Torsional wave elastography to assess the mechanical properties of the cornea

J Torres, I H. Faris, A Callejas, F Reyes-Ortega… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Corneal mechanical changes are believed to occur before any visible structural alterations
observed during routine clinical evaluation. This study proposed developing an …

Imaging of single transducer-harmonic motion imaging-derived displacements at several oscillation frequencies simultaneously

MM Hossain, EE Konofagou - IEEE transactions on medical …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mapping of mechanical properties, dependent on the frequency of motion, is relevant in
diagnosis, monitoring treatment response, or intra-operative surgical resection planning …

Fluids alter elasticity measurements: porous wave propagation accounts for shear wave dispersion in elastography

J Aichele, S Catheline - Frontiers in Physics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In shear wave elastography, rotational wave speeds are converted to elasticity measures
using elastodynamic theory. The method has a wide range of applications and is the gold …

Existing and Potential Applications of Elastography for Measuring the Viscoelasticity of Biological Tissues In Vivo

K Zhang, M Zhu, E Thomas, S Hopyan, Y Sun - Frontiers in Physics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Mechanical tissue properties contribute to tissue shape change during development.
Emerging evidence suggests that gradients of viscoelasticity correspond to cell movement …

Hepatocellular carcinoma and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A step forward for better evaluation using ultrasound elastography

M Lupsor-Platon, T Serban, AI Silion, A Tirpe, M Florea - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) attracts a lot of attention, due to
the increasing prevalence and progression to fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular …

Minimizing Measurement-Induced Errors in Viscoelastic MR Elastography

S Kurtz, B Wattrisse… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The inverse problem that underlies Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) is sensitive to
the measurement data and the quality of the results of this tissue elasticity imaging process …

Estimation of tensile modulus of a thermoplastic material from dynamic mechanical analysis: Application to polyamide 66

A Serra-Aguila, JM Puigoriol-Forcada, G Reyes… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The mechanical properties of thermoplastic materials depend on temperature and strain
rate. This study examined the development of a procedure to predict tensile moduli at …

Imaging the local nonlinear viscoelastic properties of soft tissues: Initial validation and expected benefits

S Goswami, R Ahmed, F Feng, S Khan… - IEEE transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Imaging tissue mechanical properties has shown promise in noninvasive assessment of
numerous pathologies. Researchers have successfully measured many linear tissue …

Elasticity and Viscoelasticity Imaging Based on Small Particles Exposed to External Forces

H Koruk, AN Pouliopoulos - Processes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Particle-mediated elasticity/viscoelasticity imaging has the potential to expand the elasticity
imaging field, as it can provide accurate and local tissue elastic properties as well as density …

Mechanical rheological model on the assessment of elasticity and viscosity in tissue inflammation: A systematic review

JJ Kimondo, RR Said, J Wu, C Tian, Z Wu - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Understanding the extent of inflammation is crucial for early disease detection, monitoring
disease progression, and evaluating treatment responses. Over the past decade …