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Original Papers

Intra- and inter-muscular differences in the cross-sectional area of the quadriceps muscles assessed by extended field-of-view ultrasonography
Chrysostomos Sahinis, Eleftherios Kellis, Nikiforos Galanis, Konstantinos Dafkou, Athanasios Ellinoudis
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Accuracy of ultrasonography in detecting gastrointestinal tract obstructions in children; a prospective study in a tertiary referral hospital
Parisa Hajalioghli, Saeid Aslanabadi, Mostafa Vafaei Aghdam, Daniel Fadaei Fouladi
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Application of three-dimensional ultrasonography (3D ultrasound) to pretreatment evaluation of plastic induration of the penis (Peyronie’s disease)
Janusz Ferdynand Tyloch, Dominik Janusz Tyloch, Jan Adamowicz, Patryk Warsiński, Adam Ostrowski, Magdalena Nowikiewicz, Tomasz Drewa
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Liver stiffness increases in patients with severe pericardial effusion, especially in the presence of cardiac tamponade
Hasan Koca, Ayse Selcan Koc, Hilmi Erdem Sumbul, Mevlut Koc
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Evaluation of characteristics of thyroid nodules on contrast-enhanced ultrasonography: a retrospective analysis of 252 cases
Wen Luo, Xiao Yang, Jiani Yuan, Lina Pang, Peidi Zhang, Lei Ding, Fen Gu, Haijing Liu, Yunfei Zhang
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Ultrasound surveillance on detection of nonpalpable supraclavicular recurrence after breast cancer surgery
Eun Cho, Jin Hwa Lee, Eun Hwa Park, Kyung Do Byun
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Usefulness of real time elastography strain ratio in the assessment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical cancer using a reference material
Marina Dudea-Simon, Sorin Marian Dudea, Alexandru Burde, Razvan Ciortea, Andrei Malutan, Dan Mihu
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The value of S-Detect for the differential diagnosis of breast masses on ultrasound: a systematic review and pooled meta-analysis
Jun Li, Tian Sang, Wen-Hui Yu, Meng Jiang, Shu-Yan Hunag, Chun-Li Cao, Ming Chen, Yu-Wen Cao, Xin-Wu Cui, Christoph F. Dietrich
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Increased carotid stiffness detected by ultrafast ultrasound imaging is associated with the Gensini score
Yang Li, Ying Zhang, Xu Geng, Shuai Zhao, Yi-Xue Sun, Yi-Bin Wang
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Lung ultrasound is useful in oncohematologic patients with respiratory dysfunction admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU): a pilot study
Cecilia Gomez Ravetti, Thiago Braganca Lana Silveira Ataide, Lidia Miranda Barreto, Fabricia de Lima Bastos, Angelica Gomide dos Reis Gomes, Renan Braganca Detoffol, Carolina Coimbra Marinho, Vandack Nobre
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The association between jaw-opening strength, geniohyoid muscle thickness and echo intensity measured by ultrasound
Yuka Miura, Gojiro Nakagami, Haruka Tohara, Nami Ogawa, Hiromi Sanada
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Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in the initial evaluation of the kidney graft function: a pilot study.
Florin Ioan Elec, Alina Daciana Elec, Sorana Bolboaca, Mihai Adrian Socaciu, Adriana Milena Muntean, Gheorghiță Iacob, Tudor Moisoiu, Răzvan Zaro, Alexandra-Ioana Andries, Maria Ramona Badulescu, Radu Mihai Ignat, Radu Ion Badea
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Ultrasound semiautomatic versus manual estimation of carotid intima-media thickness: reproducibility and cardiovascular risk stratification
Caterina Beatrice Monti, Marco Alì, Davide Capra, Federico Wiedenmann, Giulia Lastella, Francesco Secchi, Francesco Sardanelli
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Reviews

