Ultrasound elastography is a new imaging technique that allows a noninvasive estimation
and imaging of tissue elasticity distribution within biological tissues using conventional real …

Conventional imaging techniques cannot provide information about tissue mechanical
properties. Many injuries can cause changes in tissue stiffness, especially tumors and …

Elastographic techniques are new ultrasound-based imaging techniques developed to
estimate tissue deformability/stiffness. Several ultrasound elastographic approaches have …

Ultrasound elastography, also termed sonoelastography, is being used increasingly in
clinical practice to aid the diagnosis and management of diffuse liver disease. Elastography …

Accurate assessment of the degree of liver fibrosis is important for estimating prognosis and
deciding on an appropriate course of treatment for cases of chronic liver disease (CLD) with …

Normal liver tissue is soft and pliable. With inflammation, however, many of the cells die and
are replaced by collagenous fibrils and the tissue gets stiffer. The progress is often slow …

Ultrasound elastography is perhaps the most important breakthrough in the evolution of
ultrasonography in the last 15 years. Since transient elastography was introduced, many …

Sonoelastography is a novel technique that uses ultrasound waves to assess the elasticity of
tissues noninvasively. It provides an ultrasound-based method to detect and display the …

Fibrosis is the liver's scarring response to injury, culminating in cirrhosis and its
complications. Percutaneous liver biopsy with connective tissue stain is considered more …

With the recent US Food and Drug Administration approval of several ultrasound
elastographic techniques for the evaluation of liver stiffness, additional information can now …