Interest in transthoracic ultrasound (US) procedures increased after the availability of
portable US equipment suitable for use at the patient’s bedside. It is possible to detect space-…

The purpose of this study was to identify the ultrasonographic features of mild, moderate and
severe pulmonary fibrosis. Between December 2005 and November 2007, transthoracic …

Eur J Clin Invest 2010; 41 (1): 1–7 Abstract Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate
the clinical applicability of transthoracic ultrasound (TUS) in the diagnosis and follow‐up of …

Results No difference was observed in AFP levels between HCV-and HBV-positive patients,
neither in the whole population nor in the HCC patients only. ROC area under curve for AFP …

PURPOSE: To quantify the risk of misdiagnosis of focal hepatic lesions manifesting at
ultrasonography (US) as typical hemangiomas in a population at high risk for hepatocellular …

The respiratory system may be involved in all systemic vasculitides, although with a variable
frequency. The aim of our review is to describe radiographic and high-resolution CT (HRCT) …

Methods Two hundred eighty-three consecutive patients (189 male, 94 female, aged 65.78±8.19
yr) with acute severe dyspnea were recruited and compared with 250 healthy, …

Background Recent reports indicate that numerical assessment of B-lines during transthoracic
ultrasound may aid the differential diagnosis of acute diffuse pleuropulmonary disorders. …

Ultrasound (US) is acoustic energy that interacts with human tissues, thus, producing bioeffects
that may be hazardous, especially in sensitive organs (ie, brain, eye, heart, lung, and …

The use of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) for the study of peripheral lung lesions has
never been systematically investigated. We evaluated the CEUS patterns of 98 peripheral …