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Editorial

CEUS: what is its role in abdominal aortic diseases?
Vito Cantisani, Emanuele David, Liberatore Mauro, Ferdinando D’Ambrosio, Dirk André Clevert
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419-421

Original Papers

Bowel elastography – a pilot study for developing an elastographic scoring system to evaluate disease activity in pediatric Crohn’s disease.
Otilia Fufezan, Carmen Asavoaie, Attila Tamas, Dorin Farcau, Daniela Serban
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422-430
Computerized ultrasound image analysis for noninvasive evaluation of hepatic steatosis.
Georgiana Nagy, Mihai Munteanu, Mihaela Gordan, Romeo Chira, Mihaela Iancu, Doinita Crisan, Petru Adrian Mircea
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431-436
Visualization of liver lesions in standardized video-documented ultrasonography – inter-observer agreement and effect of contrast injection.
Carina Stenman, Robert Glavas, Joachim Davidsson, Anders Knutsson, Örjan Smedby
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437-443
Contrast enhanced ultrasound for the diagnosis of liver hemangiomas - results of a Romanian multicentre study.
Roxana Şirli, Ioan Sporea, Daniela Larisa Săndulescu, Alina Popescu, Mirela Dănilă, Adrian Săftoiu, Zeno Spârchez, Radu Badea
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444-450
Does Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound improve the management of liver abscesses? A single centre experience.
Alina Popescu, Ioan Sporea, Roxana Șirli, Mirela Dănilă, Ruxandra Mare, Oana Grădinaru Tașcău, Tudor Moga
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451-455
Prospective comparison between real time contrast enhanced and conventional ultrasound guidance in percutaneous biopsies of liver tumors.
Zeno Spârchez, Pompilia Radu, Gabriel Kacso, Mihaela Spârchez, Teodor Zaharia, Nadim Al Hajjar
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456-463
Doppler ultrasound measurements of renal functional reserve in healthy subjects.
Mehmet Zekai Pekkafal, Kemal Kara
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464-468
Variation of safety indices during in the learning curve for color Doppler assessment of the fetal heart at 11+0 to 13+6 weeks’ gestation.
Dragos Nemescu, Anca Berescu, Cristian Rotariu
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469-474
The role of ventricular disproportion, aortic, and ductal isthmus ultrasound measurements for the diagnosis of fetal aortic coarctation, in the third trimester of pregnancy.
Claudiu Mărginean, Cristina Oana Mărginean, Iolanda Muntean, Rodica Togănel, Septimiu Voidăzan, Liliana Gozar
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475-481
Venous flow volume measured by duplex ultrasound can be used as an indicator of impaired tissue perfusion in patients with peripheral arterial disease
Tugce Ozlem Kalayci, Fitnet Sonmezgoz, Melda Apaydin, Mehmet Fatih Inci, Ali Firat Sarp, Bilge Birlik, Muhsin Engin Uluç, Orhan Oyar, Mert Kestelli
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482-486
Correlations between echocardiographic parameters of right ventricular dysfunction and Galectin-3 in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pulmonary hypertension.
Lucia Agoston-Coldea, Silvia Lupu, Dana Petrovai, Teodora Mocan, Elie Mousseaux
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486-495
Evaluation of Trastuzumab-induced early cardiac dysfunction using two-dimensional Strain Echocardiography.
Sadik Volkan Emren, Selcen Yakar Tuluce, Fatih Levent, Kamil Tuluce, Toygar Kalkan, Yasar Yildiz, Ahmet Alacacioğlu, Yüksel Kucukzeybek, Murat Akyol, Tarık Salman
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496-502
Using dynamic infrared thermography to optimize color Doppler ultrasound mapping of cutaneous perforators.
Maximilian Vlad Muntean, Stefan Strilciuc, Filip Ardelean, Cosmin Pestean, Radu Lacatus, Alexandru Florin Badea, Alexandru Georgescu
503-508
Doppler ultrasound and strain elastography in the assessment of cutaneous melanoma: preliminary results
Carolina Botar Jid, Sorana D. Bolboacă, Rodica Cosgarea, Simona Şenilă, Liliana Rogojan, Manuela Lenghel, Dan Vasilescu, Sorin M. Dudea
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509-514

Reviews

Recall strategies for patients found to have a nodule in cirrhosis: is there still a role for CEUS?
Vito Cantisani, Emanuele David, Franca Maria Meloni, Christoph Frank Dietrich, Radu Badea, Daniela Messineo, Ferdinando D’Ambrosio, Fabio Piscaglia
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515-520
EFSUMB guidelines 2015 on interventional ultrasound
Christoph F. Dietrich
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521-527
Ultrasound in the evaluation of penetrating thoraco-abdominal trauma: a review of the literature.
Nicholas J. Governatori, Turandot Saul, Sebastian D. Siadecki, Resa E. Lewiss
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528-534
Musculoskeletal ultrasonography in gout
Chiara Scirocco, Iolanda Maria Rutigliano, Annacarla Finucci, Annamaria Iagnocco
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535-540

Continuing education

High frequency ultrasound study of skin tumors in dermatological and aesthetic practice.
Artur Bezugly
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541-544

Pictorial essay

Prenatal diagnosis of placenta and umbilical cord pathologies by three-dimensional ultrasound: pictorial essay.
Guilherme de Castro Rezende, Edward Araujo Júnior
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545-549

Case reports

Is Duplex-Ultrasound a useful tool in defining rejection episodes in composite tissue allograft transplants?
Alexander Loizides, Irmgard Elisabeth Kronberger, Michaela Plaikner, Hannes Gruber
550-552
Villous adenoma of the common hepatic duct: the importance of contrast-enhanced ultrasound and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for relevant diagnosis. A case report and review of the literature.
Cristian Tefas, Marcel Tanțău, Alexandru Szenftleben, Liliana Chiorean, Radu Badea
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553-556
Doppler ultrasound diagnosis of an unusual variant of median arcuate ligament syndrome: concomitant involvement of celiac and superior mesenteric arteries. A case report.
Deniz Akan, Alper Ozel, Ozge Orhan, Emre Bozdag, Muzaffer Basak
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557-560
Sonographic features and management options of uterine arteriovenous malformation. A case report.
Halil Aslan, Deniz Kanber Acar, Ali Ekiz, Basak Kaya, Salim Sezer, Reshad Ismayilzade, Murat Can
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561-563
Identification of carotid artery dissection by contrast enhanced ultrasonograph. A case report.
Zhao-jun LI, Xiang-hong Luo, Lian-fang Du
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564-565

Letter to the editor

Ultrasound diagnosis of the phalanx fracture not designated by plain radiographs.
Mustafa Turgut Yildizgoren, Kasim Osmanoglu, Timur Ekiz, Ayse Dicle Turhanoglu
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Ultrasound assist devices – are they useful for interventions?
Veena Daga, Kaddour Bouazza-Marouf, Atul Gaur
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567-568
Education in musculoskeletal ultrasonography: training in interventional procedures on a swine model
Florian Berghea, Violeta Vlad
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568-569