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Hepatic vein transit time of an ultrasound contrast agent: simplified procedure using pulse inversion imaging

Departments of ¹Radiology and ²Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Rigshospitalet and ³Department of Radiology, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

View larger version (115K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Ultrasound scan of the liver veins with pulse inversion imaging. Before injection of contrast agent a good view of the liver veins is obtained (a). Arrival of the contrast agent was seen as white reflections after 19 s in a right-sided liver vein (b) and after 28 s in the left liver vein (c). There was a hepatocellular carcinoma in the right liver lobe (not shown in this figure).

View larger version (24K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. Hepatic vein transit time (s) of an ultrasound contrast agent assessed by pulse inversion imaging in patients with no history of hepatic or malignant disease (a), in patients with liver cirrhosis (b) and in patients with focal liver lesions (c).