Volume 39 Number 4 2013

CONTENTS

C ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Computer-Aided Diagnosis for 3-D Power Doppler Breast UltrasoundYi-Chen Lai, Yao-Sian Huang, Day-Woei Wang, Chui-Mei Tiu, Yi-Hong Chou, and Ruey-Feng Chang

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Semi-Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Breast Ultrasound Elastography in DifferentiatingBetween Malignant and Benign LesionsSharifahMajedah Idrus Alhabshi, Kartini Rahmat, Nurazidawati Abdul Halim, Suraya Aziz, Sridharan Radhika,Gek Choo Gan, Anushya Vijayananthan, Caroline Judy Westerhout, Mohammad Nazri Mohd-Shah,Saladina Jaszle, Nani Harlina Mohd Latar, and Rohaizak Muhammad

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The Influence of Food Intake on Liver Stiffness Values Assessed by Acoustic Radiation Force ImpulseElastography—Preliminary ResultsAlina Popescu, Simona Bota, Ioan Sporea, Roxana Sirli, Mirela Danila, Sebastian Racean, Dragos Suseanu,Oana Gradinaru, and Cristian Ivascu Siegfried

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Ultrasound Assessment of the Force-Frequency Relationship From the Law of Conservation ofMomentum in Patients With Left Ventricular DysfunctionFrank Lloyd Dini, Giacinta Guarini, Gianni Pedrizzetti, Mario Miccoli, Maria Cristina Zito,Angelo Baggiani, Umberto Conti, Vitantonio Di Bello, and Mario Marzilli

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Diastolic Retrograde Arterial Flow and Biphasic Abdominal Aortic Doppler Wave Pattern:An Early Sign of Arterial Wall Deterioration?Mario Jorge Mc Loughlin, and Santiago Mc Loughlin

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The Significance of the Ultrasound Diagnostics in Evaluation of the Emboligenic Pathogenesis ofTransient Ischemic AttacksJovanovi�c B. Zagorka, Pavlovi�c M. Aleksandra, Vujisi�c Te�si�c P. Bosiljka, Bori�ci�c Kosti�c V. Marija,Cvitan �Z. Edita, Pekmezovi�c P. Tatjana, and �Sterni�c �Covi�ckovi�c M. Nade�zda

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Therapeutic Effects of Focused Ultrasound in 4014 Patients With Symptomatic Cervical EctopyChengzhi Li, Xi Xiong, Youping Li, Jing Li, Bin Peng, Zhibiao Wang, and Wenzhi Chen

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Non-Invasive Embolus Trap Using Histotripsy—An Acoustic Parameter StudySimone Park, Adam D. Maxwell, Gabe E. Owens, Hitinder S. Gurm, Charles A. Cain, and Zhen Xu

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INDEXED IN Index Medicus, MEDLINE, Excerpta Medica, Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, Current Contents�, Biol. Abstr., Electron. & Commun. Abstr., Safety Sci. Abstr., CABS, Appl.

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ISSN 0301-5629

USMBA3 39(4) 555–744 (2013)

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Evaluation of Dose Distribution of Molecular Delivery After Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption by FocusedUltrasound With Treatment PlanningFeng-Yi Yang, Chien-Cheng Chen, Yi-Hsuan Kao, Chuan-Lin Chen, Chia-En Ko, Shih-Cheng Horng, andRan-Chou Chen

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Investigation Into the Impact of Diagnostic UltrasoundWithMicrobubbles on the Capillary Permeabilityof Rat HepatomasGong Wang, Zhongxiong Zhuo, Hongmei Xia, Yi Zhang, Ying He, Weihua Tan, and Yunhua Gao

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Ultrasound-Enhanced Delivery of Antibiotics and Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Into the EyeMarjan Nabili, Hetal Patel, Sankaranarayana P. Mahesh, Ji Liu, Craig Geist, and Vesna Zderic

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Laser-Induced Fluorescence Thermometry of Heating in Water From Short Bursts of High IntensityFocused UltrasoundMoath M. Al-Qraini, Michael S. Canney, and Ghanem F. Oweis

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Flow Quantification With Nakagami Parametric Imaging for Suppressing Contrast MicrobubblesAttenuationXiaolin Gu, Min Wei, Yujin Zong, Hujie Jiang, and Mingxi Wan

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The Effect of Flow Acceleration on the Cyclic Variation of Blood Echogenicity Under Pulsatile FlowChih-Chung Huang, Chen-Chih Liao, Po-Yang Lee, and Cho-Chiang Shih

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Suppression of Grating Lobe Artifacts in Ultrasound Images Formed From Diverging TransmittingBeams by Modulation of Receiving BeamsAkinlolu Ponnle, Hideyuki Hasegawa, and Hiroshi Kanai

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Real-Time Ultrasound Attenuation Imaging of Diffuse Fatty Liver DiseaseYuko Kanayama, Naohisa Kamiyama, Kenichi Maruyama, and Yasukiyo Sumino

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Contrast-Enhanced Intravascular Ultrasound Pulse Sequences for Bandwidth-Limited TransducersDavid Maresca, Guillaume Renaud, Gijs van Soest, Xiang Li, Qifa Zhou, K. Kirk Shung, Nico de Jong, andAntonius F.W. van der Steen

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What is the Primary Source of Discordance in Strain Measurement Between Vendors:Imaging or Analysis?Kazuaki Negishi, Sean Lucas, Tomoko Negishi, Jamie Hamilton, and Thomas H. Marwick

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Simultaneous Bilateral Real-Time 3-D Transcranial Ultrasound Imaging at 1 MHz Through PoorAcoustic WindowsBrooks D. Lindsey, Heather A. Nicoletto, Ellen R. Bennett, Daniel T. Laskowitz, and Stephen W. Smith

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C TECHNICAL NOTE

The Carotid Artery as an Alternative Site to the Middle Cerebral Artery for Reproducible Estimatesof Autoregulation IndexNazia Parveen Saeed, Ronney Bernardes Panerai, and Thompson Gordon Robinson

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C LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Call for PapersKevin J. Parker

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C CALENDAR 743