Original Paper | 25-September-2018
Objective: To determine the frequency of intrauterine abnormalities in women with unexplained infertility using saline infusion sonography. Material and methods: This was a retrospective cohort study conducted at Aziz medical centre, Karachi, Pakistan between January and December 2015. The study population comprised of women with unexplained infertility who underwent saline infusion sonography as a part of their diagnostic workup. The frequency of uterine abnormalities in these women was
Rubina Izhar,
Samia Husain,
Suhaima Tahir,
Sonia Husain
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 18 , ISSUE 74, 186–192
Editorial | 13-September-2016
Ultrasonography has been extensively used in obstetrics and gynecology since 1980’s.It found application in pediatric gynecology, procreation period, post-menopause, pregnancy monitoring and after delivery. Although the fi rst reports on the use of ultrasonography in assessing delivery mechanism were published in 1990’s, yet to date labor progress is evaluated by means of physical examination in most delivery units. Intrapartum sonography is not routinely performed despite the fact that
Marzena Dębska,
Piotr Kretowicz,
Romuald Dębski
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 15 , ISSUE 61, 125–136
case-report | 28-June-2019
referred for sonography for further evaluation. The patient had no significant medical history and denied having fever or trauma to the scrotum. Physical examination revealed a 3.0 cm painless, slightly mobile and well-circumscribed, rubbery mass adjacent to but separate from the left testis. The skin overlying the mass was normal. Sonography of the scrotum demonstrated normal left and right testes and normal blood flow on Doppler imaging. An additional well-defined solid, oval mass measuring 3.0 × 2.0
Tamar Kass,
David Cohen,
Paul Gottlieb,
Simon Strauss
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 19 , ISSUE 77, 158–160
original-paper | 28-June-2019
recommend saline infusion sonography or hysteroscopy as the initial infertility investigation. Their stance on the subject is derived from the fact that removal has not been proven worthwhile(7).
Studies showing improved clinical pregnancy rates in women with unexplained infertility after removal of unsuspected polyps are being reported. Cochrane database review concluded that hysteroscopic removal of submucous fibroids in women suffering from otherwise unexplained infertility may be beneficial(8
Rubina Izhar,
Samia Husain,
Suhaima Tahir,
Sonia Husain
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 19 , ISSUE 77, 113–119
Research Article | 29-December-2017
Aim of the studyTo evaluate the value of uterine artery Doppler indices and waveform pattern in predicting fetuses at risk for intrauterine growth restriction in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.Materials and methodsThis was a prospective cross-sectional study including 80 pregnant subjects with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and two control groups. Uterine artery Doppler sonography was performed in all study participants. Uterine artery Doppler indices across the groups were compared
Ibukun A. Abidoye,
Oluwagbemiga O. Ayoola,
Bukunmi M. Idowu,
Adeniyi S. Aderibigbe,
Olabisi M. Loto
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 17 , ISSUE 71, 253–258
research-article | 09-September-2021
on the direct visualisation of structures and artefact interpretation. In this article, we briefly describe the technique of lung ultrasound; the various lines and signs commonly encountered during sonography of the lungs are discussed, and their interpretation in various pulmonary conditions, both physiological and pathological, is presented.
Technique
Sonography of the lungs is best performed by using a low-frequency curvilinear transducer (3–6 MHz)(7). Microconvex transducers (if available
Rohit Bhoil,
Ajay Ahluwalia,
Rajesh Chopra,
Mukesh Surya,
Sabina Bhoil
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 21 , ISSUE 86, 225–233
research-article | 18-December-2020
Introduction
Skin imaging is a relatively new, yet dynamically developing, field of ultrasonography. Advances in ultrasound are correlated with those in imaging technology. The development of aesthetic medicine and the need for safe and effective procedures, as well as the need to diagnose and treat potential complications are also important. The number of publications on the use of sonography in dermatology and aesthetic medicine has grown recently(1). Their authors pointed to the usefulness
Dominika Jaguś,
Ewa Skrzypek,
Bartosz Migda,
Witold Woźniak,
Robert Krzysztof Mlosek
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 20 , ISSUE 83, 268–272
Review Article | 31-March-2017
and make the artifact clearer. This phenomenon is usually easily recognizable and avoidable, but it sometimes might cause diagnostic difficulty. Obtaining an image of double abdominal vessels on ultrasound examination in transverse sections requires further inspection of the aorta in a different (sagittal) plane. This is not always possible due to poor patient preparation for scanning. Symmetrical flow on Doppler sonography is a typical feature of this artifact. Finally, magnetic resonance imaging
Robert Hadzik,
Przemysław Bombiński,
Michał Brzewski
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 17 , ISSUE 68, 36–40
research-article | 30-November-2020
Introduction
The knee is a weight-bearing joint and can be affected by several pathological conditions ranging from a simple muscular sprain and strain to tendon and ligament tears, and bone fractures. Knee joint pain and disability is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders that accounts for the greatest proportion of visits to orthopedic clinics(1). >Knee joint sonography is the second common examination technique after shoulder sonography. It consumes a substantial amount of budget
Zafar Iqbal Anjum,
Raham Bacha,
Iqra Manzoor,
Syed Amir Gilani
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 21 , ISSUE 87, 300–305
research-article | 15-June-2020
frequently cited cause of decreased clinical pregnancy rates in in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles(6). It has been suggested that trial transfers under ultrasound guidance improve conception rates. Saline infusion sonography involves the use of soft tip Foley’s catheter for the introduction of saline used for cavity distension and checking for free spill(7). Cervical dilation with a Hegar’s dilator may be needed prior to introduction of this Foley’s catheter in cases of stenosis. Since a stenosis that
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 20 , ISSUE 81, e116–e121
case-report | 28-June-2019
Case report
A 32 year-old woman was referred for a neck sonography (US) due to a history of pain in the right submandibular area. Her past medical history was negative.
