Review of MR elastography applications and recent developments

KJ Glaser, A Manduca… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The technique of MR elastography (MRE) has emerged as a useful modality for
quantitatively imaging the mechanical properties of soft tissues in vivo. Recently, MRE has …

Elastography: current status, future prospects, and making it work for you

BS Garra - Ultrasound quarterly, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Elastography has emerged as a useful adjunct tool for ultrasound diagnosis. Elastograms
are images of tissue stiffness and may be in color, grayscale, or a combination of the two …

Clinical application of shear wave elastography (SWE) in the diagnosis of benign and malignant breast diseases

JM Chang, WK Moon, N Cho, A Yi, HR Koo… - Breast cancer research …, 2011 - Springer
Shear wave elastography (SWE) is an emerging technique which can obtain quantitative
elasticity values in breast disease. We therefore evaluated the diagnostic performance of …

Comparison of shear-wave and strain ultrasound elastography in the differentiation of benign and malignant breast lesions

JM Chang, JK Won, KB Lee, IA Park… - American Journal of …, 2013 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to compare the diagnostic performances of shear-
wave and strain elastography for the differentiation of benign and malignant breast lesions …

Preliminary results of acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) ultrasound imaging of breast lesions

W Meng, G Zhang, C Wu, G Wu, Y Song, Z Lu - Ultrasound in medicine & …, 2011 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to determine the appearance of breast lesions using acoustic
radiation force impulse imaging (ARFI) and to correlate the ARFI values with the pathologic …

Distinguishing benign from malignant masses at breast US: combined US elastography and color Doppler US—influence on radiologist accuracy

N Cho, M Jang, CY Lyou, JS Park, HY Choi, WK Moon - Radiology, 2012 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To investigate the effect of the combined use of ultrasonographic (US) elastography
and color Doppler US on the accuracy of radiologists in distinguishing benign from …

Breast mass evaluation: factors influencing the quality of US elastography

JM Chang, WK Moon, N Cho, SJ Kim - Radiology, 2011 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To investigate factors influencing the quality of ultrasonographic (US) elastography
in the evaluation of suspicious breast masses. Materials and Methods This prospective study …

Using real‐time tissue elastography for breast lesion evaluation: our initial experience

S Raza, A Odulate, EMW Ong… - … of Ultrasound in …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. The purpose of this study was to prospectively assess the performance of real‐
time tissue elastography (RTE) in the evaluation of breast masses and correlate RTE and …

Interobserver variability of ultrasound elastography: how it affects the diagnosis of breast lesions

JH Yoon, MH Kim, EK Kim, HJ Moon… - American Journal of …, 2011 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the interobserver variability of
elastography on real-time ultrasound and how it influences the agreement of final …

A prospective study to compare the diagnostic performance of breast elastography versus conventional breast ultrasound

LCH Leong, LSJ Sim, YS Lee, FC Ng, CM Wan… - Clinical radiology, 2010 - Elsevier
AIM: To compare the diagnostic performance of breast elastography versus conventional
ultrasound in the assessment of breast lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study …