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Original Papers

Hepatic inflammatory pseudotumor mimicking malignancy: the value of differential diagnosis on contrast enhanced ultrasound
Wen-Tao Kong, Wen-Ping Wang, Hai-Yun Shen, Hai-Yan Xue, Chun-Rui Liu, Dan-Qing Huang, Min Wu
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Ultrasound-Guided Attenuation Parameter (UGAP) for the quantification of liver steatosis using the Controlled Attenuation Parameter (CAP) as the reference method
Felix Bende, Ioan Sporea, Roxana Șirli, Victor Bâldea, Alin Lazăr, Raluca Lupușoru, Renata Fofiu, Alina Popescu
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Transperineal ultrasound to assess anal positioning in female neonates
Mathilde Casson Masselin, Didier Moriau, Claire Bahans, Grazia Spampinato, Vincent Guigonis, Quentin Ballouhey, Laurent Fourcade
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Global work index by non-invasive pressure-strain loops: a novel parameter to assess left ventricular performance in the early stages of heart failure with preserved or mid-range ejection fraction after acute myocardial infarction
Raluca Tomoaia, Ruxandra Stefana Beyer, Dumitru Zdrenghea, Alexandra Dadarlat-Pop, Gabriel Cismaru, Gabriel Gusetu, Radu Rosu, Adela Serban, Dana Pop
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Transesophageal endoscopic ultrasound fine needle aspiration of vertebral body osteolytic tumors – a novel diagnostic approach. Case series.
Romeo Ioan Chira, Alina Florea, Vlad Ichim, Liliana Rogojan, Alexandra Chira, Doinita Crisan
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Effectiveness of contrast-enhanced ultrasound for detecting the staging and grading of bladder cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Xinyue Ge, Zhong-Kai Lan, Jing Chen, Shang-Yong Zhu
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Heterotopic pancreas: the added value of endoscopic ultrasound with Computed Tomography for diagnosis
Jae Yong Park, Eun Sun Lee, Hye Won Hwang, Hyung Jeong Park, Beom Jin Kim, Chang Hwan Choi
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Measurement of the anterior chamber depth and ocular axial length: transpalpebral B-mode ultrasound using an 18-MHz linear probe compared with the IOL Master 500
Julia Gutierrez-Vazquez, Lorenzo Ismael Perez-Sanchez, Maria Satrustegui-Lapetra, Juan Jose Arevalo-Manso, Juan Jesus Gomez-Herrera, Juan Jose Criado-Alvarez
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Measurement consistency of dynamic stretching muscle stiffness evaluated using shear wave elastography: comparison among different stretched levels and ROI sizes
Xiao Liu, Hong-Kui Yu, Shu-Ya Sheng, Si-Min Liang, Hao Lu, Li-Xian Gu, Pei Fu, Min Pan
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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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Reviews

WFUMB position paper on reverberation artefacts in lung ultrasound: B-lines or comet-tails?
Gebhard Mathis, Rudolf Horn, Susanne Morf, Helmut Prosch, Serena Rovida, Gino Soldati, Beatrice Hoffmann, Michael Blaivas, Christoph F. Dietrich
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Elastography of the uterine cervix in gynecology: normal appearance, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cancer. A systematic review
Marina Dudea-Simon, Sorin Marian Dudea, Razvan Ciortea, Andrei Malutan, Dan Mihu
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The role of ultrasonography in head and neck Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer approach: an update with a review of the literature
Tiberiu Tamas, Cristian Dinu, Manuela Lenghel, Grigore Băciuț, Simion Bran, Sebastian Stoia, Mihaela Băciuț
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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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Pictorial essay

Imaging appearance of post umbilical venous catheter displacement: liver collections in children
Ayşe Keven, Adnan Kabaalioğlu, Emel Durmaz, Kağan Çeken
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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 Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for evaluating renal perfusion dynamics in partially reversible acute cortical kidney ischemia in a patient with sepsis
Alina Bianca Giurgiu, Ina Maria Kacso, Daniela Ionescu, Radu Badea
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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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Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in pancreatic masses with inconclusive radiologic workup – a case series and short review of the literature
Marcel Razpotnik, Simona Bota, Gerolf Essler, Jutta Weber-Eibel, Markus Peck-Radosavljevic
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All that glitters is not gold: a case report of a diffuse peritoneal aspergillosis
Cristian Tefas, Bobe Petrushev, Cristina Pojoga, Radu Badea
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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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Continuing education

A.B.C. approach proposal for POCUS in COVID-19 critically ill patients
Robert Simon, Cristina Petrișor, Constantin Bodolea, Gabriela Csipak, Cristian Oancea, Adela Golea
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The utility of ultrasound in the diagnostic evaluation of the posterior ankle joint
Wojciech Konarski, Tomasz Poboży
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