OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Medical Ultrasonography 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
Medical Student Ultrasound Education, a WFUMB Position Paper, Part II. A consensus statement of ultrasound societies	43
WFUMB position paper on reverberation artefacts in lung ultrasound: B-lines or comet-tails?	23
Diagnostic value of lung ultrasound for neonatal respiratory distress syndrome: a meta-analysis and systematic review	22
How to perform shear wave elastography. Part I	22
Lung ultrasound in children, WFUMB review paper (part 2)	17
The value of S-Detect in improving the diagnostic performance of radiologists for the differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules	17
Ultrasound-Guided Attenuation Parameter (UGAP) for the quantification of liver steatosis using the Controlled Attenuation Parameter (CAP) as the reference method	16
Intra- and inter-muscular differences in the cross-sectional area of the quadriceps muscles assessed by extended field-of-view ultrasonography	15
History of Ultrasound in Medicine from its birth to date (2022), on occasion of the 50 Years Anniversary of EFSUMB. A publication of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound In Medicine and	14
Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound superb microvascular imaging for breast tumor: a meta-analysis	13
Safety of ultrasonic examinations; thermal and mechanical indices	13
Quantification of Steatosis and Fibrosis using a new system implemented in an ultrasound machine	12
How to perform shear wave elastography. Part II	12
Cystic echinococcosis, review and illustration of non-hepatic manifestations	11
„Knobology“ in Doppler Ultrasound	10
Diagnostic performance of ultrasound for rotator cuff tears: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
The value of S-Detect for the differential diagnosis of breast masses on ultrasound: a systematic review and pooled meta-analysis	9
Transvaginal three-dimensional ultrasound for preoperative assessment of myometrial invasion in patients with endometrial cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Elastography of the uterine cervix in gynecology: normal appearance, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cancer. A systematic review	8
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound algorithm (ACR CEUS LI-RADSv 2017)– a valuable tool for the noninvasive diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic liver disease	8
The role of grey-scale ultrasound in the diagnosis of adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Ultrasonography and SARS-CoV 2 infection: a review of what we know and do not yet know	8
Transfer learning with pre-trained deep convolutional neural networks for the automatic assessment of liver steatosis in ultrasound images	8
Hepatic inflammatory pseudotumor mimicking malignancy: the value of differential diagnosis on contrast enhanced ultrasound	7
Ultrasound-based radiomics: current status, challenges and future opportunities	7

The learning curve for ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous cannulation in adults: a multicenter study	7
Recurrent pancreatic cancer patient treated by chemotherapy and focused ultrasound surgery. A case report	6
Effectiveness of contrast-enhanced ultrasound for detecting the staging and grading of bladder cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Ultrasonography-guided botulinum toxin injection to the cricopharyngeus muscle: a case report and technical notes	6
Global work index by non-invasive pressure-strain loops: a novel parameter to assess left ventricular performance in the early stages of heart failure with preserved or mid-range ejection fraction aft	6
Microwave ablation in the treatment of liver tumors. A better tool or simply more power?	6
Ultrasound of the pleura in children, WFUMB review paper	6
Usefulness of lung ultrasound in the early identification of severe COVID-19: results from a prospective study	6
Preoperative Multiparametric Ultrasound and Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology evaluation of parotid gland tumors: which is the best technique?	5
Safety and parents´ acceptance of ultrasound contrast agents in children and adolescents – contrast enhanced voiding urosonography and contrast enhanced ultrasound	5
Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in the initial evaluation of the kidney graft function: a pilot study.	5
Logistic models and artificial intelligence in the sonographic assessment of adnexal masses – a systematic review of the literature	5
A sono-anatomical and cadaveric study of ultrasound-guided retrolaminar block	5
The role of ultrasonography in head and neck Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer approach: an update with a review of the literature	5
