Relationship between contrast-enhanced ultrasound combined with ultrasound resolution microscopy imaging and histological features of hepatocellular carcinoma

• Published in: Abdominal imaging Vol. 50; no. 8; pp. 3530 - 3542
• Main Authors: Wang, Feiqian, Yu, Jingtong, Lu, Xingqi, Numata, Kazushi, Ruan, Litao, Zhang, Dong, Liu, Xi, Li, Xiaojing, Wan, Mingxi, Zhang, Wenbin, Zhang, Guanjun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.08.2025; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Blood flow; Blood vessels; Cancer therapies; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - diagnostic imaging; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - pathology; Chemoembolization; Complexity; Contrast agents; Contrast Media; Density ratio; Female; Flow velocity; Gastroenterology; Hepatectomy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Hepatology; Humans; Image Enhancement - methods; Imaging; Lesions; Liver - diagnostic imaging; Liver - pathology; Liver cancer; Liver Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Liver Neoplasms - pathology; Liver transplants; Magnetic resonance imaging; Male; Medical imaging; Medical prognosis; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Microscopy; Microvasculature; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Invasiveness; Parameters; Patients; Perfusion; Prospective Studies; Radiology; Serology; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonography - methods; Ultrasound; Velocity; United States > US; Microvessel; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Diagnosis; Contrast-enhanced ultrasound; Ultrasound resolution microscopy

Objectives Using contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and ultrasound resolution microscopy (URM) imaging, this study aimed to evaluate the relationship between microvascular parameters of small hepatocellular carcinoma (sHCC) (≤ 3 cm) and microscopic histological features, which include vessels encap...