OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine whether the physical properties and vascular environment of active myofascial trigger points associated with acute spontaneous cervical pain, asymptomatic latent trigger points, and palpably normal muscle differ in terms of the trigger point area, pulsatility index, and resistivity index, as measured by sonoelastography and Doppler imaging. ...

Certain pathological conditions, such as malignant tumours, manifest themselves as changes in the tissue's mechanical stiffness. This is the basis for palpation. Several techniques for imaging tissue elasticity using ultrasound have been proposed: compression elastography (strain imaging), transient elastography and vibration sonoelastography. The latter involves imaging of vibration patterns r...

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of strain ratio elastography in the assessment of retrobulbar orbital fat tissue. MATERIALS AND METHODS The retrobulbar fat tissue of 14 eyes in 14 participants was scanned by sonoelastography. All the participants had permanent vision loss secondary to glaucoma in at least one eye. The elasticity scores were determined and ...

Sonoelastography is the visualisation of elastic properties using ultrasound. It can enable tumours to be detected and localised based on their elasticity when they are less elastic than the surrounding soft tissue. In vibration sonoelastography the target tissues are vibrated while simultaneously recording ultrasound images. A technique for imaging relative elastic properties is proposed that ...

A quantitative sonoelastographic technique for skeletal muscle tissue characterization is introduced. Experimental data was collected in both ex vivo bovine and in vivo human skeletal muscle tissue. Crawling wave sonoelastographic data was processed using a quantitative technique for estimating local shear wave speed distributions. Results on ex vivo skeletal muscle samples demonstrate shear wa...

UNLABELLED What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? The accuracy of transrectal sonoelastography (TRSE) in the detection of prostate cancer is variable, with a sensitivity ranging from 51.1 to 91.7% and specificity ranging from 62.2 to 86.8%. This is the first meta-analysis to assess the overall accuracy of TRSE in the detection of prostate cancer. OBJECTIVE • To assess the o...

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a minimally invasive thermal therapy that is under investigation as an alternative to surgery for treating liver tumors. Currently, there is a need to monitor the process of lesion creation to guarantee complete treatment of the diseased tissue. In a previous study, sonoelastography was used to detect and measure RFA lesions during exposed liver experiments in a...

Mozzarella cheese from buffalo milk is a fresh, stringy-textured dairy product, exhibiting a porcelain white colour, a smooth, bright, and humid surface, an extremely thin rind and delicate taste. The high humidity typical of this cheese reduces its shelf-life and it is cause of dramatic organoleptic changes during storage. In this study we tested sonoelastography to evaluate texture changes of...