OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Medical Ultrasonics is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Point-of-care lung ultrasound for the assessment of pneumonia: a narrative review in the COVID-19 era	26
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: new trends and role of ultrasonography	19
Role of endoscopic ultrasound for gallbladder disease	17
Advances in ultrasound elastography for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	16
Quantitative assessment of liver steatosis using ultrasound controlled attenuation parameter (Echosens)	14
B-mode ultrasonographic diagnosis in gallbladder wall thickening	13
Association between medial meniscus extrusion under weight-bearing conditions and pain in early-stage knee osteoarthritis	12
Present status of ultrasound elastography for the diagnosis of pancreatic tumors: review of the literature	12
Normative values of pancreas stiffness by shear wave elastography in healthy children and adolescents	12
Investigation of feasibility of singular value decomposition clutter filter in plane wave imaging with packet transmission sequence	12
Attenuation coefficient (ATT) measurement for liver fat quantification in chronic liver disease	11
Ultrasonography in undergraduate medical education: a comprehensive review and the education program implemented at Jichi Medical University	11
Incremental diagnostic value of shear wave elastography combined with contrast-enhanced ultrasound in TI-RADS category 4a and 4b nodules	11
Basic concept and clinical applications of quantitative ultrasound (QUS) technologies	11
A review of physical and engineering factors potentially affecting shear wave elastography	11
Advances in ultrasonography: image formation and quality assessment	10
The utility of shear wave elastography in the evaluation of muscle stiffness in patients with cerebral palsy after botulinum toxin A injection	10
How to standardize the measurement of left ventricular ejection fraction	10
Cardiac and vascular point-of-care ultrasound: current situation, problems, and future prospects	9
Magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of pathological hepatic findings in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	9
Histopathological findings of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis	9
Quantitative assessment of fatty liver using ultrasound attenuation imaging	9
Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound-guided attenuation parameter as a noninvasive test for steatosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease	9
Preliminary study on the separation of specular reflection and backscattering components using synthetic aperture beamforming	9
High-intensity focused ultrasound therapy for pancreatic cancer	8

Key factors of diastolic dysfunction and abnormal left ventricular relaxation in diabetic rats	8
Non-mass lesions on breast ultrasound: why does not the ACR BI-RADS breast ultrasound lexicon add the terminology?	7
Evaluation method of the degree of red blood cell aggregation considering ultrasonic propagation attenuation by analyzing ultrasonic backscattering properties	7
Comparison of sonographic findings between pediatric patients with mediastinitis and without mediastinitis after cardiovascular surgery	7
Comparison of lung ultrasonography findings with chest computed tomography results in coronavirus (COVID-19) pneumonia	7
Measurement of flow velocity vectors in carotid artery using plane wave imaging with repeated transmit sequence	7
Application of ultrasound for the diagnosis of cirrhosis/portal hypertension	7
Relationship between shear elastic modulus and passive force of the human rectus femoris at multiple sites: a Thiel soft-embalmed cadaver study	7
Artificial intelligence in the diagnosis of cirrhosis and portal hypertension	7
What is the role of measuring shear wave dispersion using shear wave elastography in pancreatic parenchyma?	6
The role of endoscopic ultrasound for portal hypertension in liver cirrhosis	6
Ultrasound and microbubble-mediated drug delivery and immunotherapy	6
Everything you need to know about ultrasound for diagnosis of gallbladder diseases	6
Elucidation of spleen elasticity and viscosity in a carbon tetrachloride rat model of liver cirrhosis using a new ultrasound elastography	6
Imaging diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis using endoscopic ultrasonography	6
Machine learning-enabled quantitative ultrasound techniques for tissue differentiation	6
Point-of-care ultrasound in the head and neck region	6
Dynamic response of medial meniscus extrusion to the lateral wedge insole is correlated with immediate pain reduction in knee osteoarthritis patients: real-time ultrasonographic study	5
Reliability of shoulder muscle stiffness measurement using strain ultrasound elastography and an acoustic coupler	5
