Sridharan Anush,  Darge Kassa

Final Pr. ID: Poster #: EDU-042

The ability to provide quick, real-time, easily accessible and radiation free diagnostic assessment makes ultrasound (US) imaging one of the most versatile imaging modalities. With the introduction and development of microbubble based ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) in the early 90’s the ability to detect and visualize complex vascular structures became a reality, overcoming some of the limitations that were existent with grayscale and Doppler imaging. UCA’s are used extensively in the adult population for visualization of vasculature and evaluating vascular kinetics in solid organs and lesions. Although contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) can provide a powerful alternative approach to evaluate various pathologies in the pediatric population that would otherwise require radiation-based computed tomography (CT) or strenuous magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), it is important to understand the interaction between US and the microbubbles to optimize imaging and derive clinically relevant quantitative measures of vascularity. Read More

Authors:  Sridharan Anush , Darge Kassa

Keywords:  CEUS, Ultrasound, microbubbles