Ultrasound Elastography / edited by Monica Lupsor-Platon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lupsor-Platon, Monica, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diagnostic ultrasonic imaging.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England : IntechOpen, 2020.

Summary:

Elastography, the science of creating noninvasive images of mechanical characteristics of tissues, has been rapidly evolving in recent years. The advantage of this technique resides in the ability to rapidly detect and quantify the changes in the stiffness of soft tissues resulting from specific pathological or physiological processes. Ultrasound elastography is nowadays applied especially on the liver and breast, but the technique has been increasingly used for other tissues including the thyroid, lymph nodes, spleen, pancreas, gastrointestinal tract, kidney, prostate, and the musculoskeletal and vascular systems. This book presents some of the applications of strain and shear-wave ultrasound elastography in hepatic, pancreatic, breast, and musculoskeletal conditions.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Worldcat, viewed June 28, 2023).