ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Why Are Viscosity and Nonlinearity Bound to Make an Impact in Clinical Elastographic Diagnosis?
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- Sound touch viscosity in the evaluation of median nerve in healthy volunteers-a preliminary study.BMC medical imaging · 2025Article
- Viscoelastic extracellular matrix enhances epigenetic remodeling and cellular plasticity.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Assessment of liver involvement in Wilson's disease with different liver echo patterns based on liver stiffness evaluated on Transient elastography and Sound Touch Viscoelastography.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Multimodal Elastography of the Main Salivary Glands-A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- A Comprehensive Review on the Viscoelastic Parameters Used for Engineering Materials, Including Soft Materials, and the Relationships between Different Damping Parameters.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Research on the mean maximum Young's modulus value as a new diagnostic parameter for prostate cancer.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Reliability and robustness of a novel preclinical torsional wave-based device for stiffness evaluation.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Viscoelasticity in 3D Cell Culture and Regenerative Medicine: Measurement Techniques and Biological Relevance.ACS materials Au · 2024Review
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- Nonlinear fourth-order elastic characterization of the cornea using torsional wave elastography.Physical and engineering sciences in medicine · 2023Article
- Shear Wave Elastography-Correlated Dose Modifying: Can We Reduce Corticosteroid Doses in Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis Treatment? Preliminary Results.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Efficacy of shear wave dispersion imaging for viscoelastic assessment of the liver in acute graft-versus-host disease rats.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2022Article
- Imaging of Single Transducer-Harmonic Motion Imaging-Derived Displacements at Several Oscillation Frequencies Simultaneously.IEEE transactions on medical imaging · 2022Article
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Abstract
The adoption of multiscale approaches by the biomechanical community has caused a major improvement in quality in the mechanical characterization of soft tissues. The recent developments in elastography techniques are enabling in vivo and non-invasive quantification of tissues' mechanical properties. Elastic changes in a tissue are associated with a broad spectrum of pathologies, which stems from the tissue microstructure, histology and biochemistry. This knowledge is combined with research evidence to provide a powerful diagnostic range of highly prevalent pathologies, from birth and labor disorders (prematurity, induction failures, etc.), to solid tumors (e.g., prostate, cervix, breast, melanoma) and liver fibrosis, just to name a few. This review aims to elucidate the potential of viscous and nonlinear elastic parameters as conceivable diagnostic mechanical biomarkers. First, by providing an insight into the classic role of soft tissue microstructure in linear elasticity; secondly, by understanding how viscosity and nonlinearity could enhance the current diagnosis in elastography; and finally, by compounding preliminary investigations of those elastography parameters within different technologies. In conclusion, evidence of the diagnostic capability of elastic parameters beyond linear stiffness is gaining momentum as a result of the technological and imaging developments in the field of biomechanics.
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