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2023

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound

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Improved Tumor Control Following Radiosensitization With Ultrasound-Sensitive Oxygen Microbubbles And Tumor Mitochondrial Respiration Inhibitors In A Preclinical Model Of Head And Neck Cancer, Quezia Lacerda, Hebah Falatah, Ji-Bin Liu, Corinne Wessner, Brian Oeffinger, Ankit K. Rochani, Dennis B. Leeper, Flemming Forsberg, Joseph M. Curry, Gagan Kaushal, Scott W Keith, Patrick O'Kane, Margaret A Wheatley, John R. Eisenbrey Apr 2023

Improved Tumor Control Following Radiosensitization With Ultrasound-Sensitive Oxygen Microbubbles And Tumor Mitochondrial Respiration Inhibitors In A Preclinical Model Of Head And Neck Cancer, Quezia Lacerda, Hebah Falatah, Ji-Bin Liu, Corinne Wessner, Brian Oeffinger, Ankit K. Rochani, Dennis B. Leeper, Flemming Forsberg, Joseph M. Curry, Gagan Kaushal, Scott W Keith, Patrick O'Kane, Margaret A Wheatley, John R. Eisenbrey

Department of Radiology Faculty Papers

Tumor hypoxia (oxygen deficiency) is a major contributor to radiotherapy resistance. Ultrasound-sensitive microbubbles containing oxygen have been explored as a mechanism for overcoming tumor hypoxia locally prior to radiotherapy. Previously, our group demonstrated the ability to encapsulate and deliver a pharmacological inhibitor of tumor mitochondrial respiration (lonidamine (LND)), which resulted in ultrasound-sensitive microbubbles loaded with O2 and LND providing prolonged oxygenation relative to oxygenated microbubbles alone. This follow-up study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic response to radiation following the administration of oxygen microbubbles combined with tumor mitochondrial respiration inhibitors in a head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) tumor model. …


Sentinel Lymph Node Identification Using Contrast Lymphosonography: A Systematic Review, Priscilla Machado, Ji-Bin Liu, Flemming Forsberg Mar 2023

Sentinel Lymph Node Identification Using Contrast Lymphosonography: A Systematic Review, Priscilla Machado, Ji-Bin Liu, Flemming Forsberg

Department of Radiology Faculty Papers

The sentinel lymph node (SLN) concept hypothesizes that metastatic cancer cells will spread through the lymphatic system to the SLN being the first one in the lymphatic chain to receive the metastatic cells, indicating that if the SLN is free of cancer cells the rest of the lymphatic chain is also without metastatic disease. Diagnostic ultrasound imaging (US) has been used to evaluate lymph nodes (LN) to determine level of suspicion and to guide LN biopsies. However, conventional US cannot be used for lymphatic mapping, which requires administration of a tracer. This has been changed with the use of contrast-enhanced …


Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Li-Rads: A Pictorial Review, Osama Mahmoud, Ajay Makkena, Corinne E. Wessner, Ji-Bin Liu, John Eisenbrey, Andrej Lyshchik Jan 2023

Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Li-Rads: A Pictorial Review, Osama Mahmoud, Ajay Makkena, Corinne E. Wessner, Ji-Bin Liu, John Eisenbrey, Andrej Lyshchik

Department of Radiology Faculty Papers

The American College of Radiology has implemented the Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) to help detect, interpret, and guide the management of suspected lesions on surveillance imaging for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with cirrhosis. The classification of indeterminate nodules with a grading algorithm can be used for multiple imaging modalities (US, CT, and MRI) and incorporates multiple imaging features to appropriately classify observations with different likelihood of being HCC. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) LI-RADS has been fully implemented since 2017. The aim of this pictorial article is to provide a comprehensive review of CEUS LI-RADS utilization, discuss its …