Ultrasound Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Ultrasound, including details on screening, diagnosis, pregnancy, detection.

Volume 1 (2004), Issue 4 (December)

1. Prenatal diagnosis of a trauma-related fetal epidural hematoma.
   Obstet Gynecol, 104(6): 1298-300. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. The association between fetal nasal bone hypoplasia and aneuploidy.
   Obstet Gynecol, 104(6): 1229-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. A qualitative study of mothers' and fathers' experiences of routine ultrasound examination in Sweden.
   Midwifery, 20(4): 335-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Non-invasive assessment of mitral valve area during percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty: role of real-time 3D echocardiography.
   Eur Heart J, 25(23): 2086-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of a case of Pfeiffer syndrome without cloverleaf skull and review of the literature.
   Prenat Diagn, 24(11): 918-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Ultrasound diagnosis of fetal anomalies: an analysis of perinatal management of 318 consecutive pregnancies in a multidisciplinary setting.
   Prenat Diagn, 24(11): 890-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Pulmonary vein antrum isolation: intracardiac echocardiography-guided technique.
   J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, 15(11): 1335-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Bedside limited echocardiography by the emergency physician is accurate during evaluation of the critically ill patient.
   Pediatrics, 114(6): e667-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Emergency nurses' utilization of ultrasound guidance for placement of peripheral intravenous lines in difficult-access patients.
   Acad Emerg Med, 11(12): 1361-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Ultrasound (US) guided central venous catheterization of internal jugular vein on over 65-year-old patients versus blind technique.
    J Surg Oncol, 88(4): 267-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Choledochal cyst diagnosed and conservatively treated during pregnancy.
    Am J Perinatol, 21(8): 463-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. A comparison of echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging in cardiovascular screening of adults with Turner syndrome.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 89(12): 5966-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Comparative accuracy of real-time myocardial contrast perfusion imaging and wall motion analysis during dobutamine stress echocardiography for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 44(11): 2185-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Echocardiographic parameters of ventricular dyssynchrony validation in patients with heart failure using sequential biventricular pacing.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 44(11): 2157-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Meeting highlights of the 15th annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography: June 26 to 30, 2004.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 44(11): 2111-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Effects of repeated prenatal ultrasound examinations on childhood outcome up to 8 years of age: follow-up of a randomised controlled trial.
    Lancet, 364(9450): 2038-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Confhusius: a robust and fully automatic calibration method for 3D freehand ultrasound.
    Med Image Anal, 9(1): 25-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Morphometry of ovarian structures by transrectal ultrasonography in Serrana goats.
    Anim Reprod Sci, 85(3): 263-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Ultrasound guidance in regional anaesthesia.
    Br J Anaesth, 94(1): 7-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Color Doppler imaging in optic neuritis with multiple sclerosis.
    Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol, 242(12): 990-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Effect of low- and high-intensity pulsed ultrasound on collagen post-translational modifications in MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts.
    Calcif Tissue Int, 75(5): 384-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Correlation of measured amnionic fluid volume to sonographic and magnetic resonance predictions.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol, 191(6): 2148-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Quality of intrapartum cardiotocography in twin deliveries.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol, 191(6): 2114-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. The common prothrombotic factors in nulliparous women do not compromise blood flow in the feto-maternal circulation and are not associated with preeclampsia or intrauterine growth restriction.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol, 191(6): 2002-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Fatty acids methyl esters from vegetable oil by means of ultrasonic energy.
    Ultrason Sonochem, 12(5): 367-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Effects of dissolved gas species on ultrasonic degradation of (4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy) acetic acid (MCPA) in aqueous solution.
    Ultrason Sonochem, 12(5): 359-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Major factors involved in the inhibition of ultrasound-induced free radical production and cell killing by pre-sonication incubation or by high cell density.
    Ultrason Sonochem, 12(5): 353-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Development of a novel compact sonicator for cell disruption.
    J Microbiol Methods, 60(2): 207-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Myocardial performance index, a Doppler-derived index of global left ventricular function, predicts congestive heart failure in elderly men.
    Eur Heart J, 25(24): 2220-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Effect of regular exercise after third decade on Doppler-derived left ventricular filling.
