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Original Papers

Comparison of IOTA three-step strategy and logistic regression model LR2 for discriminating between benign and malignant adnexal masses
Juan José Hidalgo, Antoni Llueca, Irene Zolfaroli, Nadia Veiga, Ester Ortiz, Juan Luis Alcázar
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Congenital complete atrioventricular block from literature to clinical approach – a case series and literature review
Liliana Gozar, Claudiu Marginean, Amalia Fagarasan, Iolanda Muntean, Andreea Cerghit-Paler, Dorottya Miklosi, Rodica Toganel
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Transfer learning with pre-trained deep convolutional neural networks for the automatic assessment of liver steatosis in ultrasound images
Elena Codruta Constantinescu, Anca-Loredana Udriștoiu, Ștefan Cristinel Udriștoiu, Andreea Valentina Iacob, Lucian Gheorghe Gruionu, Gabriel Gruionu, Larisa Săndulescu, Adrian Săftoiu
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The presence of effusions between the volar plate of the proximal interphalangeal joint and the flexor digitorum tendon is a common phenomenon: a single-center, cross sectional study
Leixi Xue, Yi Zhang, Dong Yan, Jinxiang Fu, Zhichun Liu
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Evaluation of bowel preparation before colonoscopy by ultrasonographic monitoring of colonic fecal retention: a case series
Masaru Matsumoto, Masayuki Fujioka, Toshihiko Okada, Yutaka Naka, Ayumi Amemiya, Erina Matsushima, Nao Tamai, Yuka Miura, Gojiro Nakagami, Hiromi Sanada
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Assessment of testes with two-dimensional Shear Wave Elastography in patients with operated inguinal hernia
Mehmet Sedat Durmaz, Fatih Ates, Serdar Arslan, Turgay Kara, Funda Gökgöz Durmaz, Mehmet Ali Eryilmaz, Kemal Arslan
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Impaired right ventricular filling in patients with a chronic coronary syndrome
Alexey N Sumin, Ekaterina V Korok, Tat'ana Yu Sergeeva
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The value of abdominal ultrasonography compared to colonoscopy and faecal calprotectin in following up paediatric patients with ulcerative colitis
Ioana Fodor, Oana Serban, Daniela Elena Serban, Dorin Farcau, Otilia Fufezan, Carmen Asavoaie, Sorin Claudiu Man, Dan Lucian Dumitrascu
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Microvascular Doppler ultrasound in children with acute pyelonephritis
Gayoung Choi, Bo-Kyung Je, Doran Hong, Jaehyung Cha
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Evaluation of the biomechanical properties of the posterior eye using Shear Wave Elastography in patients with increased intracranial pressure
Chufan Xiao, Xiaoling Huang, Maoping Li, Jiarui Wu, Huiying Huang
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Comparative study between two 2D-Shear Waves Elastography techniques for the non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection
Victor Bâldea, Felix Bende, Alina Popescu, Roxana Șirli, Ioan Sporea
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Extending and validating the Baveno VI criteria for the exclusion of high-risk varices
Andreea Barbulescu, Iulia Ratiu, Ioan Sporea, Diana Lungeanu, Raluca Lupusoru, Bogdan Miutescu, Mirela Danila, Alina Popescu, Roxana Sirli
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Three-dimensional periodontal investigations using a prototype handheld ultrasound scanner with spatial positioning reading sensor
Radu Chifor, Mengxun Li, Kim-Cuong T Nguyen, Tudor Arsenescu, Ioana Chifor, Alexandru Florin Badea, Mindra Eugenia Badea, Mircea Hotoleanu, Paul W Major, Lawrence H Le
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Comparison of Hystero-salpingography and Hysterosalpingo-Contrast Sonography for tubal patency testing: technical success, pain perception, side effects and complications
Anita Roxana Maxim, Ovidiu Horia Gligor, Radu Ion Badea
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Determining the effects of excess weight on renal cortical stiffness in children and adolescents with point Shear Wave Elastography
Zehra Filiz Karaman, Fatih Kardas
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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound algorithm (ACR CEUS LI-RADSv 2017)– a valuable tool for the noninvasive diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic liver disease
Ana Maria Ghiuchici, Mirela Dănilă, Alina Popescu, Roxana Șirli, Tudor Moga, Mădălina Topan, Felix Bende, Ioan Sporea
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Using 2-dimensional color superb microvascular imaging vascularization index technique in the assessment of thyroid surgical bed
Mehmet Sedat Durmaz, Gonca Kara Gedik, Abdussamet Batur, Farise Yılmaz
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The role of intracardiac echocardiography in reducing radiation exposure during atrial fibrillation ablation
Ioan-Alexandru Minciuna, Mihai Puiu, Gabriel Cismaru, Radu Roșu, Raluca Tomoaia, Gelu Simu, Sabina Istrătoaie, Bogdan Caloian, Horatiu Comșa, Gabriel Gușetu, Dumitru Zdrenghea, Dana Pop
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Reviews

