Adamietz BR, Fasching P, Jud S, Schulz-Wendtland R, Anders K, Uder M, Wüst W, Rauh C, Meier-Meitinger M (2014)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2014
Publisher: Georg Thieme Verlag
Book Volume: 35
Pages Range: 33-37
Journal Issue: 1
Introduction: The potential of sonography in the examination of lung tissue is extremely limited by the air-filled alveoles of the lung. Only in special circumstances like pleural adhesion lesions, atelectasis or pneumonia can lung tissue be visualized by B-mode sonography. Real-time elastography was primarily applied to detect and visualize pulmonary lesions. Methods and Patients: 8 patients with a total of 18 histologically proven metastases of the lung were included. All pulmonary lesions were detected by computed tomography. Sonographic examination was performed with a 7.5 MHz linear transducer (Acuson Antares premium edition, Siemens, Erlangen, Germany), including B-mode and real-time elastography (RTE). The mean distance between pleura and the lesions ranged from 0 to 2.5 cm. Two lesions were located in the upper right lobe, eleven lesions in the lower right and five in the lower left lobe. Results: RTE was able to detect and visualize all 18 pulmonary lesions in contrast to B-mode. The size and distance of the lesions from the pleura correlated with the CT findings. Conclusion: In contrast to B-mode sonography, RTE is able to detect and visualize peripheral, non-pleural adherent pulmonary lesions.
APA:
Adamietz, B.R., Fasching, P., Jud, S., Schulz-Wendtland, R., Anders, K., Uder, M.,... Meier-Meitinger, M. (2014). Ultrasound Elastography of Pulmonary Lesions - A Feasibility Study. Ultraschall in der Medizin, 35(1), 33-37. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1355893
MLA:
Adamietz, B. R., et al. "Ultrasound Elastography of Pulmonary Lesions - A Feasibility Study." Ultraschall in der Medizin 35.1 (2014): 33-37.
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