Brain Tumor Imaging with Transcranial Sonography: State of the Art and Review of the Literature

Zusammenfassung

Transkranielle Sonografie (TCS) ist eine weitverbreitete nicht invasive Methode zur Untersuchung von Hirn, Hirngefäßen, Hirnperfusion und deren Pathologien. Die transkranielle B-Bild-Sonografie kam in den frühen 90er-Jahren auf. Während diese und der Farbdoppler eine klinische Routineanwendung insbesondere in der operativen Neurochirurgie ist, findet die Perfusionsbildgebung eher in der Forschung Anwendung. Das Ziel dieser Arbeit ist, eine Übersicht zu den verschiedenen Ultraschallmodalitäten und deren Anwendung in der Hirntumor-Sonografie zu geben.

Abstract

Transcranial sonography (TCS) is a widely used non-invasive bedside method to evaluate the brain, its vessels, perfusion and pathologies. Transcranial brain tumor sonography emerged in the early nineties and while B-mode imaging and Color-Doppler have acquired widespread use, especially for intraoperative imaging, other ultrasound modalities such as Perfusion Imaging are applied more in the research field. The aim of this review is to give an overview of the different ultrasound modalities and their respective application in sonographic brain tumor imaging.

Key words

brain tumor - transcranial sonography - contrast media - perfusion imaging

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