1. Good papers, bad papers

   • Yasutomo Fujii

   Editorial 08 January 2013 Pages: 1 - 2

2. Amlodipine has a preventive effect on temporal left ventricular hypokinesia after emotional stress compared with an angiotensin II receptor blocker

   • Fuminobu Ishikura
   • Yuri Takano
   • Takashi Ueyama

   Original Article 06 September 2012 Pages: 3 - 7

   

3. Experimental evaluation of portal venous pulsatile flow synchronized with heartbeat intervals: effects of vascular clamping on portal hemodynamics

   • Yoshito Nihei
   • Hideki Sasanuma
   • Yoshikazu Yasuda

   Original Article 19 July 2012 Pages: 9 - 18

   

4. Sonographically guided puncture of the pancreas: incidence of complications, and risk factors

   • Michael Mueller
   • Richard Andrew Mason
   • Mark Martin Haenle

   Original Article 04 July 2012 Pages: 19 - 26

   

5. Ultrasonography of tubular ectasia of the rete testis with associated scrotal findings

   • Taylan Kara
   • Mehmet Sedat Durmaz
   • Kaan Ceken

   Original Article 22 August 2012 Pages: 27 - 32

   

6. Dynamic power Doppler ultrasonography of anterior abdominal wall hernias: confirmation of incarceration

   • Duzgun Yildirim
   • Baki Ekci
   • Terman Gumus

   Original Article 19 July 2012 Pages: 33 - 38

   

7. Case-control study of the RFA therapeutic effect of newly developed 4D US and conventional 2D US

   • Atsunori Kusakabe
   • Shunsuke Nojiri
   • Takashi Joh

   Original Article 31 July 2012 Pages: 39 - 46

   

8. A case of focal nodular hyperplasia with a new characteristic finding on contrast-enhanced ultrasonography using Levovist

   • Kaoru Onoue
   • Yukio Miyamoto
   • Kunihiko Fukuda

   Case Report 18 July 2012 Pages: 47 - 50

   

9. Appendiceal mucocele and peritoneal inclusion cyst mimicking right adnexal masses: a diagnostic challenge in gynecologic practice

   • Tomonobu Kanasugi
   • Akihiko Kikuchi
   • Toru Sugiyama

   Case Report 23 June 2012 Pages: 51 - 55

   

10. Prenatal diagnosis of intracranial immature teratoma in the third trimester using 2D and 3D sonography

    • Lívia Teresa Moreira Rios
    • Edward Araujo Júnior
    • Marília da Glória Martins

    Case Report 19 July 2012 Pages: 57 - 60

    

11. Prenatal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging findings of a hypovascular epignathus with a favorable prognosis

    • Yoshitaka Kaido
    • Akihiko Kikuchi
    • Toru Sugiyama

    Case Report 19 July 2012 Pages: 61 - 64

    

12. Radiologic findings of a giant unilateral abdominoscrotal hydrocele associated with undescended testis

    • Taylan Kara

    Case Report 25 July 2012 Pages: 65 - 67

    

13. US and color Doppler findings in angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia involving the superficial temporal artery

    • Francesco Giovagnorio
    • Federico Miozzi

    Case Report 26 June 2012 Pages: 69 - 71

    

14. Hepatic parenchymal hemodynamics of cholangitis with portal trunk thrombus using contrast-enhanced ultrasonography with Sonazoid: delineation of so-called central and peripheral zonal differentiation by arrival-time parametric imaging

    • Kazue Shiozawa
    • Manabu Watanabe
    • Yasukiyo Sumino

    Ultrasound Image of the Month 27 July 2012 Pages: 73 - 76

    

15. “Double eyes” sign of congenital bilateral dacryocystoceles

    • Yusuke Inde
    • Ayumi Ryu
    • Toshiyuki Takeshita

    Ultrasound Image of the Month 27 July 2012 Pages: 77 - 79

    

16. Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography using Sonazoid^® is useful for diagnosis of malignant ovarian tumors: comparison with Doppler ultrasound

    • Shoko Kumazawa
    • Tomokazu Umezu
    • Fumitaka Kikkawa

    Letter to the Editor 04 July 2012 Pages: 81 - 84

    

17. Prenatal diagnosis of congenital syngnathia by 3D ultrasound and pathological correlation

    • Guilherme de Castro Rezende
    • Alamanda Kfoury Pereira
    • Antonio Carlos Vieira Cabral

    Letter to the Editor 10 August 2012 Pages: 85 - 87