Ultrasound in medicine and biology
Volume 25 , Number 1, January 1999
Contents
• EDITORIAL l 1
• HISTORICAL REVIEW
Forty Years of Obstetric Ultrasound 1957-1997: From A-Scope to Three Dimensions
M. B. McNay and J. E. E. Fleming 3
• ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS .
Evaluation of Off-Line Automated Intima-Media Thickness Detection of the Common Carotid Artery-
Based on M-Line Signal Processing
C. Willekes, A. P. G. Hoeks, M. L. Bots, P. J. Brands, J. M. Willigers, and R. S. Reneman 57
Accuracy of the Main Doppler Methods for Evaluating the Degree of Carotid Stenoses (Continuous
Wave, Pulsed Wave, and Color Doppler)
P. Arbeille, M.-H. Bouin-Pineau, and S. Herault 65
The Use of Acoustic Streaming in Breast Lesion Diagnosis: A Clinical Study
K. R. Nightingale, P. J. Kornguth, and G. E. Trahey 75
Kinetic Study of Tumor Blood Flow in Prostatic Cancer Using Power Doppler Imaging
K.Okihara,H.Watanabe,andMunekadoKojima 89
Robustness of Integrated Backscatter for Myocardial Tissue Characterization
B. Bijnens, J. D'hooge, G. Sutherland, M.-C. Herregods, J. Nuyts, P. Suetens, and F. Van de Werf 95
Doppler Backscatter Properties of a Blood-Mimicking Fluid for Doppler Performance Assessment
K. V. Ramnarine, P. R. Hoskins, H. F. Routh, and F. Davidson 105
Design Considerations for a Transcranial Doppler Coupled to a Stereotactic Position Arm
K. Mignault, D. D. Doblar, B. Guthrie, and D. Fast 111
Proposed Standard Thermal Test Object for Medical Ultrasound
A. Shaw, N. M. Pay, R. C. Preston, and A. D. Bond 121
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On the Lllfrasonic Attenuation and its Frequency Dependence in the 0s Calcis Assessed with a
Multielement Receiver
R. Strelitzki, S. C. Metcalie, P. H. F. Nicholson, J. A. Evans, and V. Paech 133
Sonoporation of Cultured Cells in the Rotating Tube Exposure System
D. L. Miller, S. Bao, and J. E. Morris 143
• CLINICAL NOTE
Intrauperative Changes of Transcranial Doppler Velocity: Relation to Arterial Oxygen Content and
Whole-Blood Viscosity
P. R. Schuurman and K. W. Albrecht 151
• CALENDAR 155
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Ultrasound in medicine and biology
Volume 25, Number 2, February 1999
CONTENTS
• REVIEW ARTICLE
2-D and 3-D Endoluminal Ultrasound: Vascular and Nonvascular Applications
J.-B.LiuandB.B.Goldberg 159
• ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Variability in Ultrasonic Measurements of Arterial Stiffness in the Atherosclerosis Risk in
Communities Study
D. K. Arnett, L. E. Chambless, H. Kirn, G. W. Evans and W. Riley 175
Carotid Arterial Stiffness as a Surrogate for Aortic Stiffness; Relationship between Carotid Artery
Pressure-strain Elastic Modulus and Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity
Y. Nagai, J. L. Fleg, M. K. Kemper, T. M. Rywik, C. J. Barley and E. J. Metter 181
Computerized Quantification of Structures within Ovarian Cysts using Ultrasound Images
Y. Zimmer, R. Tepper and S. Akselrod 189
Echogenicity of Fetal Lung and Liver Quantified by the Grey-level Histogram Width
K. Maeda, M. Utsu, N. Yamamoto and M. Serizawa 201
Morphological Evaluation of a Regurgitant Orifice by 3-1) Echocardiography: Applications in the
Quantification of Valvular Regurgitation
