ReviewNature reviews. Urology2013
Multiparametric ultrasonography of the testicles.
Review in Nature reviews. Urology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Colour Doppler Ultrasonography in the Assessment of Intratesticular Lesions: Influence of Lesion Size and Vascular Pattern.Cancers · 2026Article
- Testicular Cancer: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Biomarker Advances.Research and reports in urology · 2026Review
- Diagnostic role of gray-scale and shear-wave elastography in pediatric patients with undescended testes: a prospective controlled study.Journal of ultrasonography · 2024Article
- A rare case of bilateral testicular metastasis from ileocecal NET: multiparametric US detection.Journal of ultrasound · 2023Article
- Sonography in male infertility: a useful yet underutilized diagnostic tool.Journal of ultrasound · 2022Article
- Shear-wave elastography for the assessment of testicular involvement of hematologic malignancies in children and young adults: a feasibility study.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2022Article
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- Experience of using shear wave elastography in evaluation of testicular stiffness in cases of male infertility.Journal of ultrasound · 2020Article
- [Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography of testicular tumours].Der Urologe. Ausg. A · 2019Review
- Evaluation of the diagnostic efficacy of strain elastography in infertile population with normal and abnormal semen parameters.Turkish journal of urology · 2017Article
- Shear wave elastography (SWE) is reliable method for testicular spermatogenesis evaluation after torsion.International journal of clinical and experimental medicine · 2015Article
- Contemporary diagnostic work-up of testicular germ cell tumours.Nature reviews. Urology · 2013Review
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Ultrasonography is the standard modality to image the scrotum because it can provide information about volume, echo texture, tissue stiffness and functional information that includes macrovascularization and microvascularization. Indeed, ultrasound imaging is indicated in the presentation of acute scrotal pain and swelling to differentiate between testicular torsion, infarction and inflammation, as well as being the modality of choice when an intrascrotal mass is suspected. Advances in ultrasonography technology have produced new innovative techniques for imaging the scrotum, including grey-scale ultrasound, Doppler ultrasonography, contrast-enhanced ultrasonography and real-time sonoelastography. Each of these techniques provides information that can be useful when diagnosing diseases and disorders of the testicles. Consequently, the standard approach to accurate diagnosis should rely on multiparametric ultrasonography techniques, rather than just one or two techniques in isolation.
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