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Editorial

Interventional ultrasound beyond the classical abdominal applications. Are guidelines for other applications urgent needed?
Zeno Sparchez
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271-272

Original Papers

Computer-assisted identification of the gingival sulcus and periodontal epithelial junction on high-frequency ultrasound images
Radu Chifor, Mindra Eugenia Badea, Delia Alexandrina Mitrea, Iulia Clara Badea, Maria Crisan, Ioana Chifor, Ramona Avram
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273-279
Does corticosteroid therapy impact fetal pulmonary artery blood flow in women at risk for preterm birth?
William Lindsley, Richard Hale, Ashley Spear, Jasvant Adusumalli, Jasbir Singh, Kimberly DeStefano, Sina Haeri
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280-283
Applicability of pocket ultrasound during the first trimester of pregnancy.
Rafael Frederico Bruns, Cinthia Manzano Menegatti, Wellington P. Martins, Edward Araujo Junior
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284-288
Ganglionic eminence within the early developing brain visualized by 3D transvaginal ultrasound
Dan Boitor-Borza, Tunde Kovacs, Florin Stamatian
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289-294
Can abnormal ductus venosus peak velocity index for veins in normal fetuses predictfailure of functional closure of the foramen ovale in the postnatal period?
Yilmaz Yozgat, Muhittin Eftal Avci, Ayhan Kilic, Rahmi Ozdemir, Mustafa Demirol, Utku Karaarslan, Timur Mese, Nurettin Unal
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295-299
Age, abdominal obesity, and glycated hemoglobin are associated with carotid atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetes patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Cristina Alina Silaghi, Horatiu Silaghi, Anca Elena Craciun, Anca Farcas, Horatiu Alexandru Colosi, Daniel Tudor Cosma, Raluca Pais, Nicolae Hancu, Carmen Emanuela Georgescu
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300-307
Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse quantitative elastography: a new noninvasive technique for the evaluation of parotid glands. A preliminary study in controls and in patients with irradiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Iulia Badea, Attila Tamas-Szora, Ioana Chiorean, Maria Crisan, Elisabeta Ciuleanu, Grigore Baciut, Mindra Badea
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308-314
Improvement of minimally invasive parathyroidectomy outcomes by real time ultrasonography performed by a surgeon and radiologist team.
Omer Uslukaya, Metehan Gumus, Bekir Tasdemir, Cemil Goya, Faruk Kilinc, Abdullah Oguz, Ahmet Turkoglu, Zubeyir Bozdag
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315-321
The role of shear wave elastography in the diagnosis of chronic autoimmune thyroiditis
Koray Hekimoglu, Fuldem Yildirim Donmez, Serdar Arslan, Adnan Ozdemir, Canan Demir, Canan Yazici
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322-326
Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (TI-RADS): the impact of Quantitative Strain Elastography for better stratification of cancer risks.
Dana Stoian, Bogdan Timar, Mihnea Derban, Stelian Pantea, Florian Varcus, Marius Craina, Mihaela Craciunescu
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327-332
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in diagnosing intrathoracic tuberculous lymphadenitis.
Nesrin Kiral, Benan Caglayan, Banu Salepci, Elif Torun Parmaksiz, Ali Fidan, Sevda Sener Comert, Dilek Yavuzer, Mualla Partal
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333-338
The role of ultrasonography in assessing disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and associated fibromyalgia
Linda Jessica Ghib, Maria Magdalena Tamas, Laura Otilia Damian, Ioana Felea, Laura Mirela Muntean, Nicolae Rednic, Simona Rednic
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339-344
The evolution of time-intensity curves of contrast enhanced ultrasonography in early arthritis patients with wrist involvement.
Maria Magdalena Tamas, Cosmina Ioana Bondor, Nicolae Rednic, Linda Jessica Ghib, Simona Rednic
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345-351
Tenosynovitis US scoring systems follow synovitis and clinical scoring systems in RA and are responsive to change after biologic therapy
Violeta Vlad, Florian Berghea, Mihaela Cosmina Micu, Luminita Varzaru, Mihai Bojinca, Mihaela Milicescu, Ruxandra Ionescu, Esperanza Naredo
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352-360

Reviews

Musculoskeletal ultrasound in the evaluation of Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Iolanda Maria Rutigliano, Chiara Scirocco, Fulvia Ceccarelli, Annacarla Finucci, Annamaria Iagnocco
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361-366
Concepts in monitoring the treatment in rheumatoid arthritis – the role of musculoskeletal ultrasound. Part I: synovitis.
Mihaela Cosmina Micu, Daniela Fodor
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367-376
Ultrasonography in psoriatic disease
Mihaela Elena Marina, Carolina Botar Jid, Iulia Ioana Roman, Carmen Mihaela Mihu, Alexandru Dumitru Tataru
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377-382
Ultrasonography of the biliary tract – up to date. The importance of correlation between imaging methods and patients’ signs and symptoms.
Radu Badea, Razvan Zaro, Marcel Tantau, Liliana Chiorean
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383-391

Pictorial essay

Ultrasound in the diagnosis of papillary breast lesions
Anca Ciurea, Adriana Calin, Cristiana Ciortea, Sorin M Dudea
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392-397

Case reports

Ultrasonography findings of vulvar liposarcoma. Case report.
Bahar Yanik, Umit Inceboz, Erdogan Bulbul, Gulen Demirpolat, Ismail Engin Uzgoren
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398-400
Four-year imaging follow-up of a homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia patient: atherosclerosis ingravescence and coronary flow velocity reserve reduced gradually. Case report
Bo Jiang, Ya Yang, Lvya Wang, Feng Gao, Jian Jiao, Rongjuan Li
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401-403
Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging of the pressure ulcer. A case report
Koichi Yabunaka, Shinji Iizaka, Gojiro Nakagami, Masayuki Fujioka, Hiromi Sanada
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404-406
Ultrasonography of desmoplatic fibroma of the mandible; a case report.
Mariana M. Gersak, Lavinia M. Lenghel, Grigore Baciut, Iuliu Moldovan, Horatiu Mitea, Carolina Botar-Jid, Dan Vasilescu, Emil Botan, Sorin M. Dudea
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407-410
Adult cervical lymphangioma – ultrasonography, surgical removal, and pathology results. Case report
Adrian Costache, Mihai Dumitru, Daniel Tweedie, Codrut Sarafoleanu, Ion Anghel
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411-413

Erratum

Erratum
Daniela Fodor
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414-414