Ultrasound in Medicine: Volume 4

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Front Matter....Pages xxv-xxv
Cross Sectional Imaging of the Heart by the UI Octoson....Pages 1-6
The Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Ruptured Mitral Chordae Tendinae....Pages 7-8
Sensitivity and Specificity of Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis....Pages 9-14
Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Postoperative Cardiac Patient....Pages 15-16
Ultrasonic Detection of Myocardial Infarction by Amplitude Analysis....Pages 17-22
Criteria for Quantitative Echocardiography in Children....Pages 23-24
The Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome-Potential Pitfalls in Echocardiographic Diagnosis....Pages 25-26
Echocardiographic Measurement of Left Ventricular Function during Isometric and Isotonic Exercise....Pages 27-28
Aortic Valve Motion in Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome....Pages 29-32
Echocardiogram in Pulsus Paradoxus: Respiration Dependent Cyclic Changes in Mitral and Aortic Valve Motion....Pages 33-36
M-Mode Echocardiographic Systolic Motion Patterns of the Aortic Valve: Clinical-Echocardiographic Correlates....Pages 37-40
Abnormal Motion of Interventricular Septum and Posterior Wall of Left Ventricle in Experimental “Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome” : Echocardiographic and Electrophysiologic Study....Pages 41-44
Echocardiographic Response of the Normal Human Left Ventricle to Wide Variations in Preload....Pages 45-46
Abnormal Left Ventricular Filling in Patients with Concentric Hypertrophy on Chronic Hemodialysis....Pages 47-48
Computer Analysis of Digitized Echocardiograms for the Assessment of Left Ventricular Function in Children....Pages 49-50
Echocardiographic Evaluation of Adriamycin Cardiomyopathy in Children....Pages 51-53
Calcification and Fibrosis of Mitral Valves: In Vitro Ultrasonic Studies and Clinical Correlations....Pages 55-56
The Reliability of Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Aortic Root Dissection....Pages 57-58
Assessment of Distribution of Stroke Volume from the Aortic Root Echocardiogram....Pages 59-60
Evaluation of Bicuspid Aortic Valves by Two-Dimensional Echocardiography....Pages 61-62
Front Matter....Pages xxv-xxv
Correlative Study of Pulmonary Valve Echogram and Indirect Pulmonary Artery Pulse....Pages 63-64
Ultrasonic Features of Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery....Pages 65-66
Tricuspid Atresia: Value of Contrast Echocardiography in 30 Patients....Pages 67-68
Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Findings in Atrial Septal Defect....Pages 69-70
Ventricular Septal Excursion and Thickening: A Nonspecific Echocardiographic Measurement....Pages 71-72
Echocardiographic Assessment of Septal and Posterior Wall Dynamics and their Effect on Left Ventricular Filling in Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis....Pages 73-74
The Echocardiographic Assessment of Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defects Late Postoperatively....Pages 75-76
Real-Time 80° Sector Echocardiography in Patients with Great Artery Overriding the Ventricular Septum: Tetralogy of Fallot, Truncus Arteriosus, and Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect....Pages 77-78
A Comprehensive Noninvasive Assessment of Anatomy and Function in Patent Ductus Arteriosus....Pages 79-80
Front Matter....Pages N1-N1
Clinical Trials on a New Real-Time Abdominal Scanner....Pages 81-90
Abdominal Gray Scale Echography in Children....Pages 91-99
Ultrasound Evaluation of the Upper Abdomen with the Real Time Sector Scanner....Pages 101-109
Diagnosis of Abdominal and Pelvic Abscesses by Ultrasound and Gallium Scanning....Pages 111-119
