Ultrasound in Medicine: Volume 1 Proceedings of the 19th Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages xxiii-xxiii
Abnormal Motion of Interventricular Septum of Patients with Prosthetic Valve....Pages 1-9
Echocardiographic Studies of the Tricuspid Valve in Atrial Septal Defect....Pages 11-17
Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Complete Atrioventricular Canal Defect....Pages 19-24
Ultrasonic Appearance of a Coronary Arteriovenous Communication....Pages 25-31
Right Ventricular Volume Overload Caused by “Aorta” to Right Heart Shunt: Echocardiographic Observations....Pages 33-42
Use of Ultrasound to Define Shunting in Ventricular Septal Defects....Pages 43-47
Calcified Intra-Atrial Mass Detected by M-Mode Echocardiography and Multi-Head Transducer Scanning: A Case Report....Pages 49-53
Correlation of Echocardiographic and Angiographic Abnormalities in Mitral Valve Prolapse....Pages 55-62
Intraoperative Assessment of Mitral Commissurotomy and Mitral Valve Replacement by Echocardiography....Pages 63-69
Evaluation of the Björk-Shiley Prosthetic Valve by Echocardiography....Pages 71-78
Intracavitary Echoes in Patients with Mitral Prosthetic Valves....Pages 79-79
Echocardiographic Identification of the Intra-Atrial Baffle Following Surgery in Transposition of the Great Vessels....Pages 80-80
Cross-Sectional Echocardiographic Features of Ebstein’s Malformation....Pages 81-81
Echocardiographic Correlates of the Second Heart Sound....Pages 82-82
Echo Distinction of Left-To-Right Shunts from Non-Structural Heart Disease (NHD) in Infancy....Pages 83-83
Echocardiography in Congenital Left Ventricular-Right Shunt....Pages 84-84
Limitations of Quantitative Determination of Left Ventricular Volume by Multiscan Echocardiography....Pages 85-85
Usefulness of Biaxial Left Atrial Dimension Measurements by Echocardiography....Pages 86-86
Serial Echocardiographic Measurement of Left Ventricular Dimensions During Subacute and Acute Circulatory Stress....Pages 87-87
Oscillations of the Interventricular Septum in Aortic Insufficiency....Pages 88-88
Front Matter....Pages xxiii-xxiii
Echocardiographic Features of Subpulmonic Obstruction in Transposition of the Great Vessels....Pages 89-89
Echocardiographic Measurements in Normal Well Children....Pages 90-90
The Thick Septum: Echocardiographic Differentiation of Its Causes....Pages 91-91
A Prospective 2½ Year Experience with Echocardiographic Evaluation of Prematures with Patent Ductus Arteriosus....Pages 92-92
The Value of Echocardiography in Congestive Cardiomyopathy in Children....Pages 93-93
Non-Invasive Right and Left Systolic Time Intervals by Echocardiography....Pages 94-94
Echocardiographic Differentiation of Infundibular from Valvular Pulmonic Stenosis....Pages 95-95
Echocardiographic Pattern of Pulmonic Valve Motion with Pulmonary Hypertension....Pages 96-96
Diagnosis of Tricuspid Valve Prolapse by Echocardiography....Pages 97-97
Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Mitral Apparatus Dysfunction with Mitral Insufficiency....Pages 98-98
Normal Posterior Mitral Leaflet Motion in Mitral Stenosis....Pages 99-99
Echocardiographic Findings in Patients with Mitral Valve Prolapse Mimicking Left Atrial Tumor....Pages 100-100
Echocardiographic Evaluation of Mitral Valve Tissue Bioprostheses In Vitro and In Vivo....Pages 101-101
Non-Invasive Assessment of Prosthetic Mitral Valve Function....Pages 102-102
In Vitro Prosthetic Valve Studies Utilizing Echocardiography....Pages 103-103
Effects on Abnormal Septal Motion of Surgery for Constrictive Pericarditis....Pages 104-104
