{"title":"Sonographic evaluation of vascular normalization induced by lenvatinib in a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma.","authors":"Hiroshi Takahashi, Katsutoshi Sugimoto, Naohisa Kamiyama, Tatsuya Kakegawa, Takuya Wada, Hirohito Takeuchi, Takao Itoi","doi":"10.1007/s10396-025-01550-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-025-01550-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50130,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ultrasonics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144052069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Masaru Yoshikai, Hisashi Sato, Motonori Uchino, Masahide Shichijo, Nobuhiko Koga
{"title":"Supravalvular aortic stenosis caused by compression of a pseudoaneurysm late after aortic root replacement.","authors":"Masaru Yoshikai, Hisashi Sato, Motonori Uchino, Masahide Shichijo, Nobuhiko Koga","doi":"10.1007/s10396-025-01547-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-025-01547-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50130,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ultrasonics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144036948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura Eusebi, Federica Masino, Michele Bertolotto, Manuela Montatore, Giuseppe Sortino, Lucia Pitoni, Stefano Santarelli, Andrea Benedetto Galosi, Giuseppe Guglielmi
{"title":"Contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the evaluation and management of solid renal lesions based on EFSUMB guidelines.","authors":"Laura Eusebi, Federica Masino, Michele Bertolotto, Manuela Montatore, Giuseppe Sortino, Lucia Pitoni, Stefano Santarelli, Andrea Benedetto Galosi, Giuseppe Guglielmi","doi":"10.1007/s10396-025-01546-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-025-01546-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) has become an important tool for the detection and characterization of solid renal lesions, complementing traditional B-mode US, which often struggles to distinguish between solid and cystic masses. CEUS enhances diagnostic accuracy by providing detailed vascularization information, helping to identify potentially malignant solid lesions and differentiate between pseudotumours and solid masses. Moreover, CEUS employs a contrast agent that is safe even for nephropathic patients and can be used without concern for kidney function, making it an advantageous method for renal imaging. In this narrative review, following the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology guidelines, the authors show its main indications: characterizing indeterminate renal lesions in patients with transplanted kidney, monitoring non-surgical lesions, diagnosing inflammatory-infectious renal pathologies, and assessing advanced renal lesions and masses in the surgical bed.</p>","PeriodicalId":50130,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ultrasonics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144030497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raphael Micheroli, Vincenzo Ricci, Marco Becciolini, Giorgio Tamborrini
{"title":"Ultrasound imaging-based diagnosis of deep branch radial nerve entrapment.","authors":"Raphael Micheroli, Vincenzo Ricci, Marco Becciolini, Giorgio Tamborrini","doi":"10.1007/s10396-025-01530-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-025-01530-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50130,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ultrasonics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144023022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Automated scheme of plaque classification based on segmentation in carotid ultrasound images using transformer approach.","authors":"Gakuto Hirano, Atsushi Teramoto, Hiroji Takai, Yutaka Sasaki, Keiko Sugimoto, Shoji Matsumoto, Kuniaki Saito, Hiroshi Fujita","doi":"10.1007/s10396-025-01522-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-025-01522-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Carotid plaque is a major risk factor for cerebral infarction. Ultrasonography (US) is extensively used for screening carotid plaque, but US images contain more noise than those of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, and the edges of the plaque regions are unclear. In addition, B-mode echogenicity evaluation, which is important for plaque risk assessment, has challenges involving the subjectivity of the evaluator. Although previous studies on carotid plaque assessment have included plaque segmentation, most studies involved manual operations. In this study, we propose an automated scheme of plaque classification based on segmentation in carotid US images using the transformer approach, to resolve the issues of previous studies and to perform plaque echogenicity classification.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The B-mode video captured in the long-axis cross-section was converted to still images, and region extraction and echogenicity classification were performed using TransUNet. The results of the TransUNet output and US images were fed into the Vision Transformer (ViT) for classification into hypoechoic or isoechoic-hyperechoic plaques.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The Dice index, which indicates the accuracy of plaque region extraction, was 0.592. The Dice indices by echogenicity were 0.200, 0.493, and 0.542 for the hypoechoic, isoechoic, and hyperechoic regions, respectively. The balanced accuracy, which indicates the classification accuracy, was 79.6%. The correct classification rate for high-risk hypoechoic plaques was 95.2%.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These results suggest that the proposed method is useful for evaluating the echogenicity classification of carotid artery plaques.</p>","PeriodicalId":50130,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ultrasonics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144052320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction: Factors affecting the accuracy of fetal cardiac ultrasound screening in the first trimester of pregnancy.","authors":"Shin Hashiramoto, Mayumi Kaneko, Hiroko Takita, Yuka Yamashita, Ryu Matsuoka, Akihiko Sekizawa","doi":"10.1007/s10396-025-01542-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-025-01542-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50130,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ultrasonics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144057018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction: Deep learning approach for discrimination of liver lesions using nine time-phase images of contrast-enhanced ultrasound.","authors":"Naohisa Kamiyama, Katsutoshi Sugimoto, Ryuichi Nakahara, Tatsuya Kakegawa, Takao Itoi","doi":"10.1007/s10396-025-01544-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-025-01544-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50130,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ultrasonics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144059669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Akihiko Kida, Jun Asai, Tatsuya Yamashita, Takeshi Urabe, Taro Yamashita
{"title":"Multiple myeloma with an intra-abdominal lesion as a rare extramedullary lesion diagnosed with endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition.","authors":"Akihiko Kida, Jun Asai, Tatsuya Yamashita, Takeshi Urabe, Taro Yamashita","doi":"10.1007/s10396-025-01545-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-025-01545-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50130,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ultrasonics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143993937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction: Comparison of the clinical and pathological characteristics of ultrasound-guided biopsy for breast masses and non-mass lesions between 16-gauge spring-loaded core needle biopsy and 12-gauge spring-loaded vacuum-assisted biopsy.","authors":"Yuka Yashima, Tomoyuki Fujioka, Kazunori Kubota, Mio Mori, Arisa Sato, Goshi Oda, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Iichiroh Onishi, Mayuko Tanaka, Ukihide Tateishi","doi":"10.1007/s10396-025-01541-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-025-01541-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50130,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Ultrasonics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144055246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}