• Development of and Gathering Validity Evidence for a Theoretical Test in Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound 

      Jacobsen, Niels; Nolsøe, Christian P.; Konge, Lars; Graumann, Ole; Dietrich, Christoph F.; Sidhu, Paul S.; Gilja, Odd H.; Meloni, Maria F.; Berzigotti, Annalisa; Harvey, Chris J.; Deganello, Annamaria; Prada, Francesco; Lerchbaumer, Markus H.; Laursen, Christian B. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is an imaging modality applied in a broad field of medical specialties for diagnostic uses, guidance during biopsy procedures and ablation therapies and sonoporation therapy. Appropriate ...
    • EFSUMB recommendations for gastrointestinal ultrasound part 3: Endorectal, endoanal and perineal ultrasound 

      Nürnberg, Dieter; Saftoiu, Adrian; Barreiros, Ana Paula; Burmester, Eike; Ivan, Elena Tatiana; Clevert, Dirk-André; Dietrich, Christoph F.; Gilja, Odd Helge; Lorentzen, Torben; Maconi, Giovanni; Mihmanli, Ismail; Nolsøe, Christian Pállson; Pfeffer, Frank; Rafaelsen, Søren Rafael; Spârchez, Zeno; Vilmann, Peter; Waage, Jo Erling Riise (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      This article represents part 3 of the EFSUMB Recommendations and Guidelines for Gastrointestinal Ultrasound (GIUS). It provides an overview of the examination techniques recommended by experts in the field of endorectal/endoanal ...
    • Gastrointestinal Ultrasound in Functional Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract - EFSUMB Consensus Statement 

      Maconi, Giovanni; Hausken, Trygve; Dietrich, Christoph F.; Pallotta, Nadia; Sporea, Ioan; Nürnberg, Dieter; Dirks, Klaus; Romanini, Laura; Serra, Carla; Braden, Barbara; Spârchez, Zeno; Gilja, Odd Helge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Abdominal ultrasonography and intestinal ultrasonography are widely used as first diagnostic tools for investigating patients with abdominal symptoms, mainly for excluding organic diseases. However, gastrointestinal ...
    • What should be known prior to performing EUS? 

      Dietrich, Christoph F.; Arcidiacono, Paolo Giorgio; Braden, Barbara; Burmeister, Sean; Carrara, Silvia; Cui, Xinwu; Di Leo, Milena; Dong, Yi; Fusaroli, Pietro; Gilja, Odd Helge; Healey, Andrew J.; Hocke, Michael; Hollerbach, Stephan; Garcia, Julio Iglesias; Ignee, André; Jürgensen, Christian; Kahaleh, Michel; Kitano, Masayuki; Kunda, Rastislav; Larghi, Alberto; Möller, Kathleen; Napoleon, Bertrand; Oppong, Kofi W.; Petrone, Maria Chiara; Saftoiu, Adrian; Puri, Rajesh; Sahai, Anand V.; Santo, Erwin; Sharma, Malay; Soweid, Assaad; Sun, Siyu; Teoh, Anthony Yuen Bun; Vilmann, Peter; Jenssen, Christian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-02-14)
      Direct referral of patients for EUS – instead of preprocedural consultation with the endosonographer – has become standard practice (like for other endoscopic procedures) as it is time- and cost-effective. To ensure ...