A. S. Anayiotos, B. K. Smith, M. Kolda, P. Fan and N. C. Nanda 209
A Validation Study on the Intraobserver and Interobserver Reproducibility of Renal Artery
Duplex Ultrasound
1. Baumgartner, P. Behrendt, P. Rohner and R. W. Baumgartner 225
Relationship of Thyroid Blood Flow to Reproductive Events in Normal Chinese Females
S.-T. Chan, F. Brook, A. Ahuja, B. Brown and C. Metreweli 233
Effects of Promethazine on Porcine Gastroduodenal Function: A Sonographic Study
A. B. Wright, G. M. McKelvey, A. K. W. Wood and E. J. Post 241
Increased Accuracy of Echocardiographic Measurement of Flow Using Automated Spherical
Integration of Multiple Plane Velocity Vectors
J. Brandberg, B. Janerot-Sjoberg and P. Ask 249
Temperature Elevations Computed for Three-Layer and Four-Layer Obstetrical Tissue Models in
Nonlinear and Linear Ultrasonic Propagation Cases
J. Wojcik, L. Filipczyriski and T. Kujawska 259
Low-frequency, Low-intensity Ultrasound Accelerates Thrombolysis through the Skull
S. Behrens, M. Daffertshofer, D. Spiegel and M. Hennerici 269
Pressure Dependence of Subharmonic Signals from Contrast Microbubbles
W. T. Shi, F. Forsberg, J. S. Raichlen, L. Needleman and B. B. Goldberg 275
Nonlinear and Linear Propagation of Diagnostic Ultrasound Pulses
L. Filipczyiiski, T. Kujawska, R. Tymkiewicz and J. Wojcik 285
Sonochemically Induced Radicals Generated by Pulsed High-energy Ultrasound In Vitro and In Vivo
J. Debus, J. Spoo, J. Jenne, P. Huber and P. Peschke 301
Sonolysis of Albunex®-Supplemented, 40% Hematocrit Human Erythrocytes by Pulsed 1-MHZ
Ultrasound: Pulse Number, Pulse Duration and Exposure Vessel Rotation Dependence
A. A. Brayman and M. W. Miller 307
• BOOK REVIEWS
Abdominal Ultrasound Principles and Techniques
Dr. S. J. Freeman 315
Obstetric Ultrasound: Principles and Techniques
Dr. P. A. Dubbins 316
Contrast Ultrasound for the Radiologist
P. Dawson 316
Cardiac Ultrasound
Dr. P. Wilde 317
An Atlas of Neonatal Brain Sonography
J. M. Stringfellow 317
• CALENDAR 319
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Ultrasound in medicineand biology
Volume 25, Number 4, may 1999
• ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Review of the Assessment of Single Level and Multilevel Arterial Occlusive Disease in Lower Limbs by
Duplex Ultrasound
Louis Allard, Guy Cloutier, Zhenyu Guo and Louis-Gilles Durand 495
Cerebral Arteriovenous Transit Time (CTT): A Sonographic Assessment of Cerebral Microcirculation
Using Ultrasound Contrast Agents
lmke Puls, Georg Becker, Mathias Maurer and Wolfgang MUlIges 503
Clinical Implications of Online and Off-line Interobserver Variability in Intracoronary
Ultrasound-Guided Interventions
Pieter C. Smits, Gerard Pasterkamp, Frank D. Eefting, Pieter R. Stella, Peter P. T. de Jaegere
and Cornelius Borst 509
Application of a Semiautomatic Boundary Detection Algorithm for the Assessment of Amniotic Fluid
Quantity from Ultrasound Images
Chen Sagiv, Solange Akselrod and Ron Tepper 515
Quantitative Ultrasonography of the Periventricular White and Grey Matter of the Developing Brain
Reinier A. Mullaart, Johan M. Thijssen, Jan J. Rotteveel, Frank M. Vaickx and Albert J. van Geemen 527
Middle Cerebral Artery Anatomy and Characteristics of Embolic Signals: A Dual Gate Computer
Simulation Study
