Thyroid elastography has become, lately, one of the main focuses in thyroid imaging. With more than one hundred papers published on this subject, the core of accumulated knowledge justifies the need for a comprehensive review on the topic. The paper presents the various elastographic techniques used for thyroid assessment. Both strain and shear wave elastography, with all their variants, are di...

INTRODUCTION Hepatic fibrosis is secondary to many etiologies (alcohol, viruses...) and the quantification of this fibrosis is a key point for the clinician. Hepatic puncture biopsy is the invasive gold standard for the assessment of degree of fibrosis. Many techniques, more or less reliable and a bit or not invasive, have been developed to evaluate it. Among those techniques, utrasonic transie...

In this work, we explored the potential of measuring shear wave propagation using optical coherence elastography (OCE) in an inhomogeneous phantom and carotid artery samples based on a swept-source optical coherence tomography (OCT) system. Shear waves were generated using a piezoelectric transducer transmitting sine-wave bursts of 400 μs duration, applying acoustic radiation force (ARF) to inh...

Abstract Background Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the commonest type of peripheral nerve entrapment syndromes. The study aimed at evaluation diagnostic value median stiffness measured by shear wave ultrasound elastography for diagnosis and differentiation CTS severity, correlated to electrophysiological studies. This case–control involved 40 patients (56 wrists) with different severity contro...

Shear wave elastography is an innovative technique that employs one conventional focused ultrasound beam to induce shear waves and another to detect them. The final quantitative elasticity image is presented as a colour map overlaying the B-mode image. This new technique is used in combination with traditional ultrasound imaging in order to improve the specificity of distinguishing malignant an...

Non-invasive, ultrasound-based methods for visualizing and measuring tissue elasticity are becoming more common in routine daily practice. An accurate diagnosis of malignant benign tumors is essential determining the appropriate treatment. Despite wide use imaging techniques, investigation assessing focal liver lesions their differentiating still continuing. Aim: To investigate value point shea...