On ultrasound, the thyroid gland, the parotid and sub-mandibular glands were normal. We noted three homogenously hypoechoic well-defined avascular foci of up to 4 mm: two right-sided and one left-sided in the thyroid cartilage (Fig. 1).
Fig. 1.
Sagittal ultrasound images of the neck demonstrating hypoechoic well-defined
Sanaa Jamali,
Etienne Danse
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 19 , ISSUE 77, 171–172
review-article | 18-June-2021
Francesca Serpi,
Domenico Albano,
Santi Rapisarda,
Vito Chianca,
Luca Maria Sconfienza,
Carmelo Messina
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 21 , ISSUE 85, e154–e161
Review | 13-September-2016
Józef Szczyrski,
Wojciech Kosiak,
Maria Korpal-Szczyrska,
Małgorzata Myśliwiec
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 15 , ISSUE 63, 423–428
Review | 13-September-2016
Since diseases of the liver and bile ducts are common, a clinician is faced by the need to implement an appropriate diagnostic process. It is necessary to apply diagnostic methods that enable appropriate assessment of the most common pathologies of the liver, i.e. fi brosis, steatosis and focal lesions, as well as initial assessment of the bile ducts. These goals can be achieved using ultrasound methods based on conventional sonography, contrast-enhanced sonography and
Krzysztof Skoczylas,
Andrzej Pawełas
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 15 , ISSUE 62, 292–306
Original Paper | 31-January-2019
Isil Uzun Cilingir,
Cenk Sayin,
Havva Sutcu,
Ebru Alici,
Cihan Inan,
Selen Erzincan,
Cem Yener,
Fusun Varol
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 18 , ISSUE 75, 310–315
research-article | 30-November-2020
Andrea B. Rosskopf,
Carlo Martinoli,
Luca M. Sconfienza,
Salvatore Gitto,
Mihra S. Taljanovic,
Riccardo Picasso,
Andrea Klauser
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 21 , ISSUE 87, 306–317
Review | 31-January-2019
particular emphasis on patient’s position allowing to obtain proper Doppler angle of insonation, as well as diagnostic limitations of the technique. Normal blood flow parameters as well as those indicating hemodynamically significant stenosis are also presented. Although the 2013–2014 American guidelines for renal artery duplex sonography (AIUM Practice Parameter for the Performance of Native Renal Artery Duplex Sonography and AIUM Practice Guideline for the Performance of an Ultrasound Examination of
Anna Drelich-Zbroja,
Maryla Kuczyńska,
Łukasz Światłowski,
Anna Szymańska,
Michał Elwertowski,
Agnieszka Marianowska
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 18 , ISSUE 75, 338–343
Case report | 31-March-2017
Yasuhiro Seki
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 17 , ISSUE 68, 73–75
Review | 25-September-2018
Natalia Buda,
Wojciech Kosiak,
Elżbieta Radzikowska,
Robert Olszewski,
Ewa Jassem,
Elżbieta Magdalena Grabczak,
Andrzej Pomiecko,
Jakub Piotrkowski,
Maciej Piskunowicz,
Malwina Sołtysiak,
Szymon Skoczyński,
Grzegorz Jaczewski,
Jolanta Odrowska,
Agnieszka Skoczylas,
Marcin Wełnicki,
Jakub Wiśniewski,
Anna Zamojska
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 18 , ISSUE 74, 198–206
Review Article | 29-December-2017
Andrzej Smereczyński,
Katarzyna Kołaczyk,
Elżbieta Bernatowicz
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 17 , ISSUE 71, 275–280
research-article | 31-December-2019
such as hypertension, intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), fetal distress, and early pregnancy failure(2–4). The ability of trans-vaginal Doppler sonography to analyze the pattern of circulation in even terminal branches of the uteroplacental circulation has encouraged research for its potential application in predicting early and late pregnancy complications related to abnormal placentation. Impaired vascular remodeling in the maternal fetal interface is one of the most important factors
Rohit Bhoil,
Sushruti Kaushal,
Reena Sharma,
Jaswinder Kaur,
Tanupriya Sharma,
Rohini Thakur,
Rakesh Sharma
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 19 , ISSUE 79, 255–260
Editorial | 13-September-2016
Małgorzata Kołodziejczak
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 15 , ISSUE 61, 231–233
Review | 29-September-2017
Andrzej Smereczyński,
Katarzyna Kołaczyk,
Elżbieta Bernatowicz
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 17 , ISSUE 70, 197–205
research-article | 30-November-2020
imaginable pain(11), and 3) age between 18 and 50 years. The exclusion criteria included: 1) trauma or injury to the musculoskeletal system; 2) deformity of extremities or lower back and pelvis; 3) rheumatological or neurological diseases; 4) infection; 5) tumors or radicular symptoms; 6) spinal fracture or surgery; 7) pregnancy.