Werner H. Mess, Bart M. Titulaer and Rob G. A. Ackerstaff 531
Sensitivity of Color Doppler Sonography: An Experimental Approach
Stefan Delorme, Peter Peschke, Ivan Zuna and Gerhard Van Kaick 541
The Effect of Hemodynamics, Vessel Wall Compliance and Hematocrit on Ultrasonic Doppler Power:
An In Vitro Study
Thanassis X. Missaridis and K. Kirk Shung 549
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.Ultrasound in medicine and biology
Volume 25, Number 5, 1999
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Three Months Use of Third-Generation Oral Contraceptives Does Not Affect Artery Wall Properties
Christine Willekes, Henk J. Hoogland, Hans A. Keizer, Arnold P. G. Hoeks and Robert S. Reneman 723
Improving Ultrasonographic Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer with Neural Networks
Alvaro L. Ronco and Rossana Fernandez 729
Artificial Neural Network Analysis of Common Femoral Artery Doppler Shift Signals: Classification of
Proximal Disease
Isabel A. Wright and Nigel A. J. Gough 735
Dynamic Three-Dimensional Freehand Echocardiography Using Raw Digital Ultrasound Data
Sevald Berg, Hans Torp, Ditlef Martens, Erik Steen, Stein Samstad, Inge Hoivik and Bj0rn Olstad 745
Bilateral Cerebral Emboli Monitoring During Extracorporeal Circulation
Wolfgang Mliliges, Daniela Berg and Klaus V. Toyka 755
Dependence of "Apparent" Magnitude on the Time Delay of Cyclic Variation of Myocardial
Backscatter
Ann E. Finch-Johnston, Hiie M. Gussak, Joel Mobley, Mark R. Holland, Olivera Petrovic, Julio E. Perez and
James G. Miller 759
Persistent Opacification of the Left Ventricle and Myocardium with a New Echo Contrast Agent
Andreas L. Strauss and Klaus-Dieter Boiler 763
Color Doppler Velocity Accuracy Proximal to Regurgitant Orifices: Influence of Orifice Aspect Ratio
Jerry G. Myers, Jr., Andreas A. Anayiotos, Abdelaziz M. Elmahdi, Gilbert J. Perry, PoHoey Fan and
Navin C. Nanda 771
Assessment of Coronary Stenoses by Doppler Wires: A Validation Study Using In Vitro Modeling and
Computer Simulations
Gerold Porenta, Heinz Schirna, Antonis Pentaris, Sokrates Tsangaris, Deddo Moerti, Peter Probst,
Gerald Maurer and Helmut Baumgartner 793
Effect of Catheter Placement on 3-D Velocity Profiles in Curved Tubes Resembling the Human
Coronary System
R. Krams, J. J. Wentzel, 1. Cespedes, R. Vinke, S. Carlier, A F. W. van der Steen, C. T. Lancee and
C. J. Slager 803
Ultrasonic Propagation in Cancellous Bone: A New Stratified Model
Elinor Ruth Hughes, Timothy Grant Leighton, Graham William Petley and Paul Robert White 811
Computational Methods for Ultrasonic Bone Assessment
Gangming Luo, Jonathan J. Kaufman, Alessandro Chiabrera, Bruno Bianco, John H. Kinney, Dave Haupt,
James T. Ryaby and Robert S. Siffert 823
Nonlinearity Parameter for Tissue-Mimicking Materials
Fang Dong, Ernest L. Madsen, Michael C. MacDonald and James A. Zagzebski 831
Spectrogram Enhancement Algorithm: A Soft Thresholding-Based Approach
Bin Liu, Yuanyuan Wang and Weiqi Wang 839
Histological Study of Normal and Tumor-Bearing Liver Treated with Focused Ultrasound
Lili Chen, Gail ter Haar, David Robertson, John P. M. Bensted and Christopher R. Hill 847
TECHNICAL NOTE
Frequency Filtering Improves Ultrasonic Embolic Signal Detection
Hugh S. Markus and Greg Reid 857
