Issue 4/2022
Special Feature: The role of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)
Content (31 Articles)
Ultrasound-guided surgery in musculoskeletal medicine
Soichi Hattori, Kentaro Onishi
Machine learning-enabled quantitative ultrasound techniques for tissue differentiation
Hannah Thomson, Shufan Yang, Sandy Cochran
Evaluation of local changes in radio-frequency signal waveform and brightness caused by vessel dilatation for ascertaining reliability of elasticity estimation inside heterogeneous plaque: a preliminary study
Yuta Haji, Shohei Mori, Mototaka Arakawa, Toshio Yamagishi, Hiroshi Kanai
The effect of attenuation inside the acoustic traps on the configuration of vertical artifacts in lung ultrasound: an experimental study with simple models
Toru Kameda, Naohisa Kamiyama, Nobuyuki Taniguchi
Application of low-complexity generalized coherence factor to in vivo data
Masanori Hisatsu, Shohei Mori, Mototaka Arakawa, Hiroshi Kanai
Assessment of the frequency dependence of acoustic properties on material, composition, and scatterer size of the medium
Mai Ino, Kenji Yoshida, Shinnosuke Hirata, Kazuyo Ito, Tadashi Yamaguchi
Point-of-care ultrasound for stroke patients in the emergency room
Hidehiro Takekawa, Daisuke Tsukui, Saro Kobayasi, Keisuke Suzuki, Hirotoshi Hamaguchi
Point-of-care ultrasound in the head and neck region
Madoka Furukawa, Kaori Hashimoto, Yuka Kitani, Manatsu Yoshida
Cardiac and vascular point-of-care ultrasound: current situation, problems, and future prospects
Hirotsugu Yamada, Hiroyuki Ito, Mika Fujiwara
Point-of-care ultrasound for acute abdomen: 5W1H (Translated version)
Jiro Hata
Vascular access management of hemodialysis patients at the bedside using point-of-care ultrasound
Atsushi Onoue, Takahiro Akiyama
Point-of-care ultrasound for abdominal pain in obstetrics and gynecological diseases
Ayako Shibata
Point-of-care ultrasound for children
Ko Ichihashi, Kazuhito Nonaka
Use of aortic point-of-care ultrasound in conventional and emergent echocardiography
Kazuhiro Nishigami
Point-of-care ultrasound in musculoskeletal field
Yuko Nakashima, Toru Sunagawa, Rikuo Shinomiya, Akira Kodama, Nobuo Adachi
Ultrasound diagnosis of carotid artery stenosis and occlusion
Hidehiro Takekawa, Daisuke Tsukui, Saro Kobayasi, Keisuke Suzuki, Hirotoshi Hamaguchi
Analysis of the relationship between the amplitude of aortic wall motion and heart function
Hideki Tashiro, Samon Koyanagi, Akihiro Honda, Toshikatu Nonaka, Youhei Ohkubo, Chisana Naganuma, Daisuke Fukui, Kenichi Ichimura, Terufumi Sakai
Effectiveness of a voiding evaluation technique using a diaper equipped with a urination-activated alarm system to assess bladder function and voiding patterns in infants
Jun Ajiki, Yasuyuki Naitoh, Yuta Inoue, Tsukasa Narukawa, Atsuko Fujihara, Fumiya Hongo, Osamu Ukimura
Association of amniotic fluid natriuretic peptide levels with ductus venosus Doppler flow in recipient twins with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome
Mayumi Takano, Sumito Nagasaki, Junya Sakuma, Makiko Shimabukuro, Hikari Kotaki, Masahiko Nakata
The tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte ultrasonography score can provide a diagnostic prediction of lymphocyte-predominant breast cancer preoperatively
Akiko Kanou, Norio Masumoto, Kayo Fukui, Michiya Yokozaki, Shinsuke Sasada, Akiko Emi, Takayuki Kadoya, Koji Arihiro, Morihito Okada
Value of shear wave elastography during second-look breast ultrasonography for suspicious lesions on magnetic resonance imaging
Bo Mi Gil, Na Young Jung, Sung Hun Kim, Bong Joo Kang, Jeongmin Lee, Myung Hee Chung
Dynamic response of medial meniscus extrusion to the lateral wedge insole is correlated with immediate pain reduction in knee osteoarthritis patients: real-time ultrasonographic study
Yosuke Ishii, Masakazu Ishikawa, Yuko Nakashima, Makoto Takahashi, Yoshitaka Iwamoto, Kaoru Okada, Kazuya Takagi, Toru Sunagawa, Nobuo Adachi
Ultrasonography: an interesting imaging method for ligament assessment during the acute phase of closed elbow injuries
Romain Bilger, Pierre Laumonerie, Hugo Barret, Franck Lapègue, Pierre Mansat, Nicolas Sans, Marie Faruch-Bilfeld
Pulmonary blastoma captured by the mitral valve
Masaru Yoshikai, Manabu Ito, Yousuke Ueno, Nobuhiko Koga
Recurrent ovarian hemangioma extending via the inferior vena cava to the right heart mimicking leiomyomatosis and visualized by echocardiography
Toshimitsu Kato, Noriaki Takama, Tomoaki Ishii, Katsumi Kaneko, Yoshiaki Kaneko, Hideki Ishii, Masami Murakami
New modified technique of hydrogel spacer implantation for prostate cancer: a novel method for separation at the prostate apex level under real-time ultrasound guidance
Tsukasa Narukawa, Takumi Shiraishi, Norihiro Aibe, Atsuko Fujihara, Fumiya Hongo, Hideya Yamazaki, Osamu Ukimura
Prenatal imaging of a fetus with the rare combination of Pfeiffer syndrome and hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Yuzo Kitadai, Nobuhiro Hidaka, Masahiro Sumie, Naoyuki Nakanami, Nobuhiko Kan, Yoichiro Serita, Kiyomi Tsukimori
Transthoracic three-dimensional echocardiography is useful to reveal the parachute-like asymmetric mitral valve
Naka Saito, Hideaki Ueda, Yasuhiro Ichikawa