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Clinical Integrated Ultrasound of the Thorax Including Causes of Shock in Nontraumatic Critically Ill Patients. A Practical Approach
24 January 2012
Abstract: A rapid identification of the causes of hemodynamic instability or cardiac arrest is crucial for correct treatment. In a critical care setting, ultrasound seems to be an ideal tool for a rap...
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Roberto Copetti,
Paolo Copetti,
Angelika Reissig
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349-359
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The Effect of Vasospasm on Cerebral Perfusion: A Colour Duplex Study of the Extra- and Intracranial Cerebral Arteries
24 January 2012
Abstract: To assess whether middle cerebral artery (MCA) vasospasm reduces the flow volume in the corresponding extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) or global cerebral blood flow volume (CBFV) i...
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Martin Schöning,
Peter Scheel,
Jochen Wittibschläger,
Martin Kehrer,
Bernd E. Will
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360-367
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Ultrasound Is a Reliable Measure of Muscle Thickness in Acute Stroke Patients, for Some, but Not All Anatomical Sites: A Study of the Intra-Rater Reliability of Muscle Thickness Measures in Acute Stroke Patients
24 January 2012
Abstract: This prospective, blinded study investigates the test retest reliability of measures of muscle thickness made by one sonographer across two cohort groups (n = 29) of people hospitalised with...
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Coralie K. English,
Kerry A. Thoirs,
Laura Fisher,
Holly McLennan,
Julie Bernhardt
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368-376
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Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Liver Metastases with BR14: A Multicenter Phase IIA Study
20 January 2012
Abstract: The study was designed primarily to find the optimal dosage range of BR14 contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) to detect malignant focal liver lesions. Secondary objectives were the eval...
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Joachim Hohmann,
Anja Müller,
Jan Skrok,
Karl-Jürgen Wolf,
Alberto Martegani,
Christoph F. Dietrich,
Thomas Albrecht
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377-382
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Heterogeneity of Microbubble Accumulation: A Novel Approach to Discriminate Between Well-Differentiated Hepatocellular Carcinomas and Regenerative Nodules
20 January 2012
Abstract: This prospective study aimed to elucidate the possibility of differentiating well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma (wHCC) from regenerative nodule (RN) on the basis of the heterogenei...
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Hitoshi Maruyama,
Masanori Takahashi,
Tadashi Sekimoto,
Hidehiro Kamesaki,
Taro Shimada,
Fumihiko Kanai,
Osamu Yokosuka
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383-388
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Real-Time Tissue Elastography for the Diagnosis of Lymph Node Metastasis in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
24 January 2012
Abstract: We compared conventional ultrasound (US) B-mode, color Doppler and elastographic assessment of lymph node (LN) stiffness against pathological findings from surgical samples, to determine the...
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Naomi Ishibashi,
Kenji Yamagata,
Hiroyoshi Sasaki,
Kahori Seto,
Yoshiko Shinya,
Hiroyuki Ito,
Keiji Shinozuka,
Toru Yanagawa,
Kojiro Onizawa,
Hiroki Bukawa
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389-395
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Transvaginal 3-D Power Doppler Ultrasound Evaluation of the Fetal Brain at 10–13 Weeks’ Gestation
20 January 2012
Abstract: The objective of this study was to measure the fetal brain volume (FBV) and vascularization and blood flow using transvaginal 3-D power Doppler (3DPD) ultrasound late in the first trimester ...
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Toshiyuki Hata,
Hirokazu Tanaka,
Junko Noguchi
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396-401
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Measurement of Articular Cartilage Thickness Using a Three-Dimensional Image Reconstructed from B-Mode Ultrasonography Mechanical Scans Feasibility Study by Comparison with MRI-Derived Data
20 January 2012
Abstract: The present study aimed to develop a method to measure three-dimensional (3-D) thickness of cartilage (Tc) at the femoral condyle using B-mode ultrasonography (US) and to clarify the feasibi...
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Satoru Ohashi,
Isao Ohnishi,
Takuya Matsumoto,
Masahiko Bessho,
Juntaro Matsuyama,
Kenji Tobita,
Masako Kaneko,
Kozo Nakamura
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402-411
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Ultrasonographic Evidence of Intra-Abdominal Umbilical Vein Dilatation: Is It a True Varix?
20 January 2012
Abstract: Fetal intraabdominal umbilical vein (FIUV) dilatation, or varix, is a rare ultrasonographic (US) finding of focal dilatation of the umbilical vein. This article describes FIUV tortuosity in ...
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Yoni Cohen,
Joseph Har-Tov,
Gideon Fait,
Igal Wolman,
Ariel Jaffa
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412-416
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Ultrasound Markers that Describe Plaques Are More Sensitive than Mean Intima-Media Thickness in Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia
20 January 2012
Abstract: A widely adopted ultrasound surrogate marker for predicting cardiovascular risk is mean intima-medial thickness (mean-IMT). There are, however, certain limitations to this methodology. We co...
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Alexandra I. Ershova,
Tatyana V. Balakhonova,
Alexey N. Meshkov,
Tatyana A. Rozhkova,
Sergey A. Boytsov
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417-422
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High-Frequency Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Cerebral Intraventricular Haemorrhage in Preterm Rabbit Pups
Abstract: Cerebral intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) is the most common cause of severe neurologic impairment following preterm birth in human infants. Ideally, an animal model for cerebral IVH shoul...
