Super-Resolution Ultrasound Localization Microscopy of Microvascular Structure and Flow for Distinguishing Metastatic Lymph Nodes - An Initial Human Study.
Jiaqi ZhuChao ZhangKirsten Christensen-JeffriesGe ZhangSevan HarputChristopher DunsbyPintong HuangMeng-Xing TangPublished in: Ultraschall in der Medizin (Stuttgart, Germany : 1980) (2022)
This pilot study demonstrates the feasibility of super-resolution ultrasound for clinical imaging of lymph nodes and the potential of using the irregularity of local blood flow directions afforded by SRUS for the characterization of LNs.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- blood flow
- high resolution
- magnetic resonance imaging
- endothelial cells
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- sentinel lymph node
- squamous cell carcinoma
- small cell lung cancer
- single molecule
- contrast enhanced ultrasound
- ultrasound guided
- optical coherence tomography
- radiation therapy
- fluorescence imaging
- climate change
- rectal cancer