… late (third-trimester) pregnant cervix in a group of women from each time point. Unexpectedly,
we also found that acoustic attenuation estimates had high variance even after accounting …

… This technology relies on shear ultrasonic waves that travel … (SSI) technique employs
ultrasonics radiation force to … were used to study the effect of attenuation on the cervical tissue. The …

… characterize both pregnant and non-pregnant cervical tissue … focal depth to high acoustic
attenuation in cervical tissue that … point are taken as initial reference undisplaced scatterer …

… of an ex vivo cervix with the ultrasound beams angled to −28, 0, … In fact, in the cervix, attenuation
has been shown to be … Finite element modeling of the pregnant uterus, cervix, and fetal …

… Of these, attenuation values for the pregnant cervix have been reported, but large estimate
… the Introduction to this report, published attenuation estimates in the human cervix are “noisy…

… elastography is useful for assessing cervical … ultrasound elastography as well as the current
status and limitations in its application for cervical lesions and the cervix during pregnancy. …

… attenuation coefficient versus frequency (at a specific frequency). We calculated the attenuation
… Our initial studies involved using (non-pregnant) hysterectomy specimens to verify SWS …

… initial exploration of SWS estimation in the rhesus macaque model we are developing for
comprehensive study of the pregnant cervix. … that acoustic attenuation varies during pregnancy […

… preliminary reliability study, it was shown that strain elastography using the Lagrangian strain
was very reliable in the elastographic assessment of cervical … words, the attenuation of the …

… in stiffness of the cervix throughout pregnancy and a reduction … , with initial comparisons
between transducers used with an … The acoustic attenuation of the cervix is 1.3 to 2.0 dB cm −1 …