After X-radiography, ultrasound is now the most common of all the medical imaging
technologies. For millennia, manual palpation has been used to assist in diagnosis, but it is …

After 20 years of innovation in techniques that specifically image the biomechanical
properties of tissue, the evolution of elastographic imaging can be viewed from its infancy …

Chronic hepatitis is accompanied by progressive deposit of hepatic fibrosis, which may lead
to cirrhosis. Evaluation of liver fibrosis is, thus, of great clinical interest and, up to now, has …

From times immemorial manual palpation served as a source of information on the state of
soft tissues and allowed detection of various diseases accompanied by changes in tissue …

Optical coherence elastography (OCE) can provide clinically valuable information based on
local measurements of tissue stiffness. Improved light sources and scanning methods in …

In optical coherence elastography, images are formed by mapping a mechanical property of
tissue. Such images, known as elastograms, are formed on the microscale, intermediate …

Chronic liver disease has multiple causes, many of which are increasing in prevalence. The
final common pathway of chronic liver disease is tissue destruction and attempted …

▪ Abstract For millennia, physicians have used palpation as a part of the physical
examination to detect pathology. The ubiquitous presence of “stiffer” tissue associated with …

Elastography is emerging as an imaging modality that can distinguish normal versus
diseased tissues via their biomechanical properties. This paper reviews current approaches …

A method has been developed for detecting and imaging the relative “stiffness,” or elasticity
of tissues. Externally applied vibration at low frequencies (10–1000 Hz) is used to induce …