OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Medical Ultrasonics is 3. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Fusion of basic research and clinical medicine in the true sense in medical ultrasonics	28
Contrast-enhanced ultrasonographic findings in torsion of the appendix testis or epididymis in children: a case series	26
Myocardial infiltration of B-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma detected by speckle tracking echocardiography: the importance of segmental longitudinal strain	24
Impact of left ventricular hypertrophy on clinical outcomes in patients with dialysis: a single-center study in Japan	22
Two cases showing alterations of the order of tricuspid and mitral valve opening during loading manipulations: a new approach for quick assessment of stress-induced left ventricular filling pressure e	19
The significance of ultrasonic characteristics in adventitial cystic disease	19
Prediction of ischemic stroke in elderly hypertensive patients using carotid plaque superb microvascular imaging characteristics: a lasso-logistic regression model	18
Implementation and assessment of a pediatric point-of-care ultrasound training course in Japan: a pilot study	16
Acknowledgement to reviewers	16
Prenatal imaging of a fetus with the rare combination of Pfeiffer syndrome and hypoplastic left heart syndrome	16
Assessment of drainage vein of focal nodular hyperplasia using contrast-enhanced ultrasound	15
Lobular carcinoma in situ detectable as a mass on ultrasonography: a case report	13
Ultrasound can provide an early assessment of infection of cartilage structures in infants	12
Utility of ultrasonography for predicting indications for tolvaptan in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease	11
Effect of introducing ultrasonography in medical examinations for elbow injuries among young baseball players	11
Recurrent ovarian hemangioma extending via the inferior vena cava to the right heart mimicking leiomyomatosis and visualized by echocardiography	11
Imaging diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging	10
Relationship between the change in infrapatellar fat pad thickness assessed using ultrasonography and anterior knee pain on squatting after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction	10
Isolated portal vein thrombus due to contraceptive low-dose estrogen progestin use	9
Assessment of hepatic veno-occlusive disease/sinusoidal obstruction syndrome using different scanning approaches for the ultrasonographic evaluation of portal vein blood flow and hepatic artery resist	9
Current status and future perspective of sonodynamic therapy for cancer	9
Ultrasound diagnosis of non-mass MRI-detected lesions	9
Structure of self-image	9
Basic practices for gastrointestinal ultrasound	9
Diagnostic performance of two-dimensional shear wave elastography and attenuation imaging for fibrosis and steatosis assessment in chronic liver disease	9

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	9
Assessment of the risk of disease transmission during fine-needle aspiration cytology under ultrasound guidance by visualization of droplet and aerosol formation	9
Acoustic radiation force impulse (push pulse)-induced lung hemorrhage: investigating the effect of ultrasound contrast agent in rabbits	9
The effect of attenuation inside the acoustic traps on the configuration of vertical artifacts in lung ultrasound: an experimental study with simple models	9
Correction to: Acoustic radiation force impulse-induced lung hemorrhage: investigating the relationship with peak rarefactional pressure amplitude and mechanical index in rabbits	9
The efficacy of ultrasonography for the detection of upper tract urothelial carcinoma	8
Value of standard echocardiography at the bedside for COVID-19 patients in intensive care units: a Japanese single-center analysis	8
Acknowlegment to Reviewers	8
On the publication of the special feature on recent progress in basic research useful for the interpretation of ultrasound diagnostic images	8
The most appropriate region-of-interest position for attenuation coefficient measurement in the evaluation of liver steatosis	8
Convolutional neural network classification of ultrasound parametric images based on echo-envelope statistics for the quantitative diagnosis of liver steatosis	7
New modified technique of hydrogel spacer implantation for prostate cancer: a novel method for separation at the prostate apex level under real-time ultrasound guidance	7
B-mode shear wave elastography can be an alternative method to vibration-controlled transient elastography according to a moderate-scale population study	7
Reply for the value of ultrasound imaging is not limited to advanced technology and skills	7
Acknowledgment to reviewers	7
Treatment of secondary mitral regurgitation by transcatheter edge-to-edge repair using MitraClip	7
High-intensity focused ultrasound for noninvasive fetal therapy	7
Correction: Relationship between shear elastic modulus and passive muscle force in human hamstring muscles using a Thiel soft-embalmed cadaver	6
Right ventricular free wall longitudinal strain assessment using offline speckle tracking in COVID-19 patients requiring intensive medical care	6
Correction: Clinicopathological and ultrasound characteristics of breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers	6
Comparison of strain elastography and shear wave elastography in diagnosis of fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	6
Correction: Basic practices for gastrointestinal ultrasound	6
Ultrasonography in the diagnosis of complications in patients with portal hypertension	6
Cardiomyopathy with anti-mitochondrial M2 antibody-positive myositis	6
Enhancing deep-seated hepatocellular carcinoma detection: assessing the added value of high mechanical index setting in sonazoid-based contrast-enhanced ultrasound during post-vascular phase	5
Comparison of the Balthazar score of acute pancreatitis between computed tomography and ultrasound in children: pitfalls of ultrasound in diagnosing and evaluating pancreatitis	5
