Abstract
Quantitative contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) imaging has the potential to advance methods of cancer diagnosis and treatment by providing clinicians more suitable benchmarks for monitoring tumor perfusion and response to cancer therapies. In this chapter, we describe the basic methods of how quantitative CEUS imaging is performed in tumors with the use of ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) and discuss the challenges that still need to be overcome to fully realize the potential of CEUS imaging in a cancer therapy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Cancer Therapeutics and Imaging |
Subtitle of host publication | Molecular and Cellular Engineering and Nanobiomedicine |
Publisher | World Scientific Publishing Co. |
Pages | 137-154 |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789813222557 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789813222540 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2017 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- General Engineering
- General Medicine