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 5 (2008), Issue 2 (February)

1. The extent of microvascular damage during myocardial contrast echocardiography is superior to other known indexes of post-infarct reperfusion in predicting left ventricular remodeling: results of the multicenter AMICI study.
   J Am Coll Cardiol, 51(5): 552-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Effect of quality of gynaecological ultrasonography on management of patients with suspected ovarian cancer: a randomised controlled trial.
   Lancet Oncol, 9(2): 124-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography in percutaneous transcatheter repairs of paravalvular mitral regurgitation.
   Am J Cardiol, 101(3): 382-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Doppler ultrasonography imaging of hemodynamic alteration of retrobulbar circulation in type 1 diabetic children and adolescents without retinopathy.
   Diabetes Res Clin Pract, 79(2): 243-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Clinical utility of echocardiography for the diagnosis and management of pulmonary vascular disease in young children with chronic lung disease.
   Pediatrics, 121(2): 317-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Patterns of left ventricular hypertrophy in essential hypertension: should echocardiography guide the pharmacological treatment?
   Int J Cardiol, 124(2): 134-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Influence of left ventricular filling pattern on exercise-induced changes of natriuretic peptides in patients with suspected coronary artery disease.
   Int J Cardiol, 124(2): 204-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Geometric and hemodynamic determinants of functional tricuspid regurgitation: a real-time three-dimensional echocardiography study.
   Int J Cardiol, 124(2): 160-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Rest and stress echocardiographic predictors of prognosis in patients with left ventricular dysfunction and functional mitral regurgitation.
   Int J Cardiol, 124(2): 247-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Marked regression of liver metastasis by combined therapy of ultrasound-mediated NF kappaB-decoy transfer and transportal injection of paclitaxel, in mouse.
    Int J Cancer, 122(7): 1645-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. The effect of mode of delivery on pelvic floor functional anatomy.
    Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct, 19(3): 407-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Role of echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis.
    Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther, 6(2): 223-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Transient elastography is unreliable for detection of cirrhosis in patients with acute liver damage.
    Hepatology, 47(2): 592-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Acute viral hepatitis increases liver stiffness values measured by transient elastography.
    Hepatology, 47(2): 380-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Minimally invasive endoscopic staging of suspected lung cancer.
    JAMA, 299(5): 540-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. The assessment of cardiac functions by tissue Doppler-derived myocardial performance index in patients with Behcet's disease.
    Clin Rheumatol, 27(3): 309-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Determination of trace metals in urine with an on-line ultrasound-assisted digestion system combined with a flow-injection preconcentration manifold coupled to flame atomic absorption spectrometry.
    Anal Chim Acta, 609(2): 184-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Extraction of fetal heart-rate signal as the time event series from evenly sampled data acquired using Doppler ultrasound technique.
    IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 55(2): 805-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. A soft-computing methodology for noninvasive time-spatial temperature estimation.
    IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 55(2): 572-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Experimental system prototype of a portable, low-cost, C-scan ultrasound imaging device.
    IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 55(2): 519-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Robust shape tracking with multiple models in ultrasound images.
    IEEE Trans Image Process, 17(3): 392-406. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Use of ultrasound guidance and contrast enhancement: a study of continuous infraclavicular brachial plexus approach.
    Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 52(3): 338-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Comparison of arterial and central venous cannulations using ultrasound guidance in pigs.
    Vet Anaesth Analg, 35(2): 161-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Unlocking the mysteries of diastolic function: deciphering the Rosetta Stone 10 years later.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 51(7): 679-89. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Bone harvesting at the anterior iliac crest using piezoosteotomy versus conventional open harvesting: a pilot study.
    Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod, 105(3): e19-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Identification and quantification of coronary atherosclerotic plaques: a comparison of 64-MDCT and intravascular ultrasound.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 190(3): 748-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Cross-sectional imaging of the anal sphincter in fecal incontinence.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 190(3): 671-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Which patients benefit from a 3D reconstructed coronal view of the uterus added to standard routine 2D pelvic sonography?
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 190(3): 626-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Sonography of the teres minor: a study of cadavers.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 190(3): 589-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Imaging appearance of diffuse neurofibroma.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 190(3): 582-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. A simplified approach to vertical infraclavicular brachial plexus blockade using hand-held Doppler.
    Anesth Analg, 106(3): 1012-4, table of contents. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Detection of internal cracks in Manchego cheese using the acoustic impulse-response technique and ultrasounds.
    J Dairy Sci, 91(3): 918-27. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Impact of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography on surgical decisions in 12,566 patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
    Ann Thorac Surg, 85(3): 845-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Advances in lung cancer diagnosis and staging: endobronchial ultrasound.
    Intern Med J, 38(2): 85-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Real-time virtual ultrasonographic radiofrequency ablation of renal cell carcinoma.
    BJU Int, 101(6): 707-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Assessment of the intratesticular resistive index by colour Doppler ultrasonography measurements as a predictor of spermatogenesis.
    BJU Int, 101(6): 722-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Pineal gland cyst evaluated by transcranial sonography.
    Eur J Neurol, 15(3): 229-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Clinical utility of automated assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction using artificial intelligence-assisted border detection.
    Am Heart J, 155(3): 562-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Value of endoscopic ultrasound staging in conjunction with the evaluation of lymphovascular invasion in identifying low-risk esophageal carcinoma.
    Cancer, 112(3): 503-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Endoscopic ultrasound reduces surgical mediastinal staging in lung cancer: a randomized trial.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 177(5): 531-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Micro-ultrasound imaging assessment of carotid plaque characteristics in apolipoprotein-E knockout mice.
    Atherosclerosis, 197(1): 64-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Thoracic aorta atherosclerosis burden index predicts coronary artery disease in patients undergoing transesophageal echocardiography.
    Atherosclerosis, 197(1): 232-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Evaluation of a comprehensive transcranial doppler screening program for children with sickle cell anemia.
    Pediatr Blood Cancer, 50(4): 818-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Three-dimensional endoluminal ultrasound-guided interstitial brachytherapy in patients with anal cancer.
    Acta Radiol, 49(2): 132-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Impacts of sterilization, microwave and ultrasonication pretreatment on hydrogen producing using waste sludge.
    Bioresour Technol, 99(9): 3651-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. The use of prenatal ultrasound for the detection of fetal aneuploidy.
    Clin Obstet Gynecol, 51(1): 48-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. The use of nuchal translucency in contemporary obstetric practice.
    Clin Obstet Gynecol, 51(1): 37-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Anterior segment imaging: ultrasound biomicroscopy and anterior segment optical coherence tomography.
    Curr Opin Ophthalmol, 19(2): 115-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Ultrasound stimulates MMP-13 expression through p38 and JNK pathway in osteoblasts.
    J Cell Physiol, 215(2): 356-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Test-retest reliability of assessment for intraventricular dyssynchrony by tissue Doppler imaging echocardiography.
    Am J Cardiol, 101(5): 645-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Comparison of intravascular ultrasound and angiographic assessment of coronary reference segment size in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
    Am J Cardiol, 101(5): 590-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Color Doppler orbital hemodynamics in healthy individuals and patients with vascular disorders in Taiwan.
    Orbit, 27(1): 25-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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