Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound of the Abdomen Including the Kidneys – SDMS

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) of the abdomen is currently an underutilized imaging modality in the United States, although it is a well-established, noninvasive, real-time imaging technique for evaluating known or suspected abdominal pathology of the liver, pancreas, kidneys, spleen, gallbladder, and gastrointestinal tract. Ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) act as true blood-pool tracers, providing unique, characteristic contrast washin/washout kinetics and enhancement patterns that can be used to characterize various lesions that may not be detected by other imaging modalities.