Role of contrast enhanced ultrasonography in the assessment of hepatic metastases: A review

Table 3 Sensitivity of CEUS and CT in detecting liver metastases; an overview of studies

Study	n	Study group1	Type of CT	Analysis	Gold standard	Sensitivity		Statistic
						CEUS	CT
Quaia et al[31], 2006	253	K or S	1-slice CT	P-by-P3	CT, FNA, Follow-up, MRI, IOUS	0.83	0.89	NS2
Larsen et al[34] , 2007	365	S	4-slice CT	P-by-P	CT, IOUS, CEUS, FNA, surgery resection, follow-up	0.8	0.89	NS
Dietrich et al[32]	131	UK	Multislice CT in most cases4	P-by-P	CT, MRI, FNA, follow up	0.91	0.89	NS
Piscaglia et al[33], 2007	109	S	1-or 4-slice CT	P-by-P	CT, US, FNA, Follow-up	0.95	0.91	NS
Janica et al[40], 2007	51	K or S	Not described	L-by-L5	FNA, surgical resection, CT and follow-up	0.9	0.78	NS
Konopke et al[39], 2005	56	S or K	1-, 4- or 16-slice CT	P-by-P	IOUS, FNA, CT	0.86	0.76	NS

¹Included patients with known (K), suspected (S) or unknown (UK) liver metastases;

²Not significant;

³Patient-by-patient analysis;

⁴Details not described.

⁵Lesion-by-lesion analysis.