A study on the inconsistency of arterial phase hypervascularity detection between contrast-enhanced ultrasound using sonazoid and gadolinium-ethoxybenzyl-diethylenetriamine penta-acetic acid magnetic	5
Effect of the size of benign thyroid degenerative nodules on ACR TI-RADS categories	5
Diagnostic accuracy of transient elastography in diagnosing clinically significant portal hypertension in patients with chronic liver disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Evaluation of an MRI/US fusion technique for the detection of non-mass enhancement of breast lesions detected by MRI yet occult on conventional B-mode second-look US	5
Imaging diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging	5
Enhancement of astaxanthin incorporation by pulsed high-intensity ultrasound in LPS-stimulated macrophages	5
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition for the histopathological diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis	5
B-mode ultrasound diagnostic flowchart for solid breast masses: JABTS BC-01 study	5
The roles of global longitudinal strain imaging in contemporary clinical cardiology	5
Discrimination of well-differentiated liposarcoma from benign lipoma on sonography: an uncontrolled retrospective study	4
Evaluating the usefulness of breast strain elastography for intraductal lesions	4
Shear wave speed measurement bias in a viscoelastic phantom across six ultrasound elastography systems: a comparative study with transient elastography and magnetic resonance elastography	4
Positive rate and prognostic significance of the superb microvascular imaging signal in joints of rheumatoid arthritis patients in remission with normal C-reactive protein levels and erythrocyte sedim	4
Inhibitory effects of ultrasound irradiation on Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm	4
Efficacy of B-mode ultrasound-based attenuation for the diagnosis of hepatic steatosis: a systematic review/meta-analysis	4
MRI-derived proton density fat fraction	4
Can measuring perilesional tissue stiffness and stiff rim sign improve the diagnostic performance between benign and malignant breast lesions?	4
Current status and future perspective of sonodynamic therapy for cancer	4
Pathological findings of liver steatosis that is difficult to evaluate with ultrasound	4
Development and future prospective of treatment for localized prostate cancer with high-intensity focused ultrasound	4
The Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine guidelines on non-mass abnormalities of the breast	4
Refraction artifact on abdominal sonogram	4
Speed-of-sound estimation in ultrasound propagation medium by considering size of target scatterer	4
Role of liver stiffness measurements in patients who develop hepatocellular carcinoma after clearance of the hepatitis C virus	4
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: how to efficiently detect hepatic abnormalities using ultrasonography	4
The differences between conventional lead, thin lead, and leadless pacemakers regarding effects on tricuspid regurgitation in the early phase	3
Time-course changes in active stiffness of the supraspinatus muscle after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair	3
Total atrial conduction time as a possible predictor of atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: relationship between electrical atrial remodeling and	3
Standardization of normal values for cardiac chamber size in echocardiography	3
Ultrasonography and fine needle aspiration cytology of thyroid Langerhans cell histiocytosis lesions	3
The most appropriate region-of-interest position for attenuation coefficient measurement in the evaluation of liver steatosis	3

Effectiveness of pulsatility index of carotid Doppler ultrasonography to predict cardiovascular events	3
Histopathology of non-mass-like breast lesions on ultrasound	3
Comments on “Effect of the size of benign thyroid degenerative nodules on ACR TI-RADS categories”	3
Quantitative assessment of liver steatosis using ultrasound: dual-energy CT	3
Self-learning followed by telepresence instruction of focused cardiac ultrasound with a handheld device for medical students: a preliminary study	3
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and intraductal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis and IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis	3
Role of ultrasound in follow-up after choledochal cyst surgery	3
Clinical utility of ultrasonography imaging in musculoskeletal conditions: A Systematic review and Meta-analysis	3
Gastric bronchogenic cyst: a rare congenital cystic lesion of the stomach	3
Implementation and assessment of a pediatric point-of-care ultrasound training course in Japan: a pilot study	3
Ultrasound-guided internal jugular venipuncture using pocket-sized versus standard ultrasound devices: a prospective non-inferiority trial	3
