TABLE 3.

Organ assessment with ultrasound imaging.

Publication details	Study design		Parameters measured for viability testing				Imaging
Authors	Animal	Organ	Hemodynamics	Histology	Blood parameters/gas contents	Organ-specific	Imaging method
Alzaraa 2013 [25]	Pig	Liver	Flow and pressure	Tru-Cut biopsies Hematoxylineosin staining	Oxygen consumption	Bile production	Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS)
Izamis 2014 [13]	Pig	Liver	Flow, pressure and resistance	Hematoxylineosin staining	Oxygen consumption and pH	Bile production	B-mode ultrasound and dynamic contrast enhanced ultrasound (DCEUS)
Ribeiro 2020 [26]	Pig	Heart	Flow, pressure and resistance	-	Blood gas and oxygen consumption	Biventricular function	Surface echocardiography
Thompson 2020 [27]	Human	Kidney	Flow, temperature, pressure and resistance	Histopathological assessment analysis	Blood gas and biochemical	Urine production	Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) MicroFlow Imaging (MFI) and Doppler ultrasound