European Journal of Ultrasound

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General practitioner's skills to perform limited goal-oriented abdominal US examinations after one month of intensive training

Ilkka Suramo, Jukka Merikanto, Markku Päivänsalo, Heli Reinikainen, more

European Journal of Ultrasound > 2002 > 15 > 3 > 133 - 138

A training program of ''limited goal-oriented abdominal sonography'' for general practitioners (GPs) was planned, set up and tested. After 1 month of intensive training (about 100 examinations), four test subjects succeeded in technically performing examinations in four patients out of five patients, and were able to rule out or exclude fluid collections, aortic aneurysms and common gallbladder disease.

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EFSUMB: safety tutorial - Epidemiology of diagnostic ultrasound exposure during pregnancy-European committee for medical ultrasound safety (ECMUS)

Kjell Å. Salvesen

European Journal of Ultrasound > 2002 > 15 > 3 > 165 - 171

The present paper summarizes some of the epidemiological studies of in utero ultrasound exposure and subsequent childhood development. Emphasis is placed on birth weight, childhood malignancies, neurological development, handedness and speech development. The epidemiological evidence does not indicate any association between diagnostic ultrasound exposure during pregnancy and reduced birth weight,...

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European Journal of Ultrasound > 2002 > 15 > 3 > 181

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European Journal of Ultrasound > 2002 > 15 > 3 > 183 - 184

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Grading of pars planitis by ultrasound biomicroscopy-echographic and clinical study

Kathrin H. Greiner, Dara J. Kilmartin, John V. Forrester, Hatem R. Atta

European Journal of Ultrasound > 2002 > 15 > 3 > 139 - 144

Objective: To determine the value of high frequency ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) in the assessment of pars planitis, and in particular to correlate UBM findings and ophthalmoscopy findings. Methods: All patients with pars planitis were identified from the uveitis database of the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Aberdeen. Fifteen consecutive patients (age 14-52 years) underwent complete...

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Combined carotid and transcranial color-coded sonography in acute ischemic stroke

Kuniyasu Wada, Kazumi Kimura, Kazuo Minematsu, Masahiro Yasaka, more

European Journal of Ultrasound > 2002 > 15 > 3 > 101 - 108

The objective of this study is to clarify whether the combination of carotid duplex sonography (CD) and transcranial color-coded sonography (TCCS) can accurately detect occlusive lesions in extra and intracranial brain arteries in acute stroke patients, using angiography as the standard. Just before angiography, we performed CD and TCCS in 40 consecutive patients within 24 h after stroke onset. We...

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The efficacy of liver biopsy under ultrasonographic guidance on an outpatient basis

Stefano Spiezia, Antonio Salvio, Carolina Di Somma, Caterina Scelzi, more

European Journal of Ultrasound > 2002 > 15 > 3 > 127 - 131

Objective: To evaluate the safety and compliance of outpatient echo-guided liver biopsy (ELB) when compared to those performed on inpatients (IP). Methods: From June 1996 to November 2000, we carried out 418 ELB on patients with diffuse liver disease: 246 inpatients (IP ELB) and 172 in a Day Hospital setting (DH ELB). The same inclusion and exclusion criteria were followed for both groups of patients,...

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Observer variation in the sonographic measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter in normal adults

S.A. Ballantyne, G. O'Neill, R. Hamilton, A.S. Hollman

European Journal of Ultrasound > 2002 > 15 > 3 > 145 - 149

Aim: To quantify the observer variation in the sonographic measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) in normal adults. Materials and methods: Sixty-seven normal adult volunteers underwent ultrasound examination of each eye by three independent observers using a 7 MHz sector probe. Three measurements were made of each eye by each observer and a mean value calculated for each eye. Median and...

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Improved detection of liver metastases with contrast-enhanced wideband harmonic imaging: comparison with CT findings

J.M. Esteban, M.A. Mollá, C. Tomás, L. Maldonado

European Journal of Ultrasound > 2002 > 15 > 3 > 119 - 126

Objective: To evaluate the capability of contrast-enhanced wideband harmonic imaging (WHI) to detect liver metastases in comparison with fundamental B-mode US and postcontrast CT. Methods: We studied 27 patients with hepatic metastases from different malignancies with conventional B-mode sonography, WHI 3 min after injection of contrast agent (Levovist(R) 2.5 g, 300 mg/ml) and postcontrast helical...

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Performance testing of medical echo/Doppler equipment

J.M. Thijssen, M.C. van Wijk, M.H.M. Cuypers

European Journal of Ultrasound > 2002 > 15 > 3 > 151 - 164

This paper describes the methods applied in a software package developed by the authors for use in a performance testing protocol for medical ultrasound equipment. The history of performance testing of medical ultrasound equipment is briefly reviewed. This paper is confined to the testing of performance of usage aspects, i.e. imaging performance and Doppler velocity estimation performance. Simple...

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Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: sonographic pattern of 'pneumonia'

Christian Görg, Ulf Seifart, Ingelore Holzinger, Martin Wolf, more

European Journal of Ultrasound > 2002 > 15 > 3 > 109 - 117

Background: the sonographic pattern of bacterial pneumonia is predominantly well known and characterized by an air bronchogram, a marked vascularity on color Doppler sonography, and a high-impedance arterial flow pattern on Doppler spectral analysis. Methods: in a retrospective study the sonographic findings in seven patients with peripheral BAC on X-ray examination were evaluated in relation to number,...

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European Journal of Ultrasound

General practitioner's skills to perform limited goal-oriented abdominal US examinations after one month of intensive training

EFSUMB: safety tutorial - Epidemiology of diagnostic ultrasound exposure during pregnancy-European committee for medical ultrasound safety (ECMUS)

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Grading of pars planitis by ultrasound biomicroscopy-echographic and clinical study

Combined carotid and transcranial color-coded sonography in acute ischemic stroke

The efficacy of liver biopsy under ultrasonographic guidance on an outpatient basis

Observer variation in the sonographic measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter in normal adults

Improved detection of liver metastases with contrast-enhanced wideband harmonic imaging: comparison with CT findings

Performance testing of medical echo/Doppler equipment

Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma: sonographic pattern of 'pneumonia'

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