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Biology
Jia-Chi Wang, Wei-Ting Wu, Ke-Vin Chang, Lan-Rong Chen, Shao-Yu Chi, Murat Kara, Levent Ozcakar
Summary: This umbrella review systematically investigated the evidence of ultrasound imaging in the diagnosis and evaluation of sarcopenia. The findings indicate that ultrasound is a reliable tool for assessing skeletal muscle mass, with muscle thickness being the most commonly used parameter. Sonoelastography and contrast-enhanced ultrasound show promise but are currently limited in their clinical utility. Further research is needed to analyze the impact of different ultrasonographic diagnostic criteria on the prevalence of sarcopenia and its adverse health outcomes.
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Oncology
Zihan Niu, Jia-Wei Tian, Hai-Tao Ran, Wei-Dong Ren, Cai Chang, Jian-Jun Yuan, Chun-Song Kang, You-Bin Deng, Hui Wang, Bao-Ming Luo, Sheng-Lan Guo, Qi Zhou, En-Sheng Xue, Wei-Wei Zhan, Qing Zhou, Jie Li, Ping Zhou, Chun-Quan Zhang, Man Chen, Ying Gu, Jin-Feng Xu, Wu Chen, Yu-Hong Zhang, Hong-Qiao Wang, Jian-Chu Li, Hong-Yan Wang, Yu-Xin Jiang
Summary: The study developed and validated a risk-predicted nomogram for downgrading BI-RADS category 4a breast lesions, showing good stability and accuracy through a dual-predicted nomogram that incorporates clinical factors and imaging characteristics.
Review
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Xia-Li Wang, Shu Lin, Guo-Rong Lyu
Summary: Changes in tissue stiffness can be identified earlier than clinical features, and elastography techniques provide valuable noninvasive measurement of mechanical properties. Ultrasound elastography plays a critical role in obstetrics and gynecology, especially for uterine tumor diagnosis, preterm birth prediction, and intrauterine insemination.
INSIGHTS INTO IMAGING
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Junnan Li, Yacong Liu, Yanbo Li, Shuang Li, Jiahui Wang, Ying Zhu, Hong Lu
Summary: Shear wave elastography (SWE) can improve the accuracy of breast ultrasound diagnosis, especially for non-mass-like lesions. Non-mass-like lesions have lower thresholds of SWE parameters compared to mass lesions.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Guoqiang Guo, Jiaping Feng, Chunchun Jin, Xuehao Gong, Yihao Chen, Sihan Chen, Zhanghong Wei, Huahua Xiong, Jianghao Lu
Summary: We developed a quantitative assessment model based on shear wave elastography (SWE), Angio Planewave Ultrasensitive imaging (Angio PLUS (AP)), and conventional ultrasound imaging to predict the malignancy of breast lesions. The model showed good discrimination between malignant and benign breast lesions and can be a potentially useful tool for individually-tailored diagnosis of breast tumors in clinical practice.
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Ko Woon Park, Surin Park, Insuk Shon, Min-Ji Kim, Boo-kyung Han, Eun Young Ko, Eun Sook Ko, Jung Hee Shin, Mi-ri Kwon, Ji Soo Choi
Summary: A classification system using imaging features was developed to interpret breast non-mass lesions (NMLs) detected on ultrasound and stratify their cancer risk. Various ultrasound and mammographic features significantly associated with malignancy were identified, and the classification system showed improved accuracy in predicting malignancy compared to traditional methods.
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
(2021)
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Oncology
Jing Chen, Ji Ma, Chunxiao Li, Sihui Shao, Yijin Su, Rong Wu, Minghua Yao
Summary: This study developed and validated a multi-parameter ultrasound model for breast cancer diagnosis, showing good performance with improved specificity and maintained sensitivity. Using this model could help reduce unnecessary biopsies and guide clinical diagnosis and treatment.
FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
(2022)
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Yuling Yan, Xian Xing, Xiaoze Wang, Li Yang
Summary: Using liver stiffness measured by two-dimensional shear wave elastography and platelet count can help rule out high-risk varices in patients with compensated advanced chronic liver disease. Applying the new criteria of LS < 16 kPa and PLT > 100 x 10(9)/L may potentially spare more endoscopy screenings with a miss rate of less than 5% for high-risk varices.
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Harim Kim, Haejung Kim, Boo-Kyung Han, Ji Soo Choi, Eun Sook Ko, Eun Young Ko
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of measured elasticity and the reproducibility of SWE according to the lesion size and stiffness. The results showed that SWE had good reproducibility regardless of lesion size or stiffness in phantom targets, but the accuracy of measured lesions smaller than or equal to 4 mm was lower.
Review
Acoustics
Mehtap Balaban, Atilla Hikmet Cilengir, Ilkay S. Idilman
Summary: Over time, the frequency of musculoskeletal system ultrasonography has increased, mainly for evaluating tendon disorders. The superficial location of tendons makes ultrasound the most suitable diagnostic tool, with advantages of low cost, easy accessibility, rapidity, and repeatability.
JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE
(2021)
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Oncology
Jinjin Liu, Xuchao Wang, Mengshang Hu, Yan Zheng, Lin Zhu, Wei Wang, Jisu Hu, Zhiyong Zhou, Yakang Dai, Fenglin Dong
Summary: This study developed and validated a radiomics nomogram that could predict the preoperative Ki-67 expression level in patients with breast cancer by incorporating clinicopathological characteristics and ultrasound-based radiomics signature. The results showed that the radiomics nomogram had a promising performance in predicting the Ki-67 expression level and could assist clinicians in making reliable clinical decisions.
FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Yu Wang, Li Qun Jia, Yan Xiu Hu, Yue Xin, Xi Yang, Xiao Man Wang
Summary: A nomogram was developed to predict biliary atresia in children, incorporating gallbladder morphology, hepatic elasticity, and demographic information. The nomogram showed good discrimination and calibration, with improved performance compared to using only gallbladder morphology and hepatic elasticity. The factors of age, gallbladder morphology, and hepatic elasticity were identified as independent predictive factors for differentiating biliary atresia from other causes of cholestasis.
ACADEMIC RADIOLOGY
(2021)
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Shaofu Hong, Weiyue Li, Wenjing Gao, Mengmeng Liu, Di Song, Yinghui Dong, Jinfeng Xu, Fajin Dong
Summary: Ultrasound elastography shows high diagnostic accuracy in differentiating between benign and malignant breast non-mass lesions. It is a feasible and non-invasive tool for clinical use, although further research is needed to investigate sources of heterogeneity.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
(2021)
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Jianxing Zhang, Lishan Cai, Xiyang Pan, Ling Chen, Miao Chen, Dan Yan, Jia Liu, Liangping Luo
Summary: This study compared multiple breast cancer screening methods for the evaluation of breast non-mass-like lesions (NMLs), and found that automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) was superior to handheld ultrasound (HHUS) and mammography (MG) in assessing the need for biopsy in NMLs. The lexicon of ACR BI-RADS can be used not only for the evaluation of mass lesions, but also for NML evaluation.
BMC MEDICAL IMAGING
(2022)
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Andrology
Joo Yong Lee, Dae Chul Jung, Seungsoo Lee, Nam Gyu Kang, Young Taik Oh, Kyunghwa Han
Summary: Using SWE to quantitatively measure the Young's modulus of the corpus cavernosum may be an objective technique for assessing penile erectile rigidity and the vascular subtype in patients with ED.
WORLD JOURNAL OF MENS HEALTH
(2021)