Value of ultrasound in assessing microvascular invasion of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and related technical advances
- VernacularTitle:超声对肝内胆管癌微血管侵犯的评估价值与技术进展
- Author:
Xingtong WEI
1
;
Haochang LI
1
;
Xin ZHAO
1
Author Information
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords: Cholangiocarcinoma; Ultrasonography; Microvascular Invasion
- From: Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2026;42(5):1236-1240
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: Noninvasive preoperative assessment of microvascular invasion （MVI） of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma （ICC） is crucial for developing individualized treatment regimens and judging the prognosis of patients. This article comprehensively explores the application value of ultrasound in this field and elaborates on the performance of techniques such as gray-scale ultrasound， contrast-enhanced ultrasound， and ultrasound elastography in predicting MVI by analyzing lesion morphology， blood perfusion， and stiffness characteristics， and meanwhile， it also discusses the application prospects of emerging techniques such as radiomics， deep learning， and dynamic three-dimensional contrast-enhanced ultrasound. The comprehensive analysis shows that ultrasound has an important clinical value in assessing ICC MVI， and the integration of emerging techniques into the ultrasound evaluation system can help to achieve more objective and accurate preoperative prediction and thus has broad application prospects.