LETTER TO THE EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
SieScape(TM) Images
Levin F. Nock 861
BOOK REVIEWS
Diagnostic Ultrasound
K. Dewbury 863
Ultrasound Teaching Manual: The Basics of Performing and Interpreting Ultrasound Scans
Jennifer Edie 863
ERRATUM 865
CALENDAR 867
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Ultrasound in medicine and biology
Volume 25, Number 6, 1999
CONTENTS
Ultrasound Technology for Hyperthermia
Chris J.Diederich and KullervoHynynen 871
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Clinical Use of Ultrasound Tissue Harmonic Imaging
F. Tranquart, N. Grenier, V. Eder and L. Pourcelot 889
3-D Ultrasound Quantification of Neonatal Cerebral Ventricles in Different Head Positions
Nicole Nagdyman, Matthias M. Walka, Wilhelm Kampmann, Brigitte Stover and Michael Obladen 895
Iron Accumulation in the Substantia Nigra in Rats Visualized by Ultrasound
Daniela Berg, Christoph Grote, Wolf-Dieter Rausch, Mattias Maurer, Wolfgang Wesemann, Peter Riederer
and Georg Becker 901
Noninvasive 3-D Ultrasound of Atherosclerotic Plaques in the Watanabe Rabbit
C. P. Allott, C. D. Barry, J. Bramley, N. W. John, P. M. Mellor, D. S. Thomson and C. F. Reilly 905
Portal Venous Volume Flow; In Vivo Measurement by Time-Domain Color-Velocity Imaging
Toshihiko Kawasaki, Toshinao Itani, Jun Mimura and Hideshi Komori 915
Doppier Evaluation of the Effects of Pharmacological Treatment of Portal Hypertension
Fabio Piscaglia, Stefano Gaiani, Gabriele Donati, Livia Masi and Luigi Bolondi 923
Comparison of Transcranial Doppier Flow Velocity and Cerebral Blood Flow During Focal Ischemia
in Rabbits
Thomas Els, Michael Daffertshofer, Helmut Schroeck, Wolfgang Kuschinsky and Michael Hennerici 933
Fetal Transesophageal Echocardiography Utilizing a IO-F, 10-MHz Intravascular Ultrasound
Catheter—Comparison with Conventional Maternal Transabdominal Fetal Echocardiography
in Sheep
Thomas Kohl, Kenji Suda, Julia Reckers, Hans H. Scheid, J. Vogt and Norman H. Silverman 939
3-D Power Doppier Cerebral Aiigiography in Neonates and Young Infants: Comparison with 2-D
Power Doppier Angiography
Steven Shinn-Forng Peng, Jyh-Herng Lin, Wang-Tso Lee, Po-Nien Tsao, Jin Chung Shih, Hon-Man Liu,
Yiu-Wah Li, Fon-Jou Hsieh and Kou-inn Yau Tsou 947
The Use of the Wavelet Transform to Describe Embolic Signals
Nizamettin Aydin, Soundrie Padayachee and Hugh S. Markus 953
Frequency Analysis of Echo Texture in Tendon
Theresa A. Tuthill, Jonathan M. Rubin, J. Brian Fowlkes, David A. Jamadar and Ronald O. Bude 959
The Axoloti as an Animal Model for the Comparison of 3-D Ultrasound with Plain Film Radiography
Gordon P. Kulbisky, Daniel W. Rickey, Martin H. Reed, Natalie Björklund and Richard Gordon 969
Liquid Jets, Accelerated Thrombolysis: A Study for Revascularization of Cerebral Embolism
Tetsuya Kodama, Masashi Tatsuno, Shinya Sugimoto, Hiroshi Uenohara, Takashi Yoshimoto and
Kazuyoshi Takayama 977
Hemostasis of Punctured Vessels Using Doppler-Guided High-Intensity Ultrasound
Roy W. Martin, Shahram Vaezy, Peter Kaczkowski, George Keilman, Steve Carter, Michael Caps,
Kirk Beach, Melani Plett and Lawrence Crum 985
Effect of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound on Whole Blood With and Without Microbubble Contrast
Agent