Gray Scale Ultrasonography of the Biliary Duct System: Comparison with Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography....Pages 121-124
Factors Affecting the Recognition of the Dilated Biliary Tree in the Jaundiced Patient....Pages 125-133
Demonstration of the Renal Cortex, Medulla and Arcuate Vessels by Grey-Scale Ultrasonography....Pages 135-142
Ultrasound in the Pre-Symptomatic Diagnosis of Adult (Dominant) Polycystic Kidney Disease....Pages 143-146
Prostatic Ultrasonography: The Prostatic Nodule....Pages 147-150
Ultrasonic Imaging of the Scrotum....Pages 151-154
High Resolution Real Time Scanning of the Abdomen....Pages 155-156
Front Matter....Pages N1-N1
Abdominal Clinical Application of Servo Controlled Sector Scanner with Video Recorder Permitting Manipulation of Image Parameters during Playback....Pages 157-160
Image Quality and Practicality of Scanning Large Abdomens with Large-Low Frequency and Smaller-High Frequency Transducers....Pages 161-162
Ultrasound in Right Upper Quadrant Pain....Pages 163-165
Ultrasonic Detection of Abdominal Abscesses and Verification by Percutaneous Aspiration....Pages 167-170
Gallstones: An In Vitro Comparison of the Physical, Radiographic and Ultrasonic Characteristics....Pages 171-172
Ultrasonographic Identification of Dilated Intrahepatic Bile Ducts and their Differentiation from Portal Venous Structures....Pages 173-176
Diagnostic Ultrasound in the Differentiation between Obstructive Jaundice and Non-Obstructive Jaundice....Pages 177-180
The “Parallel Channel” Sign of Biliary Tree Enlargement in Mild to Moderate Degrees of Obstructive Jaundice....Pages 181-182
Anatomic Variations of Portal Venous Anatomy: Ultrasonographic Evaluation....Pages 183-186
Non-Pancreatic Disorders Simulating Primary Pancreatic Disease on Ultrasonography....Pages 187-189
Ultrasound Visualization of the Pancreatic Duct and Its Clinical Application....Pages 191-191
Normal Ultrasonographic Appearance of the Ligamentum Teres and Falciform Ligament....Pages 192-192
The Dilated Pancreatic Duct: Ultrasonic Evaluation....Pages 193-195
Polycystic Kidney Disease: Early Detection by Gray Scale Echography....Pages 197-199
The Sonographic Pattern of Infantile Polycystic Kidney....Pages 201-202
Ultrasound Diagnosis of Renal Angiomyolipoma....Pages 203-204
Assessment of Glomerulonephritis in Children by Ultrasound....Pages 205-207
A Comparison of Urinary Tract Lesions Evaluated by Computerized Tomography and Ultrasonography....Pages 209-210
Ultrasonography of Normal Adrenal Gland....Pages 211-212
Transrectal Radial Cone Scanning for the Staging of Urinary Bladder Tumors....Pages 213-214
Front Matter....Pages N1-N1
Scrotal Gray Scale Ultrasonography....Pages 215-216
Front Matter....Pages N3-N3
Computer Analysis of Fetal Breathing Movements Recorded by Real-Time Ultrasound Imaging....Pages 217-220
Ultrasound as an Aid in Intrauterine Transfusion....Pages 221-225
Observation of Human Fetal Breathing Movements Using a Real Time B-Scan Method....Pages 227-230
Major Fetal Malformations: Reality and Potential of Sonar Prenatal Diagnosis....Pages 231-234
Cyclic Variations in Ultrasonographic Evaluation of the Female Pelvis....Pages 235-236
Enhanced Ultrasonographic Definition of Pelvic Anatomy by Instillation of Intraperitoneal Fluid....Pages 237-238
Sonographic Differential Diagnoses of Pelvic Masses....Pages 239-245
Reliability of Sonar Fetal Cephalometry in the Estimation of Gestational Age and in the Diagnosis of Fetal Growth Retardation....Pages 247-251
Significance of Biparietal Diameter Differences between Twins....Pages 253-256
Ultrasound as a Diagnostic Aid in Ectopic Pregnancy....Pages 257-258
Ultrasonic Changes of Uterine Fibroids in Pregnancy and Degeneration....Pages 259-260
Front Matter....Pages N5-N5
