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Sonographic appearance of the Angelchik prosthesis.

The Angelchik prosthesis is a silicone-filled, doughnut-shaped device used for the surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux. This device appears on sonograms as a C-shaped, hypoechoic structure with nonspecific Doppler waveforms. Because the…

Agreement Between an Automated Volume Breast Scanner and Handheld Ultrasound for Diagnostic Breast Examinations.

OBJECTIVES: To compare the agreement and interobserver variability of diagnostic handheld ultrasound (US) and a single volume on an automated breast volume scanner (ABVS) and to determine whether there was a significant difference if the ABVS was…

Congenital solid neck mass: a unique presentation of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) presenting in the neonatal period is very rare. In most cases, a self-limited cutaneous disease is the exclusive manifestation. We report an unusual case of neonatal LCH presenting with a large congenital solid…

Tags: 2008, Color, Contrast Media – Administration and Dosage, Contrast Media/administration & dosage, Diagnosis, Differential, Disease Attributes, Doppler, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Goske Marilyn J, Head and Neck Neoplasms, Head and Neck Neoplasms – Diagnosis, Head and Neck Neoplasms – Therapy, Head and Neck Neoplasms/*congenital/*diagnosis/therapy, Histiocytosis, Human, Humans, Infant, Langerhans-Cell, Langerhans-Cell – Diagnosis, Langerhans-Cell – Therapy, Langerhans-Cell/*congenital/*diagnosis/therapy, Neck – Radiography, Neck – Surgery, Neck – Ultrasonography, Neck/diagnostic imaging/surgery, Newborn, Pediatric radiology, Prospective Studies, Radiographic Image Enhancement – Methods, Radiographic Image Enhancement/methods, Radiography, Rare Diseases, Steele Mark, Tantiwongkosi Bundhit, Thoracic – Methods, Thoracic/methods, Tomography, Ultrasonography, X-Ray Computed

Pediatric appendiceal ultrasound: accuracy, determinacy and clinical outcomes.

BACKGROUND: Ultrasonography is considered the most appropriate initial imaging study in the evaluation of acute appendicitis in children but has recently come under criticism with reports of low specificity and high indeterminate study rates,…

Three-dimensional ultrasound.

Laparoendoscopic surgery is fueled by technology, and advances in medical imaging may bring about further progress. The application of three-dimensional ultrasound to minimally invasive surgery represents technology "just over the horizon." This…

Tags: 1996, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Data Display, Humans, Interventional/economics/methods, Kavic M S, Laparoscopy, Medical Laboratory Science/economics/methods, Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures, Surgical endoscopy, Ultrasonography, Ultrasonography/economics/*methods

Combination-sensitive neurons in the inferior colliculus.

We examined whether neurons in the inferior colliculus of the mustached bat (Pteronotus parnellii) are combination sensitive, responding to both low- and high-frequency components of the bat's sonar signal. These neurons, previously reported in the…

Tags: 1995, Acoustic Stimulation, Animals, Auditory Cortex/metabolism, Chiroptera, College of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Doppler, Hearing research, Inferior Colliculi/*cytology/metabolism, Mittmann D H, NEOMED College of Medicine, Neurons/cytology/*physiology, Sound Localization, Transcranial, Ultrasonography, Wenstrup J J

Predictors of epinephrine autoinjector needle length inadequacy.

BACKGROUND: Self-administered epinephrine is the primary out-of-hospital treatment of anaphylaxis. Intramuscular injection of epinephrine results in higher peak plasma concentration than subcutaneous injection. With the prevalence of obesity,…

Tags: *Needles, 2013, Adolescence, Adolescent, Adult, Anaphylaxis – Drug Therapy, Anaphylaxis/*drug therapy, Bhalla Mary Colleen, Body Mass Index, Cross Sectional Studies, Cross-Sectional Studies, Department of Emergency Medicine, Epinephrine – Administration and Dosage, Epinephrine/*administration & dosage, Equipment Design, Equipment Failure, Female, Frey Jennifer A, Gable Brad D, Human, Humans, Injections, Intramuscular – Equipment and Supplies, Intramuscular/instrumentation, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Needles, NEOMED College of Medicine, Prospective Studies, Quadriceps Muscle/*anatomy & histology/diagnostic imaging, Quadriceps Muscles – Anatomy and Histology, Quadriceps Muscles – Ultrasonography, Reichenbach Matthew R, Sex Factors, Sympathomimetics – Administration and Dosage, Sympathomimetics/*administration & dosage, The American journal of emergency medicine, Ultrasonography, Wilber Scott T, Young Adult

Acute aortic occlusion with complications from delayed presentation.

