Conventional diagnostic ultrasound images of the anatomy (as opposed to blood flow)
reveal differences in the acoustic properties of soft tissues (mainly echogenicity but also, to …

Physicians have used palpation as a diagnostic examination to understand the elastic
properties of pathology for a long time since they realized that tissue stiffness is closely …

Objective. The correlation between various diseases and the change in the local mechanical
properties of soft tissues has been long known. Over the past 20 years, there have been …

Ultrasound elastography is a technique currently under development. Its use in clinical
practice is complicated because of the wide range of techniques used by the different …

Ultrasound elastography enables in vivo measurement of the mechanical properties of living
soft tissues in a non-destructive and non-invasive manner and has attracted considerable …

Ten years have passed since the first commercial equipment for elastography was released;
since then clinical utility has been demonstrated. Nowadays, most manufacturers offer an …

Palpation is routinely used for the evaluation of mechanical properties of tissue in regions
that are accessible to touch. Detecting pathology using the'stiffness' of the tissue is more …

OBJECTIVE. The aim of this study was to measure the elasticity of various tissues and report
it in kilopascals. SUBJECTS AND METHODS. The thyroid, submandibular, and parotid …

Sonoelastography is a novel technique that uses ultrasound waves to assess the elasticity of
tissues noninvasively. It provides an ultrasound-based method to detect and display the …

Ultrasound is an essential modality within musculoskeletal imaging, with the recent addition
of elastography. The elastic properties of tissues are different from the acoustic impedance …