Application and prospect of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in renal diseases
LIU Xuehui
NIE Fang
Abstract：Ultrasound usually is the preferred imaging method in evaluating renal diseases. Introducing the ultrasound contrast agent to the Doppler imaging is a great progress in ultrasound examination. Comparing with CT or MR imaging, ultrasound contrast agent microbubbles characterized by no radiation, low cost, and don ’t spread to the extravascular space. Using real-time multiplanar imaging a rapid diagnosis can be archived. With the developments of the acoustic contrast and the imaging software, ultrasound imaging has become one of the important diagnostic methods. We summarized the application and prospect of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in renal diseases in this article.
Keywords：Ultrasound contrast agentRenal tumorsRenal injuryRenal artery stenosisRenal infarctionRenal blood perfusionKidney transplantationRadiofrequency ablation
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 556-559 )