1. Let us utilize breast contrast-enhanced ultrasound more

   • Toshikazu Ito

   Editorial 29 September 2018 Pages: 543 - 544

2. A novel ultrasonic method for evaluation of blood clotting parameters

   • Vacis Tatarunas
   • Algirdas Voleisis
   • Vaiva Lesauskaite

   Original Article 13 March 2018 Pages: 545 - 553

   

3. Validation trial for efficacy of ultrasonographic measurement method to predict ascitic volume using virtual ultrasonography

   • Masashi Hirooka
   • Yohei Koizumi
   • Yoichi Hiasa

   Original Article 18 April 2018 Pages: 555 - 564

   

4. The effect of halogen light stimulation on duration of ultrasound parameters of biophysical profile: a randomized clinical trial

   • Mohammad Ghasem Hanafi
   • Aliakbar Sahraeizadeh

   Original Article 22 February 2018 Pages: 565 - 570

   

5. Renal shear wave elastography for the assessment of nephron hypertrophy: a cross-sectional study in chronic kidney disease

   • Takuji Iyama
   • Tomoaki Takata
   • Hajime Isomoto

   Original Article 06 February 2018 Pages: 571 - 576

   

6. Assessment of the renal collecting system using a pocket-sized ultrasound device

   • Toru Kameda
   • Kumiko Uebayashi
   • Nobuyuki Taniguchi

   Original Article 02 May 2018 Pages: 577 - 581

   

7. Reproducibility of acquiring ultrasonographic infant hip images by the Graf method after an infant hip ultrasound training course

   • Yasuhiro Shirai
   • Kenjiro Wakabayashi
   • Takanobu Otsuka

   Original Article 09 March 2018 Pages: 583 - 589

   

8. Evaluation of carotid artery elasticity in patients with uremia by echo tracking

   • Hong Liang
   • Dawei Wang
   • Yanxin Su

   Original Article 16 February 2018 Pages: 591 - 596

   

9. There is a significant relationship between morning blood pressure surge and increased abdominal aortic intima–media thickness in hypertensive patients

   • Ayse Selcan Koc
   • Ferıde Fatma Gorgulu
   • Yahya Kemal Icen

   Original Article 13 March 2018 Pages: 597 - 603

   

10. Increased nitroglycerin-mediated vasodilation in migraineurs without aura in the interictal period

    • Kazumi Fujioka
    • Minoru Oishi
    • Tomohiro Nakayama

    Original Article Open access 23 May 2018 Pages: 605 - 610

    

11. Elderly Fitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome observed with superb microvascular imaging system

    • Tomotaka Yazaki
    • Shuichi Sato
    • Yoshikazu Kinoshita

    Case Report Open access 20 February 2018 Pages: 611 - 615

    

12. A case of stage IA pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma accompanied with focal pancreatitis demonstrated by contrast-enhanced ultrasonography

    • Junko Fukuda
    • Sachiko Tanaka
    • Shigenori Nagata

    Case Report 22 February 2018 Pages: 617 - 622

    

13. Liver abscess due to Fusobacterium species detected on ultrasonography: a case report

    • Vasanthapriya Subramaniyam
    • Akiko Saito
    • Katsutoshi Tokushige

    Case Report 03 April 2018 Pages: 623 - 627

    

14. Prenatal diagnosis of funisitis: two case reports

    • Daisuke Katsura
    • Yuichiro Takahashi
    • Hitoshi Iwata

    Case Report 02 February 2018 Pages: 629 - 632

    

15. Prenatal diagnosis of mediastinal neurenteric cyst: a case report and review of the literature

    • Ali Çay
    • İbrahim Aydoğdu
    • Hüseyin Toprak

    Case Report 21 February 2018 Pages: 633 - 639

    

16. Ultrasonographic images of the hand in a case with early eosinophilic fasciitis

    • Ing-Jeng Chen
    • Mei-Ting Wang
    • Huey-Wen Liang

    Case Report 20 February 2018 Pages: 641 - 645

    

17. Flexor pollicis longus tendon rupture by sandwiched underlying volar locking plate and distal radius

    • Takuya Uemura
    • Tadashi Okano
    • Hiroaki Nakamura

    Case Report 27 April 2018 Pages: 647 - 651

    

18. Atypically presenting kaposiform hemangioendothelioma of the knee: ultrasound findings

    • Iclal Erdem Toslak
    • Matthew Stegman
    • Jennifer E. Lim-Dunham

    Case Report 10 April 2018 Pages: 653 - 656

    

19. A refractory hypertensive patient with fibromuscular dysplasia and multicystic dysplastic kidney

    • Shin Takahashi
    • Yurie Takizawa
    • Kotaro Oyama

    Case Report 23 May 2018 Pages: 657 - 660

    

20. Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography of post-interventional hematoma: the bleeding mushroom is growing inside

    • Francesca Di Vece
    • Paola Tombesi
    • Sergio Sartori

    Case Report 16 February 2018 Pages: 661 - 663

    

21. The utility of superb microvascular imaging for the detection of deep vein thrombosis

    • Yuta Hagiwara
    • Rie Sasaki
    • Yasuhiro Hasegawa

    Case Report 17 May 2018 Pages: 665 - 669

    

22. Three-step procedure for safe internal jugular vein catheterization under ultrasound guidance

    • Akihito Tampo

    Technical Note 13 June 2018 Pages: 671 - 673

    

23. Editor’s note

    • Yoshiki Hirooka

    Editor's Note 29 September 2018 Pages: 675 - 675

24. Acknowlegment to reviewers

    Acknowledgment 29 September 2018 Pages: 677 - 678