Tags: 2017, Acidosis – Etiology, Acidosis/*etiology, Acute Disease, Arterial Occlusive Diseases – Complications, Arterial Occlusive Diseases – Diet Therapy, Arterial Occlusive Diseases/*complications/diet therapy, Beeson Michelle, Computed Tomography Angiography, Delayed – Adverse Effects, Delayed Diagnosis/adverse effects, Department of Emergency Medicine, Diagnosis, Doppler, Dyspnea – Etiology, Dyspnea – Therapy, Dyspnea/*etiology/therapy, Fatal Outcome, Humans, Intratracheal, Intubation, Kovacs Mitch, Leg, Leg – Pathology, Leg/diagnostic imaging/*pathology, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome – Etiology, Multiple Organ Failure/*etiology, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pain, Pain – Etiology, Pain/diagnostic imaging/etiology, Simon Erin L, Tachycardia – Etiology, Tachycardia/*etiology, Tachypnea – Etiology, Tachypnea/*etiology, The American journal of emergency medicine, Ultrasonography, Vibhakar Arjun

Effects of bariatric surgery on inflammatory, functional and structural markers of coronary atherosclerosis.

This study was designed to assess the effects of bariatric weight loss surgery on structural, functional, and inflammatory markers of coronary atherosclerosis. Obesity is a worldwide epidemic and an independent risk factor for coronary…

Tags: *Gastric Bypass, 2009, Adult, Biological Markers – Blood, Biomarkers/blood, Blood Flow Velocity – Physiology, Blood Flow Velocity/physiology, Blood Vessels – Pathology, Body Mass Index, Brachial Artery – Ultrasonography, Brachial Artery/diagnostic imaging, C-Reactive Protein – Analysis, C-Reactive Protein/analysis, Carotid Arteries – Pathology, Carotid Arteries/pathology, Cholesterol – Blood, Cholesterol/blood, Coronary Arteriosclerosis – Blood, Coronary Arteriosclerosis – Pathology, Coronary Arteriosclerosis – Physiopathology, Coronary Artery Disease/*blood/pathology/*physiopathology, Department of Internal Medicine, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Gastric Bypass, Habib Phillip, Human, Humans, Male, Mikolich J Ronald, Muscle, NEOMED College of Medicine, Prospective Studies, Scrocco John David, Smooth – Pathology, Terek Megan, The American journal of cardiology, Triglycerides – Blood, Triglycerides/blood, Tunica Intima/pathology, Tunica Media/pathology, Ultrasonography, Vanek Vincent, Vasodilation – Physiology, Vasodilation/physiology

Morphea: Current concepts.

Morphea is an inflammatory, sclerosing skin disorder that can involve the underlying soft tissues. Although the cause of morphea remains poorly investigated, genetic predisposition, immune dysregulation, and environmental factors have been…

Tags: 2018, Adrenal Cortex Hormones/therapeutic use, Clinics in dermatology, Diagnosis, Differential, Florez-Pollack Stephanie, Humans, Immunosuppressive Agents/therapeutic use, Jacobe Heidi T, Kunzler Elaine, Localized/complications/*diagnosis/diagnostic imaging/*therapy, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Methotrexate/therapeutic use, Scleroderma, Ultrasonography, Ultraviolet Therapy

Littoral cell angioma.

Littoral cell angioma (LCA) is an extremely rare primary splenic tumor. There are few MRI and scintigraphic characteristics described. These characteristics may be most helpful in differentiating LCA from other primary vascular tumors. We present a…

Hematologic counts as predictors of delayed cerebral ischemia after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

PURPOSE: Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is associated with high morbidity and mortality, but currently no single clinical method or ancillary test can reliably predict which subset of patients will develop delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI).…

Elastography in clinical practice.

