ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Skeletal Muscle Assessment Using Quantitative Ultrasound: A Narrative Review.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exploring the associations between skeletal muscle echogenicity and physical function in aging adults: A systematic review with meta-analyses.Journal of sport and health science · 2024Pooled it
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- Real-time shear wave elastography and high-frequency ultrasound in the assessment of treatment outcomes for triceps surae muscle injury.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Intramuscular Fat as a Biomarker of Muscle Health: Strengths, Limitations and Open Challenges.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2026Review
- MS-Detector: A Hierarchical Deep Learning Method to Detect Muscle Strain Using Bilateral Symmetric Ultrasound Images of the Body.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Multimodal ultrasound in the assessment of muscle involvement in systemic sclerosis patients: results from a bicentric study.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Strain Values for Masseter Muscle Activity of Dentofacial Deformities Using Ultrasound Elastography.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Quantitative evaluation of muscle quality and quantity using an ultrasound radio frequency signal.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Review of Linear-Array-Transducer-Based Volumetric Ultrasound Imaging Techniques and Their Biomedical Applications.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Evaluating skeletal muscle wasting and weakness in models of critical illness.Clinical science (London, England : 1979) · 2025Review
- Tumor microenvironment and immune-related myositis: addressing muscle wasting in cancer immunotherapy.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Ultrasound Segmentation Using Semi-Supervised Learning: Application in Point-of-Care Sarcopenia Assessment.IEEE open journal of engineering in medicine and biology · 2025Article
- Sex differences in quantitative ultrasonographic measurements of the rectus femoris in children.Journal of anatomy · 2025Article
- Unraveling the triad of immunotherapy, tumor microenvironment, and skeletal muscle biomechanics in oncology.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Skeletal muscle as a pro- and anti-inflammatory tissue: insights from children to adults and ultrasound findings.Journal of ultrasound · 2024Review
- Quantitative ultrasound assessment of fatty infiltration of the rotator cuff muscles using backscatter coefficient.European radiology experimental · 2024Article
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- A Literature Review of the Morphological Variability in the Intrinsic Muscles of the Foot: Traps Awaiting Clinicians during Ultrasound.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- The Immediate Effect of Dry Needling Electric Muscle Stimulation on the Position of Atlas.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Ultrasound (US) is an important imaging tool for skeletal muscle analysis. The advantages of US include point-of-care access, real-time imaging, cost-effectiveness, and absence of ionizing radiation. However, US can be highly dependent on the operator and/or US system, and a portion of the potentially useful information carried by raw sonographic data is discarded in image formation for routine qualitative US. Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) methods provide analysis of the raw or post-processed data, revealing additional information about normal tissue structure and disease status. There are four QUS categories that can be used on muscle and are important to review. First, quantitative data derived from B-mode images can help determine the macrostructural anatomy and microstructural morphology of muscle tissues. Second, US elastography can provide information about muscle elasticity or stiffness through strain elastography or shear wave elastography (SWE). Strain elastography measures the induced tissue strain caused either by internal or external compression by tracking tissue displacement with detectable speckle in B-mode images of the examined tissue. SWE measures the speed of induced shear waves traveling through the tissue to estimate the tissue elasticity. These shear waves may be produced using external mechanical vibrations or internal "push pulse" ultrasound stimuli. Third, raw radiofrequency signal analyses provide estimates of fundamental tissue parameters, such as the speed of sound, attenuation coefficient, and backscatter coefficient, which correspond to information about muscle tissue microstructure and composition. Lastly, envelope statistical analyses apply various probability distributions to estimate the number density of scatterers and quantify coherent to incoherent signals, thus providing information about microstructural properties of muscle tissue. This review will examine these QUS techniques, published results on QUS evaluation of skeletal muscles, and the strengths and limitations of QUS in skeletal muscle analysis.
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