Ultraschall Med 2018; 39(02): 154-180
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-101254
Guidelines & Recommendations
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The EFSUMB Guidelines and Recommendations for the Clinical Practice of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in Non-Hepatic Applications: Update 2017 (Short Version)

Die EFSUMB-Leitlinien und Empfehlungen für den klinischen Einsatz des kontrastverstärkten Ultraschalls (CEUS) bei nicht-hepatischen Anwendungen: Update 2017 (Kurzversion)

Authors

  • Paul S. Sidhu

    1   Department of Radiology, King’s College London, King’s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  • Vito Cantisani

    2   Department of Radiology, Policlinico Umberto I, Univ. Sapienza of Rome, Italy

  • Christoph F. Dietrich

    3   Med. Klinik 2, Caritas-Krankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim, Germany and Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital Zhengzhou University, China

  • Odd Helge Gilja

    4   National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway

  • Adrian Saftoiu

    5   Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania

  • Eva Bartels

    6   Center for Neurological Vascular Diagnostics, München, Germany

  • Michele Bertolotto

    7   Department of Radiology, University of Trieste, Italy

  • Fabrizio Calliada

    8   Department of Radiology, University of Pavia, Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy

  • Dirk-André Clevert

    9   Interdisciplinary Ultrasound-Center, Department of Radiology, University of Munich – Grosshadern Campus, Munich, Germany

  • David Cosgrove

    10   Clinical Sciences, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  • Annamaria Deganello

    1   Department of Radiology, King’s College London, King’s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  • Mirko D’Onofrio

    11   Department of Radiology, GB Rossi University Hospital, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

  • Francesco Maria Drudi

    12   Department of Radiology, University La Sapienza, Italy

  • Simon Freeman

    13   Department of Imaging, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  • Christopher Harvey

    14   Department of Imaging, Imperial College Health Trust, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  • Christian Jenssen

    15   Department of Internal Medicine, Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland Strausberg/Wriezen, Strausberg, Germany

  • Ernst-Michael Jung

    16   Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Germany

  • Andrea Sabine Klauser

    17   Universitaetsklinik fuer Radiodiagnostik, Medizinische Universitaet Innsbruck, Austria

  • Nathalie Lassau

    18   Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus. Imaging Department and IR4M. UMR8081. Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France

  • Maria Franca Meloni

    19   Casa Di Cura Igea, Department of Interventional Ultrasound, Milan, Italy

  • Edward Leen

    20   Imaging Department, Imperial College London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  • Carlos Nicolau

    21   Radiology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain

  • Christian Nolsoe

    22   Ultrasound Section, Division of Surgery, Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital. Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation (CAMES), University of Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Fabio Piscaglia

    23   Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Division of Internal Medicine, Bologna, Italy

  • Francesco Prada

    24   Department of Neurosurgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C. Besta, Milan, Italy and Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia Health Science Center, Charlottesville, VA, USA, Milan, Italy

  • Helmut Prosch

    25   Abteilung für Allgemeine Radiologie und Kinderradiologie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Austria

  • Maija Radzina

    26   Paula Stradina Clinical University Hospital, Diagnostic Radiology Institute, Riga Stradins University, Radiology Research Laboratory, Riga, Latvia

  • Luca Savelli

    27   Gynecology and Early Pregnancy Ultrasound Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Bologna, Italy

  • Hans-Peter Weskott

    28   Ultrasound, Krankenhaus Siloah, Hannover, Germany

  • Hessel Wijkstra

    29   Urology, AMC University Hospital, Amsterdam and Signal Processing Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Publication History

03 July 2017

05 December 2017

Publication Date:
06 March 2018 (online)

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Abstract

The updated version of the EFSUMB guidelines on the application of non-hepatic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) deals with the use of microbubble ultrasound contrast outside the liver in the many established and emerging applications.

Zusammenfassung

Die aktualisierte Version der EFSUMB-Leitlinien für die Anwendung von nicht-hepatischem kontrastverstärktem Ultraschall (CEUS) befasst sich mit der Verwendung von Mikrobläschen Ultraschall-Kontrastmitteln außerhalb der Leber in zahlreichen etablierten und neu entstehenden Einsatzbereichen.

Key words

vascular - urinary tract - neurology - musculoskeletal system - head/neck