Ultrasound Tomography of the Adult Brain....Pages 261-267
Ultrasound Tomography of Excised Brains: Normal and Pathological Anatomy....Pages 269-276
Detection and Identification of Intracranial Arterial Echoes from the Superior Surface of the Cranium....Pages 277-280
Echoencephalographic Changes in Meningitis....Pages 281-282
R-Wave to Intracranial Artery Echo Activity Time Interval Measurements Using Moving Target Indicator Techniques....Pages 283-284
Front Matter....Pages N7-N7
Quantitative Ultrasonography in Orbital Optic Nerve Decompression....Pages 285-294
Clinical Results with Real-Time Color B-Scan Ultrasonography....Pages 295-296
Ultrasonic Criteria for Surgically Salvageable Pre-Phthisical Eyes....Pages 297-298
Front Matter....Pages N9-N9
The Current Status of Ultrasound Mammography....Pages 299-311
Breast Echography Compared with Xerography....Pages 313-318
Initial Investigation of Computed Tomography for Breast Imaging with Focused Ultrasound Beams....Pages 319-322
Evaluation of Solid Thyroid Neoplasms by Gray Scale and Real Time Ultrasonography: The “Halo” Sign....Pages 323-324
Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis and Localization of Parathyroid Adenoma....Pages 325-327
Ultrasonic Evaluation of a Pediatric Chest Mass....Pages 329-330
Gray Scale Ultrasound Evaluation of Popliteal Artery Aneurysms....Pages 331-334
Application of High-Resolution Imaging to the Detection and Preliminary Characterization of Atherosclerosis....Pages 335-336
Ultrasound Evaluation of Vascular Access Used in Hemodialysis....Pages 337-339
Front Matter....Pages N11-N11
Quantitative Blood Flow Measurement in Deep-Lying Vessels Using Pulsed Doppler with the Octoson....Pages 341-348
Quantitative Flow Measurement Utilizing a Time Interval Histogram of Doppler Shifted Ultrasound....Pages 349-353
A Technique for Increasing the Maximum Range-Velocity Product of Pulsed Doppler Systems....Pages 355-358
Multichannel Pulsed Doppler Imaging: Measurement Accuracy and Beam/Vessel Angle Estimation....Pages 359-362
A Comparison of 424 Carotid Bifurcations Examined by Angiography and the Doppler Echoflow....Pages 363-376
Recording Vertebral Artery Blood Flow....Pages 377-381
Pulsed-Doppler Echocardiography: The Detection of Mitral Regurgitation....Pages 383-384
Front Matter....Pages N15-N15
High-Speed Mechanical Sector Scanner of High Azimuthal Resolution Using a Virtual Ring Transducer....Pages 385-390
A New Real-Time Sector Scanning System of Ultra-Wide Angle and Real-Time Recording of Entire Adult Cardiac Images....Pages 391-402
Clinical Evaluation of a New Servo Controlled Real-Time Scanner....Pages 403-406
High Resolution Instantaneous U1trasonic Spectrum Analysis I: Theoretical Considerations....Pages 407-415
Front Matter....Pages N15-N15
Signal Enhancement for Automatic Identification of Arterial Wall Echoes from an Intravessel Scanner....Pages 417-431
Improved Imaging with a Wide Band Array....Pages 433-438
Real-Time Improvement of Both Lateral and Range Resolution by Optical Signal Processing....Pages 439-446
Method for Visualizing Acoustic Fields Using Phase and Amplitude Data from Raman-Nath Zero Order Diffraction....Pages 447-456
A Digital Color Display for Multi-Variate Information....Pages 457-461
A System for Converting Real-Time Color B-Scans from Asynchronous Write-In to TV Format Readout....Pages 463-465
A Potential Material for Use in Ultrasound Phantoms....Pages 467-470
A Technique for Imaging Three-Dimensional Structures and Computing their Volumes Using Non-Parallel Ultrasonic Sector Scans....Pages 471-474
Development of a System for Correlation of Time Motion and Two Dimensional Cardiac Images....Pages 475-476
A Light-Pen Measurement System for Cross-Sectional Echocardiography....Pages 477-478
