Imaging in renal transplantation.

abstract：:Our objective was to assess the differential diagnostic value of classification of obstructive versus nonobstructive azoospermia by scrotal ultrasound. Forty patients with azoospermia were selected for our study (ages, 23-35; average, 29 ± 5.34 years). Patients were divided into the obstructive (17) or nonobstructive ...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Liu J,Wang Z,Li M,Zhou M,Zhan W

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In 2009, the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU) convened a consensus conference to discuss the management of adnexal cysts in asymptomatic women and reach consensus on when follow-up imaging was required. The purpose of this quality assurance project was to assess the impact of using the resulting guid...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Ghosh E,Levine D

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound plays an important role in the diagnostic workup of scrotal diseases. It can differentiate a testicular mass from an extratesticular mass and determine whether the mass is cystic, solid, or complex. Using this information a likely diagnosis can be ascertained. In the acute scrotum, acute epididymitis/epidid...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Akin EA,Khati NJ,Hill MC

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To forego misdiagnosis and biopsy-related complications, we explore a novel technique that embraces tissue elasticity to circumvent the current limitations in the accurate, non-invasive detection of prostate cancer. A MEDLINE® database search of literature pertinent to prostate elastography published in the last five ...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Gandhi J,Zaidi S,Shah J,Joshi G,Khan SA

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography is essential in the management of children with sickle cell anemia and is a valuable adjunct to the evaluation of a variety of intracranial pathologies in children and adults, including vasoconstriction caused by subarachnoid hemorrhage, demonstration of major intracranial vessel s...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： McCarville MB

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal ultrasound of a 28-year-old man with chronic abdominal pain and vomiting demonstrates a dilated aperistaltic distal esophagus, which was confirmed on follow-up esophagram as achalasia. The 2 main types of achalasia are primary and secondary. Primary achalasia occurs with the loss of postganglionic neurons re...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： McCambridge J,Wang P

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although hemorrhagic corpus luteum cysts are frequently seen during sonography of the female pelvis, their diagnosis is often challenging as a result of variations in size, thickness of the cyst wall, and internal echo pattern depending on the formation and lysis of the clot. There are cases in which hemoperitoneum is...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Swire MN,Castro-Aragon I,Levine D

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if a significant contralateral stenosis affects interpretation tables of the ipsilateral internal carotid artery's degree of stenosis in duplex Doppler ultrasound, the records of 307 patients with carotid duplex ultrasound studies with an angiogram performed within 3 months without intervening interventio...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Grajo JR,Barr RG

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of the diaphragm in critically ill patients is simple and noninvasive and has shown good repeatability. The aim of the study was to generate a predictive index for successful weaning (ULDIMex) from invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) based on an ultrasonographic diaphragmatic assessment before perform...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Garrido-Aguirre E,Ñamendys-Silva SA,Del Moral OR,Cortés-Soto CA,Romero-González JP

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult-onset hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS) is a rare anomaly that can be idiopathic or related to underlying gastric pathology. We describe a case of a 25-year-old man with history of human immunodeficiency virus and osteoglophonic dysplasia who presented with pain and swelling at a gastrostomy site. Computed tom...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Holder J,Zinn D,Samin A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the reliability of CEUS on the diagnosis of acute (AR) or chronic rejection (CR) after renal transplantation, patients who received renal transplantation in our center from January 2011 and December 2015 were retrospectively included in the current study. All the included patients underwent contrast-enhanced u...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Cai R,Tao L,Liang W,Lin M,Guo X,Huang XE

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aims of this study were to evaluate if a dynamic automatic image optimization technique decreases examination time and number of keystrokes while maintaining or improving image quality and to determine if these variables vary with sonographer experience. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Five sonographers of varying e...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Barr RG,Grajo JR

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews salient features of pediatric gynecologic ultrasound. It reviews technologic factors, technique, and normal anatomy used to evaluate the pediatric gynecologic tract for abnormality. It reviews and illustrates clinical imaging information necessary to know in the ultrasonic analysis of several clin...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Ratani RS,Cohen HL,Fiore E

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rosai-Dorfman disease or sinus histiocytosis of the lymph nodes is a rare, idiopathic, and benign disorder. Painless lymphadenopathy is the most frequent systemic presenting symptom and involves the cervical region in up to 90% of the patients. Extranodal involvement is less common and can represent the initial or the...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Ciurea A,Ciortea C,Cosarca M,Rogojan L

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tethered spinal cord is associated with closed and open neural tube defects. With prenatal screening, spinal defects are consistently diagnosed during fetal life. We show that the conus medullaris can be seen well with prenatal ultrasound, and the diagnosis of tethered spinal cord can be made during fetal life. In thi...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Sohaey R,Oh KY,Kennedy AM,Ameli JR,Selden NR

