Ultrasound Elastography

• Main Author: Dietrich, Christoph F. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Medicine; ultrasonography; elastography; anti-HBV therapy; pediatric; WFUMB; measurement variability; tendon stiffness; pancreas; patellar positions; point of care ultrasound; time of day; chronic hepatitis B; quantification; chronic hepatitis C; EFSUMB; stiffness; liver cirrhosis; liver fibrosis; computer-aided diagnosis (CAD); guideline; liver stiffness; Achilles tendon; bending energy; ultrasound elastography; acoustic radiation force impulse; tendinopathy; texture analysis; power spectrum; magnetic resonance imaging; strain ratio; thyroid cancer; prior activity; direct acting antivirals; strain quantification; patellar tendon; shear wave elastography (SWE); cine-tagging; cirrhosis; health care; shear wave elastography; Crohn's disease; contrast enhanced ultrasound; HCV core antigen; shear modulus; therapy; ultrasound; supersonic shear imaging; carcinoma; quantitative; leg dominance; viral hepatitis C; strain elastography; endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)
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The comparison between methods, evaluation of portal hypertension and many other questions are still open issues in liver elastography. New elastographic applications are under evaluation and close to being used in clinical practice. Strain imaging has been incorporated into many disciplines and EFS...