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Original Papers

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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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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A sono-anatomical and cadaveric study of ultrasound-guided retrolaminar block
Fahd Aamir, Michael Cronin, Peter Lee, Gabriella Iohom, George Shorten
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Inter- and intraobserver reproducibility of Strain and 2D Shear Wave Elastography – a phantom study
Marina Dudea-Simon, Sorin Marian Dudea, Călin Schiau, Răzvan Ciortea, Andrei Măluțan, Vasile Simon, Alexandru Burde, Anca Ciurea, Dan Mihu
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Quantitative analysis of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography following living donor liver transplantation: early diagnosis of middle hepatic venous occlusion
Jiun Im, Woo Kyoung Jeong, Min Woo Lee, Young Kon Kim, Ji Hye Min, Jong Man Kim, Gyu Seong Choi, Jae Won Joh
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Magnetic resonance/ultrasound fusion targeted biopsy of the prostate can be improved by adding systematic biopsy
Victor Mihail Cauni, Dan Stanescu, Florin Tanase, Bogdan Mihai, Cristian Persu
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Preoperative Multiparametric Ultrasound and Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology evaluation of parotid gland tumors: which is the best technique?
Olga Guiban, Antonello Rubini, Daniele Fresilli, Giuseppe Tiziano Lucarelli, Massimo Ralli, Andrea Cassoni, Mario Bezzi, Maija Radzina, Antonio Greco, Marco de Vincentiis, Corado de Vito, Flaminia de Cristofaro, Carlo Catalano, Vito Cantisani
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A structured Endoscopic Ultrasound training program in Germany improves knowledge and competence
Manuela Götzberger, Christoph Kaiser, Christian Jenssen, Markus Dollhopf, Siegbert Faiss, Eike Burmester, Franziska Schöppe, Veit Gülberg, Martin R. Fischer
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Colour Doppler imaging of retrobulbar circulation in different severity of glaucoma optic neuropathy
Arkadiusz Zegadło, Joanna Wierzbowska
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A prototype of a handheld augmented reality application to get familiar with ultrasound equipment knobology
Christian Kollmann, Lukas Santner
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Effects of local anaesthetic dilution on the characteristics of ultrasound guided axillary brachial plexus block: a randomised controlled study
Anil Ranganath, Osman Ahmed, Gabriella Iohom
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Ultrasonographic characteristics and outcome of Type III umbilical-portal-systemic venous shunt
Linlin Zhu, Haifang Wu, Xiang Cong, Zhe Ma, Guowei Tao
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Doppler ultrasonographic evaluation of radial and ulnar artery diameters and blood flow, before and after percutaneous coronary interventions
Yasemin Gündüz, Huseyin Gunduz, Omer Faruk Ates, Mahmut Ciner, Ahmetcan Cakmak, Cagla Akcay., Ersin Ilguz., Kahraman Cosansu
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Reviews

Intraoperative ultrasound in liver and pancreatic surgery
Adrian Bartoș, Ioana Iancu, Lidia Ciobanu, Radu Badea, Zeno Spârchez, Dana Monica Bartoș
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WFUMB position paper. Incidental findings of the salivary glands
Ewa J. Bialek, Adrian Lim, Yi Dong, Daniela Fodor, Norbert Gritzmann, Christoph F. Dietrich
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Ultrasound of the chest and mediastinum in children, interventions and artefacts. WFUMB review paper (part 3)
Cheng Fang, Joanna Jaworska, Natalia Buda, Ioana Mihaiela Ciuca, Yi Dong, 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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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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Clinical value of thoracic ultrasonography in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Wu Chen, Kun Xu, Yiying Li, Meifang Hao, Yongsheng Yang, Xiaofang Liu, Xiaochun Huang, Yuqin Huang, Qianjun Ye
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How to perform shear wave elastography. Part I
Giovanna Ferraioli, Richard G Barr, André Farrokh, Maija Radzina, Xin Wu Cui, Yi Dong, Laurence Rocher, Vito Cantisani, Eleonora Polito, Mirko D’Onofrio, Davide Roccarina, Yasunobu Yamashita, Manjiri K. Dighe, Christoph F. Dietrich
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Diagnosis of parotid gland tumours with Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Salahaden R Sultan, Mohammed AlKharaiji, Shahad H Rajab
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Pictorial essay

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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Imaging of calcific tendinopathy in atypical sites by ultrasound and conventional radiography: A pictorial essay
Federico Ponti, Anna Parmeggiani, Claudia Martella, Giancarlo Facchini, Paolo Spinnato
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Case reports

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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Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the parotid gland – a case report
Delia Muntean, Sorin Dudea, Manuela Lenghel, Carolina Solomon, Teodora Iuga, Horațiu Rotar
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First trimester sonographic diagnosis of limb-body wall defect associating both cephalic and thoraco-abdominal defects – a case report and literature update
Dan Boitor-Borza, Adelina Staicu, Roxana Constantin, Daniel Muresan
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The role of the ultrasound examination in atypical placental site trophoblastic tumour differential diagnosis and management. A case report
Monica Mihaela Cirstoiu, Maria Sajin, Alexandru Baros, Sorin Vasilescu, Natalia Turcan
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Continuing education

MRI-US fusion guided prostate biopsy: how I do it
Iulia Andras, Emanuel-Darius Cata, Dana Crisan, David Andras, Teodora Telecan, Stefana Tartamus, Maximilian Buzoianu, Andrei Maga, Nicolae Crisan
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„Knobology“ in Doppler Ultrasound
Axel Löwe, Christian Jenssen, Sebastian Hüske, David Zander, André Ignee, Adrian Lim, Xin-Wu Cui, Yi Dong, Beatrice Hoffmann, Christoph F. Dietrich
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