MRI and contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) image fusion of renal lesions

作者：Ruebenthaler J; Paprottka K J; Marcon J; Reiser M; Clevert D A

来源：Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, 2016, 64(3): 457-465.

• Renal lesions
• bosniak classification
• contrast-enhanced ultrasound
• image fusion

Ultrasound is a common and established imaging method for the initial characterization of renal lesions. The widespread used Bosniak classification (I-IV) classifies renal lesions in five individual groups using contrast-enhanced computer tomography (CE-CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and/or contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) imaging criteria. For complex pathologies, CEUS/MRI image fusion is a novel imaging technique for the differentiation of benign and malignant renal lesions. Compared to CE-CT and MRI alone, ultrasound image fusion offers the additional possibility of being a real-time imaging technique that can be used together with other cross- sectional imaging techniques.
This article describes the newest possibilities of image fusion with CEUS and MRI in detection and characterization of unclear renal lesions.

• 出版日期2016