Acoustic radiation force (ARF) ultrasound is a method of elastographic imaging in which
micron-scale tissue displacements, induced and tracked by ultrasound, reflect clinically …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to determine intraobserver, interobserver, and inter‐
day reliability levels for stiffness measurements of the patellar tendon and rectus femoris …

Ultrasound (US) elasticity imaging is an extension of the ancient art of palpation and of
earlier US methods for viewing tissue stiffness such as echopalpation. Elasticity images …

Standardization on Shear wave ultrasound elastography (SWUE) technical settings will not
only ensure that the results are accurate, but also detect any differences over time that may …

A noninvasive method of characterizing myocardial stiffness could have significant
implications in diagnosing cardiac disease. Acoustic radiation force (ARF)–driven …

Manual palpation has been used for centuries to provide a relative indication of tissue health
and disease. Engineers have sought to make these assessments increasingly quantitative …

Aims: The study proposes Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) assessment of the
masseter muscle elasticity in the healthy population and in patients who have undergone …

Purpose The study aimed to assess whether the more limiting factor in reproducibility of
shear wave elastography (SWE) would be the operator dependency or the incompatibility of …

Physicians have used palpation as a diagnostic examination to understand the elastic
properties of pathology for a long time since they realized that tissue stiffness is closely …

Myocardial stiffness exhibits cyclic variations over the course of the cardiac cycle. These
trends are closely tied to the electromechanical and hemodynamic changes in the heart …