1. Present status and future of ultrasonic quantitative diagnostic techniques

   • Hiroyuki Hachiya

   Editorial 28 June 2018 Pages: 389 - 389

2. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage using a newly designed metal stent with a thin delivery system: a preclinical study in phantom and porcine models

   • Kosuke Minaga
   • Masayuki Kitano
   • Masatoshi Kudo

   Original Article 08 December 2017 Pages: 391 - 397

   

3. The intra-conduit release method is useful for avoiding migration of metallic stents during EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy (with video)

   • Daisuke Uchida
   • Hirofumi Kawamoto
   • Hiroyuki Okada

   Original Article 13 December 2017 Pages: 399 - 403

4. Fusion imaging with contrast-enhanced ultrasonography for evaluating the early therapeutic efficacy of radiofrequency ablation for small hypervascular hepatocellular carcinomas with iso-echoic or unclear margins on conventional ultrasonography

   • Shuhei Nishigori
   • Kazushi Numata
   • Shin Maeda

   Original Article 23 January 2018 Pages: 405 - 415

   

5. Quantitative assessment of thyroid gland elasticity with shear-wave elastography in pediatric patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

   • Sedat Giray Kandemirli
   • Zuhal Bayramoglu
   • Ibrahim Adaletli

   Original Article 18 January 2018 Pages: 417 - 423

   

6. Value of in vitro acoustic radiation force impulse application on uterine adenomyosis

   • Tevfik Berk Bildaci
   • Halime Cevik
   • Guldeniz Aksan Desteli

   Original Article 24 November 2017 Pages: 425 - 430

   

7. Is retrograde blood flow of aortic isthmus useful for the prenatal screening of coarctation of the aorta by fetal color Doppler echocardiography? A preliminary study

   • Hiroshi Kawamura
   • Noboru Inamura
   • Nobuaki Mitsuda

   Original Article 23 November 2017 Pages: 431 - 435

   

8. Can we evaluate the levator ani after Kegel exercise in women with pelvic organ prolapse by transperineal elastography? A preliminary study

   • Meng Xie
   • Xuyin Zhang
   • Keqin Hua

   Original Article 18 January 2018 Pages: 437 - 441

   

9. Comparison of superb micro-vascular imaging (SMI) and conventional Doppler imaging techniques for evaluating testicular blood flow

   • Mehmet Sedat Durmaz
   • Mesut Sivri

   Original Article 16 December 2017 Pages: 443 - 452

   

10. The efficiency of acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography in the diagnosis and staging of carpal tunnel syndrome

    • Harun Arslan
    • Alpaslan Yavuz
    • Abdussamet Batur

    Original Article 12 January 2018 Pages: 453 - 459

    

11. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound for needle biopsy of central lung cancer with atelectasis

    • Zhikai Lei
    • Jun Lou
    • Zhuying Lv

    Original Article 14 December 2017 Pages: 461 - 467

    

12. Vascular ultrasound in pediatrics: utility and application of location and measurement of jugular and femoral vessels

    • J. M. López Álvarez
    • O. Pérez Quevedo
    • J. F. Loro Ferrer

    Original Article 18 December 2017 Pages: 469 - 477

    

13. Investigation of the effectiveness of therapeutic ultrasound with high-resolution ultrasonographic cross-sectional area measurement of cervical nerve roots in patients with chronic cervical radiculopathy: a prospective, controlled, single-blind study

    • Burcu Metin Ökmen
    • Korgün Ökmen
    • Lale Altan

    Original Article 09 January 2018 Pages: 479 - 486

    

14. Does severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome alter retrobulbar blood flow? A color Doppler ultrasound study

    • Bülent Çekiç
    • Ömer Tarık Selçuk
    • Muhammed Kazım Erol

    Original Article 23 January 2018 Pages: 487 - 492

    

15. Usefulness of acceleration time ratio in diagnosis of internal carotid artery origin stenosis

    • Takahito Nishihira
    • Hidehiro Takekawa
    • Koichi Hirata

    Original Article Open access 31 January 2018 Pages: 493 - 500

    

16. Triphasic mitral inflow pattern associated with hemodynamic deterioration in anemia or mitral regurgitation: a report of two cases

    • Ikuo Misumi
    • Masanobu Ishii

    Case Report 07 December 2017 Pages: 501 - 507

    

17. Left ventricular cardiac hemangioma in a patient with chronic heart failure

    • Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
    • Shintaro Beppu

    Case Report 26 December 2017 Pages: 509 - 513

    

18. Superb microvascular imaging (SMI) findings of splenic artery pseudoaneurysm: a report of two cases

    • Yumiko Yamanaka
    • Hideaki Ishida
    • Katsuhiko Enomoto

    Case Report 30 January 2018 Pages: 515 - 523

    

19. An experience of second-trimester anhydramnios salvaged by single amnioinfusion

    • Shingo Io
    • Eiji Kondoh
    • Ikuo Konishi

    Case Report 20 November 2017 Pages: 525 - 527

    

20. Prolapsed bladder following rupture of patent urachal cyst, mimicking bladder exstrophy: a case report and literature review

    • Kasemsri Srisupundit
    • Phitsanu Mahawong
    • Theera Tongsong

    Case Report 09 January 2018 Pages: 529 - 533

    

21. Bladder cancer in an inguinal vesical hernia

    • Sedat Giray Kandemirli
    • Atilla Suleyman Dikici
    • Fatih Kantarci

    Case Report 18 December 2017 Pages: 535 - 537

    

22. Thoracoabdominal aortic mural and floating thrombus extending into superior mesenteric artery

    • Sedat Giray Kandemirli
    • Ozan Onur Balkanay
    • Nil Comunoglu

    Case Report 13 December 2017 Pages: 539 - 542