Although the use of ultrasonic plane-wave transmissions rather than line-per-line focused
beam transmissions has been long studied in research, clinical application of this …

Ultrasonography has been widely used for diagnosis since it was first introduced in clinical
practice in the 1970's. Since then, new ultrasound modalities have been developed, such as …

The emergence of ultrafast frame rates in ultrasonic imaging has been recently made
possible by the development of new imaging modalities such as transient elastography …

Chronic hepatitis is accompanied by progressive deposit of hepatic fibrosis, which may lead
to cirrhosis. Evaluation of liver fibrosis is, thus, of great clinical interest and, up to now, has …

Supersonic shear imaging (SSI) is a new ultrasound-based technique for real-time
visualization of soft tissue viscoelastic properties. Using ultrasonic focused beams, it is …

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 …

The use of brightness-mode ultrasound and Doppler ultrasound in physical medicine and
rehabilitation has increased dramatically. The continuing evolution of ultrasound technology …

Acoustic radiation force based elasticity imaging methods are under investigation by many
groups. These methods differ from traditional ultrasonic elasticity imaging methods in that …

Purpose To assess the technical success rate and diagnostic performance of liver magnetic
resonance (MR) elastography. Materials and Methods This retrospective study was …

From times immemorial manual palpation served as a source of information on the state of
soft tissues and allowed detection of various diseases accompanied by changes in tissue …