of the anterior urinary bladder wall in pediatric patients with acute cystitis (AC).
methodsThe anterior bladder wall of 157 patients (age range 13-84 months, mean 43.62 ± 17.79 months) whose clinical and laboratory findings were proven of AC and 150 healthy asymptomatic participants (age range 13-84 months, mean 43.88 ± 18.11 months) with normal laboratory values were examined using cSMI. VI measurements were performed by manually drawing the contours of the anterior bladder wall using the free region of interest with 2-dimensional cSMI VI (2DcSMIVI) mode. The quantitative 2DcSMIVI values of the symptomatic group and the asymptomatic group were compared. The correlation between the 2DcSMIVI values and the anterior bladder wall thickness (BWT) were analyzed.
resultsThe mean 2DcSMIVI values of the BWT were significantly higher in symptomatic group when compared to the asymptomatic group (p<0.001). AC can be diagnosed with a 93% sensitivity, 92% specificity when 3.25% 2DcSMIVI designated as the cutoff value. There was a significant positive correlation between 2DcSMIVI values and BWT (p<0.001).
conclusionTwo-dimensional cSMI VI can be used effectively in children as an imaging method in the diagnosis of AC.
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