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 …

Elastography has emerged as a useful adjunct tool for ultrasound diagnosis. Elastograms
are images of tissue stiffness and may be in color, grayscale, or a combination of the two …

There has been little interest in the longitudinal movement of the arterial wall. It has been
assumed that this movement is negligible compared with the diameter change. Using a new …

Mechanical properties of the arterial walls are significantly altered by atherosclerosis, and
various studies have been recently conducted to measure the regional elastic properties …

Ultrasound elastography is an emerging set of imaging modalities used to image tissue
elasticity and are often referred to as virtual palpation. These techniques have proven …

Cardiac disease and stroke are the major causes of death in the Western World.
Atherosclerosis of the carotid artery is the most important predictor of stroke. Elastography is …

This study aimed to quantify neck muscle stiffness in the normal population with ultrasound
elastography. We applied the acoustic radiation force impulse technique and measured …

Only a minority of patients with carotid arterial disease have warning symptoms, because the
majority of strokes are caused by previously asymptomatic lesions. Because morbidity and …

The fibrous cap of an atherosclerotic plaque may be prone to rupture if the occurring
stresses exceed the strength of the cap. Rupture can cause acute thrombosis and …

Ultrasound-based carotid elastography has been developed to estimate the mechanical
properties of atherosclerotic plaques. The objective of this study was to evaluate the in vivo …