From the development of x-ray imaging in the late 19th century, the field of medical imaging
developed an impressive array of modalities. These can measure and image a variety of …

Myocardial stiffness is an intrinsic property of the myocardium that influences both diastolic
and systolic cardiac function. Myocardial stiffness represents the resistance of this tissue to …

After ten years of progress and innovation, optical coherence elastography (OCE) based on
the propagation of mechanical waves has become one of the major and the most studied …

Muscle ultrasound is excellent for screening, diagnosing, and follow-up of neuromuscular
disease. New developments are underway to automate and objectify the diagnostic process …

Introduction: Acoustic radiation force (ARF) is used in many biomedical applications. The
transfer of momentum in acoustic waves can be used in a multitude of ways to perturb tissue …

The kidney is an anisotropic organ, with higher elasticity along versus across nephrons. The
degree of mechanical anisotropy in the kidney may be diagnostically relevant if properly …

Our group has previously found that in silico, mechanical anisotropy may be interrogated by
exciting transversely isotropic materials with geometrically asymmetric acoustic radiation …

Mapping of mechanical properties, dependent on the frequency of motion, is relevant in
diagnosis, monitoring treatment response, or intra-operative surgical resection planning …

Chronic kidney disease is most desirably and cost-effectively treated by renal
transplantation, but graft survival is a major challenge. Although irreversible graft damage …

Skeletal muscle is a complex tissue, exhibiting not only direction-dependent material
properties (commonly modeled as a transversely isotropic material), but also changes in …