Ultrasound in pediatric orbital cellulitis	5
Evaluation of optimal education level to implement structured reporting into ultrasound training	5
Three-dimensional periodontal investigations using a prototype handheld ultrasound scanner with spatial positioning reading sensor	5
Musculoskeletal ultrasonography: ninety-nine reasons for physiatrists	5
Increased carotid stiffness detected by ultrafast ultrasound imaging is associated with the Gensini score	4
Lumbar medial branch cryoneurolysis under ultrasound guidance: initial report of five cases	4
The diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound in the detection of foot and ankle fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Colour Doppler imaging of retrobulbar circulation in different severity of glaucoma optic neuropathy	4
Various aspects of Contrast-enhanced Ultrasonography in splenic lesions – a pictorial essay	4
Assessment of hepatic fat content in using quantitative ultrasound measurement of hepatic/renal ratio and hepatic echo-intensity attenuation rate	4
Overview of the ultrasonography techniques in the diagnosis of appendicitis – elaboration of a novel anatomy scanning method	4
Bosniak classification of cystic renal masses: utility of contrastenhanced ultrasound using version 2019	4
Ultrasound of the chest and mediastinum in children, interventions and artefacts. WFUMB review paper (part 3)	4
Measurement consistency of dynamic stretching muscle stiffness evaluated using shear wave elastography: comparison among different stretched levels and ROI sizes	4
The role of intracardiac echocardiography in reducing radiation exposure during atrial fibrillation ablation	4
Multiparametric ultrasound in torsion of the testicular appendages: a reliable diagnostic tool?	4
Imaging of calcific tendinopathy in atypical sites by ultrasound and conventional radiography: A pictorial essay	4
Diagnosis of parotid gland tumours with Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Evaluation of characteristics of thyroid nodules on contrast-enhanced ultrasonography: a retrospective analysis of 252 cases	4
Ultrasonography techniques in the preoperative diagnosis of parotid gland tumors – an updated review of the literature	4
Diagnostic value of endobronchial ultrasound elastography for differentiating benign and malignant hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of adrenal hemorrhage: a helpful problem solving tool	3
Liver stiffness increases in patients with severe pericardial effusion, especially in the presence of cardiac tamponade	3
A prototype of a handheld augmented reality application to get familiar with ultrasound equipment knobology	3
CEUS utility in the diagnosis of a stage I renal cancer developed on polycystic kidney. A case report.	3
Impaired right ventricular filling in patients with a chronic coronary syndrome	3
Role of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in the diagnosis of an abscess in paediatric skin and soft tissue infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
The role of elastography for liver fibrosis screening in alcoholic liver disease	3
Lung ultrasound is useful in oncohematologic patients with respiratory dysfunction admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU): a pilot study	3
Value of Crystal Vue technique in detecting the placenta accreta spectrum located in c-section scar area	3
Measurements of buccal gingival and alveolar crest thicknesses of premolars using a noninvasive method	3
Factors influencing the Shear Wave Elastography evaluation of the patellar tendon	3
Does lymph node morphology using ultrasound reflect aetiology? A pictorial essay, part II, malignant lymphadenopathy	3
A quantitative grading system of vesicoureteral reflux by contrastenhanced voiding urosonography	3
The value of abdominal ultrasonography compared to colonoscopy and faecal calprotectin in following up paediatric patients with ulcerative colitis	3
The association between jaw-opening strength, geniohyoid muscle thickness and echo intensity measured by ultrasound	3

History of ultrasound in obstetrics and gynaecology from 1971 to 2021 on occasion of the 50 years anniversary of EFSUMB	3
Understanding the role of echocardiography in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and right ventricular subclinical myocardial dysfunction – comparison with other conditions affecting RV deformation	3
Usefulness of real time elastography strain ratio in the assessment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical cancer using a reference material	3
The invasive intracoronary imaging assessment of left main coronary artery disease	3
Can the Vesical Imaging Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) score be applied in conventional ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound to differentiate muscle-invasive bladder cancer?	2
