What Is a Liver Ultrasound? A liver ultrasound is a type of abdominal ultrasound, an imaging test that uses high-frequency sound waves to create pictures of the organs and structures in your abdomen, ...

Liver cancer screening uses ultrasound and AFP biomarker tests, with CT or MRI for further evaluation if abnormalities are ...

Histotripsy is a new, FDA-approved, minimally invasive technique that destroys liver tumors using high-frequency ultrasound waves. For some patients with liver cancer, they could be spared invasive ...

Background and Aim: Currently, an increasing number of liver biopsies are performed by radiologists under real-time ultrasound control. A routine ultrasound assessment of a puncture site before ...

Tens of thousands of Americans die from liver cancer each year. Traditional treatment to fight tumors and sustain their life involves surgery, radiation therapy, targeted drug therapy, immunotherapy ...

A new ultrasound-based treatment that destroys liver cancer tumours without surgery or radiation will be offered to NHS patients this summer in a European first. The therapy, called histotripsy, is a ...

Ultrasound waves have destroyed liver cancer in an NHS patient in a “new generation” treatment. Roger Jackson, 80, had the ...

Over 800,000 people are diagnosed with liver cancer every year worldwide, and it accounts for more than 700,000 cancer deaths annually. Traditional treatment involves surgery, radiation therapy, ...

Ultrasound of the abdominal organs is a central diagnostic tool and is recommended as the first-line approach for many medical conditions. Compared with other imaging modalities such as computed ...

A pioneering new liver cancer treatment, employing focused ultrasound waves to destroy diseased tissue, has been administered ...