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Endoscopic Ultrasound in Pancreatic Diseases. Best Practices and Recent Innovations in Technology and Techniques

  • Book

  • October 2026
  • Elsevier Science and Technology
  • ID: 6251025
Endoscopic Ultrasound in Pancreatic Diseases: Best Practices and Recent Innovations in Technology and Techniques provides step-by-step guidance, case studies, detailed images, and videos on advanced techniques in endoscopic ultrasonography for pancreatic diseases. Organized into four sections, the book reviews the latest advances in endoscopic ultrasound equipment, techniques, complications, safety measures in scanning methods, microbubbles and contrast harmonic imaging, elastography, and fine needle tissue acquisition. Tumor detection, characterization, and diagnosis is reviewed, and pancreatic diseases treatment and intervention methods are covered extensively.

The book concludes with the examination of groundbreaking methods and discussion of future directions. It fully equips endoscopists with the most recent developments in endoscopic ultrasound and is a vital resource for navigating the evolving landscape, enabling practitioners to excel in advanced clinical practices and contribute to the field’s growth.

Table of Contents

Section 1: Equipment, Techniques and Complications of Procedures Using Endoscopic Ultrasound
1. Echoendoscopes and related devices
2. Scanning methods in pancretobiliary system
3. Fundamentals/technical principles of microbubbles and contrast harmonic imaging
4. Fundamentals/technical principles of elastography
5. Methods of fine needle tissue acquisition in pancreatic lesions
6. Classification of interventions for pancreatobiliary diseases
7. Complications and safety management for interventional endoscopic ultrasound in pancreatobiliary diseases

Section 2: Diagnosis and Tumor Characterization in the Pancreas
8. Detection of small tumors in the pancreas
9. Characterization of solid tumors in the pancreas
10. Characterization of cystic tumors in the pancreas
11. Staging of pancreatic tumors
12. Gene analysis of pancreatic tumors
13. Diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis
14. Artificial intelligence in diagnosis of pancreatic diseases with endoscopic ultrasound

Section 3: Treatment and Intervention for Pancreatic Diseases
15. Prediction and evaluation of treatment response in pancreatic tumors
16. Treatment for peripancreatic fluid collection
17. Treatment for chronic pancreatitis
18. Ablation and injection of agents for pancreatic tumors
19. Treatment for malignant biliary obstruction caused by pancreatobiliary tumors
20. Treatment for malignant gastric outlet obstruction caused by pancreatobiliary tumors

Section 4: Education, Future Trends and Innovations of Endoscopic Ultrasound in Pancreatic Diseases
21. Education of endoscopic ultrasound for pancreatobiliary diseases
22. Future trends and innovations of endoscopic ultrasound in pancreatobiliary diseases

Authors

Masayuki Kitano Professor and Chairman, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University School of Medicine, Japan. Masayuki Kitano works as an executive director of Japan Pancreas Society and of Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine and Biology, and councilor of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology and of Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society. He has authored 310 peer-reviewed scientific articles and 8 book chapters. Dr Kitano developed a novel endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) system equipped with contrast harmonic imaging which allowed visualization of tissue microcirculation and reported role of EUS for diagnoses of pancreatobiliary and gastrointestinal diseases, particularly of small pancreatic cancers. By these works, he received the Ito Award and the Matsuo Award from Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine, and High Citation Award of Journal of Gastroenterology. Also, he served as primary investigator on several multicenter studies related to pancreatobiliary endoscopy.