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- The study aimed to compare two imaging techniques—contrast-enhanced ultrasound and contrast-enhanced MRI—in assessing the vascularization of hydroxyapatite orbital implants.
- Ten patients were monitored monthly with both methods to see how well they could visualize vascularization progress over time.
- The results showed that while both techniques provided similar findings, contrast-enhanced ultrasound was more effective in visualizing the dynamic process of vascularization compared to MRI.
Article Abstract
Objective: To compare contrast-enhanced ultrasound and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of vascularization of hydroxyapatite orbital implants.
Methods: Ten patients who underwent monthly contrast-enhanced ultrasound and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging following implantation were analyzed. The two modalities were compared according to their ability to visualize the progress of vascularization at monthly intervals.
Results: There were no differences in the findings shown by these two methods. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound provided better visualization of the dynamic process of vascularization than contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging. There were no significant differences in the areas and the time to completion of fibrovascular ingrowth observed by contrast-enhanced ultrasound and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, indicating that the findings of these two examinations were consistently similar.
Conclusions: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound is useful for the assessment of vascularization of hydroxyapatite orbital implants and provides better visualization of the dynamic process than contrast-enhanced MRI.
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