EFSUMB Recommendations and Guidelines for Gastrointestinal Ultrasound.
In October 2014 the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology formed a Gastrointestinal Ultrasound (GIUS) task force group to promote the use of GIUS in a clinical setting. One of the main objectives of the task force group was to develop clinical recommendations and guidelines for the use of GIUS under the auspices of EFSUMB. The first part, gives an overview of the examination techniques for GIUS recommended by experts in the field. It also presents the current evidence for the interpretation of normal sonoanatomical and physiological features as examined with different ultrasound modalities.
National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Kim
K
Nylund
Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, "L.Sacco" University Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Giovanni
G
Maconi
Department of Radiology, Hospital Barmherzige Brüder, Salzburg, Austria.
Alois
A
Hollerweger
Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain.
Tomas
T
Ripolles
Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy.
Nadia
N
Pallotta
Department of Radiology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Antony
A
Higginson
Department of Digestive System, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital and University of Bologna, Italy.
Carla
C
Serra
Department of Internal Medicine 2, Caritas Krankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim, Germany.
Christoph F
CF
Dietrich
Dept. of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, "Victor Babes", University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Romania.
Ioan
I
Sporea
Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania.
Adrian
A
Saftoiu
Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, Rems-Murr-Klinikum Winnenden, Germany.
Klaus
K
Dirks
Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, and Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Trygve
T
Hausken
Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy.
Emma
E
Calabrese
Dept. of Radiology, Radiologia 1, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Italy.
Laura
L
Romanini
Outpatients Department of Gastroenterology, University Teaching Hospital Lueneburg, Germany.
Christian
C
Maaser
Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Brandenburg Medical School, Neuruppin, Germany.
Dieter
D
Nuernberg
National Centre of Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway.
Odd Helge
OH
Gilja
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