1. Medicine and literature

   • Katsufumi Mizushige

   Editorial 13 July 2012 Pages: 105 - 106

2. Transmission electron microscopy study on the effects of the ultrasound contrast agent Levovist on hepatic cells

   • Etsuo Takada
   • Nobuki Kudo
   • Michiya Natori

   Original Article 05 April 2012 Pages: 107 - 113

   

3. Comparing the in vivo sonodynamic effects of dual- and single-frequency ultrasound in breast adenocarcinoma

   • Mahboobeh Alamolhoda
   • Manijhe Mokhtari-Dizaji
   • Hadi Hasanzadeh

   Original Article 20 March 2012 Pages: 115 - 125

   

4. Small calcification indicator in ultrasonography using correlation of echoes with a modified Wiener filter

   • Hirofumi Taki
   • Takuya Sakamoto
   • Toru Sato

   Original Article 09 March 2012 Pages: 127 - 135

   

5. Experimental study on temperature rise of acoustic radiation force elastography

   • Marie Tabaru
   • Hideki Yoshikawa
   • Kunio Hashiba

   Original Article 07 April 2012 Pages: 137 - 146

   

6. Impact of transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects on cardiac function

   • Hideki Tashiro
   • Kenji Suda
   • Shinichi Itou

   Original Article 09 March 2012 Pages: 147 - 153

   

7. Primary echocardiographic results of the Carpentier–Edwards Perimount Magna

   • Hiroki Mizoguchi
   • Masayuki Sakaki
   • Takuya Miura

   Original Article 05 April 2012 Pages: 155 - 160

   

8. Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography with Sonazoid™ for the evaluation of bowel ischemia

   • Tomoko Kanzaki
   • Jiro Hata
   • Ken Haruma

   Original Article 13 March 2012 Pages: 161 - 167

   

9. Pseudoaneurysm with left-to-right shunt in a patient with myocardial infarction: evaluation by three-dimensional echocardiography

   • Hirofumi Maeba
   • Yoko Miyasaka
   • Toshiji Iwasaka

   Case Report 07 April 2012 Pages: 169 - 172

   

10. Left atrial myxoma mimicking papillary fibroelastoma

    • Takeshi Oda
    • Hiroshi Yasunaga
    • Koichi Higaki

    Case Report 15 March 2012 Pages: 173 - 175

    

11. Abnormal first-trimester fetal nuchal translucency and amniotic band syndrome

    • Takayuki Higuchi
    • Mamoru Tanaka
    • Kei Miyakoshi

    Case Report 09 March 2012 Pages: 177 - 180

    

12. Neonatal periventricular leukomalacia without evidence of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome following discordance in nuchal translucency: a case report

    • Yoshiyuki Nakajima
    • Naoki Masaoka

    Case Report 08 March 2012 Pages: 181 - 185

    

13. Enlarging amniotic fluid ‘sludge’ in preterm labor associated with severe course of sepsis and recurrent tension pneumothorax in the infant

    • Toshio Nakayama
    • Akihiko Kikuchi
    • Yoshifumi Ogiso

    Case Report 09 March 2012 Pages: 187 - 192

    

14. Isolated hepatic metastasis with hepatic venous invasion and tumor thrombus in right atrium

    • Rika Satoyoshi
    • Osamu Muto
    • Hideaki Ishida

    Ultrasound Image of the Month 13 March 2012 Pages: 193 - 196

    

15. Sonographic diagnosis of Fournier’s gangrene: a rare surgical emergency

    • Wai Pong Chu

    Ultrasound Image of the Month 13 March 2012 Pages: 197 - 199

    

16. Ultrasonography findings in temporal arteritis

    • Kyoko Tsuda
    • Kei Konno
    • Nobuyuki Taniguchi

    Ultrasound Image of the Month 09 March 2012 Pages: 201 - 203