High-intensity focused ultrasound treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma	5
An ultrasound-based radiomics model for survival prediction in patients with endometrial cancer	5
Use of contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasonography for the diagnosis of pancreatic cystic lesions	5
Time-course changes in active stiffness of the supraspinatus muscle after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair	5
Ultrasonography findings for the diagnosis of renal oncocytoma	5
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound findings in testicular torsion and non-testicular torsion	5
Ultrasound diagnostic criteria for thyroid nodules around the world and artificial intelligence	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
Sonographic evaluation of the abductor pollicis brevis muscle reflects muscle strength recovery after carpal tunnel release	5
Reply to comments on association between the type of pacemaker and progression of tricuspid regurgitation	5
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	5
Prenatal diagnosis of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection with vertical vein branching into two	5
Comments on “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	4
Ablation manual for liver cancer	4
Tissue processing of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration specimens from solid pancreatic lesions	4
First tarsometatarsal joint mobility in hallux valgus during gait: A synchronized ultrasound and three-dimensional motion capture analysis	4
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA): revolutionizing the landscape of lung disease diagnostics	4
Understanding the differences between Japanese and U.S. guidelines on clinical practice for contrast-enhanced ultrasound of the liver	4
Deep attenuation transducer to measure liver stiffness in obese patients with liver disease	4
A review of MRI (CT)/US fusion imaging in treatment of breast cancer	4
Assessment of lower urinary tract function in pediatrics using ultrasonography	4
Point-of-care ultrasound in the head and neck region	4
Correlation between pathology and quantitative ultrasonographic evaluation of pancreatic fat with ultrasonographic classification	4
Elucidation of spleen elasticity and viscosity in a carbon tetrachloride rat model of liver cirrhosis using a new ultrasound elastography	4

Reply to comment on predicting the risk stratification of gastrointestinal stromal tumors using machine learning‑based ultrasound radiomics	4
Correction: Third-look contrast-enhanced ultrasonography plus needle biopsy for differential diagnosis of magnetic resonance imaging-only detected breast lesions	4
Application of ultrasound for the diagnosis of cirrhosis/portal hypertension	4
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration for gastrointestinal subepithelial lesions	4
Multiple myeloma with an intra-abdominal lesion as a rare extramedullary lesion diagnosed with endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition	4
Successful percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty for pulmonary stenosis associated with a quadricuspid pulmonary valve in a neonate	4
Cumulative knee adduction moment during jogging causes temporary medial meniscus extrusion in healthy volunteers	4
Deep learning algorithm for predicting preterm birth in the case of threatened preterm labor admissions using transvaginal ultrasound	4
Correction: Point-of-care ultrasonography for the diagnosis and manual detorsion of testicular torsion	4
Sonazoid-enhanced ultrasound images of multiacinar cirrhotic nodules showing a “donut-like” hyperintense appearance on Gd-EOB-MRI: a case report	3
Evaluation of atezolizumab plus bevacizumab combination therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma using contrast-enhanced ultrasonography	3
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	3
Usefulness of carotid duplex ultrasonography in predicting residual large-vessel occlusions after intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke	3
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound in renal cystic lesions: an update	3
Clinicopathological and ultrasound characteristics of breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers	3
A review of physical and engineering factors potentially affecting shear wave elastography	3
Correction: Evaluation of meniscus extrusion during stair ambulation in healthy volunteers using dynamic ultrasonography: a feasibility study	3
Association between medial meniscus extrusion under weight-bearing conditions and pain in early-stage knee osteoarthritis	3
A case of fetal hydrops caused by generalized arterial calcification of infancy	3
Shock wave lithotripsy and therapy	3
Beside you, POCUS (Point-of-care ultrasound)	3
Development of aortic regurgitation due to non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis	3
The role of endoscopic ultrasound for portal hypertension in liver cirrhosis	3
Correction: Characterization of breast changes in the early gestational period on automated breast ultrasound	3
Relationship between shear elastic modulus and passive muscle force in human hamstring muscles using a Thiel soft-embalmed cadaver	3
Ultrasonographic diagnosis of cervical lymph nodes	3
Two-dimensional shear wave elastography of the pancreas: measurement success rate, repeatability, and factors affecting measurement values	3
Gastric bronchogenic cyst: a rare congenital cystic lesion of the stomach	3
Features of ductal carcinoma in situ ultrasound images	3
Inhibitory effects of ultrasound irradiation on Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm	3
People say that the long nights of autumn are conducive to research and writing papers, but…	3
Evaluation of meniscus extrusion during stair ambulation in healthy volunteers using dynamic ultrasonography: a feasibility study	3
Optimal number of needle punctures in endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy for gastric subepithelial lesions without rapid on-site evaluation	3