Sonography - Finding Answers Within

19 October 2022
2 November 2022

Celebrating Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month, this virtual issue is a collaboration between the Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, the Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, and the International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology.


Finding answers within is what sonographers do every day. Sonographers are ultrasound imaging specialists – they use ultrasound to identify structures within the body to assist with diagnosis or management of various medical conditions. There is no area of medical practice that ultrasound does not play a small part: for many specialities such as obstetrics and gynaecology and cardiology, ultrasound is used ubiquitously. So, it is timely that the theme for Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month (MUAM) in 2022 is Sonography – Finding Answers Within. It is simply what we do.

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SKMAT-U-Net architecture for breast mass segmentation

S. R. Sannasi Chakravarthy,  Harikumar Rajaguru, 
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Ultrasound diagnosis of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis – Time to change the criteria

Lino Piotto,  Roger Gent,  Ajay Taranath,  Giovanni Bibbo,  Day Way Goh, 

COVID-19 pathophysiology and ultrasound imaging: A multiorgan review

Giovana N. W. Ito Undergraduate student,  Vinícius A. C. Rodrigues Undergraduate student,  Juliana Hümmelgen Undergraduate student,  Gustavo S. P. G. Meschino Undergraduate student,  Gustavo M. Abou-Rejaile Undergraduate student,  Isadora D. Brenny Undergraduate student,  Carlos R. de Castro Júnior Undergraduate student,  Rafaela C. Artigas Undergraduate student,  João Pedro S. Munhoz Undergraduate student,  Gabriela C. Cardoso PhD student,  Guilherme F. Picheth PhD, 
COVID-19 pathophysiology and ultrasound imaging: A multiorgan review

This review is dedicated to highlight the main pathological effects correlated with ultrasound changes caused by COVID-19 in the lungs, heart and liver.

CR-SSL: A closely related self-supervised learning based approach for improving breast ultrasound tumor segmentation

Arnab Kumar Mishra,  Pinki Roy,  Sivaji Bandyopadhyay,  Sujit Kumar Das, 

Proportion of Malignancy and Evaluation of Sonographic Features of Thyroid Nodules Classified as Highly Suspicious Using ACR TI-RADS Criteria

Najia Hussain DO,  Michael B. Goldstein MD,  Mariam Zakher MD,  Douglas S. Katz MD,  Tamar C. Brandler MD, MS,  Shahidul Islam DrPH, MPH,  Gary D. Rothberger MD, 

Abnormalities of the Width of the Four-Chamber View and the Area, Length, and Width of the Ventricles to Identify Fetuses at High-Risk for D-Transposition of the Great Arteries and Tetralogy of Fallot

Greggory R. DeVore MD,  Bettina Cuneo MD,  Mark Sklansky MD,  Gary Satou MD, 

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Real-time automated segmentation of breast lesions using CNN-based deep learning paradigm: Investigation on mammogram and ultrasound

Kushangi Atrey,  Bikesh Kumar Singh,  Abhijit Roy,  Narendra Kuber Bodhey, 
Open Access

Ultrasound Examination of the Ligament Complex Within the Medial Aspect of the Ankle and Foot

Alfonso Martinez-Franco MSc,  Gabriel Gijon-Nogueron PhD,  Alberto-German Franco-Romero PhD,  Sergio Tejero PhD,  Marcelino Torrontegui-Duarte PhD,  Fernando Jiménez-Díaz PhD, MD, 

Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Evaluation of Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction in Women Affected by Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis: Application of a Quick Contraction Scale

Alessandro Arena MD,  Eugenia Degli Esposti MD,  Laura Cocchi MD,  Benedetta Orsini MD,  Jacopo Lenzi PhD,  Simona Del Forno MD, PhD,  Diego Raimondo MD, PhD,  Aly Youssef MD, PhD,  Renato Seracchioli MD, 
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How long does a transvaginal ultrasound examination for endometriosis take in comparison to a routine transvaginal ultrasound examination?