Ultrasonography techniques in the preoperative diagnosis of parotid gland tumors – an updated review of the literature
Sebastian Stoia, Grigore Băciuț, Manuela Lenghel, Radu Badea, Mihaela Băciuț, Simion Bran, Dinu Cristian
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The diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound in the detection of foot and ankle fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Jiangfeng Wu, Yunlai Wang, Zhengping Wang
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Understanding the role of echocardiography in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and right ventricular subclinical myocardial dysfunction – comparison with other conditions affecting RV deformation
Ioana Maria Chetan, Bianca Domokos Gergely, Adriana Albu, Raluca Tomoaia, Doina Adina Todea
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Intraoperative ultrasound in liver and pancreatic surgery
Adrian Bartoș, Ioana Iancu, Lidia Ciobanu, Radu Badea, Zeno Spârchez, Dana Monica Bartoș
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The role of advanced multimodality imaging in chronic mitral regurgitation
Catalina Ileana Badau Riebel, Lucia Agoston-Coldea
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Noninvasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis in the complex cardiac malformation survivors – a review of the literature
Roxana-Cristina Mares, Cristina Oana Marginean
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Ultrasound of the pleura in children, WFUMB review paper
Joanna Jaworska, Natalia Buda, Ioana Mihaiela Ciuca, Yi Dong, Cheng Fang, Axel Feldkamp, Jörg Jüngert, Wojciech Kosiak, Hans Joachim Mentzel, Corina Pienar, Jorge S. Rabat, Vasileios Rafailidis, Simone Schrading, Dagmar Schreiber-Dietrich, Christoph F Dietrich
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Lung ultrasound in children, WFUMB review paper (part 2)
Christoph F. Dietrich, Natalia Buda, Ioana Mihaiela Ciuca, Yi Dong, Cheng Fang, Axel Feldkamp, Jörg Jüngert, Wojciech Kosiak, Hans Joachim Mentzel, Corina Pienar, Jorge S. Rabat, Vasileios Rafailidis, Simone Schrading, Dagmar Schreiber-Dietrich, Joanna Jaworska
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Transvaginal three-dimensional ultrasound for preoperative assessment of myometrial invasion in patients with endometrial cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Tatiana Costas, Rocío Belda, Juan Luis Alcazar
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Diagnostic value of endobronchial ultrasound elastography for differentiating benign and malignant hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Jiangfeng Wu, Yue Sun, Yunlai Wang, Lijing Ge, Yun Jin, Zhengping Wang
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Pictorial essay

First trimester fetal heart evaluation. A pictorial essay
Ioana Cristina Rotar, Daniel Mureșan, Claudiu Mărginean, Claudiu Mărginean, Dominic Gabriel Iliescu, Dominic Gabriel Iliescu, Ștefania Tudorache, Ștefania Tudorache
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Sonographic features of anterior chest wall lesions detected on breast sonography in women: A pictorial essay
Hyun Kyung Jung
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Cystic renal diseases: role of ultrasound. Part I, non-genetic cystic renal diseases
Adnan Kabaalioglu, Nesrin Gunduz, Ayse Keven, Emel Durmaz, Mine Aslan, Ahmet Aslan, Serkan Guneyli
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Cystic renal diseases: role of ultrasound. Part II, genetic cystic renal diseases
Adnan Kabaalioglu, Nesrin Gunduz, Ayse Keven, Emel Durmaz, Mine Aslan, Ahmet Aslan, Serkan Guneyli
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Case reports

The role of multimodal imaging in the diagnosis of an asymptomatic patient with congenital anomaly
Raluca Tomoaia, Adrian Molnar, Ruxandra Ștefana Beyer, Alexandra Dădârlat-Pop, Florina Frîngu, Diana Gurzau, Gelu Simu, Ioan Alexandru Minciună, Bogdan Caloian, Dumitru Zdrenghea, Dana Pop
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A rare cause of biliary obstruction – intraductal neuroendocrine tumor of the right hepatic biliary duct: a case report
Mirela Danila, Roxana Sirli, Alina Popescu, Nicoleta Iacob, Ana-Maria Ghiuchici
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Transthoracic ultrasound: an essential diagnostic tool in a very rare case of thoracic lymphangiomatosis
Romeo Ioan Chira, Alina Florea, Doru Pârvu, Alexadra Chira, Doiniţa Crişan, Bogdan Popovici
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An unusual presentation of a retroperitoneal tumor – CEUS characterization and outcome
Mirela Liana Gliga, Paula Maria Chirila, Mihail Gheorghe Gliga, Adriana Maria Gomotirceanu, Ioan Tilea, Cristian Nicolae Chirila
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Fetal axillary lymphangioma diagnosed on a 2D/4D ultrasound second trimester scan – a case report and short literature review
Bogdan Ioan Stefanescu, Iulian Valentin Munteanu, Diana Sabina Radaschin, Bianca Georgiana Constantin
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Vomiting-induced costal cartilage fracture: a case report
Eleni Drakonaki, Ioannis Karageorgiou, Stamatios Kokkinakis, Neofytos Maliotis, Rania Spyridaki, Emmanouil K Symvoulakis
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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in a patient with interventricular membranous septal aneurysm resulted in cardiac tamponade of unclear etiology
Mihaela Ioana Dregoesc, Dan Ion Bindea, Madalin Constantin Marc, Vasile Sasarman, Adrian Corneliu Iancu
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An intrathyroidal nodule consisting of papillary thyroid cancer and ectopic hyperechoic parathyroid adenoma: a case report
Serkan Guneyli, Adnan Kabaalioglu, Emre Altinmakas, Barbaros Erhan Cil, Orhun Cig Taskin, Secil Ozisik, Vugar Samadli, Hakan Dogan, Orhan Agcaoglu
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Continuing education

The utility of ultrasound in the diagnostic evaluation of the posterior ankle joint
Wojciech Konarski, Tomasz Poboży
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