Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Ultrasound elastography (USE) is a tissue-stiffness-sensitive imaging technology that was first described in the 1990s. In recent years, it has been refined and refined to provide a quantitative assessment of tissue stiffness. Elastography techniques use altered elasticity of soft tissues as a result of certain pathological or physiological processes. For example, it is known that many solid tumors are mechanically distinct from the surrounding healthy tissues. Similarly, fibrosis associated with chronic liver disease causes the liver to become stiffer than normal tissue. Thus, elastography techniques can be used to differentiate diseased tissues from normal tissues for diagnostic purposes.
Source: Texas Journal of Medical Science
Author: Lutpullaeva Aziza Mirkarimovna
Language: English
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4402944940