Objective Assessment of the Role of Echocardiography (UCG) in the Diagnosis of Acute Endocarditis (AE)....Pages 105-105
Acquired Paradoxic Septal Motion Following Successful Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery....Pages 106-106
Cross-Sectional Echocardiographic Localization of the Sites of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction (LVOTO)....Pages 107-107
Echocardiographic Features of Infiltrative Cardiomyopathy....Pages 108-108
Front Matter....Pages xxiii-xxiii
The Echocardiographic Spectrum in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy....Pages 109-109
Front Matter....Pages N3-N3
Internal Echographic Patterns of Abdominal Masses....Pages 111-116
The Role of Ultrasound in Pediatrics....Pages 117-123
Grey Scale Ultrasonography in the Differential Diagnosis of Obstructive Jaundice....Pages 125-131
Ultrasonic Visualization of the Abdominal Aorta....Pages 133-139
Ultrasonic Evaluation of Pancreatitis....Pages 141-147
Prostate Localization Using Ultrasound B-Mode Scanning....Pages 149-157
Comparison of Radioisotope and Ultrasound Examination in the Investigation of Hepatobiliary Disease....Pages 159-167
B-Mode Ultrasonographic Study of Diaphragmatic Motion....Pages 169-176
Percutaneous Aspiration of Abscesses with Ultrasound....Pages 177-181
Diagnostic Accuracy of Abdominal Scanning....Pages 183-183
The Accuracy of Diagnostic Ultrasound in Detecting Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Enlargement in Malignant Lymphoma and Hodgkin’s Disease....Pages 184-184
The Value of Ultrasonic Scanning in the Diagnosis of Intra-Abdominal Abscesses and Hematomas....Pages 185-185
Ultrasound and Radioisotope Imaging in Abdominal Disease....Pages 186-186
Renal Angiomyolipoma: Ultrasound Differentiation....Pages 187-187
Ultrasonography of the Gall Bladder in Jaundiced Patients....Pages 188-188
The Valuable Contribution of Diagnostic Ultrasound in the Preoperative Diagnosis of Splenic Cysts....Pages 189-189
Ultrasonic Scanning in the Diagnosis of Adrenal Tumours....Pages 190-190
Ultrasonically Guided Fine Needle Biopsy of the Pancreas....Pages 191-191
B-Mode Ultrasonographic Examination of Testes....Pages 192-192
Front Matter....Pages N3-N3
Torsion of the Testis Diagnosed by Ultrasound....Pages 193-193
Demonstration of the Normal Pancreas with Gray Scale Ultrasound....Pages 194-194
Diagnostic Ultrasound in the Demonstration of Pancreatic Lesions....Pages 195-195
Accuracy in Pancreatic Sonography — A Review of 150 Patients....Pages 196-196
Combined Ultrasonic and Radionuclide Approach to Biliary-Pancreatic Disease Diagnosis....Pages 197-197
Demonstration of Dilated Common Bile Duct....Pages 198-198
Ultrasonic Reduction of Mitotic Activity in Regenerating Rat Liver....Pages 199-199
Ultrasonic Determination of Renal Transplant Volume....Pages 200-200
Front Matter....Pages N5-N5
Ultrasound in Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis....Pages 201-212
Use of Ultrasound in Therapeutic Abortion....Pages 213-217
Ultrasound in the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Ovarian Tumors....Pages 219-228
Simultaneous A- and B-Scan Ultrasound Guidance of Aspiration Needles During Amniocentesis in Early Second Trimester for Prenatal Genetic Disease Detection — A Preliminary Report....Pages 229-232
Ultrasonic Localization of “Missing I.U.C.D.’s”....Pages 233-239
Ultrasonic Visualization of Pelvic Radium Applications....Pages 241-241
Comparison of Pelvic Pneumography and Echography for Stein-Levinthal Syndrome....Pages 242-242
In Utero Diagnosis of Fetal Abnormalities....Pages 243-243