Examiners
Sonography imaging and examinations were performed by two independent and blinded examiners. Both examiners were physiotherapists, with clinical experience ranging
Hamid Zamani,
Mahdi Dadgoo,
Mohammad Akbari,
Javad Sarrafzadeh,
Mohammadreza Pourahmadi
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 21 , ISSUE 87, 286–293
Case report | 13-September-2016
We report a case of a 17-year-old patient referred to our outpatient Doppler Department due to clinical suspicion of liver cirrhosis. The patient presented with non-specifi c symptoms,such as malaise, pain in the right subcostal region, peripheral oedema. Until then,diagnostic imaging, including echocardiography was inconclusive. We performed the Doppler sonography of the portal system, which revealed normal diameter of the portal vein with abnormal, phasic and markedly pulsatile waveform
Joanna Ścieszka,
Józefa Dąbek,
Paweł Cieślik
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 15 , ISSUE 61, 227–230
case-report | 28-June-2019
Osman Ocal,
Dilek Ertoy Baydar,
Ilkay Sedakat Idilman,
Hasan Serkan Dogan,
Serdat Tekgul,
Mustafa Ozmen
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 19 , ISSUE 77, 161–164
Original Paper | 30-June-2016
Aim of the study: To evaluate the usefulness of ultrasonographic acromion-greater tuberosity distance measurement and Shoulder ratio in detecting post-stroke inferior shoulder subluxation. Material and methods: Forty-five hemiplegic stroke patients and 45 controls underwent shoulder sonography to measure their acromion-greater tuberosity distance. Side-to-side acromion-greater tuberosity distance differences and Shoulder ratios were derived from the acromion-greater tuberosity distance values
Bukunmi M. Idowu,
Oluwagbemiga O. Ayoola,
Victor A. Adetiloye,
Morenikeji A. Komolafe,
Babalola I. Afolabi
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 17 , ISSUE 69, 106–112
research-article | 31-March-2020
the clinical examination of the kidneys. It provides very important information about kidney morphology and has become the standard imaging modality in the investigation of kidneys as it displays excellent anatomic detail, and most of the reno-parenchymatous diseases are easily discernible(12,13).
There is paucity of literature on the use of sonography in the assessment of organ toxicity in workers exposed to petroleum fuel. To the best of our knowledge, no assessment of sonographic kidney changes
Angel-Mary C. Anakwue,
Felicitas U. Idigo,
Raphael C. Anakwue
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 20 , ISSUE 80, 18–23
Review Article | 30-March-2018
literature search. The accuracy of sonoelastography in different diseases was used as the index text, while B-mode sonography, micro pure imaging, surgery and histological findings were used as reference texts. Superficial lymph nodes, neck nodules, malignancy in thyroid nodules, benign and malignant cervical lymph nodes, thyroid nodules, prostate carcinoma, benign and malignant breast abnormalities, liver diseases, parotid and salivary gland masses, pancreatic masses, musculoskeletal diseases and renal
Iqra Manzoor,
Raham Bacha,
Syed Amir Gilani
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 18 , ISSUE 72, 29–36
research-article | 31-December-2019
. Hepatobiliary sonography was performed with the patient lying supine, augmented with left posterior oblique positioning as necessary. The third and fourth authors who have 10 and 8 years’ experience with abdominopelvic and obstetrics sonography, respectively, performed the sonographic evaluations.
