The kinetic quantitative characteristics of non-mass breast lesions with contrast-enhanced ultrasound: a prospective study.

Objective: To characterize non-mass breast lesions (NML) quantitatively by contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and to evaluate its additional diagnostic value based on the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) categories.

Methods: A prospective study was performed among consecutive patients with NMLs. All lesions were examined by grayscale ultrasound and CEUS and diagnosed on pathology.

Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography for Transabdominal and Transrectal Ultrasound in Staging Cervical Cancer: A Reliability Study.

Objective: This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the consistency of transrectal contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (TR-CEUS) with post-operative pathology and the value of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) in staging surgically treated cervical cancer when combined with conventional ultrasonography (US).

Methods: From October 2020 to March 2023, hospitalized patients with stage IB and II cervical cancer confirmed by total hysterectomy were consecutively enrolled. The standard images of US and CEUS by transabdominal (TA-US/CEUS) and transrectal (TR-US/CEUS) approaches and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were acquired, on which the size and stage of the tumors were evaluated, and the consistency of results with the pathological specimen was analyzed.

Association of Arterial Stiffness Indices with Framingham Cardiovascular Disease Risk Score.

Purpose: The new non-invasive arterial stiffness indices, arterial velocity pulse index (AVI) and arterial pressure volume index (API) are known to be associated with cardiovascular disease risk. The present study aimed to examine the "dose-response" associations between AVI, API and Framingham cardiovascular disease risk score (FCVRS).

Methods: This survey included individuals with arterial stiffness indices collected at age 18 years and older.

Handheld versus conventional ultrasound for assessing carotid artery in routine volunteers.

Aim: Carotid ultrasound is a key tool for the diagnosis and evaluation of cardio disease, and the measurement of carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and hemodynamic parameters is of paramount importance for the imaging method. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and accuracy of handheld ultrasound devices for measuring carotid parameters.

Methods: We performed a carotid ultrasound on 25 participants using a handheld ultrasound device and a conventional ultrasound machine.

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound as a valuable imaging modality for characterizing testicular lesions.

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a new form of ultrasound (US) that can dynamically display microvessels in a highly sensitive manner. The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of CEUS for characterizing testicular lesions in comparison with conventional US. Forty-seven patients with testicular lesions were enrolled.

Value of shear wave elastography with maximal elasticity in differentiating benign and malignant solid focal liver lesions.

Background: It is important to differentiate benign and malignant focal liver lesions (FLLs) accurately. Despite the wide use and acceptance of shear wave elastography (SWE), its value for assessing the elasticity of FLLs and differentiating benign and malignant FLLs is still investigational. Previous studies of SWE for FLLs used mean elasticity as the parameter to reflect the stiffness of FLLs.

Qualitative analysis of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the diagnosis of small, TR3-5 benign and malignant thyroid nodules measuring ≤1 cm.

Objective: To evaluate the performance of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the diagnosis of small, solid, TR3-5 benign and malignant thyroid nodules (≤1 cm).

Methods: From January 2016 to March 2018, 185 thyroid nodules from 154 patients who underwent contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and fine-needle aspiration or thyroidectomy in Shanghai General Hospital were included. The χ test was used to compare the CEUS characteristics of benign and malignant thyroid nodules, and the CEUS features of malignant nodules assigned scores.

[Prevalence of urogenital tract infections with Ureaplasma urealyticum or HPV among men of reproductive age and the associated factors].

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of urogenital tract infections with Ureaplasma urealyticum (UU) and human papilloma virus (HPV) in males of reproductive age and the associated factors.

Methods: Using the multi-stage cluster sampling method and a structured questionnaire, we conducted an investigation among 18－50 years old males in Songjiang District, Shanghai, from August 2016 to July 2018. We collected secretory specimens from the urogenital tract of the subjects and detected the infections of UU and HPV by laboratory examination.

Quantifying Levator Ani Muscle Elasticity Under Normal and Prolapse Conditions by Shear Wave Elastography: A Preliminary Study.

Objectives: The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether elasticity quantification of the levator ani muscle (LAM) using shear wave elastography (SWE) is different between women with and without pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and to determine whether LAM elasticity is associated with the prolapse stage or the dimensions of the levator hiatus. The secondary aim was to evaluate the intraobserver and interobserver reliability of LAM elasticity measurements using SWE.

Methods: The study participants included 20 women with normal pelvic support and 38 women with prolapse (stages I-III).

Combination of Maximum Shear Wave Elasticity Modulus and TIRADS Improves the Diagnostic Specificity in Characterizing Thyroid Nodules: A Retrospective Study.

Objectives: The present study is aimed at evaluating the diagnostic value of combining shear wave elastography (SWE) parameters and the thyroid imaging reporting and data system (TIRADS) for differentiating between benign and malignant thyroid nodules.

Methods: Patients who underwent conventional ultrasonography (US) and SWE before surgery were enrolled in the current study. Each nodule was given a TIRADS risk score.

Ultrasound Assessment of Intima-media Thickness and Diameter of Carotid Arteries in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis or Renal Transplantation.

Renal transplant (RT) recipients have a high risk of developing cardiovascular diseases. However, the effects of renal transplantation on the development of arteriosclerosis have been controversial. The carotid intima-media thickness (СШТ) and diameter (CD) are important indicators of vascular remodeling and arteriosclerosis.

Value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the differential diagnosis of gallbladder lesion.

