ReviewJournal of medical ultrasonics (2001)2021
A review of physical and engineering factors potentially affecting shear wave elastography.
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- Mechanical rheological model on the assessment of elasticity and viscosity in tissue inflammation: A systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Elastography: Current Evidence, Challenges, and Future Perspectives.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Achilles tendon ultrasound-derived properties of the dominant and non-dominant jumping leg of university basketball athletes: relation with performance, range of motion, and injury.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Multimodal ultrasound to predict central cervical lymph node metastasis in clinically lymph node-negative differentiated thyroid carcinomas: a two-center retrospective study.Gland surgery · 2025Article
- Mechanical characterization of brain tissue: experimental techniques, human testing considerations, and perspectives.Acta biomaterialia · 2025Review
- Analyzing the Usage of Shear-Wave Elastography in Evaluating Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Literature Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Utilizing intelligent pelvic floor ultrasonography combined with real-time shear wave elastography for evaluating female pelvic floor functions.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Estimation of the phase velocity dispersion curves for viscoelastic materials using Point Limited Shear Wave Elastography.Ultrasonics · 2025Article
- Novel Noninvasive Imaging Techniques to Assess Structural, Functional, and Material Properties of Tendon, Ligament, and Cartilage: A Narrative Review of Current Concepts.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
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- Impact of loading, heart rate, and short episodes of ischaemia on myocardial stiffness assessed using shear wave elastography in an open-chest animal model.European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice · 2025Article
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- Quantification of Radiation-Induced Fibrosis in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Using Shear Wave Elastography.Cureus · 2024Article
- Mathematical Models for Ultrasound Elastography: Recent Advances to Improve Accuracy and Clinical Utility.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Quality Assurance of Point and 2D Shear Wave Elastography through the Establishment of Baseline Data Using Phantoms.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Combined ARFI and Shear Wave Imaging of Prostate Cancer: Optimizing Beam Sequences and Parameter Reconstruction Approaches.Ultrasonic imaging · 2023Article
- In Vivo Assessment of Shear Wave Propagation in Pennate Muscles Using an Automatic Ultrasound Probe Alignment System.IEEE open journal of engineering in medicine and biology · 2023Article
- Factors other than fibrosis that increase measured shear wave velocity.World journal of gastroenterology · 2022Review
- Quantitative Assessment of Breast-Tumor Stiffness Using Shear-Wave Elastography Histograms.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
It has been recognized that tissue stiffness provides useful diagnostic information, as with palpation as a screening for diseases such as cancer. In recent years, shear wave elastography (SWE), a technique for evaluating and imaging tissue elasticity quantitatively and objectively in diagnostic imaging, has been put into practical use, and the amount of clinical knowledge about SWE has increased. In addition, some guidelines and review papers regarding technology and clinical applications have been published, and the status as a diagnostic technology is in the process of being established. However, there are still unclear points about the interpretation of shear wave speed (SWS) and converted elastic modulus in SWE. To clarify these, it is important to investigate the factors that affect the SWS and elastic modulus. Therefore, physical and engineering factors that potentially affect the SWS and elastic modulus are discussed in this review paper, based on the principles of SWE and a literature review. The physical factors include the propagation properties of shear waves, mechanical properties (viscoelasticity, nonlinearity, and anisotropy), and size and shape of target tissues. The engineering factors include the region of interest depth and signal processing. The aim of this review paper is not to provide an answer to the interpretation of SWS. It is to provide information for readers to formulate and verify the hypothesis for the interpretation. Therefore, methods to verify the hypothesis for the interpretation are also reviewed. Finally, studies on the safety of SWE are discussed.
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