Complementary Role of Sonography and Arteriography in Diagnosis and Management of Uterine Choriocarcinoma....Pages 244-244
Fetal Cephalometry Using a Multiple Head Transducer Scanning Device....Pages 245-245
Use of Multihead Transducer Scanner in Amniocentesis....Pages 246-246
Early Pregnancy Diagnosis with A-Mode Ultrasound....Pages 247-247
Front Matter....Pages N5-N5
Observations on Fetal Heart Motion by Ultrasound Real Time Imaging....Pages 248-248
B.P.D. Growth Standards in the Rhesus Monkey....Pages 249-249
Front Matter....Pages N7-N7
The Causes of Transient Variations in the Magnitude of the Systolic Pulsations in Amplitude of Echoes Recorded from Cerebral Interfaces: The Absence of Any Relationship with Variations in Regional Blood Flow....Pages 251-263
Ultrasound Visualization of Intracranial Hemorrhage....Pages 265-271
Ultrasound Potentiation of Chemotherapy for Brain Malignancy....Pages 273-281
Standstill or Progress in Echoencephalography?....Pages 283-287
Absorption of Ultrasonic Energy by the Skull....Pages 289-289
Midline Sagittal Sonographic Evaluation of the Brainstem....Pages 290-290
Front Matter....Pages N9-N9
Echo Measurement of Chest Wall Dimensions....Pages 291-294
Ultrasonic Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules....Pages 295-304
Grey Scale Ultrasonography and Radioisotope Scanning as Complementary Investigations of Thyroid Swellings....Pages 305-308
A Combined Clinical and Research Approach to the Problem of Ultrasound Visualization of Breast....Pages 309-320
Ultrasonography, Orbital Venography, and Computerized Transaxial Tomography to Evaluate the Retrobulbar Space....Pages 321-328
Use of B-Mode Ultrasound in Diagnosis of Diseases of the Chest....Pages 329-329
Real Time Ultrasound “B” Scanning of Palpable Breast Masses....Pages 330-330
Ultrasonic Evaluation of Breast Masses....Pages 331-331
Ultrasonic Differentiation of Superficial Masses....Pages 332-332
Practical Improvements in Thyroid Imaging....Pages 333-333
The Solitary Non-Functioning Thyroid Nodule and the Efficacy of Diagnostic Ultrasound Examination: A Review of One Hundred (100) Cases....Pages 334-334
Accuracy Considerations in the Ultrasonic Ocular Biometry....Pages 335-335
Front Matter....Pages N9-N9
Pre-Operative Evaluation of Vitreous Membranes with Isometric B-Scan Display....Pages 336-336
Ultrasonic Evaluation of Trans-Vitreal Trauma....Pages 337-337
Ultrasonic Volume Determination in Ophthalmology....Pages 338-338
Role of Piezoelectricity in Early Detection of Asbestosis by Means of Ultrasonography....Pages 339-339
Front Matter....Pages N11-N11
Blood Flow Measurement Using Random Signal Flowmeter....Pages 341-350
Doppler Detection of Flow Disturbances....Pages 351-351
Nontraumatic Measurement of Aortic Blood Velocity Fields, Flow, and Wall Properties....Pages 352-352
Measurement of Hemodynamics in Atherogenic Swine Using Ultrasound....Pages 353-353
Aortic Blood Velocity Determination by Transcutaneous Doppler....Pages 354-354
Cervical Carotid Imaging with the Reid-Directional Doppler Flowmeter....Pages 355-355
Followup of P.V.D. Patients Using Ultrasonic Angiology: New Methods and New Machines....Pages 356-356
Long Term Doppler Flow Records - Scribner Shunt Management Using the Flowlog....Pages 357-357
Independent Blood Flow Angle and Velocity Measurement Using Transit Time Broadening of the Doppler Spectrum....Pages 358-358
Detection of Ventricular Septal Defect Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction by Pulse Doppler Flowmeter....Pages 359-359
Doppler Examination of the Circulation of the Eye and Orbit....Pages 360-360
