BACKGROUND Ulnar neuropathy is the second most common peripheral nerve neuropathy after median neuropathy, with an incidence of 25 cases per 100 000 men and 19 cases per 100 000 women each year. Skipping (snapping) elbow syndrome is an uncommon cause of pain in the posterior-medial elbow area, sometimes complicated by injury of the ulnar nerve. One of the reason is the dislocation of the abnorm...

The aim of the paper is to review and illustrate the current status of the knowledge on the applications of ultrasonography in superficial lymph node disease diagnosis. The grey-scale and Doppler ultrasonographic signs pointing to benignity or malignancy are presented, illustrated and their diagnostic usefulness is discussed. Peculiar types of lymphadenopathy such as inflammatory, tuberculous, ...

PURPOSE The focus of this article is to develop signal and imaging processing methods to derive an accurate estimation of local tissue elasticity using the crawling wave (CrW) sonoelastography method. The task is to reduce noise and to improve the contrast of the elasticity map. METHODS The protocol of the CrW approach was first tested on heterogeneous elastic phantoms as a model of prostate ...

Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH) is a benign entity defined in 1987. Conventional breast imaging methods, including mammography, ultrasonography, and magnetic resonance findings have been published the literature before. Sonoelastography (SE) an method that allows us to evaluate tissue stiffness vivo. Many studies shown SE increases specificity of B-mode US discrimination benign-mal...

The shear wave velocity is one of a few important parameters that characterize the mechanical properties of bio-materials. In this paper, two noninvasive methods are proposed to measure the shear velocity by inspecting the shear wave interference patterns. In one method, two shear wave sources are placed on the opposite two sides of a sample, driven by the identical sinusoidal signals. The shea...

Background: Breast cancer is the commonest cause of related deaths globally, particularly in Africa where late presentation prevalent. Early diagnosis demands evolution non-invasive, highly sensitive and specific screening diagnostic investigation. This study assessed properties Sonoelastography ultrasonography, classifying breast masses compared to biopsy among women receiving care at Lagos Un...

PURPOSE To answer the question whether the TSI (tissue strain imaging) sonoelastography technique can contribute to the diagnosis of chronic renal allograft damage. MATERIAL AND METHODS A prospective study of 112 patients between June 2010 and April 2011 was conducted to compare elastography data with biopsy results and laboratory parameters in order to determine whether any correlations exis...