Elastography is a new technique that evaluates tissue stiffness. There are two elastography methods, strain and shear wave elastography. Both techniques are being used to evaluate a wide range of applications in medical imaging. Elastography of…

Tags: 2014, Barr Richard G, breast cancer, Breast mass, Breast Neoplasms – Ultrasonography, Breast Neoplasms/*diagnostic imaging, Computer Assisted – Methods, Computer-Assisted/methods, Elasticity Imaging Techniques/*methods, elastography, Female, Female – Ultrasonography, Female/diagnostic imaging, Genital Diseases, Humans, Image Interpretation, Liver Cirrhosis – Ultrasonography, Liver Cirrhosis/*diagnostic imaging, Liver fibrosis, Male, Mammary/*methods, Musculoskeletal Diseases – Ultrasonography, Musculoskeletal Diseases/diagnostic imaging, Prostate cancer, Prostatic Neoplasms – Ultrasonography, Prostatic Neoplasms/*diagnostic imaging, Radiologic clinics of North America, Sensitivity and Specificity, Thyroid mass, Thyroid Neoplasms – Ultrasonography, Thyroid Neoplasms/*diagnostic imaging, Ultrasonography, Ultrasonography – Methods, Ultrasound

Can ultrasound be used to predict malignancy in patients with a thyroid nodule and an indeterminate fine-needle aspiration biopsy?

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether ultrasonography is helpful in predicting malignancy in patients with a thyroid nodule and atypia/follicular lesion of undetermined significance (AFLUS). METHODS: All patients with a…

WFUMB guidelines and recommendations for clinical use of ultrasound elastography: Part 1: basic principles and terminology.

Conventional diagnostic ultrasound images of the anatomy (as opposed to blood flow) reveal differences in the acoustic properties of soft tissues (mainly echogenicity but also, to some extent, attenuation), whereas ultrasound-based elasticity images…

Transcutaneous Ultrasound: Elastographic Lymph Node Evaluation. Current Clinical Applications and Literature Review.

Distinguishing malignant versus benign lymphadenopathies is a major diagnostic dilemma in clinical medicine. Metastatic deposits in normal-sized lymph nodes (LNs) can be smaller than a millimeter, thus presenting a diagnostic challenge. In most…

Foreword to the Second Set of WFUMB Guidelines and Recommendations on the Clinical Use of Ultrasound Elastography.

Tags: *Elasticity Imaging Techniques, *Guidelines as Topic, 2017, Barr Richard G, Humans, International Relations, Internationality, Medical, Medical Organizations, Practice Guidelines, Scales, Societies, Ultrasonography, Ultrasound in medicine & biology

Reply by the authors.

Tags: 2014, Female, Humans, Male, Massanyi Eric Z, Ultrasonography, Urinary Tract Infections – Complications, Urinary Tract Infections/*complications, Urology, Vesico-Ureteral Reflux/*complications/*diagnostic imaging, Vesicoureteral Reflux – Complications, Vesicoureteral Reflux – Ultrasonography, Wang Ming-Hsien

Ultrasound-assisted internal jugular vein catheterization in the ED.

A prospective, descriptive study is reported on the use and success of ultrasound-assisted internal jugular central vein catheterization (CVC) in the emergency department (ED). In patients not in cardiac arrest who had an indication for internal…

Mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver.

We present a multiseptated mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver in a 10-year-old male patient, a rare benign tumor of childhood. The characteristic ultrasound and CT appearances of this unusual tumor are reviewed. A single septal calcification…

Tags: 2001, Boinapally S B, Calcinosis/diagnostic imaging/surgery, Child, Cholangiography, Cholecystectomy, Computerized medical imaging and graphics : the official journal of the Computerized Medical Imaging Society, Diagnosis, Differential, Goyal M, Hamartoma/*diagnostic imaging/surgery, Humans, Konez O, Liver Diseases/*diagnostic imaging/surgery, Male, Tomography, Ultrasonography, Vyas P K, X-Ray Computed

How to perform Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS).

