OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of contrast-enhanced sonography in comparison with conventional sonography in differentiating muscle-infiltrating and superficial neoplasms of the urinary bladder. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Conventional and contrast-enhanced sonography were performed on 34 consecutively registered patients with bladder tumors. All examinations w...

Power-based transcranial color-coded sonography and contrast-enhanced transcranial color-coded sonography are ultrasonographic techniques that allow improved visualization of vascular structures. The present study was designed to investigate and compare the diagnostic capacity and applicability of both methods in the assessment of intracranial vessels of the circle of Willis (33 patients) and t...

background evaluation of the accuracy and performance of sonography units needs tissue-mimicking phantoms. these phantoms play an important role by simulating soft tissues, obviating the need to experiment on humans or animals. objectives to present a simple sonographic phantom for quality control and training purposes. materials and methods the presented phantom consists of a two-part plexigla...

abstract background: evaluation of breast masses in women under 40 years old starts with a triple test score (tts) which is composed of clinical breast examination, mammography and fine needle aspiration. increased breast density in this age group decreases the sensitivity of mammography. so deciding whether to biopsy such nondiagnostic lesions or not is subject to challenge. breast masses up t...

OBJECTIVES Misdiagnosing ovarian torsion is now suggested as an important issue in clinical setting. The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of sonography for ovarian torsion. Methods : In this study 323 women with acute pelvic pain with highly suspected ovarian torsion signs and symptoms attending Imam Reza Medical Center in Kermanshah between 2011 through 2012 were incl...

BACKGROUND The nature of tendon neovascularisation associated with pain over time has not been studied. OBJECTIVE To prospectively study the patellar tendons in elite junior volleyball players. METHODS The patellar tendons in all students at the Swedish National Centre for high school volleyball were evaluated clinically and by ultrasonography (US) and Power Doppler (PD) sonography. RESUL...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical usefulness of intraoral sonography-assisted resection for securing adequate deep resection margins in T1-2 tongue cancers. STUDY DESIGN Prospective clinical trial. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty consecutive patients with clinical T1-2 tongue cancers were enrolled and their lesions were removed by intraoral sonography-assisted resection. We then retrospect...

Received: 25.11.2009; Accepted: 13.09.2011 doi: 10.1016/S0377-1237(11)60107-X • Gravida2: Six years back, spontaneous abortion at 12 weeks gestation, managed at a civil hospital. • Gravida3: Five years back, spontaneous abortion at 20 weeks gestation, managed at a peripheral military hospital. • Gravida4: Four years back, transvaginal cerclage given, spontaneous abortion at 16 weeks gestation, ...

PURPOSE To compare tumor size by mammography and sonography and align with pathological results in primary breast cancer cases. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 95 primary breast cancer patients who underwent mammography and sonography from January 2011 to June 2012. The largest tumor diameter was chosen as sizing reference for each imaging modality. The measurements of mammo...