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 …

Purpose This prospective study was to evaluate shear wave elastography (SWE) in the
detection of prostate cancer (PC). Methods Patients scheduled for a transrectal ultrasound …

Breast elastography is a new sonographic imaging technique which provides information on
breast lesions in addition to conventional ultrasonography (US) and mammography …

Photoacoustic imaging is a hybrid technique that shines laser light on tissue and measures
optically induced ultrasound signal. There is growing interest in the clinical community over …

Masses due to cystic lesions of the breast are extremely common findings on
mammography, ultrasonography, and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Although many of …

Breast ultrasound elasticity evaluation has become a routine tool in addition to diagnostic
ultrasound during the last five years. Two elasticity evaluation modes are currently available …

Ultrasound (US) elastography has been introduced as a noninvasive imaging technique for
evaluating cervical lymph nodes. US elastography techniques include strain elastography …

Ultrasound is an essential modality within musculoskeletal imaging, with the recent addition
of elastography. The elastic properties of tissues are different from the acoustic impedance …

Background Shear wave imaging (SWI) is a new ultrasound technique whose application
facilitates quantitative tissue elasticity assessment during transrectal ultrasound biopsies of …