"How to perform contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)" provides general advice on the use of ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) for clinical decision-making and reviews technical parameters for optimal CEUS performance. CEUS techniques vary between…

Tags: 2018, Averkiou Michalakis, Barr Richard G, Burns Peter N, Calliada Fabrizio, Cancer, Cantisani Vito, Chammas Maria C, Choi Byung, Claudon Michel, Clevert Dirk-Andre, Correas Jean Michel, Cosgrove David, Cui Xin-Wu, D'Onofrio Mirko, Dietrich Christoph F, Dong Yi, Eisenbrey JohnR, Fontanilla Teresa, Franca Meloni Maria, Gilja Odd Helge, guidelines, Ignee Andre, Jang Hyun-Jung, Jenssen Christian, Kim Tae Kyoung, Kono Yuko, Kudo Masatoshi, Lassau Nathalie, Lyshchik Andrej, Moriyasu Fuminori, Nielsen Michael Bachmann, Nolsoe Christian, Piscaglia Fabio, Radzina Maija, Saftoiu Adrian, Schreiber-Dietrich Dagmar, Sidhu Paul S, Sirlin Claude B, Sporea Ioan, Stanczak Maria, Teaching, Ultrasonography, Ultrasound international open, Vezeridis Alexandar, Weskott Hans-Peter, Westerway Sue, Willmann Juergen Karl, Wilson Stephanie R

Sonoelastography of Breast Lymphoma.

Breast lymphomas only account for approximately 0.15% of malignant breast carcinomas. Half of these are primary lymphomas, and the other half are metastatic to the breast. Ultrasound elastography has been proven to aid in the diagnosis of breast…

Primary Angiosarcoma of the Breast: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Primary angiosarcoma of the breast is a rare entity. In this case report, we present a case of primary angiosarcoma of the breast in a young woman who presents with her entire right breast enlarged without skin coloration change or signs of mastitis.…

Gastric Lipoma: A Review of the Literature.

Gastric lipoma is a rare benign tumor of the stomach. The imaging characteristics are diagnostic because the lesion has fat attenuation on computed tomography and demonstrates characteristics of fat on magnetic resonance images. On ultrasound, the…

Duplex Doppler sonography of the carotid artery: velocity measurements in an artery with contralateral stenosis.

To determine if a significant contralateral stenosis affects interpretation tables of the ipsilateral internal carotid artery's degree of stenosis in duplex Doppler ultrasound, the records of 307 patients with carotid duplex ultrasound studies with…

Dynamic automatic ultrasound optimization: time savings, keystroke savings, and image quality.

PURPOSE: The aims of this study were to evaluate if a dynamic automatic image optimization technique decreases examination time and number of keystrokes while maintaining or improving image quality and to determine if these variables vary with…

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound detection and treatment guidance in a renal transplant patient with renal cell carcinoma.

Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) is an imaging modality that shows promise in the detection and characterization of renal masses, as well as treatment through CEUS-guided percutaneous radiofrequency ablation. These techniques may be…

Speed of sound imaging: improved image quality in breast sonography.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate blindly breast ultrasound images corrected for the speed of sound in breast tissue compared with conventional images. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this study, 409 images from 153 patients were obtained…

Real-time ultrasound elasticity of the breast: initial clinical results.

PURPOSE: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of a real-time elasticity imaging (EI) ultrasound (US) system in the characterization of breast lesions as benign or malignant. METHODS: A total of 208 patients with 251 lesions were scheduled to…

Lung cancer metastatic to breast: case report and review of the literature.

The incidence of metastases to the breast from nonbreast carcinoma is less than 1% of all breast cancers; of these, adenocarcinoma of the lung to breast is a small proportion (\textless0.1% of breast carcinomas). The imaging findings of a case of…

Radiographically guided shave margins may reduce lumpectomy re-excision rates.

Minimizing margin re-excision optimizes patient care by providing appropriate oncologic resection and reducing costs. This study aims to assess margin positivity rate in two groups: shave margin based on gross specimen (control group, CG) vs shave…

Shear-wave elastography of the breast: value of a quality measure and comparison with strain elastography.