Aim: To describe contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) features and evaluate differential diagnosis value of CEUS and conventional ultrasound for patients with benign and malignant gallbladder lesions.

Methods: This study included 105 gallbladder lesions. Before surgical resection and pathological examination, conventional ultrasound and CEUS were performed to examine for lesions.

Enhanced delivery of biodegradable mPEG-PLGA-PLL nanoparticles loading Cy3-labelled PDGF-BB siRNA by UTMD to rat retina.

We investigated the efficacy and safety of ultrasound (US)-targeted microbubble (MB) destruction (UTMD)-enhanced delivery of monomethoxypoly(ethylene glycol)-poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)-poly-L-lysine (mPEG-PLGA-PLL) nanoparticles (NPs) loading Cy3-labelled platelet-derived growth factor BB (PDGF-BB) siRNA to rat retina in vivo. Eighty Wistar rats were divided into five groups (G). The right eyes, respectively, received an intravitreal injection as follows: normal saline (NS) (G1), NPs and NS (G2), NPs and MBs (G3), NPs and NS (G4) and NPs and MBs (G5).

The Value of the Model and Quantitative Parameters of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Judging the Severity of SHPT.

Using the model and quantitative parameters of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) to assess the severity of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) was proposed. 42 SHPT patients who underwent CEUS examination were divided into three groups, light, moderate, and heavy as per parathyroid hormone (PTH). The process of CEUS was divided into two phases, wash-in phase and wash-out phase.

Biodegradable double-targeted PTX-mPEG-PLGA nanoparticles for ultrasound contrast enhanced imaging and antitumor therapy in vitro.

A porous-structure nano-scale ultrasound contrast agent (UCA) was made of monomethoxypoly (ethylene glycol)-poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (mPEG-PLGA), and modified by double-targeted antibody: anti-carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and anti-carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), as a double-targeted nanoparticles (NPs). Anti-tumor drug paclitaxel (PTX) was encapsulated in the double-targeted nanoparticles (NPs). The morphor and release curve were characterized.

Evaluating arterial stiffness in type 2 diabetes patients using ultrasonic radiofrequency.

Differences in arterial stiffness between the two sides of the carotid arteries were investigated using ultrasonic radiofrequency in 88 patients with type 2 diabetes and 70 controls. The compliance coefficient (CC), pulse wave velocity (PWV), intima-media thickness (CIMT) and diameter (CCAD) of the common carotid arteries (CCAs) were measured. The ratio of the left to right CCAs was calculated to provide four indexes: CC ratio, PWV ratio, CIMT ratio and CCAD ratio.

Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for differential diagnosis of pancreatic mass lesions: a meta-analysis.

Aim: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) as a method for diagnosing pancreatic lesions with regard to the ductal pancreatic carcinoma and the differentiation of neoplastic from non-neoplastic lesions.

Material And Methods: Relevant studies published by September 6, 2015 were retrieved from PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Central Trials databases. The articles included were mainly based on the following criteria: use of CEUS as the diagnostic tool, and the use of histology as the reference method.

The Significance of Ultrasound in Determining Whether SHPT Patients Are Sensitive to Calcitriol Treatment.

This study was to explore the significance of ultrasound in determining whether the patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) are sensitive to calcitriol treatment. According to the decrease value of parathyroid hormone (PTH), 42 SHPT patients were divided into two groups: drug susceptible group and drug insusceptible group. These 42 SHPT patients' ultrasound images were retrospectively analyzed.

Gender Differences in Ventricular-vascular Coupling Following Exercise.

Objective: To study the differences of cardiovascular system between men and women in response to exercise stress.

Methods: Forty healthy youth were tested according to Bruce protocol of exercise stress. They were detected by ultrasonography during the rest, peak exercise, and recovery stages, respectively.

Correlation between blood circulation grading and angiogenesis using ultrasonic contrast of rabbit VX2 hepatic carcinoma.

Objective: To build the rabbit model of VX2 hepatic carcinoma, examine the tumor body using the ultrasonic contrast and study the correlation between the blood circulation grading and angiogenesis.

Methods: The VX2 tumor strain was prepared in the lateral muscle of the hind legs of 40 male New Zealand rabbits (which were purchased from Nanjing Senbao Biotech Co., Ltd.

Identification of carotid artery dissection by contrast enhanced ultrasonograph. A case report.

Carotid arterial dissection is an important cause of stroke in young and middle-aged patients. Ultrasound (and particularly contrast enhanced ultrasonography) is an important approach in patients with sudden onset of stroke combined with renal failure who are not suitable for angiography. In this report we describe the ultrasound features of carotid arterial dissection and discuss its utility.

Smooth muscle cells of penis in the rat: noninvasive quantification with shear wave elastography.

Purpose: Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) of cavernosum play an important role in erection. It is of great significance to quantitatively analyze the level of SMCs in penis. In this study, we investigated the feasibility of shear wave elastography (SWE) on evaluating the level of SMCs in penis quantitatively.

Imaging findings of bile duct hamartomas: a case report and literature review.

Bile duct hamartomas (BHs), also called von Meyenburg complex (VMC), are benign biliary malformations that originate from disorganization of the small intrahepatic bile ducts. This disorganization is often associated with the abnormal involution of embryonic ductal end plates in the liver. This is clinically significant, as the development of BHs can cause diagnostic confusion with liver metastases and small hepatocellular carcinoma (SHCC).