Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging Beats CT and MR for Diagnosing Some Liver Cancers
"Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) helps physicians accurately diagnose some forms of liver cancer — and does so more safely and less expensively than computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR), according to a report just published in Hepatoma Research." (more)
“Contrast-enhanced ultrasound provides exquisite vessel resolution and is a completely non-invasive imaging option that produces the same information as CT and MR, which have historically been used to diagnose focal liver lesions,” according to Stephanie Wilson, M.D., head of the Department of Radiology at the University of Calgary and lead author of the report." (more)