Cantrell syndrome in the first trimester of pregnancy: imagistic findings and literature review
Mihaela Grigore, Romeo Micu, Roxana Matasariu, Odetta Duma, Anca Lucia Chicea, Radu Chicea
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Diagnostic performance of ultrasound for rotator cuff tears: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Weiyu Liang, Huaiyu Wu, Fajin Dong, Hongtian Tian, Jinfeng Xu
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Safety of ultrasonic examinations; thermal and mechanical indices
Andrzej Nowicki
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Cystic echinococcosis, review and illustration of non-hepatic manifestations
Christoph F. Dietrich, Wiem Douira-Khomsi, Hassen Gharbi, Malay Sharma, Xin Wu Cui, Zeno Sparchez, Joachim Richter, Adnan Kabaalioğlu, Nathan S.S. Atkinson, Dagmar Schreiber-Dietrich, Yi Dong
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Pictorial essay

Ultrasound pattern and diagnostic accuracy of primary ovarian endometrioma and its recurrence: a pictorial essay
Vladut Sasaran, Codruta Maria Alexa Bad, Daniel Muresan, Lucian Puscasiu
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Case reports

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for the diagnosis of bowel endometriosis: a case report
Takao Miwa, Takuji Iwashita, Masashi Aiba, Takahiro Kochi, Katsuhisa Toda, Noriaki Nakamura, Naoki Katsumura, Masahito Shimizu
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Recurrent pancreatic cancer patient treated by chemotherapy and focused ultrasound surgery. A case report
Dobromir Dimitrov, Nadya Stanislavova, Tsanko Yotsov, Kun Zhou
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Preoperative evaluation of persistent cloaca using contrast-enhanced ultrasound in an infant
Xueyun Lin, Xiaohong Xu, Yuping Yang, Jiang Wu, Xiaohui Xian, Xiaodong Chen
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Ultrasonography-guided botulinum toxin injection to the cricopharyngeus muscle: a case report and technical notes
Yi-Chian Wang, Chueh-Hung Wu, Shaw-Gang Shyu, Ming-Yen Hsiao, Tyng-Guey Wang
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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound evaluation of testicular syphilis: a case report
Corrado Tagliati, Marco Macchini, Giulio Argalia, Gian Marco Giuseppetti, Andrea Giovagnoni
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Imaging findings on contrast-enhanced ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging and hybrid positron emission tomography in Takayasu arteritis: a case report
Yonggeng Goh, Eric Ting, Jeevesh Kapur, Melati Dewi, Arvind Kumar Sinha, Vijay Kumar Sharma
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Difficulties in diagnosing HIV-associated nephropathy in kidney transplanted patients. The role of ultrasound and CEUS.
Florin Ioan Elec, Tudor Moisoiu, Mihai Adrian Socaciu, Alina Daciana Elec, Adriana Milena Muntean, Gheorghiță Iacob, Radu Ion Badea
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Visualization of the shear wave on gray-scale ultrasound: experience with a complex breast cyst
Angelica Chiorean, Roxana Maria Pintican, Maria Magdalena Duma, Radu Fechete, Diana Feier, Madalina Szep, Sorin Dudea
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The role of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for evaluating renal perfusion dynamics in partially reversible acute cortical kidney ischemia in a patient with sepsis
Alina Bianca Giurgiu, Ina Maria Kacso, Daniela Ionescu, Radu Badea
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The role of multimodal imaging in the diagnosis of an asymptomatic patient with congenital anomaly
Raluca Tomoaia, Adrian Molnar, Ruxandra Ștefana Beyer, Alexandra Dădârlat-Pop, Florina Frîngu, Diana Gurzau, Gelu Simu, Ioan Alexandru Minciună, Bogdan Caloian, Dumitru Zdrenghea, Dana Pop
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Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in pancreatic masses with inconclusive radiologic workup – a case series and short review of the literature
Marcel Raspotnik, Simona Bota, Gerolf Essler, Jutta Weber-Eibel, Markus Peck-Radosavljevic
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All that glitters is not gold: a case report of a diffuse peritoneal aspergillosis
Cristian Tefas, Bobe Petrushev, Cristina Pojoga, Radu Badea
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Continuing education

Ultrasonographic assessment of male anterior urethra. Description of the technique of examination and presentation of major pathologies.
Jakub Krukowski, Mikołaj Frankiewicz, Adam Kałużny, Marcin Matuszewski
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