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Extremity Veins Uterus
· High resolution ultrasonography of the anterior abdominal wall Indian Journal of Radiology 2007
· Sonography in Identification of Abdominal Wall Lesions Presenting as Palpable Masses Journal of US in Medicine 2006
· Adnexal Masses: US Characterization and Reporting http://radiology.rsna.org/content/254/2/342.full
· Biliary Atresia: US Diagnosis http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/244/3/845
· Biliary Atresia: Color Doppler US Findings in Neonates and Infants http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/252/1/282
· Biliary Atresia in Neonates and Infants: Triangular Area of High Signal Intensity in the Porta Hepatis at T2-weighted MR Cholangiography with US and Histopathologic Correlation http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/215/2/395
· Objective Criteria of Triangular Cord Sign in Biliary Atresia on US Scans http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/229/2/395
· Sonographic Diagnosis of Biliary Atresia in Pediatric Patients Using the "Triangular Cord" Sign Versus Gallbladder Length and Contraction http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/181/5/1387
· Crohn Disease: Correlation of Findings at Contrast-enhanced US with Severity at Endoscopy http://radiology.rsna.org/content/253/1/241.full
· Comparison of Contrast-Enhanced Sonography with Unenhanced Sonography and Contrast-Enhanced CT in the Diagnosis of Malignancy in Complex Cystic Renal Masses http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/191/4/1239
· Follow-Up After Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation of Renal Cell Carcinoma: Contrast-Enhanced Sonography Versus Contrast-Enhanced CT or MRI http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/191/4/1233
· Ectopic Pregnancy http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/245/2/385
Extracranial
Cerebrovascular Ultrasound
· ACCF/SCAI/SVMB/SIR/ASITN 2007 Clinical Expert Consensus Document on Carotid Stenting JACC January 2007
· Analysis of pooled data from the randomised controlled trials of endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid stenosis Lancet 2003
· A Spectrum of Doppler Waveforms in the Carotid and Vertebral Arteries AJR 2003
· Beneficial effect of carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients with high-grade carotid stenosis. North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial Collaborators NEJM August 1991
· Can the NASCET technique for measuring carotid stenosis be reliably applied outside the trial? J Vasc Surgery September 1996
·
Carotid
Artery Stenosis: Gray-Scale and Doppler US Diagnosis- SRU Consensus Conference Radiology Nov 2003
· Characteristic Sonographic Findings of Early Restenosis After Carotid Endarterectomy JUM 2008
· Diagnosing Carotid Stenosis by Doppler Sonography; State of the Art JUM 2005
· Effect of Doppler Angle in Diagnosis of Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis JUM 2006
· Endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis. Executive Committee for the Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study (ACAS) JAMA 1995
· European Carotid Surgery Trial Collaborative Group. MRC European Carotid Surgery Trial: interim results for symptomatic patients with severe (70–99%) or with mild (0–29%) carotid stenosis. Lancet 1991
·
Imaging of the
Internal Carotid Artery: The Dilemma of Total versus Near Total Occlusion Radiology November 2001
· Recurrent Carotid Artery Stenosis Following Endarterectomy: Natural History and Risk Factors European J of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery April 2005
· Sonographic Examination of the Carotid Arteries Radiographics November 2005
· The reliability of color duplex ultrasound in diagnosing total carotid artery occlusion American Journal of Surgery Vol 174, Issue 2, Aug 1997, Pages 185-187
· Ultrasound: Practical Sonography for the Radiologist 2009 Categorical Course ARRS
· Innominate Artery Occlusive Disease: Sonographic Findings http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/186/2/394
· Color Doppler Imaging Evaluation of Proximal Vertebral Artery Stenosis AJR November 2009
· Ultrasound of the extracranial vertebral artery British Journal of Radiology January 2004
· Vertebral Artery Doppler Waveform Changes Indicating Subclavian Steal Physiology AJR March 2000
· Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease: Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/20/3/837
· Diagnosis Please. Case 49: Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/224/2/375
First
Trimester Obstetrical Ultrasound
· First-Trimester Screening; Ultrasound Clinics - Volume 1, Issue 2 (April 2006)
· The hyperplastic cholecystoses: cholesterolosis and adenomyomatosis http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/abstract/146/3/593
· Diffuse Gallbladder Wall Thickening: Differential Diagnosis http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/188/2/495
· Coagulation Concepts Update http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/193/6/1656
· Small, asymptomatic angiomyolipomas of the kidney http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/reprint/154/1/7
· A Practical Approach to the Cystic Renal Mass http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/24/suppl_1/S101
· Can High-Attenuation Renal Cysts Be Differentiated from Renal Cell Carcinoma at Unenhanced CT? http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/243/2/445
· Cystic renal masses: Ignore, Follow, Excise http://www.radiologyassistant.nl/en/44d1045b472df
