Stronger, tougher, and lighter materials are always among the relentless pursuits of material
scientists and engineers. The hierarchical design inspired by nature has been considered …

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 …

The technical part of these Guidelines and Recommendations, produced under the auspices
of EFSUMB, provides an introduction to the physical principles and technology on which all …

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

All participants for image samplings provided written informed consent. Conventional B-
mode ultrasonography (US) has been widely utilized for musculoskeletal problems as a first …

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 …

The network of fasciae is an important part of the musculoskeletal system that is often
overlooked. Fascia mobility, especially along shear planes separating muscles, is critical for …

Surgical simulators present a safe and potentially effective method for surgical training, and
can also be used in robot-assisted surgery for pre-and intra-operative planning. Accurate …

In this paper we introduce a new speckle tracking method that is based on the standard time-
domain cross correlation strain estimation (TDE). We call this method time-domain cross …

Sonoelastography is a modern ultrasound method, which enables the representation of
tissues and organs with the evaluation of their elasticity,“stiffness”. The principle of …