European Society of Paediatric Radiology abdominal imaging task force: recommendations for contrast-enhanced ultrasound and diffusion-weighted imaging in focal renal lesions in children

M Beatrice Damasio; Lil-Sofie Ording Müller; Thomas A Augdal; Fred E Avni; Luca Basso; Costanza Bruno; Damjana Ključevšek; Annemieke S Littooij; Stéphanie Franchi-Abella; Luisa M Lobo; Hans-Joachim Mentzel; Marcello Napolitano; Aikaterini Ntoulia; Michael Riccabona; Samuel Stafrace; M Magdalena M Woźniak; Philippe Petit

doi:10.1007/s00247-019-04552-9

European Society of Paediatric Radiology abdominal imaging task force: recommendations for contrast-enhanced ultrasound and diffusion-weighted imaging in focal renal lesions in children

Pediatr Radiol. 2020 Feb;50(2):297-304. doi: 10.1007/s00247-019-04552-9. Epub 2019 Nov 27.

Authors

M Beatrice Damasio¹, Lil-Sofie Ording Müller², Thomas A Augdal³, Fred E Avni⁴, Luca Basso⁵, Costanza Bruno⁶, Damjana Ključevšek⁷, Annemieke S Littooij^{8

9}, Stéphanie Franchi-Abella¹⁰, Luisa M Lobo¹¹, Hans-Joachim Mentzel¹², Marcello Napolitano¹³, Aikaterini Ntoulia¹⁴, Michael Riccabona¹⁵, Samuel Stafrace¹⁶, M Magdalena M Woźniak¹⁷, Philippe Petit¹⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, IRCCS, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova, Italy. beatricedamasio@gmail.com.
² Division of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Department of Paediatric Radiology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
³ Department of Radiology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
⁴ Department of Pediatric Radiology, Jeanne de Flandre Hospital, CHRU de Lille, Lille, France.
⁵ Department of Radiology, IRCCS, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova, Italy.
⁶ Radiology Institute, Department of Radiology, AOUI, Verona, Italy.
⁷ Department of Radiology, University Children's Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
⁸ Department of Radiology, Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
⁹ Department of Radiology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
¹⁰ Service de Radiopédiatrie, Hôpital Bicêtre - Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Paris, France.
¹¹ Serviço de Imagiologia Geral, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte (CHULN), Lisbon, Portugal.
¹² Section of Pediatric Radiology, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany.
¹³ Department of Paediatric Radiology and Neuroradiology, V. Buzzi Children's Hospital, Milan, Italy.
¹⁴ Department of Radiology, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Poole, UK.
¹⁵ Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, University Hospital and Medical University, Graz, Austria.
¹⁶ Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar.
¹⁷ Department of Pediatric Radiology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
¹⁸ Service d'Imagerie Pédiatrique et Prénatale, Hôpital Timone Enfants, Marseille, France.

PMID: 31776600
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-019-04552-9

Abstract

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) are safe, repeatable imaging techniques. The aim of this paper is to discuss the advantages, technical factors and possible clinical applications of these imaging tools in focal renal lesions in children.

Keywords: Children; Contrast-enhanced ultrasound; Diffusion-weighted imaging; Kidney; Magnetic resonance imaging; Recommendations; Tumour; Ultrasound.

Publication types

Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

Contrast Media*
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Europe
Humans
Image Enhancement / methods*
Liver / diagnostic imaging
Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Radiology
Societies, Medical
Ultrasonography / methods*

Substances

Contrast Media