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

Issue title: Selected Presentations held at the 35th Conference of the German Society for Clinical Microcirculation and Hemorheology, Mainz, Germany, 4-5 November, 2016

Guest editors: F. Jung and T. Gori

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Rübenthaler, J.^{a; *} | Paprottka, K.J.^a | Marcon, J.^b | Reiser, M.^a | Clevert, D.A.^a

Affiliations: [a] Department of Clinical Radiology, Interdisciplinary Ultrasound Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich-Grosshadern Campus, Marchioninistr., Munich, Germany | [b] Department of Urology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich-Grosshadern Campus, Marchioninistr., Munich, Germany

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Dr. Johannes Rübenthaler, Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany. Tel.: +089 4400 73620; Fax: +089 4400 78832; E-mail: Johannes.Ruebenthaler@med.uni-muenchen.de.

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Renal lesions, bosniak classification, contrast-enhanced ultrasound, image fusion

DOI: 10.3233/CH-168116

Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 457-466, 2016