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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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Utility of fusion imaging for the evaluation of ultrasound quality in hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance	41
Construction of a nomogram model for predicting benignity and malignancy in adnexal masses	39
Endoscopic ultrasonography is useful for predicting perforation in the endoscopic resection of gastric submucosal tumors originating from the muscularis propria: a retrospective case-control study	37
Optic nerve sheath diameter, strain ratio, and shear wave elastography	27
The efficiency of contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) combined with EUS elastography for pancreatic cancer diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	23
Comparison of ultrasound-detected and undetected hepatocellular carcinomas: a post-hoc, subgroup analysis from the MAGNUS-HCC surveillance trial	23
A comparison of the diagnostic performance of the O-RADS, RMI4, IOTA LR2, and IOTA SR systems by senior and junior doctors	22
A prospective comparison of two ultrasound attenuation imaging modes using different frequencies for assessing hepatic steatosis	21
Agreement of shear wave and strain elastography according to the size of the region of interest: a study of epidermal cysts	21
The role of Doppler ultrasonography in the detection and management of nutcracker syndrome	20
Quantitative analysis using intraoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasound in adult-type diffuse gliomas with isocitrate dehydrogenase mutations: association between hemodynamics and molecular features	20
Relationship between endometriosis and uterine cervical elasticity assessed using ultrasound strain elastography	19
Predicting the chemotherapeutic response of colorectal cancer liver metastasis using shear-wave elastography	19
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	19
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of solitary hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer: risk factors of local tumor progression-free survival and overall survival	18
Intraoperative sonography using high-frequency transducer during living Donor liver transplantation with modified right-lobe graft	16
Sonazoid-enhanced ultrasonography for noninvasive imaging diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: special emphasis on the 2022 KLCA-NCC guideline	16
Direct deep learning analysis of three-dimensional automated breast ultrasound videos with reading mode optimization for breast cancer diagnosis	15
Unraveling distinctions between contrast-enhanced ultrasound and CT/MRI for liver mass diagnosis	15
Improving breast ultrasonography education: the impact of AI-based decision support on the performance of non-specialist medical professionals	13
Multiparametric ultrasound for upper extremity dialysis access evaluation	12
2022 Taiwan clinical multicenter expert consensus and recommendations for thyroid radiofrequency ablation	12
Supplemental automated breast ultrasound in negative screening mammography: early-stage cancer detection in dense breasts with limited yield in non-dense breasts	12
Nerve entrapment syndromes: detection by ultrasound	12
Advantages of thyroid core needle biopsy: an emerging selective first-line biopsy modality	11

Pelvic ultrasonography of the postpartum uterus in patients presenting to the emergency room with vaginal bleeding and pelvic pain	11
How to use intestinal ultrasonography in patients with Crohn disease: its role in the assessment of disease activity and disease monitoring in the era of the treat-to-target strategy	11
Contrast-enhanced voiding ultrasonography to detect intrarenal reflux in children: comparison with 99mTc-DMSA renal scans	11
Transperineal versus transrectal prostate fiducial insertion in radiation treatment of prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Applications of artificial intelligence in obstetrics	10
Essentials for parathyroid imaging and intervention: what radiologists need to know	10
Malignancy risk stratification and subcategorization of K-TIRADS intermediate suspicion thyroid nodules: a retrospective multicenter study	10
Unsupervised speckle noise reduction technique for clinical ultrasound imaging	9
Application of O-RADS US combined with MV-Flow to diagnose ovarian-adnexal tumors	9
Ultrasound-guided ethanol ablation versus the Sistrunk operation as a primary treatment for thyroglossal duct cysts	9
The role of transabdominal ultrasound in pancreatic cyst surveillance: correlation with cross-sectional imaging findings and malignancy risk	8
Intelligent handheld ultrasound improving the ability of non-expert general practitioners in carotid examinations for community populations: a prospective and parallel controlled trial	7
How many times should we repeat measurements of the ultrasound-guided attenuation parameter for evaluating hepatic steatosis?	7
Role of high-frequency ultrasound in differentiating benign and malignant skin lesions: potential and limitations	7
Vascular compression syndromes: a pictorial review	7
Predictors of tumor conspicuity on Kupffer-phase Sonazoid-enhanced ultrasonography in liver tumors: implications for fusion-guided ablation	7
Perivascular space volume measurement at the inferior basal ganglia on cranial ultrasound in neonates: associations with germinal matrix hemorrhage and brain maturation	7
Plaque biomarkers from high-frame rate vector flow imaging and shear wave elastography in mild carotid stenosis	7
Ablation therapy for patients with colorectal liver metastases with and without extrahepatic metastases: evaluation of long-term outcomes and prognostic factors	7
