OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Ultrasonography is 17. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Utility of fusion imaging for the evaluation of ultrasound quality in hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance	66
Endoscopic ultrasonography is useful for predicting perforation in the endoscopic resection of gastric submucosal tumors originating from the muscularis propria: a retrospective case-control study	35
Ultrasonographic atlas of splenic lesions	33
Optic nerve sheath diameter, strain ratio, and shear wave elastography	32
A comparison of the diagnostic performance of the O-RADS, RMI4, IOTA LR2, and IOTA SR systems by senior and junior doctors	31
Accuracy of the ultrasound attenuation coefficient for the evaluation of hepatic steatosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies	29
The efficiency of contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) combined with EUS elastography for pancreatic cancer diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	29
The role of Doppler ultrasonography in the detection and management of nutcracker syndrome	24
Quantitative analysis using intraoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasound in adult-type diffuse gliomas with isocitrate dehydrogenase mutations: association between hemodynamics and molecular features	23
Predicting the chemotherapeutic response of colorectal cancer liver metastasis using shear-wave elastography	23
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of solitary hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer: risk factors of local tumor progression-free survival and overall survival	21
A prospective comparison of two ultrasound attenuation imaging modes using different frequencies for assessing hepatic steatosis	19
Sonazoid-enhanced ultrasonography for noninvasive imaging diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: special emphasis on the 2022 KLCA-NCC guideline	19
Relationship between endometriosis and uterine cervical elasticity assessed using ultrasound strain elastography	19
Assessment of thyroid-specific quality of life in patients with benign symptomatic thyroid nodules treated with radiofrequency or ethanol ablation: a prospective multicenter study	19
Agreement of shear wave and strain elastography according to the size of the region of interest: a study of epidermal cysts	18
Technical issues in ultrasound-guided ethanol ablation for thyroid lesions	17
Transient elastography with controlled attenuation parameter versus two-dimensional shear wave elastography with attenuation imaging for the evaluation of hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in NAFLD	17