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Snjolaug Sveinsdottir,
Magnus Cinthio,
David Ley
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423-431
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High-Frequency Ultrasound for In Vivo Measurement of Colon Wall Thickness in Mice
24 January 2012
Abstract: Mouse models are becoming increasingly important in the study of molecular mechanisms of colorectal disease and in the development of novel therapeutics. To enhance this phase of preclinical...
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Mostafa A. Abdelrahman,
Gemma Marston,
Mark A. Hull,
Alexander F. Markham,
Pamela F. Jones,
J. Anthony Evans,
P. Louise Coletta
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432-442
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Differentiation of Benign Periablational Enhancement from Residual Tumor Following Radio-Frequency Ablation Using Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography in a Rat Subcutaneous Colon Cancer Model
24 January 2012
Abstract: Benign periablational enhancement (BPE) response to thermal injury is a barrier to early detection of residual tumor in contrast enhanced imaging after radio-frequency (RF) ablation. The obj...
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Hanping Wu,
Ravi B. Patel,
Yuanyi Zheng,
Luis Solorio,
Tianyi M. Krupka,
Nicholas P. Ziats,
John R. Haaga,
Agata A. Exner
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443-453
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New Microembolus Size Estimator for Peripheral Blood Vessels
Abstract: Several factors affecting the power of Doppler scattered signal and, consequently, microembolus size estimation, may be eliminated when assessing the microembolus size via multiple measureme...
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Jakub Zmigrodzki,
Krzysztof Kaluzynski
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454-467
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Simultaneous Measurement of Red Blood Cell Aggregation and Whole Blood Coagulation Using High-Frequency Ultrasound
24 January 2012
Abstract: This study aims to investigate the feasibility of using high-frequency ultrasound (HFUS) for simultaneous monitoring of blood coagulation and red blood cell (RBC) aggregation. Using a 35-MHz...
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Kweon-Ho Nam,
Eunseop Yeom,
Hojin Ha,
Sang Joon Lee
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468-475
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Effect of Ultrasound Parameters on the Release of Liposomal Calcein
24 January 2012
Abstract: The ultrasound exposure parameters that maximize drug release from dierucoyl-phosphatidylcholine (DEPC)-based liposomes were studied using two transducers operating at 300 kHz and 1 MHz. Flu...
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Mercy Afadzi,
Catharina de L. Davies,
Yngve H. Hansen,
Tonni Johansen,
Øyvind K. Standal,
Rune Hansen,
Svein-Erik Måsøy,
Esben A. Nilssen,
Bjørn Angelsen
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476-486
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The Relation Between Carotid Plaque Echogenicity and Oxidative Stress Marker 8-iso-Prostaglandin F2α
20 January 2012
Abstract: Echolucent plaques are associated with high risk of ischemic cerebrovascular events. Oxidative stress has been implicated in the process of atherosclerotic plaque development from initiation...
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Hoda Nassar,
Shigetaka Furukado,
Makiko Tanaka,
Kaori Miwa,
Shuhei Okazaki,
Manabu Sakaguchi,
Hideki Mochizuki,
Kazuo Kitagawa
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487-491
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Effect of Surface Architecture on In Vivo Ultrasound Contrast Persistence of Targeted Size-Selected Microbubbles
Abstract: Ultrasound molecular imaging is a powerful diagnostic modality using microbubbles coated with targeting ligands specific for endothelial biomarkers. The circulation persistence of ligand-bea...
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Cherry C. Chen,
Shashank R. Sirsi,
Shunichi Homma,
Mark A. Borden
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492-503
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Microbubble Contrast Imaging of the Cardiovascular System of the Chick Embyro
24 January 2012
Abstract: Ultrasound imaging of the chick embryo cardiovascular system is limited to B-scan and Doppler technologies. This study demonstrates microbubble contrast imaging of the embryonic cardiovascul...
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Michael A. Schellpfeffer,
Gary L. Kolesari
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504-510
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A New Nonlinear Parameter in the Developed Strain-to-Applied Strain of the Soft Tissues and Its Application in Ultrasound Elasticity Imaging
24 January 2012
Abstract: Strain developed under quasi-static deformation has been mostly used in ultrasound elasticity imaging (UEI) to determine the stiffness change of tissues. However, the strain measure in UEI i...
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Jingping Xu,
Sakya Tripathy,
Jonathan M. Rubin,
Ryan W. Stidham,
Laura A. Johnson,
Peter D.R. Higgins,
Kang Kim
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511-523
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A Texture Matching Method Considering Geometric Transformations in Noninvasive Ultrasonic Measurement of Arterial Elasticity
24 January 2012
Abstract: Measurement of arterial elasticity can provide an important reference for understanding arterial wall changes that may occur in the early stages of atherosclerosis. Conventional correlation-...
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Lili Niu,
Ming Qian,
Ruibo Song,
Long Meng,
Xin Liu,
Hairong Zheng
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524-533
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Fetal Echocardiography, 2nd Edition
20 January 2012
The second edition of the textbook Fetal Echocardiography, by Julia Drose, includes many of the same contributors as the first edition, published in 1998, but represents a substantial improvement as i...
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Christine S. Sahn,
David J. Sahn
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535-536
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