Development and Evaluation of Ultrasound Imaging Acquisition and Analysis Methods
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Summary
The researchers are doing this study to see how well a type of ultrasound imaging called multiparametric ultrasound (mpUS), can be used to examine, evaluate, and provide information about different cancerous and non-cancerous tissue. The researchers will compare the results of mpUS imaging to standard ultrasound imaging and other standard tests. mpUS imaging is a type of ultrasound imaging that combines different ultrasound methods and analysis to create a more detailed and accurate assessment of tissue. Standard ultrasound provides a basic image of tissue structure, but mpUS imaging can also show blood vessels, blood flow, and detailed tissue structure (microstructure). The researchers think that mpUS may be a better way for evaluating cancer because it combines different ultrasound methods to assess tissue.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Cohort 1 - Feasibility of multiparametric endoscopic ultrasound (mpEUS) imaging of patients at high-risk for pancreatic cancer: Patient Group: those having standard endoscopic ultrasounds because they are at high risk of pancreatic cancer Participants enrolled into the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Pancreatic Registry protocol (IRB#: 02-102) will be eligible for this study. Specifically, related individuals without pancreatic cancer who are at-risk for developing pancreatic cancer and meet all of the following criteria (family health history will be self-report…
Interventions
- Diagnostic TestMultiparametric ultrasound (mpUS) imaging
Patients will undergo the added research sequences at any point during their standard of care ultrasound scans, adding up to approximately 15 minutes of added scan time. The only non-routine measurements will be the research ultrasound data.
Locations (7)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Consent Only)Basking Ridge, New Jersey
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Consent Only)Middletown, New Jersey
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Consent Only)Montvale, New Jersey
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk - Commack (Limited Protocol Activities)Commack, New York
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent Only)Harrison, New York
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)New York, New York