· Common and Uncommon Histologic Subtypes of Renal Cell Carcinoma: Imaging Spectrum with Pathologic Correlation http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/26/6/1795
· How I Do It: Evaluating Renal Masses http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/236/2/441
· Hyperattenuating Renal Masses: Etiologies, Pathogenesis, and Imaging Evaluation http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/1131
· Complications of Renal Transplantation http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/25/5/1335
· Reversed Diastolic Flow in the Renal Transplant: Perioperative Implications Versus Transplants Older Than 1 Month http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/190/3/650
· Fatty Liver: Imaging Patterns and Pitfalls http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/26/6/1637
· Imaging-based Quantification of Hepatic Fat: Methods and Clinical Applications (Radiographics 2009)
à Criteria for Imaging-based Diagnosis and Grading of Liver Steatosis
· Sonography of diffuse benign liver disease: accuracy of pattern recognition and grading 1986 http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/146/5/1011
· Colour Doppler ultrasound flow patterns in the portal venous system http://bjr.birjournals.org/cgi/content/full/75/899/919
· Doppler US of the Liver Made Simple Radiographics Jan 2011
· Understanding the Spectral Doppler Waveform of the Hepatic Veins in Health and Disease
· Complications of Liver Transplantation: Multimodality Imaging Approach http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/27/5/1401
· Doppler Ultrasound Findings in the Hepatic Artery Shortly After Liver Transplantation http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/193/1/128
· Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: Reversible Doppler US Findings in the Immediate Postoperative Period Radiographics January 2012
· Sonographic Diagnosis and Outcome of Hepatic Artery Thrombosis After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in Adults http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/189/2/346
· Sonographic Evaluation of Venous Obstruction in Liver Transplants http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/188/6/W515
Lower Extremity
Arterial Evaluation
· Noninvasive Vascular Laboratory for Evaluation of Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease: Part I—Hemodynamic Principles and Tools of the Trade JVIR 2000; 11:1107-1114.
· Noninvasive Vascular Laboratory for Evaluation of Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease: Part II—Clinical Applications: Chronic, Usually Atherosclerotic, Lower Extremity Ischemia JVIR 2000; 11:1257-1275.
· Noninvasive Vascular Laboratory for Evaluation of Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease. Part III—Clinical Applications: Nonatherosclerotic Lower Extremity Arterial Conditions and Upper Extremity Arterial Disease JVIR 2001; 12:11-18.
· Position Statement on the Use of the Ankle-Brachial Index in the Evaluation of Patients with Peripheral Vascular Disease http://www.jvir.org/cgi/content/full/13/4/353
· The Top 10 Reasons Musculoskeletal Sonography Is an Important Complementary or Alternative Technique to MRI http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/190/6/1621
· State-of-the-Art Cranial Sonography: Part 1, Modern Techniques and Image Interpretation AJR May 2011
· State-of-the-Art Cranial Sonography: Part 2, Pitfalls and Variants AJR May 2011
· Differential Diagnosis of Intracranial Cystic Lesions at Head US: Correlation with CT and MR Imaging http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/26/1/173
· Echogenic vasculature in the basal ganglia of neonates: a sonographic sign of vasculopathy http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/abstract/169/2/423
· Neonatal lenticulostriate vasculopathy: further characterization http://fn.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/88/5/F410
· Sonographic lenticulostriate vasculopathy in infants: some associations and a hypothesis http://www.ajnr.org/cgi/content/abstract/16/1/97
· Ultrasound and Assessment of Ovarian Cancer Risk http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/194/2/322
· Management of Asymptomatic Ovarian and Other Adnexal Cysts Imaged at US: SRU Consensus Conference Statement Radiology 2010
· Persistent Unilocular Ovarian Cysts in a General Population of Postmenopausal Women: Is There a Place for Expectant Management? http://www.greenjournal.org/cgi/content/full/102/3/589
· Practical Approach to the Adnexal Mass Radiol Clin N Am 44 (2006) 879–899 JEFFLINE
· Radiological Reasoning: Imaging Characterization of Bilateral Adnexal Masses http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/187/3_Supplement/S460
· Risk of Malignancy in Unilocular Ovarian Cystic Tumors Less Than 10 Centimeters in Diameter http://www.greenjournal.org/cgi/content/full/102/3/594
· Vijayaraghavan B. Sonographic whirlpool sign in ovarian torsion. J Ultrasound Med. 2004;23:1643-9.
· Lee E, Kwon H, Joo H, Suh J, Fleischer A. Diagnosis of ovarian torsion with color Doppler sonography: depiction of twisted vascular pedicle. J Ultrasound Med. 1998;17:83-89
· Ultrasound assessment of the polycystic ovary: international consensus definitions Human Reproductive Update 2003
· Parathyroid Imaging: Technique and Role in the Preoperative Evaluation of Primary Hyperparathyroidism http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/188/6/1706
· Ultrasound of the Pediatric Female Pelvis: A Clinical Perspective http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/21/6/1393
·
Does
the Type of Intrauterine Device Affect Conspicuity on 2D and 3D Ultrasound?
