Research Progress in Clinical Applications of Gastric Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound

Qiaoyun ZHAO; Chunquan ZHANG; Liangyun GUO

doi:10.3881/j.issn.1000-503X.16655

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Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae ›› 2025, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (5) : 702-709. DOI: 10.3881/j.issn.1000-503X.16655

Clinical Application of Gastrointestinal Ultrasound

Research Progress in Clinical Applications of Gastric Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound

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Gastric contrast-enhanced ultrasound is a non-invasive imaging method that uses oral gastrointestinal ultrasound contrast agents to fill the stomach cavity and display the structure and lesions of the stomach wall.In recent years,the development of contrast agents and the technological innovations of ultrasound equipment have boosted the unique advantages of this examination technique in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal diseases.Gastric contrast-enhanced ultrasound is becoming an important complementary examination means to gastroscopy and X-ray barium meal examination.In this paper,we summarize the clinical applications of gastric contrast-enhanced ultrasound at home and abroad in recent years and systematically analyze its clinical application value and limitations in six aspects:screening and staging of gastric cancer,differentiation and diagnosis of gastric tumors,diagnosis and follow-up of gastritis and gastric ulcers,assessment of gastric contents and gastric volume,evaluation of gastric emptying and gastric motility,and other special applications.

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Qiaoyun ZHAO , Chunquan ZHANG , Liangyun GUO. Research Progress in Clinical Applications of Gastric Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound[J]. Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae. 2025, 47(5): 702-709 https://doi.org/10.3881/j.issn.1000-503X.16655

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