Non-ablative focused ultrasound induces an adaptive immune response to suppress pancreatic cancer: a preclinical study	7
Accuracy of attenuation imaging in the assessment of pediatric hepatic steatosis: correlation with the controlled attenuation parameter	7
Ultrasound imaging for inguinal hernia: a pictorial review	6
Ultrasound-guided ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma: a review of its past, present, and future	6
Knot-and-ear sign: a pathognomonic ultrasonographic feature of suture granuloma after thyroid surgery	6
Integration of high-frequency ultrasound with the Global Acne Grading System for prediction of treatment efficiency in acne vulgaris	6
The utility of two-dimensional shear wave elastography for predicting prostate cancer: a preliminary study	6
Usefulness of 2D shear wave elastography for the evaluation of hepatic fibrosis and treatment response in patients with autoimmune hepatitis	6
Long-term follow-up of the radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules: the value of additional treatment	6
A simplified approach to ovarian lesions based on the O-RADS US risk stratification and management system	6
Non-invasive evaluation of testicular torsion using ultrasound shear wave elastography: an experimental study	6
Cutting-edge progress of intravascular ultrasound in lower-extremity vascular interventions	6
Erratum: Potential role of two-dimensional shear wave elastography, including liver stiffness measurement and dispersion slope, for management of chronic hepatitis B	6
Comparison of micro-flow imaging and contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in assessing segmental congestion after right living donor liver transplantation	6
Antenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease by 3D ultrasonography using spatiotemporal image correlation with HDlive Flow and HDlive Flow silhouette rendering modes	6
Transabdominal ultrasonography as an alternative modality for pancreatic cyst surveillance: potentials and limitations	6
Casting light on the overlooked trigger point of the interosseous muscles in metatarsalgia: insights and treatment strategies	6
Diagnostic performance of ultrasound-derived fat fraction for assessing steatotic liver disease with histopathology as the reference	6
High-contrast spectroscopic photoacoustic characterization of thermal tissue ablation in the visible spectrum	6
Advanced fibrosis leads to overestimation of steatosis with quantitative ultrasound in individuals without hepatic steatosis	6
Ultrasonographic differential diagnosis of medial elbow pain	6
Association of triglyceride-driven residual atherosclerotic risk with carotid stiffening assessed using ultrafast ultrasound imaging in individuals with hypertriglyceridemia	5
Posterior subependymal germinal matrix hemorrhage as a mild form of hemorrhage in extremely preterm infants: neurodevelopmental outcomes at corrected ages of 18-24 months	5
Evaluation of physical properties and image quality of a breast tissue phantom with glycerol-enhanced polyvinyl chloride plastisol for ultrasound imaging	5
Inter-observer and intra-observer reliability between manual segmentation and semi-automated segmentation for carotid vessel wall volume measurements on three-dimensional ultrasonography	5
Artificial intelligence models for the diagnosis and management of liver diseases	5
Prostate gland volume estimation: anteroposterior diameters measured on axial versus sagittal ultrasonography and magnetic resonance images	5
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	5
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	5
Arterial stiffness in subclinical atherosclerosis quantified with ultrafast pulse wave velocity measurements: a comparison with a healthy population using propensity score matching	5
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	5

Combined fine-needle aspiration with core needle biopsy for assessing thyroid nodules: a more valuable diagnostic method?	5
Intra-individual comparison of two-dimensional shear wave elastography techniques using plane wave imaging and the multi-beam technique: are they interchangeable in measuring liver fibrosis?	5
Comparison between vibration-controlled transient elastography and point shear wave elastography for assessment of hepatic fibrosis based on magnetic resonance elastography	4
Unexpected hyperechoic lesions of the breast and their correlations with pathology: a pictorial essay	4
Does transperineal ultrasound predict the risk of perineal trauma in women with term pregnancy? A prospective observational study	4
Value of Doppler ultrasonography in predicting clinical outcomes for patients with acute cellular rejection after liver transplantation	4
Ultrasonographic features of the skin and subcutis: correlations with the severity of breast cancer–related lymphedema	4
Clinical applications of shear wave dispersion imaging for breast lesions: a pictorial essay	4
Pulmonary artery stiffness in fetuses with tetralogy of Fallot	4
Hemodynamics in Doppler ultrasonography	4
Recognition and appreciation of our peer reviewers: honoring the 2025 best reviewer awards	4
Diagnostic performance of vector flow imaging–derived wall shear stress and radiofrequency echo-tracking–derived arterial stiffness indices in severe carotid stenosis	4
Scale-attentional U-Net for the segmentation of the median nerve in ultrasound images	4
Role of Doppler US and elastography prior to biopsy to identify candidates for avoidance of surgery following neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer	3
Quantifying carotid stiffness in a pre-hypertensive population with ultrafast ultrasound imaging	3
Erratum: Comprehensive ultrasonographic evaluation of normal and fibrotic kidneys in a mouse model with an ultra-highfrequency transducer	3
