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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2023

The added value of color parameter imaging for the evaluation of focal liver lesions with "homogenous hyperenhancement and no wash out" on contrast enhanced ultrasound.

Zi-Nan Liang, Song Wang, Wei Yang, Hong Wang, Kun Zhao, Xiu-Mei Bai, Zhong-Yi Zhang, Wei Wu, Kun Yan

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Prediction of Gallbladder Lesions Malignancy Risk Using Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound and Arrival-Time Parametric Imaging.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2026
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Zi-Nan Liang *Department of Ultrasound, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China.
Song Wang *Department of Ultrasound, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China.
Wei YangDepartment of Ultrasound, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China.
Hong WangDepartment of Ultrasound, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China.
Kun ZhaoDepartment of Ultrasound, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xiu-Mei BaiDepartment of Ultrasound, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China.
Zhong-Yi ZhangDepartment of Ultrasound, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China.
Wei WuDepartment of Ultrasound, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China.
Kun YanDepartment of Ultrasound, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China.

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Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the added value of color parameter imaging (CPI) in the differential diagnosis of focal liver lesions (FLLs) with "homogeneous hyperenhancement but not wash out" on contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS). Methods: A total of 101 patients with 108 FLLs were enrolled in this study. All the FLLs received US and CEUS examinations. The stored CEUS clips of target lesions were postprocessed with CPI analysis by radiologists. The receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluate the added value of CPI. The McNamara test was used to compare the diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy between CEUS and CPI patterns. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to develop a CPI nomogram. The C index and calibration curve were used to evaluate the predictive ability of the nomogram. The intraclass correlation coefficient was used to test the reproducibility and reliability of CPI. Decision curve analysis (DCA) was used to evaluate the added value of applying CPI. Results: The following CPI features were more frequently observed in malignant FLLs: eccentric perfusion (malignant: 70.0% vs. benign: 29.2%, Conclusion: Using CPI can detect and render subtle information of the main features of FLLs on CEUS; it is conducive to the radiologist for imaging interpretation, and a combining read of the CEUS and CPI of the FLLs with features of "homogenous hyperenhancement and no washout" can improve significantly the diagnostic performance of CEUS for FLLs.

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color parameter imagingcontrast-enhanced ultrasoundfocal liver lesionnomogramprediction model

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PMCPMC10808770

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