Shear-wave elastography in breast ultrasonography: the state of the art [PDF]
Ultrasonography, 2017 Shear-wave elastography (SWE) is a recently developed ultrasound technique that can visualize and measure tissue elasticity. In breast ultrasonography, SWE has been shown to be useful for differentiating benign breast lesions from malignant breast ...
Ji Hyun Youk, Hye Mi Gweon, Eun Ju Son
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Ultrasound elastography for thyroid nodules: recent advances [PDF]
Ultrasonography, 2014 Ultrasonography (US)-based elastography has been introduced as a noninvasive technique for evaluating thyroid nodules that encompasses a variety of approaches such as supersonic shear imaging and acoustic radiation force impulse imaging as well as real ...
Jin Young Kwak, Eun-Kyung Kim
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Diagnostic value of supersonic shear impulse elastography for malignant cervical lymph nodes: a Bayesian analysis [PDF]
Ultrasonography, 2022 Purpose This study aimed to assess the diagnostic performance of supersonic impulse (SSI) elastography in differentiating malignant and benign cervical lymph nodes.
Yuxuan Qiu +3 more
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COMBINED NS5A & NS5B NUCLEOTIDE INHIBITOR THERAPY FOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS C WITH STAGE 5 CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE ON HEMODIALYSIS [PDF]
Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2020 BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the most common hepatotropic viral infection affecting the patients on maintenance hemodialysis. Treatment of chronic HCV infection in stage 4 and 5 CKD includes a combination of elbasvir/grazoprevir and ...
Prasanta DEBNATH +5 more
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Heliyon, 2023 Purpose: Thyroid nodules classified as indeterminate in previous fine-needle aspiration cytology often necessitate additional evaluation to determine their histology, while shear wave elastography (SWE) offers an alternative option in this regard.
Yuxuan Qiu +4 more
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Transient elastography with controlled attenuation parameter versus two-dimensional shear wave elastography with attenuation imaging for the evaluation of hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in NAFLD [PDF]
Ultrasonography, 2023 Purpose This study compared the controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) to attenuation imaging (ATI) in the diagnosis of steatosis and transient elastography (TE) to two-dimensional shear wave elastography (2D-SWE) for the diagnosis of fibrosis in a ...
Jung Wook Seo +6 more
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The Importance of Ultrasonography in the Evaluation of Mammary Tumors in Bitches
Animals, 2023 The high incidence of mammary tumors in small animals is concerning. Patient history, clinical examination, physical evaluation, and imaging studies are important for clinical staging.
Marcus Antônio Rossi Feliciano +6 more
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2D-shear wave elastography: number of acquisitions can be reduced according to clinical setting
Insights into Imaging, 2021 Background The factors affecting intra-operator variability of two-dimensional shear wave elastography (2D-SWE) have not been clearly established. We evaluated 2D-SWE variability according to the number of measurements, clinical and laboratory features ...
Marco Dioguardi Burgio +6 more
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Practice guideline for the performance of breast ultrasound elastography [PDF]
Ultrasonography, 2014 <p>Ultrasound (US) elastography is a valuable imaging technique for tissue characterization. Two main types of elastography, strain and shear-wave, are commonly used to image breast tissue.
Su Hyun Lee +18 more
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Preclinical evaluation of acoustic radiation force impulse measurements in regions of heterogeneous elasticity [PDF]
Ultrasonography, 2016 Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare the reliability of ultrasound-based shear wave elastography in regions of homogeneous versus heterogeneous elasticity by using two different probes.
Katharina Hollerieth +6 more
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