TY - JOUR
T1 - From Grey Scale B-Mode to Elastosonography
T2 - Multimodal Ultrasound Imaging in Meningioma Surgery - Pictorial Essay and Literature Review
AU - Prada, Francesco
AU - Del Bene, Massimiliano
AU - Moiraghi, Alessandro
AU - Casali, Cecilia
AU - Legnani, Federico Giuseppe
AU - Saladino, Andrea
AU - Perin, Alessandro
AU - Vetrano, Ignazio Gaspare
AU - Mattei, Luca
AU - Richetta, Carla
AU - Saini, Marco
AU - DiMeco, Francesco
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The main goal in meningioma surgery is to achieve complete tumor removal, when possible, while improving or preserving patient neurological functions. Intraoperative imaging guidance is one fundamental tool for such achievement. In this regard, intra-operative ultrasound (ioUS) is a reliable solution to obtain real-time information during surgery and it has been applied in many different aspect of neurosurgery. In the last years, different ioUS modalities have been described: B-mode, Fusion Imaging with pre-operative acquired MRI, Doppler, contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), and elastosonography. In this paper, we present our US based multimodal approach in meningioma surgery. We describe all the most relevant ioUS modalities and their intraoperative application to obtain precise and specific information regarding the lesion for a tailored approach in meningioma surgery. For each modality, we perform a review of the literature accompanied by a pictorial essay based on our routinely use of ioUS for meningioma resection.
AB - The main goal in meningioma surgery is to achieve complete tumor removal, when possible, while improving or preserving patient neurological functions. Intraoperative imaging guidance is one fundamental tool for such achievement. In this regard, intra-operative ultrasound (ioUS) is a reliable solution to obtain real-time information during surgery and it has been applied in many different aspect of neurosurgery. In the last years, different ioUS modalities have been described: B-mode, Fusion Imaging with pre-operative acquired MRI, Doppler, contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), and elastosonography. In this paper, we present our US based multimodal approach in meningioma surgery. We describe all the most relevant ioUS modalities and their intraoperative application to obtain precise and specific information regarding the lesion for a tailored approach in meningioma surgery. For each modality, we perform a review of the literature accompanied by a pictorial essay based on our routinely use of ioUS for meningioma resection.
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U2 - 10.1155/2015/925729
DO - 10.1155/2015/925729
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84935920401
VL - 2015
JO - BioMed Research International
JF - BioMed Research International
SN - 2314-6133
M1 - 925729
ER -