OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ultrasonography is 6. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Utility of fusion imaging for the evaluation of ultrasound quality in hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance	41
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	40
Construction of a nomogram model for predicting benignity and malignancy in adnexal masses	38
Optic nerve sheath diameter, strain ratio, and shear wave elastography	27
Comparison of ultrasound-detected and undetected hepatocellular carcinomas: a post-hoc, subgroup analysis from the MAGNUS-HCC surveillance trial	24
A comparison of the diagnostic performance of the O-RADS, RMI4, IOTA LR2, and IOTA SR systems by senior and junior doctors	23
The efficiency of contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) combined with EUS elastography for pancreatic cancer diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	23
Agreement of shear wave and strain elastography according to the size of the region of interest: a study of epidermal cysts	22
Sonazoid-enhanced ultrasonography for noninvasive imaging diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: special emphasis on the 2022 KLCA-NCC guideline	21
The role of Doppler ultrasonography in the detection and management of nutcracker syndrome	21
Predicting the chemotherapeutic response of colorectal cancer liver metastasis using shear-wave elastography	21
A prospective comparison of two ultrasound attenuation imaging modes using different frequencies for assessing hepatic steatosis	20
Relationship between endometriosis and uterine cervical elasticity assessed using ultrasound strain elastography	19
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	19
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of solitary hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer: risk factors of local tumor progression-free survival and overall survival	19
Quantitative analysis using intraoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasound in adult-type diffuse gliomas with isocitrate dehydrogenase mutations: association between hemodynamics and molecular features	17
Unraveling distinctions between contrast-enhanced ultrasound and CT/MRI for liver mass diagnosis	16
Intraoperative sonography using high-frequency transducer during living Donor liver transplantation with modified right-lobe graft	16
Direct deep learning analysis of three-dimensional automated breast ultrasound videos with reading mode optimization for breast cancer diagnosis	15
Nerve entrapment syndromes: detection by ultrasound	13
Improving breast ultrasonography education: the impact of AI-based decision support on the performance of non-specialist medical professionals	13
How to use intestinal ultrasonography in patients with Crohn disease: its role in the assessment of disease activity and disease monitoring in the era of the treat-to-target strategy	12
2022 Taiwan clinical multicenter expert consensus and recommendations for thyroid radiofrequency ablation	12
Contrast-enhanced voiding ultrasonography to detect intrarenal reflux in children: comparison with 99mTc-DMSA renal scans	12
Pelvic ultrasonography of the postpartum uterus in patients presenting to the emergency room with vaginal bleeding and pelvic pain	12

Multiparametric ultrasound for upper extremity dialysis access evaluation	12
Transperineal versus transrectal prostate fiducial insertion in radiation treatment of prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Supplemental automated breast ultrasound in negative screening mammography: early-stage cancer detection in dense breasts with limited yield in non-dense breasts	12
Malignancy risk stratification and subcategorization of K-TIRADS intermediate suspicion thyroid nodules: a retrospective multicenter study	11
Applications of artificial intelligence in obstetrics	11
Essentials for parathyroid imaging and intervention: what radiologists need to know	10
Advantages of thyroid core needle biopsy: an emerging selective first-line biopsy modality	10
Ultrasound-guided ethanol ablation versus the Sistrunk operation as a primary treatment for thyroglossal duct cysts	10
Role of high-frequency ultrasound in differentiating benign and malignant skin lesions: potential and limitations	9
The role of transabdominal ultrasound in pancreatic cyst surveillance: correlation with cross-sectional imaging findings and malignancy risk	9
Plaque biomarkers from high-frame rate vector flow imaging and shear wave elastography in mild carotid stenosis	9
Unsupervised speckle noise reduction technique for clinical ultrasound imaging	8
Application of O-RADS US combined with MV-Flow to diagnose ovarian-adnexal tumors	8
Accuracy of attenuation imaging in the assessment of pediatric hepatic steatosis: correlation with the controlled attenuation parameter	8
Intelligent handheld ultrasound improving the ability of non-expert general practitioners in carotid examinations for community populations: a prospective and parallel controlled trial	7
Non-ablative focused ultrasound induces an adaptive immune response to suppress pancreatic cancer: a preclinical study	7
Casting light on the overlooked trigger point of the interosseous muscles in metatarsalgia: insights and treatment strategies	7
Predictors of tumor conspicuity on Kupffer-phase Sonazoid-enhanced ultrasonography in liver tumors: implications for fusion-guided ablation	7
Ablation therapy for patients with colorectal liver metastases with and without extrahepatic metastases: evaluation of long-term outcomes and prognostic factors	7
Ultrasound-guided ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma: a review of its past, present, and future	7
Vascular compression syndromes: a pictorial review	7
Perivascular space volume measurement at the inferior basal ganglia on cranial ultrasound in neonates: associations with germinal matrix hemorrhage and brain maturation	7
How many times should we repeat measurements of the ultrasound-guided attenuation parameter for evaluating hepatic steatosis?	7
Comparison of micro-flow imaging and contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in assessing segmental congestion after right living donor liver transplantation	6
Intra-individual comparison of two-dimensional shear wave elastography techniques using plane wave imaging and the multi-beam technique: are they interchangeable in measuring liver fibrosis?	6
Long-term follow-up of the radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules: the value of additional treatment	6
Knot-and-ear sign: a pathognomonic ultrasonographic feature of suture granuloma after thyroid surgery	6
Transabdominal ultrasonography as an alternative modality for pancreatic cyst surveillance: potentials and limitations	6
The utility of two-dimensional shear wave elastography for predicting prostate cancer: a preliminary study	6
Integration of high-frequency ultrasound with the Global Acne Grading System for prediction of treatment efficiency in acne vulgaris	6
Arterial stiffness in subclinical atherosclerosis quantified with ultrafast pulse wave velocity measurements: a comparison with a healthy population using propensity score matching	6
High-contrast spectroscopic photoacoustic characterization of thermal tissue ablation in the visible spectrum	6
Ultrasound imaging for inguinal hernia: a pictorial review	6
Non-invasive evaluation of testicular torsion using ultrasound shear wave elastography: an experimental study	6
Diagnostic performance of ultrasound-derived fat fraction for assessing steatotic liver disease with histopathology as the reference	6
Erratum: Potential role of two-dimensional shear wave elastography, including liver stiffness measurement and dispersion slope, for management of chronic hepatitis B	6
Usefulness of 2D shear wave elastography for the evaluation of hepatic fibrosis and treatment response in patients with autoimmune hepatitis	6
Risk of thyroid cancer in a lung cancer screening population of the National Lung Screening Trial according to the presence of incidental thyroid nodules detected on low-dose chest CT	6
Ultrasonographic differential diagnosis of medial elbow pain	6
A simplified approach to ovarian lesions based on the O-RADS US risk stratification and management system	6
Antenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease by 3D ultrasonography using spatiotemporal image correlation with HDlive Flow and HDlive Flow silhouette rendering modes	6
Cutting-edge progress of intravascular ultrasound in lower-extremity vascular interventions	6
Advanced fibrosis leads to overestimation of steatosis with quantitative ultrasound in individuals without hepatic steatosis	6