BACKGROUND Elastographpy is a newly developed noninvasive imaging technique that uses ultrasound (US) to evaluate tissue stiffness. The interpretation of the same elastographic images may be variable according to reviewers. Because breast lesions are usually reported according to American College of Radiology Breast Imaging and Data System (ACR BI-RADS) lexicons and final category, we tried to ...

OBJECTIVE To determine an ideal stimulation site of the medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve (MACN) using ultrasound measurement and to compare the efficiency of the new stimulation site with the conventional stimulation site on the nerve conduction study. METHODS Both arms of 15 healthy participants were measured using ultrasound. The MACN was identified in the transverse view at each 0, 2, 4...

An ultrasound arthroscopy (UA) technique is a promising tool for the evaluation of the articular cartilage during arthroscopic examination. However, the applicability of UA for the evaluation of the hip joint is unknown. We describe a UA assessment of a patient with osteochondritis dissecans at the femoral head. An ultrasound catheter designed for intravascular imaging was inserted into the hip...

A procedure was evaluated for the extraction of 16 free fatty acids (FFAs) from liver. Ultrasonic energy was used for the extraction and the variables affecting the extraction efficiency were investigated. The best conditions for extraction were: 2 mL isopropanol-n-hexane (3:2, v/v), 20 min and 80 w. Recoveries ranging from 87.00 to 120.00% were obtained under the optimum conditions, and the li...

Background: Shoulder joint has the greatest range of motion so shoulder instability occurs between 10-30% total populations.Objective: The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect of ultrasound therapy along with elastic band over conventional therapy in subjects with anterior shoulder instability. Study Design: Randomized clinical trials.Method: The study is randomized controlled stud...

CONTEXT Approximately 50 million abortions are performed worldwide each year, and the majority of them are surgical terminations of pregnancy (STOP). Therefore, the safety of this procedure is a global public health concern. It is not known whether routine use of intraoperative ultrasound guidance improves the outcome of first trimester STOP. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether surgical terminat...

"In our opinion, in the evaluation of patients with suspected metastases, a hepatic ultrasound exam must be performed only after contrast administration," said Dr. Vito Cantisani, a radiologist at the University of Rome La Sapienza. Researchers put low mechanical index (MI) real-time CEUS, conventional B-mode ultrasound, and 64-slice CT to the hepatic detection test on 88 patients with suspecte...

"In our opinion, in the evaluation of patients with suspected metastases, a hepatic ultrasound exam must be performed only after contrast administration," said Dr. Vito Cantisani, a radiologist at the University of Rome La Sapienza. Researchers put low mechanical index (MI) real-time CEUS, conventional B-mode ultrasound, and 64-slice CT to the hepatic detection test on 88 patients with suspecte...

A novel Schiff base was synthesized by the reaction of piperonal and anthranilic acid, which was further utilized in the synthesis of five novel complexes by reaction with different metal salts ultrasonically. Time for the reaction was greatly reduced through ultrasound irradiations and the yield of reactions was also high as compared to the conventional methods using reflux conditions. The...

To assess the value of conventional ultrasound, conventional strain elastography (CSE) and acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography in differentiating likelihood of malignancy for Bethesda category III thyroid nodules. 103 thyroid nodules with Bethesda category III results on fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in 103 patients were included and all were pathologically confirmed a...