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Original Papers

Ultrasonographic evaluation of abdominal wall fat index, carotid intima-media thickness and plaque score in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
Nurcan Çetin, İdil Güneş Tatar, Melike Yüceege, Onur Ergun, Baki Hekimoğlu
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Optimal head rotation angle for safe right internal jugular vein catheterization using out-of-plane approach: an ultrasonography study
Saulius Vosylius, Akvile Sabestinaite, Raimundas Stasiunaitis
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Stitching of 3D ultrasound datasets for the determination of large thyroid volumes – phantom study part II: mechanically-swept probes
Philipp Seifert, Thomas Winkens, Leonard Knichel, Chirstian Kühnel, Martin Freesmeyer
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Value of shear wave elastography for diagnosis of primary prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ye Yang, Xinxin Zhao, Xinxin Zhao, Jingwen Shi, Ying Huang
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Elastosonographic evaluation after extracorporeal shockwave treatment in plantar fasciopathy
Federica Alviti, Chiara D'Ercole, Giuseppe Schillizzi, Massimiliano Mangone, Andrea Bernetti, Francesco Ioppolo, Luca Di sante, Paolo Minafra, Valter Santilli, Daniela Elia, Gianfranco Vallone, Ferdinando D'ambrosio, Vito Cantisani
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The relationship between epicardial adipose tissue and arterial stiffness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Cristian Vasile Petra, Ariana Albu, Cristina Pamfil, Maria Magdalena Tamas, Stefan Cristian Vesa, Simona Rednic
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Diagnostic value of Virtual Touch Quantification (VTQ®) for differentiation of hemangiomas from malignant focal liver lesions
Giovanni Galati, Antonio De Vincentis, Paolo Gallo, Alessandro Guidi, Umberto Vespasiani-Gentilucci, Antonio Picardi
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Speckle tracking echocardiography in early detection of myocardial injury in a rat model with stress cardiomyopathy
Hongju Zhang, Yan Sun, Xiaoran Liu, Ya Yang, Tao Sun, Chayakrit Krittanawong, Edward A. El-Am, Guowen Liu, Jiao Yang, Ning Ma
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Cardiotoxicity evaluation in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia – results of prospective study
Letitia Elena Radu, Ioana Ghiorghiu, Alina Oprescu, Dan Dorobantu, Constantin Arion, Anca Colita
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Reviews

Contraindications and adverse effects in abdominal imaging
Cosmin Caraiani, Bianca Petresc, Yi Dong, Christoph F. Dietrich
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Establishing the required components for training in ultrasoundguided peripheral intravenous cannulation: a systematic review of available evidence
Fredericus HJ van Loon, Harm J Scholten, Irene van Erp, Arthur RA Bouwman, Angelique TM Dierick van Daele
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Ultrasonographic detection, definition and quantification of soft tissue oedema in psoriatic dactylitis
Ilaria Tinazzi, Luca Idolazzi, Alen Zabotti, Luisa Arancio, Alberto Batticiotto, Cristian Caimmi, Orazio De Lucia, Angelo Fassio, Nicolò Girolimetto, Pierluigi Macchioni, Antonella Murgo, Garifallia Sakellariou, Annamaria Iagnocco
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Pictorial essay

A novel template for anorectal fistula reporting in anal endosonography and MRI – a practical concept
Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska, Małgorzata Kołodziejczak, Giulio Santoro Aniello
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Case reports

Imaging features of ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound in primary hepatic carcinosarcoma: three cases report
Chunrui Liu, Shuping Wei, Min Wu, Wentao Kong
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Primary urethral carcinoma – unexpected cause of urethral stricture. Case report and review of the literature.
Jakub Krukowski, Mateusz Czajkowski, Jakub Kłącz, Olga Wawrzaszek, Martyna Gołębiewska, Marcin Matuszewski
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Elastography findings of encapsulated solid papillary carcinoma of breast in a man
Işıl Başara Akın, Hakan Abdullah Özgül, Duygu Gürel, Süleyman Özkan Aksoy, Pınar Balcı
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Ultrasound as the first imaging method in severe lung disease. Considerations about a case of pulmonary tuberculosis and review of the literature
Iulia Laura Gavrila, Radu Ion Badea, Claudia Jude, Mihai Adrian Socaciu, Mihai Comsa, Alexandru Florin Badea
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Ultrasonography findings in immunoglobulin G4-related lymphadenopathy: a report of two cases
Tsuyoshi Morisaki, Takahiro Fukuhara, Eriko Matsuda, Sueyoshi Moritani, Naritomo Miyake, Satoshi Koyama, Kazunori Fujiwara, Hiromi Takeuchi
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Ultrasound evaluation of complications after cardiovascular surgery in pediatric patients: A case series
Takahiro Hosokawa, Sio Suzuki, Yutaka Tanami, Yumiko Sato, Yoshihiro Ko, Koji Nomura, Eiji Oguma, Yoshitake Yamada
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Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for the diagnosis of bowel endometriosis: a case report
Takao Miwa, Takuji Iwashita, Masashi Aiba, Takahiro Kochi, Katsuhisa Toda, Noriaki Nakamura, Naoki Katsumura, Masahito Shimizu
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Recurrent pancreatic cancer patient treated by chemotherapy and focused ultrasound surgery. A case report
Dobromir Dimitrov, Nadya Stanislavova, Tsanko Yotsov, Kun Zhou
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Preoperative evaluation of persistent cloaca using contrast-enhanced ultrasound in an infant
Xueyun Lin, Xiaohong Xu, Yuping Yang, Jiang Wu, Xiaohui Xian, Xiaodong Chen
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Ultrasonography-guided botulinum toxin injection to the cricopharyngeus muscle: a case report and technical notes
Yi-Chian Wang, Chueh-Hung Wu, Shaw-Gang Shyu, Ming-Yen Hsiao, Tyng-Guey Wang
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Continuing education

Sonoanatomy of the spine: a comprehensive scanning protocol from cervical to sacral region
Ke-Vin Chang, Murat Kara, Daniel Chiung-Jui Su, Eda Gürçay, Bayram Kaymak, Wei-Ting Wu, Levent Özçakar
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Teaching ultrasound guided femoral nerve block in the emergency department
Jen Heng Pek, Wen Jie Dennis Chia, Sathya Kaliannan, Yin Theng Wong, Kim Poh Chan
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