Intraoperative Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography (Io-CEUS) in Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery for Characterization of Pulmonary Tumours: A Clinical Feasibility Study.
Martin Ignaz SchauerErnst-Michael JungNatascha Platz Batista da SilvaMichael AkersElena LochTill MarkowiakTomas PilerChristopher LarischReiner NeuChristian StroszczynskiHans-Stefan HofmannMichael RiedPublished in: Cancers (2023)
The technical feasibility of Io-CEUS was confirmed in VATS before resection regarding the detection of suspicious SPNs. In particular, the use of Doppler sonography and contrast agent kinetics revealed intraoperative specific aspects depending on the tumour entity. Further studies on Io-CEUS and the application of an endoscopic probe for VATS will follow.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- contrast enhanced ultrasound
- thoracic surgery
- diffusion weighted
- magnetic resonance imaging
- minimally invasive
- magnetic resonance
- computed tomography
- diffusion weighted imaging
- patients undergoing
- pulmonary hypertension
- ultrasound guided
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- blood flow
- living cells
- quantum dots
- dual energy
- label free
- fine needle aspiration