Intrahepatic vessel imaging using novel contrast settings: Low MI Harmonic Imaging and B-Flow CEUS

Patients and methods: After bolus injection of 1.4mL SonoVue a subcostal sweep of the right or left liver lobe was performed with the advent of the first bubbles using a harmonic mode of an AO of 10% (HIREC). By this the intrahepatic arterial tree can be imaged. At an AO of 8% to 10% a sweep during the late arterial or portal venous phase is being performed with a low MI B-Flow (BFC). US device: GE LOGIQ E9 CA1 – 6. 48 liver cirrhosis patients, 20 FNH, 2 hepatocellular adenomas, 10 hemangiomas, 7 with portosystemic shunts (PSS, among one with Osler disease), 5 with portal venous thrombosis (PVT) and 40 patients…