title: Color power Doppler US and contrast-enhanced US features of abdominal solid organ injuries.
abstract: Utilization of color power Doppler and sonographic contrast agents to basic ultrasound (US) further improve the detection and characterization of abdominal injuries, increasing the diagnostic accuracy and value of US as an important technique in the evaluation of the abdominal trauma. This paper provides an illustrated summary of our clinical experience with color power Doppler US (CD-US) and contrast-enhanced US (CE-US) in the evaluation of abdominal solid organ injuries, involving 32 documented cases over a 2-year period. The findings of the CD-US and CE-US were compared with those provided by state-of-the-art contrast-enhanced multidetector 16-row CT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cardarelli Hospital, Via A. Cardarelli, 9-80131 Naples, Italy. ameliasparano@yahoo.it
authors.forename: Amelia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sparano
authors.forename: Ciro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Acampora
authors.forename: Loredana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: di Nuzzo
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liguori
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Farina
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scaglione
authors.forename: Luigia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Romano
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016477:Artifacts; D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media