Real-Time Sonoelastography of the Cervix: Tissue Elasticity of the Normal and Abnormal Cervix

Thomas, Anke; Kümmel, Sherko; Gemeinhardt, Ole; Fischer, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.acra.2006.11.010

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“…Instead of palpation, elastographic techniques are used for this purpose, offering qualitative and quantitative informations. RTE was used to study tissue elasticity alterations in different tissues such as thyroid, breast, lymph node, prostate, and musculoskeletal system [3][4][5][6][7][8][9].…”

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Real-time sonoelastography of the patellar and quadriceps tendons: pattern description in profesional athletes and healthy volunteers.

et al. 2016

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Aims: The comparison of elastographic features of quadriceps and patellar tendons in a group of professional athletes and healthy volunteers and the description of elasticity characteristics of these tendons. Material and methods: Thirtynine professional athletes (22 male, 17 female; mean age 18.5 years) and 35 healthy volunteers (21 male, 14 female; mean age 19 years) were included. They were divided into two groups by gender. Quadriceps tendon, patellar side of the patellar tendon, and tibial side of the patellar tendon elasticity patterns and strain ratios were investigated with real-time ultrasound elastography. The elasticity features of the dominant leg and non-dominant leg of athletes and volunteers legs were compared. In addition quadriceps and patellar tendons were compared separately for three distinct tendon locations. Results: There was no difference between the athletes and the healthy volunteers and also between the dominant leg and non-dominant leg of athletes. At tendon comparison, the quadriceps tendon was harder than the patellar tendon at both side and patellar side of patellar tendon was found to be stiffer than the tibial side of patellar tendon. Conclusions: Although biomechanical studies showed that tendon stiffness increased after long exercise, no significant difference was found between athletes' and healthy volunteers' tendon elasticity. These three tendon locations exhibit different elasticity features and the knowledge of the elasticity feature will be useful in assessing tendon pathologies.

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Real-time sonoelastography of the patellar and quadriceps tendons: pattern description in profesional athletes and healthy volunteers.

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“…On the elastogram, soft areas usually appear red or yellow and hard areas appear blue. UE has been used on several organs: breast (Itoh et al, 2006;Thomas et al, 2006), thyroid (Lyshchik et al, 2005), prostate (Taylor et al, 2005), liver (Friedrich-Rust et al, 2007;Thomas et al, 2007) and skin (Iagnocco et al, 2010). But on cervical LNs, there were few researches, such as Lyshchik et al (2007), Farzana Alam et al (2008) and Rong Tan et al (2010).…”

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Value of Ultrasound Elastography in Assessment of Enlarged Cervical Lymph Nodes

Teng

Wang²,

Lin³

et al. 2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Background: To investigate the value of ultrasound elastography (UE) in the differentiation between benign and malignant enlarged cervical lymph nodes (LNs). Methods: B-mode ultrasound, power Doppler imaging and UE were examined to determine LN characteristics. Two kinds of methods, 4 scores of elastographic classification and a strain ratio (SR) were used to evaluate the ultrasound elastograms. Results: The cutoff point of SR had high utility in differential diagnosis of benign and malignant of cervical lymph nodes, with good sensitivity, specificity and accuracy. Conclusion: UE is an important aid in differential diagnosis of benign and malignant cervical LNs.

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“…Our feasibility study in a group of ten healthy volunteers paves the road for further in-depth evaluation of mechanical imaging in the abdomen. Potential applications of high clinical relevance include the kidney [40], prostate [41,42], and cervix [43,44]. A further perspective of abdominal 3D-MMRE is the noninvasive assessment of tissue pressure by evaluating volumetric strain [19] or poroelastic parameters [45].…”

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Patient-Activated Three-Dimensional Multifrequency Magnetic Resonance Elastography for High-Resolution Mechanical Imaging of the Liver and Spleen

Guo

Hirsch

Streitberger

et al. 2013

Fortschr Röntgenstr

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Purpose: To introduce a novel in-vivo three-dimensional multifrequency magnetic resonance elastography (3D-MMRE) method for high-resolution mechanical characterization of the liver and spleen. Materials and Methods: Ten healthy volunteers were examined by abdominal single-shot 3D-MMRE using a novel patient-activated trigger system with respiratory control. 10 contiguous slices with 2.5?mm cubic voxel resolution, 3 wave components, 8 time steps, and 2 averages were acquired at 7 mechanical excitation frequencies from 30 to 60?Hz. The total imaging time was approximately 15?min. For postprocessing, multifrequency dual elasto-visco (MDEV) inversion was used to calculate high-resolution mechanical parameter maps of the abdomen including the liver and spleen. Results: Two parameters maps were generated from each image slice to capture the magnitude and the phase angle of the complex shear modulus. Both parameters depicted the mechanical structures of the abdomen with unprecedented high spatial resolution. Spatially averaged group mean values of the liver and spleen are 1.27???0.17 kPa and 2.01???0.69 kPa, indicating a significantly higher asymptomatic stiffness of the spleen compared to the liver. Conclusion: Patient-activated respiratory-gated 3D-MMRE combined with MDEV inversion provides highly resolved mechanical maps of the liver and spleen that are superior to previous elastograms measured by abdominal MRE. Citation Format: ??Guo J, Hirsch S, Streitberger KJ et?al. Patient-Activated Three-Dimensional Multifrequency Magnetic Resonance Elastography for High-Resolution Mechanical Imaging of the Liver and Spleen. Fortschr R?ntgenstr 2014; 186: 260???266

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Real-Time Sonoelastography of the Cervix: Tissue Elasticity of the Normal and Abnormal Cervix

Cited by 141 publications

References 27 publications

Real-time sonoelastography of the patellar and quadriceps tendons: pattern description in profesional athletes and healthy volunteers.

Real-time sonoelastography of the patellar and quadriceps tendons: pattern description in profesional athletes and healthy volunteers.

Value of Ultrasound Elastography in Assessment of Enlarged Cervical Lymph Nodes

Patient-Activated Three-Dimensional Multifrequency Magnetic Resonance Elastography for High-Resolution Mechanical Imaging of the Liver and Spleen

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