AJR June 2011 vol. 196
no. 6 1439-1443
· Imaging Prostate Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Perspective http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/243/1/28
· US Artifacts http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/29/4/1179.full
· Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/227/2/319
Radial
Artery Harvesting for Bypass Grafting
· Radial Artery Mapping for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Placement http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/220/2/299
· US–MR Imaging Correlation in Pathologic Conditions of the Scrotum http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/27/5/1239
· Multimodality Imaging of Paratesticular Neoplasms and Their Rare Mimics http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/23/6/1461
à Adenomatoid tumor is the most common tumor of the epididymis, followed by leiomyoma. In adult patients, it is imperative to consider sarcomas in the differential diagnosis of all solid tumors of the scrotum.
· Sonography of the Scrotum Radiology April 2003
· Sonography of the Scrotum: Case-Based Review AJR 2008
· Is There an Increased Incidence of Contralateral Testicular Cancer in Patients with Intratesticular Microlithiasis? http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/180/2/497
· Testicular Microlithiasis Prevalence and Tumor Risk in a Population Referred for Scrotal Sonography http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/175/6/1703
· Testicular Microlithiasis: Prospective Analysis of Prevalence and Associated Tumor http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/224/2/425
· Testicular Microlithiasis: US Follow-up http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/218/2/359
· Testicular Microlithiasis: What Is Its Association with Testicular Cancer? http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/220/1/70
· US of Acute Scrotal Trauma: Optimal Technique, Imaging Findings, and Management http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/27/2/357
· Thyroglossal Duct Cysts: Sonographic Appearances in Adults http://www.ajnr.org/cgi/content/full/20/4/579
· Diagnostic Approach for Evaluation of Lymph Node Metastasis From Thyroid Cancer Using Ultrasound and Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/194/1/38
· Normal and Abnormal Sonographic Findings at the Thyroidectomy Sites in Postoperative Patients With Thyroid Malignancy (AJR 2010)
· Postoperative Surveillance of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma: Rationale, Techniques, and Controversies, Nov 2008; http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/249/2/429
· Hashimoto Thyroiditis: Part 1, Sonographic Analysis of the Nodular Form of Hashimoto Thyroiditis
· Micronodulation: ultrasonographic sign of Hashimoto thyroiditis
· Thyroiditis: Differential Diagnosis and Management
· Approach to the Patient with a Cytologically Indeterminate Thyroid Nodule
· Biopsy of Thyroid Nodules: Comparison of Three Sets of Guidelines
· US Features of Thyroid Malignancy: Pearls and Pitfalls
· US-guided Fine-Needle Aspiration of Thyroid Nodules: Indications, Techniques, Results
· US Vascular Mapping before Hemodialysis Access Placement http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/217/1/83
· Adenomyosis: US Features with Histologic Correlation in an in Vitro Study Radiology June 2000
· Sonography of Adenomyosis JUM May 2012
à
Uterine
enlargement—Globular uterine enlargement that is generally up to 12 cm in
uterine length and that is not explained by the presence of leiomyomata is a
characteristic finding (Figure 3).
à
Cystic anechoic
spaces or lakes in the myometrium—The cystic anechoic spaces within the
myometrium are variable in size and can occur throughout the myometrium (Figure 4). The cystic changes in the outer
myometrium may on occasion represent small arcuate
veins rather than adenomyomas. The application of
color Doppler imaging at low velocity scales may help in this differentiation.
à
Uterine wall
thickening—The uterine wall thickening can show anteroposterior
asymmetry, especially when the disease is focal (Figure 5).
à
Subendometrial echogenic linear striations—Invasion of the
endometrial glands into the subendometrial tissue
induces a hyperplastic reaction, which appears as echogenic linear striations
fanning out from the endometrial layer (Figure 6).
à
Heterogeneous
echo texture—There is a lack of homogeneity within the myometrium with evidence
of architectural disturbance (Figures 1 and 4). This finding has been shown to be the most
predictive of adenomyosis.
à
Obscure
endometrial/myometrial border—Invasion of the
myometrium by the glands also obscures the normally distinct endometrial/myometrial border (Figures 2–6).
à
Thickening of the
transition zone—This zone is a layer that appears as a hypoechoic
halo surrounding the endometrial layer. A thickness of 12 mm or greater has
been shown to be associated with adenomyosis.
· Evaluation of the Woman With Postmenopausal Bleeding; Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound–Sponsored Consensus Conference Statement; Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Vol 20, Issue 10 1025-1036
· Imaging the Endometrium: Disease and Normal Variants http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/21/6/1409
· Radiological Reasoning: Algorithmic Workup of Abnormal Vaginal Bleeding with Endovaginal Sonography and Sonohysterography http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/191/6_Supplement/S68
· US of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/23/3/703
· Uterine Fibroid Vascularization and Clinical Relevance to Uterine Fibroid Embolization http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/25/suppl_1/S99
· Imaging of Intrauterine Contraceptive Devices http://www.jultrasoundmed.org/cgi/content/full/26/10/1389
· Sonographic Appearances of the Endometrium After Termination of Pregnancy in Asymptomatic Versus Symptomatic Women http://www.jultrasoundmed.org/cgi/content/full/28/5/579
· Endometrial Evaluation with Transvaginal US and Hysterosonography in Asymptomatic Postmenopausal Women with Breast Cancer Receiving Tamoxifen http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/220/3/765
· Tamoxifen-induced Uterine Abnormalities: The Role of Imaging http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/214/1/29