ReviewInsights into imaging2021
A pictorial review of the utility of CEUS in thoracic biopsies.
Review in Insights into imaging, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Efficacy of CEUS-guided biopsy for thoracic and pulmonary lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medical imaging · 2025Pooled it
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- Comparison of the application value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound and contrast-enhanced CT in puncture biopsy of peripheral pulmonary lesions.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Comments and Illustrations of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine (EFSUMB) Guidelines: Rare Malignant Pulmonal and Pleural Tumors: Primary Pulmonary Sarcoma and Mesothelioma, Imaging Features on Transthoracic Ultrasound.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- The Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in the Evaluation of Central Lung Cancer with Obstructive Atelectasis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Ultrasound Guided Percutaneous Pleural Needle Biopsy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- [Research progress on the identification of central lung cancer and atelectasis using multimodal imaging].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2023Review
- The Role of Thoracic Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Diseases of the Chest Wall, the Mediastinum, and the Diaphragm-Narrative Review and Pictorial Essay.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Authors and funding
8 authors.
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Abstract
Lung cancer is one of the commonest malignancies worldwide and necessitates both early and personalised treatment. A key requirement is histological sampling with immunohistochemistry obtained usually from percutaneous biopsy. Conventionally thoracic biopsies are performed using CT guidance, but more recently, there has been development of physician led ultrasound biopsy for pleural lesions. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) has been increasingly used in interventional procedures and is able to offer benefits for thoracic biopsies including improving lesional visualisation and characterisation, targeting viable tissue and avoiding critical vascular structures as well as evaluating for the presence of post-procedural complications. This educational review aims to benefits of the role of CEUS in thoracic biopsies.
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