1. Behind discoveries, beyond discoveries

   • Shoichi Matsutani

   Editorial Pages: 209 - 209

2. Automatic virtual transducer locating system to assist in interpreting ultrasound imaging

   • Nobuyuki Taniguchi
   • Tomoyuki Kuwata
   • Akifumi Ootake

   Original Contribution Pages: 211 - 216

3. Significance of acoustic field for the myocardial opacification by intravenous contrast echocardiography

   • Sachiko Yagura
   • Shintaro Beppu
   • Juri Okazaki

   Original Contribution Pages: 217 - 223

4. Sonographic features of mucus-producing carcinoma of the gallbladder

   • Masamichi Matsuda
   • Goro Watanabe
   • Kazuo Takeuchi

   Original Contribution Pages: 225 - 231

5. Sonographic features of intra-abdominal abscess caused by spilled stones during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

   • Masamichi Matsuda
   • Goro Watanabe
   • Kazuo Takeuchi

   Original Contribution Pages: 233 - 239

6. Diagnosis of ischemic heart disease with exercise echocardiography: Comparison of images obtained at peak- and post-exercise

   • Yutaka Hirano
   • Tadahiko Yamamoto
   • Kinji Ishikawa

   Translation of Original Contribution Pages: 241 - 246

7. The influence of aging on renal blood flow in human beings

   • Kiyoe Tetsuka
   • Tomoji Hoshi
   • Masahito Saitoh

   Translation of Original Contribution Pages: 247 - 251

8. Highly mobile pedunculated left atrial appendage thrombus falling into the mitral valve orifice

   • Mitsunori Okamoto
   • Takashi Sueda
   • Nobuharu Hamanaka

   Case Report Pages: 253 - 256

9. Rapidly enlarging hepatobiliary cystadenoma

   • Hiroshi Yoshida
   • Takashi Tajiri
   • Zenya Naito

   Case Report Pages: 257 - 262

10. Assessment of acute scrotum by Doppler color flow imaging: A report of four cases

    • Fumiya Hongo
    • Masahito Saitoh

    Translation of Case Report Pages: 263 - 266

11. Calendar

    Events Pages: 267 - 269