1. Motivating basic research in the university

   • Hiroshi Kanai

   Editorial Pages: 153 - 154

2. Elastography: Imaging the elastic properties of soft tissues with ultrasound

   • Jonathan Ophir
   • S. Kaisar Alam
   • Tomy Varghese

   Review Article Pages: 155 - 171

3. Sound waves and antineoplastic drugs: The possibility of an enhanced combined anticancer therapy

   • Loreto B Feril Jr
   • Takashi Kondo
   • Peter Riesz

   Review Article Pages: 173 - 187

4. Doppler ultrasound measurement of cerebral blood flow in healthy pregnant women

   • Akihito Nakai
   • Hiroko Yamada
   • Tsutomu Araki

   Original Contribution Pages: 189 - 194

5. Contrast advanced dynamic flow imaging and contrast pulse subtraction imaging: Preliminary results in hepatic tumors

   • Yan Ling Wen
   • Masatoshi Kudo
   • Toshihiko Kawasaki

   Original Contribution Pages: 195 - 204

6. The efferent blood flow of early hepatocellular carcinoma and borderline lesions: Demonstration by color Doppler imaging

   • Hitoshi Tochio
   • Syusuke Tomita
   • Akio Orino

   Original Contribution Pages: 205 - 209

7. Studies on tissue characterization by texture analysis with co-occurrence matrix method using ultrasonography and CT imaging

   • Yi Wang
   • Kouichi Itoh
   • Tomoko Ono

   Original Contribution Pages: 211 - 223

8. Short-term therapy with relatively low-dose cerivastatin improves endothelial function independently of its lipid-lowering effect: Evaluation of brachial artery vasodilatation using B-mode ultrasound imaging

   • Koichi Sakabe
   • Nobuo Fukuda
   • Yoshiyuki Tamura

   Case Report Pages: 225 - 230

9. Fetal ascites immediately after rupture of ovarian cysts

   • Takashi Ito
   • Chieko Katagiri
   • Sayako Horie

   Case Report Pages: 231 - 233

10. Calendar

    Events Pages: 235 - 237