title: EFSUMB Guidelines on Interventional Ultrasound (INVUS), Part I. General Aspects (long Version).
abstract: This is the first part of the Guidelines on Interventional Ultrasound of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) and covers all general aspects of ultrasound-guided procedures (long version).
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastric Surgery, Ultrasound Section, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lorentzen
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastric Surgery, Ultrasound Section, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Nolsøe
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ewertsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.affiliation: Imperial College London and Imaging Department, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, UK.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leen
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Havre
authors.affiliation: Radiologist, Esslinger Hauptstraße 89, 1220 Wien, Austria.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gritzmann
authors.affiliation: University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital "Dubrava", Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brkljacic
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Brandenburg University of Medicine Theodor Fontane, Neuruppin, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nürnberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Akdeniz University Medical Faculty, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kabaalioglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Strobel
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland, Strausberg/Wriezen, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jenssen
authors.affiliation: Unit of Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Piscaglia
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen Norway and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Gilja
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Sidhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine 2, Caritas Krankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim, Germany.
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Dietrich
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards; D012955:Societies, Medical; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards