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Contrast-Enhanced Sonography with SonoVue: Enhancement Patterns of Benign Focal Liver Lesions and Correlation with Dynamic Gadobenate Dimeglumine–Enhanced MRI

¹ All authors: Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche, Policlinico Umberto I –Università "La Sapienza," V. le Regina Elena, Rome 324 00161, Italy.

OBJECTIVE. Contrast-enhanced real-time low-mechanical-index sonography is a new diagnostic technique for the assessment of macro- and microcirculation. The purpose of our article is to describe contrast-enhancement patterns of different benign focal liver lesions using the second-generation contrast agent SonoVue and to compare these findings with those of gadobenate dimeglumine–enhanced MRI.

CONCLUSION. SonoVue-enhanced real-time low-mechanical-index sonography provides specific contrast-enhancement patterns of different benign focal liver lesions, allowing accurate characterization. Findings on SonoVue-enhanced sonography correlate well with those obtained on gadobenate dimeglumine–enhanced MRI.

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