Fig. 3

The ROI setting on SR CEUS images for quantitative analyses. An ellipse ROI was placed to cover the interested lymph node and avoid surrounding larger vessels in each image. (A) SR CEUS of the whole field of view in a patient with metastatic carcinoma of lymph node in the left neck post 0.5 ml bolus injection of contrast agent, (B) SR CEUS of the whole field of view in a patient with lymphoma in the left neck post 0.5 ml bolus injection of contrast agent, (C) SR CEUS of the whole field of view in a patient with reactive lymphadenitis in the right neck post 0.5 ml bolus injection of contrast agent, (D) SR CEUS of a selected square field of view in a patient with lymph node tuberculosis in the left neck post 0.5 ml bolus injection of contrast agent