Conventional diagnostic ultrasound images of the anatomy (as opposed to blood flow)
reveal differences in the acoustic properties of soft tissues (mainly echogenicity but also, to …

After 20 years of innovation in techniques that specifically image the biomechanical
properties of tissue, the evolution of elastographic imaging can be viewed from its infancy …

Serial assessment of the biomechanical properties of tissues can be used to aid the early
detection and management of pathophysiological conditions, to track the evolution of lesions …

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 …

The basic principles of using sonographic techniques for imaging the elastic properties of
tissues are described, with particular emphasis on elastography. After some preliminaries …

High-precision motion estimation has become essential in ultrasound-based techniques
such as time-domain Doppler and elastography. Normalized cross-correlation (NCC) has …

Elastography is a method that can ultimately generate several new kinds of images, called
elastograms. As such, all the properties of elastograms are different from the familiar …

A least-squares strain estimator (LSQSE) for elastography is proposed. It is shown that with
such an estimator, the signal-to-noise ratio in an elastogram (SNRe) is significantly …

A major disadvantage of the current practice of elastography is that only the axial component
of the strain is estimated. The lateral and elevational components are basically disregarded …

In ultrasound elasticity imaging, strain decorrelation is a major source of error in
displacements estimated using correlation techniques. This error can be significantly …