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Utility of fusion imaging for the evaluation of ultrasound quality in hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance

Authors
 Yeun-Yoon Kim  ;  Seo-Bum Cho  ;  Jae Seung Lee  ;  Hye Won Lee  ;  Jin-Young Choi  ;  Seung Up Kim 
Citation
 ULTRASONOGRAPHY, Vol.42(4) : 580-588, 2023-10 
Journal Title
ULTRASONOGRAPHY
ISSN
 2288-5919 
Issue Date
2023-10
Keywords
Chronic disease surveillance ; Hepatocellular carcinoma ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Ultrasonography ; X-ray computed tomography
Abstract
Purpose: This study evaluated the quality of surveillance ultrasound (US) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) utilizing fusion imaging.

Methods: This research involved a secondary analysis of a prospectively recruited cohort. Under institutional review board approval, participants referred for surveillance US who had undergone liver computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) within the past year were screened between August 2022 and January 2023. After patient consent was obtained, the US visualization score in the Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System was assessed with fusion imaging at the time of examination. This score was compared to that of conventional US using the extended McNemar test. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors independently associated with a US visualization score of B or C. Factors limiting visualization of focal lesions were recorded during fusion imaging.

Results: Among the 105 participants (mean age, 59±11 years; 66 men), US visualization scores of B and C were assigned to 57 (54.3%) and 17 (16.2%) participants, respectively, by conventional US and 54 (51.4%) and 32 (30.5%) participants, respectively, by fusion imaging. The score distribution differed significantly between methods (P=0.010). Male sex was independently associated with US visualization scores of B or C (adjusted odds ratio, 3.73 [95% confidence interval, 1.30 to 10.76]; P=0.015). The most common reason (64.5%) for lesion nondetection was a limited sonic window.

Conclusion: Conventional US may underestimate the limitations of the sonic window relative to real-time fusion imaging with pre-acquired CT or MRI in the surveillance of HCC.
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DOI
10.14366/usg.23106
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Radiology (영상의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Seung Up(김승업) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9658-8050
Kim, Yeun-Yoon(김연윤) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2018-5332
Lee, Jae Seung(이재승) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2371-0967
Lee, Hye Won(이혜원) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3552-3560
Choi, Jin Young(최진영) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9025-6274
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/196530
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