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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Point-of-care lung ultrasound for the assessment of pneumonia: a narrative review in the COVID-19 era	29
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: new trends and role of ultrasonography	20
Basic concept and clinical applications of quantitative ultrasound (QUS) technologies	19
Ultrasonography in undergraduate medical education: a comprehensive review and the education program implemented at Jichi Medical University	18
Quantitative assessment of liver steatosis using ultrasound controlled attenuation parameter (Echosens)	16
A review of physical and engineering factors potentially affecting shear wave elastography	16
Association between medial meniscus extrusion under weight-bearing conditions and pain in early-stage knee osteoarthritis	15
Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound-guided attenuation parameter as a noninvasive test for steatosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease	14
How to standardize the measurement of left ventricular ejection fraction	14
Investigation of feasibility of singular value decomposition clutter filter in plane wave imaging with packet transmission sequence	14
High-intensity focused ultrasound therapy for pancreatic cancer	13
Attenuation coefficient (ATT) measurement for liver fat quantification in chronic liver disease	12
Non-mass lesions on breast ultrasound: why does not the ACR BI-RADS breast ultrasound lexicon add the terminology?	11
Cardiac and vascular point-of-care ultrasound: current situation, problems, and future prospects	11
Advances in ultrasonography: image formation and quality assessment	11
Histopathological findings of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis	10
Magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of pathological hepatic findings in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	10
Relationship between shear elastic modulus and passive force of the human rectus femoris at multiple sites: a Thiel soft-embalmed cadaver study	10
Measurement of flow velocity vectors in carotid artery using plane wave imaging with repeated transmit sequence	9
Reliability of shoulder muscle stiffness measurement using strain ultrasound elastography and an acoustic coupler	9
The role of endoscopic ultrasound for portal hypertension in liver cirrhosis	9
Imaging diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis using endoscopic ultrasonography	9
Quantitative assessment of fatty liver using ultrasound attenuation imaging	9
Evaluation method of the degree of red blood cell aggregation considering ultrasonic propagation attenuation by analyzing ultrasonic backscattering properties	8
Enhancement of astaxanthin incorporation by pulsed high-intensity ultrasound in LPS-stimulated macrophages	8

Ultrasound and microbubble-mediated drug delivery and immunotherapy	8
The roles of global longitudinal strain imaging in contemporary clinical cardiology	8
Application of ultrasound for the diagnosis of cirrhosis/portal hypertension	8
Shear wave speed measurement bias in a viscoelastic phantom across six ultrasound elastography systems: a comparative study with transient elastography and magnetic resonance elastography	8
Imaging diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging	8
Point-of-care ultrasound in the head and neck region	8
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	7
Elucidation of spleen elasticity and viscosity in a carbon tetrachloride rat model of liver cirrhosis using a new ultrasound elastography	7
The Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine guidelines on non-mass abnormalities of the breast	7
MRI-derived proton density fat fraction	7
Comparison of lung ultrasonography findings with chest computed tomography results in coronavirus (COVID-19) pneumonia	7
Artificial intelligence in the diagnosis of cirrhosis and portal hypertension	7
Efficacy of B-mode ultrasound-based attenuation for the diagnosis of hepatic steatosis: a systematic review/meta-analysis	6
Speed-of-sound estimation in ultrasound propagation medium by considering size of target scatterer	6
Current status and future perspective of sonodynamic therapy for cancer	6
Machine learning-enabled quantitative ultrasound techniques for tissue differentiation	6
A study on the inconsistency of arterial phase hypervascularity detection between contrast-enhanced ultrasound using sonazoid and gadolinium-ethoxybenzyl-diethylenetriamine penta-acetic acid magnetic	6
Everything you need to know about ultrasound for diagnosis of gallbladder diseases	6
Effectiveness of pulsatility index of carotid Doppler ultrasonography to predict cardiovascular events	6
Diagnostic accuracy of transient elastography in diagnosing clinically significant portal hypertension in patients with chronic liver disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Refraction artifact on abdominal sonogram	6
The most appropriate region-of-interest position for attenuation coefficient measurement in the evaluation of liver steatosis	6
Optimal number of needle punctures in endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy for gastric subepithelial lesions without rapid on-site evaluation	6
Contrast analysis in ultrafast ultrasound blood flow imaging of jugular vein	5
B-mode ultrasound diagnostic flowchart for solid breast masses: JABTS BC-01 study	5
Relationship between shear elastic modulus and passive muscle force in human hamstring muscles using a Thiel soft-embalmed cadaver	5
Magnetic resonance imaging diagnosis of non-mass enhancement of the breast	5
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition for the histopathological diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis	5
Ultrasound diagnosis of carotid artery stenosis and occlusion	5
Role of ultrasound in follow-up after choledochal cyst surgery	5
Basic practices for gastrointestinal ultrasound	5
Effect of the size of benign thyroid degenerative nodules on ACR TI-RADS categories	5
Time-course changes in active stiffness of the supraspinatus muscle after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair	5
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
Manual for abdominal ultrasound in cancer screening and health checkups, revised edition (2021)	5
Role of liver stiffness measurements in patients who develop hepatocellular carcinoma after clearance of the hepatitis C virus	5
Histopathology of non-mass-like breast lesions on ultrasound	5
Ultrasound elastography in chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Development and future prospective of treatment for localized prostate cancer with high-intensity focused ultrasound	4
The effect of the skin–liver capsule distance on the accuracy of ultrasound diagnosis for liver steatosis and fibrosis	4
