Objective: Accurate preoperative diagnosis and prognosis of a gastric stromal tumor is vital to its effective treatment. This study aimed to evaluate the value of endoscopic ultrasonography in gastric stromal tumor diagnosis and prognosis. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 213 cases of gastric stromal tumor diagnosed preoperatively by endoscopic ultrasonography from June 2010 to June 2014, e...

Three-dimensional color Doppler ultrasonography is a new technique to evaluate the pattern of blood vessels. This study was performed to assess the feasibility of this method in evaluation of kidney vasculature pattern in dogs. In this paper, visualization of the Renal, Interlobar, Arcuate, and interlobular arteries and veins using 3D color Doppler ultrasonography in dogs is shown and the techn...

www.chestpubs.org The American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) has taken concrete steps to provide training in thoracic ultrasonography in the United States. Training in thoracic ultrasonography is a key component in the numerous courses that the college has given to . 2,000 clinicians over the past 7 years. The ACCP has developed a comprehensive critical care ultrasonography training progra...

introduction: traumatic chest injuries (tci) are one of the most common causes of referring to the emergency departments, with high mortality and disability. this study was designed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography versus chest x ray (cxr) in detection of hemo-pneumothorax for patients suffering penetrating tci. methods: the present cross-sectional study was performed to e...

Assessment of neck lymph nodes is essential in patients with head and neck cancers for predicting the patient's prognosis and selecting the appropriate treatment. Ultrasonography is a useful imaging tool in the assessment of neck lymph nodes. Greyscale ultrasonography assesses the size, distribution, and internal architecture of lymph nodes. Doppler ultrasonography evaluates the intranodal vasc...

Emergency physicians have used point-of-care ultrasonography since the 1990 s. Pediatric emergency medicine physicians have more recently adopted this technology. Point-of-care ultrasonography is used for various scenarios, particularly the evaluation of soft tissue infections or blunt abdominal trauma and procedural guidance. To date, there are no published statements from national organizatio...