Ultrasound quarterly
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Ultrasound quarterly · Jun 2014
ReviewUltrasound artifacts: classification, applied physics with illustrations, and imaging appearances.
Ultrasound has become a widely used diagnostic imaging modality in medicine because of its safety and portability. Because of rapid advances in technology, in recent years, sonographic imaging quality has significantly increased. ⋯ A brief applied-physics explanation for each artifact is listed along with an illustrated diagram. The imaging appearance of artifacts is presented in case examples, along with strategies to minimize the artifacts in real time or use them for clinical advantage where applicable.
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Ultrasound quarterly · Mar 2014
Editorial CommentWaiting, not rushing, to diagnose a failed pregnancy.
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Ultrasound quarterly · Jun 2013
Sonographic evaluation for predicting the presence and severity of coronary artery disease.
The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between age, sex, obesity, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), and both the presence and severity of coronary artery disease (CAD) and their predictive value for the presence and severity of CAD. ⋯ Our data suggest that CIMT is a strong independent predictor for the presence and severity of CAD. Furthermore, moderate to severe hepatosteatosis is also significantly associated with the severity of CAD. Therefore, detection of CIMT and NAFLD by ultrasonography, which is a very cheap, safe, and noninvasive radiological modality, can be used to improve CAD risk prediction.