The role of multimodality imaging after cesarean delivery.

abstract：:Renal transplantation is the best treatment option for chronic renal failure, with marked improvement in social activity, work, and family life. In addition to these obvious improvements, it is an extremely cost-effective procedure when successful. Ultrasonography plays a major role in the imaging of these patients, a...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Baxter GM

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver fibrosis is evaluated to assess the prognosis and guide the treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB). To compare the efficiency of 2 transient elastography techniques for grading liver fibrosis in CHB: visual transient elastography (ViTE) with real-time image guidance and FibroScan (FS) with no image guidance. All...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Ren X,Zhang L,Xia S,Chen Z,Zhou W,Ji R,Zhou J,Lin Y,Zhan W

更新日期：2020-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive characterization of focal liver lesions is largely based on their enhancement patterns on contrast-enhanced imaging. The use of microbubble contrast agents combined with specialized ultrasound (US) techniques has significantly expanded the role of US in the diagnosis of focal liver lesions based on their v...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Jang HJ,Kim TK,Wilson SR

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the vascularization index (VI) obtained using superb microvascular imaging (SMI) technique in the diagnosis of Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT). The thyroid glands of 80 patients with HT and 107 healthy, asymptomatic participants were examined using SMI. The thyroid parenc...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Durmaz MS,Akyürek N,Kara T,Ateş F,Özbakir B,Gökgöz Durmaz F,Soğukpinar Karaağaç S,Öztürk M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carotid and vertebral artery spectral Doppler ultrasound waveforms can be affected by many types of local lesions, proximal cardiovascular disease, and devices, as well as distal cerebrovascular disease. Recognizing abnormal spectral Doppler ultrasound waveforms and their significance is important for proper managemen...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Ginat DT,Bhatt S,Sidhu R,Dogra V

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low dose (<3 mSv) noncontrast CT (NCCT) is the imaging study of choice for accurate evaluation of patients with acute onset of flank pain and suspicion of stone disease (sensitivity 97%, specificity 95%). NCCT can reliably characterize the location and size of an offending ureteral calculus, identify complications, an...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Coursey CA,Casalino DD,Remer EM,Arellano RS,Bishoff JT,Dighe M,Fulgham P,Goldfarb S,Israel GM,Lazarus E,Leyendecker JR,Majd M,Nikolaidis P,Papanicolaou N,Prasad S,Ramchandani P,Sheth S,Vikram R

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this article was to discuss the process of setting up a nuchal translucency (NT) screening clinic in clinical practice, how to interpret the information in combination with other clinical tests, what to do if abnormal results are obtained, and to illustrate some of the fetal anomalies that are associate...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Onyeacholem I,Kleiner B,Hull AD,Chibuk J,Romine L,Anton T,Pretorius DH

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anorectal malformations are a rare condition difficult to diagnose in the prenatal period. It can be suspected if distal bowel appears dilated in the first-trimester ultrasound or if intraluminal echogenic foci are detected during the second-trimester scan. We report a case with these ultrasound signs (dilated sigmoid...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Correia P,Moreira M,Rodrigues M,Inocêncio G

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：: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：:Biliary cast syndrome (BCS) consists of mass-like hardened collections of inspissated bile and sloughed biliary mucosa filling the intrahepatic and/or extrahepatic bile ducts, which show an alternating pattern of dilatation and stricture. It is a rare but serious complication of liver transplantation frequently necess...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Hu B,Horrow MM

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria are evidence-based guidelines for specific clinical conditions that are reviewed every two years by a multidisciplinary expert panel. The guideline development and review include an extensive analysis of current medical literature from peer reviewed journals a...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Baker ME,Nelson RC,Rosen MP,Blake MA,Cash BD,Hindman NM,Kamel IR,Kaur H,Piorkowski RJ,Qayyum A,Yarmish GM

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraoperative ultrasonography can play a particularly useful role in facilitating surgery or guiding biopsies in the brain and spinal canal. Given the limited access that is frequently afforded to the operating surgeon, coupled with lesions that may be located in deep or seemingly inaccessible locations, sonography p...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Kane RA,Kruskal JB

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraoperative ultrasound provides spatial resolution of the pancreas superior to computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and transabdominal sonography. This pictorial essay will review common benign and malignant pancreatic processes including the following: pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, pancreatitis, en...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Shin LK,Brant-Zawadzki G,Kamaya A,Jeffrey RB

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue elasticity is becoming a more commonly used parameter in evaluation of parenchyma in inflammatory diseases. Considering the changes in the thyroid and salivary glands with adolescence, determination of mean elasticity ranges with a function of age is necessary to apply ultrasound elastography more widely in the...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Arioz Habibi H,Memis Durmaz ES,Qarayeva V,Kandemirli SG,Kalyoncu Ucar A,Aslan M,Apaydin G,Kurugoglu S,Adaletli I

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：:Portal venous system evaluation is required in many clinical circumstances, as substantial morbidity and mortality can be associated with a spectrum of portal vein abnormalities. Portal venous system pathologies can be congenital or acquired, and the knowledge of their imaging appearances will allow for a confident di...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Kulkarni NM,Griffin MO Jr,OʼConnor SD,Sudakoff G

更新日期：2019-12-01 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

abstract：:Congenital heart diseases (CHDs) carry a high prevalence rate in the general population (0.8%-1%). Most fetal CHDs occur in patients without any risk factors. The prenatal recognition of CHD has major impacts on the pregnancy and its outcome. The aforementioned data justify prenatal ultrasound (US) screening of CHD in...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Lapierre C,Rypens F,Grignon A,Dubois J,Déry J,Garel L

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author provides some suggestions for those considering travel to developing countries to provide training in ultrasound at small medical facilities. Issues discussed will include planning before the trip, personal safety and health while there, as well as equipment and travel issues. ...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Brown DL

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：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：OBJECTIVE:Shear wave elastography (SWE) is an adjunct to grayscale ultrasound examinations for evaluating breast masses. This study aimed to determine the SWE features that correlated with prognostic parameters for breast cancer. METHODS:Between January 2018 and May 2018, 80 patients who were confirmed to have invasiv...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Gemici AA,Ozal ST,Hocaoglu E,Inci E

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uterine fibroids are common benign lesions. Other common benign masses include renal cysts, renal angiomyolipomas, hepatic cysts, hepatic hemangiomas, thyroid cysts, adrenal incidentalomas, pulmonary granulomas and hamartomas, ovarian cysts, and dermoids. All these conditions, especially in asymptomatic patients, almo...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Maizlin ZV,Vos PM,Cooperberg PL

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many misconceptions in the field of ultrasonography. Some are because of poor understanding of anatomy and/or embryological or developmental features of certain organs, which have prevailed over the course of the centuries since the discovery of these entities (e.g., column of Bertin and hypertrophic column ...

journal_title：Ultrasound quarterly

authors： Yeh HC

更新日期：2001-09-01 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