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European Society of Paediatric Radiology abdominal imaging task force: recommendations for contrast-enhanced ultrasound and diffusion-weighted imaging in focal renal lesions in children

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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) are safe, repeatable imaging techniques. The aim of this paper is to discuss the advantages, technical factors and possible clinical applications of these imaging tools in focal renal lesions in children.

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  1. Department of Radiology, IRCCS, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova, Italy

    M. Beatrice Damasio & Luca Basso

  2. Division of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Department of Paediatric Radiology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway

    Lil-Sofie Ording Müller

  3. Department of Radiology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

    Thomas A. Augdal

  4. Department of Pediatric Radiology, Jeanne de Flandre Hospital, CHRU de Lille, Lille, France

    Fred E. Avni

  5. Radiology Institute, Department of Radiology, AOUI, Verona, Italy

    Costanza Bruno

  6. Department of Radiology, University Children’s Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Damjana Ključevšek

  7. Department of Radiology, Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Annemieke S. Littooij

  8. Department of Radiology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands

    Annemieke S. Littooij

  9. Service de Radiopédiatrie, Hôpital Bicêtre - Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Paris, France

    Stéphanie Franchi-Abella

  10. Serviço de Imagiologia Geral, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte (CHULN), Lisbon, Portugal

    Luisa M. Lobo

  11. Section of Pediatric Radiology, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany

    Hans-Joachim Mentzel

  12. Department of Paediatric Radiology and Neuroradiology, V. Buzzi Children’s Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Marcello Napolitano

  13. Department of Radiology, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Poole, UK

    Aikaterini Ntoulia

  14. Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, University Hospital and Medical University, Graz, Austria

    Michael Riccabona

  15. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar

    Samuel Stafrace

  16. Department of Pediatric Radiology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland

    M. Magdalena M. Woźniak

  17. Service d’Imagerie Pédiatrique et Prénatale, Hôpital Timone Enfants, Marseille, France

    Philippe Petit

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Damasio, M.B., Ording Müller, LS., Augdal, T.A. et al. European Society of Paediatric Radiology abdominal imaging task force: recommendations for contrast-enhanced ultrasound and diffusion-weighted imaging in focal renal lesions in children. Pediatr Radiol 50, 297–304 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-019-04552-9

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