Assessment of common extensor tendon vascularization using superb microvascular imaging: a potential tool in the evaluation of extracorporeal shock wave therapy and therapeutic ultrasound effectiveness in lateral epicondylitis.

Background: Lateral epicondylitis, also known as tennis elbow, is the most common elbow pain in the adult age group.

Purpose: To evaluate common extensor tendon (CET) vascularity with superb microvascular imaging (SMI) before and after extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) and ultrasound (US) treatment in patients with lateral epycondylitis and to compare the effects of two different treatments on tendon vascularity.

Material And Methods: Patients with lateral epycondylitis were divided into two groups; 30 patients were treated with ESWT (group 1) and 30 patients were treated with therapeutic US (group 2).

Diaphragmatic ultrasonography in patients with IPF: Is diaphragmatic structure and mobility related to fibrosis severity and pulmonary functional changes?

Introduction: There is evidence to suggest that dyspnea and impaired exercise capacity are associated with respiratory muscle dysfunction in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients. We aimed to evaluate the functions of the diaphragm with ultrasonography (US) and to determine the correlation of the data obtained with the pulmonary function parameters of the patients, exercise capacity, and the extent of fibrosis radiologically.

Materials And Methods: Diaphragmatic mobility, thickness, and thickening fraction (TF) were measured by ultrasonography in IPF patients and the control group.

Is there a potential biomarker in distinguishing invasive breast carcinomas with elevated Ki-67 levels among 2D-SWE, SMI, and 18F-FDG PET-CT/MRI-derived parameters?: A single-center data.

Purpose: To investigate the strength of quantitative imaging and metabolic parameters in differentiating invasive breast carcinomas with elevated Ki-67 levels.

Materials And Methods: A total of 123 patients with 129 breast lesions confirmed as invasive breast carcinoma underwent shear wave elastography (SWE), superb microvascular imaging (SMI) and positron emission tomography (PET)/CT or MRI. Adler's grade (classifying the microvascularity into four types) and Vascular Index (VI) was obtained by SMI as microvascular parameters.

Diagnostic Performance of Superb Microvascular Imaging in Differentiating Benign and Malignant Axillary Lymph Nodes.

The aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of superb microvascular imaging (SMI) in axillary lymph nodes (LNs).Benign and malignant LNs diagnosed via histopathological examination constituted the study subgroups. In addition to grayscale findings for morphological evaluation, vascular patterns and appearance of internal vessels were analyzed by both power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS) and SMI.