Intervertebral disc characterization by shear wave elastography: an in-vitro preliminary study [PDF]
, 2014 Patient-specific numerical simulation of the spine is a useful tool both in clinic and research. While geometrical personalization of the spine is no more an issue, thanks to recent technological advances, non-invasive personalization of soft tissue’s ...
VERGARI, Claudio +7 more
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The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2022 Background: Liver graft fibrosis affects long-term graft and patient survival in liver transplant recipients. Transient elastography and magnetic resonance elastography are widely used for the assessment of liver fibrosis in routine clinical practice ...
Zeynep Melekoglu Ellik +7 more
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Ultrasound elastography of the thyroid: principles and current status [PDF]
Ultrasonography, 2019 Ultrasound (US) elastography has been introduced as a non-invasive technique for evaluating thyroid diseases. This paper presents a detailed description of the technical principles, peculiarities, and limitations of US elastography techniques, including ...
Chong-Ke Zhao, Hui-Xiong Xu
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Laser induced surface acoustic wave combined with phase sensitive optical coherence tomography for superficial tissue characterization:a solution for practical application [PDF]
, 2014 Mechanical properties are important parameters that can be used to assess the physiologic conditions of biologic tissue. Measurements and mapping of tissue mechanical properties can aid in the diagnosis, characterisation and treatment of diseases.
Huang, Zhihong; id_orcid +5 more
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Shear wave elastography in diffuse thyroid disease
, 2021 Aim. Our aim was to examine the contribution of shear wave elastography to ultrasonographic assessment in diffuse thyroid disease, specifically to evaluate the stiffness of the thyroid gland in diffuse thyroid disease and compare it with healthy controls.
Zuzana Sedlackova +5 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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Comparison of ELF, FibroTest and FibroScan for the non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis [PDF]
, 2010 Background: FibroTest (FT) is the most frequently used serum fibrosis marker and consists of an algorithm of five fibrosis markers (alfa2-macroglobulin, apolipoproteinA1, haptoglobin, GGT, bilirubin). The Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF) test consists of an
Julie Parkes +12 more
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, 2022 Palpation remains essential for evaluating lymphoedema to detect subtle changes that may indicate progression. As palpation sense is not quantifiable, this study investigates the utility of ultrasound elastography to quantify stiffness of lymphoedema ...
Jennifer Sanderson +5 more
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Inability of shear-wave elastography to distinguish malignant from benign prostate tissue – a comparison of biopsy, whole-mount sectioning and shear-wave elastography [PDF]
, 2016 Aim: This study was designed to assess the possible usefulness of shear-wave elastography in differentiating between benign and malignant tissue in prostate neoplasia.
Liehr, Uwe-Bernd +15 more
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AASLD practice guidance on drug, herbal, and dietary supplement–induced liver injury
, 2022 Hepatology, EarlyView.
Robert J. Fontana +6 more
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