Journal of Medical Ultrasonics

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• Editorial

Yasushi Sakata

On the publication of the special feature on recent progress in basic research useful for the interpretation of ultrasound diagnostic images

• Special Feature: Editorial

Naotaka Nitta

Advances in ultrasonography: image formation and quality assessment

• Open Access
• Special Feature: Review Article

Hideyuki Hasegawa

Basic concept and clinical applications of quantitative ultrasound (QUS) technologies

• Open Access
• Special Feature: Review Article

Tadashi Yamaguchi

A review of physical and engineering factors potentially affecting shear wave elastography

• Open Access
• Special Feature: Review Article

Naotaka Nitta, Makoto Yamakawa, Hiroyuki Hachiya, Tsuyoshi Shiina

Correction to: A review of physical and engineering factors potentially affecting shear wave elastography

• Open Access
• Correction

Naotaka Nitta, Makoto Yamakawa, Hiroyuki Hachiya, Tsuyoshi Shiina

Measurement of flow velocity vectors in carotid artery using plane wave imaging with repeated transmit sequence

• Original Article–Physics & Engineering

Hideyuki Hasegawa, Michiya Mozumi, Masaaki Omura, Ryo Nagaoka, Kozue Saito

Correction to: Measurement of flow velocity vectors in carotid artery using plane wave imaging with repeated transmit sequence

• Correction

Hideyuki Hasegawa, Michiya Mozumi, Masaaki Omura, Ryo Nagaoka, Kozue Saito

Elucidation of spleen elasticity and viscosity in a carbon tetrachloride rat model of liver cirrhosis using a new ultrasound elastography

• Original Article–Gastroenterology

Yoshihiro Furuichi, Katsutoshi Sugimoto, Hisashi Oshiro, Masakazu Abe, Hirohito Takeuchi, Yuu Yoshimasu, Takao Itoi

Inhibitory effects of ultrasound irradiation on Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm

• Open Access
• Original Article—Physics & Engineering

Harumi Koibuchi, Yasutomo Fujii, Yusuke Sato’o, Takashi Mochizuki, Toshiyuki Yamada, Longzhu Cui, Nobuyuki Taniguchi

Correction to: Inhibitory effects of ultrasound irradiation on Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm

• Correction

Harumi Koibuchi, Yasutomo Fujii, Yusuke Sato’o, Takashi Mochizuki, Toshiyuki Yamada, Longzhu Cui, Nobuyuki Taniguchi

Low-intensity ultrasound inhibits melanoma cell proliferation in vitro and tumor growth in vivo

• Original Article—Physics & Engineering

Loreto B. Feril Jr., Kazuki Yamaguchi, Yurika Ikeda-Dantsuji, Yukihiro Furusawa, Yoshiaki Tabuchi, Ichiro Takasaki, Ryohei Ogawa, Zheng-Guo Cui, Katsuro Tachibana

Development of US- and CT/MRI-based quantification of liver steatosis

• Special Feature: Editorial

Katsutoshi Sugimoto

Quantitative assessment of fatty liver using ultrasound attenuation imaging

• Special Feature: Review Article

Dong Ho Lee

Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound-guided attenuation parameter as a noninvasive test for steatosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

• Special Feature: Review Article

Hidekatsu Kuroda, Tamami Abe, Yudai Fujiwara, Tomoaki Nagasawa, Yasuhiro Takikawa

Attenuation coefficient (ATT) measurement for liver fat quantification in chronic liver disease

• Special Feature: Review Article

Nobuharu Tamaki, Masayuki Kurosaki, Yutaka Yasui, Kaoru Tsuchiya, Namiki Izumi

Quantitative assessment of liver steatosis using ultrasound controlled attenuation parameter (Echosens)

• Open Access
• Special Feature: Review Article

Giovanna Ferraioli

MRI-derived proton density fat fraction

• Special Feature: Review Article

Eriko Yoshizawa, Akira Yamada

Quantitative assessment of liver steatosis using ultrasound: dual-energy CT

• Special Feature: Review Article

Akira Yamada, Eriko Yoshizawa

Pathological findings of liver steatosis that is difficult to evaluate with ultrasound

• Special Feature: Review Article

Reiichiro Kondo, Hironori Kusano, Yutaro Mihara, Masayoshi Kage, Jun Akiba, Hirohisa Yano

