OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A pilot clinical study of low-intensity transcranial focused ultrasound in Alzheimer’s disease	41
Radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules: recommendations from the Asian Conference on Tumor Ablation Task Force	39
Artificial intelligence in musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging	39
Clinical practice guidelines for radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules: a systematic review	33
Artificial intelligence in breast ultrasonography	31
Applications of machine learning and deep learning to thyroid imaging: where do we stand?	28
Accuracy of the ultrasound attenuation coefficient for the evaluation of hepatic steatosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies	27
Quantitative ultrasound radiofrequency data analysis for the assessment of hepatic steatosis using the controlled attenuation parameter as a reference standard	27
Technology trends and applications of deep learning in ultrasonography: image quality enhancement, diagnostic support, and improving workflow efficiency	27
Sonazoid-enhanced ultrasonography: comparison with CT/MRI Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System in patients with suspected hepatocellular carcinoma	26
Artificial intelligence in medical ultrasonography: driving on an unpaved road	22
Diagnostic performance of the modified Korean Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System for thyroid malignancy according to nodule size: a comparison with five society guidelines	22
A comparison of the diagnostic performance of the O-RADS, RMI4, IOTA LR2, and IOTA SR systems by senior and junior doctors	22
Reproducibility and diagnostic performance of the vascular index of superb microvascular imaging in real-time breast ultrasonography for evaluating breast masses	21
Obstetric ultrasound: where are we and where are we going?	21
Comparison of the diagnostic performance of the modified Korean Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System for thyroid malignancy with three international guidelines	20
Noninvasive assessment of hepatic steatosis using a pathologic reference standard: comparison of CT, MRI, and US-based techniques	19
Artificial intelligence for ultrasonography: unique opportunities and challenges	19
Combination of shear-wave elastography with ultrasonography for detection of breast cancer and reduction of unnecessary biopsies: a systematic review and meta-analysis	18
Top applications of dermatologic ultrasonography that can modify management	18
Reproducibility of shear wave elastography among operators, machines, and probes in an elasticity phantom	18
Key imaging features for differentiating cystic biliary atresia from choledochal cyst: prenatal ultrasonography and postnatal ultrasonography and MRI	17
Current status of image-based surveillance in hepatocellular carcinoma	17
Predictive performance of ultrasonography-based radiomics for axillary lymph node metastasis in the preoperative evaluation of breast cancer	16
Applications of artificial intelligence in obstetrics	15

Renal elastography measurements in children with acute glomerulonephritis	15
Deep learning-based automated quantification of the hepatorenal index for evaluation of fatty liver by ultrasonography	14
What shear wave elastography parameter best differentiates breast cancer and predicts its histologic aggressiveness?	14
Diagnostic criteria of perfluorobutane-enhanced ultrasonography for diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma in high-risk individuals: how is late washout determined?	14
Contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography for the diagnosis of vesicoureteral reflux and intrarenal reflux: a comparison of diagnostic performance with fluoroscopic voiding cystourethrography	14
Current status of deep learning applications in abdominal ultrasonography	13
Malignancy risk of thyroid nodules with nonshadowing echogenic foci	12
Ultrasonography and dual-energy computed tomography: impact for the detection of gouty deposits	12
Effectiveness of ultrasonography and shear wave sonoelastography in Sjögren syndrome with salivary gland involvement	12
Assessment of the inter-platform reproducibility of ultrasound attenuation examination in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	12
Toward acquisition protocol standardization for estimating liver fat content using ultrasound attenuation coefficient imaging	12
Ultrasound-guided ethanol ablation for cystic thyroid nodules: effectiveness of small amounts of ethanol in a single session	12
Antenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease by 3D ultrasonography using spatiotemporal image correlation with HDlive Flow and HDlive Flow silhouette rendering modes	12
