Mechanical properties of human hepatic tissues to develop liver-mimicking phantoms for medical applications

AS Lemine, Z Ahmad, NJ Al-Thani, A Hasan… - … and Modeling in …, 2024 - Springer
Using liver phantoms for mimicking human tissue in clinical training, disease diagnosis, and
treatment planning is a common practice. The fabrication material of the liver phantom …

Discovery of Natural Products Alleviating Renal Fibrosis with a Viscosity-Responsive Molecular Probe

K Zhang, L Sun, W Zhang, M Cao, X Ma… - Analytical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Renal fibrosis poses a significant threat to individuals suffering from chronic progressive
kidney disease. Given the absence of effective medications for treating renal fibrosis, it …

Unravelling anisotropic nonlinear shear elasticity in muscles: towards a non-invasive assessment of stress in living organisms

HHP Ngo, RJ Andrade, J Lancelot, A Loumeaud… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Elsevier
Acoustoelasticity theory describes propagation of shear waves in uniaxially stressed
medium and allows the retrieval of nonlinear elastic coefficients of tissues. In transverse …

Multiparametric US for Identifying Metabolic Dysfunction–associated Steatohepatitis: A Prospective Multicenter Study

F Liu, M Bi, X Jing, H Ding, J Zeng, R Zheng, Y Chen… - Radiology, 2024 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Noninvasive evaluation of metabolic dysfunction–associated fatty liver disease
(MAFLD) with multiparametric US is essential, but multicenter studies are lacking. Purpose …

In Vivo Effects of Joint Movement on Nerve Mechanical Properties Assessed with Shear-Wave Elastography: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

G Ciuffreda, E Bueno-Gracia, I Albarova-Corral… - Diagnostics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Peripheral nerves are subjected to mechanical tension during limb movements and body
postures. Nerve response to tensile stress can be assessed in vivo with shear-wave …

Machine Learning Reveals Serum Glycopatterns as Potential Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)

X Li, Y Xiao, X Chen, Y Zhu, H Du, J Shu… - Journal of Proteome …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has emerged as the predominant chronic liver
condition globally, and underdiagnosis is common, particularly in mild cases, attributed to …

[HTML][HTML] Shear wave trajectory detection in ultra-fast M-mode images for liver fibrosis assessment: A deep learning-based line detection approach

X Wang, B Liu, C Wu, Z Huang, Y Zhou, X Wu, Y Zheng - Ultrasonics, 2024 - Elsevier
Stiffness measurement using shear wave propagation velocity has been the most common
non-invasive method for liver fibrosis assessment. The velocity is captured through a trace …

Multiparametric ultrasound evaluation of liver fibrosis, steatosis, and viscosity in patients with chronic liver disease

I Minciuna, M Taru, A Fodor, ON Farcau… - Medical …, 2024 - medultrason.ro
Aims: This study assessed the effectiveness of three ultrasound-based techniques (2D-SWE.
PLUS, Att. PLUS, Vi. PLUS) for non-invasive evaluation of liver fibrosis, steatosis, and …

Between‐Visit Reproducibility of Shear Wave Viscoelastography in Volunteers and Patients With Metabolic Dysfunction‐Associated Steatotic Liver Disease

L Yazdani, S Selladurai, I Rafati, M Bhatt… - … of Ultrasound in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the reproducibility of six ultrasound (US)‐determined shear wave (SW)
viscoelastography parameters for assessment of mechanical properties of the liver in …

Determining the ideal measurement site and respiratory condition for liver transient elastography: toward clinical practice standardization

Z Huang, SK Lam, LK Cheng, Y Lin, Y Zheng - Insights into Imaging, 2024 - Springer
Objectives Liver transient elastography (TE) has been endorsed by the WHO as the first-line
diagnostic tool for liver diseases. Although unreliable and invalid results caused by …