The normal gallbladder (Fig. 1 A) is seen on ultrasound as a pear-shaped, hollow organ with anechoic lumen(11). Biliary sludge (Fig. 1 B) is low-level echoes without acoustic shadowing that layer in the dependent
Bukunmi Michael Idowu,
Stephen Olaoluwa Onigbinde,
Isaiah Uzezi Ebie,
Michael Temidayo Adeyemi
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 19 , ISSUE 79, 269–275
Original Paper | 31-August-2018
questionnaire. After that, the patients were submitted to Doppler sonography concentrated on intima–media complex thickness evaluation. The occurrence of atheromatous plaque was also assessed in obtained sonographic images. Results: There were statistically significant differences for the intima–media complex thickness and for the atheromatous plaque according to all of the reported diseases: hypocholesterolaemia, hypertension and diabetes. Conclusions: The present study confirms that there is a
Tomasz Słomka,
Anna Drelich-Zbroja,
Magdalena Jarząbek,
Małgorzata Szczerbo-Trojanowska
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 18 , ISSUE 73, 133–139
Original Paper | 29-September-2017
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of high-resolution ultrasonography for the diagnosis of polyneuropathy in diabetes mellitus patients by the examination of the ulnar nerves. Method: We recruited 100 healthy age-matched volunteers (50 women and 50 men) with 200 arms without diabetes or cubital tunnel syndrome as the control group. We assessed the upper limbs of 100 diabetes mellitus patients (45 women and 55 men), 40 of whom had electrophysiologically
Jun Chen,
Chun-Lei Wang,
Shan Wu,
Shan He,
Jun Ren
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 17 , ISSUE 70, 160–166
review-article | 18-June-2021
Iris Kilsdonk,
Melinda Witbreuk,
Henk-Jan Van Der Woude
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 21 , ISSUE 85, e147–e153
Original Paper | 13-September-2016
Aim:The aim of the research was to assess the echogenicity of benign adrenal focal lesions using new ultrasound techniques.Material and method:34 benign adrenal masses in 29 patients were analyzed retrospectively. The examinations were conducted using Aplio XG (Toshiba, Japan) ultrasound scanner with a convex probe 1–6 MHz in the B-mode presentation with the combined use of new ultrasound techniques: harmonic imaging and spatial compound sonography. The size of the adrenal tumors, their
Rafał Z. Słapa,
Anna A. Kasperlik-Załuska,
Bartosz Migda,
Maciej Otto,
Katarzyna Dobruch-Sobczak,
Wiesław S. Jakubowski
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 15 , ISSUE 63, 368–376
Review | 13-September-2016
Patients with symptoms of thyroid-associated orbitopathy are classifi ed on the basis of the clinical activity score (CAS) proposed by Mourits in 1989. Despite its undoubted clinical usefulness, it has several limitations which can decide about the success or failure of the implemented treatment. Numerous reports mention the presence of hemodynamic changes in orbital and bulbar vessels in the course of an orbitopathy called Graves’ disease. The usage of Doppler sonography in the diagnosis of
Dorota Walasik-Szemplińska,
Magdalena Pauk-Domańska,
Urszula Sanocka,
Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 15 , ISSUE 63, 388–397
research-article | 31-March-2020
sheath of the extensor compartment II. An empty tendon sheath was observed in 1 patient (Fig. 2). Evidence of associated tenosynovitis of the EPL sheath was demonstrated in 2 cases with increased vascularity seen on Doppler interrogation (Fig. 3). In 9 patients, sonography revealed the retracted tendon ends as enlarged and hypoechoic with loss of their normal fibrillar appearance (Fig. 4). None of the cases demonstrated atrophic or degenerated changes of the tendon ends. In the 8 cases that proceeded
Louy Ghazal,
Mohammed Nabi,
Christopher Little,
James Teh
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 20 , ISSUE 80, e1–e5
research-article | 31-December-2019
appropriate stage, is crucial both to maternal and foetal health. Rapid advancements in medicine have confronted obstetricians with a growing need to objectify the diagnostic tools used during labour and delivery. One attempt to address this need is the proposed application of intrapartum sonography.
Application of intrapartum ultrasound
Intrapartum ultrasound (labour ultrasound) is a type of ultrasound assessment performed during labour which, by measuring a set of parameters, aims to evaluate spatial
Małgorzata Siergiej,
Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska,
Jerzy Zwoliński,
Anna Maria Śladowska-Zwolińska
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 19 , ISSUE 79, 295–301
research-article | 30-November-2020
Moath AlSaiady,
Ahmad Alqatie,
Musab Almushayqih
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 21 , ISSUE 87, 282–285