The EFSUMB Guidelines and Recommendations on the Clinical Practice of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS): Update 2011 on non-hepatic applications
Fabio Piscaglia(Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi), Christian Nolsøe(Herlev Hospital), C. Dietrich(Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim), David O. Cosgrove(Hammersmith Hospital), Odd Helge Gilja(University of Bergen), Michael Bachmann Nielsen(Rigshospitalet), Thomas Albrecht(Vivantes Klinikum), Libero Barozzi(Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi), Michele Bertolotto(University of Trieste), Orlando Catalano(Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS "Fondazione G. Pascale"), M. Claudon(Hôpital d'Enfants), Dirk‐André Clevert(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), J.M. Corréas(Université Paris Cité), Mirko D’Onofrio(University of Verona), Francesco Maria Drudi(Sapienza University of Rome), Jens Eyding(St. Josef-Hospital), Marc Giovannini(Institut Paoli-Calmettes), Michael Hocke(Helios Vogtland Klinikum Plauen), A Ignee(Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim), E.M. Jung(University Hospital Regensburg), Andrea Klauser(Innsbruck Medical University), Nathalie Lassau(Institut Gustave Roussy), Edward Leen(Imperial College London), G. Mathis, Adrian Săftoiu(University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova), G Seidel(Asklepios), Paul S. Sidhu(King's College Hospital), Gail ter Haar(Royal Marsden Hospital), D. Timmerman(KU Leuven), H Weskott
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Contrast enhanced colour/power Doppler US: 1. Can be utilised for further assessment of the degree of vascularisation in joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. (Recommendation Level: C;2b) 2. Repeat contrast enhanced Doppler US may provide useful information on the response to treatment, to guide therapeutic strategy. The technique has the potential to be utilised within dedicated centres using standardised methodology. (Recommendation Level: C
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