Model-based elastography: a survey of approaches to the inverse elasticity problem

MM Doyley - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Elastography is emerging as an imaging modality that can distinguish normal versus
diseased tissues via their biomechanical properties. This paper reviews current approaches …

Biomechanical properties of breast tissue, a state-of-the-art review

NG Ramião, PS Martins, R Rynkevic… - … and modeling in …, 2016 - Springer
This paper reviews the existing literature on the tests used to determine the mechanical
properties of women breast tissues (fat, glandular and tumour tissue) as well as the different …

EFSUMB guidelines and recommendations on the clinical use of ultrasound elastography. Part 1: Basic principles and technology

J Bamber, D Cosgrove, CF Dietrich… - Ultraschall in der …, 2013 - thieme-connect.com
The technical part of these Guidelines and Recommendations, produced under the auspices
of EFSUMB, provides an introduction to the physical principles and technology on which all …

Quantitative assessment of breast lesion viscoelasticity: initial clinical results using supersonic shear imaging

M Tanter, J Bercoff, A Athanasiou, T Deffieux… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper presents an initial clinical evaluation of in vivo elastography for breast lesion
imaging using the concept of supersonic shear imaging. This technique is based on the …

In vivo breast tumor detection using transient elastography

J Bercoff, S Chaffai, M Tanter, L Sandrin… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2003 - Elsevier
This paper presents first in vivo experiments for breast tumor detection using transient
elastography. This technique has been developed for detection and quantitative mapping of …

Shear wave ultrasound elastography of the prostate: initial results

RG Barr, R Memo, CR Schaub - Ultrasound quarterly, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Purpose This prospective study was to evaluate shear wave elastography (SWE) in the
detection of prostate cancer (PC). Methods Patients scheduled for a transrectal ultrasound …

Accuracy of sonographic elastography in the differential diagnosis of enlarged cervical lymph nodes: comparison with conventional B-mode sonography

F Alam, K Naito, J Horiguchi, H Fukuda… - American journal of …, 2008 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of
sonographic elastography and B-mode sonography individually and combined in the …

Elastography in the detection of prostatic cancer

DL Cochlin, RH Ganatra, DFR Griffiths - Clinical radiology, 2002 - Elsevier
We describe a simple, practical technique for producing elastography images of the
prostate. Our standard technique for the detection of prostatic cancer is ultrasound guided …

[HTML][HTML] Quasi-static ultrasound elastography

T Varghese - Ultrasound clinics, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Elastography is a new imaging modality where elastic tissue parameters related to the
structural organization of normal and pathological tissues are imaged. Basic principles …

Differential diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules at elastosonography

L Rubaltelli, S Corradin, A Dorigo… - Ultraschall in der …, 2009 - thieme-connect.com
Ziel: Die Ultraschalluntersuchung des Halsbereichs erkennt eine große Anzahl von nicht
tastbaren Schilddrüsenknoten in der Patientenpopulation, aber sie bietet eine …