Journal of Medical Ultrasonics

Ultrasound diagnostic criteria for thyroid nodules around the world and artificial intelligence

• Editorial

Wataru Kitagawa

Assessment of hepatic veno-occlusive disease/sinusoidal obstruction syndrome using different scanning approaches for the ultrasonographic evaluation of portal vein blood flow and hepatic artery resistive index in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients

• Original Article–Gastroenterology

Momoka Kikuchi, Takahito Iwai, Mutsumi Nishida, Yusuke Kudo, Satomi Omotehara, Megumi Sato, Junichi Sugita, Hideki Goto, Isao Yokota, Takanori Teshima

B-mode shear wave elastography can be an alternative method to vibration-controlled transient elastography according to a moderate-scale population study

• Original Article–Gastroenterology

Masashi Hirooka, Yohei Koizumi, Yoshiko Nakamura, Ryo Yano, Kana Hirooka, Makoto Morita, Yusuke Imai, Yoshio Tokumoto, Masanori Abe, Yoichi Hiasa

The diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-shear wave elastography in multiple pancreatic regions for chronic pancreatitis based on the Rosemont criteria

• Original Article–Gastroenterology

Shuhei Shintani, Osamu Inatomi, Kosuke Hiroe, Yuki Tomozawa, Akitoshi Inoue, Hidenori Kimura, Atsushi Nishida, Yoshihisa Tsuji, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Akira Andoh

Factors affecting testicular volume after orchiopexy for undescended testes

• Original Article–Urology

Jun Ajiki, Tsukasa Narukawa, Yasuyuki Naitoh, Yuta Inoue, Atsuko Fujihara, Fumiya Hongo, Osamu Ukimura

An ultrasound-based radiomics model for survival prediction in patients with endometrial cancer

• Open Access
• Original Article–Obstetrics & Gynecology

Xiao-wan Huang, Jie Ding, Ru-ru Zheng, Jia-yao Ma, Meng-ting Cai, Martin Powell, Feng Lin, Yun-jun Yang, Chu Jin

Examining the effectiveness of a deep learning-based computer-aided breast cancer detection system for breast ultrasound

• Open Access
• Original Article–Breast & Thyroid

Tomoyuki Fujioka, Kazunori Kubota, Jen Feng Hsu, Ruey Feng Chang, Terumasa Sawada, Yoshimi Ide, Kanae Taruno, Meishi Hankyo, Tomoko Kurita, Seigo Nakamura, Ukihide Tateishi, Hiroyuki Takei

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound-guided biopsy of suspicious breast lesions on contrast-enhanced mammography and contrast-enhanced MRI: a case series

• Original Article–Breast & Thyroid

Pi-Yi Huang, Meng-Yuan Tsai, Jer-Shyung Huang, Pei-Ying Lin, Chen-Pin Chou

Visualization of lateral meniscus extrusion during gait using dynamic ultrasonographic evaluation

• Original Article–Orthopedics

Yosuke Ishii, Masakazu Ishikawa, Yuko Nakashima, Makoto Takahashi, Takato Hashizume, Saeko Okamoto, Naofumi Hashiguchi, Atsuo Nakamae, Goki Kamei, Nobuo Adachi

Evaluation of meniscus extrusion during stair ambulation in healthy volunteers using dynamic ultrasonography: a feasibility study

• Open Access
• Original Article–Orthopedics

Takato Hashizume, Yosuke Ishii, Yuko Nakashima, Saeko Okamoto, Yoshitaka Iwamoto, Kaoru Okada, Kazuya Takagi, Nobuo Adachi, Makoto Takahashi

Association of activities of daily living, mobility and balance ability, and symptoms of Parkinson’s disease with the masses and amounts of intramuscular non-contractile tissue of the trunk and lower extremity muscles in patients with Parkinson’s disease

• Original Article–Orthopedics

Mitsuhiro Masaki, Moeka Takeuchi, Maki Kasahara, Kota Minakawa, Yukika Inagaki, Yukine Ogawa, Yoshino Sato, Minori Yokota, Seina Maruyama, Shunsuke Obinata

Characteristics of the static muscle stiffness of ankle plantar flexors in individuals with chronic ankle instability

• Original Article–Orthopedics

Takumi Kobayashi, Taiki Kodesho, Keita Kinami, Ayuka Takahashi, Konatsu Taniguchi, Keigo Taniguchi

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for a pericardial lesion

• Image–Gastroenterology

Kenji Nakamura, Koyu Suzuki, Katsuyuki Fukuda

Sonazoid-enhanced ultrasound images of multiacinar cirrhotic nodules showing a “donut-like” hyperintense appearance on Gd-EOB-MRI: a case report

• Image–Gastroenterology

Ryuichi Kubota, Nobuyuki Toshikuni, Mikihiro Tsutsumi, Mutsumi Tsuchishima

Methotrexate-associated lymphoproliferative disorder in the thyroid gland of a patient with chronic thyroiditis

• Image–Breast & Thyroid

Marino Hiruma, Kumiko Tsuboi, Takahisa Hirose

Intravascular solitary fibrous tumor of the cephalic vein: a case report

• Image–Vessels

Megumi Yokoyama, Takayuki Suyama, Taiki Sato, Tokihiro Nishimura, Kazumoto Katagiri

Comments on “Ultrasound-guided adductor canal block is superior to femoral nerve block for early postoperative pain relief after single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with hamstring autograft”

• Letter to the Editor

Hai-Jun Hou, Xin-Tao Li, Fu-Shan Xue

Reply to comments on “ultrasound-guided adductor canal block is superior to femoral nerve block for early postoperative pain relief after single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with hamstring autograft”

• Letter to the Editor

Takeshi Oshima, Junsuke Nakase

Comments on “Ultrasonography in undergraduate medical education: a comprehensive review and the education program implemented at Jichi Medical University”

• Letter to the Editor

Michael N. Megafu

Reply to comments on “Ultrasonography in undergraduate medical education: a comprehensive review and the education program implemented at Jichi Medical University”

• Letter to the Editor

Toru Kameda, Nobuyuki Taniguchi, Kei Konno, Harumi Koibuchi, Kiyoka Omoto, Kouichi Itoh

Correction: Clinicopathological and ultrasound characteristics of breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers

• Open Access
• Correction

Kengo Ikejima, Sayuri Tokioka, Kazuyo Yagishita, Yuka Kajiura, Naoki Kanomata, Hideko Yamauchi, Yasuyuki Kurihara, Hiroko Tsunoda

People say that the long nights of autumn are conducive to research and writing papers, but…

• Editor's Note

Yoshiki Hirooka

Acknowledgment to reviewers

• Acknowledgment