OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ultrasonography is 6. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Intelligent handheld ultrasound improving the ability of non-expert general practitioners in carotid examinations for community populations: a prospective and parallel controlled trial	55
Hepatic and splenic sonographic and sonoelastographic findings in pulmonary arterial hypertension	36
How many times should we repeat measurements of the ultrasound-guided attenuation parameter for evaluating hepatic steatosis?	34
Vascular compression syndromes: a pictorial review	30
Transcutaneous application of ultrasound enhances the effects of finasteride in a murine model of androgenic alopecia	30
Sonazoid-enhanced ultrasonography: comparison with CT/MRI Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System in patients with suspected hepatocellular carcinoma	28
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for hepatic metastasis of colorectal cancer: assessment of tumor visibility and the feasibility of the procedure with planning ultrasonography	26
Impact of preoperative ultrasonography for predicting the prognosis of deceased donor kidney transplantation	26
Approach to the postnatal sonographic evaluation of prenatally detected abdominopelvic cysts	24
Visualizing the lymphatic vessels and flow with high-resolution ultrasonography and microvascular flow imaging	23
Differentiation of cystic biliary atresia and choledochal cysts using prenatal ultrasonography	22
Re: Re: Casting light on the overlooked trigger point of the interosseous muscles in metatarsalgia: insights and treatment strategies	22
Ultrasonographic echogenicity of normal salivary glands in adults: comparison of submandibular and parotid glands	22
Improving the quality of breast ultrasound examination performed by inexperienced ultrasound doctors with synchronous tele-ultrasound: a prospective, parallel controlled trial	20
Contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography for the diagnosis of vesicoureteral reflux and intrarenal reflux: a comparison of diagnostic performance with fluoroscopic voiding cystourethrography	19
Comparison of the diagnostic performance of the modified Korean Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System for thyroid malignancy with three international guidelines	18
Utility of fusion imaging for the evaluation of ultrasound quality in hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance	18
Diagnostic performance of ultrasound risk stratification systems on thyroid nodules cytologically classified as indeterminate: a systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Application of the postnatal urinary tract dilation classification system to predict the need for surgical intervention among neonates and young infants	16
Laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation versus percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for subphrenic hepatocellular carcinoma	15
Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography-based renal blood perfusion in brain-dead donors predicts early graft function	15
Potential role of two-dimensional shear wave elastography, including liver stiffness measurement and dispersion slope, for management of chronic hepatitis B	15
Technical feasibility and efficacy of a standard needle magnetization system for ultrasound needle guidance in thyroid nodule-targeting punctures: a phantom study	15
Ultrasonographic atlas of splenic lesions	15
Diagnostic performance of quantitative ultrasonography for hepatic steatosis in a health screening program: a prospective single-center study	14

ULTRASONOGRAPHY: changes in editorial policy necessary to lead global trends	14
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System category M: a systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Equity in breast cancer screening for Asian women with dense breasts through ultrasonography: lessons learned from Japanese mammography screening and the J-START trial	14
Expanding dermatologic ultrasonography applications: further insights for enhanced patient management	13
Percutaneous ablation of liver metastases from colorectal cancer: a comparison between the outcomes of ultrasound guidance and CT guidance using propensity score matching	13
Combined fine-needle aspiration with core needle biopsy for assessing thyroid nodules: a more valuable diagnostic method?	12
ULTRASONOGRAPHY: farewell and introduction of the new Editor-in-Chief	12
Differential diagnosis of umbilical polyps and granulomas in children: sonographic and pathologic correlations	12
What shear wave elastography parameter best differentiates breast cancer and predicts its histologic aggressiveness?	12
A new definition for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease – role of ultrasound and elastography	11
Ablation therapy for patients with colorectal liver metastases with and without extrahepatic metastases: evaluation of long-term outcomes and prognostic factors	11
Accuracy of attenuation imaging in the assessment of pediatric hepatic steatosis: correlation with the controlled attenuation parameter	11
Diagnostic accuracy of CT and Doppler US for hepatic outflow obstruction after pediatric liver transplantation using left lobe or left lateral section grafts	11
Comparison between conventional duplex ultrasonography and the dual-gate Doppler mode for hemodynamic measurements of the carotid arteries	10
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	10
Usefulness of strain elastography in the differential diagnosis of ruptured epidermal cyst and superficial abscess	10
Can the ultrasound echogenicity of normal parotid and submandibular glands be used as a reference standard for normal thyroid echogenicity?	10
Clinical applications of shear wave dispersion imaging for breast lesions: a pictorial essay	10
Toward acquisition protocol standardization for estimating liver fat content using ultrasound attenuation coefficient imaging	10
Associations between carotid plaque shape, biomechanical parameters, and ischemic stroke in mild carotid stenosis with a single plaque	9
Ultrasonography and dual-energy computed tomography: impact for the detection of gouty deposits	9
The learning curve and difficult points of the O-RADS ultrasound risk stratification system in 54 trainees	9
Severity of hyperechoic pancreas on preoperative ultrasonography: high potential as a clinically useful predictor of a postoperative pancreatic fistula	9
The reproducibility of shear wave and strain elastography in epidermal cysts	9
Radiofrequency ablation of recurrent thyroid cancers: anatomy-based management	9
Adaptive singular value decomposition filtering of high-intensity focused ultrasound interference enables real-time ultrasound-guided therapy	9
Diagnostic criteria of perfluorobutane-enhanced ultrasonography for diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma in high-risk individuals: how is late washout determined?	8
Ultrasound imaging for inguinal hernia: a pictorial review	8
Synchronous tele-ultrasonography is helpful for a naive operator to perform high-quality thyroid ultrasound examinations	8
Casting light on the overlooked trigger point of the interosseous muscles in metatarsalgia: insights and treatment strategies	8
Precise liver tumor ablation: the clinical potential of US-US overlay fusion guidance	8
Ultrasonography of acute retroperitoneum	7
The efficiency of contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) combined with EUS elastography for pancreatic cancer diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Re: Subdivision of intermediate suspicion, the 2021 K-TIRADS, and category III, indeterminate cytology, the 2017 TBSRTC, 2nd edition, in thyroidology: let bygones be bygones?	7
Hemodynamics in Doppler ultrasonography	7
Long-term follow-up of the radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules: the value of additional treatment	7
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	6
Elastography for the differential diagnosis of malignant versus benign testicular lesions: a meta-analysis	6
Ultrasonographic characteristics of Hürthle cell neoplasms: prediction of malignancy	6
Assessing the diagnostic performance of thyroid biopsy with recommendations for appropriate interpretation	6
Triaging deep vein thrombosis using ultrasonography after lower-extremity orthopedic surgery: analysis of a single-center experience	6
US features of normal parathyroid glands: a comparison with metastatic lymph nodes in thyroid cancer	6
Ultrasonographic features of the skin and subcutis: correlations with the severity of breast cancer–related lymphedema	6
What is the difference between the tall cell variant and the classic type of papillary thyroid carcinoma on ultrasonography?	6
Optic nerve sheath diameter, strain ratio, and shear wave elastography	6