Medical Imaging
Ultrasonic imaging is the most common medical imaging technique for producing elastograms. Some research has been conducted using magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) and computed tomography. However, using ultrasound has the advantages of being cheaper and faster than MRI techniques.
Transient elastography is used for example to measure the stiffness of the liver in vivo (FibroScan, Echosens, France). It is an alternative noninvasive method to liver biopsy. A correlation between liver elasticity and the fibrosis score (or cirrhosis) has been shown.
Mathematical Description
Pre-compression images are correlated to post-compression images, resulting in regions of large and small change in position. This is called the shift-diagram. The derivative of the shift will produce the strain diagram.
References
External links
- University of Texas Elastography Research
- Mayo Clinic Magnetic Resonance Elastography Research
- Supersonic Imagine
- Echosens
- Press release of potential uses of techniques developed by Dr. Bamber's elastography team at the Institute of Cancer Research in Sutton, UK
- Siemens Medical
- http://www.emodeonline.com
- Real Time Elastography Hitachi
- http://www.hitachimed.com/specifications.asp?ID=1061#1699
- Measurement of the Dynamic Shear Modulus of Mouse Brain Tissue In Vivo By Magnetic Resonance Elastography
- Prof. Philip V. Bayly's research group at Washington University in St. Louis.
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