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Open AccessCervical lymph node metastasis prediction from papillary thyroid carcinoma US videos: a prospective multicenter study
Prediction of lymph node metastasis (LNM) is critical for individualized management of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients to avoid unnecessary overtreatment as well as undesired under-treatment. Artifi...
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Open AccessSingle-plane versus real-time biplane approaches for ultrasound-guided central venous catheterization in critical care patients: a randomized controlled trial
Critical care patients often require central venous cannulation (CVC). We hypothesized that real-time biplane ultrasound-guided CVC would improve first-puncture success rate and reduce mechanical complications...
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Open AccessCorrection: Differential diagnosis and feature visualization for thyroid nodules using computer-aided ultrasonic diagnosis system: initial clinical assessment
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Open AccessDifferential diagnosis and feature visualization for thyroid nodules using computer-aided ultrasonic diagnosis system: initial clinical assessment
To assess the diagnostic efficacy of the computer-aided ultrasonic diagnosis system (CAD system) in differentiating benign and malignant thyroid nodules.
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Open AccessCorrelation and agreement between superb micro-vascular imaging and contrast-enhanced ultrasound for assessing radiofrequency ablation treatment of thyroid nodules: a preliminary study
To evaluate the correlation and agreement between superb micro-vascular imaging (SMI) mode and the contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) mode for the ablative completeness and the volumes of ablation lesions to ...
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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound: a valuable modality for extracapsular extension assessment in papillary thyroid cancer
To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of preoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) to detect extracapsular extension (ECE) and identify the relationship between ECE and nodule enhancement patterns in pati...
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Open AccessPotential value of three-dimensional ultrasonography in diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy in Chinese diabetic population with kidney injury
To explore the potential value of three-dimensional ultrasonography (3DUS) and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy (DN) in Chinese diabetic patients with kidney injury.
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Open AccessContrast-enhanced ultrasound in detecting wall invasion and differentiating bland from tumor thrombus during robot-assisted inferior vena cava thrombectomy for renal cell carcinoma
Vena cava thrombus is one of the main clinical manifestations of locally aggressive renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Inferior vena cava (IVC) wall invasion and presence of bland thrombus could affect the surgical o...
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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound may distinguish gallbladder adenoma from cholesterol polyps: a prospective case–control study
The aim of this study was to find the independent risk factors related with gallbladder (GB) adenoma compared to cholesterol polyp by contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS).
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Comparison of Effectiveness and Cost Between Perventricular Device Occlusion and Minimally Invasive Surgical Repair for Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defect
Perventricular device occlusion and minimally invasive surgical repair for perimembranous ventricular septal defect (pmVSD) are two typical methods to reduce the invasiveness of the conventional operation thro...
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Open AccessAccuracy of 16/18G core needle biopsy for ultrasound-visible breast lesions
To assess the accuracy of ultrasound-guided 16G or 18G core needle biopsy (CNB) for ultrasound-visible breast lesions, and to analyze the effects of lesion features.