Clinical Services
Advanced clinical services supported by CACTUS lab include:
- Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS)
- Elastography
- Liver Fat Quantification
- Percutaneous Ethanol (Alcohol) Ablation (PEA)
- Ultrasound-Guided Procedures
Facilities
Most advanced clinical activities are performed at the UT Southwestern Clements University Hospital (CUH) and the UT Southwestern Medical District Outpatient Building (OPB).
Facilities include:
- Patient changing and waiting areas
- Nursing pre-procedure and recovery areas
- Large, comfortable scanning rooms
Equipment includes:
- EPIQ Elite and EPIQ Elite Advanced ultrasound scanners with a wide selection of 2D and 3D probes
- New Siemens ACUSON Sequoia with a wide selection of 2D probes
- LOGIQ E10 with wide selection of 2D probes
- Software packages for:
- Contrast-enhancing ultrasound
- Post-processing for time-intensity-curve (TIC) analysis
- Deep and small-parts shear wave elastography
- Liver fat quantification techniques
- Attenuation Imaging
- Ultrasound-Derived Fat Fraction
- Contrast-enhancing ultrasound
- Trophon high-level probe disinfection
- PercuNav image fusion and navigation system