Color Doppler sonography of hepatocellular carcinoma before and after treatment by transcatheter arterial embolization.

Hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia: findings on color Doppler ultrasound

“…In previous reports, hepatic malignant tumor was favored when basket pattern and the appearance of vessels within the tumors with pulsatile flow was detected [14,15]. Our results indicate that intratumoral pulsatile flow and basket pattern can also be detected in FNH.…”

Monitoring of hepatocellular carcinoma, following proton radiotherapy, with contrast-enhanced color Doppler ultrasonography

“…The immediate therapeutic effect has been measured by a change of blood flow after TACE and after local ablation therapy (i.e., PEIT, RFA); and the complete absence of vascularity in the treated region shown by contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) or Doppler sonography, can promise the long-term local control of the lesions. [15][16][17] However, in proton-treated HCCs, it is not easy to evaluate the effect of proton radiotherapy properly because the tumor stain tends to be sustained for a longer period of time. Therefore, a novel methodology for the determination of the clinical efficacy of proton radiotherapy needs to be established.…”

Evaluation of transcatheter arterial embolization therapy on hepatocellular carcinomas using contrast-enhanced harmonic power Doppler sonography: comparison with CT, power Doppler sonography, and dynamic MRI

“…Therefore, Doppler sonography has been used in the past to assess the response of HCCs treated with TAE. [4][5][6] However, Doppler sonography has some limitations such as angle dependency and a lack of sensitivity to slow flow. Power Doppler sonography has an increased sensitivity to tissue motion.…”

“…Color and power Doppler ultrasonography have been used to assess blood flow in HCCs after TAE treatment, [4][5][6] and the superior sensitivity of contrast-enhanced sonography in detecting tumor flow has recently been reported. [7][8][9][10] Furthermore, TAE evaluation using computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been conducted.…”