Ultrasound, Ahead of Print. <br/>Three-dimensional prenatal ultrasound scans of a baby’s facial features have become increasingly popular among parents in both private and clinical settings. Ultrasound practitioners often draw on their experience to identify factors that influence image ...

Ultrasound, Ahead of Print. <br/>Introduction:Artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD) is a non-invasive method for assessing vascular endothelial function and cardiovascular disease risk. Flow-mediated dilation is calculated as the percentage increase in arterial diameter following a post-...

Ultrasound, Ahead of Print. <br/>Case Presentations:Four patients underwent close follow-up after prenatal diagnosis of congenital portosystemic shunt, identified via ultrasound during the early third trimester. Among these cases, three were associated with fetal growth restriction, and ...

Ultrasound, Ahead of Print. <br/>Objective:To evaluate the diagnostic performance of cystic artery colour Doppler ultrasound indices in differentiating acute from chronic cholecystitis and to assess their added value over clinical and grayscale findings.Methods:In this prospective study, ...

Ultrasound, Ahead of Print. <br/>Background:Fine-needle aspiration is a recommended, minimally invasive test that may be performed by radiologists and advanced practice sonographers to meet increasing service demands. Adequacy rates vary significantly in the published literature.Purpose:...

Ultrasound, Ahead of Print. <br/>Introduction:Up to 30% of breast cancer patients develop breast cancer–related lymphedema. Accurate staging is crucial for treatment selection. We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of shear-wave elastography in differentiating International ...

Ultrasound, Ahead of Print. <br/>Introduction:Medico-legal litigation is increasing within sonography, a profession already affected by high levels of occupational burnout and ongoing recruitment and retention challenges. Despite this trend, little research has explored how the ...

Ultrasound, Ahead of Print. <br/>Objective:We hypothesised that distinct patterns of serial cervical length change in dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies are associated with differential risks of preterm birth.Methods:A retrospective cohort study was conducted at the Twins Clinic of ...

Ultrasound, Ahead of Print. <br/>Background:This study intends to develop a scoring model for using oral contrast–enhanced ultrasound to aid in the imaging diagnosis of gastric cancer.Methods:Patients with a pathological diagnosis of gastric lesions who underwent oral contrast–enhanced ...

Ultrasound, Ahead of Print. <br/>Introduction:Mechanical chest compression devices and transesophageal echocardiography have become increasingly popular in cardiac arrest management. However, combining these technologies in live patient research is limited due to the rarity of cardiac ...

Ultrasound, Ahead of Print. <br/>Introduction:Liver size varies with age, sex and body size. Ultrasonography is a widely used modality to evaluate liver size. While craniocaudal diameter diagnoses hepatomegaly, measuring liver diameter below the costal margin in the midclavicular line ...

Ultrasound, Ahead of Print. <br/>Background:Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has become widespread across many clinical specialties. However, there remains no standardised curriculum for point-of-care ultrasound training in early postgraduate medical education in the United Kingdom. ...