A liver scan describes a specialized imaging test that examines the liver to help identify certain conditions, assess liver function, and monitor treatment progress. The liver is the largest solid ...

A liver ultrasound is a noninvasive test a doctor orders to examine the liver, its blood vessels, and sometimes the gallbladder. Abnormal results may indicate a person has liver disease or signal an ...

An ultrasound-guided liver biopsy is a routine procedure in which doctors remove a small piece of liver tissue for analysis in a lab. Your doctor might recommend this procedure if they suspect there ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New physician guidelines now recommend use of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) to diagnose hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common primary liver cancer. CEUS is a ...

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound and FibroScan could potentially be used to measure and monitor any changes in the liver in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, ...

Over 2 billion people globally are living with, or at risk for, liver disease, and many of them don’t even know it. This is being accelerated by the rise of Non Alcohol Fatty Liver, which affects up ...

Impact of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force update for breast cancer screening on mammography utilization in women age 40 to 49. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2012 Breast Cancer ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tiny microbubbles used as ultrasound contrast agents can help patients with liver or kidney masses avoid follow up computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance (MR) scans ...