Noninvasive ultrasound technique for assessment of liver fibrosis and cardiac function in Fontan-associated liver disease: diagnosis based on elastography and hepatic vein waveform type	3
Manual for abdominal ultrasound in cancer screening and health checkups, revised edition (2021)	3
Reliability of an ultrasonographical scoring system for diagnosis of sinusoidal obstruction syndrome/veno-occlusive disease in patients with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation	3
Relationship between shear elastic modulus and passive muscle force in human hamstring muscles using a Thiel soft-embalmed cadaver	3
Optimal number of needle punctures in endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy for gastric subepithelial lesions without rapid on-site evaluation	3
The influence of esophagogastroduodenoscopy using carbon dioxide insufflation on abdominal ultrasonographic imaging efficiency	2
Sonographic evaluation of the abductor pollicis brevis muscle reflects muscle strength recovery after carpal tunnel release	2
Comparison of strain elastography and shear wave elastography in diagnosis of fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	2
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-loa	2
Ultrasonographic evaluation of pelvic floor structure at antepartum and postpartum periods using three-dimensional transperineal ultrasound	2
Histological features of autoimmune pancreatitis and IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis with a correlation with imaging findings	2
Low-intensity ultrasound inhibits melanoma cell proliferation in vitro and tumor growth in vivo	2
Point-of-care ultrasound for stroke patients in the emergency room	2
Basic practices for gastrointestinal ultrasound	2
Point-of-care ultrasound for acute abdomen: 5W1H (Translated version)	2
Usefulness of ultrasound in diagnosing long head of the biceps tendon malposition in patients with rotator cuff tears	2
The diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound and upper gastrointestinal contrast studies for locating atresia/stenosis and intestinal malrotation and detecting annular pancreas in pediatric patients with duo	2
Regional heterogeneity of afterload sensitivity in myocardial strain	2
Ultrasound-guided adductor canal block is superior to femoral nerve block for early postoperative pain relief after single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with hamstring autograft	2
The effect of the skin–liver capsule distance on the accuracy of ultrasound diagnosis for liver steatosis and fibrosis	2
Low-complexity generalized coherence factor estimated from binarized signals in ultrasound beamforming	2
Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography for blood flow detection in hepatocellular carcinoma during lenvatinib therapy	2
Ultrasonographic diagnosis of pancreatic diseases: this is all you need	2
The effect of attenuation inside the acoustic traps on the configuration of vertical artifacts in lung ultrasound: an experimental study with simple models	2
Factors associated with misdiagnosis of preoperative endoscopic ultrasound in patients with pancreatic cystic neoplasms undergoing surgical resection	2
Two-dimensional shear wave elastography of the pancreas: measurement success rate, repeatability, and factors affecting measurement values	2
Magnetic resonance imaging diagnosis of non-mass enhancement of the breast	2
Point-of-care ultrasound in musculoskeletal field	2
Impact of left ventricular hypertrophy on clinical outcomes in patients with dialysis: a single-center study in Japan	2
Ultrasonographic diagnosis of pancreatic diseases: this is all you need	2
Deep axillary lymphadenopathy after coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination: a case report	2
Ultrasonographic grayscale findings related to fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: comparison with transient elastography and Fib-4 index	2
Sonographic findings of cervical laceration caused by vaginal delivery in pregnancy after radical trachelectomy	2
Use of aortic point-of-care ultrasound in conventional and emergent echocardiography	2
A case of umbilical cord angiomyxoma with massive arteriovenous shunts diagnosed with HDlive Flow	2
The tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte ultrasonography score can provide a diagnostic prediction of lymphocyte-predominant breast cancer preoperatively	2
Evaluation of atezolizumab plus bevacizumab combination therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma using contrast-enhanced ultrasonography	2
Role of transabdominal ultrasound in the diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis	2
Ultrasound elastography in chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
A study on the optimal condition of ground truth area for liver tumor detection in ultrasound images using deep learning	2