Quantitative contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasound in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: can we predict survival using perfusion parameters? A pilot study.	2
The role of the ultrasound examination in atypical placental site trophoblastic tumour differential diagnosis and management. A case report	2
Sono-palpation and sono-Tinel in musculoskeletal ultrasound examination: use all “sono-senses”. A systematic review	2
An ultrasound study of the long posterior sacroiliac ligament in healthy volunteers and in patients with noninflammatory sacroiliac joint pain	2
Fetal cardiac rhabdomyomas as a sonographic sign of tuberous sclerosis complex – a diagnosis not to be missed. A pictorial essay	2
Placental calcifications after coronavirus disease 2019 in first trimester of pregnancy: ultrasound and pathology findings	2
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound for the assessment of focal nodular hyperplasia – results of a multicentre study	2
Cantrell syndrome in the first trimester of pregnancy: imagistic findings and literature review	2
Viscosity Plane-wave UltraSound (ViPLUS) in the assessment of parotid and submandibular glands in healthy subjects – preliminary results	2
Comments and illustrations of the WFUMB CEUS liver guidelines: rare congenital vascular pathology	2
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound evaluation of testicular syphilis: a case report	2
Heterotopic pancreas: the added value of endoscopic ultrasound with Computed Tomography for diagnosis	2
The role of multimodal imaging in the diagnosis of an asymptomatic patient with congenital anomaly	2
Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography for the confirmation of endotracheal tube intubation: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Assessment of Rectus Abdominis muscle thickness during isometric trunk and leg lifting exercises using extended field of view (EFOV) ultrasound	2
Evaluation of the biomechanical properties of the posterior eye using Shear Wave Elastography in patients with increased intracranial pressure	2
Is 3D ultrasound reliable for the evaluation of carotid disease? A systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Clinical value of thoracic ultrasonography in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Clinical and ultrasound findings of hepatic sarcomatoid carcinoma	2
A safer way of dry needling therapy for gastrocnemius muscles: ultrasound guidance	2
Transperineal ultrasound to assess anal positioning in female neonates	2
Developing and using a smartphone-app to support the teaching of technical basics for 3D/4D obstetrical ultrasound applications in medical education	2
Diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound examination for local staging of cervical cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Ultrasonographic assessment of male anterior urethra. Description of the technique of examination and presentation of major pathologies.	2
Measurement of the anterior chamber depth and ocular axial length: transpalpebral B-mode ultrasound using an 18-MHz linear probe compared with the IOL Master 500	2
Ultrasound as a complementary diagnostic method for Dupuytren’s Contracture	2
Translation of training to practice – ultrasound guided nerve block for analgesia in patients with hip fracture	2
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for the diagnosis of bowel endometriosis: a case report	2
Comparison of IOTA three-step strategy and logistic regression model LR2 for discriminating between benign and malignant adnexal masses	2
Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography of the placental barrier; the protective umbrella of the fetus during pregnancy	2
Comparison of the effects of adenosine, isoproterenol and their combinations on pulmonary transit time in rats using contrast echocardiography	2
Effects of local anaesthetic dilution on the characteristics of ultrasound guided axillary brachial plexus block: a randomised controlled study	2
Visualization of the shear wave on gray-scale ultrasound: experience with a complex breast cyst	2
Ultrasound-guided caudal epidural injection in three simple steps	2
Application of three-dimensional ultrasonography (3D ultrasound) to pretreatment evaluation of plastic induration of the penis (Peyronie’s disease)	2
Ultrasonography techniques in the preoperative diagnosis of parotid gland tumors – an updated review of the literature	2
Dynamic ultrasonography for assessing the nerve-fasciae relationship in entrapment syndromes	2
Microvascular Doppler ultrasound in children with acute pyelonephritis	2
Ultrasonography-guided botulinum toxin injection for lumbrical muscle spasticity in a hemiplegic patient	2