PURPOSE: To determine whether addition of quality measure (QM) of shear-wave (SW) velocity (Vs) estimation can increase SW elastography sensitivity for breast cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: With written informed consent, this institutional review…

Beta-adrenoceptor stimulation of alveolar fluid clearance is increased in rats with heart failure.

The alveolar epithelium plays a critical role in resolving pulmonary edema. We thus hypothesized that its function might be upregulated in rats with heart failure, a condition that severely challenges the lung's ability to maintain fluid balance.…

Twin-twin transfusion syndrome screening and diagnosis in the United States: A triangulation design of patient experiences.

OBJECTIVE: Using patient-reported experiences, this study: 1) quantitatively evaluated TTTS screening trends, 2) examined screening and diagnostic experiences using a mixed methods approach, and 3) determined gaps in clinical care experiences.…

Congenital anomaly of the inferior vena cava and factor V Leiden mutation predisposing to deep vein thrombosis.

A previously healthy 21-year-old man presented with back pain, bilateral extremity pain, and right lower extremity weakness, paresthesias, and swelling. Sonographic examination revealed diffuse deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the femoral and popliteal…

Tags: *Mutation, 2014, Activated Protein C Resistance/*complications/diagnosis/drug therapy/genetics, Anticoagulants – Therapeutic Use, Anticoagulants/therapeutic use, Blood Coagulation Factors, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), Disease Susceptibility, DNA Mutational Analysis, Erickson Cameron R, Factor V/*genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Hematologic Diseases, Hematologic Diseases – Complications, Hematologic Diseases – Diagnosis, Hematologic Diseases – Drug Therapy, Human, Humans, Inferior – Abnormalities, Inferior – Radiography, Inferior – Ultrasonography, inferior vena cava (IVC), Inferior/*abnormalities/diagnostic imaging, Kulthia Arun, Lamparello Brooke M, lower extremities, Male, Mutation, Phlebography – Methods, Phlebography/methods, Predictive Value of Tests, Risk Factors, Sequence Analysis, Thet Zeyar, thrombophilic, Tomography, Ultrasonography, Vascular Health and Risk Management, Vascular Malformations – Complications, Vascular Malformations – Diagnosis, Vascular Malformations/*complications/diagnosis, Vena Cava, venography, Venous Thrombosis, Venous Thrombosis – Diagnosis, Venous Thrombosis – Drug Therapy, Venous Thrombosis – Etiology, Venous Thrombosis/diagnosis/drug therapy/*etiology/genetics, Virparia Vasudev, X-Ray Computed, Young Adult

Laparoscopic Splenectomy in Hemodynamically Stable Blunt Trauma.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: No criteria define indications for laparoscopic splenectomy in trauma. This investigation compared characteristics of trauma patients and outcomes between laparoscopic and open splenectomies. METHODS: Patients were…

Extra-amniotic pregnancy with fetal gastroschisis and clubfoot.

Tags: 2009, Abnormalities, Amnion/diagnostic imaging, Baca Diana, Celebrezze Jennifer U, Clubfoot/*diagnostic imaging/embryology, Ectopic/*diagnostic imaging, Female, Gastroschisis/*diagnostic imaging/embryology, Golde Steven H, Humans, Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Multiple/*diagnostic imaging, Pregnancy, Prenatal/*methods, Thomas Ronald L, Ultrasonography

Shear wave imaging of the breast: still on the learning curve.

Tags: 2012, Barr Richard G, Breast Neoplasms/*diagnostic imaging, Elasticity Imaging Techniques/*methods, Female, Humans, Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Mammary/*methods, Ultrasonography

Effects of precompression on elasticity imaging of the breast: development of a clinically useful semiquantitative method of precompression assessment.

OBJECTIVES: Elastography of the breast is a new technique for characterization of breast lesions. The reproducibility of elastographic techniques has been questioned. Precompression is known to effect elastographic results. This study determined the…

Sonographic Elastography of Mastitis.

Sonographic elastography has been shown to be a useful imaging modality in characterizing breast lesions as benign or malignant. However, in preliminary research, mastitis has given false-positive findings on both strain and shear wave elastography.…

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