Medical ultrasound: imaging of soft tissue strain and elasticity

PNT Wells, HD Liang - Journal of the Royal Society …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
After X-radiography, ultrasound is now the most common of all the medical imaging
technologies. For millennia, manual palpation has been used to assist in diagnosis, but it is …

Ultrasound elastography and MR elastography for assessing liver fibrosis: part 1, principles and techniques

A Tang, G Cloutier, NM Szeverenyi… - American journal of …, 2015 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of ultrasound and MR
elastography, including a glossary of relevant terminology, a classification of elastography …

[图书][B] Magnetic resonance elastography: physical background and medical applications

S Hirsch, J Braun, I Sack - 2017 - books.google.com
Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is a medical imaging technique that combines
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with mechanical vibrations to generate maps of …

Evaluation of cervical stiffness during pregnancy using semiquantitative ultrasound elastography

E Hernandez‐Andrade, SS Hassan… - … in Obstetrics & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate cervical stiffness during pregnancy using ultrasound‐derived
elastography, a method used to estimate the average tissue displacement (strain) within a …

[HTML][HTML] Transrectal quantitative shear wave elastography in the detection and characterisation of prostate cancer

S Ahmad, R Cao, T Varghese, L Bidaut, G Nabi - Surgical endoscopy, 2013 - Springer
Background Shear wave imaging (SWI) is a new ultrasound technique whose application
facilitates quantitative tissue elasticity assessment during transrectal ultrasound biopsies of …

Real‐time elastography for assessment of uterine disorders

B Stoelinga, WJK Hehenkamp… - … in obstetrics & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Sonoelastography is an ultrasound‐imaging technique that measures tissue
strain. The aim of this study was to define, in a systematic manner, specific …

Evaluation of neoadjuvant chemotherapy response in women with locally advanced breast cancer using ultrasound elastography

O Falou, A Sadeghi-Naini, S Prematilake, E Sofroni… - Translational …, 2013 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Ultrasound elastography is a new imaging technique that can be used to assess
tissue stiffness. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential of ultrasound …

Gluenet: Ultrasound elastography using convolutional neural network

MG Kibria, H Rivaz - … , Image Processing, and Ultrasound Systems for …, 2018 - Springer
Displacement estimation is a critical step in ultrasound elastography and failing to estimate
displacement correctly can result in large errors in strain images. As conventional ultrasound …

Shear wave elastography versus real-time elastography on evaluation thyroid nodules: a preliminary study

BX Liu, XY Xie, JY Liang, YL Zheng, GL Huang… - European journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective To comparatively evaluate shear wave elastography (SWE) and real-time
elastography (RTE) in distinguishing malignant from benign thyroid nodules. Methods 49 …

[PDF][PDF] Технологии эластографии в ультразвуковой диагностике (обзор)

ЛВ Осипов - Медицинский алфавит. Диагностическая …, 2013 - izomed.ru
В настоящем обзоре рассмотрены физические принципы, на которых основана
ультразвуковая эластография. Дана классификация известных методов эластографии …