Can measuring perilesional tissue stiffness and stiff rim sign improve the diagnostic performance between benign and malignant breast lesions?	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
Role of transabdominal ultrasound in the diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis	4
The differences between conventional lead, thin lead, and leadless pacemakers regarding effects on tricuspid regurgitation in the early phase	4
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	4
Self-learning followed by telepresence instruction of focused cardiac ultrasound with a handheld device for medical students: a preliminary study	4
Clinical utility of ultrasonography imaging in musculoskeletal conditions: A Systematic review and Meta-analysis	4
Point-of-care ultrasound for stroke patients in the emergency room	4
Inhibitory effects of ultrasound irradiation on Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm	4
Evaluating the usefulness of breast strain elastography for intraductal lesions	4

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and intraductal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis and IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis	4
Reliability of an ultrasonographical scoring system for diagnosis of sinusoidal obstruction syndrome/veno-occlusive disease in patients with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation	4
Two-dimensional shear wave elastography of the pancreas: measurement success rate, repeatability, and factors affecting measurement values	4
Pathological findings of liver steatosis that is difficult to evaluate with ultrasound	4
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
Ultrasonographic evaluation of pelvic floor structure at antepartum and postpartum periods using three-dimensional transperineal ultrasound	3
The tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte ultrasonography score can provide a diagnostic prediction of lymphocyte-predominant breast cancer preoperatively	3
Ultrasonography and fine needle aspiration cytology of thyroid Langerhans cell histiocytosis lesions	3
Relationship between the change in infrapatellar fat pad thickness assessed using ultrasonography and anterior knee pain on squatting after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction	3
Gastric bronchogenic cyst: a rare congenital cystic lesion of the stomach	3
Tongue model construction based on ultrasound images with image processing and deep learning method	3
Ultrasound-guided internal jugular venipuncture using pocket-sized versus standard ultrasound devices: a prospective non-inferiority trial	3
Comparison of strain elastography and shear wave elastography in diagnosis of fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	3
Beyond starving cancer: anti-angiogenic therapy	3
Low-intensity ultrasound inhibits melanoma cell proliferation in vitro and tumor growth in vivo	3
Ultrasound diagnosis of non-mass MRI-detected lesions	3
Implementation and assessment of a pediatric point-of-care ultrasound training course in Japan: a pilot study	3
Deep attenuation transducer to measure liver stiffness in obese patients with liver disease	3
Sonographic evaluation of the abductor pollicis brevis muscle reflects muscle strength recovery after carpal tunnel release	3
The diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-shear wave elastography in multiple pancreatic regions for chronic pancreatitis based on the Rosemont criteria	3
Standardization of normal values for cardiac chamber size in echocardiography	3
A case of umbilical cord angiomyxoma with massive arteriovenous shunts diagnosed with HDlive Flow	3
Point-of-care ultrasonography for the diagnosis and manual detorsion of testicular torsion	3
Factors associated with misdiagnosis of preoperative endoscopic ultrasound in patients with pancreatic cystic neoplasms undergoing surgical resection	3
Point-of-care ultrasound for acute abdomen: 5W1H (Translated version)	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
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	3
Optimizing irradiation conditions for low-intensity pulsed ultrasound to upregulate endothelial nitric oxide synthase	2
Point-of-care ultrasound in musculoskeletal field	2
Ultrasonographic grayscale findings related to fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: comparison with transient elastography and Fib-4 index	2
Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography for blood flow detection in hepatocellular carcinoma during lenvatinib therapy	2
Development of US- and CT/MRI-based quantification of liver steatosis	2
Shock wave lithotripsy and therapy	2
Aging and myocardial strain	2
A study on the optimal condition of ground truth area for liver tumor detection in ultrasound images using deep learning	2
Tissue processing of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration specimens from solid pancreatic lesions	2
Usefulness of ultrasound in diagnosing long head of the biceps tendon malposition in patients with rotator cuff tears	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
Assessment of the frequency dependence of acoustic properties on material, composition, and scatterer size of the medium	2
Low-complexity generalized coherence factor estimated from binarized signals in ultrasound beamforming	2
Use of aortic point-of-care ultrasound in conventional and emergent echocardiography	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
Predicting the risk stratification of gastrointestinal stromal tumors using machine learning-based ultrasound radiomics	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
Features of ductal carcinoma in situ ultrasound images	2
Value of shear wave elastography during second-look breast ultrasonography for suspicious lesions on magnetic resonance imaging	2
How to standardize measurement of global longitudinal strain	2
Deep axillary lymphadenopathy after coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination: a case report	2
Deep learning approach for discrimination of liver lesions using nine time-phase images of contrast-enhanced ultrasound	2
Examining the effectiveness of a deep learning-based computer-aided breast cancer detection system for breast ultrasound	2
Histological features of autoimmune pancreatitis and IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis with a correlation with imaging findings	2
Evaluation of atezolizumab plus bevacizumab combination therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma using contrast-enhanced ultrasonography	2
Effectiveness of a voiding evaluation technique using a diaper equipped with a urination-activated alarm system to assess bladder function and voiding patterns in infants	2
Impact of left ventricular hypertrophy on clinical outcomes in patients with dialysis: a single-center study in Japan	2
A review of MRI (CT)/US fusion imaging in treatment of breast cancer	2
Cutting edge of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration for solid pancreatic lesions	2