For adequate interpretation of breast ultrasound, the normal breast ultrasonographic anatomy must be clearly understood. The skin of the breast, usually 1 to 3mm thick, is imaged as 2 hyperechoic ...

An ultrasound for BCS may show atypical, narrowed, or potentially blocked veins inside the liver. A doctor may refer to potentially blocked veins as echogenic. This means they contain material ...

Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) examination of the prostate ... The outer gland is usually more echogenic than the inner gland; the boundary between the two represents the 'surgical capsule' of ...

Interobserver and intraobserver reliability of the US assessment was evaluated in a web-based exercise. Results The assessment of one joint (ie, radiocarpal joint) for hyperechoic aggregates (HAGs), ...

Objectives To evaluate the sensitivity to change of ultrasound structural gout lesions, as defined by the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) ultrasound group, in patients with gout during ...

1 Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2 Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 3 Harvard Medical School, ...

To avoid anisotropy (ie, hypoechoic/anechoic appearance of a normally hyperechoic structure that mainly affects tendons ... 68 69 Note: MSUS, musculoskeletal ultrasound; RMD, rheumatic and ...

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Ultrasound anatomy of the nail-enthesis complex ... from which the nail plate develops and extends distally to for a trilaminar structure with two linear hyperechoic bands split by a hypoechoic one.

Methods: Conventional radiographs, stress radiographs, and ultrasound examination of both elbows were used ... On US examination of the elbow, the common flexor-pronator, extensor, and triceps tendons ...