    Am J Cardiol, 94(12): 1595-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Prognostic significance of chronotropic response to dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with peripheral arterial disease.
    Am J Cardiol, 94(12): 1523-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Usefulness of myocardial contrast echocardiographic quantification of risk area for predicting postprocedural complications in patients undergoing septal ethanol ablation for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
    Am J Cardiol, 94(12): 1515-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Imaging in early rheumatoid arthritis: roles of magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasonography, conventional radiography and computed tomography.
    Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol, 19(1): 91-116. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Optimisation of ultrasound-mediated gene transfer (sonoporation) in skeletal muscle cells.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 30(11): 1523-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Thickness sensitivity of ultrasound velocity in long bone phantoms.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 30(11): 1517-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. A new system for in vivo assessment of the degree of nonlinear generation using the second harmonic component in echo signals.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 30(11): 1511-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Theoretical and experimental investigation of the behaviour of ultrasound contrast agent particles in whole blood.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 30(11): 1495-509. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Intraluminal ultrasound intensity distribution and backscattered Doppler power.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 30(11): 1485-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Validation of a sensitivity performance index test protocol and evaluation of colour Doppler sensitivity for a range of ultrasound scanners.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 30(11): 1475-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Surface extraction with a three-dimensional freehand ultrasound system.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 30(11): 1461-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Optimisation of strain rate imaging for application to stress echocardiography.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 30(11): 1451-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Combination of pulsed-wave Doppler and real-time three-dimensional color Doppler echocardiography for quantifying the stroke volume in the left ventricular outflow tract.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 30(11): 1441-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Intracranial collateral pathways assessed by contrast-enhanced three-dimensional transcranial color-coded sonography.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 30(11): 1435-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Local and reversible blood-brain barrier disruption by noninvasive focused ultrasound at frequencies suitable for trans-skull sonications.
    Neuroimage, 24(1): 12-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Aortopulmonary window with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary atresia: prenatal diagnosis and successful early surgical correction.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 24(7): 793-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Variability in dilatation of the fetal renal pelvis during a bladder filling cycle.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 24(7): 750-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Impact of ultrasound cervical length assessment on duration of hospital stay in the clinical management of threatened preterm labor.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 24(7): 756-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Diagnostic accuracy of fetal renal pelvis anteroposterior diameter as a predictor of uropathy: a prospective study.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 24(7): 745-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Assessment of fetal anatomy at the 11-14-week ultrasound examination.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 24(7): 730-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Prenatal ultrasound findings of lissencephaly associated with Miller-Dieker syndrome and comparison with pre- and postnatal magnetic resonance imaging.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 24(7): 716-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Individualized growth assessment of fetal soft tissue using fractional thigh volume.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 24(7): 766-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Targeted first-trimester prenatal diagnosis before fetal reduction in triplet gestations and subsequent outcome.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 24(7): 724-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. How early are fetal cerebral sulci visible at prenatal ultrasound and what is the normal pattern of early fetal sulcal development?
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 24(7): 706-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Prenatal diagnosis of membranous ventricular septal aneurysms and their association with absence of atrioventricular valve 'offsetting'.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 24(7): 787-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. The short-term effect of nifedipine tocolysis on placental, fetal cerebral and atrioventricular Doppler waveforms.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 24(7): 761-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Echo-guided endomyocardial biopsy in heart transplant recipients.
    Transpl Int, 17(10): 622-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. A new formula for calculating weight in the fetus of < or = 1600 g.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 24(7): 775-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Improving patients' knowledge of the fetal anomaly scan.
    Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 24(7): 740-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Impact of marathon running on cardiac structure and function in recreational runners.
    Clin Sci (Lond), 108(1): 73-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Detection of therapeutically relevant diagnoses made by sonography of the upper abdomen: portable versus high-end sonographic units -- a prospective study.
    Ultraschall Med, 25(6): 428-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Reflected high-intensity motion signals: can this ultrasound phenomenon be used for assessment of left ventricular function?
    Ultraschall Med, 25(6): 422-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Comparison of flow parameters to analyse bolus kinetics of ultrasound contrast enhancement in a capillary flow model.
    Ultraschall Med, 25(6): 418-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Endoscopic and endobronchial ultrasound real-time fine-needle aspiration for staging of the mediastinum in lung cancer.