Encyclopedia of autoimmune pancreatitis: this is all we need

• Special Feature: Editorial

Eizaburo Ohno, Yoshiki Hirooka

Role of transabdominal ultrasound in the diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis

• Special Feature: Review Article

Shinji Okaniwa

Correction to: Role of transabdominal ultrasound in the diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis

• Correction

Shinji Okaniwa

Imaging diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis using endoscopic ultrasonography

• Special Feature: Review Article

Takuya Ishikawa, Hiroki Kawashima, Eizaburo Ohno, Yasuyuki Mizutani, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition for the histopathological diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis

• Special Feature: Review Article

Atsushi Kanno, Kiichi Tamada, Noriyoshi Fukushima, Alan Kawarai Lefor, Hironori Yamamoto

Imaging diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging

• Open Access
• Special Feature: Review Article

Hiroshi Ogawa, Yasuo Takehara, Shinji Naganawa

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and intraductal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis and IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis

• Special Feature: Review Article

Itaru Naitoh, Takahiro Nakazawa

Histological features of autoimmune pancreatitis and IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis with a correlation with imaging findings

• Special Feature: Review Article

Kenji Notohara

Value of standard echocardiography at the bedside for COVID-19 patients in intensive care units: a Japanese single-center analysis

• Zur Zeit gratis
• COVID-19
• Original Article–Cardiology

Tomoo Nagai, Hitomi Horinouchi, Koichiro Yoshioka, Yoshihide Nakagawa, Yuji Ikari

Comparison of the Balthazar score of acute pancreatitis between computed tomography and ultrasound in children: pitfalls of ultrasound in diagnosing and evaluating pancreatitis

• Original Article–Gastroenterology

Takahiro Hosokawa, Yutaka Tanami, Yumiko Sato, Eiji Oguma

The most appropriate region-of-interest position for attenuation coefficient measurement in the evaluation of liver steatosis

• Original Article–Gastroenterology

Katsutoshi Sugimoto, Masakazu Abe, Hisashi Oshiro, Hiroshi Takahashi, Tatsuya Kakegawa, Yusuke Tomita, Yu Yoshimasu, Hirohito Takeuchi, Takao Itoi

Optimal number of needle punctures in endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy for gastric subepithelial lesions without rapid on-site evaluation

• Original Article–Gastroenterology

Masato Suzuki, Yusuke Sekino, Kunihiro Hosono, Kenichi Kawana, Hajime Nagase, Kensuke Kubota, Atsushi Nakajima

Association between medial meniscus extrusion under weight-bearing conditions and pain in early-stage knee osteoarthritis

• Original Article–Orthopedics

Yosuke Ishii, Masakazu Ishikawa, Yuko Nakashima, Seiju Hayashi, Munekazu Kanemitsu, Hiroshi Kurumadani, Shota Date, Akio Ueda, Toru Sunagawa, Nobuo Adachi

Ultrasound-guided internal jugular venipuncture using pocket-sized versus standard ultrasound devices: a prospective non-inferiority trial

• Original Article–Vessels

Kenji Yamamoto, Yasuyoshi Inagaki, Chihiro Iwata, Masahiro Tada, Kazuyoshi Tateoka, Tomoki Sasakawa

Pseudo-thrombus mechanism in left atrial appendage visualized via transthoracic echocardiography

• Image–Cardiology

Ai Saito, Toshimitsu Kato, Takahiro Ikoma, Katsuhiko Tsunekawa, Noriaki Takama, Takao Kimura, Masami Murakami

Multimodality imaging in a patient with an idiopathic submitral left ventricular aneurysm

• Image–Cardiology

Fengyu Huang, Li Rao, Wenjuan Bai

Usefulness of intraoperative contrast-enhanced color Doppler ultrasonography for selective renal artery clamping in robot-assisted partial nephrectomy

• Image–Urology

Fumiya Hongo, Munehiro Ohashi, Takashi Ueda, Koji Okihara, Osamu Ukimura

Prenatal diagnosis of isolated retroaortic left innominate vein with a left aortic arch

• Image–Pediatrics

Masayoshi Mori, Yoichiro Ishii, Futoshi Kayatani

Praying that this was the last state of emergency

• Editor's Note

Yoshiki Hirooka

Acknowledgement to reviewers

• Acknowledgment