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…
Abstract Objective Deep learning approaches such as DeepACSA enable automated segmentation of muscle ultrasound cross-sectional area (CSA). Although they provide fast and accurate results, most are developed using data from…
Abstract Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the swallow-related muscles and bones movement patterns during swallowing quantitatively by B+M-mode ultrasound, and to investigate its application…
