Abstract Objective To explore the differences between SonoVue and Sonazoid contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in evaluating enhancement features of renal masses and determine the diagnostic value of CEUS in clear cell…
ABSTRACT Objective Non-invasive surgical approaches, including boiling histotripsy (BH), are currently being developed for the treatment of brain disorders aiming to avoid craniotomy and exposure of intervening tissues, and, thus,…
ABSTRACT Objective The rupture of vulnerable plaques in the carotid artery is a leading cause of strokes. While magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the standard for quantifying plaque composition, its…
Abstract Objective Subharmonic Aided Pressure Estimation (SHAPE) is a noninvasive technique for estimating organ-level blood pressure using the strong correlation between the subharmonic signal and ambient pressure. The compressible gas…
Abstract Background Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are an important cause of death. Small AAAs are surveyed with ultrasound (US) until a defined diameter threshold, often triggering a computer tomography scan…
ABSTRACT Objective Acoustic droplet vaporization (ADV) is the liquid-to-gas phase transition of perfluorocarbon (PFC) droplets to microbubbles upon ultrasound insonation. After ADV, gases dissolved in the surrounding fluid diffuse into…
Abstract Objective To investigate Sonazoid contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) features of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) based on liver backgrounds and tumor sizes. Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on patients with histopathologically…
Abstract Objectives This study aimed to investigate dyssynchronous heart failure in fetuses of mothers with diabetes mellitus (FDM) and fetal controls (FC) using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2D-STE) and novel…
Abstract Objective Ultrasound therapy effectively treats a joint range of motion limitation and pain originating from soft tissue in knee osteoarthritis (OA). Few interventional studies have focused on the infrapatellar…
Abstract Background Despite early treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) being well established to prevent erosive joint damage, studies report persistent moderate to high disease activity. Other pathologies, for example, rheumatoid…