On-Line Scan Conversion and Multi-Dimensional Image Processing....Pages 479-480
Evaluation of Novel Dynamically Variable Electronic Delay Lines for Ultrasonic Imaging....Pages 481-483
Real-Time Acoustic Transmission Imaging Using Diffuse Insonification....Pages 485-487
An Automated System for Ultrasound Transducer Calibration: Beam Plotting and Acoustical Output Determination....Pages 489-492
Front Matter....Pages N17-N17
Determination of Alterations of Phase Angle of Ultrasound Transmitted Through a Malignant Breast Tumor: A Preliminary Investigation....Pages 493-501
Collagen as a Determinant of Ultrasonic Attenuation in Myocardial Infarcts....Pages 503-513
Ultrasonic Beam Sensitivity Profile Changes in Mammalian Tissue....Pages 515-518
Variations in Acoustic Velocity in Skeletal Muscle Determined by Acoustic Microscopy....Pages 519-534
Measurement of Acoustic Impedance of Skin....Pages 535-543
 In Vitro Clumping of Platelets Exposed to Low Intensity Ultrasound....Pages 545-553
Front Matter....Pages N17-N17
Ultrasonic Beam Distortion by the Normal Human Breast In Vivo....Pages 555-556
Measurement of Attenuation in Tissues Using Time Delay Spectrometry....Pages 557-558
Use of a Spectrum Analysis System for Characterization of Malignant Melanoma....Pages 559-561
Angle Scan and Frequency-Swept Ultrasonic Scattering Characterization of Tissue....Pages 563-565
The Effect of Hypotonicity Upon the Ultrasonic Scattering Properties of Erythrocytes....Pages 567-570
Bio-Effects of Ultrasound Under “Low Intensity” Conditions....Pages 571-573
Experimental Production of Chorioretinal Lesions: I. Continuous Wave Ultrasound....Pages 575-578
Experimental Production Of Chorioretinal Lesions: II. Pulsed Ultrasound....Pages 579-581
The Effect of Low Dose Ultrasound on Human Peripheral Lymphocyte Function in Vitro....Pages 583-586
Interaction of Ultrasound with Solid Tumors In Vivo and Tumor Cell Suspensions In Vitro ....Pages 587-588
Influence of Ultrasound on Mouse Leukemia Cell DNA Synthesis, Membrane Integrity, and Uptake of Anticancer Drugs In Vitro ....Pages 589-590
Mitochondrial Changes Resulting from Ultrasound Irradiation....Pages 591-594
Ultrasonic Toxicity in the Pregnant Mouse....Pages 595-598
Embryotoxicity of Ultrasound Exposure at Ten or Twelve Days of Gestation in the Rat....Pages 599-600
Effect of Ultrasound on Regional Coronary Blood Flow in Normal and Ischemic Canine Myocardium....Pages 601-602
Therapeutic Application of Ultrasound in Myocardial Infarction: A Chronic Six-Week Study in Dogs....Pages 603-604
Front Matter....Pages N19-N19
Mitral Valve Systolic Anterior Motion with and without Muscular Subaortic Stenosis....Pages 605-608
Late Postoperative Changes Following Closure of Secundum Atrial Septal Defect....Pages 609-610
Differential Diagnosis of Echocardiographic Patterns in the Newborn....Pages 611-612
Transcardiac Visualization of a Left Subphrenic Abscess....Pages 613-614
Front Matter....Pages N19-N19
Ultrasound in Subphrenic Abscess....Pages 615-617
New Ultrasonic Scanning Techniques to Display the Left Upper Quadrant....Pages 619-622
The Duodenum: An Additional Landmark for Evaluating the Pancreatic Head....Pages 623-624
Facts and Fallacies in Evaluation of the Pancreas....Pages 625-628
Investigation of Unusual Placental Patterns....Pages 629-630
Fetal Echocardiography....Pages 631-632
Ultrasonically Guided Amniocentesis in Twin Gestations....Pages 633-636
Subtleties in Gynecological Ultrasound....Pages 637-639
Ultrasound Analysis of the Normal Popliteal Artery....Pages 641-646
Ultrasound of the Lower Extremeties....Pages 647-649
Clinical Experience with the U.I. Octoson: The Role of the Sonographer with Automated Ultrasonic Systems....Pages 651-653
Categorical Filing Using the Keysort Card Technique....Pages 655-658
Back Matter....Pages 659-668