1. The contributions of ultrasound to medicine

   • Katsufumi Mizushige

   EDITORIAL Pages: 133 - 134

2. Quantitative evaluation of diagnostic information around the contours in ultrasound images

   • Masayasu Ito
   • Tomoaki Chono
   • Eriko Tohno

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 135 - 144

3. Effects of sublingual nitroglycerin on working conditions of the heart and arterial system: analysis using wave intensity

   • Kiyomi Niki
   • Motoaki Sugawara
   • Rie Tanaka

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 145 - 152

4. Diagnosis of follicular carcinoma of the thyroid: role of sonography in preoperative diagnosis of follicular nodules

   • Kaoru Kobayashi
   • Shuji Fukata
   • Akira Miyauchi

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 153 - 158

5. Trial of a quantitative method for evaluating hemangioma of the liver and hepatocellular carcinoma using a radio-frequency signal

   • Kazutoki Kogure

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 159 - 166

6. Detection of hepatocellular carcinoma capsule by contrast-enhanced ultrasound using Levovist: correlations with pathological findings

   • Pabitra K. Bhattacharjee
   • Akiko Saito
   • Ken Takasaki

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 167 - 172

7. Current state and effectiveness of abdominal ultrasonography in complete medical screening

   • Shinichi Kawada
   • Kouichirou Yonemitsu
   • Hitoshi Uchizono

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 173 - 179

8. Three-dimensional ultrasonography of hydrocephalus

   • Ko Ichihashi

   CASE REPORT Pages: 181 - 185

9. Multiple metastases from a meningeal hemangiopericytoma associated with severe hypoglycemia

   • Pei Zhou
   • Masatoshi Kudo
   • Kiyoshi Maekawa

   CASE REPROT Pages: 187 - 190

10. Hepatic angiomyolipoma: identification of an efferent vessel as a hepatic vein by contrast-enhanced harmonic sonography

    • Rong Qin Zheng
    • Masatoshi Kudo
    • Kiyoshi Maekawa

    CASE REPORT Pages: 191 - 196

11. Hemodynamic and morphologic changes of peripheral hepatic vasculature in chronic liver disease: a preliminary study by contrast-enhanced coded phase-inversion harmonic sonography

    • Yasuhiro Sakaguchi
    • Masatoshi Kudo
    • Kiyoshi Maekawa

    TECHNICAL NOTE Pages: 197 - 204

12. Imaging findings of biliary hamartomas (von Meyenburg complexes)

    • Rong Qin Zheng
    • Masatoshi Kudo
    • Toshihiko Kawasaki

    EDUCATIONAL NOTE Pages: 205 - 212

13. When ultrasound fails to demonstrate a palpable abdominal mass

    • Mamiko Yamada
    • Tomoya Komatsuda
    • Hideaki Ishida

    ULTRASOUND IMAGE OF THE MONTH Pages: 213 - 214

14. Criteria for the diagnosis of developmental dysplasia of the hip joint (proposal)

    SPECIAL ARTICLE Pages: 215 - 216

15. ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Motoaki Sugawara
    • Hiroshi Natori

    ANNOUNCEMENTS Pages: 217 - 217