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Original Papers

Point shear wave elastography (pSWE) using Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) imaging: a feasibility study and norm values for renal parenchymal stiffness in healthy children and adolescents.
Lilian Grass, Nora Szekely, Abdulsattar Alrajab, Thi Thanh Tam Bui-Ta, Georg Friedrich Hoffmann, Elke Wühl, Jens-Peter Schenk
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Intra- and inter-observer variation and accuracy using different shear wave elastography methods to assess circumscribed objects – a phantom study.
Gregor Seliger, Katharina Chaoui, Christian Kunze, Yasmina Dridi, Klaus-Vitold Jenderka, Andreas Wienke, Michael Tchirikov
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An “alternative finger” in robotic-assisted thoracic surgery: intraoperative ultrasound localization of pulmonary nodules
Zhenyu Zhou, Zhitian Wang, Zhelan Zheng, Jinlin Cao, Chong Zhang, Zhehao He, Wang Lv, Jian Hu
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High-resolution ultrasonography in assessing temporomandibular joint disc position
Daniel Talmaceanu, Lavinia Manuela Lenghel, Nicolae Bolog, Roxana Popa Stanila, Smaranda Buduru, Daniel Corneliu Leucuta, Horatiu Rotar, Mihaela Baciut, Grigore Baciut
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Testicular volume and elasticity changes in young children with undescended testes
Hyun Joo Shin, Yong Seung Lee, Haesung Yoon, Myung-Joon Kim, Sang Won Han, Ha Yan Kim, Jinae Lee, Mi-Jung Lee
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The diagnostic value of shear wave elastography for parathyroid lesions and comparison with cervical lymph nodes
Ahmet Veysel Polat, Mesut Ozturk, Behic Akyuz, Cetin Celenk, Mehmet Kefeli, Cafer Polat
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An investigation into the variability between different shear wave elastography systems in muscle
Abdulrahman M. Alfuraih, Philip O'Connor, Ai Lyn Tan, Elizabeth Hensor, Paul Emery, Richard J. Wakefield
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Detection and characterization of small superficially located focal liver lesions by contrast-enhanced ultrasound with high frequency transducers
Wen-Ping Wang, Yi Dong, Jiaying Cao, Feng Mao, Yadan Xu, Qin Si, Christoph F. Dietrich
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Evaluation of the optic nerve and scleral-choroidal-retinal layer with ultrasound elastography in glaucoma and physiological optic nerve head cupping
Özkan Özen, Murat Atabey Özer, Alptekin Tosun, Serkan Özen
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Value of Shear Wave Elastography for differentiating benign and malignant renal lesions
Sinem Aydin, Seyma Yildiz, Ihsan Turkmen, Rasul Sharifov, Omer Uysal, Zuhal Gucin, Abdullah Armagan, Ercan Kocakoc
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Motion effects on the measurement of stiffness on ultrasound shear wave elastography: a moving liver fibrosis phantom study
Hyun Joo Shin, Myung-Joon Kim, Choon-Sik Yoon, Kwanseop Lee, Kwan Sik Lee, Jong-Chul Park, Mi-Jung Lee, Haesung Yoon
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Reviews

The potential of ultrasonography in the evaluation of foot orthotics therapy
Daniel Petcu, Delia Alexandrina Mitrea, Cosmina Ioana Bondor, Elena Rodica Perciun
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Prostate ultrasound: back in business!
Nicolae Crisan, Iulia Andras, Corina Radu, David Andras, Radu-Tudor Coman, Paul Tucan, Doina Pisla, Dana Crisan, Ioan Coman
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Diagnostic value of musculoskeletal ultrasound in patients with low back pain – a review of the literature
Plamen Todorov Todorov, Rodina Nestorova, Anastas Batalov
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Pictorial essay

Enthesitis of the hands in psoriatic arthritis: an ultrasonographic perspective
Alen Zabotti, Luca Idolazzi, Alberto Batticciotto, Orazio De Lucia, Carlo Alberto Scirè, Ilaria Tinazzi, Annamaria Iagnocco
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Case reports

Three-dimensional ultrasound and HDlive in tubal serous cystadenofibroma: a case report and literature review
Mihaela Grigore, Razvan Popovici, Cristina Furnica, Anda Pristavu, Alexandru Hamod, Dumitru Gafitanu
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A rare case of an acute soleus arcade syndrome complicated by a ganglion cyst: diagnosis by dynamic ultrasound
Leonhard Gruber, Alexander Loizides, Stephanie Klien, Thomas Trieb, Michael Koller, Wolfgang Löscher, Hannes Gruber
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Echocardiography as the first diagnostic clue to rapidly progressive systemic AL amyloidosis associated with multiple site thrombosis. A case report
Bogdan Caloian, Dumitru Zdrenghea, Sorin Claudiu Man, Simona Costea, Mihnea Zdrenghea, Dana Pop
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Imaging and histology in the diagnosis of multiple papillary fibroelastomas in a patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Case report
Alin Alexandru Ionescu, Bogdan Radulescu, Vlad Herlea, Ioan Miclea, Irinel Parepa, Serban Bubenek, Bogdan Alexandru Popescu, Carmen Ginghina, Ruxandra Jurcut
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Prenatal diagnosis of the fetal common arterial trunk. A case series
Claudiu Marginean, Liliana Gozar, Cristina Oana Mărginean, Horațiu Suciu, Togănel Rodica, Iolanda Muntean, Maria Cezara Mureșan
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The added value of contemporary ultrasound technologies in the diagnosis of malignant tumours of the gastrointestinal system – a case report
Johannes Rübenthaler, Maximilian Reiser, Dirk-André Clevert
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The value of ultrasound diagnosis in the multidisciplinary approach of cutaneous tumours. Case report
Avram Manea, Diana Crisan, Alexandru Florin Badea, Iuliu Dinu Dumitrascu, Mihaela Felicia Baciut, Simion Bran, Ileana Mitre, Maria Crisan, Grigore Baciut
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Case report of a rare glomus jugulare tumor extended within the extracranial internal jugular vein: emphasis on initial ultrasound findings and literature review
Qing Deng, Yijia Wang, Xiaoyi Chen, Qing Zhou
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Continuing education

Breast cystic lesions: Not so simple after all? An ultrasonographic tactical approach
Anca Ileana Ciurea, Cătălin George Iacoban, Hanelore Argentina Herţa, Cristiana Augusta Ciortea
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