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 3 (2006), Issue 12 (December)

1. The architecture of a mobile outreach echocardiography service.
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(12): 1526-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Impact of anesthesia on echocardiographic evaluation of systolic and diastolic function in rats.
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(12): 1520-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Illustration of the additional value of real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography to conventional transthoracic and transesophageal 2-dimensional echocardiography in imaging muscular ventricular septal defects: does this have any impact on individual patient treatment?
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(12): 1511-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Three-dimensional echocardiography improves the understanding of the mechanisms and site of left atrioventricular valve regurgitation in atrioventricular septal defect.
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(12): 1502-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Real-time simultaneous triplane contrast echocardiography gives rapid, accurate, and reproducible assessment of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction: a comparison with magnetic resonance imaging.
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(12): 1494-501. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Effect of time delay on the diagnostic use of contrast echocardiography in patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain and no S-T segment elevation.
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(12): 1488-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Impact of type 2 diabetes mellitus on aortic elastic properties in normotensive diabetes: Doppler tissue imaging study.
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(12): 1471-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Comparison of regional versus global assessment of left ventricular function in patients with left ventricular dysfunction, heart failure, or both after myocardial infarction: the valsartan in acute myocardial infarction echocardiographic study.
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(12): 1462-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. High prevalence of clinically silent severe mitral regurgitation in patients with heart failure: role for echocardiography.
   J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(12): 1458-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Asynchrony of left ventricular systolic performance after the first acute myocardial infarction in patients with narrow QRS complexes: Doppler tissue imaging study.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(12): 1449-57. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Left ventricular Tei index in children: comparison of tissue Doppler imaging, pulsed wave Doppler, and M-mode echocardiography normal values.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(12): 1438-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Assessment of the evolution of normal fetal diastolic function during mid and late gestation by spectral Doppler tissue echocardiography.
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 19(12): 1431-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. The application of high frequency ultrasound waves to remove ammonia from simulated industrial wastewater.
    Ultrason Sonochem, 14(3): 393-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Stability and decolourization ability of Trametes villosa laccase in liquid ultrasonic fields.
    Ultrason Sonochem, 14(3): 355-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Ultrasound pasteurization: the effects of temperature, soluble solids, organic acids and pH on the inactivation of Escherichia coli ATCC 25922.
    Ultrason Sonochem, 14(3): 323-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Sonochemical preparation of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles stabilized by glycosaminoglycans.
    Ultrason Sonochem, 14(3): 286-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Physiochemical properties of digested sewage sludge with ultrasonic treatment.
    Ultrason Sonochem, 14(3): 281-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Physical examination as a reliable tool to predict intra-abdominal injuries in brain-injured children.
    Am J Surg, 192(6): 738-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Benefits of cardiac resynchronization therapy for heart failure patients with narrow QRS complexes and coexisting systolic asynchrony by echocardiography.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 48(11): 2251-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Myocardial contrast echocardiography evolving as a clinically feasible technique for accurate, rapid, and safe assessment of myocardial perfusion: the evidence so far.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 48(11): 2168-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Predicting the histology of renal masses using preoperative Doppler ultrasonography.
    J Urol, 177(1): 53-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Imaging of bladder cancer.
    Radiol Clin North Am, 45(1): 183-205. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Imaging of uterine cancer.
    Radiol Clin North Am, 45(1): 167-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Ovarian cancer.
    Radiol Clin North Am, 45(1): 149-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Imaging of kidney cancer.
    Radiol Clin North Am, 45(1): 119-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Update on colorectal cancer imaging.
    Radiol Clin North Am, 45(1): 85-118. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Imaging breast cancer.
    Radiol Clin North Am, 45(1): 45-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Outcome of ultrasound-guided sclerotherapy for varicose veins: medium-term results assessed by ultrasound surveillance.
    Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 33(1): 116-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Tissue Doppler deformation imaging identifies myocardial stunning occurring during the Tako-Tsubo syndrome. Case report in a Caucasian patient.
    Int J Cardiol, 114(3): e85-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Recovery of global systolic function after primary angioplasty. Influence of coronary flow velocity reserve measured by transthoracic echocardiography.
    Int J Cardiol, 114(3): 315-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Feasibility and accuracy of a routine echocardiographic assessment of right ventricular function.
    Int J Cardiol, 115(1): 86-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Characterization and morphology of atherosclerotic plaque of coronary arteries: utility of electron-beam tomography to detect non-calcified plaque: a comparison with conventional coronary angiography and intravascular ultrasound.
    Int J Cardiol, 115(1): 108-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Doppler echocardiography during the follow-up of hematological patients undergoing chemotherapy.
    Int J Cardiol, 114(3): 403-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Troponin-T and myoglobin plus echocardiographic evaluation for monitoring early cardiotoxicity of weekly epirubicin-paclitaxel in metastatic breast cancer patients.
    Anticancer Drugs, 18(2): 227-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Advances in anterior segment imaging.
    Curr Opin Ophthalmol, 18(1): 32-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Head-to-head comparison of two- and three-dimensional transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography in the localization of mitral valve prolapse.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 48(12): 2524-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Two-year follow-up of the quantitative angiographic and volumetric intravascular ultrasound analysis after nonpolymeric paclitaxel-eluting stent implantation: late "catch-up" phenomenon from ASPECT Study.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 48(12): 2432-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Scar burden by myocardial perfusion imaging predicts echocardiographic response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in ischemic cardiomyopathy.
    Am Heart J, 153(1): 105-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Sonography of pediatric small-bowel intussusception: differentiating surgical from nonsurgical cases.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 188(1): 275-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Sonographically guided core biopsy of a parotid mass.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 188(1): 223-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Accuracy of transthoracic sonography in detection of pneumothorax after sonographically guided lung biopsy: prospective comparison with chest radiography.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 188(1): 37-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. High-resolution sonography for nasal fracture in children.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 188(1): W86-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Musculoskeletal sonography: a dynamic tool for usual and unusual disorders.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 188(1): W63-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Kinetic study for the inclusion complex of carboxylic acids with cyclodextrin by the ultrasonic relaxation method.
    J Phys Chem B Condens Matter Mater Surf Interfaces Biophys, 110(51): 26143-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Clinical utility of tissue Doppler imaging in prediction of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting.
    Ann Thorac Surg, 83(1): 83-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Metabolic syndrome in the Pressioni Arteriose Monitorate E Loro Associazioni (PAMELA) study: daily life blood pressure, cardiac damage, and prognosis.
    Hypertension, 49(1): 40-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Exercise capacity and blood pressure associations with left ventricular mass in prehypertensive individuals.
    Hypertension, 49(1): 55-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Focal liver masses: enhancement patterns on contrast-enhanced images--concordance of US scans with CT scans and MR images.
    Radiology, 242(1): 162-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Role of intravascular ultrasound in unprotected left main percutaneous coronary intervention.
    Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther, 5(1): 81-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Multiaxial mechanical characteristics of carotid plaque: analysis by multiarray echotracking system.
    Stroke, 38(1): 117-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Antenatal Doppler measurements and early brain injury in very low birth weight infants.
    J Pediatr, 150(1): 51-56.e1. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Results of a phase II trial of transrectal ultrasound-guided permanent radioactive implantation of the prostate for definitive management of localized adenocarcinoma of the prostate (radiation therapy oncology group 98-05).
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 67(1): 39-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Intrauterine intestinal obstruction due to fetal midgut volvulus: a report of two cases.
    Fetal Diagn Ther, 22(1): 38-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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