Differentiation of cystic biliary atresia and choledochal cysts using prenatal ultrasonography	11
Liver stiffness quantification in biopsy-proven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease patients using shear wave elastography in comparison with transient elastography	11
Long-term follow-up of the radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules: the value of additional treatment	10
Impact of respiratory motion on liver stiffness measurements according to different shear wave elastography techniques and region of interest methods: a phantom study	10
Evaluation of the ulnar nerve with shear-wave elastography: a potential sonographic method for the diagnosis of ulnar neuropathy	10
Pelvic ultrasonography of the postpartum uterus in patients presenting to the emergency room with vaginal bleeding and pelvic pain	9
Analyzing the adoption of radiofrequency ablation of thyroid nodules using the diffusion of innovations theory: understanding where we are in the United States?	9
The efficiency of contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) combined with EUS elastography for pancreatic cancer diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography for the evaluation of malignant focal liver lesions	9
Malignancy risk of thyroid nodules with minimal cystic changes: a multicenter retrospective study	8
Transthoracic ultrasound shear wave elastography for the study of subpleural lung lesions	8
Contrast enhancement for ultrasound-guided interventions: when to use it and what to expect?	8
Ultrasound findings in peliosis hepatis	8
Assessment of thyroid-specific quality of life in patients with benign symptomatic thyroid nodules treated with radiofrequency or ethanol ablation: a prospective multicenter study	8
Nerve entrapment syndromes: detection by ultrasound	8
Benefits of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography for interventional procedures	8
US LI-RADS visualization score: diagnostic outcome of ultrasound-guided focal hepatic lesion biopsy in patients at risk for hepatocellular carcinoma	8
Superb microvascular imaging technology of ultrasound examinations for the evaluation of tumor vascularity in hepatic hemangiomas	7
A problem-based approach in musculoskeletal ultrasonography: central metatarsalgia	7
Differential diagnosis of umbilical polyps and granulomas in children: sonographic and pathologic correlations	7
2022 Taiwan clinical multicenter expert consensus and recommendations for thyroid radiofrequency ablation	7
Ultrasound imaging for inguinal hernia: a pictorial review	7
Diagnostic performance of ultrasonography-guided core-needle biopsy according to MRI LI-RADS diagnostic categories	7
Laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation versus percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for subphrenic hepatocellular carcinoma	7
Combined accuracy of optic nerve sheath diameter, strain ratio, and shear wave elastography of the optic nerve in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension	6
Scale-attentional U-Net for the segmentation of the median nerve in ultrasound images	6
Speckle tracking ultrasonography as a new tool to assess diaphragmatic function: a feasibility study	6
Improving the quality of breast ultrasound examination performed by inexperienced ultrasound doctors with synchronous tele-ultrasound: a prospective, parallel controlled trial	6
Urethral configuration and mobility during urine leaking described using real-time transperineal ultrasonography	6
False-negative results on computer-aided detection software in preoperative automated breast ultrasonography of breast cancer patients	6
A preliminary study of shear-wave elastography for the evaluation of varicocele in adolescents and young adults	5
Assessing the short-term effects of radiotherapy on the shear modulus of the common carotid artery as a new biomarker of radiation-induced atherosclerosis	5
Ultrasound-guided transient elastography and two-dimensional shear wave elastography for assessment of liver fibrosis: emphasis on technical success and reliable measurements	5
Artificial intelligence models for the diagnosis and management of liver diseases	5
A problem-based approach in musculoskeletal ultrasonography: heel pain in adults	5
Brain contrast-enhanced ultrasonography and elastography in infants	5
US features of normal parathyroid glands: a comparison with metastatic lymph nodes in thyroid cancer	5

Comparison of superb microvascular imaging and shear wave elastography for assessing liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B	5
A new method for assessing the performance of signal processing filters in suppressing the side lobe level	5
Severity of hyperechoic pancreas on ultrasonography as a risk factor for glycemic progression	5