Sandra L. Poliachik, Wayne L. Chandler, Pierre D. Mourad, Michael R. Bailey, Susannah Bloch,
Robin O. Cleveland, Peter Kaczkowski, George Keilman, Tyrone Porter and Lawrence A. Crum 991
Transient Poration and Cell Surface Receptor Removal From Human Lymphocytes In Vitro
by I MHz Ultrasound
Andrew A. Brayman, Myra L. Coppage, Smita Vaidya and Morton W. Miller 999
Acoustic Saturation and Output Regulation
Francis A. Duck 1009
BOOK REVIEW
Guidelines and Gamuts in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
David King 1019
CALENDAR 1020
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ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY
Volume 25, Number 7 , 1999
CONTENTS
REVIEW ARTICLE
Ultrasound During Pregnancy und Birthweight, Childhood Malignancies
and Neurological Development
K. A. Salvesen and S, H, Eik-Nes 1025
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Early Detection of Renal Cell Carcinoma by Ultrasonographic Screening—Based on the Results
of 13 Years Screening in Japan
S. Mihara, K. Kuroda, R. Yoshioka and W, Koyama 1033
Transvaginal Color Doppler for Predicting Pathological Response to Preoperative Chemoradiation in
Locally Advanced Cervical Carcinoma: A Preliminary Study
J. L. Alcazar and M. Jurado 1041
Ultrasound Backscatter and Attenuation in Human Liver with Diffuse Disease
Z. F. Lu, J. A, Zagzebski and R T, Lee 1047
Signal from Hepatic Hemangiomas on Power Doppler US: Real or Artefactual?
T. K. Kirn, J. K. Han, A. Y. Kirn, S. J. Park and B. I. Choi 1055
Effect of ECHO Contrast Media on the Visualization of Transverse Sinus Thrombosis with
Transcranial 3-D Duplex Sonography
A. Deicker, P, Haussermann and C. Weimar 1063
Artificial Neural Networks and Spatial Temporal Contour Linking for Automated Endocardial
Contour Detection on Echocardiograms: A Novel Approach to Determine Left Ventricular
Contractile Function
T. Binder, M. Sussner, D. Moerti, T. Strohmer, H. Baumgartner, G, Maurer and G- Porenta 1069
Intracardiac Echocardiography (9 MHz) in Humans: Methods, Imaging Views and Clinical Utility
J.-F. Ren, D. Schwartzman, D. J, Callans, S, E. Brode, C. D. Gottlieb and F, E. Marchlinski 1077
In Vivo Demonstration of Noninvasive Thermal Surgery of the Liver and Kidney Using
an Ultrasonic Phased Array
D. R. Daum, N. B. Smith, R. King and K. Hynynen 1087
Elastographic Characterization of HIFU-Induced Lesions in Canine Livers
R. Righetti, F. Kallel, R. L Stafford, R, E, Price, T, A- Krouskop, J, D. Hazle and J, Ophir 1099
Power Spectral Strain Estimators in Elastography
E. E. Konofagou, T. Varghese, J, Ophir and S. K. Alam 1115
Voltage Sensitivity Response of Ultrasonic Hydrophones in the Frequency Range 0,25-2.5 MHz
P. A. Lewin, R. Bautista and V, Devaraju 1131
Hemorrhage in Murine Fetuses Exposed to Pulsed Ultrasound
D. Dalecki, S. Z. Child. C. H. Raeman and C. Cox 1139
Heating vs. Cavitation in the Induction of Mouse Hindlimb Paralysis by Ultrasound
D. L. Miller, J. A. Creim and R. A. Gies 1145
Ultrasonic Backscattering from Porcine Whole Blood of Varying Hematocrit and Shear Rate
Under Pulsatile Flow
Y.-H, Lin and K. K. Shung 1151
I BOOK REVIEWS
Ophthalmic Ultrasound: A Diagnostic Atlas
H. G, Trier 1159
CALENDAR
WFUMB NEWSLETTER 1161
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