Assessment of Mitral Insufficiency Using Doppler Ultrasound....Pages 361-361
Front Matter....Pages N13-N13
Computer Acquisition and Processing of Left Ventricular Echocardiograms....Pages 363-371
Thaumascan: Design Considerations and Performance Characteristics....Pages 373-378
Thaumascan: Clinical Cardiac Imaging....Pages 379-383
Visualization of Cardiac Dynamics with Real Time B-Mode Ultrasonic Scanner....Pages 385-393
Front Matter....Pages N13-N13
A Phase Compensation Technique for B-Mode Echoencephalography....Pages 395-404
Signal Processing Techniques for Improving B-Mode Echoencephalography....Pages 405-414
Grey Scale Ultrasonography in Obstetrics....Pages 415-423
Ultrasonic Imaging of Tumor Nodules in the Human Liver: An In Vitro Study....Pages 425-430
Ultrasonic Microprobe....Pages 431-438
Tissue Differentiation by Semi-Automated Quantitative Analysis of A-Scan Echography....Pages 439-446
A Power Sensitive Transducer for Echocardiography and Other Medical Ultrasonic Applications....Pages 447-453
An LED System for Automatic Picture Labelling....Pages 455-458
Ultrasonic Doppler Velocity Meter for Quantitating Forward and Reverse Blood Flow Velocities....Pages 459-462
Acoustical Holography Medical Imaging — A Report on Work in Progress....Pages 463-473
A Computerized Ultrasound Processing, Acquisition and Display (CUPAD) System: Research in Ultrasound Image Generation....Pages 475-480
The CUPAD System: Real Time Handling of Randomly Acquired Clinical Ultrasound Data....Pages 481-487
Impediography: A New Ultrasonic Technique for Diagnostic Medicine....Pages 489-497
A Preliminary Experimental Evaluation of Ultrasonic Impediography....Pages 499-508
Constant Depth Ultrasound Imaging Using Computer Acquisition, Display, and Analysis....Pages 509-517
Economical Dynamic Cardiac Imaging....Pages 519-526
Image Improvement with Second Generation Gray Scale....Pages 527-536
Mouse Embryo Heart in Organ Culture Visualized by the Acoustic Microscope....Pages 537-542
A Unirad Scanner Modified for Ophthalmological A and B Scanning....Pages 543-549
Ultrasonic Transmission Imaging Using Continuous Gaussian Noise Source....Pages 551-558
Front Matter....Pages N13-N13
Physical Aspects of Gray Scale Ultrasound....Pages 559-566
Biological Basis for Ultrasonic Enhancement of Radiosensitivity....Pages 567-573
New Clinical and Experimental Ultrasonic Investigations in the Light of Electret Concepts of Tissue....Pages 575-583
Current Developments in Grey Scale Echography....Pages 585-585
Digital Computer Analysis of M-Scan Echocardiograms....Pages 586-586
Cardiac Multiple Gated Ultrasonography....Pages 587-587
Multitransducer Scanning in Pericardial Effusion. Diagnosis and Aid in Puncture....Pages 588-588
Medical Application of a Swept-Frequency Through-Transmission Ultrasonic Imager....Pages 589-589
A Multiple Element Intracardiac Scanner....Pages 590-590
A New Photo-Multiplier Tube and Collimator....Pages 591-591
Doppler Shift Frequency to Voltage Conversion Techniques....Pages 592-592
Programmable TGC in Ultrasound Receivers....Pages 593-593
The CUPAD System: Initial Clinical Evaluation....Pages 594-594
Improved Organ Scanning Utilizing High Frequency Focused Transducers....Pages 595-595
Clinical Evaluation of Focused Transducers in Grey Scale Ultrasound....Pages 596-596
Optical Holography in Ultrasonography....Pages 597-597
Real-Time Color B Scan....Pages 598-598
An Ultrasonic Camera System for Medical Diagnosis....Pages 599-599
A Comparison of B-Scan Displays....Pages 600-600
Preclinical Evaluation of a New Real-Time Ultrasonic Camera System....Pages 601-601
Back Matter....Pages 603-611