Vol 18, No 1 (2016)

Editorial

Why isn't Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound for Focal Liver Lesions used more in daily practice?

Ioan Sporea

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Original Papers

Feasibility of Transient Elastography with M and XL probes in real life

Ioan Sporea, Roxana Șirli, Ruxandra Mare, Alina Popescu, Siegfried Cristian Ivașcu

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7-10

Is the spleen stiffness value acquired using acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) technology predictive of the presence of esophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis of various etiologies?

Jaehyung Park, Heejin Kwon, Jinhan Cho, Jongyoung Oh, Sangyun Lee, Sangyeong Han, Sung Wook Lee, Yanghyun Baek

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11-17

Clinical impact of EUS elastography followed by contrast-enhanced EUS in patients with focal pancreatic masses and negative EUS-guided FNA

Sevastiţa Iordache, Mădălin Ionuţ Costache, Carmen Florina Popescu, Costin Teodor Streba, Sergiu Cazacu, Adrian Săftoiu

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Tumor protrusion with intensive blood signals on ultrasonography is a strongly suggestive finding of follicular thyroid carcinoma.

Kaoru Kobayashi, Mitsuyoshi Hirokawa, Tomonori Yabuta, Hiroo Masuoka, Mitsuhiro Fukushima, Minoru Kihara, Takuya Higashiyama, Yasuhiro Ito, Akihiro Miya, Nobuyuki Amino, Akira Miyauchi

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25-29

Structural tendon changes in patients with acromegaly: assessment of Achilles tendon with sonoelastography.

Eda Demir Onal, Ali Ipek, Berna Evranos, Ilkay Sedakat Idilman, Bekir Cakir, Reyhan Ersoy

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Ultrasonographic evaluation of the median nerve at the level of the carpal tunnel outlet and mid forearm in patients with type II Mucopolysaccharidosis

Corina Bocsa, Carmen Asavoaie, Simona Bucerzan, Ioana Nascu, Irina Brumboiu, Camelia Al-Khzouz

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EFSUMB COMPASS for Rheumatologists dissemination and implementation – an international survey.

Iustina Janta, Lene Terslev, Mads Ammitzbøll-Danielsen, Alexandra Kosevoi-Tichie, Hilde Berner-Hammer, Esperanza Naredo

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Subclinical myocardial impairment in SLE: insights from novel ultrasound techniques and clinical determinants.

Gabriel Guşetu, Dana Pop, Cristina Pamfil, Raluca Bǎlaj, Lucian Mureşan, Gabriel Cismaru, Roxana Matuz, Radu Roşu, Dumitru Zdrenghea, Simona Rednic

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Nitroglycerin mediated dilation evaluated by ultrasound is associated with sTWEAK in hemodialysis patients.

Crina Claudia Rusu, Liviu Ghervan, Simona Racasan, Ina Kacso, Diana Moldovan, Alina Potra, Cosmina Bondor, Florin Anton, Ioan Mihai Patiu, Mirela Caprioara Gherman

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Ultrasound in diagnosis of anatomical variation of anterior and posterior tibial arteries.

Miao Zheng, Chuang Chen, Qianyi Qiu, Changjun Wu

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A novel approach to assessing fetal tissue stiffness using virtual touch tissue quantification.

Xiao-Zhi Zheng, Jing Wu, Xu-Yan Tan

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Multimodal endocavitary ultrasound versus MRI and clinical findings in pre- and post-treatment advanced cervical cancer. Preliminary report.

Csaba Csutak, Radu Badea, Sorana D. Bolboacă, Claudia Ordeanu, Viorica M. Nagy, Zsolt Fekete, Liliana Chiorean, Sorin M. Dudea

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Reviews

Concepts in monitoring enthesitis in patients with spondylarthritis- the role of musculoskeletal ultrasound

Mihaela Cosmina Micu, Daniela Fodor

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Ultrasonography in the diagnosis and management of non inflammatory conditions of the hand and wrist

Florentin Ananu Vreju, Marius Eugen Ciurea, Dragos Popa, Florin Popa, Cristina Dorina Parvanescu, Beatrice Andreea Chisalau, Andreea Lili Barbulescu, Vlad Parvanescu, Anca Rosu, Paulina Lucia Ciurea

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90-95

Contrast enhanced ultrasonography in assessing the treatment response to transarterial chemoembolization in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Zeno Spârchez, Tudor Mocan, Pompilia Radu, Ofelia Anton, Nicolae Bolog

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96-102

The usefulness of fetal Doppler evaluation in early versus late onset intrauterine growth restriction. Review of the literature.

Daniel Mureșan, Ioana Cristina Rotar, Florin Stamatian

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103-109