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drains are routinely used after thyroidectomy and lateral neck dissection. In rare cases, the drainage tube is broken and retained in the neck. It is difficult to identify the sonographic features of the remnant tube due to variable reasons. However, through comparative and phantom observations, we noticed the double-...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Xing J,Wang J,You S,Li J

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal inflammatory pseudotumor (FIPT) of the liver is a rare disease that may be mistaken for a malignant tumor. It is difficult to diagnose because of its nonspecific clinical and imaging features. We report the case of a 46-year-old Asian man who presented with a mass in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. The...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Xian MF,Lan WT,Huang H,Zeng D,Xu ZF

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to evaluate the clinical indications for carotid duplex ultrasonography and determine for each indication how often carotid artery disease was identified.We retrospectively reviewed the consecutive reports for 3191 carotid ultrasound examinations. We tracked 14 indications to determine how often examin...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Naidich JB,Weiss A,Grimaldi GM,Kohn N,Naidich JJ,Pellerito JS

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of antiangiogenic drugs in cancer therapy necessitates an imaging modality that can longitudinally assess posttreatment changes in tumor vasculature. In this regard, microbubble contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) offers several advantages over conventional imaging modalities. The small size of microbu...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Hwang M,Niermann KJ,Lyshchik A,Fleischer AC

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound is considered to be the initial imaging modality of choice for evaluation of bile ducts. In this article, sonographic anatomy of the bile ducts and ultrasound findings in congenital, inflammatory, neoplastic, and other abnormalities of bile ducts are described. Roles of color Doppler ultrasound and newer ap...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Parulekar SG

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary tract infection (UTI) in infants and children demands rapid differentiation between upper UTI (pyelonephritis) and lower UTI (cystitis) for prompt treatment to be initiated so that renal damage is minimized. This pictorial review presents a wide gamut of structural and functional abnormalities of the urinary t...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Rosenberg HK,Ilaslan H,Finkelstein MS

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Achilles tendon is a frequent site of foot and ankle discomfort. Its superficial location lends it to excellent evaluation by ultrasonography. Continuing advances in US have enabled evaluation of Achilles pathology with unprecedented accuracy and efficiency in a cost-effective manner. For these reasons, radiologis...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Daftary A,Adler RS

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the relationship between breast ultrasound background echotexture (BET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) and whether this relationship varied with hormonal status and amount of fibroglandular tissue (FGT) on MRI. Two hundred eighty-three Korean women (52.1 years;...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Kim SJ,Jung HK,Han BK,Lee JH,Oh KS,Lee JS,Lee Y

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been very few small studies or case reports in the literature considering noninvasive postmortem imaging as supplement to autopsy, especially in fetuses with skeletal dysplasias. Apert syndrome accounts for 4.5% of all patients with craniosynostotic syndromes. It is classically characterized by th...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Patel B,Suchet I

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well recognized that preterm birth is the leading cause of perinatal mortality and morbidity. There is a significant association between cervix length and preterm birth risk. Most authorities consider a cervical length <3 cm as the lower limit of normal. A cervical length >3 cm has a high negative predictive val...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Glanc P,Andreotti RF,Lee SI,Dejesus Allison SO,Bennett GL,Brown DL,Dubinsky T,Javitt MC,Mitchell DG,Podrasky AE,Shipp TD,Siegel CL,Wong-You-Cheong JJ,Zelop CM

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although mammography is the mainstay of early breast cancer detection, it has known limitations, particularly in women with dense breasts. As a result, additional imaging modalities, including ultrasound and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, are also being used to supplement mammography in the early detect...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Hooley RJ,Andrejeva L,Scoutt LM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by aplasia or hypoplasia of the uterus and vagina due to arrest in the development of the müllerian ducts. Women with this syndrome have the normal 46 XX karyotype, normal female secondary sex characteristics, and primary amenorrhea. Only ...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Amaratunga T,Kirkpatrick I,Yan Y,Karlicki F

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the levator hiatus area (LHA) at rest and during the performance of maximal pelvic floor muscle (PFM) contractions, during the abdominal hypopressive technique (AHT), and during the combination of PFM contractions (PFMCs) and the AHT. The study included 17 healthy nulliparous women who had...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Resende AP,Torelli L,Zanetti MR,Petricelli CD,Jármy-Di Bella ZI,Nakamura MU,Araujo Júnior E,Moron AF,Girão MJ,Sartori MG

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commercial central line vascular access trainers are available but have significant limitations including cost, size, and limited durability when used for the complete procedure. A unique central venous access trainer was constructed using silicone loaf pan, ballistic gel, copper pipe and aluminum rods as vessels cond...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Harrington D,Damon A,Clifton W,Simon L

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of microbubble contrast greatly enhances the ability of ultrasound to delineate structures and therefore aid in diagnosis. Ultrasound microbubble contrast agents are composed of low-solubility gas encapsulated in a biomaterial shell. These agents use the physics of ultrasound imaging to effectively identify an...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Denham SL,Alexander LF,Robbin ML

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00