Table 1 Studies of ultrasound localization microscopy of the kidney and their measurement conditions. Human studies are marked in green.
From: Advanced ultrasound methods to improve chronic kidney disease diagnosis
Paper first author | Year | Subject(s) | Frame-rate in Hz | US-System | Transducer | Contrast agent | Motion correction | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Huang56 | 2021 | human | 250 | Mindray Resona 7 | Mindray L9-3U | SonoVue bolus, acquisition time < 10 s | Rigid | |
Bodard57 | 2023 | human | 14–64 | Canon Aplio i800 | Canon i8cX1 | SonoVue bolus injection, 1-3 min acquisition | none | Allograft kidneys |
Denis57 | 2023 | |||||||
rat | 400 | Vantage 256 | Verasonics L22-14 | Sonovue Infusion/acquisition for 3 min | none | Kidney externalized and fixed with pins on plastic plate | ||
Qiu49 | 2022 | rat | 400 | Vantage 256 | Vermon L15 Xtech | Sonovue, bolus injection, acquisition after 20 s for 15 s | Rigid | Non-invasive imaging |
Zhang50 | 2023 | |||||||
Taghavi53 | 2021 | rat | 54 | BK 5000 modified clinical system | BK X18L5s | SonoVue 10 min infusion | Non-rigid, respiratory gating, | surgically exposed kidney with fixation by metal retractor |
Taghavi59 | 2022 | |||||||
Søgaard51 | 2022 | |||||||
Andersen12 | 2020 | |||||||
Andersen60 | 2021 | |||||||
Andersen52 | 2022 | |||||||
Foiret48 | 2017 | Rat | 300 | Vantage 256 | Philips CL15-7 | Self-produced lipid microbubbles | Rigid, Respiratory gating | |
Chen61 | 2020 | mouse | 250 | Vantage 128 | Verasonics L22-14 | Definity bolus injection acquisition after 10 s for 4 s | Rigid | No tracking, only localization |
Lei54 | 2022 | macaque | 500 | Vantage 256 | Jiarui Electronics Company L9-4 | Sonovue bolus injection, 3 s acquisition time | 2-stage affine and non-rigid | |
Song55 | 2018 | rabbit | 500 | Vantage | Verasonics L11-3v | Optison, bolus injection acquisition time 2 s | Rigid |