    Chest, 126(6): 2020-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Influence of alterations in loading on mitral annular velocity by tissue Doppler echocardiography and its associated ability to predict filling pressures.
    Chest, 126(6): 1910-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. In vitro ultrasound measurement at the human femur.
    Calcif Tissue Int, 75(5): 421-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Does pregnancy affect pelvic organ mobility?
    Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol, 44(6): 517-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Reduction of twin pregnancy in the mare by transvaginal ultrasound-guided aspiration.
    Reprod Domest Anim, 39(6): 434-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Practice, training, and assessment among experts performing musculoskeletal ultrasonography: toward the development of an international consensus of educational standards for ultrasonography for rheumatologists.
    Arthritis Rheum, 51(6): 1018-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography for the detection of stress-induced myocardial ischemia. Comparison with 99mTc-sestamibi single photon emission computed tomography.
    Z Kardiol, 93(11): 890-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Right atrial dimension-pressure relation during volume expansion is unaltered by pregnancy in the rat.
    Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 288(1): H116-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Prediction and assessment of the time-varying effective pulmonary vein area via cardiac MRI and Doppler echocardiography.
    Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 288(1): H280-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Impact of age and hyperglycemia on the mechanical behavior of intact human coronary arteries: an ex vivo intravascular ultrasound study.
    Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 288(1): H250-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Comparison of contrast-enhanced with non-contrast endosonography in the diagnostics of anal fistulas.
    Eur Radiol, 14(12): 2236-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Ultrasonic fetal size measurements in Brisbane, Australia.
    Australas Radiol, 48(4): 480-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. Evaluation of fetal intrapartum hypoxia by middle cerebral and umbilical artery Doppler velocimetry with simultaneous cardiotocography and pulse oximetry.
    Arch Gynecol Obstet, 270(4): 265-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Diameter of mammary terminal ducts as an additional tool in evaluation of women with polycystic ovarium disease.
    Arch Gynecol Obstet, 270(4): 252-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. Assessment of left ventricular function long term after arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries by dobutamine stress echocardiography.
    Heart, 91(1): 68-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. Ultrasonic evidence of placental calcification at 36 weeks' gestation: maternal and fetal outcomes.
    Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand, 84(1): 7-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. Mannheim intima-media thickness consensus.
    Cerebrovasc Dis, 18(4): 346-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. Nonimmune hydrops fetalis due to congenital xerocytosis.
    J Perinatol, 25(1): 63-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. Prenatal diagnosis of isolated foramen ovale obstruction. A report of two cases.
    Fetal Diagn Ther, 20(1): 70-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. Prenatal detection of an interstitial deletion in 4p15 in a fetus with an increased nuchal skin fold measurement.
    Fetal Diagn Ther, 20(1): 58-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. Massive subchorionic hematoma: peculiar prenatal images and review of the literature.
    Fetal Diagn Ther, 20(1): 23-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. Prenatal diagnosis of congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries. A case report.
    Fetal Diagn Ther, 20(1): 16-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. Functional evaluation of the urinary tract by color-Doppler ultrasonography (CDU) in 100 patients with renal colic.
    Eur J Radiol, 53(1): 131-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. Hepatic vein flow pattern in children: assesment with Doppler sonography.
    Eur J Radiol, 53(1): 72-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
87. Contrast-enhanced transcranial Doppler sonography in the follow-up of intracranial aneurysms after endovascular treatment.
    Neuroradiology, 46(11): 940-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
88. Discrimination of nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy on the basis of strain rate imaging by tissue Doppler ultrasonography.
    Circulation, 110(25): 3808-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
89. Molecular mechanisms of low intensity pulsed ultrasound in human skin fibroblasts.
    J Biol Chem, 279(52): 54463-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
90. Cardiorespiratory stability during echocardiography in preterm infants.
    Arch Dis Child, 90(1): 86-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
91. Continuous separation of lipid particles from erythrocytes by means of laminar flow and acoustic standing wave forces.
    Lab Chip, 5(1): 20-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
92. Variable pump flow-based Doppler ultrasound method: a novel approach to the measurement of access flow in hemodialysis patients.
