Intraoperative cerebral glioma characterization with contrast enhanced ultrasound.
Francesco PradaLuca MatteiMassimiliano Del BeneLuca AianiMarco SainiCecilia CasaliAssunta FilippiniFederico Giuseppe LegnaniAlessandro PerinAndrea SaladinoIgnazio Gaspare VetranoLuigi Alessandro SolbiatiAlberto MarteganiFrancesco Di MecoPublished in: BioMed research international (2014)
Our study characterizes for the first time human brain glioma with CEUS, providing further insight regarding these tumors' biology. CEUS is a fast, safe, dynamic, real-time, and economic tool that might be helpful during surgery in differentiating malignant and benign gliomas and refining surgical strategy.