Subharmonic and Endoscopic Contrast Imaging of Pancreatic Masses: A Pilot Study.

Flemming ForsbergMaria StanczakAndrej LyshchikDavid LorenPatrick O'KaneAli SiddiquiThomas E KowalskiCynthia MillerTraci FoxJi-Bin LiuJohn R Eisenbrey

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2017)

Diagnostic accuracy of contrast EUS and transabdominal SHI for assessment of pancreatic masses was quite low in this pilot study. However, SHI had improved tumoral CTRs relative to contrast EUS.

Keyphrases

fine needle aspiration
contrast enhanced
ultrasound guided
magnetic resonance
magnetic resonance imaging
high resolution
computed tomography
mass spectrometry