    J Am Soc Nephrol, 16(1): 229-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
93. Left atrial myopathy in cardiac amyloidosis: implications of novel echocardiographic techniques.
    Eur Heart J, 26(2): 173-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
94. The history of echocardiography.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 30(12): 1565-644. [Abstract] [Full-text]
95. Evaluation of cervical lymph node vascularity: a comparison of colour Doppler, power Doppler and 3-D power Doppler sonography.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 30(12): 1557-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
96. Can a commercial diagnostic ultrasound device accelerate thrombolysis? An in vitro skull model.
    Stroke, 36(1): 124-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
97. Yield and accuracy of urgent combined carotid/transcranial ultrasound testing in acute cerebral ischemia.
    Stroke, 36(1): 32-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
98. Large infiltrative hepatocellular carcinomas: treatment with percutaneous intraarterial ethanol injection alone or in combination with conventional percutaneous ethanol injection.
    Radiology, 234(1): 299-309. [Abstract] [Full-text]
99. Cryotherapy for breast fibroadenomas.
    Radiology, 234(1): 63-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
100. Assessment of the effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy on intraventricular mechanical synchronicity by regional volumetric changes.
     Am J Cardiol, 95(1): 126-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
101. Intravascular ultrasound assessment of neointima distribution and the length of stent that was free of intravascular ultrasound-detectable intimal hyperplasia in paclitaxel-eluting stents.
     Am J Cardiol, 95(1): 107-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
102. Comparison of quantitative angiographic parameters with the magnitude of neointimal hyperplasia measured by volumetric intravascular ultrasound in patients treated with bare metal and nonpolymeric paclitaxel-coated stents.
     Am J Cardiol, 95(1): 105-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
103. Fractionation of cell mixtures using acoustic and laminar flow fields.
     Biotechnol Bioeng, 89(2): 129-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
104. Ultrasound findings after radiofrequency ablation of the great saphenous vein: descriptive analysis.
     J Vasc Surg, 40(6): 1166-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
105. Donor intracranial bleeding is associated with advanced transplant coronary vasculopathy: evidence from intravascular ultrasound.
     Transplant Proc, 36(9): 2564-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
106. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of mediastinal lymph node in patients with suspected lung cancer after positron emission tomography and computed tomography scans.
     Ann Thorac Surg, 79(1): 263-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
107. Thoracoscopic localization techniques for patients with solitary pulmonary nodule and history of malignancy.
     Ann Thorac Surg, 79(1): 258-62; discussion 262. [Abstract] [Full-text]
108. Assessment of cerebral blood flow with transcranial Doppler in right brachial artery perfusion patients.
     Ann Thorac Surg, 79(1): 139-46; discussion 146. [Abstract] [Full-text]
109. Intravascular ultrasound analysis of the radial artery for coronary artery bypass grafting.
     Ann Thorac Surg, 79(1): 99-103. [Abstract] [Full-text]
110. New fetal cardiac imaging techniques.
     Prenat Diagn, 24(13): 1092-103. [Abstract] [Full-text]
111. Natural history and outcome of prenatally diagnosed cystic hygroma.
     Prenat Diagn, 24(12): 965-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
112. Uterine contractions might increase heart preload in the recipient fetus in early-onset twin-twin transfusion syndrome: an ultrasound assessment.
     Prenat Diagn, 24(12): 977-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
113. Fetal echocardiography: are we getting it right?
     Prenat Diagn, 24(12): 972-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
114. Fetal cardiac anomalies and genetic syndromes.
     Prenat Diagn, 24(13): 1104-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
115. Routine fetal cardiac screening: what are we doing and what should we do?
     Prenat Diagn, 24(13): 1123-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
116. Does nuchal translucency have a role in fetal cardiac screening?
     Prenat Diagn, 24(13): 1130-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
117. Prenatal sonographic findings in a case of Varadi-Papp syndrome.
     Prenat Diagn, 24(12): 989-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
118. The influence of image magnification in first-trimester screening for Down syndrome by fetal nuchal translucency in Asians.
     Prenat Diagn, 24(12): 1007-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
119. Prenatal sonographic features of esophageal and ileal duplications at 18 weeks of gestation.
     Prenat Diagn, 24(12): 969-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
120. Echocardiographic evaluation of cardiac function in the fetus.
     Prenat Diagn, 24(13): 1081-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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