Alison Deslandes,  Nayana Parange,  Jessie T. Childs,  Brooke Osborne,  Catrina Panuccio,  Anthea Croft,  Eva Bezak, 

Training in Obstetric Ultrasound Biometry: Results from a Multicenter Reproducibility Study

Vera Donadono MD,  Gaëlle Ambroise Grandjean RM, PhD,  Marie-Louise Stegen MD,  Adeline Collin RM,  Charline Bertholdt MD,  Davide Casagrandi MD, MSc,  Olivier Morel MD, PhD,  Raffaele Napolitano MD, PhD, 
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Disinfection of Ultrasound Transducers Used for Percutaneous Procedures: Intersocietal Position Statement
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A comparison of four fetal biometry growth charts within an Australian obstetric population

Candice Dry,  Michelle K. Pedretti,  Elizabeth Nathan,  Jan E. Dickinson, 
Free Access

Advantage and validation of vendor-independent software for myocardial strain analysis compared to vendor-specific software

Robert Chamberlain,  Kenji Shiino,  Gregory M. Scalia,  Surendran Sabapathy,  Jonathan Chan, 

Detection of liver abnormalities—A new paradigm in medical image processing and classification techniques

Karthikamani R,  Harikumar Rajaguru, 

Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography compared with magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in the detection of choledocholithiasis

Osama Samara MD,  Muayad I. Azzam MS,  Mohammad A. Alshrouf MS,  Asim N. Khanfar MS,  Rand Rafid Mohialdeen MD,  Ola Fawwaz Barham MD,  Mohammad Fawwaz Barham MS,  Saif Aldeen AlRyalat MD, 
Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography compared with magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in the detection of choledocholithiasis

A retrospective study to compare the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography with Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography was conducted at a tertiary care university hospital. Diagnosis of choledocholithiasis made using ultrasonography was found to have a 76.1% accuracy in comparison to Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography. Despite the relatively low accuracy, ultrasound's properties of being cost-effective and non-invasive make it an ideal first step in the diagnosis of choledocholithiasis

Open Access

Machine learning based on automated breast volume scanner (ABVS) radiomics for differential diagnosis of benign and malignant BI-RADS 4 lesions

Shi-jie Wang,  Hua-qing Liu,  Tao Yang,  Ming-quan Huang,  Bo-wen Zheng,  Tao Wu,  Lan-qing Han,  Yong Zhang,  Jie Ren, 

The value of ultrasonography in detecting early arthropathic changes and contribution to the clinical approach in patients of hemophilia

İpek Tamsel,  Kaan Kavakli,  S. Süreyya Özbek,  İlhan Hekimsoy,  Can Balkan,  Fahri Şahin,  Sadık Tamsel, 
The value of ultrasonography in detecting early arthropathic changes and contribution to the clinical approach in patients of hemophilia

It is recommended that the HEAD-US scoring system be used as a routine procedure for monitoring joint health. Early diagnosis of subclinical joint changes and bleeding will provide more benefits to the protecting joint functions in hemophilia patients.

Open Access

Correlations among noninvasive right ventricular myocardial work indices and the main parameters of systolic and diastolic functions

Jian Wu,  Xinyi Huang,  Kunhui Huang,  Qiumei Gao,  Yuan Tian,  Biqin Lin,  Yiruo Tang,  Xu Chen,  Maolong Su, 
Correlations among noninvasive right ventricular myocardial work indices and the main parameters of systolic and diastolic functions

Right ventricular (RV) myocardial work (RVMW) is the latest indicator to assess right ventricular function. The figure shows the main correlations between RVMW indices and other parameters of RV function. Our study revealed RVMW indices could be reliable parameters of myocardial systolic performance.

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A survey of current practice in reporting third trimester fetal biometry and Doppler in Australia and New Zealand

Debra Paoletti,  Lillian Smyth,  Susan Westerway,  Jon Hyett,  Ritu Mogra,  Stephen Haslett,  Michael Peek,