1. Screening ultrasonic examination

   • Isao Numata

   EDITORIAL Pages: 133 - 134

2. Ultrasound-mediated gene transfection: problems to be solved and future possibilities

   • Tetsuo Nozaki
   • Ryohei Ogawa
   • Takashi Kondo

   REVIEW Pages: 135 - 142

3. Measurement of nonlinear property of artery wall using remote cyclic actuation

   • Hideyuki Hasegawa
   • Hiroshi Kanai

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 143 - 151

4. New method of sentinel node detection using a combination of contrast-enhanced ultrasound and dye guidance: an animal study

   • Kiyoka Omoto
   • Yasuo Hozumi
   • Kouichi Itoh

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 153 - 158

5. A case with diffuse sclerosing variant of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid: characteristic features on ultrasonography

   • Kaoru Kobayashi
   • Shuji Fukata
   • Akira Miyauchi

   CASE REPORT Pages: 159 - 161

6. Development of severe string sign in internal thoracic arterial graft during first month

   • Nobuaki Hirata
   • Nobuaki Asaoka
   • Takayoshi Ueno

   CASE REPORT Pages: 163 - 168

7. Marked change in Doppler waveform: report of two cases of subcutaneous hematoma

   • Takako Watanabe
   • Hideaki Ishida
   • Yumi Katsuura

   CASE REPORT Pages: 169 - 172

8. Isolated liver metastasis from a renal cell carcinoma 12 years after nephrectomy: report of a case and literature review

   • Hideo Ohno
   • Hideaki Ishida
   • Hitoshi Kotanagi

   CASE REPORT Pages: 173 - 176

9. Inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen: report of a case with emphasis on contrast-enhanced ultrasound findings

   • Hitoshi Yagisawa
   • Hideaki Ishida
   • Takaharu Miyauchi

   CASE REPORT Pages: 177 - 180

10. Portal-systemic shunt through the right renal vein developing following portal tumor thrombus

    • Hitoshi Yagisawa
    • Hideaki Ishida
    • Takaharu Miyauchi

    CASE REPORT Pages: 181 - 184

11. Ultrasonographic findings for ovarian teratoma

    • Harumi Koibuchi
    • Yasutomo Fujii
    • Nobuyuki Taniguchi

    ULTRASOUND IMAGE OF THE MONTH Pages: 185 - 186

12. Gallbladder varices

    • Akiko Sato
    • Hideaki Ishida
    • Hirokazu Kurokawa

    ULTRASOUND IMAGE OF THE MONTH Pages: 187 - 188

13. Peritoneal loose body

    • Hideaki Ooyagi
    • Hideaki Ishida
    • Hitoshi Yagisawa

    ULTRASOUND IMAGE OF THE MONTH Pages: 189 - 190

14. Guidelines for image presentation and measurement of the ophthalmic region (proposal)

    • The Terminology and Diagnostic Criteria Committee of The Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine

    SPECIAL ARTICLE Pages: 191 - 192