Application of the postnatal urinary tract dilation classification system to predict the need for surgical intervention among neonates and young infants	5
Using ultrasonographic features to predict the outcomes of patients with small papillary thyroid carcinomas: a retrospective study implementing the 2015 ATA patterns and ACR TI-RADS categories	4
Quantifying carotid stiffness in a pre-hypertensive population with ultrafast ultrasound imaging	4
Overcoming the limitations of screening mammography in Japan and Korea: a paradigm shift to personalized breast cancer screening based on ultrasonography	4
Therapeutic efficacy of low-dose steroid combined with hyaluronidase in ultrasonography-guided intra-articular injections into the shoulder for adhesive capsulitis	4
Can the ultrasound echogenicity of normal parotid and submandibular glands be used as a reference standard for normal thyroid echogenicity?	4
Predicting the surgical reparability of large-to-massive rotator cuff tears by B-mode ultrasonography: a cross-sectional study	4
Stress distribution analysis in healthy and stenosed carotid artery models reconstructed from in vivo ultrasonography	4
Usefulness of 2D shear wave elastography for the evaluation of hepatic fibrosis and treatment response in patients with autoimmune hepatitis	4
Transient elastography with controlled attenuation parameter versus two-dimensional shear wave elastography with attenuation imaging for the evaluation of hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in NAFLD	4
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for hepatic metastasis of colorectal cancer: assessment of tumor visibility and the feasibility of the procedure with planning ultrasonography	4
Ultrasonographic evaluation of patients with abnormal liver function tests in the emergency department	4
Contrast-enhanced voiding ultrasonography to detect intrarenal reflux in children: comparison with 99mTc-DMSA renal scans	4
The semi-erect position for better visualization of subphrenic hepatocellular carcinoma during ultrasonography examinations	4
What is the difference between the tall cell variant and the classic type of papillary thyroid carcinoma on ultrasonography?	4
Visualizing the lymphatic vessels and flow with high-resolution ultrasonography and microvascular flow imaging	4
Test-retest repeatability of ultrasonographic shear wave elastography in a rat liver fibrosis model: toward a quantitative biomarker for preclinical trials	3
Evaluation of ultrasound point shear wave elastography reliability in an elasticity phantom	3
Small testes: clinical characteristics and ultrasonographic findings	3
Focal liver lesions: interobserver and intraobserver agreement of three-dimensional contrast-enhanced ultrasound-assisted volume measurements	3
Comparison of two different lung ultrasound imaging protocols in COVID-19 pneumonia	3
Sonazoid-enhanced ultrasonography for noninvasive imaging diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: special emphasis on the 2022 KLCA-NCC guideline	3
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of solitary hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer: risk factors of local tumor progression-free survival and overall survival	3
Comparison between conventional duplex ultrasonography and the dual-gate Doppler mode for hemodynamic measurements of the carotid arteries	3
How many times should we repeat measurements of the ultrasound-guided attenuation parameter for evaluating hepatic steatosis?	3
Vascular compression syndromes: a pictorial review	3
Early response evaluation of doxorubicin-nanoparticle-microbubble therapy in orthotopic hepatocellular carcinoma rat model using contrast-enhanced ultrasound and intravoxel incoherent motion-diffusion	3
Subcategorization of intermediate suspicion thyroid nodules based on suspicious ultrasonographic findings	3
Risk of thyroid cancer in a lung cancer screening population of the National Lung Screening Trial according to the presence of incidental thyroid nodules detected on low-dose chest CT	3
Artificial intelligence in breast ultrasound: application in clinical practice	3
Hyperechoic pancreas on ultrasonography: an analysis of its severity and clinical implications	3
Radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules: the value of anterolateral hydrodissection	3
Radiofrequency ablation of recurrent thyroid cancers: anatomy-based management	3
Accuracy of attenuation imaging in the assessment of pediatric hepatic steatosis: correlation with the controlled attenuation parameter	3
Transcutaneous application of ultrasound enhances the effects of finasteride in a murine model of androgenic alopecia	3
Tips for finding magnetic resonance imaging-detected suspicious breast lesions using second-look ultrasonography: a pictorial essay	3
