American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol 173, 201-206, Copyright © 1999 by American Roentgen Ray Society

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Hepatic sonography: comparison of tissue harmonic and standard sonography techniques

LE Hann, AM Bach, LD Cramer, D Siegel, HH Yoo and R Garcia
Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.

OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to compare tissue harmonic sonography of the liver with conventional sonography of the liver. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Forty-eight patients underwent tissue harmonic and conventional sonography of the liver, using a randomized imaging sequence. Imaging parameters were standardized, but gain varied. Techniques were compared using predetermined impact analysis categories. If a finding was revealed by only one sonographic technique, additional confirmation was obtained by another imaging technique or by surgery. In a separate image quality analysis, masked images were reviewed by two experienced radiologists to evaluate fluid- solid differentiation, near-field, far-field, and overall image quality. Rankings were correlated with field of view of images and body habitus of patients as determined by body mass index. RESULTS: Tissue harmonic sonography provided the same information as conventional sonography in 34 patients (71%) and added information in 14 patients (29%). The findings from tissue harmonic sonography resulted in altered treatment in five patients (10%). Eight patients (17%) had lesions revealed by tissue harmonic sonography only. Four patients (8%) had inadequate far-field visualization by both techniques. Both observers ranked tissue harmonic sonography the same as or better than standard sonography in 46 patients (96%) for fluid-solid differentiation, in 46 patients (96%) for near-field image quality, and in 45 patients (94%) for overall image quality. For far-field image quality, one observer ranked tissue harmonic sonography the same as or better than conventional sonography in 40 patients (83%), and the second observer, in 41 patients (85%). Image quality ratings showed no correlation with body habitus of the patients or field of view of images. CONCLUSION: Tissue harmonic sonography of the liver provides more information and better image quality than does conventional sonography of the liver.
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