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ReviewWorld journal of gastrointestinal oncology2021

New frontiers in liver ultrasound: From mono to multi parametricity.

Tommaso Vincenzo Bartolotta, Adele Taibbi, Angelo Randazzo, Cesare Gagliardo

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Review in World journal of gastrointestinal oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. [Ultrasound technology's new application in the diagnosis and treatment of liver cancer].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2026
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  4. Microvascular Imaging of Hepatic Hemangiomas.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Tommaso Vincenzo BartolottaDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital "Paolo Giaccone", Palermo 90127, Italy.
Adele TaibbiDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital "Paolo Giaccone", Palermo 90127, Italy.
Angelo RandazzoDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital "Paolo Giaccone", Palermo 90127, Italy.
Cesare GagliardoDepartment of Biopathology and Medical and Forensic Biotechnologies, University of Palermo, Palermo 90127, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Modern liver ultrasonography (US) has become a "one-stop shop" able to provide not only anatomic and morphologic but also functional information about vascularity, stiffness and other various liver tissue properties. Modern US techniques allow a quantitative assessment of various liver diseases. US scanning is no more limited to the visualized plane, but three-dimensional, volumetric acquisition and consequent post-processing are also possible. Further, US scan can be consistently merged and visualized in real time with Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging examinations. Effective and safe microbubble-based contrast agents allow a real time, dynamic study of contrast kinetic for the detection and characterization of focal liver lesions. Ultrasound can be used to guide loco-regional treatment of liver malignancies and to assess tumoral response either to interventional procedures or medical therapies. Microbubbles may also carry and deliver drugs under ultrasound exposure. US plays a crucial role in diagnosing, treating and monitoring focal and diffuse liver disease. On the basis of personal experience and literature data, this paper is aimed to review the main topics involving recent advances in the field of liver ultrasound.

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Contrast-enhanced ultrasoundDoppler ultrasonographyElastographyInterventionalUltrasonography

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PMID34721768
PMCPMC8529919

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