Subdivision of intermediate suspicion, the 2021 K-TIRADS, and category III, indeterminate cytology, the 2017 TBSRTC, 2nd edition, in thyroidology: let bygones be bygones?	3
Two-dimensional shear wave elastography (ElastQ) accurately rules out liver fibrosis and rules in advanced chronic liver disease across liver disease etiologies: a prospective multicenter study	3
Controlled attenuation parameter measured using transient elastography for the noninvasive assessment of macrovesicular steatosis in potential living liver donors	3
The role of internal jugular vein Doppler ultrasonography in predicting hypovolemic shock in polytrauma patients	3
Second-line Sonazoid-enhanced ultrasonography for Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System category 3 and 4 on gadoxetate-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging	3
Triaging deep vein thrombosis using ultrasonography after lower-extremity orthopedic surgery: analysis of a single-center experience	3
Synchronous tele-ultrasonography is helpful for a naive operator to perform high-quality thyroid ultrasound examinations	2
Unexpected hyperechoic lesions of the breast and their correlations with pathology: a pictorial essay	2
Ultrasonographic atlas of splenic lesions	2
Diagnostic value of supersonic shear impulse elastography for malignant cervical lymph nodes: a Bayesian analysis	2
Shear-wave elastography for the assessment of testicular involvement of hematologic malignancies in children and young adults: a feasibility study	2
Ultrasonography and ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy can predict a heavy nodal metastatic burden in early-stage breast cancer	2
Could real-time ultrasonography guidance be useful for the effective deployment of FemoSeal in common femoral arteriotomy?	2
An implementation of the learning curve cumulative summation test to evaluate a practicum for endometrial cancer ultrasound staging	2
A simplified approach to ovarian lesions based on the O-RADS US risk stratification and management system	2
Elastography for the differential diagnosis of malignant versus benign testicular lesions: a meta-analysis	2
Assessing the diagnostic performance of thyroid biopsy with recommendations for appropriate interpretation	2
Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography-based renal blood perfusion in brain-dead donors predicts early graft function	2
Hepatic and splenic sonographic and sonoelastographic findings in pulmonary arterial hypertension	2
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma in a recent cohort at a tertiary cancer center: incidence and factors associated with major complications and unexpected hospitalizatio	2
Carotid stiffening predicts cardiovascular risk stratification in mid-life: non-invasive quantification with ultrafast ultrasound imaging	2
Unusual, but important, peri- and extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis: a pictorial essay	2
Role of Doppler US and elastography prior to biopsy to identify candidates for avoidance of surgery following neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer	2
Extratendinous migration of calcific tendinitis of the rotator cuff: imaging findings and clinical characteristics with temporal changes	2
Do ACR TI-RADS scores demonstrate unique thyroid molecular profiles?	2
Recurrence and additional treatment of cystic thyroid nodules after ethanol ablation: validation of three proposed criteria	2
Usefulness of strain elastography in the differential diagnosis of ruptured epidermal cyst and superficial abscess	2
Ultrasonographic characteristics of Hürthle cell neoplasms: prediction of malignancy	2
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System category M: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Ultrasonographic echogenicity of normal salivary glands in adults: comparison of submandibular and parotid glands	2
Prostate gland volume estimation: anteroposterior diameters measured on axial versus sagittal ultrasonography and magnetic resonance images	2
Transperineal ultrasonography for treatment response evaluation in children with perianal Crohn’s disease	2
ULTRASONOGRAPHY: changes in submission and publication patterns 1 year after being listed in SCIE	2
Manual versus automated image fusion of real-time ultrasonography and MR/CT images for radiofrequency ablation of hepatic tumors: results of a randomized prospective trial (NCT02705118)	2
Orientation of the ultrasound probe to identify the taller-than-wide sign of thyroid malignancy: a registry-based study with the Thyroid Imaging Network of Korea	2
Usefulness of two-dimensional shear wave elastography in diagnosing hepatic veno-occlusive disease in pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation	2
The learning curve and difficult points of the O-RADS ultrasound risk stratification system in 54 trainees	2