Measuring diaphragmatic excursion using 4-dimensional ultrasound: a feasibility study	3
Do ACR TI-RADS scores demonstrate unique thyroid molecular profiles?	3
Kupffer-phase Sonazoid ultrasound LI-RADS for liver cancer: diagnostic performance and algorithm modification	3
Ultrasound findings of subpial hemorrhage in neonates	3
Foot pain in children and adolescents: a problem-based approach in musculoskeletal ultrasonography	3
Combined application of deep learning and conventional computer vision for kidney ultrasound image classification in chronic kidney disease: preliminary study	3
Shaping the future of <italic>Ultrasonography</italic>: bimonthly publication and global growth	3
Thrombus stiffness as an independent predictor of endovascular treatment success in hemodialysis fistulas: a study using ultrasound elastography	3
A computationally efficient pulse compression method of Barker-coded excitation using a mismatched filter in medical ultrasound imaging	3
Overcoming the limitations of screening mammography in Japan and Korea: a paradigm shift to personalized breast cancer screening based on ultrasonography	3
Recognition and appreciation of our peer reviewers: honoring the 2024 best reviewer awards	3
Combined use of shear-wave elastography and Doppler ultrasonography in equivocal fibroepithelial lesions of the breast diagnosed by core needle biopsy	3
Predicting multigenic co-mutations in differentiated thyroid cancer using contrast-enhanced ultrasonography: model development and internal validation	3
High-spatial-resolution, instantaneous passive cavitation imaging with temporal resolution in histotripsy: a simulation study	2
Erratum: Noninvasive assessment of hepatic steatosis using a pathologic reference standard: comparison of CT, MRI, and US-based techniques	2
Synchronous tele-ultrasonography is helpful for a naive operator to perform high-quality thyroid ultrasound examinations	2
Value of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in microwave ablation treatment of symptomatic focal uterine adenomyosis	2
Ultrasound evaluation of clinical mimics of deep vein thrombosis: essential insights for radiologists in interpretation	2
Effects of hepatic fibrosis on the quantification of hepatic steatosis using the controlled attenuation parameter in patients with chronic hepatitis B	2
Ultrasonography of acute retroperitoneum	2
Percutaneous ablation of liver metastases from colorectal cancer: a comparison between the outcomes of ultrasound guidance and CT guidance using propensity score matching	2
Feasibility of a deep learning artificial intelligence model for the diagnosis of pediatric ileocolic intussusception with grayscale ultrasonography	2
Ultrasonography-assisted near-infrared spectroscopy imaging enhanced by gold nanorods in a xenograft mouse model of prostate cancer	2
Assessment of renal stiffness in primary hyperparathyroidism using shear-wave elastography and changes after microwave ablation	2
Diagnostic performance of quantitative ultrasonography for hepatic steatosis in a health screening program: a prospective single-center study	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
Impact of an immediate short waiting period on ultrasound-based ablative margin assessment following radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma	2
Follow-up of benign thyroid nodules confirmed by ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy after inconclusive cytology on fine-needle aspiration biopsy	2
Second-line Sonazoid-enhanced ultrasonography for Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System category 3 and 4 on gadoxetate-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging	2
Severity of hyperechoic pancreas on preoperative ultrasonography: high potential as a clinically useful predictor of a postoperative pancreatic fistula	2
Characterization of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease–related hepatocellular carcinoma on contrast-enhanced ultrasound with Sonazoid	2
Diagnostic performance of ultrasound risk stratification systems on thyroid nodules cytologically classified as indeterminate: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Washout-parametric imaging with Sonazoid for enhanced differentiation of focal liver lesions	2
Intra-individual comparison of liver stiffness measurements by magnetic resonance elastography and two-dimensional shear-wave elastography in 888 patients	2
Toward acquisition protocol standardization for estimating liver fat content using ultrasound attenuation coefficient imaging	2
Additive predictive value of preoperative thyroid ultrasound parameters for postoperative hypothyroidism after hemithyroidectomy: a single-center retrospective study	2
Extratendinous migration of calcific tendinitis of the rotator cuff: imaging findings and clinical characteristics with temporal changes	2
Diagnostic performance of multimodal large language models in radiological quiz cases: the effects of prompt engineering and input conditions	2
Ultrasonography: celebrating 10 years of progress and opening a new chapter in 2024	2
Adaptive singular value decomposition filtering of high-intensity focused ultrasound interference enables real-time ultrasound-guided therapy	2
What is the difference between the tall cell variant and the classic type of papillary thyroid carcinoma on ultrasonography?	2
The new definition of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: the role of ultrasound and elastography	2
Modulation of cell viability, apoptosis, and autophagy in pancreatic cancer cells using therapeutic ultrasound with microbubbles and gemcitabine	2
Subcategorization of intermediate suspicion thyroid nodules based on suspicious ultrasonographic findings	2