The Promising Role of a Superb Microvascular Imaging Technique in the Evaluation of Raynaud’s Syndrome in Systemic Sclerosis: Theory and Practical Challenges

In recent years, a novel Doppler ultrasonography (US) modality—superb microvascular imaging (SMI)—has been presented as a reliable method to evaluate small vessel blood flow with minimised motion artefacts. In this review, we present the challenges of incorporating SMI in daily practice with detaile...

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Autores principales: Jasionyte, Gabija, Seskute, Goda, Rugiene, Rita, Butrimiene, Irena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8535079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34679441
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11101743
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author Jasionyte, Gabija
Seskute, Goda
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description In recent years, a novel Doppler ultrasonography (US) modality—superb microvascular imaging (SMI)—has been presented as a reliable method to evaluate small vessel blood flow with minimised motion artefacts. In this review, we present the challenges of incorporating SMI in daily practice with detailed and comparable US images of a fingertip. The main focus of this paper is the discussion of all tested US techniques, artefacts, and practical challenges for evaluating Raynaud’s syndrome in systemic sclerosis. Despite a few reports on SMI use in assessing nailfold capillaries, there is still a need for more evidence of its value and possibilities for its standardisation.
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spelling pubmed-85350792021-10-23 The Promising Role of a Superb Microvascular Imaging Technique in the Evaluation of Raynaud’s Syndrome in Systemic Sclerosis: Theory and Practical Challenges Jasionyte, Gabija Seskute, Goda Rugiene, Rita Butrimiene, Irena Diagnostics (Basel) Perspective In recent years, a novel Doppler ultrasonography (US) modality—superb microvascular imaging (SMI)—has been presented as a reliable method to evaluate small vessel blood flow with minimised motion artefacts. In this review, we present the challenges of incorporating SMI in daily practice with detailed and comparable US images of a fingertip. The main focus of this paper is the discussion of all tested US techniques, artefacts, and practical challenges for evaluating Raynaud’s syndrome in systemic sclerosis. Despite a few reports on SMI use in assessing nailfold capillaries, there is still a need for more evidence of its value and possibilities for its standardisation. MDPI 2021-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8535079/ /pubmed/34679441 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11101743 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Jasionyte, Gabija
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The Promising Role of a Superb Microvascular Imaging Technique in the Evaluation of Raynaud’s Syndrome in Systemic Sclerosis: Theory and Practical Challenges
title The Promising Role of a Superb Microvascular Imaging Technique in the Evaluation of Raynaud’s Syndrome in Systemic Sclerosis: Theory and Practical Challenges
title_full The Promising Role of a Superb Microvascular Imaging Technique in the Evaluation of Raynaud’s Syndrome in Systemic Sclerosis: Theory and Practical Challenges
title_fullStr The Promising Role of a Superb Microvascular Imaging Technique in the Evaluation of Raynaud’s Syndrome in Systemic Sclerosis: Theory and Practical Challenges
title_full_unstemmed The Promising Role of a Superb Microvascular Imaging Technique in the Evaluation of Raynaud’s Syndrome in Systemic Sclerosis: Theory and Practical Challenges
title_short The Promising Role of a Superb Microvascular Imaging Technique in the Evaluation of Raynaud’s Syndrome in Systemic Sclerosis: Theory and Practical Challenges
title_sort promising role of a superb microvascular imaging technique in the evaluation of raynaud’s syndrome in systemic sclerosis: theory and practical challenges
topic Perspective
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8535079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34679441
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11101743
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