Thomas Auer1,2, Isabel Heidegger3, Tobias DE Zordo2,4, Daniel Junker1,2, Werner Jaschke2, Fabian Steinkohl2, Friedrich Aigner5. 1. Department of Radiology, Landeskrankenhaus Hall, Hall in Tirol, Austria. 2. Department of Radiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. 3. Department of Urology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. 4. Department of Radiology, Brixana Private Clinic, Brixen, Italy. 5. Department of Radiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria Friedrich.Aigner@tirol-kliniken.at.
Abstract
AIM: To evaluate the feasibility of ultrasound (US) computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) fusion imaging (FI) for localization and assessment of kidney lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-eight patients with kidney lesions previously detected on CT or MRI were included in this retrospective study. All 28 patients with kidney lesions, which were indefinable (42.9%) or hard to localize (57.1%) on gray-scale US alone, underwent FI of US with CT/MRI datasets. In 23 (82%) patients with indeterminate kidney lesions, FI including contrast-enhanced US was conducted. RESULTS: FI was successfully performed in 25 out of 28 (89.3%) patients. FI with contrast-enhanced US was able to clarify the previously detected kidney lesions in 21 out of 23 patients (91.3%). CONCLUSION: FI is a feasible technique for localizing kidney lesions that are hard to define by grayscale US alone and the additional application of contrast-enhanced US is useful in clarifying indeterminate CT or MRI findings. Copyright
AIM: To evaluate the feasibility of ultrasound (US) computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) fusion imaging (FI) for localization and assessment of kidney lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-eight patients with kidney lesions previously detected on CT or MRI were included in this retrospective study. All 28 patients with kidney lesions, which were indefinable (42.9%) or hard to localize (57.1%) on gray-scale US alone, underwent FI of US with CT/MRI datasets. In 23 (82%) patients with indeterminate kidney lesions, FI including contrast-enhanced US was conducted. RESULTS: FI was successfully performed in 25 out of 28 (89.3%) patients. FI with contrast-enhanced US was able to clarify the previously detected kidney lesions in 21 out of 23 patients (91.3%). CONCLUSION: FI is a feasible technique for localizing kidney lesions that are hard to define by grayscale US alone and the additional application of contrast-enhanced US is useful in clarifying indeterminate CT or MRI findings. Copyright
Authors: Shaowei Bo; Farzad Sedaghat; KowsalyaDevi Pavuluri; Steven P Rowe; Andrew Cohen; Max Kates; Michael T McMahon Journal: Tomography Date: 2021-03-02